WINNER OF THE BAILEYS PRIZE BEST OF THE BESTWinner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007 this is a heartbreaking exquisitely written literary masterpiece Now a major film starring Thandie Newton & Chiwetel Ejiofor due for release in 2014 In 1960s Nigeria Ugwu a boy from a poor village goes to work for Odenigbo a radical university professor Soon they are joined by Olanna a young woman who has abandoned a life of privilege to live with her charismatic lover Into their world comes Richard an English writer who has fallen for Olanna&s sharp-tongued sister Kainene But when the shocking horror of civil war engulfs the nation their loves & loyalties are severely tested while their lives pull apart & collide once again in ways none of them could have imagined ...

Summer 1943 & in the midst of a war waged by monsters Staff Sergeant Tommy ' Irish' Flynn never expected to encounter a real one But on a remote island in the South Pacific theatre Flynn & his squad come face-to-fanged-face with creatures long thought dead As the world falls apart a unique set of characters come together An embittered Irishman in a war not his own a beautiful & enigmatic British agent a US Marine Captain with incredible resilience & a secret & a mysterious operative from the land of the Rising Sun all served up in a stew of piping-hot Nazi intrigue History meets Prehistory in this two-fisted race against time & there ain no time like Half Past Danger! ...

In an alternate-history pulp science fiction-inspired WWII join an international band of misfits on an over-the-top two-fisted thriller that finds a world on the brink! In the world of Half Past Danger suddenly the time is two minutes &til midnight the Nazis have created a bioweapon that could be the end of everything & all that stands in their way are a hard-drinking Irishman a British femme fatale a Japanese ninja with a pet dinosaur & an American marine who&s literally bulletproof But conflicts within the group may pose an even greater threat as loyalties to friends countries & ideologies will all be tested Stephen Mooney (Grayson Midnighter) returns to a series near & dear to his heart His meticulously detailed writing & art create a fully-realized pulp sci-fi world of danger dames & dinosaurs & bring this fan-favorite series to a well-earned conclusion About the Author Stephen Mooney is a comics writer & artist from Dublin Ireland After drawing a series of TV spin-offs his creator-owned pulp adventure series Half Past Danger is now being published by IDW His other credits include Generation Zero X-O Manowar Grayson & Midnighter He also works as an illustrator concept artist & storyboard artist in advertising & is a member of the Eclectic Micks sketchblog ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Half Past Dead Despite critical roasting & a blink & you missed it theatrical release Half Past Dead is surprisingly not half bad Once you recognise the film&s recent action flick heritage (The Rock being the most obvious of a dozen pilfered plot lines) you can kick back & enjoy the unexpected perks that arise when a deep-cover FBI sleuth (Steven Seagal) accompanies a convicted crook (rapper Ja Rule) into " New Alcatraz" prison A death row killer (Bruce Weitz) sits on a 200 million goldmine keeping his secret as a bargaining chip when criminal commandos (led by the ever cool Morris Chestnut) drop in for a lethally greedy raid After cutting his teeth on trashy short-lived TV series director Don Michael Paul can&t do much to help an ageing Seagal but he&s got lively allies in Ja Rule & Nia Peeples (forget Lara Croft this girl rocks) & even legendary action-TV producer Stephen J Cannell drops in for a cameo Derivative from the word go but fun just the same --Jeff Shannon Amazon Half Past Dead 2 Former WWE & WCW World Champion Bill Goldberg & hip hop group Tha Dog Pound&s Ricardo & Kurupt& Brown push life to the limit in this explosive sequel to the 2002 hit movie Half Past Dead Burk (Goldberg) & Twitch (Kurupt) are two inmates serving time at Craton Prison a notoriously tough & violent penitentiary ruled by rival gangs When a riot breaks out & the prison goes into lockdown the two must form an unlikely alliance to stay alive Together they navigate the hostile gang territory under the watchful eye of unsympathetic prison guards in order to learn the identity of the inmate responsible for the riot Eventually Burk discovers that gang leader Cortez is behind the riot & finds that he&s taken two hostages Cherise Twitch&s fiancee & Ellie Burk&s daughter Twitch & Burk find they must work together in order to save their loved ones & bring Cortez down ...

Welcome to Alcatraz " The Rock" has just re-opened for business but the first criminal slated for the electric chair is also sitting on a secret worth 200 million & an invading group of commandos (led by Morris Chestnut) isn&t going to let his fortune go up in smoke Already undercover in Alcatraz FBI Agent Petrosevitch (Steven Seagal) has to neutralize the situation & rescue a Supreme Court Justice held hostage Worse he has to convince his convict "partner" (Ja Rule) & the other inmates to fight on the right side of the law Actors Steven Seagal Morris Chestnut Ja Rule Nia Peeples Tony Plana & Kurupt & Claudia Christian Director Don Michael Paul Certificate 15 years & over Year 2002 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby True HD (51) Additional Languages French ; Russian Subtitles Arabic ; Danish ; Dutch ; English (UK) ; Estonian Finnish ; French (Parisian) ; Hindi ; Lithuanian ; Norwegian ; Romanian ; Swedish Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 Hour & 38 Minutes (approx)
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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team husband & wife Nicholas D Kristof & Sheryl Wu Dunn take us on a journey through Africa & Asia to meet an extraordinary array of exceptional women struggling against terrible circumstances More girls have been killed in the last fifty years precisely because they are girls than men were killed in all the wars of the twentieth century combined More girls are killed in this routine 'gendercide' in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the twentieth century In the nineteenth century the central moral challenge was slavery In the twentieth it was totalitarianism In the twenty-first Kristof & Wu Dunn demonstrate it will be the struggle for gender equality in the developing world Fierce moral pragmatic full of amazing stories of courage & inspiration HALF THE SKY is essential reading for every global citizen ...

Grabbed me & refused to let go' George RR Martin Thorn Bathu was born to fight But when she kills a boy in the training square she finds herself named a murderer Fate places her life in the hands of the deep-cunning Father Yarvi as he sets out to cross half the world in search of allies against the ruthless High King Beside her is Brand a young warrior who hates to kill A failure in her eyes & his own the voyage is his last chance at redemption But warriors can be weapons & weapons are made for one purpose Will Thorn always be a tool in the hands of the powerful or can she carve her own path? Is there a place outside of legend for a woman with a blade? ...

After finally meeting his elusive father Marcus & receiving the three gifts that confirm him as a full adult witch Nathan is still on the run He needs to find his friend Gabriel & rescue Annalise now a prisoner of the powerful Black witch Mercury Most of all he needs to learn how to control his Gift
- a strange wild new power that threatens to overwhelm him Meanwhile Soul O' Brien has seized control of the Council of White Witches & is expanding his war against Black witches into Europe In response an unprecedented alliance has formed between Black & White witches determined to resist him Drawn into the rebellion by the enigmatic Black witch Van Dal Nathan finds himself fighting alongside both old friends & old enemies But can all the rebels be trusted or is Nathan walking into a trap?
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Half Yard Christmas contains over 30 stylish festive projects in six Christmas-themed chapters
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Half Yard Gifts is the latest title from sewing guru Debbie Shore & the next book in her best-selling half yard series It contains 22 projects to sew & give away each made using less than half a yard of fabric The book contains gifts for all your family & friends the projects range from pincushions bags & paperweights to aprons for budding chefs kneeling pads for gardeners & tool belts for DIY-enthusiasts The projects are made in a range of prints & styles & use a range of techniques either follow each project closely or adapt the size & fabric to suit the recipient Debbie gives advice on how to customise the projects so that you can create the perfect gift for your loved one This book would be perfect if you are new to sewing & need some guidance with the basic techniques & key information as Debbie's friendly advice & clear step-by-step photography make it a doddle But it's also packed with fresh ideas & designs that will inspire you even if you've been a keen sewer for many years & are looking for a way to use up your stash & create meaningful gifts that your loved ones will treasure ...