A gripping account of the months before & after Stalin's death & how his demise reshaped the course of twentieth-century history Joshua Rubenstein's riveting account takes us back to the second half of 1952 when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin's murderous regime He was poised to challenge the newly elected US President Dwight Eisenhower with armed force & was also broadening a vicious campaign against Soviet Jews Stalin's sudden collapse & death in March 1953 was as dramatic & mysterious as his life It is no overstatement to say that his passing marked a major turning point in the twentieth century The Last Days of Stalin is an engaging briskly told account of the dictator's final active months the vigil at his deathbed & the unfolding of Soviet & international events in the months after his death Rubenstein throws fresh light on the devious plotting of Beria Malenkov Khrushchev & other comrades in arms who well understood the significance of the dictator's impending death; the witness-documented events of his death as compared to official published versions; Stalin's rumored plans to forcibly exile Soviet Jews; the responses of Eisenhower & Secretary of State Dulles to the Kremlin's conciliatory gestures after Stalin's death; & the momentous repercussions when Stalin's regime of terror was cut short ...

Easy to fall in love with it's delightfully warm & captivating'
- Lovereading Home at last Summers at Rosewood were always about
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' Opens Vanessa Ronan's literary career the way dynamite opens a safe beautiful & invigoratingly shocking' Joseph O' Connor Irish Times Mid-July in Texas Cicadas shed their dry summer skins the scent of roses hangs heavy in the still air & a woman sits alone on her porch at dusk watching the empty merciless prairie its light falling to darkness He's coming home Upstairs Lizzie knows her daughters are safe in their beds Joanne still young enough to smile at strangers one last summer of childhood left in her Katie already a beauty the first flush of womanhood blooming on her skin Both sleeping soundly But out beyond the boundary of their land the townspeople sleep fitfully Too many have heard that Jasper is coming back
- folk who know him of old who remember what he did
- men who will make it their business to see he doesn't stay too long round these parts ' Vivid storytelling makes your fingers tremble when you turn the pages The terror & the pity of it will stay with you for a long time' Sunday Times'A powerful formidable debut Vanessa Ronan is a natural storyteller & what a gripping dark compelling story this is' Donal Ryan' Written with poetry & vision With a blistering ending that leaves you racing to its conclusion ' Stylist' Shades of In Cold Blood & Truman Capote shades of Harper Lee there's constant mystery hovering over every turn of the page' Ryan Tubridy RTE' Each word is weighted with dread & laden with drama impressive' Sunday Independent

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Akila Berjaoui's incredibly sensual photographs often feature sand sun water-or a combination of all three In her first book this highly sought-after fashion photographer armed with her favorite old analogue cameras takes us to breathtaking seaside locations from her hometown of Sydney Australia to the bathing hotspots of Italy France & Brazil to name just a few Much in the tradition of Slim Arons Bruce Weber Peter Beard Claude Nori & Juergen Teller-all of whom she regards as influences on her work-Berjaoui's photos harken back to the 1950s '60s '70s & '80s with their soft colors & sultry joie de vivre As a woman Berjaoui is able to draw out her female subjects with a sense of kinship rather than voyeurism One of the world's most in-demand photographers Akila Berjaoui is destined to make a name for herself in the field of travel beauty & lifestyle photography ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery
- fossilised evidence of bacterial life Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory he disobeys orders to pack up & goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses & he falls into a deep crevice & near certain death His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body However when another vanishes they start to suspect that the lifeform they have discovered is not yet dead As the group begins to fall apart it seems their only hope is the imminent arrival of the relief ship Aurora Actors Liev Schreiber Olivia Williams Romola Garai & Elias Koteas Director Ruairi Robinson Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Ukranian Duration 1 hour & 34 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Simon has just been released from prison & is on parole His friend Albert lures him back to his old ways for one more hit To steal the priceless diamond Florentin Simon's plan to steal the diamond goes sour Others are also after the diamond such as gangsters & ruthless killers Actors Yvan Attal B&233;r&233;nice Bejo Jean-Fran&231;ois St&233;venin Directors Eric Barbier Format PALLanguage French Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Every dog has its day & for Lineker a happy go lucky mongrel from Peckham the day the world ends is his finally a chance to prove to his owner just how loyal he can be Reg an agoraphobic writer with an obsession for nineties football plans to wait out the impending doom in his second floor flat hiding himself away from the riots outside But when an abandoned orphan shows up in the stairwell of their building Reg & Lineker must brave the outside in order to save not only the child but themselves ...

Five years have passed since David Rain now a cult author disappeared mysteriously in the Arctic Life in Wayward Crescent has settled to relative normality But as the weather grows wild & the ice caps melt all eyes turn north where bears & the souls of the Inuit dead are combining to produce a spectacular solution A solution with its focus on David's child Alexa
- if the agents of evil don't reach her first
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Nemesis Now are the masters of gothic fantasy art & modelling They've worked with the world's leading fantasy artists & designers to produce premium quality collectables & traditional giftware for over 15 years You'll fall in love with their stunning attention to detail & craftsmanship across a huge range of products ...

In the good old days magic was powerful unregulated by government & even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g Then the magic started fading away Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam an employment agency for soothsayers & sorcerers But work is drying up Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell & even magic carpets are reduced to pizza delivery So it&s a surprise when the visions start Not only do they predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragonslayer they also point to Jennifer & say something is coming Big Magic ...