Teenager Staci&s father has just remarried & now she finds herself being shunted aside by her new stepmother Shunted all the way to the run-down & dying Maine town of Silence in fact & the custody of her alcoholic mother It gets worse Silence seems to be stuck in the proverbial stone age There&s no cell phone service except at the very top of a bluff outside of town no internet except dialup & not one familiar franchise or business Staci&s mom seems to have gotten even worse since the last time Staci lived with her The only bright spots in the whole place are a friendly waitress at the diner & a bookstore where she meets a gaggle of geeks & gamers But all is not as it seems in Silence There are strange things moving beneath the shabby surface terrible plots in play & deadly players in the game & Staci is about to find herself caught up in the middle of it all SERRAted Edge Series Born to Run (1) by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Wheels of Fire (2) by Mercedes Lackey & Mark Shepherd When the Bough Breaks (3) by Mercedes Lackey & Holly Lisle Chrome Circle (4) by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Stoned Souls (5) by Mercedes Lackey Elvendude (6) by Mark Shepherd Spiritride (7) by Mark Shepherd Lazerwarz (8) by Mark Shepherd The Chrome Borne (omni contains Born to Run & Chrome Circle) by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon The Other World (omni contains When the Bough Breaks & Wheels of Fire) by Mercedes Lackey Mark Shepherd & Holly Lisle Meet the Author Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bardic Voices series & the Serrated Edge series (both Baen) the Heralds of Valdemar series & many more She&s the coauthor of the contempory meta-hero SF series The Secret World Chronicle Among her popular Baen titles are The Fire Rose The Lark & the Wren & also The Shadow of the Lion & Burdens of the Dead with Eric Flint & Dave Freer She lives in Oklahoma Cody Martin is a coauthor with Mercedes Lackey of three other books in the metahero saga The Secret World Chronicle including entries Invasion World Divided Revolution & Collision He is an avid gamer but spends his extra time chained to a computer writing Originally from Scottsdale Arizona he currently resides in Florida ...

With an introduction by Martin Scorsese director of the film starring Andrew Garfield & Adam Driver Beneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees staring in front of me & I keep turning over in my mind the thought that I am at the end of the earth in a place which you do not know & which your whole lives through you will never visit It is 1640 & Father Sebastian Rodrigues an idealistic Jesuit priest sets sale for Japan determined to help the brutally oppressed Christians there He is also desperate to discover the truth about his former mentor rumoured to have renounced his faith under torture Rodrigues cannot believe the stories about a man he so revered but as his journey takes him deeper into Japan & then into the hands of those who would crush his faith he finds himself forced to make an impossible choice whether to abandon his flock or his God The recipient of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed work & has been called one of the twentieth century's finest novels As empathetic as it is powerful it is an astonishing exploration of faith & suffering & an award-winning classic ' One of the finest historical novels written by anyone anywhere flawless' David Mitchell'A masterpiece There can be no higher praise' Daily Telegraph ...

We can spend a lot of time looking for happiness when the world right around us is full of wonder But our hearts & minds are so full of noise that we can't always hear the call of life & love To hear that call & respond to it we need silence In his beautiful new book Buddhist monk & Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh explains how mindfulness is the practice that stops the noise inside With gentle anecdotes simple Buddhist wisdom & practical exercises he shows us how to live mindfully so that all the internal chatter ceases & we are left with the eloquent sound of silence Now at last we can answer the call of the beauty around us Through silence Thich Nhat Hanh reveals we are free to hear to see
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When the bicycle 13-year-old Sinikka is discovered in the exact same wheat field where a heinous murderrape took place 23 years prior retired police detective Krischan senses that the two crimes are connected & vows to bring the killer to justice The fact that Krischan was unable to catch the killer two decades prior still haunts him to this very day but perhaps with the help of ambitious young officer David this time he will find a way to bring closure to the case Later as the investigation begins & a sweltering summer heat wave washes over the town the young victim&s parents begin to experience an overwhelming sense of dread concerning a clean cut husband & father who had recently visited their home ...

Coyote shapeshifter Mercy Thompson is attacked & abducted in her home territory Fighting off a crazed werewolf she manages to escape only to find herself alone in the heart of Europe without money without clothing & on the run from the clutches of the most powerful vampire in the world Unable to contact her pack Mercy has allies to find & enemies to fight but first she needs to figure out which is which Ancient powers stir & Mercy needs to be at her agile best to avoid causing a war between vampires & werewolves
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SILENCE IS GOLDFISH is a story that demands to be heard'I have a voice but it isn't mine It used to say things so I'd fit in
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The war has intensified During an air strike Noah a 16-year-old boy & his little sister Renie seek shelter There they not only find themselves safe from a deadly bombardment but also from the crossroads of a world between life & death Silence When Noah loses his sister he is forced to enter the idyllic & unknown world of Silence in order to find it However Silencio lives with the wounds & suffering of his own war Dark creatures attack the towns & cities devastating what was once a quiet place between worlds Only a small group of rebels faces the threat Now the brothers& objective is not only to save their own lives but also to save the inhabitants of Silence from an imminent death Join Noah & Renie on an exciting journey through Silence & live an intense adventure in a world of contrasts between harmony & danger Meet fascinating characters such as Spot the magic caterpillar that will help Noah & Renie & he lives the moment in which the brothers discover that the love they feel for each other is the only thing that can save them 3D characters designed with maximum detail & spectacular 2D scenarios Three characters to play with Enjoy amazing new characters & also the reunion with old friends ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In order to become the owner of a snack bar with her boyfriend Lorna a young Albanian woman living in Belgium becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio Fabio has orchestrated a sham marriage between her & Claudy The marriage allows her to obtain Belgian citizenship & then marry a Russian Mafioso willing to pay a lot of money to acquire the same quickly However for this second marriage to be possible Fabio has planned to kill Claudy Will Lorna keep silent? Actors Arta Dobroshi Jeremie Renier Fabrizio Rongione Alban Ukaj Morgan Marinne Olivier Gourmet Anton Yakovlev Grigori Manukov Mireille Bailly Stephanie Gob & Laurent Caron Director The Dardennes Brothers Certificate 15 years & over Year 2009 Languages French Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 40 minutes (approx) ...

Building work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave Years before this part of the city was all open hills & Erlendur & his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow who has lain peacefully buried for decades Things are never that simple Whilst Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family his case unearths many other tales of family pain The hills have more than one tragic story to tell tales of failed relationships & heartbreak; of anger domestic violence & fear; of family loyalty & family shame Few people are still alive who can tell the story but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play As Hannibal " The Cannibal" Lecter Anthony Hopkins is the archetypical antihero--cultured quick-witted uncontainable--a portrait of the sharpest human faculties gone diabolically wrong His performance marked him as a major star in America & the movie swept the 1991 Academy Awards--Best Picture Director (Jonathan Demme) Actor (Hopkins) Actress (Foster) & Screenplay Adaptation (Ted Tally from the novel by Thomas Harris) ...