Luke gets to help set-up the legendary Pony Express! In 1860 getting from Missouri to California on the West Coast took a long long time
- not to mention a certain degree of courage Annoyed at the delay in communication the federal government offers a grant to whoever can solve the problem & set-up a fast reliable mail system linking East & West In response entrepreneur WH Russell founds the Pony Express company fearless men riding day & night changing horses at way stations But not everyone likes that idea The 46th adventure of Lucky Luke & the Old West at its funniest!
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The First Transcontinental Railroad is stopped dead near its starting point both in the East & in the West Repeated injunctions from the president of the Transcontinental Railroad A" are having no effect His workers are constantly prevented from working by agents of a mysterious traitor But Lucky Luke witnesses one of the acts of sabotage & stops it Soon he is in charge of security for the entire westward push-and he will have his work cut out for him! ...

Two rival families live in Painful Gulch the O' Timmins clan who have big noses & the O' Haras who have big ears They've been fighting for decades & don't even know why anymore Lucky Luke is appointed mayor in order to bring peace back to the town But the men & their thick-headed sense of honour will wreck all of Lucky Luke's plans for reconciliation Our hero must find a solution! ...

1861 Abraham Lincoln orders that the First Transcontinental Telegraph line currently interrupted between Nevada & Nebraska be completed Two teams one heading east from Carson City & the other west from Omaha will meet up in Salt Lake City Lucky Luke joins the eastbound team But when a 100000 reward is offered to the first team to arrive there's suddenly more to fear than the natural obstacles of the journey A saboteur seems to be at work! ...

A wagon train of pioneers drives through Nothing Gulch Its ill-tempered driver is sent away by the travellers & Lucky Luke is asked to step in He agrees to lead the pioneers to California but a mystery vandal keeps sabotaging the convoy Can Lucky Luke lead the wagon train safely to California? ...

It's the start of the 1860s & the Old West is changing-a change that comes as a shock to the Daltons when they're arrested not by Lucky Luke but by
- Allan Pinkerton! The man is determined to turn bandit-hunting into a modern rational business-even at the cost of the American people's personal freedom It'll be up to Lucky Luke to ensure that the USA is protected against all evil-doers rascals & lawmen alike -
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The 69th adventure of Lucky Luke & the Old West at its funniest! 48 pages 1 Illustrations unspecified Pearce ...

Lucky Lupin is a poignant yet light-hearted story of survival against the odds based on Charlie Mortimer's life with HIVAids during the early years (1984-1996) when there was neither treatment nor cure Using a combination of good luck gallows humour Fray Bentos pies & copious quantities of Solpadeine Charlie survived not only the illness but the hysteria that accompanied the so-called 'gay plague' Anyone infected became a social pariah; had the local launderette got word of his illness they wouldn't have washed his sheets but burnt them Whilst taking full responsibility for the consequences of his behaviour
- ' The fact is you don't get AIDS from watching telly'
- Charlie initially took to the sofa & prepared for death but in time he found the inner strength required to confront his fatal diagnosis becoming among other things an antiques dealer & contemporary art collector With blistering & often hilarious candour Charlie also recounts his childhood where he developed a passion for cars cultivated by his adventurous mother ' Nidnod' his dizzying array of careers & somewhat curious domestic arrangements including the 'adoption' of a bank robber for twelve years He also confronts head on his experiences of coming to terms with confused sexuality addiction epilepsy & clinical depression before finding lasting contentment Praise for Dear Lupin' As well as being the funniest book I've read in ages it's also extremely touching A delight then on every front' The Spectator ' Very very funny' Sunday Times' Wry trenchant often extremely funny but also charmingly forbearing & forgiving' Country Life

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In September 1998 Michael J Fox stunned the world by announcing that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
- in fact he
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A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city&s most rival crime bosses The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) & The Boss (Morgan Freeman) Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis) & finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him! Special Features Making of Lucky Number Slevin Trailer Certificate 18 Running Time 105 mins approx Languages English Region B ...