New Alternate History from a Master of the Form Robert Conroy was an unalloyed master of alternate history Now JR Dunn completes one of his final novels LEE STRIKES BACK! After a terrible setback at Gettysburg General Robert E Lee does not retreat across the Potomac & his ultimate surrender at Appomattox Instead he turns the tables on Union General George Meade with a vicious counterattack that sets the Union Army on its heels While Lee sets across Pennsylvania in a dazzling war of maneuver a crazed actor closes in on President Abraham Lincoln Standing in his way is Major Steve Thorne a thoughtful lawyer-turned-soldier fighting for the Union & his own self-respect & Cassandra Baird a young woman whose courage is only surpassed by her determination to teach emancipated slaves to read & write & so ensure their freedom Opposing them is Colonel Corey Wade a brave Confederate officer who is just as determined to fight to the death for his honor & that of his state & in the end the fate of a nation may come down to a freed slave named Hadrian a man with an iron resolve never to return to bondage The time has come to strike a blow for liberty—or go down swinging! Meet the Author Robert Conroy was the author of a run of hugely popular alternate history novels including Himmler’s War Rising Sun 1920 America&s Great War Liberty 1784 1864 Custer in Chains & Germanica for Baen Books His 1942 which is set within a Japanese conquest of Hawaii won the prestigious Sidewise Award for alternate histories Conroy lived for many years in southeastern Michigan JR Dunn is the author of time travel novels This Side of Judgment Days of Cain—widely hailed as one of the most powerful time travel novels to deal with the Holocaust—and Full Tide of Night He was the long-time associate editor of The International Military Encyclopedia & is now an editor at The American Thinker His nonfiction appears regularly on Baen ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play From the Director of Independence Day & Godzilla comes a spectacular roller-coaster ride that boasts pulse-pounding action & sensational mindblowing special effects When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age tornadoes flatten Los Angeles a tidal wave engulfs New York City & the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid Now climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) & a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm to stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful & relentless than any they&ve ever encountered Mother Nature! Actors Dennis Quaid Jake Gyllenhaal Emmy Rossum Jay O Sanders Dash Mihok Sela Ward Ian Holm Adrian Lester Nestor Serrano Austin Nichols Tamlyn Tomita Sasha Roiz & Kenneth Welsh Director Roland Emmerich Certificate 12 years & over Year 2004 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English
- DTS-HD Additional Languages Italian ; Spanish Subtitles Danish ; Finnish ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Spanish ; Swedish ; English for the hard of hearing Duration 1 hour & 58 minutes (approx)
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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 From the Director of & Independence Day& comes a spectacular roller-coaster ride that boasts pulse-pounding action & sensational mindblowing special effects When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age tornadoes flatten Los Angeles a tidal wave engulfs New York City & the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid Now climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) & a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm to stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful & relentless than any they&ve ever encountered Mother Nature! ...

An analysis of the future of business aimed at those who want to fulfil their potential in this age of disruption 272 pages Hinssen Peter ...

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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 Robert Rodriguez&s prodigiously talented protege Douglas Aarniokoski directs The Day an edge-of-your-seat action horror in the vein of Mad Max Assault On Precinct 13 & From Dusk Til Dawn Open war against humanity rages Five survivors
- lost & on the run The pursuit is relentless the bullets are dwindling & the battle is everywhere The Day has come Actors Shawn Ashmore Ashley Bell Michael Eklund Cory Hardrict Dominic Monaghan Shannyn Sossamon Brianna Barnes Kassidy Verreault & Sophia Ewaniuk Director Douglas Aarniokoski Certificate 18 years & over Year 2011 Screen 169 Languages English Subtitles English
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An unforgettable book from Portugal's bestselling author that promises to change how we write about love 480 pages Freitas Pedro Chagas ...

A chilling new case for Thora Gudmundsdottir from Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh & sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland Thora is hired to investigate Is there any connection with the woman who vanished from the site some months earlier? Why are the locals so hostile? & could one of the team staying at the site with Thora be responsible for the disappearances? Already an international bestseller this fourth book to feature Thora Gudmundsdottir ('a delight'
- Guardian) is chilling unsettling & compulsively readable
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Ahmed drives his donkey cart through the streets of Cairo delivering butane gas cylinders to his father's customers He knows everyone & has a part to play in the life of the city He is proud to be strong enough to help his family but most of all he is proud of his precious secret a secret that he keeps until the end of the day The book reveals a lot about Ahmed's life & finally his secret
- that he can write his name
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One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late It is 1963 & an anonymous Englishman has been hired by the Operations Chief of the OAS to murder General de Galle A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to get to But this latest plot involves a lethal weapon an assassin of legendary talent Known only as The Jackal this remorseless & deadly killer must be stopped but how do you track a man who exists in name alone? ...