Living spirits called "oni" & demons death & reincarnation are some of the themes in these creepy tales ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Tale Of Despereaux tells the story of a plucky little mouse with enormous ears but an even bigger heart Obsessed with stories of chivalrous knights Despereaux is banished to the dungeon by his fellow rodents for speaking to a human princess leading to an adventure of epic proportions! Once upon a time there was a brave & virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions Despereaux set off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro that eventually led him at long last on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess Set in the far away kingdom of Dor this magical fable harkens back to a time of honour & chivalry inspiring fans of all ages to be the best mouse they can be! Actors Matthew Broderick Robbie Coltrane Dustin Hoffman Kevin Kline Christohpher Lloyd William H Macy Tracey Ullman Sigourney Weaver Tony Hale & Emma Watson Director Sam Fell Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Arabic Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx)
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The full & complete text of Beatrix Potter's world-famous & universally loved Tale of Peter Rabbit faithfully translated & transcribed page for page into the hieroglyphic script of an Egyptian of the Middle Kingdom & illustrated with all the original colour artwork by the author herself Based on the official centenary edition published in 2002 the translation combines the familiar face of the original with the British Museum's world-renowned expertise & scholarship ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A selection of dark fairy tales that are testament to the power of imagination Gory sexual & visually astounding Tale of Tales is a Grimm inspired Palme d Or nominated fantasy film starring Salma Hayek Toby Jones Vincent Cassel & John C Reilly The sheer obstinate oddness of Tales of Tales sends crowd-pleasers like Game of Thrones & The Hobbit scuttling into the shadows Dave Calhoun Timeout ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A selection of dark fairy tales that are testament to the power of imagination Gory sexual & visually astounding Tale of Tales is a Grimm inspired Palme d Or nominated fantasy film starring Salma Hayek Toby Jones Vincent Cassel & John C Reilly The sheer obstinate oddness of Tales of Tales sends crowd-pleasers like Game of Thrones & The Hobbit scuttling into the shadows Dave Calhoun Timeout Special Features Interview with Director Mateo Garrone Interview with Salma Hayek Interview with Toby Jones Theatrical Trailer ...

For breaking the rules & lending a helping hand to his beloved Ryuka who is en route to the moon the Moon Spirit Ixto finds himself a jailbird imprisoned by the powers that be! & far from being understanding of his lover&s sacrifice Ryuka is hopping mad that Ixto took it upon himself to make such a drastic decision without consulting him first! Though Ryuka stubbornly continues on his celestial destination do caustic words await these enchanted lovers at the end of the quest instead of sweet kisses?! About the Author Hyouta Fujiyama is a well known Japanese boys& love manga artist Several of her works are in print in English including Sunflower Ordinary Crush Lover&s Flat Sunflower & Pure Heart ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play To be young & carefree amid the blue waters & idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950s; that&s la dolce vita Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) craves
- & Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) leads When Dickie&s father a wealthy ship builder asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America Dickie & his beautiful expatriate girlfriend Marge Sherwood (Gwyneth Paltrow) never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Ripley will go to make their lifestyle his own After all it&s better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody Actors Matt Damon Gwyneth Paltrow Jude Law Cate Blanchett Philip Seymour Hoffman James Rebhorn Jack Davenport Philip Baker Hall & Sergio Rubini Director Anthony Minghella Certificate 15 years & over Year 1999 Languages English Duration 2 hours & 12 minutes (approx)
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Using the cover artwork of our much-loved Virago Modern Classics hardback range these elegant unlined notebooks celebrate three of our most popular titles The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; & Good Behaviour by Molly Keane These beautiful notebooks are a must-have for all Virago fans
- surely the most stylish way of collecting notes on your favourite books Or maybe they will inspire you to write a novel of your own Each notebook features a ribbon bookmark high-quality paper & matching endpapers The Talented Mr Ripley & The Magic Toyshop feature artwork by vintage textile designers Marian Mahler & Jacqueline Groag Good Behaviour features a cover by award-winning designers Eley Kishimoto httpwwweleykishimotocom
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The sorcerer has sent you a street urchin like Aladdin into a cave to look for a magic lamp that lets you call upon a genie&s favors However the cave also encloses fabulous treasures sorted into three chests If you&re not too greedy this could be your chance to become rich! In Tales & Games Aladdin & The Magic Lamp a turn has three phases during which everyone plays simultaneously First choose how many chest cards you want to draw & from which chest Then call out to the genie by being the fastest Finally if you haven&t been too greedy draw chest cards while avoiding the scorpions The game ends when a player draws one of the three sorcerer cards & closes the cave Players 2-5 Playing time 20 minutes Ages 8 ...

The Hare & the Tortoise originally published as Royal Turtle is a card-driven betting game about animal racing loosely based on one of Aesop&s Fables At the start of a race each player secretly bets on two of four animals turtle rabbit sheep & duck One animal is chosen at random for each player then after receiving a hand of six cards each player places one of his cards face-down (possibly the same animal) as an additional bet Players then take turns laying down 1-4 cards with all cards needing to show the same animal then refilling the hand to five cards As soon as seven total cards have been played or four cards of any one animal the animals move (maybe) Each animal has a distinct characteristic that players can use to their advantage The turtle always moves one space but it moves two if four of its cards were played The rabbit always moves two spaces — unless four cards are played & it&s at the head of the pack in which case it sleeps & doesn&t move The duck moves as many spaces as the number of cards played The sheep moves one more space than the number of cards played — but if it reaches grass it stops moving for the round (The track consists of eleven road cards two covered with grass) After the animals move players start a new round of card-playing A round ends when three of the four animals reach the goal after which each player scores points based on the ranking of the animals & how he bet After three rounds the player with the most points wins The original title of Royal Turtle is a homage to Reiner Knizia&s Royal Turf another betting game about animals racing (albeit horses in that game) Suggested Ages 8 Players 2-4 Playing Time 15 minutes ...