' To the red country & part of the gray country of Oklahoma the last rains came gently & they did not cut the scarred earth' Drought & economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl the Joads a family of sharecroppers decide they have no choice but to follow They head west towards California where they hope to find work & a future for their family But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival Winner of the Pulitzer Prize The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play John Ford&s adaptation of John Steinbeck&s classic novel follows the traumatic journey made by the Joads a dispossesed Oklahoma family who head towards California to begin a new life When Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns home after being released from prison he discovers the farmlands have been destroyed by dust storms Seeking a better future he leaves with his mother (Jane Darwell) & the rest of the family for California Their journey is far from easy however & there is no guarantee the &promised land& will provide the life they are hoping for ...

'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags I don't want him satisfied' Shocking & controversial when it was first published The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck's Pultizer Prize-winning epic of the Joad family forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California Their story is one of false hopes thwarted desires & powerlessness yet out of their struggle Steinbeck created a drama that is both intensely human & majestic in its scale & moral vision ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This American classic based on John Steinbeck&s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows Tom Joad (Henry Fonda in an Oscar- Nominated role) & his family as they escape the Depression-era Oklahoma dust bowls for the promised land of California But the arduous trip & harsh living conditions offer little hope & family unity proves as daunting a challenge as any other they face Actors Henry Fonda Jane Darwell John Carradine Charley Grapewin Dorris Bowdon Russell Simpson OZ Whitehead John Qualen Eddie Quillan Zeffie Tilbury Frank Sully Frank Darien Darryl Hickman Shirley Mills & Roger Imhof Director John Ford Certificate PGYear 1940 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English Additional Languages French; Italian; German; Spanish Subtitles Danish; Dutch; Finnish; French; German; Italian; Norwegian; Portuguese; Spanish; Swedish; Turkish; English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours & 3 minutes (approx) ...

The leaping chalk horse carved into an English hillside in the Bronze Age stands witness to centuries of human endeavour To Stella it represents home
- sanctuary from the adrenalin-fuelled highs & corresponding lows of her career as a singer Stella is tough & talented adored by every man in every audience but a loser in love Spencer Mc Coll is an American ex-fighter pilot making a last sentimental journey from Wyoming to the England of his mother's childhood & the white horse to pay tribute to the past Harry Latimer sets off to the Crimea as a captain in the Hussars with a heart burdened by his undeclared love for his sister-in-law Rachel The grim reality of the battlefield provides a bitter contrast to Harry's memories of the tranquillity of home Stella Spencer Harry
- each marches to the tune of a different drama Their stories are separated by many miles & generations but profoundly connected in ways they can never fully understand

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Tracklist St Stephen Bertha Wharf Rat Jack Straw Truckin' Sugar Magnolia Morning Dew Brown-Eyed Women The Music Never Stopped Estimated Prophet ...

Sunny skies sleep waterand a sinister corpse Flavia is enjoying the summer spending her days punting along the river with her reluctant family Languishing in boredom she drags a slack hand in the water & catches her fingers in the open mouth of a drowned corpse Brought to shore the dead man is found to be dressed in blue silk with ribbons at the knee & wearing a single red ballet slipper Flavia needs to put her super-sleuthing skills to the test to investigate the murder of three gossips in the local church & to keep her sisters out of danger But what could possibly connect the son of an executed killer a far too canny police constable a travelling circus & the publican's mysteriously talented wife? Praise for the historical Flavia de Luce mysteries' The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite' Mail on Sunday'A cross between Dodie Smith's I Capture The Castle & the Addams familydelightfully entertaining' Guardian Fans of M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin Frances Brody & Alexander Mc Call Smith will enjoy the Flavia de Luce mysteries 1 Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 2 The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag 3 A Red Herring Without Mustard 4 I Am Half Sick of Shadows 5 Speaking From Among the Bones 6 The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches 7 As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust 8 Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd 9 The Grave's a Fine & Private Place If you're looking for a cosy crime series to keep you hooked then look no further than the Flavia de Luce mysteries Each Flavia de Luce mystery can be read as a standalone or in series order ...

Who&s up for an apocalypse? The powerful cult known as the Black Temple wants to unleash ancient dark gods on mankind dooming us all The only thing that stands in their way are the Gravediggers Union Cole Haley & Ortiz At the centre of the Black Temple’s plan is Cole&s estranged daughter Morgan destined to free the dark gods Now the Gravediggers are in a race against time to rescue a mysterious alien monkey before the Black Temple can destroy it freeing the dark gods Before it&s over father & daughter will argue the merits of our species the secret history of the world will be revealed & the Gravediggers will make a last stand against the Black Temple’s undead horde for the fate of mankind Writer Wes Craig (DEADLY CLASS) & artist Toby Cypress (RETCON) bring their weird horror series to its apocalyptic conclusion! Collects GRAVEDIGGERS UNION 6-9 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play On their last weekend together Megan & Abby Graves are lost in a remote part of the Arizona desert where they are lured to Skull City Mine an abandoned mine town But they soon learn Skull City is anything but abandoned
- & there&s no way out The sisters are now prey forced to unleash their most primitive instincts in a desperate all-out battle for survival against unspeakable horrors
- both human & supernatural Can they unlock the terrifying secrets of Skull City in time to save themselves or will they become the latest in a long line of victims?

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When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family who would have thought it would find safety & security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts ghouls & spectres Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him
- after all he is the last remaining member of the family A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters featuring every second year of Bod's life from babyhood to adolescence Will Bod survive to be a man?
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