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 ...

After a night of serious boozing a jilted young man named Ryuka speaks his wish for true love atop a starlit hill His words reach the ears of Ixto the spirit of the last quarter moon who decides to grant Ryuka&s wish Unfortunately for Ryuka Ixto&s handpicked selections to be the young man&s lover are all men themselves! & when his rejection of these choices leads to an unexpected night of passion that casts a spell on him will Ryuka give in to his enchanted body&s urge to chase after Ixto & journey through worlds unknown or will his mind win over his heart? Critically-acclaimed boys& love mangaka Hyouta Fujiyama lends her copious talents to this wacky role-playing fantasy-romance that will tickle your funny bone & tug at your heart! 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 ...

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 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 ...

Tales & Games The Pied Piper is the sixth title in violet Brain Creations& Tales & Games series You live in Hamelin a town infested by rats The easiest way to get the rats out of your house is to send them to your neighbors Whenever too many rats are jammed into a house its occupants get desperate & move out! The player who can best keep the rats out of his house wins! Players 2-5 Suggested ages 8 Playing time 20 minutes ...

Join Fox Pig Rabbit Bear & all their friends in this must-have sticker book based on the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood Packed with games activities & hundreds of stickers this book is perfect for birthdays rainy days & school holidays
- a great gift for any child Tales from Acorn Wood Sticker Book comes from the award-winning creators of The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
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Learn all about colours with your favourite characters from Acorn Wood in Tales from Acorn Wood Colours based on the bestselling toddler series by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler creators of The Gruffalo Can you see Fox's blue socks? What about Bear's red waistcoat or the yellow flowers in Rabbit's garden? Join in the colourful fun in Acorn Wood! Based on the bestselling lift-the-flap toddler books Postman Bear Fox's Socks Hide-&-Seek Pig & Rabbit's Nap ...

With sturdy flaps on every spread & rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud the Tales From Acorn Wood have been delighting both parents & toddlers for fifteen years In Tales From Acorn Wood Fox's Socks & Rabbit's Nap two of the popular lift-the-flap stories from the creators of The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler are together in paperback for the first time with a beautiful foiled cover look Rabbit is trying to get to sleep but everyone is being so noisy Lift the flaps & find out who is keeping Rabbit awake Then join Fox in a hunt for his missing socks Are they in the kitchen or under the stairs? Are they inside the clock or hidden in a chest? Lift the flaps & find out! Look out for Tales From Acorn Wood Hide-&-Seek Pig & Postman Bear also available as a two-books-in-one paperback ...