Lines may divide us but hope will unite us Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution & the Holocaust He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do & no one to play with Until he meets Shmuel a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence & who like the other people there wears a uniform of striped pyjamas Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation & in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible process ...

' Some things are just sitting there minding their own business waiting to be discovered Like America & other things are probably better off left alone' Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind Who is the ' Fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to ' Out-With' ? & who are all the sad people in striped pyjamas on the other side of the fence? The grown-ups won't explain so Bruno decides there is only one thing for it
- he will have to explore this place alone What he discovers is a new friend A boy with the very same birthday A boy in striped pyjamas But why can't they ever play together?BACKSTORY Read an interview with the author JOHN BOYNE & learn all about the Second World War in Germany
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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 Based on the best selling novel by John Boyne Berlin 1942
- Eight-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution & the Holocaust He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country All he knows is that his father was promoted & he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do & no-one to play with Until he meets Shmuel a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence & who like the other people there wears a uniform of striped pajamas Bruno&s friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation as their secret meetings result in a friendship that has startling & devastating consequences
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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 Berlin 1942 Eight-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution & the Holocaust He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country All he knows is that his father was promoted & he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do & no-one to play with Then he meets Shmuel a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence & who like the other people there wears a uniform of striped pajamas Bruno&s friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation as their secret meetings result in a friendship that has startling & devastating consequences Synopsis Based upon the novel by John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship that forms between the son of a concentration camp commander & a young Jewish boy during World War II Directed by renowned British filmmaker Mark Hermon (Little Voice Brassed Off) the film features a cast that

Includes:: Vera Farmiga (The Departed Breaking & Entering) & David Thewlis (Mike Leigh&s Naked The Big Lebowski)

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Bruno doesn't like his new house He had to leave all his friends behind in Berlin & there are no children to play with here
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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 Jennifer Lopez leads the cast in The Boy Next Door a psychological thriller that explores a forbidden attraction that goes much too far Directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast & the Furious) & written by Barbara Curry the film also stars Ryan Guzman John Corbett & Kristin Chenoweth ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Jennifer Lopez leads the cast in The Boy Next Door a psychological thriller that explores a forbidden attraction that goes much too far Directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast & the Furious) & written by Barbara Curry the film also stars Ryan Guzman John Corbett & Kristin Chenoweth ...

The Boy on the Shed is a story of love & fate At 16 Paul Ferris becomes Newcastle United's youngest-ever first-teamer Like many a tricky winger from Northern Ireland he is hailed as 'the new George Best' As a player & later a physio & member of the Magpies' managerial team Paul's career acquaints him not only with Kevin Keegan Kenny Dalglish & Bobby Robson Ruud Gullit Paul Gascoigne & Alan Shearer but also with injury insecurity & disappointment Yet this autobiography is more than a tale of the vagaries of sporting fortune It begins during ' The Troubles' in a working-class Catholic family in the Protestant town of Lisburn near Belfast After a childhood scarred by his mother's illness & sectarian hatred Paul meets the love of his life his future wife Geraldine Talented & carefree on the pitch shy & anxious off it he earns a tilt at stardom His first spell at Newcastle turns sour as does his return as a physio although obtaining a Masters degree shows him what he could achieve away from football When Paul qualifies as a barrister a career in Law beckons Instead a craving to prove himself in the game draws him back to St James' Park as part of Shearer's management triumvirate
- with unfortunate consequences Written with brutal candour dark humour & consummate style The Boy on the Shed is a riveting & moving account of a life less ordinary
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The course of Harry & Robin's married life was set when their three-year-old son Dillon disappeared Five years on their lives are approaching a fragile normality That is until the day Harry catches sight of his dead son in the midst of a Dublin crowd Harry & Robin must embark on a journey that demands they reevaluate everything they believe to be true
- the secrets each holds & the lies they have told
- & one that will test their trust in each other to the limit

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Boy hides behind his wall because he doesn't trust people & he knows how it feels to be hurt & let down That is until Someone Kind arrives on the other side of his wall This colour picture book will help children aged 4-9 who have experienced trauma loss or neglect to come to terms with their experiences & to build healthy relationships 32 pages full colour fully illustrated throughout Redford Ali ...