Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Tales of Hoffmann has been beautifully restored in 4k supervised by Martin Scorsese Thelma Schoonmaker Powel & Ned Price Newly discovered sequences from Act 3 & the epilogue which were missing from previously released versions of the film were found in the nitrate material held at the BFI & put back into the film as directors Powell & Pressburger originally intended Based on Jacques Offenbach&s opera of the stories of romantic poet ETA Hoffmann The Tales of Hoffmann gave close collaborators Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger another opportunity to eschew realism & celebrate artifice & creativity Metropolitan opera star Robert Rounseville plays Hoffmann a university student who is spectacularly unlucky in affairs of the heart Each of his love affairs with Olympia (Moira Shearer) an animated doll Venetian courtesan Giulietta (Ludmilla Tcherina) & singer&s daughter Antonia (Ann Ayars) is doomed to failure due to circumstances far beyond our hero&s control The entire film is shaped by Offenbach&s score given a rousing rendition by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of the legendary Sir Thomas Beecham ...

Based on the NY Times best-selling military science fiction novels by David Weber this original comic book series introduces space ship captain Honor Harrington on the eve of her execution From prison Honor relays her epic adventures starting with a command outpost to a hellish backwater star system that turns out to be the source of an uprising that will bring war to her home planet This series is part of a new multi-platform story world that

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" An amazing new entry in the Honorverse mythos" " Interesting…stylistically sound" The first ever original comic book tale set in David Weber&s HONORVERSE! Following the success of TALES OF HONOR VOL 1 which explored the origins of Weber&s military heroine the eponymous Honor Harrington this second volume finds Honor is a never-before-seen adventure On the leisure station Eros naval commander Honor Harrington&s roguish uncle has gone missing…under very mysterious circumstances In the absence of actual shore leave it&s up to Honor & her crewmen officers Horace Harkness & Scotty Tremaine with the help of her pet Treecat Nimitz to infiltrate Eros & uncover a mystery of galactic proportions! But what they find will extend far beyond a simple kidnapping & will push Honor & her crew to their absolute limits…and then some Written by MATT HAWKINS & DAN WICKLINE with art from rising star LINDA SEJIC this is one series that Scifi-fans – familiar with the Honorverse or not – won&t want to miss Collects TALES OF HONOR BRED TO KILL 0-4 ...

Tracklist The Disillusion Hypnotized Narcissist On My Mind Dead Eyes When She Takes A Hold Of You Desert Flower Silence Darlin' 61 ...

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies ' In the great mirror opposite I saw myself & right behind another wicked fearful self so like me my soul seemed to quiver within me as though not knowing to which similitude of body it belonged' Elizabeth Gaskell is better known today for her pioneering social novels such as Mary Barton (1848) but she also wrote some fascinating tales of the supernatural & the macabre which are collected here in this volume The real charm of this dark anthology is its variety Unlike so many writers of this kind of material Gaskell allows the story to fit the style rather than the other way around & as result there is a charming freshness to each tale This remarkable author uses different voices tones & topics to engage her readers & as you turn from one story to the next you cannot be quite sure what to expect ...

With an Introduction by John S Whitley University of Sussex This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying & bewildering tales that characterise his work As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as ' The Pit & the Pendulum' ' The Fall of the House of Usher' ' The Premature Burial' & ' The Tell-Tale Heart' all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included These are the first modern detective stories & include ' The Murders in the Rue Morgue' ' The Mystery of Marie Roget' & ' The Purloined Letter' ...

A collection of mythological stories from the Vikings including gods & goddesses such as Odin Thor Freya & Loki 286 pages Full-colour illustrations Guerber H A ...

Scandinavians of the Viking Age explored the mysteries of life through their sagas Folklorist Helen Adeline Guerber brings to life the gods & goddesses giants & dwarves & warriors & monsters of these stories in Tales of Norse Mythology 464 pages Guerber Helen A ...

Inspired by DH Lawrence Chekhov & Hemingway Bukowski's writing is passionate extreme & has attracted a cult following while his life was as weird & wild as the tales he wrote This collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that Bukowski inhabited From prostitutes to classical music Bukowski ingeniously mixes high & low culture in his 'tales of ordinary madness' These are angry yet tender humorous & haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of Los Angeles ...

Throughout the bird world examples of strange & seemingly inexplicable behaviours abound For example Why do Male Fairywrens bring flowers to females as a nuptial gift in the pre-dawn darkness? Especially when the gift-givers are not the official mates of the females concerned but visitors & furthermore they may give these gifts in full view of the official mate Why do gangs of White-winged Choughs 'kidnap' their neighbours' fledglings & then keep them in their 'gang' Which bird is so big strong & fierce that stories abound of it killing humans? This book looks at accounts of murderous Cassowaries & explains just what might have happened What happens in an albatross 'divorce'? This book divides the world by continent & takes a series of extraordinary stories from each to illustrate a great diversity of bird behaviour Each continent will have around five or six stories each described in 1500 to 2000 words & examining the truths & the mythology behind each example An intriguiguing book from an author with an ability to engage with his audience ...