This book introduces some 75 species of wetland birds to readers through the eyes of Kate Humble Chapters cover topics such as basic equipment clothinghide etiquette & more each written for the beginner in Kate's styleand backed with Martin Mc Gill's knowledge 256 pages Many colour photographs & artworks Humble Kate ...

Brilliant visceral writing with terrific pace this book grips you like a vice from the very first line & never lets you go' PETER JAMESA breath-taking thriller with twists you'll never see coming The start of a new series from international bestseller Arne Dahl SOMEONE IS WATCHING At each abandoned crime scene there's a hidden clue a tiny metal cog almost invisible to the naked eye Someone is sending Detective Sam Berger a message someone who knows that only he will understand the cryptic trail SOMEONE KNOWS When another teenaged girl disappears without trace Sam must convince his superiors that they're dealing with a serial killer As the police continue the hunt to find the latest victim Sam is forced to unearth long-buried personal demons He has no choice if he is to understand the killer's darkly personal message before time runs out SOMEONE IS KILLING JUST FOR HIM Praise for WATCHING YOU' Thrilling' Ian Rankin' Arne Dahl is one of the true greats of Scandinavian crime fiction' Mark Billingham' Combines global intrigue with intelligence suspense & genuine literary quality' Lars Kepler ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play After the success of 300 director Zach Snyder turns to another comic adaptation with WATCHMEN The smart series from Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons centres on a group of masked heroes who find their talents banned in a fictional America Someone begins to take down the former heroes one by one & a strange character named Rorschach begins to investigate ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER Tales of the Black Freighter brings to striking animated life the graphic novel&s richly layered story -in-a-story a daring pirate saga whose turbulent events may mirror those of the Watchmen&s world A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter but his struggle to return home to warn has a horrific cost UNDER THE HOOD Base d on Nite Owl&as powerful firsthand account of how the hooded adventurers came to existence Live action ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A double feature film collection containing WATCHMEN & its animated companion piece TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER Watchmen 300&s Zack Snyder directs WATCHMEN bringing Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons& critically acclaimed comic book to the big screen courtesy of DC Comics & Warner Bros Pictures Set in an alternate universe circa 1985 the film&s world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America & Russia Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the government-sponsored Keene Act but that all changes with the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) a robust ex-hero commando whose mysterious free fall out a window perks the interest of one of the country&s last remaining vigilantes Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) His investigation leads him to caution many of his other former costumed colleagues including Dr Manhattan Night Owl (Patrick Wilson) Ozymandias (Matthew Goode) Sally Jupiter (Carla Gugino) & her daughter The Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) Heralded for bringing the world of superheroes into the literary world Watchmen gave the super-powered mythos a real-life grounding that had been missing in mainstream comics to that point Tales Of The Black Freighter Named after the comic book that appeared in the original Watchmen graphic novel as a story-within-a-story TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER finds an inner-city youth reading a story entitled " Marooned" from the eponymous comic book In " Marooned" a young mariner cast adrift at sea attempts to return to his hometown in order to warn the locals of the approaching Black Freighter In order to accomplish this formidable task the desperate seaman must shed his inhibitions using the bodies of his dead shipmates as a raft & killing anyone unfortunate enough to get in his way Arriving back in town under the assumption that the crew of the Black Freighter has already taken over the mariner mistakenly attacks his own wife in the darkness of the couple&s home Realizing his tragic mistake he ventures back to the shore to see the Black Freighter approaching & swims out toward the ship to confront the crew ...

In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history the US won the Vietnam War Nixon is still president & the cold war is in full effect Watchmen begins as a murder-mystery but soon unfolds into a planet-altering conspiracy As the resolution comes to a head the unlikely group of reunited heroes--Rorschach Nite Owl Silk Spectre Dr Manhattan & Ozymandias
- have to test the limits of their convictions & ask themselves where the true line is between good & evil In the mid-eighties Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons created Watchmen changing the course of comics' history & essentially remaking how popular culture perceived the genre Popularly cited as the point where comics came of age Watchmen's sophisticated take on superheroes has been universally acclaimed for its psychological depth & realism Watchmen is collected here with a new cover sketches extra bonus material & a new introduction by series artist Dave Gibbons
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The best-selling graphic novel of all time is back in an annotated hardcover edition! In-depth informative & entertaining THE ANNOTATED WATCHMEN is a new & fascinating look at Alan Moore's masterpiecea It all begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach But is Rorschach really insane--or has he in fact uncovered a plot to murder superheroes & even worse millions of innocent civilians? On the run from the law Rorschach reunites with his former teammates in a desperate attempt to save the world & their lives but what they uncover will shock them to their very core & change the face of the planet! Now DC Comics is proud to present this literary classic in an all-new Annotated Edition format Edited with page-by-page & panel-by-panel notes THE ANNOTATED WATCHMEN is a ajourney through every issue of Alan Moore's classic Complete with commentary references & hidden meanings this new hardcover will deepen & enrich our understanding of the acclaimed series ...

Watchmen The End Is Nigh
- Part 1 follows Rorschach & Nite Owl as they track down the evil Underboss who recently broke out of
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In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history the US won the Vietnam War Nixon is still president & the cold war is in full effect Watchmen begins as a murder-mystery but soon unfolds into a planet-altering conspiracy As the resolution comes to a head the unlikely group of reunited heroes
- Rorschach Nite Owl Silk Spectre Dr Manhattan & Ozymandias
- have to test the limits of their convictions & ask themselves where the true line is between good & evil In the mid-eighties Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons created Watchmen changing the course of comics' history & essentially remaking how popular culture perceived the genre Popularly cited as the point where comics came of age Watchmen's sophisticated take on superheroes has been universally acclaimed for its psychological depth & realism Watchmen is collected here in a deluxe hardcover with sketches extra bonus material & a new Introduction by series artist Dave Gibbons

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Rorschach a vigilante sets out to investigate the mysterious circumstances under which one of his colleagues died In the process of doing so he discovers some disturbing secrets Format 4 K Language English Subtitles English Danish Dutch Finnish French Dubbed French Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Audio Description English Aspect Ratio 169
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