BBC TV play about young man named Goose who steals to support his demented grandmother & selling the stolen goods around his Manchester estate One day he meets a strange man called Anthony who seems to have psychic powers & the ability to not only tell if you have lost something by touching you but also where it is ...

In trying to understand the relationship of the British people to religion
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Use your cards to venture down expedition routes that take you to far-flung & mysterious corners of the Earth to an abandoned mountain temple a decaying circle of stone a city sunken under the sea an ancient Stone-Age settlement & a town inside of a mountain Your goal is to plan the routes in such a way that they bring you the greatest possible fame If you are especially daring you will also be able to wager on the success of your own expeditions But watch out You are not the only one traveling! Which routes will you pursue & how much gold is it worth to you? Plan well & use your resources wisely Only the player who has collected the most fame at the end of the game will be the winner ...

Who will discover the ancient civilizations? Two explorers embark on research journeys to remote corners of the world the Himalayan mountains the Central American rainforest the Egyptian desert a mysterious volcano & the bottom of the sea As the cards are played the expedition routes take shape & the explorers earn points The most daring adventurers make bets on the success of their expeditions The explorer with the highest score after three rounds of expeditions wins The rules of the game are simple but beware The lost cities hold many unseen mysteries! Who will discover the ancient civillisations Two explorers embark on research journeys to remote corners of the world The lost cities hold many unseen mysteries Players 2 Playing time 30 minutes Ages 10 ...

Ancient civilisations in Vietnam the lost cities of the Amazon the cities & towns of humankind have fought for space against the overwhelming power of nature We think we've mastered it but discoveries across the world show abandoned cities their proud buildings now flooded overtaken by the forests nature taking back what once was its own with the slow relentlessness of time But there are modern places too towns built by corrupt local officials that were never occupied amusement parks closed due to terrible tragedy settlements sinking ineluctably into the mud cities destroyed by radiation these are the remnants of a generation an entire society wiped from the earth leaving only dismembered traces of memory This exotic powerful new book evokes the eerie haunted places that retain small touches of humanity a car with only one wheel a battered doll torn shirts on a washing line a broken ferris wheel all of them are shattered dreams that dwell now only in the imagination ...

First published in the 1950s this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu In 1911 Hiram Bingham a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba capital city of the last Inca ruler Manco Inca With a combination of doggedness & good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 feet above the torrent of the Urubamba River The buildings were of white granite exquisitely carved blocks each higher than a man Bingham had not as it turned out found Vilcabamba but he had nevertheless made an astonishing & memorable discovery which he describes in his bestselling book LOST CITY OF THE INCAS ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Anthony Quinn gives one of his best performances as Lieutenant Colonel Pierre Raspeguy a hard-headed officer determined to become a hero at any cost in this dramatic war saga With strong technical merit & outstanding performances throughout & Lost Command& vividly illustrates man&s inhumanity to man for the sake of personal glory Actors Anthony Quinn Alain Delon George Segal Michele Morgan Maurice Ronet Claudia Cardinale Gregoire Aslan & Burt Kwouk Director Mark Robson Certificate 15 years & over Year 1966 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital Surround Additional Languages Dolby Digital (10) Mono German ; Italian ; Spanish ; French Subtitles Arabic ; Bulgarian ; Czech ; Danish ; Dutch ; English ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Greek ; Hebrew ; Hindi ; Hungarian ; Icelandic ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Portugese ; Spanish ; Swedish ; Turkish Duration 2 hours & 4 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Created by successful television producer JJ Abrams (FELICITY ALIAS) LOST became one of the most popular & critically acclaimed programmes of the 2004-2005 season Utilising a ripe premise & well-drawn & acted characters LOST attracted a huge following & was proclaimed the saving grace of a television year otherwise marred by derivative reality programming The story concerns the survivors of a terrible plane crash who find themselves stranded on a tropical island with seemingly little chance of a rescue Medical doctor Jack takes a position of leadership helping to rally the survivors & prepare them for a period of difficulty as they learn how to survive on the paradisiacal island But everything is not as it seems as the island offers potential danger in the form of a large mysterious creature & evidence is found that the plane crash may not have been an accident As they struggle to survive each of the characters forms alliances & makes enemies all while dealing with the unresolved issues of the lives they&ve left behind LOST distills the difficulties of society down to their essence exploring these problems with compelling characters & with a setting that&s equal parts paradise & mystery ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From JJ Abrams the creator of Alias comes an action-packed adventure that will bring out the very best & the very worst in the people who are lost on a faraway desert island Out of the blackness the first thing Jack (Matthew Fox) senses is pain Then burning sun A bamboo forest Smoke Screams With a rush comes the horrible awareness that the plane he was on tore apart in mid-air & crashed on a Pacific island From there it&s a blur as his doctor&s instinct kicks in people need his help Stripped of everything the 48 survivors scavenge what they can from the plane for their survival Some panic Some pin their hopes on rescue A few find inner-strength they never knew they had Kate (Evangeline Lilly) with no medical training suddenly finds herself suturing the doctor&s wounds Hurley (Jorge Garcia)
- a man with a warm sense of humour despite the desperate situation
- does his best to keep his cool as he helps those around him to survive Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) is a faded rock star who harbours a painful secret Sayid (Naveen Andrews) is a Middle Eastern man & former member of the Elite Republican Guard who must wrestle with the racial profiling directed at him by some of his fellow survivors Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) & Sun (Kim Yun-jin) are a Korean couple whose traditions values & language are foreign & thus causes much to get lost in the translation Sawyer (Josh Holloway) has an air of danger surrounding him & his intense sense of mistrust for everyone around him could prove to be fatal to his fellow castaways Michael (Harold Perrineau) has just gained custody of his nine-year-old son Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) after the death of his ex-wife
- they are a father & son who don&t even know each other Locke (Terry O& Quinn) is a mysterious man who keeps to himself & who harbours a deeper connection to the island than any of the others & self-centered Shannon (Maggie Grace)
- who actually gives herself a pedicure amid the chaos
- & her estranged controlling brother Boone (Ian Somerhalder)
- constantly bicker & must learn to get along if they are to survive Episodes comprise 1 Pilot (Part 1) 2 Pilot (Part 2) 3 Tabula Rasa 4 Walkabout 5 White Rabbit 6 House Of The Rising Sun 7 The Moth 8 Confidence Man 9 Solitary 10 Raised By Another 11 All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues 12 Whatever The Case May Be 13 Hearts & Minds 14 Special 15 Homecoming 16 Outlaws 17 In Translation 18 Numbers 19 Deus Ex Machina 20 Do No Harm 21 The Greater Good (aka Sides) 22 Born To Run 23 Exodus (Part 1) 24 Exodus (Part 2)





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