Archaeologist spy Arabist linguist author poet photographer mountaineer & nation builder Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 into a world of privilege & plenty but she turned her back on all that for her passion for the Arab peoples becoming the architect of the independent kingdom of Iraq & seeing its first king Faisal safely onto the throne in 1921 Queen of the Desert is her story vividly told & impeccably researched drawing on Gertrude's own writings both published & unpublished Previously published as Daughter of the Desert this is a compelling portrait of a woman who transcended the restrictions of her class & age & in so doing created a remarkable & enduring legacy' What a great Oscar-laden biopic this will make the combination of epic scenes & personal drama makes Georgina Howell's saga a winner' Daily Express' Howell sketches in the gradations of colour & emotion that have been lacking in hitherto monochrome accounts of Bell's life Exemplary' Sunday Times' Riveting few women have had a life more worth reading about' Diana Athill Literary Review ...

Sixty-two year old widow Annie Taylor runs a charm school right by Niagara Falls When this starts to fail she resolves to find fame & fortune by being the first person ever to go over the thundering waters of Niagara Falls in a barrel 40 pages Van Allsburg Chris ...

This small canvas plaque is exclusive to Something Different Wholesale & features the enchanting ' Queen of the Owls' fairy art design by the talented & popular fantasy artist Nene Thomas Each canvas plaque comes with fixtures for hanging ...

This small canvas plaque is exclusive to Something Different Wholesale & features the captivating ' Queen of the Shadows' art design by the talented & popular fantasy artist Nene Thomas Each canvas plaque comes with fixtures for hanging ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Meet Jackie & David Siegel & their eight children; Jackie is a former beauty queen & David is the billionaire " Time-Share King" of the world & they are building their dream home the USA&s largest single domestic home
- modelled on the Versailles palace in France & then the economic crisis hits The Queen of Versailles is their story & how in the face of the worst economic crisis in 100 years Jackie David their children maids dogs employees & business associates struggle to keep the time-share business afloat & finish their dream-home Versailles Florida THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES is a deft & surprisingly subtle piece of filmmaking; Lauren Greenfield&s knowing camera not only interviews but captures private moments in the Siegels& lives & she constructs metaphors to create portraits of family friends colleagues nannies & children as their rarefied world is turned upside down The result is a hypnotic film of a family & the demise of the American Dream
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Armed forces veteran & eight-time New York Times bestselling author John Ringo delivers the sequel to contemporary urban fantasy thriller Princess of Wands Demonic possessed Stepford wives versus a soccer mom demon slayer – plus a zombie fight at an SF convention Soccer mom & demon fighter Barbara Everette has a problem It seems Janea Barbara’s assistant & The Foundation for Love & Universal Faith&s best operative has been thrown into a coma by some very nasty magic she’s stirred up Barbara must track down the perpetrators & break the spell or Janea&s soul will be forever lost on the astral plane Oh & if she can&t break the spell zombies will destroy all mankind Meanwhile Janea a stripper & High Priestess of Freya when she isn’t fighting demons must contend with a spiritual journey of her own It’s a journey into Janea’s acceptance of herself in all her

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Dimensions they are!) Where to locate one’s true inner essence? At a science fiction convention of course But when rescuers pursue Janea into her vision of a geeky alternate reality we find this is one science fiction convention where the Guest of Honor could turn out to be Death Himself Finally the Christian soccer mom & the Norse priestess stripper face their greatest challenge ever when an ancient Old One rears Her ugly face & the Mother of Darkness walks among us Since this is one Mother who is quite immune to any conventional power including nuclear weapons it seems humanity’s only hope is God The question being Is God willing to save humanity?



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In November 1981 with & Under Pressure& topping the charts in the UK Queen arrived in Montreal following dates in Japan & their record-breaking tour of Latin America It was to be the only concert by Queen that was ever recorded on film Always a great live band with arguably the greatest frontman of all time in Freddie Mercury they excelled themselves with the cameras rolling Queen&s iconic performance at Live Aid in July 1985 has since been named the world&s greatest rock gig ever The band&s show-stealing performance at Wembley Stadium which had 75000 people clapping along with Mercury to tracks such as Radio Ga Ga is also included in this double disc set ...

The legendary Freddie Mercury & Queen are captured here in all their glory Contains a 1981 concert filmed in Montreal Canada & the and&s appearance at the historic Live Aid in 1985 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Golden Globe nominee NIKKI BLONSKY of HAIRSPRAY stars as overweight high school senior Maggie Baker who knows she ll never be as pretty skinny or wealthy as the popular girls But when a cruel prank nominates her for election as Homecoming Queen Maggie decides to go ahead with her campaign against the advice of the school administration her widowed mom & the mean girls who will do anything to keep Maggie feeling like a loser Can a fat girl who s never fit in win the fight for outcasts everywhere or will sudden celebrity turn Maggie into her own worst enemy? Annie Potts of Designing Women & Any Day Now co-stars in this heartwarming comedydrama based on the true story of pride & courage that made headlines across America Rated Parental Guidance ...

RED SONJA LIVES! Dynamite Entertainment presents a bold new direction for the mother of all warriors Red Sonja! Sonja finds herself with more than she bargained for as she takes the throne of her homelands! Under the direction of writer Joshua (Death Dealer) Ortega Queen Sonja 1-6 (collected here along with a complete cover gallery) also features the return of artist Mel Rubi! ...