Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Val Guest writes & directs this sci-fi drama After global nuclear testing knocks the world off its axis temperatures begin to rise rapidly as the planet is sent careering towards the sun In London the heat is causing the Thames to dry up as baffled Daily Express reporter Peter Stenning (Edward Judd) his colleague Bill Maguire (Leo Mc Kern) & his girlfriend Jeanne Craig (Janet Munro) resolve to get to the bottom of the matter After battling the Government for the truth they are shocked to discover the fate of their planet & must search for a solution before it's too late Actors Leo Mc Kern Janet Munro Bernard Braden Edward Judd Michael Goodliffe Directors Val Guest Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region Free Blu-ray Player in order to play A spaceship lands in Washington DC capturing the attention of the world But the peaceful alien emissary (Michael Rennie) it brings fails to earn the public’s trust When a young woman & her son befriend him they soon realise they may be all that stands between the human race & total destruction Actors Michael Rennie Patricia Neal Hugh Marlowe Billy Gray Sam Jaffe Directors Robert Wise Producers Julian Blaustein Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In The Day The Earth Stood Still a remake of the classic 1951 science-fiction film Keanu Reeves stars as Klaatu a humanoid alien who arrives on Earth accompanied by an indestructible heavily armed robot Gort & a warning to world leaders that their continued aggression will lead to annihilation by a species watching from afar This classic tale of man's arrogance updating Cold War themes of nuclear warfare & incorporating current issues of environmental destruction has been a massive influence on modern cinema This faithful remake stays true to its roots & delivers a sobering message with no little excitement suspense & drama ...

This book studies King Charles II's decision to stop all payments from his royal exchequer a sordid but little-known event in English history with eerie similarities to the cause of the Great Recession of 2008 As with any modern banking crisis the financial system in 1672 almost collapsed day-to-day commerce ground to a halt houses were lost & ordinary investors suffered-but there was no banking bailout & no mercy for the goldsmith-bankers who had lent the king millions to fund his unsustainable lifestyle The royal decision made in the wake of plagues fires & war with the Dutch left bankers unable to cover their own liabilities & in the days before bankruptcy they couldn't walk away from their obligations & start fresh Many bankers spent the end of their lives in debtors' prison but English commoners had little sympathy for the plight of rich financiers-a sentiment echoed after the financial crisis of 2008 Ultimately this book tells the complete story of the Merry Monarch's financial default (England's first & last) using the lens & language of modern financial products & markets It covers the precarious history leading up to the infamous day in 1672 the intrigue surrounding the stop'-including those who traded on inside information beforeh&-and the attempt by distressed creditors to gain financial restitution ...

In The Day the Revolution Began Tom Wright invites you to consider the full meaning of the event at the heart of the Christian faith
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Walking the streets of Moscow indistinguishable from the rest of its population are The Others Possessors of supernatural powers & capable of entering the Twilight a shadowy world that exists in parallel to our own each owes allegiance either to The Dark or The Light In The Day Watch second book of the Night Watch trilogy Alice a young but powerful Dark Other attends a planning meeting with her comrades in the Day Watch The team is on a mission to apprehend an uninitiated Other a practicing Dark witch who has so far eluded the bureaux responsible for finding & initiating unlicensed practitioners of magic It seems a routine operation But when they arrive the Night Watch team has already made the arrest A fierce battle ensues during which Alice almost dies Drained of her powers she is sent to recuperate at a youth camp near the Black Sea There she meets Igor; the chemistry between them is instant & irresistible But then comes a shattering realisation Igor is a Light Mage Suddenly Alice remembers him as one of those involved in the battle that left her crippled Now that they know there is no alternative to a magical duel a battle that neither of them wants to win ...

Peter Fortune is a daydreamer He's a quiet ten year old who can't help himself from dropping out of reality & into the amazing world of his vivid imagination His daydreams are fantastic & fascinating
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In these seven interlinked stories the grown-up Peter reveals the secret journeys metamorphoses & adventures of his childhood Living somewhere between dream & reality Peter experiences magical transformations when he swaps bodies with William the family cat the baby Kenneth & in the final story wakes up as a twelve-year-old inside a grown-up body & experiences the adventure of falling in love ...

The Daylight War the eagerly anticipated third volume in Brett's internationally bestselling Demon Cycle continues the epic tale of humanity's last stand against an army of demons ON THE NIGHT OF A NEW MOON ALL SHADOWS DEEPEN & THE DEMONS RISE Arlen Bales understands the threat better than anyone Resisting the coreling plague has shaped him into a weapon so powerful he has attracted enemies both above & below ground But as Arlen prepares his people for battle a daylight war approaches from the south Out of the desert rides an army led by a man who believes his destiny is to unite humanity against the demons willingly or not Once Ahmann Jardir & Arlen were like brothers Now they are the bitterest of rivals & Jardir's ambition is matched only by the magic wielded by his first wife Inevera a powerful priestess The corelings will attack in thirty nights & the only men capable of defeating them are divided against each other by the most deadly demons of all those that lurk in the human heart ...

Track Listings Disc 1 1 We Wish You A Merry Christmas 2 Away In A Manger 3 The Holly & The Ivy 4 Ding Dong Merrily On High 5 Good King Wenceslas 6 Coventry Carol 7 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 8 We Three Kings 9 Sussex Carol 10 Deck The Halls 11 Once In Royal David&s City 12 In The Bleak Midwinter 13 Come All Ye Faithful 14 The First Noel 15 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 16 I Saw Three Ships 17 Silent Night 18 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear 19 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night 20 Little Town Of Bethlehem Disc 2 1 Bing Crosby
- White Christmas
- Bing Crosby 2 Frank Sinatra
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Frank Sinatra 3 Dean Martin It s Beginning To Look Like Christmas
- Dean Martin 4 Bing Crosby
- The First Noel
- Bing Crosby 5 Frank Sinatra
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Frank Sinatra 6 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas
- Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters 7 Dean Martin
- Silent Night
- Dean Martin 8 Nat King Cole
- Jingle Bells
- Nat King Cole 9 Frank Sinatra
- Full Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- Frank Sinatra 10 Bing Crosby
- Happy Holiday
- Bing Crosby 11 Frank Sinatra
- Adeste Fideles
- Frank Sinatra 12 Bing Crosby
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Bing Crosby 13 Frank Sinatra
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- Frank Sinatra 14 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 15 Dean Martin
- Silver Bells
- Dean Martin 16 Frank Sinatra
- While The Angelus Was Ringing
- Frank Sinatra 17 Dean Martin
- The Christmas Blue
- Dean Martin 18 Nat King Cole
- Frosty The Snowman
- Nat King Cole 19 Frank Sinatra
- Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow
- Frank Sinatra 20 Bing Crosby
- Lets Start The New Year Right
- Bing Crosby 21 Nat King Cole
- The Christmas Song
- Nat King Cole 22 Sammy Davis Jr
- Its Christmas Time All Over the World
- Sammy Davis Jr Disc 3 1 Jingle Bells 2 Rudolph 3 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 4 Away In A Manger 5 Here Comes Santa Claus 6 We Wish You A Merry Christmas 7 Merry Christmas Everybody 8 All I Want For Christmas Is You 9 Little Donkey 10 Frosty The Snowman 11 I Wish It Could Be Christmas 12 Rockin Around The Christmas Tree 13 I Saw Mommy 14 When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney 15 All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth 16 Good King Wencelas 17 White Christmas 18 While Shepherds Watch 19 I Saw Three Ships 20 Silent Night










































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