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For fans of All the Light We Cannot See & Orphan Train the author of the thought-provoking (Library Journal starred review) & must-read (Pop Sugar) novel The Gilded Years crafts a captivating tale of three young people divided by the horrors of World War II & their journey back to one another During the turbulent months following the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor twenty-one-year-old Emi Kato the daughter of a Japanese diplomat is locked behind barbed wire in a Texas internment camp She feels hopeless until she meets handsome young Christian Lange whose German-born parents were wrongfully arrested for un-American activities Together they live as prisoners with thousands of other German & Japanese families but discover that love can bloom in even the bleakest circumstances When Emi & her mother are abruptly sent back to Japan Christian enlists in the United States Army with his sights set on the Pacific front-and he hopes a reunion with Emi-unaware that her first love Leo Hartmann the son of wealthy of Austrian parents & now a Jewish refugee in Shanghai may still have her heart Fearful of bombings in Tokyo Emi's parents send her to a remote resort town in the mountains where many in the foreign community have fled Cut off from her family struggling with growing depression & hunger Emi repeatedly risks her life to help keep her community safe-all while wondering if the two men she loves are still alive As Christian Lange struggles to adapt to life as a soldier his unit pushes its way from the South Pacific to Okinawa where one of the bloodiest battles of World War II awaits them Meanwhile in Japanese-occupied Shanghai as Leo fights to survive the squalor of the Jewish ghetto a surprise confrontation with a Nazi officer threatens his life For each man Emi Kato is never far from their minds Flung together by war passion & extraordinary acts of selflessness the paths of these three remarkable young people will collide as the fighting on the Pacific front crescendos With her elegant & extremely gratifying (USA TODAY) storytelling Karin Tanabe paints a stunning portrait of a turning point in history ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play 1950s crime thriller starring Robin Bailey Susan Shaw & Liam Redmond When a dead body is fished out of the Thames reporter Michael Billing (Robin Bailey) is assigned to the story Whilst at first the story seems bland & unimportant Billing soon discovers that the body was that of a high profile Egyptian diplomat This leads Billing to the Egyptian Embassy where he is greeted by a receptionist the late diplomat&s fiancee Overcome with grief she is replaced by undercover reporter Jenny Drew (Susan Shaw) Jenny quickly uncovers a web of illegal activity & with the help of Inspector Corcoran (Liam Redmond) the two reporters are drawn deeper into the conspiracy Up against high profile suspects can they crack the case? ...

The wars since 911 both in Iraq & Afghanistan have generated frustration & an increasing sense of failure in the West Much of the blame has been attributed to poor strategy In both the United States & the United Kingdom public enquiries & defence think tanks have detected a lack of consistent direction of effective communication & of governmental coordination In this important book Sir Hew Strachan one of the world's leading military historians reveals how these failures resulted from a fundamental misreading & misapplication of strategy itself He argues that the wars since 2001 have not in reality been as 'new' as has been widely assumed & that we need to adopt a more historical approach to contemporary strategy in order to identify what is really changing in how we wage war If war is to fulfil the aims of policy then we need first to understand war ...

The Director's Craft is a unique & completely indispensable step-by-step guide to directing for the stage Written by one of the most adventurous & respected directors working today this book will be an essential item in every student & practitioner's kitbag It provides detailed assistance with each aspect of the varied challenges facing all theatre directors & does so with startling clarity It will inspire everyone from the beginner just starting out to the experienced practitioner looking to reinvigorate their practice Katie Mitchell shares & explains the key practical tools she uses to approach her work with both actors production teams & the text itself She addresses topics such as the ideas that underpin a play's text preparing improvizations Twelve Golden Rules for working with actors managing the transition from rehearsal room to theatre analyzing your work after a run has ended Each chapter concludes with a summary of its critical points making this an ideal reference work for both directors & actors at any stage of their development ...

Two quirky detective stories from Britain's best sci-fi writer & author of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams Dirk Gently is a detective
- well a sort of detective There is a long & honourable tradition of great detectives & Dirk Gently does not belong to it Dirk Gently calls himself a 'holistic detective' & above all he believes in 'the interconnectedness of all things' Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains however improbable must be the truth Dirk Gently however does not like to eliminate the impossible In Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency a simple search for a missing cat reveals two ghosts a dodo an Electric Monk the devastating secret that lies behind the whole of human history & threatens to bring it to a premature close & finally the utterly terrifying reason why Richard Mac Duff has had a sofa stuck on his stairs for three weeks As The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul opens a passenger check-in desk at Heathrow Airport shoots up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flames The usual people try to claim responsibility However no rational cause can be found for the explosion
- it was simply designated an act of God But thinks Dirk Gently which God? & why? What God would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 1537 to Oslo? In these two delightfully odd detective stories Adams explores once again the realm of the unknown in the style of science fiction that brought him fame with The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Celebrate thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the deluxe collectors' edition of The Dirt-the outrageous legendary no-holds-barred autobiography of Moetley Crue Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals celebrity love affairs rollercoaster drug addictions & immortal music in Moetley Crue books like Tommyland & The Heroin Diaries but now the full spectrum of sin & success by Tommy Lee Nikki Sixx Vince Neil & Mick Mars is an open book in The Dirt Even fans already familiar with earlier editions of the bestselling expose will treasure this gorgeous deluxe edition Joe Levy at Rolling Stone calls The Dirt without a doubt the most detailed account of the awesome pleasures & perils of rock & roll stardom I have ever read It is completely compelling & utterly revolting ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Atten-hut! Twelve jailbirds will earn their freedom if they survive a suicide mission against the Nazi brass Tough-as-nails Lee Marvin leads a nothing-to-lose convict squad in this all-time action trendsetter & Making Of& featurette Original theatrical trailer Interactive menu Scene access Actors Charles Bronson Clint Walker Donald Sutherland Jim Brown John Cassavetes Lee Marvin Telly Savalas Trini Lopez Richard Jaeckel Ernest Borgnine Ralph Meeker Robert Webber & Robert Ryan Director Robert Aldrich Certificate 15 years & over Year 1967 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital Surround Subtitles English ; French ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Arabic ; Bulgarian ; Romanian ; Dutch ; English for the hearing impaired ; Italian for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours 18 minutes (approx)
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