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Seamus Heaney was 'the greatest poet of our age' (Guardian) From his remarkable debut in 1966 he pioneered the poetry of our times across five decades of cultural & political change & was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 Field Work his fifth volume from 1979 is a collection of poems that were among the finest he would ever write Inspired by the four years that Heaney & his family spent in rural County Wicklow after leaving the violence of Belfast Field Work is one of the poet's most celebrated volumes The collection contains some of his best-loved poems ' Oysters' ' Casualty' ' The Otter' ' The Strand at Lough Beg' & ' The Skunk' as well as his defining sequence ' Glanmore Sonnets' ...

Tracklist Meet Me Somewhere Central How Much I Love The Sea We've All Been Swimming (Mill Hawks) Slowly Singing Your Name Accents Ton 4 (The Vermont Hotel Lift)A Version Druridge ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A young boy goes to live with his grandparents while his mother & father fight to save their failing marriage & makes a horrifying discovery in the corn field behind their house during the Manson Family trials Warned by his protective grandmother (Oscar-winner Cloris Leachman) to stay away from the sprawling fields young Steven (Joshua Ormond) nevertheless strays into the stalks & sees something he will never forget Meanwhile as the nightly newscasts offer all the lurid details of the Manson murders something begins to stir in the corn field By the time the family dogs disappear & the threat becomes real it&s already too late to run & Steven must face his greatest fear head on ...

In the worker placement game Fields of Arle set in the German region of East Frisia players develop an estate & expand their territory by cutting peat & building dikes The game lasts nine half-years with alternating summer & winter seasons & each season allows or denies specific player actions Different & detailed manufacturing processes allow a player to create goods needed to expand her estate In addition trades with adjoining municipalities can help a player gain the needed resources or goods for building & expanding Fields of Arle is the most autobiographical game designed by Uwe Rosenberg Its story is set in the village where his father was born & his parents married One of the scattered settlements around Arle Beemoor is a travel destination in this game This is where Rosenberg’s father grew up on a secluded farm The Textile House building in this game is based on the textile house Kanngießer in Aurich which has been managed by Rosenberg’s mother since 1989; before it was managed by his grandfather In the past centuries the area around Arle stood out due to its excellent farmland It was said that the best flax of all North Germany grew in Arle As the demand for this versatile resource was great the local farmers quickly became rich & the people of Arle had a considerably better life than the residents of any other place in East Frisia Today about 1100 people live in & around Arle Only the size of the church gives clues as to Arle&s former importance Components 1 large game board 1 supply board 2 home boards 2 storage boards 60 wooden animals 40 wooden peat tokens & 18 wooden playing pieces 31 buildings & over 150 other tiles 1 scoring pad 1 rule book 1 sticker sheet Players 1-2 Playing Time 120 minutes 2 overview sheets ...

During the Second World War a secret department was formed at Britain's Air Ministry to co-ordinate a strategy to defeat German bombing by means of deception With the help of leading technicians from the film industry ingeniously designed decoy airfields towns & military bases were built throughout the island This campaign of illusion masterminded by the charismatic Colonel John Fisher Turner did more to protect Britain's forces & civilians from the Nazi threat than at the time they were allowed to know This is the only detailed study of Britain's bombing decoys both at war through their design locations & operations & at peace through their fragmentary survival as enigmatic features in today's landscape It draws upon a wealth of new research into wartime documents &

Includes:: detailed maps & data showing the patterns of decoy sites across the country Compiled in support of English Heritage's initiatives to study & preserve Britain's wartime remains Fields of Deception explores the history & the legacy of one of the least-known aspects of Britain at war

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In Fields of Fire Vol II With the Old Breed you pin on your captain's bars & take command of a rifle company in the 5th Marines the most decorated regiment in the US Marine Corps Test your mettle in three campaigns spanning World War II Korea & Vietnam Battle ashore in the blazing heat of Peleliu in September 1944 to discover the Japanese have changed their strategy & you are forced to dig them out of the coral ridges Flares reveal waves of Chinese pouring over the rugged mountains of the Chosin Reservoir Korea in sub zero weather in November 1950 Fight house to house in Hue City Vietnam in February 1968 These three campaigns live on in the legends & history of the United States Marine Corps Fields of Fire is a solitaire game system that gives players the challenge of commanding a rifle company between World War II & Present Day The game is different from many tactical games in that it is diceless & card based There are two decks used to play The Terrain Deck is based on a specific region & is used to build a map for the various missions your company must perform The Action deck serves many purposes in controlling combat command & control various activity attempts The units of the company are counters representing headquarters elements squads weapons teams forward observers individual vehicles or helicopters A single playing is a mission & several missions from an historical campaign are strung together for the player to manage experience & replacements A mission can be played in about 1 &8211; 2 hours This volume of Fields of Fire is based on three actual campaigns experienced by units of the 5th Marines of the 1st Marine Division Blue Diamond in World War II Korea & Vietnam & is the second volume of the Fields of Fire series ...

Fields of Green takes place in the second half of the 20th century Players take the role of farm owners trying to expand their property & business By adding fields livestock & facilities they build an economic engine that will bring them closer to victory Fields of Green inspired by Among the Stars is played over four rounds (years) during which players draft cards & add them to their ever-expanding farms At the end of each year comes the harvest season when they must water their fields feed their livestock & pay maintenance costs in order to receive valuable resources that will allow them to further expand in the next year Through various means player eventually convert their wealth to victory points & the player who gathers the most by the end of the fourth year wins 2–4 Players 45 Min Playing Time Age 12 ...

It is time for the annual Agricultural Grand Fair where all aspects of a farmer&s life are celebrated! Farmers all around the area are coming to see the attractions watch the festivities take part in competitions & get information on the latest news in the farming industry Grand Fair an expansion for Fields of Green introduces the Grand Fair Attractions which let the players interact with the Grand Fair in many new & exciting ways! It also

Includes:: additional locations objectives components for a fifth player & rules & material for solo game Come visit the Grand Fair enjoy its attractions & get to experience the life of a farmer to the fullest! Players 1-5 Playing time 45 mins Ages 12

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The final book in the famine trilogy For Eily Michael & Peggy the memory of the famine is still strong But Mary-Brigid Eily's first child has the future to look forward to What kind of future is it? ...