This powerful novel Tolstoy's third major masterpiece after War & Peace & Anna Karenina begins with a courtroom drama (the finest in Russian literature) all the more stunning for being based on a real-life event Dmitri Nekhlyudov called to jury service is astonished to see in the dock charged with murder a young woman whom he once seduced propelling her into prostitution She is found guilty on a technicality & he determines to overturn the verdict This pitches him into a hellish labyrinth of Russian courts prisons & bureaucracy in which the author loses no opportunity for satire & bitter criticism of a state system (not confined to that country) of cruelty & injustice This is Dickens for grown-ups involving a hundred characters Crime & Punishment brought forward half a century With unforgettable set-pieces of sexual passion conflict & social injustice Resurrection proceeds from brothel to court-room stinking cells to offices of state luxury apartments to filthy life in Siberia The ultimate crisis of moral responsibility embroils not only the famous author & his hero but also you & me Can we help resolve the eternal issues of law & imprisonment? ...

The skeleton detective is coming back to life again! It's the tenth triumphant novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant series & it will rearrange your world Skulduggery & Valkyrie are back in the tenth instalment in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series
- an incredible & unexpected treat for the legions of fans around the world We can't say much but we can say this Skulduggery & Valkyrie are going to team up with beloved characters from the first 9 books as well as an all-new cast including new teen co-star Omen Darkly for an adventure that takes the story to truly global proportions while answering questions that go right back to the beginning & Derek says this "I was halfway through Last Stand of Dead Men I think when I realised that I had more stories to tell I told myself that if Skulduggery & Valkyrie survived the series I would leave the option open of returning to their world There were still secrets I need to reveal after all & there were still horrors they had to face They survived the first series But they're really going to wish they hadn't"
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Caleb Zelic can't hear you But he can see everything The prizewinning debut thriller from the new name in crime CALEB ZELIC IS ON THE HUNT FOR HIS FRIEND'S KILLERHis childhood friend has been brutally murdered at his home in Melbourne Tortured by guilt Caleb vows to track down the killer But he's profoundly deaf; missed words & misread lips can lead to confusion & trouble HE NEVER FORGETS A FACEFortunately Caleb knows how to read people; a sideways glance an unconvincing smile speak volumes When his friend Frankie a former cop offers to help they soon discover the killer is on their tail IT MIGHT JUST SAVE HIS LIFESensing that his ex-wife may also be in danger Caleb insists they return to their hometown of Resurrection Bay But here he learns that everyone
- including his murdered friend
- is hiding something & the deeper he digs the darker the secrets

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Leo Tolstoy's last completed novel Resurrection is an intimate psychological tale of guilt anger & forgiveness translated from the Russian with an introduction & notes by Anthony Briggs in Penguin Classics Serving on the jury at a murder trial Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov is devastated when he sees the prisoner
- Katyusha a young maid he seduced & abandoned years before As Dmitri faces the consequences of his actions he decides to give up his life of wealth & luxury to devote himself to rescuing Katyusha even if it means following her into exile in Siberia But can a man truly find redemption by saving another person? Tolstoy's most controversial novel Resurrection (1899) is a scathing indictment of injustice corruption & hypocrisy at all levels of society Creating a vast panorama of Russian life from peasants to aristocrats bureaucrats to convicts it reveals Tolstoy's magnificent storytelling powers Anthony Briggs' superb new translation preserves Tolstoy's gripping realism & satirical humour In his introduction Briggs discusses the true story behind Resurrection Tolstoy's political & religious reasons for writing the novel his gift for characterization & the compelling psychological portrait of Dmitri This edition also

Includes:: a chronology notes & a summary of chapters Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) spent his youth in wasteful idleness until 1851 when he travelled to the Caucasus & joined the army with his older brother fighting in the Crimean war After marrying in 1862 Tolstoy settled down managing his estates & writing two of his best-known novels War & Peace (1869) & Anna Karenina (1878) A Confession (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life & in 1901 he was excommunicated by the Russian Holy Synod He died in 1910 in the course of a dramatic flight from home at the small railway station of Astapovo If you enjoyed Resurrection you might like Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov also available in Penguin Classics


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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 A troubled young woman takes up residence in a gothic apartment building where she must confront a terrifying evil Actors Julie Benz Belle Shouse Josh Stamberg Danielle Harris Douglas Tait Directors Andrew C Erin Writers Andrew C Erin Daniel Farrands Producers Andrew C Erin Tosca Musk Jina Panebianco Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Issues 1-14 of the cult favorite series is collected at last! Mitch Shelley can be killed but every time he comes back he has a different power
- a new ability that sometimes is a blessing sometimes a deadly curse His deaths & rebirths leave him disoriented but with the help of a new friend Mitch discovers bits of his past although the origin of his powers remains a mystery Meanwhile Resurrection Man creators have set the ruthless female assassins called the Body Doubles on his trail Also pursuing Mitch is a sociopath named Hooker a test survivor like Mitch with one big difference Hooker body is not repairing itself
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RESURRECTION MAN returns in this DC COMICS
- THE NEW 52 title! o THE BODY DOUBLES are back
- & they hot on MITCH SHELLEY trail!

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Someone has been following Mitch Shelley the Resurrection Man tracking his every move & when he finds out that the Suicide Squad want his body things will go from bad to worse Lines will be drawn & sides will be chosen as the forces of good & evil battle for the soul of the Resurrection Man & the one responsible for all of Mitch Shelley's misfortunes will finally be revealed! Collecting issues from the DC Comics The New 52 event acclaimed writing duo Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning return to life the Resurrection Man exploring all new facets of the character as he searches for answers to his never-ending life ...

The thirteenth Inspector Rebus novel from No 1 bestselling author Ian Rankin Rebus is off the case
- literally A few days into
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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 group of archaeologists uncover a long lost pyramid in the middle of the Egyptian desert Believing the pyramid to be full of ancient treasures the group decides to explore Little do they know that their actions are about to awaken an ancient evil unleashing a deadly curse from its eternal tomb ...