Out of the Darkness by Heather Graham A love rekindled Or a deadly reunion? Sarah Hampton is still haunted by a night that nearly ended in a bloody massacre & destroyed her romance with Tyler Grant Now the horror has returned This time Tyler must protect Sarah from the killer hiding in the darkness Appalachian Prey by Debbie Herbert Star-crossed lovers Danger awaits them both Unfortunate circumstances force pregnant Lilah Tedder to face deputy Harlan Sampson her child's secret father who left her heartbroken But when a killer targets Lilah Harlan becomes more than her protector They must uncover old secrets or pay the ultimate price ...

A visitor from an alternate world is glimpsed in a snowy churchyard; a box contains a creature that resembles (but not quite closely enough) a human being; two schoolboys spend a holiday with a sinister aunt In many of these stories ordinary settings in the English countryside possess a hallucinatory quality
- a sense of meaning beyond our grasp & events running out of kilter with reality Like all the best ghost stories these haunting tales offer an enduring sense of mystery with an explanation that remains tantalisingly out of reach They grow richer with each reading
- lingering in the mind & becoming ever more sinister & more profound

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Out of the Easy is set against the vivid backdrop of 1950s New Orleans Written by New York Times bestselling author Ruth Sepetys this novel has something for everyone love mystery murder blackmail & warmth Josie Moraine wants out of The Big Easy
- she needs more than New Orleans can offer Known locally as a brothel prostitute's daughter she dreams of life at an elite college far away from here But then a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie caught between her ambition & a clandestine underworld New Orleans is luring Josie deeper in as she searches for the truth & temptation beckons at every turn Praise for Between Shades of Gray' This superlative first novel by Ruta Sepetys demonstrates the strength of its unembellished language A hefty emotional punch'
- The New York Times' moving & heart-wrenching'
- The Guardian Ruta Sepetys was born & raised in Michigan & now lives with her family in Tennessee Her first novel Between Shades of Gray was shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal & the Waterstones Children's Book Award


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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 Christian Bale Casey Affleck & Woody Harrelson star in this crime thriller from director Scott Cooper Russell Baze (Bale) works in a dead-end job trying to make ends meet so he can support his girlfriend Lena (Zoe Saldana) & his ailing father After returning from serving in Iraq Russell&s younger brother Rodney (Affleck) gets involved with the ruthless Harlan De Groat (Harrelson) & his crime syndicate When he fails to come home & the police are unable to find him Russell puts his own life in danger to save his brother The film also stars Forest Whitaker Willem Dafoe & Sam Shepard with Leonardo Di Caprio Ridley Scott & the late Tony Scott among its producers ...

FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE LOST SWIMMER now in development as a film 'A taut & tightly wound page-turner' Marie Claire When environmental scientist Laura Alvarado is sent to a remote Antarctic island to report on an abandoned whaling station she begins to uncover more than she could ever imagine On a diving expedition Laura emerges into an ice cave where she is shocked to see an anguished figure crying for help But in this freezing lonely landscape there are ghosts everywhere & Laura wonders if her own eyes can be trusted Has she been in the ice too long? Piecing together a past & present of cruelty & vulnerability that can be traced around the world from Norway to Nantucket Europe & Antarctica Laura will stop at nothing to unearth the truth As she comes face to face with the dark side of human progress she also discovers a legacy of love hope & the meaning of family If only Laura can now find her way out of the ice Out of the Ice delivers compelling psychological drama for fans of Ruth Ware & Rosamund Lupton Praise for The Lost Swimmer now being developed as a film Ann Turner has produced a vivid suspenseful thriller that should appeal to those with a taste for armchair travel' Sydney Morning Herald We had pins & needles trying to unravel the truth throughout Turner's crisply written cleverly plotted tale of deceit' i Books Editor ...

' An optimistic accessible way to start thinking about change'
- Financial Times Who Moved My Cheese? offered millions of readers
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At the height of the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s over 100 foreign civilians were taken hostage by Islamic Jihad As the Archbishop of Canterbury's special envoy Terry Waite conducted several successful missions to negotiate the release of numerous hostages But in January 1987 while on one of his many visits to Beirut he was captured himself Imprisoned for nearly five years four of them in solitary confinement he was chained beaten frequently blindfolded & subjected to a mock execution In this moving sequence of poems & reflections Terry Waite recalls the highs & lows of his life both during that ordeal & throughout the happier years of humanitarian work that have followed They give us a glimpse into the depths of faith hope & love that sustained him through that intense time of suffering They also take us into memories of his later life reminding us of the joy to be found in meaningful work & in the humanity we share with those around us Out of the Silence not only offers a rare insight into one man's experience in the throes of a bitter conflict of the past; it also bears witness to the enduring power of forgiveness truth & reconciliation in the face of adverse forces still at work in the world today ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play OUT OF THE UNKNOWN (7 DVD SET) This classic anthology science fiction series created by Irene Shubik (The Wednesday Play Rumpole of the Bailey was one of the most daring ambitious & inventive series ever created Intended to display the genre at its best as parable or metaphor whether seriously or satirically the series drew from writers of the calibre of Frederick Pohl EM Forster Isaac Asimov Ray Bradbury & John Wyndham The cream of British television talent was applied to bring these tales to the small screen Dramatists such as JB Priestly Leon Griffiths & Jeremy Paul directors such as Philip Saville & Rudolph Cartier visionary designers including Ridley Scott & powerful actors of the calibre of Yvonne Mitchell George Cole Rachel Roberts David Hemmings & Warren Mitchell The results were spectacular sometimes disturbing sometimes funny yet always of the highest intelligence an extraordinary consistently demanding exploration of the genre with some of the most memorable television productions ever staged This extensive seven-disc DVD box set collects all 20 surviving episodes from the four original series along with an extensive & comprehensive collection of extra features including one incomplete episode four episode reconstructions 11 audio commentaries extensive stills galleries an archival interview with director James Cellan Jones & a newly-created 42-minute documentary with original cast & crew members & rarely seen fragments from lost episodes Special features All 20 surviving episodes from series one to four Return of the Unknown (2014 42 mins) all-new documentary with cast & crew interviews & clips from lost episodes 11 audio commentaries with cast & crew & experts moderated by actor-comedian Toby Hadoke Archival interview with director James Cellan Jones Episode reconstructions for Beach Head The Naked Sun The Yellow Pill & The Uninvited Film insert from Deathday episode Seven extensive stills galleries Fully illustrated booklet with essays by Out of the Unknown expert Mark Ward Starring Terence Morgan Milo O& Shea Yvonne Mitchell George Cole Wendy Craig Graham Stark Rachel Roberts David Hemmings Warren Mitchell Hannah Gordon Burt Kwouk & other British notable actors Directed by Philip Saville Rudolph Cartier Peter Sasdy & others UK 1965
- 1971 black & white & colour English language optional hard-of-hearing subtitles 1325 minutes Original aspect ratio 1331 7 x DVD9 PAL Dolby Digital 10 mono audio
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For Gervase Phinn growing old is not about a leisurely walk to the pub for a game of dominoes or snoozing in his favourite armchair As this sparkling collection of his very best humorous writing shows he may be 'out of the woods' but he is certainly not 'over the hill' Looking back over more than sixty years of family life teaching inspecting schools writing & public speaking Gervase never fails to unearth humour character warmth & wisdom from the most diverse of experiences whether they be growing up in Rotherham with the most un-Yorkshirelike of names or describing why loud mobile phone users get his goat Brimming with nostalgia gently mocking life's absurdities never shy of an opinion this is Gervase Phinn at his wittiest twinkly-eyed best ...

What does the good life
- & the good society
- look like in the twenty-first century? 224 pages Monbiot George ...