' The body you are wearing used to be mine' So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves With no recollection of who she is Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity & track down the agents who want to destroy her She soon learns that she is a Rook a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Checquy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain She also discovers that she possesses a rare & deadly supernatural ability of her own ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play After his career in professional baseball is abruptly terminated by a severe shoulder injury pitcher Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) takes a job as a high school baseball coach & begins a family with his wife Lorri (Rachel Griffiths) But when surgery restores his powers allowing him to pitch faster than ever before he makes a deal with with his high school team if they do well in the local championships then he will try out once again for the major leagues Based on a true story ...

Chess was invented more than 1500 years ago & is played in every country in the world Stephen Moss sets out to master its mysteries & unlock the secret of its enduring appeal What he asks is the essence of chess? & what will it reveal about his own character along the way? In a witty accessible style that will delight newcomers & irritate purists Moss imagines the world as a board & marches across it offering a mordant report on the world of chess in 64 chapters
- 64 of course being the number of squares on the chessboard He alternates between black chapters
- where he plays largely uncomprehendingly in tournaments
- & white chapters where he seeks advice from the current crop of grandmasters & delves into the lives of great players of the past It is both a history of the game & a kind of Zen & the Art of Chess; a practical guide & a self-help book Moss's quest to understand chess & become a better player is really an attempt to escape a lifetime of dilettantism He wants to become an expert at one thing What will be the consequences when he realises he is doomed to fail? Moss travels to Russia & the US
- hotbeds of chess throughout the 20th century; meets people who knew Bobby Fischer when he was growing up & tries to unravel the enigma of that tortured genius who died in 2008 at the inevitable age of 64; meets Garry Kasparov & Magnus Carlsen world champions past & present; & keeps bumping into Armenian superstar Levon Aronian in the gents at tournaments He becomes champion of Surrey wins tournaments in Chester & Bury St Edmunds & holds his own at the famous event in the Dutch seaside resort of Wijk aan Zee (until a last-round meltdown) but too often he is beaten by precocious 10-year-olds & finds it hard to resist the urge to punch them He looks for spiritual fulfilment in the game but mostly finds mental torture



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' It is quite an experience to be locked up all by yourself in any size room' says the anonymous narrator of Hubert Selby Jr's second novel What follows is a startling series of recollections & fantasies that illuminate the workings of a prisoner's unhinged mind He yearns for his violent childhood rages against obscure authorities & imagines enacting horrible revenge on those who imprisoned him The prisoner's remand cell becomes the scene of a surreal mental torture Disorienting nightmarish & structurally inventive The Room is a shocking examination of the suffering humans can inflict on each other ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region Free Blu-ray player in order to play She&s cute She&s loyal She&s psychotic & unfortunately for college freshman Sara (Minka Kelly) she&s The Roommate When Sara arrives at school she finds new romance with Stephen (Cam Gigandet) & forms a fast friendship with her roommate Rebecca (Leighton Meester) What begins as camaraderie soon turns creepy & Sara comes face-to-face with the terrifying realization that her new best friend is obsessive unbalanced & maybe even a killer! Special Featuresmovie IQCommentary with Director Christian E Christiansen Alternate Opening Sequence Obsession The Making of The Roommate Featurette The Roommate The Next Generation of Stars 10 The Roommate The Next Generation of Stars Featurette Dressing Dangerously Featurette Technical Details Actors Leighton Meester Cam Gigandet Alyson Michalka Minka Kelly Matt Lanter Billy Zane Danneel Harris Katerina Graham Frances Fisher Lauren Storm Tomas Arana Cherilyn Wilson Jacqueline Mazarella Elena Franklin & Carrie Finklea Director Christian E Christiansen Certificate 15 years & over Year 2011 Languages English ...

' The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken Follett John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist Law students Mark Todd & Zola wanted to change the world
- to make it a better place But these days these three disillusioned friends spend a lot of time hanging out in The Rooster Bar the place where Todd serves drinks As third-year students they realise they have been duped They all borrowed heavily to attend a law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam let alone get good jobs & when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specialising in student loans the three realise they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam So they begin plotting a way out Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt expose the bank & the scam & make a few bucks in the process But to do so they have to leave law school pretend they are qualified & go into battle with a billionaire & the FBI Ingenious immersive & page-turning The Rooster Bar is a John Grisham legal thriller bar none
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' The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken Follett John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist They were three young law students They dreamed of changing the world But they were duped They took out massive student loans & have no hope of graduating with a good job Now the three friends have given up studying & spend a lot of time plotting in a bar There is only way out of their crushing debt pretend to be real lawyers & expose the crooked hedge fund operator who owns both the school & the bank that arranged their student loans They are taking a desperate risk After all they are going to war with a billionaire & the might of the FBIPraise for The Rooster Bar' Scintillating storytelling'
- The Sunday Times'A buoyant mischievous thriller This reliable best-selling author is feeling real pleasure & not just obligation in delivering his work'
- New York Times'A wild hard-to-put-down romp'
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


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The thrilling new paperback from 'the best thriller writer alive' Ken Follett 384 pages Grisham John ...

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