As Western powers attempt to redraw the map of the Middle East Dan Smith uses his forensic skills to unravel this arena of confrontation & instability from the Ottoman Empire to the present day With customarily acute analysis he highlights key issues & maps their global implications to explain why this region has become & will remain the focal point for international relations Updated topics in this title include Demographic data; The Israel-Palestine situation; The current war in Iraq; The situation in Lebanon; Refugees & migration; & Islam in the world Copub Myriad Editions ...

From the author of the bestselling State of the World Atlas here is an essential tool for understanding the Middle East & its pivotal role in global politics 160 pages Smith Dan ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Director Wim Wenders& most corrosive statement on the art of filmmaking& The State of Things& is a powerful journey into the underbelly of the American film industry When his Hollywood producer disappears leaving the actors & crew on the Portugese set of a sci-fi thriller with no money or film director Friedrich Munro (Patrick Bauchau) travels to Hollywood to find him What he uncovers is a shady world where criminals & moguls barely differ & the art of filmmaking is merely another money-making enterprise The result is both visually arresting & one of the best films about filmmaking ever made Conversation with Wim Wenders Deleted Scenes Exclusive limited edition collector&s booklet Actors Patrick Bauchau Viva Auder Isabelle Weingarten Samuel Fuller Allen Goorwitz & Roger Corman Director Wim Wenders Certificate 15 years & over Languages English
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The State Within A flight explodes in mid-air during take off near Washington DC Later that day as a shocked capital struggles to come to terms with the disaster a diplomatic catastrophe envelops the British Embassy A cat&s cradle of tangled affinities & conflicting interests told through interlinking stories unfold as British Ambassador Mark Brydon slowly realises that he is being played by an invisible puppeteer with great power A tightly plotted conspiracy thriller about the limits of diplomacy in a world where government has abdicated responsibility for war ...

When his employer suddenly dies toy shop assistant & train enthusiast Finbar Mc Bride (Peter Dinklage) inherits an abandoned railway station in rural New Jersey A dwarf who tends to avoid social contact whenever possible Fin treks out to the property & moves in However his new isolated quiet life is disrupted by Joe (Bobby Cannavale) the young talkative vendor of a nearby roadside refreshment stand & Olivia (Patricia Clarkson) a reclusive artist who is grieving the loss of her son As Joe & Olivia slowly bring Fin out of his shell all three people are affected by their newfound friendships Written & directed by Thomas Mc Carthy THE STATION AGENT wonderfully mixes drama & comedy in a beautiful countryside setting Although the storyline acknowledges that the main character is a dwarf & refers to this on numerous occasions there is much more to the character of Fin Mc Bride than his short stature As Fin Dinklage gives an outstandingly nuanced performance one that is perfectly complemented by Cannavale's happy-go-lucky Joe & Clarkson's mourning Olivia The movie also features excellent supporting turns by Michelle Williams & Raven Goodwin Touching but never sappy THE STATION AGENT is a charming film that easily joins the ranks of other quirky rural dramas such as THE STRAIGHT STORY it's an absolute joy ...

Maurice is the Station Mouse & so he must follow The Station Mouse Handbook Rule 1 A Station Mouse must remain unseen Rule 2 A Station Mouse must never go out in the daytime Rule 3 A Station Mouse must never approach the passengers ...

A three person crew is sent to study a sentient alien civilization locked in civil war Unable to contact the crew the player assumes the role of a recon specialist to uncover what happened What players discover will challenge their view of surveillance imperialism & moral law A World of Augmented Reality Technology has gone through a digital revolution & conversations notes & even computers are experienced in full Augmented Reality Ranging from personal to professional these AR logs will let players explore what was taking place on-board Intuitive Problem Solving The secrets on-board the station will resist being uncovered & you must rely on your ability to identify & solve intuitive but subtle problems Piece Together a Living Story Each room & space will have a unique moment to share if you look close enough For the keen eye a rich story awaits Required for VR Features (not included) Play Station VR Headset Play Station 4 Camera ...

1857 Joel Heygate is the popular stationmaster at Exeter St David's railway station So when the charred remains of a body are discovered in the embers of the town's annual Bonfire Night celebration everyone is horrified to discover that they belong to Mr Heygate Inspector Robert Colbeck & his assistant Victor Leeming are dispatched to Exeter with all due haste & quickly unearth a number of suspects But as Colbeck closes in on the killer he finds himself in mortal danger Can justice prevail or will his beloved Madeleine be robbed of a husband on the very eve of their marriage? ...

Comprehensive & engaging this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day From May Day revels & Midsummer fires to Harvest Home & Hallowe'en to the twelve days of Christmas Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain He challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past & debunks many myths surrounding festivals of the present to illuminate the history of the calendar year we live by today ...

In The Staufer Dynasty the players are nobles in the 12th century accompanying Henry VI on his tour of the areas of Europe brought under control by the Staufer family an area that included much of modern day Germany went from the Baltic Sea in the North to Sicily in South You&re eager to improve your own lot in the land by placing envoys & nobles in positions of power in the six regions represented in this game The game lasts five rounds with each player having three actions per round Players take action in order of their family members on the action board from top to bottom & on a turn you either take a supply action (moving to one side of the action board) or a movedeploy action (moving to the other side) For a supply action you pick one of the spaces on the supply table move the indicated number of envoys & nobles from the province to your personal court then claim any chests underneath that space The treasure chests come in different colors with each color having a different function in the game the brown treasure chests score points based on how many you collect the orange ones provide immediate points or figures the blue ones provide a one-shot bonus & the violet ones let you collect one of the privilege cards on display The privilege cards often modify other actions or give you a bonus for doing a particular thing For a movedeploy action you decide which office seat you want to occupy in a particular region If this seat isn&t in the region where the king is located you need to spend one envoy as you move clockwise away from the king placing each envoy in the top part of those regions until you reach the region that you want to occupy You then pay the cost of the office seat placing one figure — possibly a noble if the seat demands it — in that seat & all the other figures in clockwise order one per region When you occupy a seat you claim the chest underneath it After everyone has finished their actions you score for the round — but you score only in the region indicated in the current row of scoring tiles (Aachen Nijmegen Palermo etc) & the region that best meets the condition laid out in a separate part of the current row of scoring tiles (fewest chests most occupants where the king is located etc) If these two regions turn out to be the same one you score that region only once Players score points for having the most office seats in a region (or the second- or thirdmost most office seats) based on the point tile placed in the region at the start of the game Each region also has a printed bonus that players receive such as bonus chests or additional envoys To end the round you remove all of the office occupants of the region that scored add new chests under each office seat in those scoring regions & each space on the supply table then sweep the king clockwise 1-3 regions As the king moves he returns all of the envoys that he encounters in the regions that he enters to their owners After five rounds players score for their treasure chests as well as for how well they completed their secret job cards & the player with the most points wins Players 2-5 Playing time 40 minutes Suggested ages 10 ...