Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Contains the following titles A Casualty Of War Just Another Secret Pride & Extreme Prejudice A Little Piece of Sunshine Death Has a Bad Reputation The Price of The Bride Actors David Threlfall Shelley Hack Alan Howard Amanda Burton Beau Bridges Kenneth Cranham Enn Reitel Beatie Edney James Faulkner Brian Dennehy Simon Cadwell & Lisa Eichhorn Director Ian Sharp James Cellan Jones Lawrence Gordon Clark & Tom Clegg Certificate 15 years & over Duration 9 hours & 35 minutes (approx) ...

Between late 1863 & mid-1864 an armed band of Confederate deserters battled Confederate cavalry in the Piney Woods region of Jones County Mississippi Calling themselves the Knight Company after their captain Newton Knight they set up headquarters in the swamps of the Leaf River where legend has it they declared the Free State of Jones Victoria Bynum traces the origins & legacy of the Jones County uprising from the American Revolution to the modern civil rights movement She shows how the legend-what was told what was embellished & what was left out-reveals a great deal about the South's transition from slavery to segregation; the racial gender & class politics of the period; & the contingent nature of history & memory Adding further controversy to the legend is the story of Newton Knight's interracial romance with his accomplice Rachel a slave From their relationship there developed a mixed-race community that endured long after the Civil War had ended & the ambiguous racial identity of their descendants confounded the rules of segregated Mississippi well into the twentieth century The film The Free State of Jones starring Matthew Mc Conaughey as Newton Knight & directed by Gary Ross (The Hunger Games Seabiscuit) is releasing in cinemas worldwide in May 2016 ...

Free Willy Jesse a homeless orphan who spends his days evading the police finally gets caught spray painting a whale tank at a local park Because he distrusts adults intensely Jesse&s not too happy when authorities place him in a foster home & sentence him to clean up the tank he vandalized Unexpectedly Willy the whale who inhabits the tank takes a liking to Jesse & the animal & child develop a bond--a bond that also helps Jesse open up to the adults in his life including his new parents & the whale&s caretakers But then Jesse learns that Dial who owns the park only wants to keep Willy if he can be trained to perform for an audience Can the boy find a way to save his beloved whale before Dial plays some dirty tricks of his own Free Willy 2 The Adventure Home In this sequel Willy has rejoined his whale family or pod & is living in the pacific northwest seas Jesse & Willy meet again when an oceanic disaster separates Willy his brother & sister from the rest of their pod Free Willy 3 The Rescue The best of the three movies about a boy & his killer whale Beautifully photographed it&s worth watching just for the heavenly British Columbian scenery & underwater photography Jason James Richter the little boy from the previous Free Willy flicks is given a credible role as a research assistant trying to understand why whale populations are decreasing His story parallels that of the son of an illegal whaler who knows his father is involved in criminal activity & is particularly disturbed by the moral ramifications Free Willy
- Escape from Pirate&s Cove Bindi Irwin (daughter of late Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin) makes her feature film debut in this heart-warming tale of a little girl who befriends a stranded baby orca Nature-loving Australian Kirra (Irwin) is spending the summer with her grandfather (Beau Bridges) in South Africa when she makes a remarkable discovery Swimming in a small lagoon next to her grandfather&s dilapidated ocean-side amusement park is a baby orca that seems to have lost its way Determined to help her new friend get back to his pod Kirra names the orca Willy & makes it her mission to reunite him with his family Meanwhile her grandfather&s nemesis
- the owner of a popular theme park
- has his own plans for Willy Should Kirra fail to get the wandering killer whale back in the ocean quickly he&ll be put on display instead of set free But Kirra isn&t about to let her new friend down & before this trip is over she&ll truly understand what it means to fight with all you&ve got for what you really believe in Actors Jason James Richter Lori Petty Michael Madsen Michael Ironside Mickey Gaines Mykelti Williamson Elizabeth Pena Jon Tenney M Emmet Walsh Al Sapienza August Schellenberg Annie Corley & Vincent Berry Director Simon Wincer Dwight H Little Sam Pillsbury & Will Geiger Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1993 ; 1995 ; 1997 ; 2010 Screen Widescreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players




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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 Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside When his world collides with Doris a mysterious woman with a violent past he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life Actors Boyd Holbrook Octavia Spencer Elisabeth Moss Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

An impassioned plea for freedom & justice set in a world uncomfortably like our own 368 pages Okri Ben ...

The French air force of the First World War developed as fast as the British & German air forces yet its history & the enormous contribution it made to the eventual French victory is often forgotten So Ian Sumner's photographic history which features almost 200 images most of which have not been published before is a fascinating & timely introduction to the subject The fighter pilots who usually dominate perceptions of the war in the air play a leading role in the story in particular the French aces the small group of outstanding airmen whose exploits captured the publics imagination Their fame though tends to distract attention from the ordinary unremembered airmen who formed the body of the air force throughout the war years Ian Sumner tells their story too as well as describing in a sequence of memorable photographs the less well-known branches of the service the bomber & reconnaissance pilots & the variety of primitive warplanes they flew ...

From a master patissier comes an inspirational-and equally practical & achievable-guide to delicious French-style baking in the home kitchen The French Baker features 95 recipes accompanied by beautifully shot & styled images; the more complex & technical baked items are supported by step-by-step photography & further hints & tips Throughout the book recipes are interspersed with narrative sections that feature French-born Jean Michel's stories of his training & work in patisseries in France & give insights into the place of bakers & baking in French society Introductions & breakouts also provide information about the recipes' history traditions & cultural significance The recipes are a mix of sweet & savoury & following on from a basicstechniques equipment section they are grouped into chapters focusing on biscuits; cakes & muffins; tarts & pies; choux pastry; brioche; flaky pastry; breads; spreads & jams; & creams & curds ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free DVDBlu-ray player in order to play New York City detectives “ Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) & Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring & ultimately uncover The French Connection Based on a true story this action-filled thriller won five Academy Awards Best Picture Directing (William Friedkin) Actor (Hackman) Adapted Screenplay & Film Editing ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play & Popeye& Doyle (an Academy Award-winning Gene Hackman) & Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) are tough New York cops attempting to crack a drug smuggling ring They have a small candy store under surveillance but Doyle is not happy when he receives the order to work with a pair of French federal agents on the case one of whom he has a long-standing feud with Gene Hackman & director William Friedkin both earned Academy Awards for the film which also took Best Picture Actors Gene Hackman Roy Scheider Fernando Rey Tony Lo Bianco Marcel Bozzuffi Directors William Friedkin Writers Ernest Tidyman Howard Hawks Robin Moore Producers G David Schine Kenneth Utt Philip D& Antoni Language English French Subtitles Czech Danish Finnish Hebrew Hungarian Icelandic Norwegian Polish Portuguese Swedish Turkish Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...

' Adam Plowright's excellent book captures the strangeness of Macron's life' Evening Standard THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF EMMANUEL MACRON IN ENGLISHFrom total unknown to one of Europe's most powerful men in just a few years at 39 France's youngest leader since Napoleon is intent on conquering the world stage But what lies beneath the facade of this youthful ultra-confident & calculating president? How did someone from small-town France assemble -- in just 12 months -- the network team & finances to win the presidency? Now elected can he make the French feel better about themselves? Can he rally Europe around him & turn the tide of right-wing nationalism sweeping the continent? Critically what will his presidency mean for Britain? Featuring never-before printed interviews with key members of Macron's team his friends mentors & political detractors acclaimed Paris-based journalist Adam Plowright asks can the shine on this brilliant new president last? & for how long? ...