Shortlisted for the Booker Prize It is 1912 & at Cambridge University the modern age is knocking at the gate Fred Fairly a Junior Fellow at the college of St Angelicus where for centuries no female not even a pussy cat has been allowed to set foot lectures in physics Science he is certain will explain everything Until into Fred's orderly life come Daisy Fred is smitten Why have I met her? he wonders How can I tell if she's quite what she seems? Fred is a scientist To him the truth should be everything But even scientists make mistakes ...

' Mind you it was a pukka respectable opium-house & not one of those stifling sweltering chandoo-khanas that you can find all over the City' Kipling first became famous for his pungent harsh & shocking stories of northwest India where he grew up This is just a small selection from his inexhaustibly contentious & various early work Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Kipling's works available in Penguin Classics are Captains Courageous Just So Stories Kim Plain Tales from the Hills Selected Poems The Jungle Books & The Man Who Would Be King Selected Stories ...

' An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' (David Blair Sunday Telegraph) Located at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe Ukraine has long been the meeting place of empires
- Roman to Ottoman Habsburg to Russian
- & they all left their imprint on the landscape the language & the people living within these shifting borders In this authoritative book Harvard Professor Serhii Plokhy traces the history of Ukraine from the arrival of the Vikings in the tenth century to the current Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine & annexation of Crimea Fascinating & multilayered The Gates of Europe is the essential guide to understanding not just Ukraine's past but also its future

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The ultimate Rome story From the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the Senate from the foreign wars that secure the power of the empire to the betrayals that threaten to tear it apart this is the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest Roman of them all Julius Caesar In the city of Rome a titanic power struggle is about to shake the Republic to its core Citizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict
- & Julius Caesar cutting his teeth in battle will be in the thick of the action The first instalment in the bestselling Emperor series
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New novel in the Kencyrath series sequel to The Sea of Time Adventure in a well-crafted high fantasy land Destruction is in Jame Knorth’s nature Literally She is the avatar of of a god known at That-Which-Destroys the god of chaos & ruin Yet Jame is also a noblewoman within an ancient race & the designated heir of her twin brother Torisen Knorth High Lord of the Kencyrath Jame’s people are fleeing world by world from a terrible enemy that has pursued them through a multitude of universes Its name is Perimal Darkling Obeying instructions from her brother Jame sets out with a force of Southron warriors to reestablish the long-fallen castle keep of Tagmeth By Jame’s side is Lyra a devious Kencyrath noble girl who is determined not to be forced into a marriage with a man she despises Jame’s old friends Mark & Brier Iron-thorn stand with her as well Marc steward & organizer of Jame’s household & Brier the only captain under her command wholly sworn to support Jame no matter the cost Jame finds more allies in the forest surrounding the ancient keep where the wild people of the woodlands the Merikit hold court & Jame’s adopted mother Gran Cyd matriarch & queen of the Merikit may once again provide the voice of calm that Jame requires to survive her own tempestuous nature Jame sets about establishing Tagmeth as an outpost against the gathering power of Perimal Darkling But Tagmeth hides a secret a gateway to a mystery that may save this world from eternal darkness—or plunge it to destruction & ruin all the sooner It is up to Jame to find her way through Perimal Darkling’s traps & to come to terms with the god of pandemonium & destruction within her who grows stronger every day If she succeeds it may be that Perimal Darkling can finally be defeated after eons of fear & flight & if she fails yet another world will fall to darkness forever Meet the Author PC Hodgell earned her doctorate at the University of Minnesota with a dissertation on Sir Walter Scott&s Ivanhoe & is a graduate of both the Clarion & the Milford Writers Workshops Recently retired she was a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in modern British literature & composition & teaches an on-line course on science fiction & fantasy for the University of Minnesota Hodgell lives in her family’s ancestral nineteenth-century wood-framed house in Oshkosh Wisconsin ...

' Oswald easily outstrips the formulaic work of bigger names' Guardian THE DEAD DEMAND VENGEANCE in the ALL-NEW compelling novel in the BESTSELLING Inspector Mc Lean series A truck driver loses control in central Edinburgh ploughing into a crowded bus stop & spilling his vehicle's toxic load The consequences are devastating DI Tony Mc Lean witnesses the carnage Taking control of the investigation he soon realises there is much that is deeply amiss
- & everyone involved seems to have something to hide But as Mc Lean struggles to uncover who caused the tragedy a greater crisis develops the new Chief Superintendent's son is missing last seen in the area of the crash PRAISE FOR THE INSPECTOR Mc LEAN SERIES' Creepy gritty & gruesome' Sunday Mirror' The new Ian Rankin' Daily Record' Oswald easily outstrips the formulaic work of bigger names' Guardian' Crime fiction's next big thing' Sunday Telegraph' Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers' Daily Mail ' Oswald's writing is in a class above most' Daily Express
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Christina Ricci (Monster) stars in this spine-tingling supernatural thriller about an American backpacker in rural England whose life takes a turn for the worse after a car accident During recovery she is befriended by a researcher (Stephen Dillane) studying a buried 1st Century church embedded with images of Christ&s crucifixion She begins to have horrific visions of the townspeople & their deaths Is the town cursed or are her visions spirits from the unearthed church grasping for life? What is uncovered will shock & terrify you! Actors Christina Ricci Ioan Gruffudd Stephen Dillane Robert Hardy & Mackenzie Crook Director Brian Gilbert Certificate 15 years & over Year 2002 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles None Listed Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx)
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' Epic in every sense'
- Sunday Times Tarmon Gai'don the Last Battle looms & mankind is not ready Rand al' Thor struggles to unite
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Albert Finney stars as Sir Winston Churchill in the years leading up to the Second World War as he tries to warn Britain of the threat posed by Hitler & Nazi Germany The film looks at his comeback from political obscurity & the personal sacrifices he made for his country ...

Evocative muscular
- Kathleen Jamie Karen Lloyd takes us on a deeply personal journey around the 60 miles of coastline that make
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