It was 1921 when Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered the Attenbury emeralds The recovery of the magnificent gem in Lord Attenbury's most dazzling heirloom made headlines
- & launched a shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a detective Now it is 1951 a happily married Lord Peter has just shared the secrets of that mystery with his wife the detective novelist Harriet Vane Then the new young Lord Attenbury
- grandson of Lord Peter's first client
- seeks his help again this time to prove who owns the gigantic emerald that Wimsey last saw in 1921 It will be the most intricate & challenging mystery he has ever faced Since the publication of A Presumption of Death which was set in 1941 in the wartime English countryside readers have been eagerly asking for this story
- a wholly original & utterly engrossing new detective adventure



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Attention merchant an industrial-scale harvester of human attention A firm whose business model is the mass capture of attention for resale to advertisers In nearly every moment of our waking lives we face a barrage of advertising enticements branding efforts sponsored social media commercials & other efforts to harvest our attention Over the last century few times or spaces have remained uncultivated by the 'attention merchants' contributing to the distracted unfocused tenor of our times Tim Wu argues that this is not simply the byproduct of recent inventions but the end result of more than a century's growth & expansion in the industries that feed on human attention From the pre-Madison Avenue birth of advertising to TV's golden age to our present age of radically individualized choices the business model of 'attention merchants' has always been the same He describes the revolts that have risen against these relentless attempts to influence our consumption from the remote control to FDA regulations to Apple's ad-blocking OS But he makes clear that attention merchants grow ever-new heads & their means of harvesting our attention have given rise to the defining industries of our time changing our nature
- cognitive social & otherwise
- in ways unimaginable even a generation ago

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Gates family&s new dream home quickly turns into a living nightmare in this disturbing thriller packed with suspense horror & terrifying twists In a charming & quiet suburban town Tim & Susan Gates have found their perfect new house & their lively daughter Kayla has just returned home from college to help with the big move alongside her brothers Shane & Taylor But behind the picture of suburban bliss is an altogether more sinister story During the move Tim reluctantly reveals his knowledge of the house s dark past the story of two small children who drowned in the pool & the parents who were forced to move out due to a foreclosure As the family settles in to their new home a series of eerie events begin to suggest that all is not as it should be Unexplained footsteps misplaced tools electronics going haywire & sinister warnings from their new neighbour quickly erode their happiness as anxiety & fear gradually take over their lives Unbeknownst to them their cosy little home has an uninvited guest; the deranged previous owner has returned Living in the walls & obsessively watching the new owners as the last remains of his sanity disappear his true intentions become horrifyingly clear ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In the fall of 1976 a small parapsychology lab in Pennsylvania became the unwitting home to the only government-confirmed case of possession The US military assumed control of the lab under orders of national security & soon after implemented measures aimed at weaponizing the entity The details of the inexplicable events that occurred are being made public after remaining classified for nearly forty years ...

Barack Obama's success in becoming President-Elect of the United States means he will dramatically change the face that his country presents to the world In this bestselling book Obama discusses the importance of empathy in politics his hopes for a different America with different policies & how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed With intimacy & self-deprecating humour Obama describes his experiences as a politician & balancing his family life with his public vocation His search for consensus & his respect for the democratic process inform every sentence A senator & a lawyer a professor & a father a Christian & a sceptic Barack Obama has written a book of transforming power that will inspire people the world over ...

Dear reader There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery & despair You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans then proceed with caution violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children They are charming & resourceful & have pleasant facial features Unfortunately they are exceptionally unlucky In The Austere Academy the siblings face snapping crabs strict punishments dripping fungus comprehensive exams violin recitals SORE & the metric system In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent hilarious & deftly crafted Despite their wretched contents 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' has sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris You have been warned Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All The Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous & puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about Who Could That Be at This Hour?' When Did you Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah & now lives in New York City He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University & has been illustrating ever since His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine & The New York Times ...

"it is for anyone who wants their comics to be more than tights & capes Who want a bit of gonzo in their lives Who find that excess in small doses just doesn&t satisfy them" -Ain&t It Cool News " With The Auteur Spears & Callahan have cooked up an innovative concept with stunning execution The storytelling is flawless fun concise & fat free & I can&t wait to see the story unfold Two craftsmen at the top of their game Do the right thing & buy this comics"
- Rick Remender (BLACK SCIENCE FEAR AGENT) Fresh off the biggest bomb in Hollywood history producer Nathan T Rex enters a downward spiral of drugs & depravity in a quest to resurrect his career & save his soul Over budget & behind schedule on PRESIDENTS DAY he is backed into a corner by bad publicity a crap project & studio politics But enlisting serial-killer-turned-murder-consultant Darwin his trusty assistant Igor narcotics from Doctor Love & the lovely actress Coconut T Rex will stop at nothing in his quest for cinematic fame & glory God help us all
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Showgirl Bailed Out American Guitars Junk Shop Clothes Don't Trust The Stars Starstruck How Could I Be Wrong Housebreaker Valet Parking Idiot Brother Early Years Home Again ...

Nemesis Now are the masters of gothic fantasy art & modelling They've worked with the world's leading fantasy artists & designers to produce premium quality collectables & traditional giftware for over 15 years You'll fall in love with their stunning attention to detail & craftsmanship across a huge range of products ...

A New York Times Bestseller! After witnessing the demise of most of her Storm Watch teammates Jenny Sparks wants to create a new super hero team dedicated to protecting Earth against threats of a global scale Joined by former Storm Watch members Jack Hawksmoor & Shen Li-Min Jenny recruits four new members the Doctor the Engineer Apollo & the Midnighter forming the ultra-powerful Authority Collected in this edition are their first two missions battling a nation of super-powered terrorists & stopping an invasion from a parallel world ...