Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Age of Steam was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life from trade & transportation to health & recreation This series will reveal how the world we live in today was entirely shaped by the railways charting the glorious evolution of the rail transportation & how it left its mark on every aspect of our life landscape & culture Each episode we hop aboard an old-fashioned locomotive & set off down the line to a new part of the country with our team of experts (the established stars of the BBC Two Farm series Peter Ginn Alex Langlands & Ruth Goodman) who will immerse themselves in the story of how the railways made us what we are today They also get their hands dirty driving the train across the country working in the station manning the signal box & learning how to run every aspect of a 19th & early 20th century railway This is a trip not to be missed ...

Shortly after her tenth birthday inspired by an atlas she was given Dervla Murphy decided that she would one day cycle to India Almost twenty years later she set out to achieve her ambition on her bicycle Roz Here she describes her journey & experiences ...

Legends no matter how outlandish are often grounded in reality This has been the guiding principle behind the exhilarating career of Jeremy Logan the 'enigmalogist
- an investigator who specializes in analyzing phenomena that have no obvious explanation
- previously seen in The Forgotten Room The Third Gate & Deep Storm Logan has often found himself in situations where keeping an open mind could mean the difference between life & death & that has never been more true than now Logan travels to an isolated writers' retreat deep in the Adirondacks to finally work on his book when the remote community is rocked by the grisly discovery of a dead hiker on Desolation Mountain The body has been severely mauled but the unusual savagery of the bite & claw marks call into question the initial suspicions of a wild bear attack When Logan is asked to help investigate he discovers no shortage of suspects capable of such an attack
- & no shortage of locals willing to point the finger & spread incredible rumors One rumor too impossible to believe has even the forest ranger believing in werewolves As Logan gets to know the remote deep-woods landscape including a respected woman scientist still struggling with the violent loss of her father in these very woods Logan realizes he's up against something he has never seen before His most action-packed & white-knuckled novel to date Full Wolf Moon is the perfect combination of exotic locales provocative science & raw action that make for a deeply entertaining Lincoln Child blockbuster


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Contains volumes 4 5 & 6 of Fullmetal Alchemist Alchemy the mystical power to alter the natural world somewhere between magic art & science When two brothers Edward & Alphonse Elric dabbled in these powers to grant their dearest wish one of them lost an arm & legand the other became nothing but a soul locked into a body of living iron Now they are agents of the government slaves of the military -alchemical complex using their unique powers to obey their orderseven to kill But their powers aren't unique The world crawls with evil alchemists & in pursuit of the ultimate alchemical treasure the Philsopher's Stone their enemies are even more ruthless than they are ...

Containing volumes 7 8 & 9 of Fullmetal Alchemist Where did Alphonse Elric go during the few short minutes he was wiped from existence body & soul? From a secret lair in the city of Dublith a group of outcasts kidnaps Alphonse to find the alchemical secrets of his creation! It's up to Ed (and a certain housewife) to go into the Devil's Nest & rescue his brother But the criminals of the Devil's Nest aren't exactly human either Now Al must fight a homunculus
- an artificial human being
- & the streets of Dublith will run red with blood

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In an alchemical ritual gone wrong Edward Elric lost his arm & his leg & his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor Equipped with mechanical 'auto-mail' limbs Edward becomes a state alchemist seeking the one thing that can restore his & his brother's bodiesthe legendary Philosopher's Stone ...

In an alchemical ritual gone wrong Edward Elric lost his arm & his leg & his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor Equipped with mechanical auto-mail limbs Edward becomes a state alchemist seeking the one thing that can restore his & his brother's bodiesthe legendary Philosopher's Stone The Elric brothers head north to Fort Briggs in search of May Chang whose Xing alchemy may contain the answers they seek But as Ed & Al soon discover the only thing less forgiving than Briggs's weather is the regiment of hardened soldiers assigned to defend it Matters grow even more complicated when Ed & Al get thrown in lockdown & the sadistic Kimblee arrives from Central with Winry as his hostage But even Kimblee's cruelty pales in comparison to the evil of the new homunculi watching from the shadows ...

Contains volumes 19 20 & 21! The story enters its final stretch as the Elric brothers learn of the homunculi's ultimate plan to turn all of Amestris into an alchemical bloodbath on the Day of Reckoning While tempted to use the open portal that day to get their bodies back for now the brothers build opposition to the homunculi-corrupted military with others who have learned of the grisly plan While Al learns the secret of the homunculi's origins from his father Ed joins forces with a familiar homunculus who seems to be having pangs of conscience ...

With the Day of Reckoning at hand war breaks out in Central City On one side the homunculi & corrupt military; on the other the Elric family Ishbalan refugees & a ragtag alliance of soldiers loyal to Major General Armstrong of Fort Briggs & Roy Mustang While Hohenheim confronts the homunculi's father Mustang finally learns the truth about Hughes's murder Will he be consumed by hatred & do the unthinkable? ...

In an alchemical ritual gone wrong Edward Elric lost his arm & his leg & his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor Equipped with mechanical auto-mail limbs Edward becomes a state alchemist seeking the one thing that can restore his & his brother's bodiesthe legendary Philosopher's Stone As the Day of Reckoning dawns the Elric brothers their father Hohenheim & all of their allies battle to the death against the homunculi's father The fate of the entire world hangs in the balance To claim victory some will have to make the ultimate sacrifice When the dust clears will a happy ending await our favorite characters in the final volume of Fullmetal Alchemist? ...