Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play John Lake (Rossif Sutherland) is an American volunteer doctor working in southern Laos when one evening on his way home from a local bar John intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman & the violence quickly escalates When a body is pulled out of the water the next day all of the evidence points to John who quickly recognises the nightmare which awaits if he s captured by the local authorities & realises that his only hope is to reach the US Embassy With no time to think & no one to turn to he goes on the run Shot & edited with vigour & propelled by Sutherland s exhilarating performance as a man fuelled by fear & guided only by instinct River goes beyond the thrill of the chase & raises questions of justice irreversible actions & indelible consequences ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Written & created by the award winning Abi Morgan (Shame The Hour Iron Lady) comes her new hotly anticipated series John River is a brilliant detective whose fractured mind traps him between the living & the dead ...

There has long been a need for a comprehensive guide to river fly-fishing for trout & grayling in the rivers of the UK Peter Lapsley in his masterly treatment of the subject reveals that far from being the restricted pleasure of the wealthy river fly-fishing is widely available throughout the country at reasonable cost providing anglers with a wonderful variety of opportunities Armed with this book both novice & experienced fly-fishers will gain from the author's clear concise & handsomely illustrated instructions The history of river fly-fishing; the types & natures of the streams & rivers in which trout sea trout & grayling are found; the behaviour of the fish & of the creatures they eat; tackle equipment flies & knots; casting techniques & problem-solving; times & seasons; dry fly nymph & wet fly fishing; & finding inexpensive & readily accessible waters
- all these & more make " River Fly-Fishing" a truly complete guide to the sport
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Fame & popularity breed envy in high places & the adulation of the mob is fickle Yet when Intef's beautiful daughter Lostris is married to the Pharaoh Taita is commanded to follow her & swiftly finds himself deeper than he ever could have imagined in a world of deception & treachery 704 pages Smith Wilbur ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play It&s the truth that haunts us Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school who is found floating in the river Fearing scandal the school insists it was suicide But after discovering from the boy&s girlfriend Carlin that he was being badly bullied Abel suspects that a dangerous schoolboy initiation has gone horribly wrong & he secretly solicits the help of a sympathetic teacher Betsy He is warned off the investigation by his boss as the school is a generous benefactor to the Police benevolent fund Abel however cannot let the case go not only because his own brother committed suicide years before but also it seems that the spirit of the dead boy is leaving them clues as to what really happened that night Actors Jamie King Edward Burns Jennifer Ehle Thomas Gibson John Kapelos Rachelle Lefevre Julian Rhind-Tutt Jonathan Malen & Sean Mc Cann Director Nick Willing Certificate 15 years & over Year 2005 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages Duration 1 hour & 35 minutes (approx)
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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 Biologist & extreme angler Jeremy Wade investigates the world&s most impressive river dwelling &monsters& in this fantastic six-part series Starting in Brazil&s murky Amazon waters Jeremy examines whether piranhas deserve their fearsome reputation & if there&s any truth in tales of catfish swallowing people whole Then on to a lake just outside Berlin to find Europe&s largest freshwater fish the Wels Catfish & into America&s deep south to investigate an ancient fish that has existed on earth for over 100 million years the alligator gar & then back in the Amazon Jeremy goes in search of &assassins& such as the arapaima fish & meets the brave people that farm them ...

What if a teenage boy washed up on the banks of the River Thames soaked to the skin & unable to explain who he is? What if the only clue to the boy's identity is a sketch he made from a strange symbol? Who would help him? Who would hunt him? Who is River Boy? When a mystery teenage boy emerges from the River Thames drenched distressed & unable to remember anything about himself he becomes the focus of worldwide media speculation Unable to communicate the River Boy is given paper & a pencil & begins to scribble Soon a symbol emerges but the boy has no idea why he has drawn it even thought it's the only clue to the mystery of his identity As the boy begins to build a new life under a new name the hunt for his real identity begins A hunt which will lead him on a dangerous QUEST that he has only one year to complete Introducing the first in a thrilling new series packed with adventure this book has an illustrated narrative running through it helping readers to solve the mystery alongside the characters in the story ...

Jed needs a miracle If he can't complete his quest within a year he will die If he can he will become immortal Jed & Kassia know that time is running out & when their enemies hunt them down in Paris the friends flee to Istanbul to reveal its age-old secrets But they know that the biggest clue to the mystery is Jed himself Who is he? & what is hidden in his past? The third in an action-packed series full of adventure this book has an illustrated narrative running through it helping readers to solve the mystery alongside the characters in the story ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Recently widowed Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) & his young son begin a new life in the breathtaking rugged Northwest wilderness where Matt is robbed & beaten by ruthless gambler Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun) When Weston&s beautiful fiancee (Marilyn Monroe) then decides to nurse Calder back to health the insanely jealous Weston risks all their lives by taking them on a ride down a treacherous river Actors Robert Mitchum Marilyn Monroe Rory Calhoun Tommy Rettig Murvyn Vye & Douglas Spencer Director Otto Preminger Certificate PG Year 1954 Screen 2551 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (40) Additional Languages French ; Italian ; German ; Spanish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; German for the hearing impaired ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; French ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Spanish ; Swedish Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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' As hypnotic as an opium dream & pretty unputdownable' Daily Mail In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean & the Ibis a ship carrying a consignment of convicts & indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius is caught up in the whirlwind When the seas settle five men have disappeared
- two lascars two convicts & one of the passengers Did the same storm upend the fortunes of those aboard the Anahita an opium carrier heading towards Canton? & what fate befell those aboard the Redruth a sturdy two-masted brig heading East out of Cornwall? Was it the storm that altered their course or were the destinies of these passengers at the mercy of even more powerful forces? On the grand scale of an historical epic River of Smoke follows its storm-tossed characters to the crowded harbors of China There despite efforts of the emperor to stop them ships from Europe & India exchange their cargoes of opium for boxes of tea silk porcelain & silver Among them are Bahram Modi a wealthy Parsi opium merchant out of Bombay his estranged half-Chinese son Ah Fatt the orphaned Paulette & a motley collection of others whose pursuit of romance riches & a legendary rare flower have thrown together All struggle to cope with their losses
- & for some unimaginable freedoms
- in the alleys & crowded waterways of 19th century Canton As transporting & mesmerizing as an opiate induced dream River of Smoke will soon be heralded as a masterpiece of twenty-first century literature


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