n a lush green forest a sloth sleeps Can you see him? CLANG! Machines come to tear down the trees but the sloth still sleeps will he wake up? Turn the pages of this ingenious & stylish pop-up book which tells the story of one lazy sloth who hangs on in there as the forest is destroyed & then reborn 8 pages Strady Sophie ...

Charles Todd a successful artist who paints horses arrives at his cousin Donald's house & stumbles on a grisly scene police cars everywhere his cousin arrested for murder & Donald's wife brutally slain 320 pages Francis Dick ...

Based on a true story unfolding through the subsequent rise of Hitler & the Nazis this gripping tale is about beauty & justice & the truth that may be found when our most treasured beliefs are revealed as illusions By the Women's Prize for Fiction twice-longlisted author 432 pages Clark Clare ...

Berlin 1933 William E Dodd a mild-mannered academic from Chicago has to his own & everyone else's surprise become America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proves to be a turning point in history Dodd & his family notably his vivacious daughter Martha observe at first-hand the many changes
- some subtle some disturbing & some horrifically violent
- that signal Hitler's consolidation of power Dodd has little choice but to associate with key figures in the Nazi party his increasingly concerned cables make little impact on an indifferent US State Department while Martha is drawn to the Nazis & their vision of a ' New Germany' & has a succession of affairs with senior party players including first chief of the Gestapo Rudolf Diels But as the year darkens Dodd & his daughter find their lives transformed & any last illusion they might have about Hitler are shattered by the violence of the ' Night of the Long Knives' in the summer of 1934 that established him as supreme dictator Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the times & with brilliant portraits of Hitler Goebbels Goering & Himmler amongst others Erik Larson's new book sheds unique light on events as they unfold resulting in an unforgettable addictively readable work of narrative history

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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 Documentary about five young British freestyle footballers who journey across the Americas to Argentina in the hope of meeting their hero Diego Maradona With no money for food accommodation or travel the boys hustle & busk their way from London to Buenos Aires using only their football skills & their charm often being forced to go hungry & to sleep rough The voyage of adventure & self-discovery that takes these boys far from their homes will change their lives forever But will they eventually get to meet their idol? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Oscar winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) directs the action adventure In the Heart of the Sea based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling book about the dramatic true journey of the Essex In the winter of 1820 the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe a whale of mammoth size & will & an almost human sense of vengeance The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick But that told only half the story In the Heart of the Sea reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits & forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive Braving storms starvation panic & despair the men will call into question their deepest beliefs from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade as their captain searches for direction on the open sea & his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Oscar winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) directs the action adventure In the Heart of the Sea based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling book about the dramatic true journey of the Essex In the winter of 1820 the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe a whale of mammoth size & will & an almost human sense of vengeance The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick But that told only half the story In the Heart of the Sea reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits & forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive Braving storms starvation panic & despair the men will call into question their deepest beliefs from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade as their captain searches for direction on the open sea & his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down In the winter of 1820 the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe a whale of mammoth size & will & an almost human sense of vengeance The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville&s Moby-Dick But that told only half the story " In the Heart of the Sea" reveals the encounter&s harrowing aftermath as the ship&s surviving crew is pushed to their limits & forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive Braving storms starvation panic & despair the men will call into question their deepest beliefs from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade as their captain searches for direction on the open sea & his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down --This text refers to the Blu-ray edition ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Oscar winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) directs the action adventure In the Heart of the Sea based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling book about the dramatic true journey of the Essex In the winter of 1820 the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe a whale of mammoth size & will & an almost human sense of vengeance The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick But that told only half the story In the Heart of the Sea reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits & forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive Braving storms starvation panic & despair the men will call into question their deepest beliefs from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade as their captain searches for direction on the open sea & his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Oscar winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) directs the action adventure In the Heart of the Sea based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling book about the dramatic true journey of the Essex In the winter of 1820 the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe a whale of mammoth size & will & an almost human sense of vengeance The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick But that told only half the story In the Heart of the Sea reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits & forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive Braving storms starvation panic & despair the men will call into question their deepest beliefs from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade as their captain searches for direction on the open sea & his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Rod Steiger plays a small-town Mississippi sheriff who is forced to collaborate on a murder investigation with Virgil Tibbs a black homicide detective from Philadelphia (Sidney Poitier) The pair at first find themselves totally at odds with each other but as the investigation proceeds each learns to respect the other&s talents The film won five Oscars including Best Picture & Best Actor for Steiger Actors Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger & Warren Oates Director Norman Jewison Certificate 12 years & over Year 1967 Languages English ...