SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST NON-FICTION BOOK AT THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS & Fresh gripping & vivid& Simon Sebag Montefiore & Exhaustively researched & scrupulously even-handed& David Starkey &A portrait that chills you to the bone& Leanda de Lisle The Times The last Plantagenet king remains one of England&s most famous & controversial monarchs There are few parallels in English history that can match the drama of Richard III&s reign witnessed in its full bloody intensity A dedicated brother & loyal stalwart to the Yorkist dynasty for most of his early life Richard&s personality was forged in the tribulation of exile & the brutality of combat An ambitious nobleman & successful general with a loyal following Richard was a man who could claim to have achieved every ambition in life except one Within months of his brother Edward IV&s early death Richard stunned the nation when he seized the throne & disinherited his nephews Having put to death his rivals Richard&s two-year reign would become one of the most tumultuous in English history ending in treachery & with his death on the battlefield at Bosworth By stripping back the legends that surround Richard&s life & reign & returning to original manuscript evidence Chris Skidmore rediscovers the man as contemporaries saw him His compelling study presents every facet of Richard&s personality as it deserves to be seen as one of the most significant figures in medieval history whose actions & behaviour underline the true nature of power in an age of great upheaval & instability ...

Includes: a new foreword by the author The story of the death in sinister circumstances of the boy-king Edward V & his
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free DVDBlu-ray player in order to play Shakespeare's classic play about the Machiavellian rise to power & subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England is set in an alternative 1930s in this celebrated film adaptation A brutal civil war has erupted in England with Houses of Lancaster & York battling for control of the throne Amid the turmoil the despotic Richard Duke of Gloucester (Ian Mc Kellen) plots his own route to power deviously scheming a murderous agenda that will lead to his installation as dictator monarch Steeped in fascist iconography the film openly draws from the aesthetic of the Third Reich a stylistic choice that emphasizes the pure evil at the heart of Richard's agenda Based on an acclaimed stage production for the Royal National Theatre (which also starred Mc Kellen) the film features an all-star cast which

Includes:: Sir Ian Mc Kellen Kristin Scott Thomas Robert Downey Jr & Dame Maggie Smith Actors Ian Mc Kellen Annette Bening Jim Broadbent Maggie Smith Kristin Scott Thomas Directors Richard Loncraine Format CDDVD Dolby PALLanguage English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 2

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Four of Richard Matheson’s classic tales of terror are collected in this graphic novel collection I Am Legend Hell House Duel & The Shrinking Man ...

A deeply researched superbly crafted biography of America's most complex president In Richard Nixon award-winning biographer John A Farrell examines the life & legacy of one of America's most controversial political figures Beginning in 1946 when young Navy lieutenant ' Nick' Nixon returned from the Pacific & set his cap at Congress Farrell traces how this idealistic dreamer became the ruthless man we remember Nixon as today Within four years of that first win Nixon would be a senator; in six the vice president; & then president His staff of bright young men devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care poverty civil rights & protection of the environment It was a fine legacy but Nixon cared little for it He aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead & his 1972 opening to China was the first great crack in the Cold War But Nixon had another legacy an America divided & polarised It was Nixon who launched the Mc Carthy era who set South against North & who spurred the silent majority to despise & distrust the country's elite Finally in August 1974 two years after the Watergate scandal Nixon became the only president to resign in disgrace Richard Nixon is a magisterial portrait of the man who embodied post-war American political cynicism
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Tracklist The Fiddlers Play Lost in the Waves In a Moment Where Did I Go It's All Around You Cups in the Ocean Throw a Cup of Water Heaeven for Meg A Few Last Things Long Way Back ...

A stunning hardback treasury of five of Richard Scarry's best-loved stories
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Tracklist A1 Spin Featuring Vocals ? Jordan Rakei 434 A2 Helsinki Trio 427 A3 Faded Featuring Vocals ? Jordan Rakei 439 A4 Control 422 A5 Show Me What You Got Featuring Vocals ? Jordan Rakei 438 B1 Rescue 547 B2 Celestial Blues Featuring ? Jameszoo Featuring Vocals ? Jordan Rakei 350 B3 Stay Close Vocals ? Jordan Rakei 603 B4 Loved One 606 ...

A high-octane trip across America The Score finds Parker assembling the best caper men he can find to knock over his most audacious target yet an entire town They scheme they prepare & they execute with military precision unaware that the whole thing is about to blow up in their faces Long considered a high water mark in the Parker series this new graphic adaptation brings the original to violent double-crossing life Darwyn Cooke Eisner-Award winning creator of DC The New Frontier continues adapting Richard Stark&s genre-defining Parker novels with his signature pulp flair in this third installment A hard-nosed thief Parker is Richard Stark&s most famous creation & Stark in turn is the most famous pen name of Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Donald E Westlake About the Author Richard Stark is the most famous pseudonym of world-renowned author Donald Westlake (1933-2008) In 1962 hecreated the master thief Parker & began a series of novels that have been recognized as seminal works of crime fiction Several of Westlake’s books have been adapted by Hollywood & Westlake’s adaptation of The Grifters earned him an Academy Award nomination for best motion picture screenplay Westlake has won numerous awards for his fiction & in 1993 the Mystery Writers of America named him a Grand Master the highest honor bestowed by that prestigious society Darwyn Cooke (1962-2015) was a graphic designer & animator who turned his attention toward cartooning in the late nineties Known primarily for his work on the DC line of superheroes Cooke always had an affinity for crime fiction & has often cited the Parker books as a great source of creative inspiration Cooke has won multiple Eisner ...

After evening the score with those who betrayed him & recovering the money he was cheated out of from the syndicate Parker is riding high living in swank hotels & enjoying the finer things in life again Until that is he’s fingered by a squealer who rats him out to the Outfit for the price they put on his head… & they find out too late that if you push Parker it better be all the way into the grave! First time in trade paperback! Darywn Cooke won SEVEN Eisner Awards for his work adapting Richard Stark’s Parker Novels as well as FOUR Harvey Awards! Expanded edition-Featuring THE MAN WITH THE GETAWAY FACE! ...