Nevil Shute was a writer whose books were frequently looked down on by literary critics & yet when he died in 1960 he was one of the best selling novelists of his day Today books such as A Town Like Alice & On the Beach continue to attract new generations of fans However there was more to Shute than his books a great deal more Richard Thorn explores Shute's personal & professional life drawing from extensive research carried out using archives & sources in the UK USA & Australia Nevil Shute Norway began his professional life as an aeronautical engineer working on the outskirts of London for the newly established de Havilland Aircraft Company He quickly went on to play a key role in Britain's ill-fated & final airship programme before co-founding an aircraft manufacturing company at the height of an economic depression All the while using the pseudonym Nevil Shute he spent his time writing for relaxation in the evenings After the Second World War he flew a single-engined aeroplane to Australia & back in search for new material for his novels Fascinated by the new world that he had seen the novelist sold up & moved his family to Australia buying a farm in a small town on the outskirts of Melbourne For the remainder of his life Australia was his home & the inspiration for many of his best-loved novels Shute tells the story of the life & times of an extraordinary man who made a significant contribution to twentieth century popular literature This book will appeal to fans of Shute's work those interested in his background & personal life or to readers interested in the early years of the aviation industry in Britain ...

The final chapter of the Shutter series begins with explorer Kate Kristopher facing a greater loss than any she&s experienced before leaving her more determined than ever to end the secret society Prospero&s grip on the world Kate&s surrealistic odyssey through time & space comes to its epic end by co-creators Joe Keatinge & Leila del Duca Collects issues 23 to 30 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From the executive producers of The Grudge & The Ring comes Shutter a chilling thriller starring Joshua Jackson & Rachel Taylor A newly married couple discovers disturbing ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident Fearing the manifestations may be connected they investigate & learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved Actors Joshua Jackson Rachael Taylor David Denman James Kyson Lee & John Hensley Director Masayuki Ochiai Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles Danish ; Finnish ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; English for the hearing impaired
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Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region Free Blu-ray Player in order to play Academy Award winning director MARTIN SCORSESE once again teams up with LEONARDO DICAPRIO in this spine-chilling thriller that critics say “sizzles with so much suspense that it’s hot to the touch” When US Marshal Teddy Daniels (Di Caprio) arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn As the investigation unfolds & Teddy uncovers more shocking & terrifying truths about the island he learns there are some places that never let you go Language English Subtitles Danish Hungarian Polish Japanese Swedish Dubbed Hungarian Japanese Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese (The Departed) once again teams up with Leonardo Di Caprio (Blood Diamond) in this spine-chilling thriller that critics say "sizzles with so much suspense that it&s hot to the touch" When US Marshal Teddy Daniels (Di Caprio) arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn As the investigation unfolds & Teddy uncovers more shocking & terrifying truths about the island he learns there are some places that never let you go Actors Leonardo Di Caprio Mark Ruffalo Ben Kingsley Emily Mortimer Michelle Williams Directors Martin Scorsese Language English Subtitles English Audio Description English Number of discs 1 ...

Summer 1954 Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane located on Shutter Island The most disturbed & deranged criminals are imprisoned here
- patients that other institutions can&t handle However even the best security measures can&t help when a huge hurricane strikes the island Several highly dangerous prisoners have escaped their cells & it&s up to you to find & capture them before they can leave the island Based on the highly anticipated movie starring Leonardo Di Caprio & directed by Martin Scorsese An excellent mix of hidden object & adventure game Discover all the details of an elaborated & intriguing plot Enjoy a fantastic atmosphere of isolation & mystery Minimum System Requirements OS – Windows XPVista 7r> Processor – 1 G Hz Memory – 512MBHard drive – 150MBDirect X – Direct X 81
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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 Shutter Isl&-Drama is set in 1954 US Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for t he criminally insane & is presumed to be hiding o; No Country For Old Men-Young Viet Nam vet stumbles upon remnants of a drug deal gone bad in W Texas 1980 -- he&s hunted by two vicious assassins who want t he money back ...

INDIANA JONES FOR THE 21st CENTURY! Marvel Knights Hulk & Glory writer Joe Keatinge teams up with artist extraordinaire Leila del Duca for her Image Comics debut in an all-new ongoing series combining the urban fantasy of Fables & the globe-spanning adventure of Y The Last Man Kate Kristopher once the most famous explorer of an Earth far more fantastic than the one we know is forced to return to the adventurous life she left behind when a family secret threatens to destroy everything she spent her life protecting Collects Shutter 1-6 ...

Marvel Knights Hulk & Glory writer Joe Keatinge teams up with artist extraordinaire Leila del Duca for her Image Comics debut in an all-new ongoing series combining the urban fantasy of Fables & the globe-spanning adventure of Y The Last Man Kate Kristopher once the most famous explorer of an Earth far more fantastic than the one we know is forced to return to the adventurous life she left behind when a family secret threatens to destroy everything she spent her life protecting In Volume 2 Kate crosses the Earth to unlock a family mystery taking her far beyond her own reality Collects Shutter 7-12 ...