Discover the second novel in the pulse-racing Paddy Meehan series from award-winning author Denise Mina ' Mina can chill your blood & break your heart in the same sentence' Mark Billingham Journalist Paddy Meehan is called to a domestic dispute in a wealthy Glasgow suburb 384 pages Mina Denise ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play French gangster drama starring Jean Reno as the godfather of a powerful criminal family Milo Malakian (Reno) is the patriarch of a merciless gangster family who control much of Southern France His son &
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- heir to the criminal empire Anton (Gaspard Ulliel) feels ill at ease in the family & hopes to escape it This will be far from easy; Milo is used to obedience & is in the midst of planning a major criminal scheme that will grant the family yet more power The scheme has attracted the attention of Inspector Saunier (Sami Bouajila) Milo&s nemesis As the police close in on the family&s crime empire Anton may find himself facing increasingly difficult choices as loyalties become pushed to the limit

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Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog in Lower Manhattan has dominated the bar industry receiving award after award including Best American Cocktail Bar World's Best Cocktail Menu & World's Best Drink Selection Now the critically acclaimed bar has its first cocktail book The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual which along with its inventive recipes also details founder Sean Muldoon & bar manager Jack Mc Garry's inspiring rags-to-riches story that began in Ireland & has brought them to the top of the cocktail world Like the bar's decor Dead Rabbit's award-winning drinks are a nod to the Gangs of New York era They range from fizzes to cobblers to toddies each with its own historical inspiration There are also recipes for communal punches as well as an entire chapter on absinthe Along with the recipes & their photos this stylish & handsome book

Includes:: photographs from the bar itself so readers are able to take a peek into the classic world of Dead Rabbit Sean Muldoon & Jack Mc Garry were formerly bar managers at The Merchant Hotel in Belfast

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Since their discovery in 1947 the Dead Sea Scrolls have become an icon in popular culture that transcends their status as ancient Jewish manuscripts Everyone has heard of the Scrolls but amidst the conspiracies the politics & the sensational claims it can be difficult to separate the myths from the reality In this Very Short introductions Timothy Lim discusses the cultural significance of the finds & the religious political & legal controversies during the seventy years of study since the discovery He also looks at the contribution the Scrolls have made to our understanding of the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible & the origins of early Christianity Exploring the most recent scholarly discussions on the archaeology of Khirbet Qumran & the study of the biblical texts the canon & the history of the Second Temple Period he considers what the scrolls reveal about sectarianism in early Judaism Was the archaeological site of Qumran a centre of monastic life a fortress a villa or a pottery factory? Why were some of their biblical texts so different from the ones that we read today? Did they have 'a Bible'? Who were the Essenes & why did they think that humanity is to be divided between 'the sons of light' & those in darkness? & finally do the Scrolls reflect the teachings of the earliest followers of Jesus? ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

Two classic cases featuring Detective-Inspector Littlejohn In the winter of 1940 the Home Guard unearths a skeleton on the moor above the busy town of Hatterworth Twenty-three years earlier the body of a young textile worker was found in the same spot & the prime suspect was never found
- but the second body is now identified as his Inspector Littlejohn is in the area for Christmas & takes on the investigation of the newly reopened case Soon it becomes clear that the murderer is still at large Nathaniel Wall the local quack doctor is found hanging in his consulting room in the Norfolk village of Stalden
- but this was not a suicide Wall may not have been a qualified doctor but his skill as a bonesetter & his commitment to village life were highly valued Scotland Yard is drafted in to assist Quickly settling into his accommodation at the village pub Littlejohn begins to examine the evidence Against the backdrop of a close-knit village an intriguing story of ambition blackmail fraud false alibis & botanical trickery unravels

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This Dead Straight Guide details the life & the afterlife of this extraordinary band from the first meeting of Plant & Page & the recruitment of John Paul Jones in 1968 to the untimely death of John Bonham It covers all the albums solo albums & reissues & unpicks the band s 50 best tracks & more it s a whole lotta Zepp! ...

The Velvet Underground were one of the most influential bands in rock sowing the seeds for punk grunge & thousands of countercultural four-chord wonders Lou Reed John Cale Sterling Morrison & Moe Tucker mixed arty experimentation with primal rock&8217;n&8217;roll Joined by the ice queen singer Nico & infamously managed by Andy Warhol the Velvets brought the hip decadence of Sixties New York to the world ...

A serial killer more terrifying than you could ever imagine Straight-A student Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway But six months on she's never been found Missing persons investigator David Raker knows what it's like to grieve He knows the shadowy world of the lost too So when he's hired by Megan's parents to find out what happened to her he recognises their pain
- but knows that the darkest secrets can be buried deep The more Raker digs the more he realises everything is a lie People close to Megan are dead Others are too terrified to talk & at the centre of it all is a place like no other They call it The Dead Tracks And there Megan's secrets could cost Raker his life From the bestselling author behind the chart-topping podcast Missing this mystery is perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh's I See You & Jo Nesbo's The Thirst' Weaver has delivered another cracking crime thriller' Daily Mail
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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 A group of peaceful Vampires are infected & turned into crazed zombie whose only motivation is to feed on flesh
- human or vampire Soldiers from across the ages It is up to a comando of soldiers from across the ages to end the zombie infection
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Stephen King's fan-favourite thriller Also available in audio for the first time read by Academy Award nominee James Franco The two things that conjured up that horrible night were his run of luck at the Wheel of Fortune & the mask Meet Johnny Smith A young man whose streak of luck ends dramatically in a major car crash Followed by blackness A long long time in cold limbo When he wakes up life has been turned upside down His fiancee has met someone else & Johnny is cursed with the power to perceive evil in men's souls He's had these hunches since he had an ice-skating accident as a child Now he has an ability to see into the future An ability which will bring him into a terrifying confrontation with a charismatic power-hungry & dangerous man ...