The Crow King Saga Worlds collide & heroes unite as the cats face their biggest challenge yet! Meet Bandit as he joins the Hero Cats on a fantastical journey to save Stellar City Collects Hero Cats of Stellar City 7-9 ...

The Hero Initiative provides help when comic book creators are in need it’s as simple as that This volume presents an all-star line-up of incredible comic book talent who have come together donating their time & considerable talents for a good cause Now you can do your part—buy this book & help the Hero Initiative continue its noble work! Featuring dozens of great writers & artists & many of your favorite series like American Flagg! Chew The Maxx Jon Sable Red Star as well as original concepts Featuring an astounding selection of short “ Heroes In Action” stories by more than a dozen creators telling their own firsthand experiences with the Hero Initiative when they needed a helping hand including Gene Colan Stan Goldberg Ralph Reese & more There is also a terrific gallery section showcasing the outstanding work of J Scott Campbell Arthur Adams Mark Schultz Matt Wagner Adam Hughes Darwyn Cooke & more! When you buy this book you will not only be getting great works by an amazing array of comics& best creators you will be giving back to those creators you grew up on in their time of need! ...

Hero Defense offers the player five unique heroes that battle their way through various arenas to defeat Count Necrosis In order to destroy the world’s most powerful vampire a team of slayers must impale slash tear & burn through legions of undead
- hell-bent on world domination Hero Defense challenges fans from MOBAs RPGs & Tower Defense games to strategically maneuver their upgradeable heroes to destroy hordes of sinister creeps Players customise their heroes through a deep RPG layer featuring upgradeable weapons & rich character skill trees Features Play your Style Fully customisable weapons System TD was Yesterday Moveable Heroes for new & dynamic gameplay Deeply engaging RPG-Layer Enjoy skilltress with loads of unique abilities Liberate the Island Hours of narrated Story campaign
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One man will challenge an empire In pre-Imperial China feared warrior Nameless (Jet Li) is granted an audience with the ruler of the most powerful of the seven warring kingdoms (Chen Daoming) Posing as a minor official Nameless sets about his mission of revenge by relating the tale of how he defeated the three most fearsome of the ruler&s adversaries However nothing is as it seems & Nameless is placed in great personal peril as the king suggests a very different version of events which brought him to the palace Filled with breathtaking wirework-enhanced martial arts sequences from action choreographer Ching Siu-Tung (& New Dragon Gate Inn& &A Chinese Ghost Story&) truly sumptuous cinematography from the legendary Christopher Doyle (& In The Mood For Love&) & an expressive traditional score from Tan Dun (& Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon&) Zhang Yimou&s elegant epic features an intriguing & Rashomon& style flashback structure that will keep the audience guessing until the very end The most expensive movie ever made in China & a blockbuster upon its& theatrical release in the US & Hero& showcases the outstanding talents ofa multi-award winning cast including the pairing of Tony Leung & Maggie Cheung as star crossed lovers the coquettish Zhang Ziyi (& Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon&) as a feisty apprentice venerated Chen Daoming lending gravitas as the Emperor-in-waiting & real-life martial arts masters Donnie Yen & Jet Li who co-designed perhaps the greatest duel ever committed to celluloid ...

Zhang Yimou the director of such Chinese epics as RED SORGHUM RAISE THE RED LANTERN JU DOU & SHANGHAI TRIAD takes his first stab at a period martial arts film & succeeds wildly making an intelligent carefully crafted drama that pays tribute to the genre while taking it to another level The story is set 2000 years ago during the time of the Warring States when seven kingdoms were battling for dominance & one leader--the king of Qin (Chen Dao Ming)--was determined to end up victorious & unite all of China as one nation The proud king is forced to live trapped alone in his palace as a remarkable trio of villains--Broken Sword (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk) & Sky (Donnie Yen)--are out to kill him But one day a simple country prefect (Jet Li) shows up announcing that he has killed all three assassins Identifying himself as Nameless the prefect tells in great detail how he got rid of the king&s sworn enemies However once Nameless is finished the king has some interesting questions for him pointing out holes in his tale The cat-&-mouse story continues as Nameless & the king seek to find out the truth about the assassins & the future of China Zhang Yimou&s marvelous film is enhanced by Christopher Doyle&s lush photography Tan Dunn&s percussive score (with Itzhak Perlman adding violin & fiddle) exciting special effects from SHAOLIN SOCCER veteran Tony Ching Siu-Tung & excellent acting ...

Designed hilariously illustrated & captioned by Jamie Noble Frier Hero Master An Epic Game of Epic Fails is a humorous card game of dysfunctional dungeoneering As one of Snoozehaven&8217;s worst adventurers you&8217;ll be squabbling over the right to be the Party Leader avoiding the &8220;take-that” of the bungling buffoons around you & trying to get enough gold to leave behind your failure-fraught-fellowship You&8217;ll have to manage both your hand & your expectations you guys really are terrible You&8217;ve never really managed it as a hero In fact you&8217;ve been the undoing of many a quest Half of the parties you&8217;ve adventured with ended up trapped in a cave-in you triggered skewered by a trap you detonated or cooked by a monster you thought you could converse with Somehow you have always ended up leaving unscathed eager to join another party & change this streak of &8216;bad luck&8217; It seems now though just as a dragon has come to Snoozehaven & heroes look to band together that your reputation has begun to precede you As the numbers dwindle in the tavern & heroes sing their way to battle you realise your hopes rest with the no-hopers sat around you You&8217;re just pleased that you&8217;re probably going to be the party leader&8230; Hero Master An Epic Game of Epic Fails is a parody dungeon crawler card game with much deeper strategy than may first appear from it's comedic art style & playful humour Each player begins the game by drawing from race & class cards Giving each player different special abilities decks of cards weapons & armour based on the mixture of the character they randomly generate Each combination allows for a different synergy of humorous attacks & bungles that reflect a character&8217;s personality as they desperately strive to become respected as an adventurer Players will be trying to get the most gold by the end of the game Maybe that way one of the real adventuring parties will take them on Along with gold some monsters will drop valuable treasure which may give the heroes the edge over the painfully pathetic party members Players will find the key to the game is keeping hold of the title of Party Leader but it won't be easy These calamitous cretins can't stand to be told what to do! With so much disruption & chaos mistakes will be made often at the risk of those nearby Attacks are resolved using a D20 & bungles increase the chance of a critical fail So be careful as a party prone to accidents you don't want to be standing too close when an axe swing is wildly off target! In a game of fast flying dice jockeying for first position & strategic card play anything can happen The heroes just need to stick together until they defeat the dragon then they can go their separate ways Which hopefully won&8217;t be into the dragon&8217;s stomach Players 2-5 Playing time 45-60 mins Ages 14 ...

Don't worry about sharing your die with this pack Each class will have a coloured die that represents it & the monster gets & upgrade too! Ranger Rogue Wizard Barbarian Priest Monster And the two new class dice (compatible with the Snoozehaven treasure chest add-on) Paladin Bard ...

Designed hilariously illustrated & captioned by Jamie Noble Frier Hero Master An Epic Game of Epic Fails is a humorous card game of dysfunctional dungeoneering As one of Snoozehaven&8217;s worst adventurers you&8217;ll be squabbling over the right to be the Party Leader avoiding the &8220;take-that” of the bungling buffoons around you & trying to get enough gold to leave behind your failure-fraught-fellowship You&8217;ll have to manage both your hand & your expectations you guys really are terrible You&8217;ve never really managed it as a hero In fact you&8217;ve been the undoing of many a quest Half of the parties you&8217;ve adventured with ended up trapped in a cave-in you triggered skewered by a trap you detonated or cooked by a monster you thought you could converse with Somehow you have always ended up leaving unscathed eager to join another party & change this streak of &8216;bad luck&8217; It seems now though just as a dragon has come to Snoozehaven & heroes look to band together that your reputation has begun to precede you As the numbers dwindle in the tavern & heroes sing their way to battle you realise your hopes rest with the no-hopers sat around you You&8217;re just pleased that you&8217;re probably going to be the party leader&8230; Hero Master An Epic Game of Epic Fails is a parody dungeon crawler card game with much deeper strategy than may first appear from it's comedic art style & playful humour Each player begins the game by drawing from race & class cards Giving each player different special abilities decks of cards weapons & armour based on the mixture of the character they randomly generate Each combination allows for a different synergy of humorous attacks & bungles that reflect a character&8217;s personality as they desperately strive to become respected as an adventurer Players will be trying to get the most gold by the end of the game Maybe that way one of the real adventuring parties will take them on Along with gold some monsters will drop valuable treasure which may give the heroes the edge over the painfully pathetic party members Players will find the key to the game is keeping hold of the title of Party Leader but it won't be easy These calamitous cretins can't stand to be told what to do! With so much disruption & chaos mistakes will be made often at the risk of those nearby Attacks are resolved using a D20 & bungles increase the chance of a critical fail So be careful as a party prone to accidents you don't want to be standing too close when an axe swing is wildly off target! In a game of fast flying dice jockeying for first position & strategic card play anything can happen The heroes just need to stick together until they defeat the dragon then they can go their separate ways Which hopefully won&8217;t be into the dragon&8217;s stomach ...

& Thrilling tremendously enjoyable& The New York Times &A nail-biting escape story& Financial Times At the age of twenty-four Winston Churchill already believed he was destined for greatness This is the incredible story of how one incredible year in Churchill&s life
- an adventure involving war in South Africa imprisonment endurance & escape
- would be the making of one of the most extraordinary men in history & Few can match the originality & narrative power of Candice Millard&s elegantly written & surprisingly revealing account of the young Churchill&s exploits& Saul David Daily Telegraph &A thrilling account This book is an awesome nail-biter & top-notch character study rolled into one& Jennifer Senior The New York Times Books of the Year Gripping thrilling Millard tells it with gusto casts an interestingly oblique light on Churchill&s personality & on a traumatic war& Lucy Hughes-Hallett Observer Books of the Year & Completely engrossing& Andrew Roberts

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A gripping & moving novel by one of the world's best-loved writers for children From much-loved author Shirley Hughes comes a thrilling World War II novel for children aged 10 & up It is 1944 & Florence Italy is occupied by Nazi German forces The Italian resistance movement has not given up hope though
- & neither have Paolo & his sister Constanza Both are desperate to fight the occupation but what can two siblings do against a whole army with only a bicycle to help them? In extraordinary circumstances people are capable of extraordinary things
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