A tale of war of Italy of a beautiful young woman & a terrible tragedy from the number on bestselling author of Songs of Love & War Italy 1945 The war is over but its shadow still lingers & deep in the lush countryside an eccentric aristocrat is savagely murdered in his beautiful palazzo London 1971 Years later this unsolved crime touches the life of Alba a hedonistic girl who lives on a houseboat in swinging Chelsea Between these two distinctive times runs a thread of love decadence & betrayal that takes Alba to the olive groves of the Amalfi Coast rich with the scent of figs the drama of wartime & the lingering decay of tragedy The past unfolds revealing a secret web of partisans & Nazis peasants & counts & in the centre of it all an alluring woman of mystery her mother ...

A Kelsey & Lambert novel A Longmead schoolteacher is found strangled with her own silk scarf & several of the village's men become suspects as Chief Inspector Kelsey investigates ...

Blood is thicker than water
- but it's not as hard as cash The trial of Robbie Munro's life one month to prove he's fit to be a
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In his last will your rich uncle stated that all of his millions will go to the nephew who can enjoy money the most How to find out which nephew should be rich? You will each be given a large amount of money & whoever can spend it first will be the rightful heir Visit the most exclusive theatres or eat in the most expensive restaurants Buy old properties for the price of new ones & sell them as ruins Host a huge party in your mansion or on your private boat Spend like your life would depend on it Spend to become rich! If you&re the first to run through the money on hand you&ll receive the rest of his inheritance – oh & win the game In Last Will each player starts with a certain amount of money an individual player board two errand boys & two cards in some combination of properties & helpers At the start of each round lay out cards from the appropriate decks on the offering boards; the four regular decks are properties companions events helpers & expenses with special cards forming a deck of their own The particular mix of cards varies by round & by the number of players Each player then chooses a plan for the round with each plan indicating the number of cards the player draws (drawn immediately from the four regular decks in any combination) how many errand boys he can use later (one or two) the number of actions available to him that round & his spot in the playing order that round In the playing order for that round players then take turns choosing an action with their errand boy (s) with those actions being Take a card on display & add it to your hand Draw a card from any regular deck – This can be chosen only once by each player Visit the opera & spend 2 Adjust the value modifiers in the property market Take a player board extension thereby giving you room to play more cards Players then take actions in the playing order for that round with each player having as many actions as indicated on his plan Actions let you play one-time events (which have a cost possibly variable); helpers & recurring expenses (which are placed on your individual player board); & properties (which cost money & may depreciate over time) You can often play companions with events or recurring expenses – of course you should bring a date to the opera or a horse on your yacht! – to increase their cost You can also use actions to activate cards on your player board possibly with one or more companions & always with the goal of spending money Helpers & special cards can provide you with unique powers to further boost your profligacy At the end of each round you must discard down to two cards in hand & properties that can depreciate do so; this is good as a player cannot go bankrupt if he owns properties & the only way to get rid of properties is to sell them which regretably puts money back in your hands unless the depreciation was intense or you manipulate the market If a player has no money & no properties he declares bankruptcy & the game ends at the conclusion of that round; otherwise the game ends after seven rounds The player who has the least money (or even who is most in debt) wins ...

In Last Will Getting Sacked the lawyers have found a hidden clause in your uncle&s last will Spending money faster than all your relatives will not be enough To inherit your uncle&s fortune you must also lose your job! After all your uncle&s heritage can&t go to someone who&s employed! With this expansion added to Last Will each player begins the game with a job card that provides him with a regular income each turn & details a number of things the player must do in order to get fired Unlike in real life it can be difficult to persuade your employer to give you the old heave-ho When you miss work he&s inclined to be charitable because he liked your uncle & he&s sorry for your loss To make him angry you need to get caught living it up when you should be working He won&t sack you straight away but he will at least dock your salary Once per round you are able to reduce your income by completing one of the things listed on the job card earning you a demotion Even your kindly old boss has his limits though; when you earn enough demotions to cancel out every line of income you can discard your employment card Congratulations You have been sacked & are one step closer to winning the game! You will also have a chance to find yourself a good demanding wife A wedding is such a romantic way to spend piles of money in a hurry right? The expansion has six nuptial cards so get down on one knee & ask the question! Also with this expansion each game can have a different planning board to bring additional variety to the game When you set up the game boards you randomly select the eight plan tiles that will be used in the game ...

In Alain Resnais's masterwork L'ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD each fantasy laden heavily dramatised aesthetically perfected scene is dictated by the memories of a man (Giorgio Albertazzi) who is one of many elegant aristocratic guests vacationing at the enchanting resort Marienbad Because the story consists of foggy memories that may or may not be accurate the film unrolls like a repetitious dream In the opening sequences the man describes the immensity & silence of the lavishly decorated baroque hotel as the camera roams its empty hallways Soon after the hotel guests appear assembled for a theatre production inside the hotel Like the actors in the play the characters in the film make it obvious that they are also playing established roles & reciting lines Sometimes they simply pose as the camera passes over them while at other times they stand like statues trying to remember what happened last year They amuse themselves with parlour games ballroom waltzes target practice in the shooting gallery & strolls through the garden Meanwhile the man establishes the abstract plot about a love affair he began last year with a woman (Delphine Seyrig) reconstructed from his partial memories She remembers nothing of the affair not even the man's name In fact most of the guests cannot even recall the year in which these things might have happened--was it 1928 or 29 ...

Tracklist A1 Vacum ? behoud 709 A2 Schone Schijn 448 A3 Zomersneeuw 632 A4 Ondersteboven 238 B1 Haat & Bonhomie 533 B2 Blind Staren 523 B3 Weerworm 522 B4 Zinsbetovering 654 ...

Undo a lock or latch swing open the numbered door & count on finding fun when the picture beneath is revealed on this wooden play board & educational toy! Build fine motor skills while learning colours numbers animals & more! Extension Activities More Ways to Play & Learn Find a specific coloured door & identify the animals behind it " Point to the red door What animals are behind it?" (rabbits) Find a house & identify a specific shape andor number " Which house has a circle with the number 5?" (green) Count the animals behind a door or window " Open the latch on the blue house How many dogs do you see?" (2) Identify a house by describing something on it " What colour is the house with two circular windows"? (orange) Find a specific animal name its colour & count them " Find the frogs What colour are the frogs? How many frogs do you see?" (green 5) Find a specific shape on a house & ask who lives inside " Point to the violet triangle Who lives in this house?" (1 pony) ...

The Type 2 affectionately known as &8216; Camper&8217; in the UK was the second car model introduced by Volkswagen in 1950 Following the naming convention of the Type 1 (Beetle) it was predictably named &8216; Type 2&8217; but depending on body style was officially known as the Transporter Kombi or Microbus The Type 2&8217;s influence was commercially widespread with regards to forward control (vertical front) but also socially during the counterculture movement of the 1960s &8211; hippie vanwagon inspired paintwork on a &8216; Camper&8217; still remains just as iconic today Following a partnership between Corgi & Coca-Cola we are pairing the two globally admired heavyweights into one fantastic little model This 143 scale model of the VW Camper is of the highest Corgi Vanguards quality & dons a livery inspired by Coca-Cola in the 1960&8217;s So if you or someone special is looking to start or expand on their die-cast or Coca-Cola themed collection this would be the perfect starting point for the adult collector ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play In director Yasujiro Ozu&s drama LATE AUTUMN (AKIBIYORI) a still-beautiful widow has a daughter who is sufficiently past the favored age for marriage to be in danger of becoming an old maid according to the norms of Japanese culture Three mature men friends of the family get together to discuss the widow & her problem daughter Despite the fact that they each would like to marry the mother they agree that one of them should make the sacrifice of marrying the daughter They discuss their marriage idea with the mother not the daughter (as is customary) Somehow the girl hears of it & is infuriated She has said all along that though she wants to get married someday she wants to remain single for some time longer Now she is angry enough to threaten to accept the family friend&s suit simply out of spite Also included in this release is Ozu&s rare 1933 film A MOTHER SHOULD BE LOVED (HAKA O KOWAZUYA) ...