World Fantasy Award-winning fantasy author K J Parker delivers his most ambitious work yet
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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 complete ninth series of the long-running BBC comedy sketch show hosted by Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett A popular culture institution in its own lifetime the programme begins & ends with the pair seated behind a desk reading quick-fire &news& reports In between &in a packed programme tonight& there are sketches drama serials musical routines & a rambling monologue from Ronnie Corbett before the pair sign off with their famous catchphrase & It&s goodnight from me& & And it&s goodnight from him& & Goodnight& ...

All eight epsiodes from the fourth series of the comedy show that in its heyday was as much of a British institution as roast beef & Yorkshire pudding In a glorious blend of visual & verbal humour each programme begins & ends with the pair seated behind a desk reading quick-fire &news& reports In between &in a packed programme tonight& there are sketches drama serials musical routines & a rambling monologue from Ronnie Corbett before the pair finally sign off with their famous catchphrase & It&s goodnight from me& & And it&s goodnight from him& & Goodnight& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All the Christmas specials from the comedy sketch show that in its heyday was as much a British institution as roast beef & Yorkshire pudding Double act Ronnie Corbett & Ronnie Barker aka & The Two Ronnies& perform their trademark sketches &drama serials& musical routines & rambling monologues before finally signing off with their famous catchphrase & It&s goodnight from me& & And it&s goodnight from him&

Includes:: all the Christmas specials from 1971 to 1987

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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 The complete collection of episodes from the long-running BBC comedy sketch show hosted by Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett A popular culture institution in its own lifetime the programme begins & ends with the pair seated behind a desk reading quick-fire &news& reports In between there are sketches drama serials musical routines & a rambling monologue from Ronnie Corbett before the pair sign off with their famous catchphrase & It&s goodnight from me& & And it&s goodnight from him& & Goodnight& The collection comprises all 93 episodes from the series including the four Christmas specials as well as the two silent films & Corbett&s 2010 programme & The One Ronnie& which featured special guests including Harry Enfield Catherine Tate Miranda Hart David Walliams & Matt Lucas Language English Number of discs 27 ...

Classic hardback edition of the second volume of The Lord of the Rings featuring Tolkien's original unused dust-jacket design



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Building on the story begun in The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring this is the second part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring an exclusive cover image from the film the definitive text & a detailed map of Middle-earth Frodo & the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom They have lost the wizard Gandalf in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; & at the Falls of Rauros Boromir seduced by the power of the Ring tried to seize it by force While Frodo & Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin
- alone that is save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go To celebrate the release of the first of Peter Jackson's two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY this second part of The Lord of the Rings is available for a limited time with an exclusive cover image from Peter Jackson's award-winning trilogy
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Building on the story begun in The Hobbit this is the second part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design the definitive text & a detailed map of Middle-earth Frodo & the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom They have lost the wizard Gandalf in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; & at the Falls of Rauros Boromir seduced by the power of the Ring tried to seize it by force While Frodo & Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin
- alone that is save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go
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Previously published as The Trillion Dollar Meltdown Now fully updated with the latest financial developments this is the bestselling book that briefly & brilliantly explains how we got into the economic mess that is the Credit Crunch With the housing markets unravelling daily & distress signals flying throughout the rest of the economy there is little doubt that we are facing a fierce recession In crisp gripping prose Charles R Morris shows how got into this mess He explains the arcane financial instruments the chicanery the policy misjudgments the dogmas & the delusions that created the greatest credit bubble in world history Paul Volcker slew the inflation dragon in the early 1980s & set the stage for the high performance economy of the 1980s & 1990s But Wall Street's prosperity soon tilted into gross excess The astronomical leverage at major banks & their hedge fund & private equity clients led to massive disruption in global markets A quarter century of free-market zealotry that extolled asset stripping abusive lending & hedge fund secrecy will go down in flames with it Continued denial & concealment could cause the crisis to stretch out for years but financial & government leaders are still downplaying the problem The required restructuring will be at least as painful as the very difficult period of 1979-1983 The Two Trillion-Dollar Meltdown updated to include the latest financial developments is indispensable to understanding how the world economy has been put on the brink ...

Giant’s Star The aliens from Ganymede bought with them answers that forever changed human history Finally humans thought they comprehended their place in the universe – that is until they learned of the Watchers in the stars Now Earth finds itself in the middle of a power struggle between a benevolent alien empire & an off-shoot group of upstart humans who hate Earth more than any alien ever could Entoverse Jevlen is a rational society managed to perfection by immense super computer JEVEX – until now Things are falling apart people are changing or being changed & shutting down JEVEX doesn’t help The changed behave as if they are possessed by demons Meanwhile in a nearby completely different universe rationality is creeping into a world where magic has always held sway Logic the magic of this world is beginning to work! Cause is actually leading directly to effect! What’s more with the proper concentration & purity of mind crossing over into a new rational universe can be achieved Jevlin is that destination of course & the collision is between not just worlds but universes with completely opposing operating systems About the Author New York Times best-selling author James P Hogan was born in London in 1941 & studied general engineering at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough subsequently specializing in electronics & digital systems His first novel Inherit the Stars which was also the first in his Giants series was hailed as a major science fiction novel in the grand tradition combining accurate cutting-edge science with living breathing characters Isaac Asimov raved that the novel was “ Pure science fiction” & added “ Arthur Clarke move over” In 1979 Hogan became a full-time writer & the electronics field’s loss is every science fiction reader’s gain He now divides his time between Ireland & Florida ...