Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Starring global superstar Matt Damon & directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero House of Flying Daggers) The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world&s most iconic structure as European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In ancient China a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains & defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures Format Blu-ray Language English Mandarin Subtitles English Region All Regions (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Number of discs 2 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Starring global superstar Matt Damon & directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero House of Flying Daggers) The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world&s most iconic structure as European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures Disc 1 English French Dolby Atmos Brazilian Portuguese Czech Latin American Spanish Polish (voice over) 51 Disc 2 English SDH Arabic Spanish Danish Dutch Finnish French German Hindi Icelandic Italian Norwegian Portuguese Swedish ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Starring global superstar Matt Damon & directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero House of Flying Daggers) The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world&s most iconic structure as European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Starring global superstar Matt Damon & directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero House of Flying Daggers) The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world&s most iconic structure as European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures ...

The course of events of the Great War has been told many times spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars' However this book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of of the conflict's strategic political economic social & cultural impact Starting with the context & origins of the war including assasination misunderstanding & differing national war aims it then covers the treacherous course of the conflict & its social consequences for both soldiers & civilians for science & technology for national politics & for pan-European revolution The war left a long-term legacy for victors & vanquished alike It created new frontiers changed the balance of power & influenced the arts national memory & political thought The reach of this acount is global showing how a conflict among European powers came to involve their colonial empires & embraced Japan China the Ottoman Empire Latin America & the United States ...

Contains 3 pre-assembled & painted 1100th scale Whippet tanks ...

This is much more than just another book to add to the thousands on The Great War It sets out to fill a gap Written for the layman by a layman (who is also an articulate & experienced battlefield guide) it summarises the key events & contributions of key individuals some well others unknown but with a story to tell To get a true picture of this monumental event in history it is necessary to grasp the fundamentals be they military political social or simply human The slaughters at Verdun Somme & Passchendaele are no more than statistics without the stories of those that fought drowned & died there It is designed to capture the imagination & feed the mind of those ever increasing number of people who seek a better understanding of The Great War ...

Robert Fisk's bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting & incisive historical analysis The history of the Middle East is an epic story of tragedy betrayal & world-shaking events It is a story that Robert Fisk has been reporting for over thirty years His masterful narrative spans the most volatile regions of the Middle East chronicling with both rage & compassion the death by deceit of tens of thousands of Muslims Christians & Jews Robert Fisk's remarkable history is also the tale of a journalist at war
- learning of the 911 attacks while aboard a passenger jet reporting from a bombed-out Baghdad interviewing Osama bin Laden
- & of the courage & frustration of a life spent writing the first draft of history

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THE GREAT WARJuly 1 1916 The First Day of the Battle of the Somme AN ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA WITH AN ESSAY BY ADAM HOCHSCHILDSacco&s work is the best argument around for comics as a journalistic medium&
- GQLaunched on July 1 1916 the Battle of the Somme has come to epitomize the madness of the First World War Almost 20000 British soldiers were killed & another 40000 were wounded that first day & there were more than one million casualties by the time the offensive halted a few months later In The Great War acclaimed cartoonist Joe Sacco depicts the events of that day in an extraordinary 24-foot-long wordless panorama from the riding exercises of General Douglas Haig to the massive artillery positions & marshalling areas behind the trench lines to the legions of British soldiers going over the top& & being cut down in No-Man&s-Land to the tens of thousands of wounded soldiers retreating & the dead being buried en masse Printed on fine accordion-fold paper & packaged in a deluxe hardcover slipcase with a 16-page accompanying booklet The Great War is a landmark work in Sacco&s illustrious career & makes visceral one of the bloodiest days in history
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