Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Triple bill of Chinese historical action dramas & The Warlords& (2007) tells the story of a trio of warriors in the era of the Qing Dynasty
- General Ma Xinyi (Jet Li) Cao Er-Hu (Andy Lau) & Zhang Wen-Xiang (Takeshi Kaneshiro)
- who make a pact of brotherhood to one another vowing that anyone who harms one of the brothers will be killed When the country is plunged into chaos & political upheaval following the Taiping Rebellion the three blood brothers must struggle to maintain their loyalty as war rages around them & The Banquet& (2006) is a bloody epic about court intrigue in China&s Five Dynasties period loosely based on Shakespeare&s & Hamlet& The setting is an ancient Chinese kingdom where malice & treachery rule The latest turmoil arises with the sudden death of the emperor Suspicion falls on his ambitious brother Li (You Ge) who takes the throne as well as his brother&s young beautiful wife Empress Wan (Ziyi Zhang) The only obstacle in his path is his brother&s son Prince Wuluan (Daniel Wu) a melancholy youngster who harbours a sexual longing for his stepmother & has consequently exiled himself to a colony in the wilderness When the new emperor&s ninja assassins reach the colony the prince barely escapes with his life Returning to the palace he is at once embroiled in schemes counterschemes & suspect declarations of love The film climaxes at a late night banquet where murder is the main dish on the menu In & Battle of Wits& (2006) warrior Ge Li (Lau) holds back the forces of marauding general Xiang Yanzhong (Ahn Sung-ki) in 370 BC China During the civil war period of China&s history from the fifth to the third century BC the Zhoa state sets out to conquer the small city state of Liang As the invaders near the city the fearful inhabitants beg for help from the local Mozi warrior clan but fear for the worst when only a single solitary warrior Ge Li comes to their aid All is not lost however as Li proves himself to be a master tactician convincing the doubting townsfolk that they can repel the invaders As the battle lines are drawn Li with the help of two local fighters defies the odds & prepares for one last decisive battle

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Across Britain Muslims are caught up in a battle over the very nature of their faith & extremists appear to be gaining the upper hand Sara Khan has spent the past decade campaigning for tolerance & equal rights within Muslim communities & is now engaged in a new struggle for justice & understanding
- the urgent need to counter Islamist-inspired extremism In this timely & courageous book Khan shows how previously antagonistic groups of fundamentalist Muslims have joined forces creating pressures that British society has never before encountered What is more identity politics & the attitudes of both the far Right & ultra-Left have combined to give the Islamists ever-increasing power to spread their message Unafraid to tackle some of the pressing issues of our time Sara Khan addresses the question of how to break the cycle of extremism without alienating British Muslims She calls for all Britons to reject divisive ideologies & introduces us to those individuals who are striving to build a safer future
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The desperate struggle between the Wehrmacht & the Red Army for Budapest in 1944 & 1945 was as lethal & destructive as any of the urban battles fought during the Second World War The losses of men & equipment sustained by the Germans were so great that they hastened the collapse of Hitler's regime Yet what happened in Budapest is less well remembered today than other flashpoints in the conflict on the Eastern Front Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating & graphic introduction to this neglected episode in the closing months of the war The battle began with Operation Panzerfaust in October 1944 when the Germans seized Hungarian leader Admiral Horthy to prevent his country defecting to the Soviets Red Army advances then left German & Hungarian units trapped in the city & sparked fifty days of intense fighting Then in March 1945 Hitler launched Operation Spring Awakening the reckless final German offensive of the war designed to recapture Budapest & stabilize the Eastern Front It failed spectacularly opening the road to Vienna for the Red Army The selection of archive photographs gives a sharp insight into every aspect of the fighting in & around Budapest & records the ravaged city the battle left behind ...

At Michaela teachers think differently overturning many of the ideas that have become orthodoxy in English schools In this book over 20 Michaela teachers explore controversial ideas that improve the lives of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds Michaela is blazing a trail in education defying many of the received notions about what works best in schools; Michaela teachers from founders to classroom teachers to senior leaders lead readers through different aspects of what makes Michaela unique The school gets hundreds of visitors a year So many ask what's the secret? But the reality is that it isn't only one thing that makes Michaela work; This book raises challenging questions for teachers & school leaders about how they see education How can we help new Year 7 pupils get their bearings in secondary school quickly? How do we teach pupils to remember rather than forget what they've learned? How do didactic teaching drill & memorisation boost motivation & academic achievement? How do we get pupils to be considerate kind & caring to each other? How do we make lunchtime a calm happy time every day? How do we ensure new teachers are just as respected as veteran teachers? How can we ensure the weakest readers do the most reading rather than the least? How can we make sure all teachers love teaching in our schools & want to stay in teaching? How can we prevent teachers from overworking & burning out? What do we do about parents that push back against the school's rules? These questions cut to the core of how we educate & how we see the world ...

AN IDEAL STOCKING FILLER FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UNDERSTAND & EXPERIENCE THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY AERIAL EVER FOUGHT Part of the new Ladybird Expert series Battle of Britain is an accessible insightful & authoritative account of the most famous aerial battle in history Historian author & broadcaster James Holland draws on the latest research & interviews with participants to bring colour detail & a fresh perspective to the story Inside you'll discover how tactics organisation & new technologies were brought to bear about the different challenges faced by both the RAF & the Luftwaffe & above all the skill bravery & endurance of the airmen engaged in a contest that was of critical importance to the outcome of the war Written by the leading lights & most outstanding communicators in their fields the Ladybird Expert books provide clear accessible & authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science history & culture Other books currently available in the Ladybird Expert series include Climate Change Quantum Mechanics Evolution Shackleton For an adult readership the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years ...

Sid Peggy & Amy adore the two gerbils Bubble & Squeak but their mother detests them A major family battle results & it's clear life is never going to be quite the same again But after a near fatal encounter between Bubble & Ginger the cat Mrs Sparrow begins to see that life with a pair of gerbils might not be so bad after all ...

A collection of essays published to mark the millennium of the Battle of Carham fought in 1018 352 pages 8 Plates black & white ...

THE SAME WORLD BRAND NEW STORIES The peace in Araluen is under threat & newly crowned King Duncan must prepare for war Morgarath is in hiding recruiting an army of savage beasts known as Wargals for his next attack Halt prepares for a seemingly impossible task
- to scale the Mountains of Rain & Night to spy on the enemy & uncover their plans He knows that one wrong move could be deadly for at the Battle of Hackham Heath the fate of a kingdom will be decided THE ORIGIN STORY OF ARALUEN'S MOST FAMOUS RANGER BY JOHN FLANAGAN AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING RANGER'S APPRENTICE SERIES
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This is a major new account of the Battle of Jutland the key naval battle of the First World War in which the British Grand Fleet engaged the German High Seas Fleet off the coast of Denmark in 1916 Beginning with the building of the two fleets John Brooks reveals the key technologies employed from ammunition gunnery & fire control to signalling & torpedoes as well as the opposing commanders' tactical expectations & battle orders In describing Jutland's five major phases he offers important new interpretations of the battle itself & how the outcome was influenced by technology as well as the tactics & leadership of the principal commanders with the reliability of their own accounts of the fighting reassessed The book draws on contemporary sources which have rarely been cited in previous accounts including the despatches of both the British & German formations along with official records letters & memoirs ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Classic war drama directed by Jack Smight The film tells the story of the Japanese attack on the island of Midway in 1942 which saw US forces finally wresting control of the waves & staving off the threat of its West Coast being invaded US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz (Henry Fonda) leads outnumbered US forces as they look to intercept Japanese military communications After then finding out that Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Toshirô Mifune) is planning an attack on the island of Midway Captain Matt Garth (Charlton Heston) is tasked with planning the US defence The cast also

Includes:: Robert Mitchum Glenn Ford & James Coburn

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