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 ...

Out Of This World is jam-packed with everything children need to know about space
- from facts & statistics to real-life adventures
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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 Suppose everything you knew everything you trusted became a lie For Matt Lee Whitlock that nightmare has become a reality In his role as chief of police in small Banyan Key Florida he&s highly respected by his peers & loved by his community But when Banyan Key is shocked by a double homicide everything Matt Lee thought he knew starts to unravel & he finds himself in a race against time to solve the murders before he himself falls under suspicion Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force & everyone he&s trusted in order to find out the truth Actors Denzel Washington Eva Mendes Dean Cain Sanaa Lathan John Billingsley Robert Baker & Alex Carter Director Carl Franklin Certificate 15 years & over Year 2003 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 101 minutes (approx)
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'A beautifully written book Essential reading' John Humphrys' Carol Lee is a courageous writer This book is both tender & tough-minded in its record of one woman's day by day journey through a universal experience' Maggie Gee In a candid portrayal of the last years of her parents' lives Carol Lee confronts the sense of loss
- & longing
- at the heart of her family & perhaps all families They have often lived separately
- in the UK Africa Egypt & the Middle East her father's sudden illness & her mother's gradual memory loss bringing them together Returning with her brother as adult 'children'
- roles & boundaries between all of them changed
- guilt & anger play their part in the two & a half years which follow But Carol finds delight too in stories of her mother practising tango in the tiny kitchen of her childhood home & she is humbled by her father's courage Snowbound winters beach walks in Wales & African times are captured in this account of the turmoil of long-distance care Along the road back to a parent's house matters of memory identity grief
- & renewal
- are woven through four people's lives to reveal a rich legacy from the past






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Fifty years into my life journey I realise that while I love remote wild places & the peoples I meet there it is in forests that I find the greatest joy Of all the forests that I have explored it is the great circumpolar Boreal forest of the North that calls to me most Here is a landscape where bush knowledge really counts & where experience counts even more This book has been thirty years in the making& Out on the Land is an absorbing exploration of & tribute to the circumpolar Boreal forest of the North its landscape its people their cultures & skills the wilderness that embodies it & its immense beauty The book is vast in scope & covers every aspect of being in the wilderness in both winter & summer (clothing kit skills cooking survival) revealing the age-old traditions & techniques & how to carry them out yourself It also

Includes:: case studies of early explorers as well as modern-day adventurers who found themselves stranded in the forest & forced to work out a way to survive So much more than a bushcraft manual this book goes deeper to the traditions & cultures that gave us these skills as well as focusing on the detail itself Ray & Lars&s practical advice is wound around a deep love for the forest respect & admiration for the people who live there & sheer enjoyment of the stunning scenery

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In 1948 when he is fifteen Trond spends a summer in the country with his father The events
- the accidental death of a child his
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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 Private investigator Jim Noble (Scott Sell THE LAST STRAIGHT MAN) moves into a beautiful loft complex in Tampa & finds murder literally right outside his door When the corpse of singularly sexy & universally reviled Justin Jaymes (singersongwriter Tom Goss) is found floating naked in the courtyard pool it has the unusually close-knit group of residents scrambling for alibis Could the killer be the building's nosy matchmaker Gene Sherman (Rob Moretti TRUTH) or perhaps shy dentist Vic Barnaby (Mark Strano TIGER ORANGE)? In his quest to find the truth Jim embarks upon a lurid twisting journey to answer the question on everyone's lips Who killed Justin Jaymes?A sexy gay twist on the modern murder mystery OUT TO KILL is thrillingly unmissable Actors Scott Sell Rob Moretti Mark Strano Tom Goss Directors Rob Williams Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...