Made from the softest high quality velour Wooster the Dachshund ' comes with embroidered eyes & freckles & his very own name tag attached to a smart red lead should he ever need a wash his wheels can be removed by undoing the velcro on the underside of his paws Wooster comes presented in an open sided display box ...

Set in turn-of-the-century New York EL Doctorow's Ragtime seamlessly blends fictional characters & realistic depictions of historical figures to bring to life the events that defined American history in the years before the First World War This Penguin Modern Classics edition

Includes:: an introduction by Al Alvarez Welcome to America at the turn of the twentieth century where the rhythms of ragtime set the beat Harry Houdini astonishes audiences with magical feats of escape the mighty J P Morgan dominates the financial world & Henry Ford manufactures cars by making men into machines Emma Goldman preaches free love & feminism while ex-chorus girl Evelyn Nesbitt inspires a mad millionaire to murder the architect Stanford White In this stunningly original chronicle of an age such real-life characters intermingle with three remarkable families one black one Jewish & one prosperous WASP to create a dazzling literary mosaic that brings to life an era of dire poverty fabulous wealth & incredible change
- in short the era of ragtime EL Doctorow (b 1931) is one of America's most accomplished & acclaimed living writers Winner of the National Book Award the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice) the PENFaulkner Award & the National Humanities Medal he is the author of nine novels that have explored the drama of American life from the late 19th century to the 21st including Ragtime The Book of Daniel & Billy Bathgate If you enjoyed Ragtime you might like John Dos Passos' USA also available in Penguin Classics' In its perfection it stuns & holds from beginning to end' Daily Mail' Witty lyrical put together with admirable craft dazzling economy & insight Mr Doctorow knows what he is doing & has done it beautifully' Guardian' One of the best American novels for years' Economist


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Rocketing out of the pages 4001 AD…the origin of Rai revealed! For the first time ever witness the violent foundation of Father’s space-born utopia of New Japan…and with it the shocking genesis of the line of guardians that bear the name Rai! Born & bred by Father to enforce peace at any cost follow the first Rai & his successors across two millennia as they chronicle the history of 4001 AD
- from the launch of New Japan into orbit to the latest Rai’s crusade to bring it crashing back down to Earth!
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The year is 4001 AD Led by the artificial intelligence called " Father" the island nation of Japan has expanded out of the Pacific & into geosynchronous orbit with the ravaged Earth below With billions to feed & protect it has fallen to one solitary guardian to enforce the law of Father&s empire
- the mysterious folk hero known as Rai They say he can appear out of nowhere They say he is a spiritthe ghost of Japan But when the first murder in a thousand years threatens to topple Father&s benevolent reign Rai will be forced to confront the true face of a nation transformedand his own long-lost humanity Collects issues 1-4 of Rai an all-new vision of the future from comics superstars Matt Kindt & Clayton Crain
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The critically acclaimed series continues as New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and superstar artist Clayton Crain return for the second staggering volume of RAI! In the aftermath of the devastating battle for 41st-century Japan Rai must pick up the pieces as he grapples with the startling truth about Father & his purpose Will Rai remain a champion of the people or will he succumb to the same fate as the men who carried the mantle before him? & why is everyone looking at him so strangely? Go back to the future with all-star creators Matt Kindt (Unity Mind MGMT) & Clayton Crain (X Force Carnage) as they crack open a br&-new chapter for Valiant&s smash-hit ongoing series! Collecting RAI 58 ...

In Raiatea players act as members of the Arioi a secret Polynesian religious society Over the course of the game the Arioi will build colossal To&o statues in attempt to win the favor of their god Oro In the game&s action rounds players take turns leading the group to various action locations In ceremony rounds players call upon the gods for help in building the massive To&o Construction may fail without these gods& help so players must plan their rituals carefully & know how much mana to sacrifice in order to accomplish their goals At the end of the game the player who has collected the most victory points will guide the group as their new High Priest! ...

Raid & Trade is a post apocalyptic game of negotiation & resource management for 3-5 players From the ashes of a devastating third World War a precious few golden cities emerge offering hope to those who struggle for survival in the wastelands Players explore the ruins of the modern world completing quests honing their skills & maneuvering for social status in order to claim a precious spot as a citizen with a Golden City To enter the golden city you must Become an expert Reach 20 skill points Serve the city Fulfill three secret quests Become a nobleman Get the most possible character points In each turn the players can spend action points to do several actions such as moving through the city raiding buildings attacking other players & more Each player has a specific skill — mechanic trader electrician bodyguard & medic — & has his own unique items to build; those items can be traded off against other items or resources The board of the game is modular so that in every game you have a new map to discover All over the map the players find different buildings which they can raid Each time a player raids a building a raid card of this type of building is taken & read which leads to specific circumstances taking place The player will be made to make various decisions including important moral decisions! Upon resolving the various decisions you will receive character points The choices you make for good or for bad will lead to specific perks & advantages (or disadvantages) during the progress of the game When raiding a building you get resources (tools scraps mechanics electronics etc) By combining these resources you can craft items with special abilities By doing so you will advance your skill points Every player also gets secret quests of the golden city To fulfill these quests the players have to spend the resources mentioned on the card To fulfill a quest will not only lead the players closer to victory but also give them advantages for the rest of the game Players 3-5 Playing time 90 minutes Ages 12 ...

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 police raid on a Jakarta tenement building turns into a non-stop bloodbath when the drug dealer who owns it unleashes a furious barrage of fists bullets & blades leaving the few remaining survivors of the invading SWAT team to fight their way up to the top & end the psychotic criminal&s violent reign once & for all Expectant father Rama (Iko Uwais) is an honest cop with deadeye aim & killer fighting skills Following orders from his lieutenant -- a respected police veteran & mastermind of the ambitious raid -- Rama leads his heavily-armed team into the building silently & stealthily Their mission is to take down Tama (Ray Sahetapy) a vicious criminal kingpin who uses the building as a shelter for both his many customers & his small army of loyal dealers & killers Even the bravest cops in the city have never dared to breach Tama&s fortress & once the team&s cover is blown it quickly becomes apparent why; almost immediately half of the team is shredded in a vicious barrage of gunfire & machetes The exits have all been blocked & with Tama&s men closing in fast Rama&s only hope is to keep going up & take out anyone who gets in his path Meanwhile Tama realises that some of the cops have managed to survive the initial assault so he unleashes two of his best men to stop them dead in their tracks With his team cut down to a mere handful & his munitions exhausted the determined cop vows to complete his mission by whatever means necessary Actors Iko Uwais Joe Taslim Donny Alamsyah Yayan Ruhian Pierre Gruno Ray Sahetapy Tegar Satrya Iang Darmawan Eka & Piranha& Rahmadia Verdi Solaiman Alfridus Godfred Rully Santoso Melkias Ronald Torobi Johanes Tuname & Sofyan Alop Director Gareth Evans Certificate 18 years & over Year 2011 Languages Indonesian Additional Languages English Subtitles English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Raid on Entebbe tells the amazing true story of a daring mission by Israeli commandos to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking at Entebbe Airport in Uganda & is presented here in its full length version In 1976 four militants hijacked an Air France plane diverting it to Entebbe their cause was to secure the release of militants in Israel & four other countries They held the hostages captive for three days before releasing a large number keeping 100 passengers who were Israelis or Jews on board What followed has gone down in history as one of the most daring rescue operations ever mounted Directed by Irvin Kershner this Golden Globe winning film grips to the very end The stand out cast

Includes:: Peter Finch as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin alongside Charles Bronson & Martin Balsam Actors Peter Finch Charles Bronson Martin Balsam Directors Irvin Kershner Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1

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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 A British officer poses as a high ranking Nazi to lead a raid on Rommel&s army ...