In a place where everyone is keeping secrets all the time how do you know who you can trust? A brilliant novel of lies & intrigue at Bletchley Park by the author of the bestselling debut The Hourglass Factory Perfect for all fans of The Imitation Game On a delayed train deep in the English countryside two strangers meet It is 1942 & they are both men of fighting age though neither is in uniform As strangers do in these days of war they pass the time by sharing their stories But walls have ears & careless talk costs lives At Bletchley Park Honey Deschamps spends her days at a type-x machine in Hut 6 transcribing decrypted signals from the German Army One winter's night as she walks home in the blackout she meets a stranger in the shadows He tells her his name is Felix & he has a package for her The parcel containing a small piece of amber postmarked from Russia & branded with two censor's stamps is just the first of several Someone is trying to get a message to her but who? As a dangerous web weaves ever tighter around her can Honey uncover who is sending these mysterious packages & why before it's too late? ...

Will & Lyra whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds have been violently separated But they must find each other for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been
- & a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned
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The third volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy First published in 2000 & acclaimed as a modern masterpiece it won the UK's top awards for children's literature " We're going to the land of the dead & we're going to come back" Will & Lyra whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds have been violently separated But they must find each other for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been
- & a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned
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The third volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy re-issued with a striking newly-designed cover by Chris Wormell to celebrate the publication of THE BOOK OF DUST First published in 1997 & acclaimed as a modern masterpiece it won the UK's top awards for children's literature First published in 2000 & acclaimed as a modern masterpiece it won the UK's top awards for children's literature We're going to the land of the dead & we're going to come back Will & Lyra whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds have been violently separated But they must find each other for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been
- & a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned
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This book explores the weird & mean & in-between that characterize everyday expression online from absurdist photoshops to antagonistic Twitter hashtags to deceptive identity play Whitney Phillips & Ryan M Milner focus especially on the ambivalence of this expression the fact that it is too unwieldy too variable across cases to be essentialized as old or new vernacular or institutional generative or destructive Online expression is instead all of the above This ambivalence the authors argue hinges on available digital tools That said there is nothing unexpected or surprising about even the strangest online behavior Ours is a brave new world & there is nothing new under the sun a point necessary to understanding not just that online spaces are rife with oddity mischief & antagonism but why these behaviors matter The Ambivalent Internet is essential reading for students & scholars of digital media & related fields across the humanities as well as anyone interested in mediated culture & expression ...

Henry James's third novel is an exploration of his most powerful perennial theme
- the clash between European & American cultures
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The American Civil War was one of the longest & bloodiest of modern wars It is also one of the most mysterious It has captured the imagination of writers artists & film-makers for decades but the reality of it confuses & divides historians even today In this magisterial history of the first modern war the distinguished military historian John Keegan unpicks the geography leadership & strategic logic of the war & takes us to the heart of the conflict His captivating work promises to be the definitive history of the American Civil War ...

Look down the barrel of a future where all your everyday needs are solved with guns Samurai Punk presents The American Dream a satirical virtual reality trip through a 1950&s world&s fair where you learn to live your life with guns Players travel through a vast complex constructed by a group of respected gun manufacturers aiming to show the world the virtues of guns for the common man The world of The American Dream sets its sights on a future where guns are used for all manner of things like eating a meal driving a car or working to provide for your family With weapons ranging from pistols to rifles & shotguns you&ll learn how guns will take care of all your day-to-day needs! Bite the bullet & come on down you&re guaranteed to have a blast every time at The American Dream! The chance to see the world through eyes of a true American patriot Over twenty heartwarming pulse-pounding brain-tingling action-packed stages each representing a key moment in the average American life Immersive interactive environments ready to meet the business end of your guns The opportunity to purchase & try out a variety of firearms from common pistols to tactical sporting rifles For every task in life there is a suitable gun for the job! The voice talents of Michael Dobson (Dragon Ball Z Death Spank Sausage Party Transformers) as Buddy Washington Guns & bullets Required (not included) Play Station VR Headset Play Station 4 Camera Move Controllers ...

The American Dream is one of the most familiar & resonant phrases in our national lexicon so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin its history or what it actually means In this fascinating short history Jim Cullen explores the meaning of the American Dream or rather the several American Dreams that have both reflected & shaped American identity from the Pilgrims to the present Cullen begins by noting that the United States unlike most other nations defines itself not on the facts of blood religion language geography or shared history but on a set of ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence & consolidated in the Constitution At the core of these ideals lies the ambiguous but galvanizing concept of the American Dream a concept that for better & worse has proven to be amazingly elastic & durable for hundreds of years & across racial class & other demographic lines Cullen then traces a series of overlapping American dreams the quest for of religious freedom that brought the Pilgrims to the New World; the political freedom promised in the Declaration; the dream of upward mobility embodied most fully in the figure of Abraham Lincoln; the dream of home ownership from homestead to suburb; the intensely idealistic-and largely unrealized-dream of equality articulated most vividly by Martin Luther King Jr The version of the American Dream that dominates our own time-what Cullen calls the Dream of the Coast-is one of personal fulfillment of fame & fortune all the more alluring if achieved without obvious effort which finds its most insidious expression in the culture of Hollywood For anyone seeking to understand a shifting but central idea in American history The American Dream is an interpretive tour de force ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In the aftermath of a job gone awry an American hitman retreats to the Italian countryside where he befriends a local priest & strikes up an unexpected romance while awaiting the details of his next assignment Jack (George Clooney) is lucky to be alive after his Swedish assignment went sour & he knows that it&s only a matter of time before his luck runs out Not eager to tempt fate again Jack arrives in a small Italian town & takes a job assembling a weapon for the mysterious Mathilde (Thekla Reuten) During this uncharacteristically peaceful interlude Jack befriends kindly clergyman Father Benedetto (Paolo Bonacelli) & connects with pretty local Clara (Violante Placido) But in the process of reaching out for a little human contact Jack is making himself more vulnerable than ever ...