Machen's weird tales of the creepy & fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics With an introduction from ST Joshi editor of American Supernatural Tales The White People & Other Weird Stories is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction The title story The White People is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented & on edge From the first page Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down as his character Ambrose explains there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed' setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic ...

The haunting story of the mother of the Tudors Elizabeth of York wife to Henry VII Beautiful eldest daughter of Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville
- the White Queen
- the young princess Elizabeth faces a conflict of loyalties between the red rose & the white Forced into marriage with Henry VII she must reconcile her slowly growing love for him with her loyalty to the House of York & choose between her mother's rebellion & her husband's tyranny Then she has to meet the Pretender whose claim denies the House of Tudor itself

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Internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings the tumult & intrigue of The Wars of the Roses to vivid life through the women of the House of Lancaster & the House of York beginning with the story of Elizabeth Woodville the White Queen A woman who won the love of a king & ascended to royalty by virtue of her beauty Elizabeth fought tenaciously for the success of her family -- her daughter who would one day unite the warring dynasties & her two sons whose eventual fate has confounded historians for centuries the Princes in the Tower An active player in the power struggles that surrounded her she made hard & courageous choices always trying to protect those whom she loved Informed by impeccable research & framed by her inimitable storytelling skills Philippa Gregory gives an unforgettable voice to an extraordinary woman at the heart of a devastating conflict ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Based on Philippa Gregory&s best selling The Cousin&s War series The White Queen is a stunningly rich tale of love & loss seduction & deception betrayal & murder vibrantly woven through the stories of three different yet equally driven women
- Elizabeth Woodville Margaret Beaufort & Anne Neville The year is 1464 & England has been at war for nine years battling over who is the rightful King of England This is a war between two sides of the same family The House of York & The House of Lancaster in the War of the Roses The House of York&s young & devilishly handsome Edward IV (Max Irons
- Red Riding Hood) is crowned King of England with the help of the master manipulator Lord Warwick The Kingmaker (James Frain
- True Blood The Tudors) But when Edward falls in love & secretly marries a beautiful young widow the commoner Elizabeth Woodville played by newcomer Rebecca Ferguson Warwick&s plan for control over the English throne comes crashing down around him Frustrated by the new Queen&s influence he will stop at nothing to maintain his grip on the crown The most beautiful woman in the land Elizabeth Woodville marries for the love of her King with the help of her mother Jacquetta (Academy & Tony award nominee Janet Mc Teer) a self proclaimed sorceress Elizabeth&s most fierce adversary is the staunchly loyal Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort (Amanda Hale
- The Crimson Petal & The White)
- a damaged & highly religious woman who would willingly lay down her life to see her young son Henry Tudor take the throne & then there is Anne Neville (introducing Faye Marsay) Lord Warwick the Kingmaker&s daughter
- a pawn in her father&s battle for control; who finds her strength & ambition when she takes control of her destiny & marries Edward&s younger brother Richard Duke of Gloucester (Aneurin Bernard
- Ironclad) The White Queen is based on Philippa Gregory&s The White Queen The Red Queen & The Kingmaker&s Daughter & is set against the backdrop of the turbulent War of the Roses
- the real life inspiration for George R R Martin&s Game of Thrones Actors Max Irons James Frain David Oakes Juliet Aubrey Eleanor Tomlinson Frances Tomelty Michael Maloney Caroline Goodall Tom Mckay Ben Lamb Robert Pugh Veerle Baetens Nick Hendrix Lizzy Mc Innerny & Leo Bill Director James Kent Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Screen 1781 Anamorphic 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 Based on Philippa Gregory&s best selling The Cousin&s War series The White Queen is a stunningly rich tale of love & loss seduction & deception betrayal & murder vibrantly woven through the stories of three different yet equally driven women
- Elizabeth Woodville Margaret Beaufort & Anne Neville The year is 1464 & England has been at war for nine years battling over who is the rightful King of England This is a war between two sides of the same family The House of York & The House of Lancaster in the War of the Roses The House of York&s young & devilishly handsome Edward IV (Max Irons
- Red Riding Hood) is crowned King of England with the help of the master manipulator Lord Warwick The Kingmaker (James Frain
- True Blood The Tudors) But when Edward falls in love & secretly marries a beautiful young widow the commoner Elizabeth Woodville played by newcomer Rebecca Ferguson Warwick&s plan for control over the English throne comes crashing down around him Frustrated by the new Queen&s influence he will stop at nothing to maintain his grip on the crown The most beautiful woman in the land Elizabeth Woodville marries for the love of her King with the help of her mother Jacquetta (Academy & Tony award nominee Janet Mc Teer) a self proclaimed sorceress Elizabeth&s most fierce adversary is the staunchly loyal Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort (Amanda Hale
- The Crimson Petal & The White)
- a damaged & highly religious woman who would willingly lay down her life to see her young son Henry Tudor take the throne & then there is Anne Neville (introducing Faye Marsay) Lord Warwick the Kingmaker&s daughter
- a pawn in her father&s battle for control; who finds her strength & ambition when she takes control of her destiny & marries Edward&s younger brother Richard Duke of Gloucester (Aneurin Bernard
- Ironclad) The White Queen is based on Philippa Gregory&s The White Queen The Red Queen & The Kingmaker&s Daughter & is set against the backdrop of the turbulent War of the Roses
- the real life inspiration for George R R Martin&s Game of Thrones Actors Max Irons James Frain David Oakes Juliet Aubrey Eleanor Tomlinson Frances Tomelty Michael Maloney Caroline Goodall Tom Mckay Ben Lamb Robert Pugh Veerle Baetens Nick Hendrix Lizzy Mc Innerny & Leo Bill Director James Kent Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Screen 1781 Anamorphic Languages English







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A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller " Other things in the world are white but for me porcelain comes first"A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise that mixed with the right materials it might survive the fire of the kiln & fuse into porcelain
- translucent luminous white Acclaimed writer & potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest
- a journey that begins in the dusty city of Jingdezhen in China & travels on to Venice Versailles Dublin Dresden the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina & the hills of Cornwall to tell the history of porcelain Along the way he meets the witnesses to its creation; those who were inspired made rich or heartsick by it & the many whose livelihoods minds & bodies were broken by this obsession It spans a thousand years & reaches into some of the most tragic moments of recent times In these intimate & compelling encounters with the people & landscapes who made porcelain Edmund de Waal enriches his understanding of this rare material the white gold& he has worked with for decades Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4

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A classic of mountaineering literature this is the story of the harrowing first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger the most legendary & terrifying climb in history Heinrich Harrer author of Seven Years in Tibet' & one of the twentieth century's greatest mountaineers was part of the team that finally conquered the Eiger's fearsome North Face in 1938 It was a landmark expedition that pitted the explorers against treacherous conditions & the limits of human endurance & which many have since tried
- & failed
- to emulate Armed with an intimate knowledge that comes only from first-hand experience of climbing the Eiger Harrer gives a gripping account of physical daring & mental resilience A new introduction by Joe Simpson author of Touching the Void' confirms the lasting relevance of this true adventure classic

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Tracklist You&re Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl) Hello Operator Little Bird Apple Blossom I&m Bound To Pack It Up Death Letter Sister Do You Know My Name? Truth Doesn&t Make A Noise A Boy&s Best Friend Let&s Build A Home Jumble Jumble Why Can&t You Be Nicer To Me? Your Southern Can Is Mine ...

Tracklist Jimmy The Exploder Stop Breaking Down The Big Three Killed My Baby Suzy Lee Sugar Never Tasted So Good Wasting My Time Cannon Astro Broken Bricks When I Hear My Name Do Screwdriver One More Cup Of Coffee Little People Slicker Drips St James Infirmary Blues I Fought Piranhas ...

Seven nation army Black math There&s no home for you here I just don&t know what to do with myself In the cold cold night I want to be the boy to warm your Mother&s heart You&ve got her in your pocket Ball & biscuit Hardest button to button Little acorns Hypnotise Air near my fingers Girl you have no faith in medicine Well it&s true that we love one another Fourth album from Detroit duo The White Stripes & the follow up to their critically acclaimed & commercially successful LP & White Blood Cells& which was released in 2001 A fusion of garage-rock folk-blues country & 60&s Britpop Drummer Meg White lends her vocal skills on the track & In The Cold Cold Night& & Holly Golightly makes a guest appearance on the album ...