I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon I pray God will curse the writer as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful stupendous creation terrible in its simplicity irresistible in its truth
- a world which now trembles before the King in Yellow The weird tales in this slim volume are all linked by a play the second act of which reveals truths so terrible & beautiful that it drives all who read it to despair The King in Yellow These four macabre uncanny & unsettling stories are some of the most thrilling ever written in the field of weird fiction & since their first publication in 1895 have become a cult classic influencing many writers from the renowned master of cosmic horror HP Lovecraft to the creators of HBO's True Detective Contains ' The Repairer of Reputations' ' The Mask' ' In the Court of the Dragon' ' The Yellow Sign'
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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies 'I read it & reread it & wept & laughed & trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet' With its strange imaginative blend of horror science fiction romance & lyrical prose Robert W Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird fiction This series of vaguely connected stories is linked by the presence of a monstrous & suppressed book which brings fright madness & spectral tragedy to all those who read it An air of futility & doom pervade these pages like a sweet insidious poison Dare you read it? This collection has been called the most important book in American supernatural fiction between Poe & the moderns H P Lovecraft creator of the famed Cthulu mythos whose own fiction was greatly influenced by this book stated that The King in Yellow 'achieves notable heights of cosmic fear' ...

The King Is Dead is a board game of politics & power struggles set in Britain in the chaotic period following the death of King Arthur For the good of the country a leader must unite the Scots Welsh & Romano-British — not by conquest but by diplomacy Players are members of King Arthur&s court Whether a loyal knight a scheming lord or an ambitious noblewoman you all have one thing in common power As prospective leaders each player uses their power to benefit the factions gaining influence among their ranks The player with the greatest influence over the most powerful faction is crowned the new ruler of Britain Players 2-4 Suggested ages 12 Playing time 30-50 minutes ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Gary Stretch (World Trade Center Alexander) & John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings trilogy Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade) star in this epic adventure of war loyalty & betrayal Fernando De Gama a young Portuguese soldier of fortune sets sale for the Orient seeking the man who killed his father Shipwrecked captured & sold into slavery Fernando is rescued by a beautiful woman only to discover she is linked to his father&s murder When Fernando is pressed into military service his heroics on the battlefield gain him the distinction of becoming an honoured personal guard to the King of Siam Uncovering the devious Queen&s plan to replace the King with her lover Fernando must battle to stop the very plot in which he is incriminated before the kingdom explodes into war! Actors Gary Stretch John Rhys Davies Cindy Burbridge Dom Hetrakul Nirut Sirichanya & Yoe Hassadeevichit Director Lek Kitaparaporn Certificate 15 years & over Year 2005 Screen Widescreen 1781 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles None Listed Duration 1 hour & 32 minutes (approx)
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' Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce complex & eloquent infused at every turn with her life-long passion for the Classics Her characters live vividly both in their own time & in ours' MADELINE MILLER'I never learned Latin or Greek; I wasn't raised on the classics even in translation All my sense of the ancient world
- its values its style the scent of its wars & passions
- comes from Mary Renault Her Theseus novels are perhaps the most exciting of her Greek fictions I think I turned to writing historical fiction because of something I learned from Renault that it lets you shake off the mental shackles of your own era all the categories & labels & write freely about what really matters to you' EMMA DONOGHUEThe King Must Die retells the story of Theseus bringing Greek mythology vividly to life The story is continued in the sequel The Bull From the Sea Theseus is the grandson of the King of Troizen but his paternity is shrouded in mystery
- can he really be the son of the god Poseidon? When he discovers his father's sword beneath a rock his mother must reveal his true identity Theseus is the son of Aegeus King of Athens & is his only heir So begins Theseus's perilous journey to his father's palace to claim his birth right escaping bandits & ritual king sacrifice in Eleusis to slaying the Minotaur in Crete Renault reimagines the Theseus myth creating an original exciting story' Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists & their readers She does not pretend the past is like the present or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us She shows us their strangeness; discerning sure-footed challenging our values piquing our curiosity she leads us through an alien landscape that moves & delights us' Hilary Mantel' There's much to say about her interweaving of myth & history & just as interestingly there's much to wonder at in the way she fills in the large dark spaces where we know next to nothing about the times she describes an important & wonderful writer she set a course into serious-minded psychologically intense historical fiction that today seems more important than ever'
- Sam Jordison Guardian



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When the Baron decides to appoint a Lord of Misrule for Christmas making a peasant into a King for twelve days unruly jollity ensues 48 pages Duffy Carol Ann ...

Martin Scorsese&s THE KING OF COMEDY is a brutally funny depiction of the dangers of celebrity fandom Robert De Niro plays the ridiculously inept Rupert Pupkin an aspiring comic who idolises talk-show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) Still living at home with his mother Rupert spends his days trying to arrange a meeting with his hero When he isn&t doing that he&s at home talking to cardboard cutouts in his makeshift television studio After Rupert convinces Rita (Diahnne Abbot) a pretty bartender that Langford has invited them to his house outside the city the reality of the situation makes itself painfully apparent upon arriving at the star&s front door Trouble is Rupert&s too delusional to take the hint He eventually hatches a plan with an equally obsessed fan Masha (a scene-stealing Sandra Bernhard) to kidnap Langford in exchange for a chance to let him deliver his routine on the air De Niro & Lewis deliver scorching performances that are at once tragic & hysterical making for an unsettling yet highly stimulating viewing experience Paul D Zimmerman&s script takes the time to truly crawl inside the mind of a lunatic exposing celebrity worship as the ludicrous problem that it is THE KING OF COMEDY stands firmly as one of Scorsese&s most terrifying films ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A joke writer who has never performed anywhere except his mother&s basement Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) dreams of appearing on the ' The Jerry Langford Show& hosted by the king of late night talk shows Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) After relentlessly hounding both Jerry & the show&s talent bookers to no avail he kidnaps the talk show host with the help of his accomplice Masha (Sandra Bernhard) who herself is infatuated with Jerry Together they hold him hostage in exchange for Pupkin being given a guest spot on the show Actors Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Diahnne Abbott Sandra Bernhard & Ed Herlihy Director Martin Scorsese Certificate PGYear 1983 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Subtitles Danish ; Finnish ; Norwegian ; Swedish ; English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 38 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A stylish high-octane live action feature based on the best selling video game franchise in which the last surviving descendants of three legendary clans are continuously transported to other

Dimensions to test their martial arts skills against an evil force that seeks to invade & infect the real world Actors Maggie Q Sean Faris Will Yun Lee Ray Park David Leitch Françoise Yip Hiro Kanagawa Bernice Liu Monique Ganderton Doug Abrahams Candus Churchill Robin Nielsen Scott Patey Toshi Haraguchi & Sam Hargrave Director Gordon Chan Certificate 12 years & over Year 2010 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 32 minutes (approx)

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A stylish high-octane live action feature based on the best selling video game franchise in which the last surviving descendants of three legendary clans are continuously transported to other

Dimensions to test their martial arts skills against an evil force that seeks to invade & infect the real world Actors Maggie Q Sean Faris Will Yun Lee Ray Park David Leitch Françoise Yip Hiro Kanagawa Bernice Liu Monique Ganderton Doug Abrahams Candus Churchill Robin Nielsen Scott Patey Toshi Haraguchi & Sam Hargrave Director Gordon Chan Certificate 12 years & over Year 2010 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 32 minutes (approx)

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