From the Booker Prize-winning author of Offshore' comes this unusual romance between the poet Novalis & his fiancee Sophie newly introduced by Candia Mc William The year is 1794 & Fritz passionate idealistic & brilliant is seeking his father's permission to announce his engagement to his heart's desire twelve-year-old Sophie His astounded family & friends are amused & disturbed by his betrothal What can he be thinking? Tracing the dramatic early years of the young German who was to become the great romantic poet & philosopher Novalis The Blue Flower' is a masterpiece of invention evoking the past with a reality that we can almost feel ...

The year is 1883 The stark Icelandic winter landscape is the backdrop We follow the priest Skugga-Baldur on his hunt for the enigmatic blue fox We're then transported to the world of the naturalist Friethrik B Friethriksson & his charge Abba who suffers from Down's syndrome & who came to his rescue when he was on the verge of disaster Then to a shipwreck off the Icelandic coast in the spring of 1868 The fates of Friethrik Abba & Baldur are intrinsically bound & unravelled in this spellbinding book that is part thriller part fairy tale ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Nora is a pretty telephone operator engaged to a soldier overseas On her birthday she gets a Dear John letter from him Feeling despondent she agrees to a date with a wolf from her office He gets her drunk & leads her back to his apartment where she resists his advances & bludgeons him in self-defense She flees leaving behind the blue gardenia he bought her The next morning she&s can&t remember the details of what happened ...

From John Banville one of the world's greatest writers comes The Blue Guitar a story of theft & the betrayal of friendship Adultery is always put in terms of thieving But we were happy together simply happy Oliver Orme used to be a painter well known & well rewarded but the muse has deserted him He is also as he confesses a petty thief; he does not steal for gain but for the thrill of it HIs worst theft is Polly the wife of his friend Marcus with whom he has had an affair When the affair is discovered Oliver hides himself away in his childhood home From here he tells the story of a year from one autumn to the next Many surprises & shocks await him & by the end of his story he will be forced to face himself & seek a road towards redemption Shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2016 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free DVDBlu-ray player in order to play The lush beauty & splendour of a South Pacific paradise is vividly captured in this version of Henry De Vere Stacpoole&8217;s 1903 novel Two small children & a ship&8217;s cook survive a shipwreck & find safety on an idyllic tropical island Soon however the cook dies & the young boy & girl are left on their own Days become years & Emmeline (Brooke Shields) & Richard (Christopher Atkins) make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures & nature&8217;s beauty They learn to cope with the bewildering variety of physical & emotional changes that come with adolescence As they begin to mature their childhood affections lead to a sensitive & more profound love But will they ever see civilisation again? Actors Brooke Shields Christopher Atkins Directors Randal Kleiser Format CDDVDLanguage English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Sergeant Dixon (Jack Warner) is shot & killed while teaching a new recruit (Jimmy Hanley) the ropes Police & some of the West London criminal fraternity hunt down his killer (Dirk Bogarde) in this classic British police story Sergeant Dixon was later resurrected to star in the long-running TV series & Dixon of Dock Green& ...

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Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children's books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures 64 pages full colour illustrations Herge ...

Herge&s classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children&s books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures The world&s most famous travelling reporter is on the trail of the Blue Lotus In India Tintin gets drawn into a dangerous mystery revolving around a madness-inducing poison He traces its origins to Shanghai & a nefarious web of opium traffickers But can he outwit the crooks? The Adventures of Tintin are among the best books for readers aged 8 & up Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907 Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series which is now considered to be one of the greatest if not the greatest comics series of all time Have you collected all 24 graphic novel adventures? Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in the Congo Tintin in America Tintin Cigars of the Pharaoh Tintin The Blue Lotus Tintin The Broken Ear Tintin The Black Island Tintin King Ottakar&s Sceptre Tintin The Crab with the Golden Claws Tintin The Shooting Star Tintin The Secret of the Unicorn Tintin Red Rackham&s Treasure Tintin The Seven Crystal Balls Tintin Prisoners of the Sun Tintin Land of Black Gold Tintin Destination Moon Tintin Explorers of the Moon Tintin The Calculus Affair Tintin The Red Sea Sharks Tintin in Tibet Tintin The Castafiore Emerald Tintin Flight 714 to Sydney The Adventures of Tintin & the Picaros Tintin & Alph-Art ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play James Mason George Peppard & Ursula Andress highlight this stirring dramam set in Germany during the close of World War I Bruno Stachel (Peppard) a peasant promoted into the elite German air force finds himself battling both the enemy in the sky & the prejudices of his higher-born fellow flyers To overcome this stigma Stachel proves he will go to any length
- honourable or dishonourably to win his country&s most coveted air medal " Blue Max" But he soon learns the price he must pay for being proclaimed a hero in this highly acclaimed film with its uncompromising story & spectacular flying sequences Actors George Peppard James Mason Ursula Andress Jeremy Kemp Karl Michael Vogler Anton Diffring Harry Towb Peter Woodthorpe Derek Newark Derren Nesbitt Loni von Friedl Friedrich von Ledebur Carl Schell Hugo Schuster & Alex Scott Director John Guillermin Certificate PG Year 1966 Screen 2351 Languages English Additional Languages French; Italian; German; Spanish Subtitles Dutch; French; Italian; German; Spanish; English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hour & 29 minutes (approx)
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