Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play THE IMITATION GAME is a gripping acclaimed thriller that tells the incredible true story of unsung war hero Alan Turing the British mathematician responsible for cracking the German Enigma code during World War II Benedict Cumberbatch (The Fifth Estate Star Trek Into Darkness & TV&s Sherlock) & Keira Knightley (BAFTA nominee for Atonement Oscar nominee for Pride & Prejudice) star as Turing & his ally & fellow code-breaker Joan Clarke alongside a top-notch cast including Matthew Goode (Stoker A Single Man) Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) Rory Kinnear (Skyfall) Charles Dance (Gosford Park TV&s Game of Thrones) Allen Leech (In Fear TV&s Downton Abbey) & Matthew Beard (An Education) certificate 12 years & over ...

' To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom'
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks but scientists know her as He La Born a poor black tobacco farmer her cancer cells
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The emperor is deadlong live the emperor! The fervent hope of the victorious rebels & the survivors of the uprising that liberated the City from tyranny is that the accession of Archange to the imperial throne will usher in a new era of freedom peace & stability If only that were so As the the City struggles to return to something resembling normal life after the devastation brought on by the rebellion word arises of a massive army gathering to the north No one knows where it has come from or who leads it but it soon becomes apparent that its sole purpose is to destroy the City & annihilate all
- man woman & child
- who live within its battered walls & while warriors go forth to fight & die on the battlefield in defence of their homeland & all that they believe in bitter family feuds & ancient rivalries political & personal betrayals & mindless murder surface within the palaces & corridors of power it seems the City is under siege
- from both without & within With this new novel Stella Gemmell brings the astonishing story of the City to a spectacular climax & confirms her place as a master of the genre


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If you knew the date you were going to die then how would you live your life? asks this New York Times bestselling critically acclaimed novel 448 pages Benjamin Chloe ...

The immune system is central to human health & the focus of much medical research Growing understanding of the immune system & especially the creation of immune memory (long lasting protection) which can be harnessed in the design of vaccines have been major breakthroughs in medicine In this Very Short Introduction Paul Klenerman describes the immune system & how it works in health & disease In particular he focuses on the human immune system considering how it evolved the basic rules that govern its behaviour & the major health threats where it is important The immune system comprises a series of organs cells & chemical messengers which work together as a team to provide defence against infection Klenerman discusses these components the critical signals that trigger them & how they exert their protective effects including so-called immune responses which react very fast to infection & immune responses which have huge diversity & a capacity to recognise & defend against a massive array of micro-organisms Klenerman also considers what happens when our immune systems fail to be activated effectively leading to serious infections problems with inherited diseases & also HIVAIDS At the opposite extreme as Klenerman shows an over-exaggerated immune response leads to inflammatory diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis & Rheumatoid Arthritis as well as allergy & asthma Finally he looks at the
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St John of the Cross testifies to a God who longs to meet us in our deepest need Whilst rejection & imprisonment played their part in the life of this sixteenth-century Spanish friar John's poetry & prose reveal the beauty & power of a wondrous God It gives us courage to believe in the possibility of change in our own lives however unlikely or impossible this may seem Father Iain Matthew uses this classic inspirational Christian writing as his starting point & offers five interpretations which make its richness relevant to the modern reader ...

The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan A Woman of No Importance An Ideal Husband & The Importance of Being Earnest were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last doomed decade the 1890s They remain among the most-loved & most-quoted of all drama in the English language Along with Salome his darkly decadent dramatization of the Bible story these immortal plays continue to pack theatres & have been adapted for every kind of media This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays echoes the book form in which Wilde originally insisted his plays were published &

Includes:: illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley & an afterword by Ned Halley Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure

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Oscar Wilde's entire three-act play faithfully adapted into a glorious graphic novel 136 pages chiefly Illustrations (chiefly col) Wilde Oscar ...