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 woodcutter witnesses a horrific series of events
- an ambush rape & murder In the telling of the tale however each of the four participants gives a different view of what actually happened is anyone telling the truth? Kurosawa&s masterly & influential film plays on the subjective nature of truth while unfurling a riveting tale of violence & greed The first film to alert Western audiences to the riches of Japanese cinema Rashômon was remade in Hollywood as The Outrage starring Paul Newman & is credited as a key influence on Bryan Singer&s The Usual Suspects
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It all began the day my brother & I decided to poison our mother This is Nancy's story Naturally inquisitive she's always getting into trouble along with her dreamer pain-in-the-butt older brother Andrew best friends Clare & Amy who live in the back of an old car & weird sisters Sandra & Tracy with their magazines full of boys The children have known each other & their families for ever but everything they thought they knew is about to change Filled with sparkling ideas & vivid dialogue this is the story of a summer when old dreams are shattered & new dreams are born For Nancy & her friends things will never be the same ...

Get your slice of Raspberry Pi With the invention of the unique credit card-sized single-board computer comes a new wave of hardware geeks hackers & hobbyists who are excited about the possibilities with the Raspberry Pi-and this is the perfect guide to get you started With this down-to-earth book you'll quickly discover why the Raspberry Pi is in high demand! There's a reason the Raspberry Pi sold a million units in its first year & you're about to find out why! In Raspberry Pi For Dummies 3rd Edition veteran tech authors Sean Mc Manus & Mike Cook make it easier than ever to get you up & running on your Raspberry Pi from setting it up downloading the operating system & using the desktop environment to editing photos playing music & videos & programming with Scratch-and everything in between Covers connecting the Pi to other devices such as a keyboard mouse monitor & more Teaches you basic Linux System Admin Explores creating simple hardware projects Shows you how to create web pages Raspberry Pi For Dummies 3rd Edition makes computing as easy as pie! ...

Getting acquainted with your Raspberry Pi has never been sweeter Raspberry Pi For Kids For Dummies makes it easy for kids to set-up operate & troubleshoot like a Pi pro! Introducing you to Pi through a series of entertaining & inspiring projects this handy step-by-step guide shows you how to write computer games build websites make art & music create electronic projects & much more! From downloading the operating system & setting up your Raspberry Pi to creating art in Tux Paint & designing games with Scratch everything you need to have fun with Pi is inside! Raspberry Pi For Kids For Dummies leaves the confusing tech talk behind & explains in plain English how to unleash all the cool possibilities of Pi like playing Minecraft in Python using HTML to make a website managing & customizing your Raspberry Pi playing music with Sonic Pi & understanding & playing with the GPIO Teaches the basics of Raspberry Pi in a simple & thorough approach Shows you how to zoom around Pi all while learning valuable programming skills Offers tons of exciting projects to keep you engaged as you learn

Includes:: instruction on everything you need to troubleshoot Raspberry Pi If you're aspiring computer programmer age 8-18 & want to start having fun with Pi look no further than Raspberry Pi For Kids For Dummies

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Kids can develop their computer skills with Raspberry Pi Made Easy the perfect workbook for budding computer whizzes eager to get to grips with Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi is revolutionising computing
- it's an affordable credit-card-sized computer that's a great introduction to computers & coding Raspberry Pi Made Easy workbook will take your child through the basics the components getting started downloading software running Pi as well as providing fun exercises that let your child draw make music play games code with Scratch & Python & much more Perfect for Key Stage 2 pupils Raspberry Pi Made Easy provides step-by-step guidance to build key computer skills Help your child learn how to talk to a computer in its own language for fun or for the future
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZENearly a century after his murder Rasputin remains as divisive a figure as ever Was he really a horse thief & a hard-drinking ruffian in his youth? Was he a a devout Orthodox Christian or was he in fact a just a fake holy man? Are the stories of his enormous sexual drive debauchery & drunken orgies true or simply a myth? How did he come to know the emperor & empress & to wield so much influence over them? What was the source of his healing power? Was Rasputin running the government in the final years of his life? & if so was he acting on his own or on the orders of more powerful hidden forces? Did Prince Yusupov & his fellow conspirators act alone or were they other parties involved in Rasputin's murder-British secret agents or even an underground cell of Freemasons as has been claimed? & to what extent did Rasputin's murder doom the Romanov dynasty? Drawing on major new sources hitherto unexamined by western historians Douglas Smith's book is be the definitive biography of this extraordinary figure for a generation ...

' Modern Ukraine could do with some reporters as wise & humane as Teffi' Literary Review A new collection of Teffi's best autobiographical non-fiction writings Ranging from portraits of Rasputin & Lenin to observations on the Russian Revolution & from profiles of cultural figures to moving domestic scenes this short collection

Includes:: writings by the inimitable Teffi never before published in English Everything is here
- politics society art & literature love & family life
- & all is told in Teffi's multifaceted style amusing sincerely moving ironic & always honest pervaded by an intensely felt understanding of humanity's simultaneous tragedy & absurdity (1872-1952) wrote poems plays stories satires & feuilletons & was renowned in Russia for her wit & powers of observation Following her emigration in 1919 she settled in Paris where she became a leading figure in the emigre literary scene Now her genius has been rediscovered by a new generation of readers & she once again enjoys huge acclaim in Russia & across the world Her short-story collection Subtly Worded & her memoir Memories
- From Moscow to the Black Sea are also published by Pushkin Press




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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 Hammer horror classic starring Christopher Lee as Rasputin the monk who the Russian Tsarina takes under her wing The story begins with Rasputin after using his powers to cure an innkeeper&s wife throwing a party raping the innkeeper&s daughter & cutting off the hand of her suitor He then refuses to apologise to the Abbot of his monastery & leaves for St Petersburg deciding to use his faith-healing powers for his own hedonistic ends It is here that he eventually wangles his way into the Tsarina&s court & she allows him more & more power ...

In one night Rasputin was poisoned beaten stabbed shot in the head & drowned then tied up & thrown in a frozen river But how did he get from Siberia to the Winter Palace? & why did it take so much hard work to kill him?A supernatural reimagining of the "mad monk" by the national bestselling author of novels The Yard & The Devil&s Workshop Alex Grecian & the fan-favorite artist of Proof & Cowboy Ninja Viking Riley Rossmo by Riley Rossmo Alex Grecian More from this Author Green Wake Volume 1 Cowboy Ninja Viking Volume 2 Proof Volume 1 Goatsucker Green Wake Volume 2 Lost Children Debris TP ...

What really happened at that fateful dinner & how did Rasputin survive his plunge into the icy river in 1916? All is revealed as a new life begins for the “mad monk” at Ellis Island Collects RASPUTIN 6-10 ...