Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play NO COPS & ROBBERS NO CLANKING CHAINS NO WELL-WORN HORROR THEMES This powerful thriller anthology features instead a range of stories in which ordinary people are threatened by situations that slide startlingly menacingly out of control Featuring the talents of John Thaw Ian Holm Warren Clarke Ian Hendry Tom Bell Ray Smith & Robert Urquhart The Frighteners features thirteen haunting tales of malice & manipulation vengeance & mounting terror It features stories from acclaimed novelist & playwright William Trevor Bouquet of Barbed Wire author Andrea Newman Get Carter writerdirector Mike Hodges & Secret Army co-creator Wilfred Greatorex ...

After the Princess kissed the frog he turned into a handsome prince & they lived happily ever after or did they? The Princess can't stand the Prince's froggy habits
- the way he hops around on the furniture or sneaks off to the lily pond The Prince is unhappy too & decides that it would be best if he were changed back to a frog But finding a witch who will do the job is harder than he expects They all seem to have other spells in mind
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When the princess accidentally drops her ball in the pond she doesn't expect a frog to bring it back to her & certainly doesn't expect the frog to follow her home! But is the frog really all he seems? This wordless version of the traditional tale is stunningly illustrated by author & illustrator Chris Fisher 16 pages Fisher Chris ...

An extraordinary & highly amusing menagerie of bizarre animal facts & tales from an award-winning BBC wildlife film-maker ...

The Front Office Manual is unique providing clear & direct explanations of tools & techniques relevant to front office work From how to build a yield curve to how a swap works to what exactly 'product control' is supposed to do this book is essential reading for anyone who works (or wants to work) on the 'sell side' ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Hugh Jackman stars as the charismatic politician Gary Hart in this thrilling drama following the rise & fall of Senator Hart who captured the imagination of young voters & was considered the overwhelming front runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination But his campaign was sidelined by the story of an extramarital relationship with Donna Rice As tabloid journalism & political journalism merged for the first time Senator Hart was forced to drop out of the race leaving a profound & lasting impact on American politics & the world stage The film also stars Vera Farmiga JK Simmons & Alfred Molina Actors Hugh Jackman Vera Farmiga JK Simmons Alfred Molina Directors Jason Reitman Format Subtitled PALLanguage English Subtitles Hungarian Czech Slovene Romanian Arabic Icelandic English Bulgarian Croatian Portuguese Turkish Polish Greek Serbian Hebrew Slovak Dubbed Hungarian Czech Turkish Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Audio Description English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions pretensions & wrongheadedness than U2's iconic frontman Bono
- a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide More than a mere philanthropist
- indeed he lags behind many of his peers when it comes to parting with his own money
- Bono is better described as an advocate one who has become an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite The Frontman reveals how Bono moved his investments to Amsterdam to avoid Irish taxes; his paternalistic & often bullying advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinational business interests; & his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz & shock-doctrine economist Jeffrey Sachs Carefully dissecting the rhetoric & actions of Bono the political operator The Frontman shows him to be an ambassador for imperial exploitation a man who has turned his attention to a world of savage injustice inequality & exploitation & helped make it worse


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In November 1950 The US 1st Marine Division was trapped in the Chosin Reservoir following the intervention of Red China in the Korean War Fought during the worst blizzard in a century the ensuing battle is considered by the United States Marine Corps to be 'the Corps' Finest Hour' The soldiers who fought there would later become known as the Frozen Chosen' Published now in paperback this incredible story is based on first hand interviews from surviving veterans telling of heroism & bravery in the face of overwhelming odds as a handful of Marines fought desperately against wave after wave of Chinese forces Sometimes forced into desperate hand to hand combat the fighting retreat from Chosin marked one of the darkest moments for Western forces in Korea but would go on to resonate with generations of Marines as a symbol of the Marine Corps' dogged determination fighting skill & never-say-die attitude on the battlefield ...

' With a villain possessing the intelligence of Thomas Harris's immortal Hannibal Lecter this is great storytelling with a creeping sense of dread that would not disgrace Stephen King at his best' Daily Mail One winter morning in a small town nestled in the Pyrenees a group of workers discover the headless body of a horse hanging suspended from a frozen cliff Toulouse city cop Servaz is sent to investigate the disturbing crime When DNA from one of the most notorious inmates of a nearby asylum is found on the corpse the case takes a darker turnand then first human victim is found The twists & come thick & fast in this suspenseful thriller as Servaz races to uncover the town's dark secret before the killer strikes again ...

Part of Alma Classics new series 101 Pages The Frozen Deep is an action-packed tale of vengeance & sacrifice based on an actual doomed mission to the Arctic captained by Sir John Franklin 114 pages Collins Wilkie ...