Linear B is Europe's oldest readable writing dating from the middle of the second millennium BC This book newly available in paperback tells the life story of Michael Ventris interlaced with that of his decipherment of Linear B First discovered in 1900 on clay tablets among the ruins of the Palace of Minos at Knossos Crete it remained a mystery for over fifty years until 1952 when Michael Ventris discovered that its signs did not represent an unknown language as previously believed but an archaic dialect of Greek more than 500 years older than the Greek of Homer Dubbed the Everest of archaeology the decipherment was all the more remarkable because Ventris was not a trained classical scholar but an architect by profession who had first heard of Linear B as a schoolboy An initial fascination became a lifelong obsession for this intriguing & contradictory man a gifted linguist but a divided soul " Excellent well researched & clearly presented compelling reading" (" The Times Literary Supplement") " Excellent Robinson understands how to make the complexities of pictograms clear to the non-expert The book gives many examples & would appeal to anyone interested in crosswords codes & cyphers but it also tells a fascinating human story" (" The Independent") "A wonderfully swift & clear biography written for the nonspecialist" (" The Economist") "A superb biography of Michael Ventris combining a warm account of his life with just enough technical details to satisfy those who have knowledge of linguistics or indeed of the classics It is a splendid read & a fine memorial to the split personality that enabled Ventris to decipher Minoan Linear B so triumphantly (" Current World Archaeology") ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play James Stewart & Doris Day star in this exciting Hitchcock suspense yarn complete with murder assassination plots kidnapping & a hair raising climax Dr Ben Mackenna (Stewart) & his wife Jo (Day) take their ten year old son on holiday to Morocco & get caught up in a web of intrigue when he is kidnapped They are forced to travel to London to find him which results in a memorable murder sequence at the Royal Albert Hall & Que Sera Sera& sung by Doris Day won an Oscar (Best Song 1955) Actors James Stewart Doris Day Brenda De Banzie Daniel Gelin Bernard Miles Reggie Nalder Richard Wattis Noel Willman Christopher Olsen Ralph Truman Mogens Wieth Alan Mowbray Hillary Brooke Alix Talton & Yves Brainville Director Alfred Hitchcock Certificate PGYear 1956 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Additional Languages German Subtitles English for hearing impaired ; English ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; German ; Norwegian ; Swedish Duration 1 hour & 55 minutes (approx)
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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 Three times Oscar nominated Clifton Webb Robert Flemying & Oscar winner Gloria Grahame star in this highly acclaimed 1956 British war film based on an incredible true story In 1943 two intelligence officers from the Royal Navy (Clifton Webb Robert Flemying) attempt to pull off the most daring espionage mission of the Second World War The Allies are about to invade Sicily
- but the Germans must be convinced that their real target is Greece A briefcase containing plans for the fake invasion is attached to a body dressed as a British major & given an elaborate false identity The &man who never was& is then left at sea for the Germans to find However Nazi intelligence believes that the find may be just too good to be true
- & a desperate cat-&-mouse game begins in the heart of war torn London Actors Clifton Webbe Gloria Grahame & Robert Flemyng Director Ronald Neame Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1956 Screen 2351 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Duration 1 hour & 43 minutes (approx)


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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 Ranking with Stagecoach & The Searchers as one of the greatest of its genre The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a modern-day western to beat all westerns John Ford whose very name is synonymous with the genre directed an ideal cast Jimmy Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid the fair village of Shinbone of its number one nuisance & bad man Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) & as if all that weren&t enough the biggest star that ever aimed a six-shooter plays the Man of the title John Wayne Super sincere Stewart & rugged rancher Wayne also share the same love interest (Vera Miles) One gets the gunman but the other gets the gal When the legend becomes fact print the legend ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Steve Myers (Billy Connolly) gave up his job as a lawyer to become a fisherman But when a storm destroys his only asset his boat & the insurance company refuses to pay out for &an act of God& he decides to react Re-registering as a lawyer Myers then sues the insurance company & the Church (who represent God) whilst local journalist Anna Redmond (Julia Davis) begins to follow the case Actors Billy Connolly Judy Davis Colin Friels Wendy Hughes Bille Brown Directors Mark Joffe Writers Don Watson John Clarke John Collee Patrick Mc Carville Producers Ben Gannon Brian Abel Irene Dobson Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Under the intense summer sun on the Essex coast a gull falls from the sky & strikes an unassuming local council worker sitting on the beach below From that moment on he is obsessed a crazed visionary repeatedly depicting the scene & the unknown figure within in it which filled his view at the moment of impact The mysterious beauty of his creations draw others to him but can they lay hold of that which possess him? & what of his anonymous muse? ...

James Bond has been marked for death & he need all his lethal instincts & seductive charm to survive in this action-packed adventure! Roger Moore returns as Agent 007 & faces off in a deadly game of cat-&-mouse with assassin Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) Featuring a wild automobile chase through Bangkok & Bond stunning confrontation with an entire martial-arts school The Man with the Golden Gun delivers nonstop excitement! ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play James Bond has been marked for death & he&ll need all his lethal instincts & seductive charm to survive in this action-packed adventure! Roger Moore returns as Agent 007 & faces off in a deadly game of cat-&-mouse with assassin Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) Featuring a wild automobile chase through Bangkok & Bond&s stunning confrontation with an entire martial-arts school The Man with the Golden Gun delivers nonstop excitement! Actors Roger Moore Britt Ekland Maud Adams Christopher Lee Herve Villechaize Lois Maxwell Bernard Lee Desmond Llewelyn Clifton James Richard Loo & Carmen du Sautoy Director Guy Hamilton Certificate PG Year 1974 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 59 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Quentin Tarantino presents The Man With The Iron Fists an action-adventure inspired by kung-fu classics as interpreted by his longtime collaborators RZA & Eli Roth Making his debut as a big-screen director & leading man RZA-alongside a stellar international cast led by Russell Crowe & Lucy Liu-tells the epic story of warriors assassins & a lone outsider hero in nineteenth-century China who must unite to destroy the clan traitor who would destroy them all Since his arrival in China&s Jungle Village the town&s blacksmith (RZA) has been forced by radical tribal factions to create elaborate tools of destruction When the clans& brewing war boils over the stranger channels an ancient energy to transform himself into a human weapon As he fights alongside iconic heroes & against soulless villains one man must harness this power to become savior of his adopted people Blending astonishing martial-arts sequences from some of the masters of this world with the signature vision he brings as the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan & as one of hip-hop&s most dominant figures of the past two decades RZA embarks upon his most ambitious stylized & thrilling project to date Actors Russell Crowe RZA Lucy Liu Rick Yune Jamie Chung Cung Le Dave Bautista Byron Mann Daniel Wu & Pam Grier Director RZACertificate 18 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 2401 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Additional Languages French ; Italian ; German ; Latin American Spanish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Italian ; German ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Latin American Spanish ; Norwegian ; Swedish Duration 1 hour & 35 minutes (approx)
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Only those who allowed their inner hold on their moral & spiritual selves to subside eventually fell victim to the camp's degenerating influence
- while those who made a victory of those experiences turned them into an inner triumph 160 pages Frankl Viktor E
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