The Gambler & Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's collection of one novella & six short stories reflecting his own life
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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 Mark Wahlberg & Brie Larson star in this American crime drama directed by Rupert Wyatt The film follows privileged literature professor & high stakes gambler Jim Bennett (Wahlberg) as he embarks on a relationship with his student Amy (Larson) while running up huge amounts of debt to numerous casino owners & gangsters The supporting cast

Includes:: Jessica Lange as Bennett&s mother Roberta John Goodman as paternally inclined lender Frank & Michael K Williams as loan shark Neville Baraka

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New Year 1924 Mary Russell is drawn into a new intrigue when she & her husband Sherlock Holmes pay a visit to Holmes' gravely ill brother Mycroft Mycroft has received a strange package that contains the papers of a missing English spy named Kimball O' Hara the hero of Rudyard Kipling's Kim who is feared to have been taken hostage
- or even killed Mary & Sherlock embark on a search for the missing operative which takes them on a perilous journey through sun-drenched India But when a twist of fate forces the couple to part ways Russell learns that in this faraway place it's often impossible to tell friend from foe & that some games must be played out until their deadly end
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Play a card draw a card &8212; that couldn't be easier right? Don't be fooled though because even though the title claims this game is quick & easy The Game Quick &38; Easy will not be easy to defeat You can do so only as a real team! In more detail to win you must play all fifty cards in the deck on the two discard piles The deck consists of fifty cards with cards coming in five colors numbered 1-10 in each color Each player has a hand of two cards On a turn you play one or two cards onto one or both of the two discard piles On one pile you must play a higher card that whatever the top card is & on the other you must play a lower card The exception is that you can play any card on a discard pile if it's the same color as the current top card Thus on the ascending discard pile the cards played might be blue 1 red 2 gray 4 yellow 6 yellow 2 &8212; & that drop down gives you breathing room in which to play more cards You can't reveal the specific numbers you have in hand but you can say things like I have a high yellow card In the professional version of the game you must play exactly one card each turn (even if you want to play two) & you can reveal only the color of cards in your hand & on which stack you want to play Players 2-5 Playing time 8-10 mins Ages 10 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Successful San Francisco tycoon & control freak Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) approaches his forty-eighth birthday with some trepidation For it was at this age that his father fell from his mansion roof & died Nicholas receives an introduction to Consumer Recreation Services from his younger brother Conrad (Sean Penn) & is informed that he is now playing ' The Game' Nicholas soon finds himself losing control & threatened with the loss of not just his company & fortune but also his life Actors Michael Douglas Sean Penn James Rebhorn Deborah Kara Unger Peter Donat Directors David Fincher Writers John Brancato Michael Ferris Producers Steve Golin Ce&225;n Chaffin Format PAL Widescreen Anamorphic Subtitled Language English Subtitles English Arabic Dutch Hebrew Norwegian Icelandic Dubbed None Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Audio Description None Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Nicholas Van Orton is a joyless San Francisco investment banker who receives an unusual birthday present from his estranged younger brother Conrad The gift enrolls Nicholas in CRS (Consumer Recreation Services) a company that designs elaborate real-life games for each specific participant As the game begins the reluctant Nicholas becomes the victim of a series of pranks that quickly turn malicious & dangerous Stripped of his finances & convinced that he can trust no one Nicholas realises that this game may be an attempt to steal his fortune & leave him for dead In a desperate bid to regain his life Nicholas infiltrates CRS in order to uncover the secrets of the mysterious organisation ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play "old-school spy drama with a Tinker Tailor feel there is a little higher praise"--The Telegraph Starring Tom Hughes & Brian Cox The Game is a stylish spy thriller set in the Cold War era where friends could be enemies & no one is as they seem London 1972 When a defecting KGB officer Arkady Malinov reveals Operation Glass a devastating Soviet plot that could change the course of the Cold War Daddy the head of MI5 assembles a secret team to investigate As the Soviets awaken a list of sleeper agents all over Britain Daddy&s team must move swiftly to gain information about the plot ...

Nominated for the 2015 Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year)! The Game Are You Ready to Play? is a cooperative card game for one to five players Together they must try to play all of the cards numbered 2 through 99 into four piles
- two piles with ascending numbers & two with descending numbers The hook is that the players are not allowed to announce the numbers they have in their hand during the game Play ends when a player cannot play any cards in hand on their turn The trick is you aren’t allowed to tell anyone else what cards you have so you’ll constantly be on edge as each card played could upset your best-laid plans The Game is for 1- 5 players ages 8 & up & plays in about 20 minutes Players 1-5 Ages 8 Playing Time 20 Minutes
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The game is the opponent only as a team it is possible to beat it to win you must discard all 98 cards in the deck onto four discard piles cards must be discarded in the correct order & you can't reveal to your team which numbers you have can you beat it? The sequel to 2018 Spiel des Jahres nominee The Mind Easily transportable 2015 Spiel des Jahres nominee Fun for all the family! Ages 8 for 1-5 players ...

On visiting his local butcher Norman Tebbit food lover & family cook wondered why people would rather buy tasteless factory-farmed chicken when they could eat good-quality game often for less money 'I think mostly' replied the butcher ' it's because they don't know how to cook them
- & they think it would be very difficult' First published in 2009 & unavailable for many years this is a revised updated & redesigned edition now containing new recipes of this immensely popular cookbook Norman Tebbit showcases his favourite game recipes including pheasant partridge duck grouse wood pigeon woodcock deer rabbit & many more Whether the recipe is a relatively simple casserole or a more challenging dish the easy-to-follow- style guarantees consistent results The book also

Includes:: a concise guide to game instructions on preparation advice on kitchen equipment handy conversion charts & individual hints & tips on the various game included Written with humour The Game Cook is a practical handbook of mouth-watering recipes for eco-cooks traditional food-lovers & those who are looking for some money-saving ways to provide tasty wholesome meat dishes to the family


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