Super storage for your wine bottles with this barrel design holder Will hold eight bottles of wine & is made from metal & wood effect mdf Features a handy carry handle for ease of movement & could be stood on the floor or a worktop Printed with the slogan The Best Wine Red & White Premium Quality Measurements 162 x 40 x 30cm ...

The world is on the brink of destruction Eight cataclysmic threats have unleashed their powers onto the world threatening to completely annihilate it But hope still remains as eight Avatars of Hope stand relentlessly against the waves of destruction The fate of the world lies in the balance Will the avatars overcome these threats & save the world or will they all perish in vain? Eight Epics is a cooperative dice game in which the heroic players must overcome unprecedented crises through the powers available to them & the ability to roll dice A hero&s capacity for heroics is finite however so you need to prevent the disaster before you run out of life Players 1
- 8 Ages 14 Playing Time 30 min Created by famed game designer Seiji Kanai Short playtime while maintaining a rewarding cooperative experience Accommodates up to 8 players also playable solo!
Includes: solitaire rules to play the game solo Features expansion content not included in the original Japanese release Low price point Contents 30 cards 20 dice Rulebook

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The world is on the brink of destruction Eight cataclysmic threats have unleashed their powers onto the world threatening to completely annihilate it But hope still remains as eight Avatars of Hope stand relentlessly against the waves of destruction The fate of the world lies in the balance Will the avatars overcome these threats & save the world or will they all perish in vain? Players 1
- 8 Ages 14 Playing Time 30 min Created by famed game designer Seiji Kanai Short playtime while maintaining a rewarding cooperative experience Accommodates up to 8 players also playable solo!
Includes: solitaire rules to play the game solo Features expansion content not included in the original Japanese release Low price point Contents 30 cards 20 dice Rulebook

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The eight feet belong to Dervla Murphy her nine-year-old daughter Rachel & Juana an elegant mule who together clambered the length of Peru from Cajamarca near the border with Ecuador to Cuzco the ancient Inca capital over 1300 miles to the south With only the most basic necessities to sustain them & spending most of their time above 10000 feet their journey was marked by extreme discomfort occasional danger & even the temporary loss of Juana over a precipice Yet mother & daughter a formidable duo were unflagging in their sympathetic response to the perilous beauty & impoverished people of the Andes In this extraordinary adventure Dervla Murphy is at her intrepid best facing up to the terrors horrors & joys of her journey along the mountain paths ...

Eight authors were given after hours freedom at their chosen English heritage site Immersed in the history atmosphere & rumours of hauntings they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories Sarah Perry's intense tale of possession at the Jacobean country house Audley End is a work of psychological terror while Andrew Michael Hurley's story brings an unforgettably shocking slant to the history of Carlisle Castle Within the walls of these historic buildings each author has found inspiration to deliver a new interpretation of the classic ghost story Relish the imagined terrors at these exhilarating locations Kate Clanchy Housesteads Roman Fort Stuart Evers Dover Castle Mark Haddon York Cold War Bunker Andrew Michael Hurley Carlisle Castle Sarah Perry Audley End Max Porter Eltham Palace Kamila Shamsie Kenilworth Castle Jeanette Winterson Pendennis Castle ...

On Saturday afternoon Nikki Delany thought " George Wilson in the kitchen with a blender" By dinner she had killed George & posted his gory murder to her blog The next day she put on her mourning clothes & went out to meet her best friend for lunch to discuss finding a replacement for her love interest Nikki is a horror novelist Her choice of career is dictated by an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder that forces her to write stories of death & destruction She can&t control it doesn&t understand it but can use it to make money anywhere in the world Currently "anywhere" is in Japan hiding from her mother who sees Nikki&s OCD as proof she&s mentally unstable But Nikki&s fragile peace starts to fall apart when the police arrest her for the murder of an American expatriate Someone killed him with a blender Reality starts to unravel around Nikki She&s attacked by a raccoon in a business suit After a series of blackouts she accompanied by a boy that no one else can see a boy who claims to be a god Is she really being pursued by Japanese myths
- or is she simply going insane? What Nikki does know for sure is that the bodies are piling up her mother has arrived in Japan to lock her up for the rest of her life
- & her novels always end with everyone dead The first entry in a new urban fantasy saga by Wen Spencer the creator of the popular Tinker contemporary fantasy SF series

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In crime-ravaged 1980s New York a troubled ex-cop turned unlicensed detective takes on his most dangerous case hunting down a serial killer-hitman & ultimately coming face-to-face with his deadliest enemy himself in this graphic novel adaptation of the book by Lawrence Block Matthew Scudder is dying one bottle at a time A young prostitute named Kim Dakkinen is dying too her life measured out in tricks She wanted out had asked for Scudder&s help but suddenly she wasn&t dying anymore she was just dead The former cop turned PI promised to protect her but he failed Now his atonement is to find her killer But the secrets in the dead hooker&s past are dirtier than her living & searching for a killer in a city where everyone&s a victim is a good way to make the role permanent Steeped in traditional pulp Block&s writing has a true gift for capturing the art of conversation between his characters These are the lowlifes of society for whom Block occasionally finds redemption but who are more often among the vilest beings in human existence Snyder&s art both encapsulates & elevates these rough-cut gems in a graphic grainy & moody setting that evokes the dark noir magazine covers of the period This is the first graphic novel adaptation of world-renowned writer Lawrence Block&s work & features an introduction from Block himself The highly detailed full-color artwork from John K Snyder III perfectly complements the noir aesthetic of Block&s writing making this a must have for fans of crime fiction both in prose & graphic novel form About the Author Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America & is a perennial winner of the prestigious Edgar & Shamus awards as well as a recipient of prizes in France Germany & Japan He also received the Nero Award & Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers& Association He is a prolific author & is a devoted New Yorker & enthusiastic world traveler John K Snyder III is an Eisner-nominated artist whose career spans over three decades & is the creator of the groundbreaking alternative comic series FASHION IN ACTION Snyder&s previous literary adaptations include DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE & Joseph Conrad&s THE SECRET AGENT He is also known for his work on DOCTOR MID-NITE & SUICIDE SQUAD for DC Comics ...

Eight-Minute Empire by Ryan Laukat is a quick game that implements the Civilization Exploration theme using card-driven area control (by placing armies & cities in a small map) & set collection (by getting resources from the board & the cards) Players spread through the map in order to collect points at the end of the game by having majorities in regions & continents All actions (such as land or sea movement army production or the founding of cities) are driven by cards that are face-up (six at a time) & available by increasing prices Cards also contain resources which also give points when the game ends if properly collected Its first version was available as print-&-play & a regular (Kickstarter funded) version was published in 2013 An expansion featuring a European map is available as an expansion (Eight-Minute Empire Europe Expansion Board) & a st&-alone sequel has also been published (Eight-Minute Empire Legends) From the publisher Build an empire & conquer the land in around eight minutes! In Eight-Minute Empire 2-5 players take turns selecting a card from six displayed The card gives a good & also has an action that the player takes immediately Actions help players take over the map but sets of goods are worth points at the end of the game so players have to balance the two aspects Eight-Minute Empire is the super-quick area control game with tough decisions It&s easy to learn & perfect for when you only have a few minutes ...

Build a small empire in a land of legends! eight-minute empire legends is a standalone sequel to the area control game eight-minute empire & does not require the original game to play Just like the original game players take turns selecting a card from six on display The card has an action that the player takes immediately & actions help players take over the map but what&s new & different in this version? instead of goods cards now have special abilities which give players unique advantages & ways to break the rules throughout the game each card has a unique beautiful illustration of a fantasy creature or location a modular board for increased variety new variants is eight-minute empire legends still playable in eight minutes? yes but only if you hurry! Build a small empire in a land of legends in just eight-minutes! the legend is a standalone sequel to the area control game Each card has a unique beautiful illustration of a fantasy creature or location & a modular board for increased variety Does not require the original game to play; just like the original game players take turns selecting a card from six on display The card has an action that the player takes immediately & actions help players take over the map Now have special abilities which give players unique advantages & ways to break the rules throughout the game Players 2-4 Suggested ages 8 ...

From the two-time Man Booker Prize winner a prescient & haunting novel of life in Saudi Arabia Frances Shore is a cartographer by trade a maker of maps but when her husband's work takes her to Saudi Arabia she finds herself unable to map the Kingdom's areas of internal darkness The regime is corrupt & harsh the expatriates are hard-drinking money-grubbers & her Muslim neighbours are secretive watchful The streets are not a woman's territory; confined in her flat she finds her sense of self begin to dissolve She hears whispers sounds of distress from the 'empty' flat above her head She has only rumours no facts to hang on to & no one with whom to share her creeping unease As her days empty of certainty & purpose her life becomes a blank
- waiting to be filled by violence & disaster
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