A gripping & shocking insight into the lives of Russia's most famous oligarchs from New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires & Bringing Down the House Once Upon a Time in Russia is the untold true story of the larger-than-life billionaire oligarchs who surfed the waves of privatization to reap riches after the fall of the Soviet regime Godfather of the Kremlin Boris Berezovsky a former mathematician whose first entrepreneurial venture was running an automobile reselling business & Roman Abramovich his dashing young protege who built a multi-billion-dollar empire of oil & aluminium Locked in a complex uniquely Russian partnership Berezovsky & Abramovich battled their way through the Wild East of Russia with Berezovsky acting as the younger man's krysha- literally his roof his protector Written with the heart-stopping pace of a thriller -but even more compelling because it is true
- this story of amassing obscene wealth & power depicts a rarefied world seldom seen up close Under Berezovsky's krysha Abramovich built one of Russia's largest oil companies from the ground up & in exchange made cash deliveries
- including 491 million dollars in just one year But their relationship frayed when Berezovsky attacked President Vladimir Putin in the media
- & had to flee to the UK Abramovich continued to prosper Dead bodies trailed Berezovsky's footsteps & threats followed him to London where an associate of his died painfully & famously of Polonium poisoning Then Berezovsky himself was later found dead declared a suicide Exclusively sourced capturing a momentous period in recent world history Once Upon a Time in Russia is at once personal & political offering an unprecedented look into the wealth corruption & power behind what Graydon Carter called the story of our age'


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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award 2017 Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2017 Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the Sunday Times Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven They are strangers to her When she is born in 1973 her parents hand her over to a childless peasant couple in the mountains Aged two & suffering from malnutrition on a diet of yam leaves they leave Xiaolu with her illiterate grandparents in a fishing village on the East China Sea Once Upon a Time in the East takes Xiaolu from a run-down shack to film school in a rapidly changing Beijing navigating the everyday peculiarity of modern China censorship underground art Western boyfriends In 2002 she leaves Beijing on a scholarship to study in Britain Now after a decade in Europe her tale of East to West resonates with the insight that can only come from someone who is both an outsider & at home ' This generation's Wild Swans' Daily Telegraph ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Shane Meadows& tinned spaghetti western has been described as "fantastic" the perfect mix of laughs & shellsuits" by The Observer Dek & Shirley live together with Marlene Shirley&s daughter by the sexy delinquent Jimmy who skedaddled years ago & hasn&t been heard from since Decent-but-dull Dek loves television Like every other person Shirley has ever met Jimmy Witnesses Dek&s TV proposal & he returns to town convinced that his nerdy rival doesn&t stand a chance against a renewed romantic assault from the great love of her life The race is on for Shirley&s affections & Dek&s the one driving the Ford Sierra Actors Robert Carlyle Rhys Ifans Kathy Burke Shirley Henderson Ricky Tomlinson Finn Atkins Vanessa Feltz James Cosmo Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer Director Shane Meadows Certificate 15 years & over Year 2002 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English For The Hearing Impaired Duration 1 hour 40 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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When Lyra is studying at Oxford University she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby & Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting many years ago along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together When a young Texan balloonist Lee Scoresby comes down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in an out-&-out political brawl Lee & his daemon Hester find themselves the target of political factions trying to take over the running (and oil) of the town & also resident in the town are huge arctic bears ignored & patronised by the people & treated like second-class citizens When Lee & Iorek first meet they cement a friendship that will continue throughout their lives as the tensions & pressure in town lead to a deadly conclusion Another wonderful tale from a master story-teller giving us more extraordinary insight into the world of His Dark Materials

Includes:: a thrilling board game!

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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 Sergio Leone’s monumental picture ranks among his most admired achievements In the dying days of the Old West a struggle to control water in a dusty desert town embroils three hard-bitten gunmen in an epic clash of greed honor & revenge Henry Fonda stars in his most sinister role as Frank a hired killer who ruthlessly slays an entire family Jason Robards plays Cheyenne an infamous bandit framed for the slaughter & Charles Bronson is The Man a mysterious loner determined to exact vengeance for a grudge he refuses to divulge An influence on countless directors Leone’s masterpiece is considered among the greatest Westerns ever made Actors Claudia Cardinale Henry Fonda Jason Robards Charles Bronson Gabriele Ferzetti Directors Sergio Leone Format PAL Blu-ray Language English Subtitles French German Dutch Danish Norwegian Dubbed German French Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region All Regions (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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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 A mysterious woman in the Old West is in danger from a band of ruthless gunmen ...

Track Listings Disc 1 1 How The West Was Won 2 The Pilot 3 Good Ol' Day To Die 4 The Bowery 5 BB Guns & Dirtbikes 6 Hold The Line Disc 2 1 Ballad Of A Deadman 2 One Lone Night 3 Sleepy Little Town 4 Wish It Was True 5 The Witch 6 I Am The Light ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Quentin Tarantino&8217;s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles where everything is changing as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo Di Caprio) & his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast & multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood&8217;s golden age Actors Leonardo Di Caprio Brad Pitt Margot Robbie Emile Hirsch Margaret Qualley Directors Quentin Tarantino Producers Quentin Tarantino Shannon Mc Intosh David Heyman Format Subtitled PALLanguage English Subtitles Hungarian Czech Slovene Romanian Arabic Icelandic Bulgarian Croatian English Portuguese Polish Turkish Greek Serbian Hebrew Slovak Dubbed Hungarian Czech Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Audio Description English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

In Once Upon a Time players tell a story together using cards that show fairytale elements & endings Now add more valorous deeds to your game with the Knightly Tales expansion Inspired by legends of gallant knights & their ladies the 38 Story Cards & 17 Ending Cards in this set can be shuffled into your Once Upon a Time storytelling card game deck to add chivalrous themes & more variety to your game For an even stronger knightly feel try removing some of the core Story or Ending Cards ...

In Once Upon a Time players tell a story together using cards that show fairytale elements & endings Now add more adventure to your game with the Seafaring Tales expansion Inspired by daring pirates & stories of the sea the 38 Story Cards & 17 Ending Cards in this set can be shuffled into your Once Upon a Time storytelling card game deck to add new themes & more variety to your game For an even stronger nautical feel try removing some of the core Story or Ending Cards Expansion for Once Upon a Time Story Inspired by daring pirates & stories of the sea Adds new themes & more variety to your game Ages 8 2-6 players ...