THE WASTE LANDS is the third volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 In the third novel in Stephen King's epic fantasy masterpiece Roland the Last Gunslinger is moving ever closer to the Dark Tower Roland has altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers in New York Now they exist in different worlds paradoxically sharing memories Roland Susannah & Eddie must try to draw Jake into Mid-World then follow the Path of the Beam through an urban waste land to the Dark Tower Pursued by the Ageless Stranger Roland & his friends cross a desert of damnation in this macabre new world as revelations begin to unfold about who
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- is driving him forward JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL

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WIZARD & GLASS is the fourth volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 In the fourth novel in Stephen King's bestselling fantasy quest the Dark Tower beckons Roland the Last Gunslinger & the four companions he has gathered along the road In a terrifying journey where hidden dangers lurk at every junction the pilgrims find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka Kansas that has been ravaged by a superflu virus While following the deserted highway toward a distant glass palace Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado & where he & his old tet-mates Alain & Cuthbert battled the forces of an evil harrier who ignited Mid-World's final war JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL ...

Stephen King&s The Dark Tower the ambitious story from one of the world&s most-celebrated authors makes its long-awaited launch to the big screen starring Idris Elba as Roland Deschain & Matthew Mc Conaughey as the Man in Black Sharing an ancient vendetta they must fight to the death in this epic battle over the fate of the All-World Universe Special Features Blooper Reel" The Man in Black" featurette" The Gunslinger In Action" featurette Deleted Scenes (exclusive to Blu-ray)" Last Time Around" featurette (exclusive to Blu-ray)" The World Has Moved On" featurette (exclusive to Blu-ray)" Stephen King Inspirations" featurette (exclusive to Blu-ray)"A Look Through the Keyhole" featurette (exclusive to Blu-ray) Bonus Disc Exclusive
- " Roland of Gilead
- The Last Gunslinger" featurette

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WOLVES OF THE CALLA is the fifth volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 In the fifth novel in Stephen King's bestselling fantasy series Roland & his ka-tet are bearing through the forests of the Mid-World on their journey to the Dark Tower Tracking their every move is a group of farmers from the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis The trackers have been warned that the Wolves a band of masked riders are about to gallop out of the dark land of Thunderclap & raid their town & they want to enlist the help of the four gunslingers How can Roland & his tet both protect the innocent community & return to New York to save our world's incarnation of the Dark Tower from the machinations of the evil Sombra Corporation?JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWERTHE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL ...

SONG OF SUSANNAH is the sixth volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is soon Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 The pivotal sixth novel in Stephen King's bestselling epic fantasy saga provides the key to the quest that defines Roland's life Susannah has used the power of Black Thirteen to get to New York where she can give birth to a child fated to grow up as Roland's nemesis Jake & Father Callahan set out to break her date with destiny & to find Calvin Tower owner of the vacant lot where a magical rose grows
- a rose that must be saved at all costs Meanwhile Roland & Eddie tumble into Maine in the Summer of 1977 Here they are greeted by the gangster Balazar & must face their maker a man called Stephen King JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWERTHE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL
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The Dark Valley is a new game from award-winning designer Ted Raicer focusing on the entire East Front campaign in World War II The game components feature a beautiful map from Mark Mahaffey stretching from Leningrad in the north to the Caucasus Mountains in the south & around 600 counters representing every major unit that appeared during the course of the conflict Initially most Soviet infantry are divisions but as the game progresses these are replaced by armies & corps so that players are not overwhelmed by the increasing Soviet Order of Battle All German mechanized divisions are present in the game while their infantry is a mix of division & corps Although the game is a semi-monster & covers the entirety of the conflict from the launch of Barbarossa to the end of the war the game system emphasizes playability rather than rules overhead allowing the players to concentrate on strategy choices rather than rules minutiae The core of the game system is a “chit-pull” activation system Each turn a variety of action chits are drawn in a random order from the Action Chit Pool & it is this that determines the exact flow of operations on that turn This chit-pull system imposes constant uncertainty upon the player & introduces considerable tension into the game The Axis supply network which imposed crucial restraints upon the effectiveness of the offensive is represented using supply depot units Besides the full campaign game TDV features scenarios for Barbarossa Case Blue Kursk & the Destruction of Army Group Center Scenario start dates can also be used to explore shorter versions of the campaign The Dark Valley is designed to be playable & exciting modeling the tension of the campaign elegantly & simply The game also plays very well in solitaire mode due to the underlying chit-pull system From the German blitzkrieg in 1941 to the blazing ruins of Berlin The Dark Valley provides a truly new look at this much-gamed theater TIME SCALE 1 or 2 months per turn MAP SCALE 20 miles per hex UNIT SCALE Divisions Corps Armies COMPONENTSTwo 22x 34" maps Three sheets of 12 " counters Four Player Aid Cards Two 6-sided dice Rules Booklet Players Booklet ...

The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion deliberately attacked & suppressed the teachings of the Classical world ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to 'one true faith' Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek & mild going to their martyr's deaths singing hymns of love & praise the truth as Catherine Nixey reveals is very different Far from being meek & mild they were violent ruthless & fundamentally intolerant Unlike the polytheistic world in which the addition of one new religion made no fundamental difference to the old ones this new ideology stated not only that it was the way the truth & the light but that by extension every single other way was wrong & had to be destroyed From the 1st century to the 6th those who didn't fall into step with its beliefs were pursued in every possible way social legal financial & physical Their altars were upturned & their temples demolished their statues hacked to pieces & their priests killed It was an annihilation Authoritative vividly written & utterly compelling this is a remarkable debut from a brilliant young historian ...

A gripping account of how the early Christians viciously attacked the art & teachings of the Classical world from a brilliant young historian 352 pages 16pp plates Nixey Catherine ...

Hardcover 144 pages Publisher Cubicle 7 Entertainment; 1st edition (21 Nov 2012) Language English ...

A heartbreakingly moving story of loyalty & passion second in the Durham Trilogy When pretty Sara Pallister's father dies leaving his farm bankrupt she is begrudgingly taken in by her narrow-minded uncle & aunt in the mining village of Whitton Grange Made to pay her way Sara is hired out to Dolly Sergeant's grocer's shop where she meets funny bashful Raymond Kirkup & his warm-hearted aunt Louie It is through Raymond that she meets the family that is to change her life the exotic & extrovert Italian Dimarcos who own the popular ice-cream parlour & finds herself irresistibly drawn to leather-jacketed motorbike-riding Joe Dimarco But neither of their families approves the love-match & they strive to keep them apart As the shadows of the Second World War gather & the growing hostility to the Italians erupts into violence Sara & Joe's passionate love seems doomed With its vivid backdrop of a pit-town strained by the tensions of war The Darkening Skies is a vibrant & moving story of conflicting loyalties passions & cultures The Darkening Skies follows the award-nominated The Hungry Hills in the Durham Mining Trilogy ...