THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'A timely re-appraisal a masterpiece' General Lord Richard Dannatt The Third Battle of Ypres was a 'lost victory' for the British Army in 1917 Between July & November 1917 in a small corner of Belgium more than 500000 men were killed or maimed gassed or drowned
- & many of the bodies were never found The Ypres offensive represents the modern impression of the First World War splintered trees water-filled craters muddy shell-holes The climax was one of the worst battles of both world wars Passchendaele The village fell eventually only for the whole offensive to be called off But as Nick Lloyd shows notably through previously overlooked German archive material it is striking how close the British came to forcing the German Army to make a major retreat in Belgium in October 1917 Far from being a pointless & futile waste of men the battle was a startling illustration of how effective British tactics & operations had become by 1917 & put the Allies nearer to a major turning point in the war than we have ever imagined Published for the 100th anniversary of this major conflict Passchendaele is the most compelling & comprehensive account ever written of the climax of trench warfare on the Western Front
...

The Classic Account of Passchendaele
- Reissued for the First World War Centenary The third battle of Ypres culminating in a desperate
...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play A shell shocked veteran returns home to Canada where he is assigned to help the on-going recruitment drive needed to feed the war machine As he recovers from his experiences he falls for a war nurse whose younger brother cannot enlist due to a medical condition Desperate to serve his country David uses a fraudulent medical certificate & joins the army Michael feels he has no option but to follow him back to the Western Front & protect him from harm Both men are dispatched to the front line of Passchendaele
- a battle that became synonymous with the misery of the First World War & claimed over 600000 casualties Making of Passchendaele Actors Paul Gross Caroline Dhavernas Joe Dinicol Meredith Bailey Jim Mezon Michael Greyeyes Adam Harrington Gil Bellows James Kot & Jesse Frechette Director Paul Gross Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 50 minutes (approx)
...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A shell shocked veteran returns home to Canada where he is assigned to help the on-going recruitment drive needed to feed the war machine As he recovers from his experiences he falls for a war nurse whose younger brother cannot enlist due to a medical condition Desperate to serve his country David uses a fraudulent medical certificate & joins the army Michael feels he has no option but to follow him back to the Western Front & protect him from harm Both men are dispatched to the front line of Passchendaele
- a battle that became synonymous with the misery of the First World War & claimed over 600000 casualties
...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The world sometimes seems divided into two camps those who recall their teenage years as having been an exhilarating dream & those who remember them as having been an infernal nightmarish hell With all this in mind it might do to describe Passe ton bac d&abord Graduate First Pass Your Bac First as Maurice Pialat&s " The Best Years of Our Lives" while bearing in mind all that such a description might suggest It&s an elastic unsparing portrait of teenage life in the suburbs of France from an era when the phrase "sixteen candles" still might have first conjured the image of flames A group of young actors including several local unknowns -- Philippe Marlaud Bernard Tronczyk Patrick Lepczynski & Sabine Haudepin (once the little girl of Truffaut&s Jules et Jim) among others -- make up the cluster of friends adrift beneath the twilight of their school years There&s drama violence & pot-induced laughs -- group holidays indiscriminate sex advances from teachers twenty-five years their seniors attempted moves to Paris & few prospects of passing the bac the final set of exams French students take before embarking into the world to do what? Marking the last work of Pialat&s turbulent cycle of films made in the 1970s Passe ton bac d&abord is the brilliant spiritual sequel to the great filmmaker&s feature-debut L& Enfance-nue -- picked up again from a vantage ten years on from the lives of the earlier film&s protagonists The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Maurice Pialat&s teenage drama in a beautiful new transfer for the first time on home video in the UK As part of the ongoing Masters of Cinema Series releases by Maurice Pialat the DVD of Passe ton bac d abord is released on 24 August 2009 Special Edition Including An 11-minute 2003 video interview with Pialat collaborator&s Arlette Langmann & Patrick Grandperret conducted by Serge Toubiana (former editor-in-chief of Cahiers du cinema & director of the Cinemathèque Française) Après le bac After the Bac -- a 26-minute 2003 documentary featurette by Serge Toubiana & Sonia Buchman that catches up with the cast & setting of the film in the present era Original trailer for the film & trailers for the six other Maurice Pialat features available from The Masters of Cinema Series A lengthy booklet with a new essay by filmmaker & educator Jean-Pierre Gorin & newly translated interviews with Maurice Pialat ...

Everything If You Go When We Were Young Anywhere Somebody's Love Young As The Morning Old As The Sea Beautiful Birds
- Passenger
...

Everything If You Go When We Were Young Anywhere Somebody's Love Young As The Morning Old As The Sea Beautiful Birds
- Passenger
...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Already tipped as one of America s emerging filmmakers to watch with comparisons drawn to the work of Judd Apatow Matthew Bissonnette s PASSENGER SIDE is a sharp insightful black comedy set on a road trip through the darker side of Los Angeles County Featuring intelligent funny & affecting performances from Adam Scott (Knocked-up) Joel Bissonnette (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) & set to an exceptional indie rock soundtrack which

Includes:: Leonard Cohen DOA Evan Dando & Silverjews PASSENGER SIDE examines the estranged relationship of two brothers & the unusual complex bonds that are created when opposites are bound together by unexpected circumstances

...

A middle-aged diplomat is accosted in an airport lounge & his identity stolen Sir Stafford Nye's journey home from Malaya to London takes an unexpected twist in the passnger loungs at Frankfurt
- a young woman confides in him that someone is trying to kill her Yet their paths are to cross again & again
- & each time the mystery woman is introduced as a different person Equally at home in any guise in any society she draws Sir Stafford into a game of political intrigue more dangerous than he could possibly imagine In an arena where no-one can be sure of anyone Nye must do battle with a well-armed well-financed well-trained
- & invisble
- enemy



...

The epic sequel to the New York Times bestselling Passenger perfect for fans of Outlander & Red Queen' Riveting romantic Fans of Outlander will see so much of Claire in Etta'
- VICTORIA AVEYARD 1 New York Times best-selling author Texas 1905 Etta Spencer didn't know she was a traveller until the day she found herself not just miles but years from home Now Etta is stranded in time & separated from the boy she loves At the mercy of a family she once thought her enemy Etta learns of a new Ironwood plot more dangerous than she could have imagined to destroy the future she longs to return to The Bahamas 1776 Devastated by Etta's disappearance Nicholas enlists the help of Sophia Ironwood But after a deadly mistake derails their search an ancient power emerges more frightening than the Ironwoods' plot
- a power that threatens to eradicate time altogether Into the Unknown From New York City to San Francisco Imperial Russia to the Vatican catacombs Etta & Nicholas must desperately fight to reach each other The stunning conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Passenger series

...