Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play When Jeremy (Matthew Mc Nulty) wakes from his stag-do with a transvestite in his bed & scant memory of the night before Best Man Peter (Noel Clarke) & buddies Ralphus Albert & Jack muddle through the fog of their hangovers to reach the church on time Meanwhile blushing bride Alexandra (Talulah Riley) wakes nervously from her hen night which ended with sex-crazed Anisha bedding the male stripper Fellow bridesmaids Sarah (Mena Suvari) Julie & Helen attempt to keep Alex sane as the moment arrives to walk down the aisle & say "I do" Both hilarious & heartfelt The Knot is the perfect blend of British romantic comedy at its best Actors Noel Clarke Mena Suvari Matthew Mc Nulty Talulah Riley Jason Maza Susannah Fielding Davie Fairbanks Brett Goldstein Louise Dylan Rhoda Montemayor Juliet Oldfield Michael Warburton Vincenzo Nicoli Flaminia Cinque & Steve Furst Director Jesse Lawrence Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen Languages English
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The Knot Tying Bible is a complete guide to selecting tying & using a wide array of knots useful for everything from hauling logs to securing the canoe to wrapping a present Beginners can master the basics before progressing to the more difficult knots Experienced rope users can enjoy new knot challenges & discoveries Using a dual approach of photographs & written instructions explaining step-by-step how to tie knots the book

Includes:: A comprehensive introduction to rope; Material properties of rope types; How to select care for & store all types of rope; Ropeworking terms; Descriptions of rope constructions & outlines of breaking strains; Information & ideas for using each knot; Picture icons A 'hands-on' knot directory outlines the function & formation of over 70 knots & categorizes them according to physical properties making it easy to find the right knot for the job at hand The knots are set out in ten chapters including Quick-Tie Knots overhand knot cow hitch figure-eight knot; Easy-release Knots the bow knot the reef knot; Hold-Fast Knots the surgeon's knot Klemheist knot; Sliding Knots slip knot trucker's hitch running bowline; Loop Knots Englishman's loop neck halter angler's loop; Knots for Joining Ropes Carrick bend double fisherman's bend; Shortening Knots chain knot & sheepshank; Weight-adding Knots Stevedore knot monkey's fist stopper knot; Lashings Cross lashing parallel lashing transom knot; Decorative Knots the Turk's head & the true lover's Knowing the right knot to use & how to tie it can make life easier
- & safer The Knot Tying Bible is a timeless resource that will be useful just about anywhere for just about anything An essential purchase


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Learn how to master hundreds of knotting & braiding techniques to create stunning jewellery & accessories Written by renowned ...

The Beginning a Stanford University lab embarked on an idealistic quest to create an artificial intelligence that would benefit society perhaps even profit the makers There were few women or minorities in the department & its head rejected the very idea of authority but really
- what could go wrong? Now more & more aspects of our lives are being dictated by a tiny unaccountable elite a breakaway sect of free-market libertarians who are determined to bypass government & enrich themselves at the expense of society Pioneers & self-proclaimed geniuses like Jeff Bezos Peter Thiel Reid Hoffman & Mark Zuckerberg have not only made the Internet what it is today
- their impact on the world has been profound This is a history of Silicon Valley through its eleven greatest entrepreneurs & a damning indictment of the greed bias & outright prejudice of an industry that is fracturing America & taking the rest of us with it

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One of the first Usborne books to be published reissued for the 40th anniversary of Usborne Publishing in 2013 This book is all about keeping secrets It shows you how to set up secret meeting places & a secret post office & how to disguise your messages & maps It shows you lots of secret codes & signals On the first page you will meet the Black Hat Spy Watch out for the tricks he plays in Spy Trick
- these are things real spies have done There are messages in code all through the book
- see if you can work them out As used in evidence at the high court trial of Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky who testified that this book gave away the KGB's tradecraft

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Human reasoning is remarkably shallow
- in fact our thinking & justifications just scratch the surface of the true complexity of
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Masterful Pulitzer-prize winning literary epic about the painful & complex realities of slave life on a Southern plantation An utterly original exploration of race trust & the cruel truths of human nature this is a landmark in modern American literature Henry Townsend a black farmer boot maker & former slave becomes proprietor of his own plantation
- as well as his own slaves When he dies his widow Caldonia succumbs to profound grief & things begin to fall apart slaves take to escaping under the cover of night & families who had once found love beneath the weight of slavery begin to betray one another Beyond the Townsend household the known world also unravels low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave speculators' sell free black people into slavery & rumours of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years An ambitious luminously written novel that ranges from the past to the present The Known World seamlessly weaves together the lives of the freed & the enslaved
- & allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multi-dimensional world created by the institution of slavery

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Fans of The Gruffalo & Giraffes Can't Dance will love this feelgood rhyming story portraying a positive message about facing up to change something that young children can sometimes struggle with Sometimes change comes along whether we like it or not but if you let it change can be the making of you Kevin the Koala discovers this & more in this delightful picture book from the bestselling creators of The Lion Inside! Stylish art with Jon Klassen appeal & vibrant storytelling from two contemporary stars make this a story to shout about
- it will make you laugh cry & read it every bedtime WINNER of the Evening Standard Oscar's Book Prize 2017!' Fabulous rhymes I'm in love with Kevin & would like to buy this for all my friends' children' Claudia Winkleman'A feel-good rhyming tale Field's Australian animals are a treat'
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Japan's oldest surviving narrative the eighth-century Kojiki chronicles the mythical origins of its islands & their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies tales & songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past Gustav Heldt's engaging new translation of this revered classic aims to make the Kojiki accessible to contemporary readers while staying true to the distinctively dramatic & evocative appeal of the original's language It conveys the rhythms that structure the Kojiki's animated style of storytelling & translates the names of its many people & places to clarify their significance within the narrative An introduction glossaries maps & bibliographies offer a wealth of additional information about Japan's earliest extant record of its history literature & religion ...

Japanese troops landed in northeastern New Guinea in July 1942 & quickly began a march over the forbidding Owen Stanley Mountains toward the vital anchorage & airfield at Port Moresby on the southern coast They ran into Australian infantrymen of the 39th Militia Battalion starting a three-month campaign waged in some of the world&s most forbidding terrain An Australian militia brigade went up the trail to face the Japanese who poured in reinforcements of their own Next the veteran Australian 7th Infantry Division the heroes of Tobruk plunged into the jungles & finally stopped the Japanese attacks While Australian soldiers fought on despite rampant malaria Japanese troops hauled artillery shells over the mountains by hand & resorted to eating Australian prisoners of war Finally in September 1942 the Japanese withdrew from one of the war&s most brutal campaigns The Kokoda Campaign is a complete boxed game in the Panzer Grenadier series Based on these battles it

Includes:: the two maps that appeared in our old Kokoda Trail book & 428 playing pieces that originally appeared in our out-of-print Guadalcanal & Afrika Korps games It has 30 scenarios originally designed by Dave Cheever & re-worked by Matt Ward & Daniel Rouleau plus a campaign game

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