Why has inequality increased in the Western world
- & what can we do about it? In The Great Divide Joseph E Stiglitz expands on
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CS Lewis's dazzling allegory about heaven & hell
- & the chasm fixed between them
- is one of his most brilliantly imaginative

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The day has arrived for the Dogs' Summer Ball It's so high class that each dog must remove their bottom before they are allowed inside the hall But in the middle of all the frivolity something unexpected happens & the dogs have to make a hasty exitwith or without the correct bottom! ...

At the Ferocious Dragon Academy dragons-in-training learn the arts of bone crunching & teeth sharpening But there is one dragon who harbours a passion for a most undragon-like pastime Meet Flamie Oliver To look at Flamie is as terrifying as a dragon can get But behind closed doors Flamie is a stupendously spectacular Star Baker! That's right
- choux rough salty sweet & puff
- Flamie loves it all In fact he loves baking so much that his studies at the Ferocious Dragon Academy are starting to suffer & there's a chance he won't graduate! Flamie's going to need a real showstopper to get out of this one On your marks get set BAKE! Fabulously funny & perfect for fans of BBCs Great British Bake Off

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Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus' An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POSTHerbert's evocative epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis the focus for a complex political & military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions Arrakis is the source of spice a mind-enhancing drug which makes interstellar travel possible; it is the most valuable substance in the galaxy When Duke Atreides & his family take up court there they fall into a trap set by the Duke's bitter rival Baron Harkonnen The Duke is poisoned but his wife & her son Paul escape to the vast & arid deserts of Arrakis which have given the planet its nickname of Dune Paul & his mother join the Fremen the Arrakis natives who have learnt to live in this harsh & complex ecosystem But learning to survive is not enough
- Paul's destiny was mapped out long ago & his mother is committed to seeing it fulfilled
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A giant Indian elephant A wild journey across America An enemy who will never stop Tad & Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant Clammy-fingered steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do anything to capture the animal Maybe even kill Staying ahead means being faster & smarter
- but how do you hide an elephant? Especially one with a mind of its own
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The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German Po W camp that inspired the classic film One of the most famous true stories from the last war The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to achieve an extraordinary break-out Every night for a year they dug tunnels & those who weren't digging forged passports drew maps faked weapons & tailored German uniforms & civilian clothes to wear once they had escaped All of this was conducted under the very noses of their prison guards When the right night came the actual escape itself was timed to the split second
- but of course not everything went according to plan
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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 Triple bill of war classics The Great Escape (1963) is set during World War Two A collection of hardened Allied prisoners are kept in an &escape-proof& German camp Led by the & Big X& (Richard Attenborough) the men formulate a plan for a mass breakout digging three tunnels--Tom Dick & Harry The team behind the escape

Includes:: a near-blind forger of passports (Donald Pleasance) a claustrophobic tunnel-digger (Charles Bronson) & the independent American & Cooler King& (Steve Mc Queen) With men like that on their side how can they fail? Subtitles French Dutch German Italian Portuguese A Bridge Too Far (1977) is Richard Attenborough&s star-studded account of the failed 1944 Arnheim assault Dirk Bogarde James Caan Robert Redford & Sean Connery are among those battling against insurmountable odds--foul weather bad luck negligence on the part of intelligence officers--to secure one of the bridges essential to the Allied advance into Germany Gene Hackman Michael Caine & Anthony Hopkins also star Subtitles Danish Dutch Finnish French Italian Norwegian Swedish Guy Hamilton&s classic war film Battle of Britain (1969) looks at how England defended itself from the German aerial onslaught of the summer of 1940 Laurence Olivier plays Sir Hugh Dowding the air chief marshal whose fleet outmanouevre the Luftwaffe despite a numerical disadvantage; & those few to whom so many owed so much are portrayed by an all-star cast including Michael Caine Kenneth More & Ralph Richardson Despite its pro-British slant the authenticity of the film&s impressive flying sequences was guaranteed by the technical advice of Adolf Galland one of the Nazi&s most celebrated World War 2 pilots Subtitle Danish Finnish Italian Norwegian Spanish Swedish

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The Great Escape is a gripping & heartwarming story for 9 readers about three pets who are separately from their beloved owners in Second World War London fleeing to the countryside to survive Perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse & Lauren St John BUSTER is a lively Jack Russell TIGER is a feisty white & ginger tom ROSE is a faithful Collie Robert & Lucy Edwards love their pets more than anything; but the threat of the Second World War forces them to flee to Devon
- leaving their animals behind & as the air raid sirens sound over London the frightened animals are sent to be put down Buster Tiger & Rose make a daring escape but with danger at every turn can the trio make it across the country as it prepares for battle
- & cheat death for the second time? Praise for Megan Rix' If you love Michael Morpurgo you will enjoy this' Express 'A moving tale told with warmth kindliness & lashings of good sense that lovers of Dick King-Smith will especially appreciate' The Times' Every now & then a writer comes along with a unique way of storytelling Meet Megan Rix her novels are deeply moving & will strike a chord with animal lovers' Love Reading About the author Megan Rix lives in England with her husband & their adorable dogs Traffy & Bella Also available by Megan Rix The Great Escape The Victory Dogswwwmeganrixcom

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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 In 1943 the Germans opened Stalag Luft North a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artist In doing so however the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history
- brilliantly portrayed here by Steve Mc Queen James Garner Charles Bronson & James Coburn
- who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted One of the most ingenious & suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges screenwriters James Clavell & WR Burnett & composer Elmer Bernstein Actors Steve Mc Queen James Garner Richard Attenborough James Donald James Coburn Donald Pleasance Charles Bronson Hannes Messemer Gordon Jackson David Mc Callum Angus Lennie Nigel Stock Robert Graf Tom Adams & William Russell Director John Sturges Certificate PGYear 1963 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono


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