Stephen Maxwell has just retired from a lifetime spent teaching history at his alma mater As he writes the official history of Blake's a minor public school steeped in military tradition he also reveals how forty years ago a secret conflict dating from the Second World War re-enacted itself among staff & pupils when fascism once more made its presence felt in the school & the city with violent & nightmarish results ...

As bubbly as champagne & delectable as wedding cake Once & for All is set in the world of wedding planning where crises are routine Louna spends her summers helping brides plan their perfect day & handling every kind of crises missing brides scene-stealing bridesmaids & controlling grooms Not surprising then that she's deeply cynical about happy-ever-afters especially since her own first love ended in tragedy When handsome girl magnet Ambrose enters her life Louna won't take him seriously But Ambrose hates not getting what he wants & Louna is the girl he's been waiting for Maybe it's not too late for a happy ending after all?' When I read a Sarah Dessen novel I'm sixteen again in the flush of first love' Jodi Picoult ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Comedy superstar Jim Carrey plays a hot-blooded teen who becomes the reluctant door to a sultry--and extremely thirsty--nocturnal nymph (Lauren Hutton) in this funny sexy send-up of the horror genre Mark (Carrey) has just one thing on his mind going all the way But while his girlfriend keeps telling him he has to wait he meets a beautiful vampire countess (Hutton) who&s ready for action Mark&s just happy to get past second base but after a one-night stand with the sexy seductress Mark starts behaving more than a little batty & realises he must find a way to break his lover&s fiendish spell or be prepared to work the graveyard shift forever ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play The Irish romance ONCE may be a musical but it is miles away from the traditional Hollywood idea of people bursting into song Glen Hansard (frontman for indie rock band the Frames) plays the guy a street musician who is playing for change when he meets the girl (Marketa Irglova) an immigrant from the Czech Republic The pair immediately bond over their shared love of music (he is a guitarist & she plays the piano) & the film chronicles their tentative relationship Both are weighed down by plenty of baggage his songs are fueled by a painful breakup & she is a young mother who left her husband behind in her native country Like the independent favourite BEFORE SUNRISE ONCE is a simple sweet drama that doesn’t rely on an elaborate plot With its use of digital video & handheld cameras ONCE matches its spare visual style to its intimate mood Each moment feels stolen from real life & the story is at once familiar & fresh Driven more by music than by dialogue ONCE features a stirring soundtrack of heartfelt indie rock sung by Hansard & Irglova Before his foray into film director John Carney (ON THE EDGE) played bass in the Frames & his passion for music is clear in this modern musical that hits every note perfectly ...

Once by Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanage he lives in to save his Jewish parents from the Nazis in the occupied Poland of the Second World War Everybody deserves to have something good in their life At least Once Once I escaped from am orphanage to find Mum & Dad Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a burning house Once I made a Nazi with a toothache laugh My name is Felix This is my story Once is the first in a series of children's novels about Felix a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust from Australian author Morris Gleitzman
- author of Bumface & Boy Overboard The next books in the series Then Now & After are also available from Puffin
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With an introduction by Eimear Mc Bride A devastatingly powerful moving & uplifting memoir
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play After years apart half brothers 2020 Mike & Torch are brought back together by the one thing they have in common-crime Reunited the pair plan to make a fast buck ripping off a heroin deal But their plan goes badly wrong The deal erupts in a hail of bullets Mike & Torch escape making a run for it with a motherload of drugs belonging to local hoodlum Manny Rivera Holed up in an abandoned building with a contract out on their lives Mike turns to his old partnet Tony for help little realising hes already triggered a chain of events that will not only test the tiro's loyalties to the limitit could kill them all Actors Laurence Fishburne Titus Welliver Eamonn Walker Directors Laurence Fishburne Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Very few people in football can unite fans from different clubs let alone different countries But Bobby Robson was one such person His coaching career spanned nearly forty years with spells at Ipswich England Barcelona & Newcastle & although his football legacy is revered it is his personal battle against cancer & the creation of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation to fight cancer that will always live on In 2014 former Premier League stars Robbie Elliott & Phil Gray decided make their personal tribute by embarking on a gruelling 3500 mile charity cycle ride
- visiting every football ground where Sir Bobby coached in just 25 days The duo encounter extreme altitudes storms fatigue & illness as they make their way from Lisbon to Porto Barcelona Eindhoven Fulham Ipswich Wembley before finally crossing the Tyne Bridge into an emotional welcome at Sir Bobby s spiritual home St James& Park Newcastle This epic film combines their struggle to cross Europe by bike with the telling of Sir Bobby s story by those he influenced personally & professionally Alan Shearer Gary Lineker Peter Beardsley Paul Gascoigne Peter Shilton Jose Mourinho & other football legends Narrated by Tim Healy (Auf Wiedersehen Pet Benidorm) this touching tribute to Sir Bobby Robson will delight anyone interested in football cycling or the human spirit as two sportsmen decide to don their kit & do it Once More for Bobby
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The majority of Evangelical view is that once someone has accepted Christ as Saviour they are guaranteed salvation But is it safe to assume that once we are saved we are saved for always? David Pawson investigated this through biblical evidence historical figures such as Augustine Luther & Wesley & evangelical assumptions about grace & justification divine sovereignty & human responsibility He asks whether something more than being born again is required so that our inheritance is not lost This book helps us to deicde whether 'once saved always saved' is real assurance or a misleading assumption The answer will have profound effects on the way we live & disciple others ...

An irresistible little library slipcase containting four fabulous stories by internationally acclaimed award-winning picture books star Oliver Jeffers! Once there was a boy & one day Enjoy four exciting adventures of the boy as he learns how to catch a star journeys to the South Pole & the moon
- making new discoveries & finding friendship along the way The award-winning picture books How to Catch a Star' Lost & Found' The Way Back Home' & Up & Down' are now presented in this beautiful hardback slipcase edition to be treasured
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