In the summer of 1990 Cathy's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out It was two weeks before his GCSE results which turned out to be the best in his school Sitting by his unconscious body in hospital holding his hand & watching his heartbeat on the monitors Cathy & her parents willed him to survive They did not know then that there are many & various fates worse than death This is the story of what happened to Cathy & her brother & the unimaginable decision that she & her parents had to make eight years after the night that changed everything It's a story for anyone who has ever watched someone suffer or lost someone they loved or lived through a painful time that left them forever changed Told with boundless warmth & affection The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink is a heartbreaking yet uplifting testament to a family's survival & the price we pay for love ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Experience the thrilling live-action adventure based on the hit Nickelodeon series Avatar The Last Airbender Join Aang an extraordinary boy with incredible powers to bend the elements as he journeys through an exotic land filled with magical creatures & powerful friends As the Avatar he is the only one who can end the age-old conflict between the four nations Air Water Earth & Fire An inspirational journey The Last Airbender is exciting entertainment for the entire family ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play From M Night Shyamalan comes an action-packed fantasy adventure for the whole family The fate of humanity rests in the hands of a young Avatar heir He must risk everything to restore the balance of his war-torn world With the power to control all the elements he is The Last Airbender From the Director of Sixth Sense comes the highly anticipated live-action family adventure The Last Airbender based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon TV series Air Water Earth & Fire Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation led by Prince Zuko (Dev Patel) launches a brutal war against the others A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction Caught between combat & courage Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz) a Waterbender & her brother Sokka (Jackson Rathbone) to restore balance to their war-torn world Actors Dev Patel Noah Ringer Jackson Rathbone Cliff Curtis Nicola Peltz Jessica Andres & Seychelle Gabriel Director M Night Shyamalan Certificate PGYear 2010 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages English Audio Description Subtitles English ; English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 39 minutes (approx)
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The Last Airbender is the official video game of the highly anticipated summer live action adventure film by M Night Shyamalan The game follows the climax of the movie from the perspective of the antagonist Prince Zuko exiled Prince of the Fire Nation who embarks on an epic journey to capture the Avatar a young boy named Aang in order to regain his father's honor Players immerse themselves in an incredible interactive world as Aang Zuko & the Blue Spirit participating in epic battles h&-to-hand combat & various challenges throughout the game while discovering & mastering amazing Firebending & Airbending abilities Unique Perspective
- Relive the climax of the film from Prince Zuko's point of view Heroic Characters
- Embody three playable characters including Aang Zuko & the Blue Spirit Amazing Bending Powers
- Unlock special Firebending & Airbending powers to manipulate the environment & combat enemies Combat Style Gameplay
- Use special weapons & bending powers for action-packed h&-to-hand combat & epic battles Cinematic Environments & Effects
- Revisit incredible locations as seen in the film with immersive environments in-game graphics as well as interactive effects that respond to players' movements Premier Voice Talent
- Experience the character likeness & voices of the original film cast Dev Patel (Zuko) Noah Ringer (Aang) & Aasif Mandvi (Zhao)





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The Last Anniversary is a captivating story laced with mystery from the bestselling author of Truly Madly Guilty & the hit HBO series Big Little Lies One abandoned baby Two sisters with a secret One chance to rewrite the past Over seventy years have passed since sisters Rose & Connie Doughty found an abandoned baby near their home on the island Scribbly Gum With no one to take care of it Rose & Connie took the baby in as their own Since then the ' Munro Baby Mystery' has brought fame & fortune putting Scribbly Gum on the tourist map especially for the island's annual celebration But now with Connie dead & outsider Sophie Honeywell about to move into her home Rose begins to wonder if they made the right decision all those years ago How much longer can they cover up the lie that has sustained their community for generations? & what other secrets are about to be revealed?' There's some real grit here seamlessly mingled with the frothier more everyday elements & the central mystery' The Telegraph ' Highly addictive' She ' Gripping acutely observed thought-provoking & funny' Marie Claire ' The writing is beautiful sometimes funny sometimes sad but always compelling' Good Housekeeping ...

A beautiful paperback edition of The Last Battle book seven in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia This edition is complete with cover & interior art by the original illustrator Pauline Baynes During the last days of Narnia the land faces its fiercest challenge-not an invader from without but an enemy from within Lies & treachery have taken root & only the king & a small band of loyal followers can prevent the destruction of all they hold dear in this the magnificent ending to The Chronicles of Narnia The Last Battle is the seventh & final book in C S Lewis's classic fantasy series which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years A complete st&-alone read but if you want to relive the adventures & find out how it began pick up The Magician's Nephew the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia ...

By August 1918 the outcome of the Great War was not in doubt the Allies would win But what was unclear was how this defeat would play out
- would the Germans hold on prolonging the fighting deep into 1919 with the loss of hundreds of thousands more young lives or could the war be won in 1918? In The Last Battle Peter Hart author of Gallipoli & The Great War & oral historian at the Imperial War Museum brings to life the dramatic final weeks of the war as men fought to secure victory with survival seemingly only days or hours away Drawing on the experience of both generals & ordinary soldiers & dwelling with equal weight on strategy tactics & individual experience this is a powerful & detailed account of history's greatest endgame
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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 The sky is raining fish Skyscrapers sit in mountains of sand Bandits sleep in trunks of used cars It&s a world of the future A world called Planet Earth & he&s one man just trying to survive In Besson&s haunting beautifully realised vision of a post-apocalyptic world few have held onto life & fewer still to humanity An unknown trauma has robbed mankind of their ability to speak & they remain mute in the unexplained wreckage of what once was The Man (Pierre Jolivet) is an isolated survivor wandering the hostile streets of a collapsed civilization He lives in a long-abandoned office building fighting off attacks from nearby thugs & gathering together disused car parts for a makeshift airplane hoping to fly away from his sombre prison Escape however offers little respite as he leaves one dead city for another In the midst of this new wasteland The Man encounters his nemesis The Brute (Jean Reno); a violent aggressor who becomes determined to destroy him By chance he stumbles into a derelict hospital & finds there an old doctor who is hiding from The Brute Together the two seek sanctuary from The Brute & gradually in the grey & sterile world a friendship begins to grow Luc Besson&s debut feature film Le Dernier Combat has been much lauded by audiences & critics alike since its release in 1984 & enjoys a richly deserved cult status in the annuls of film history Actors Pierre Jolivet Jean Bouise Fritz Wepper Jean Reno Christiane Kruger Maurice Lamy Pierre Carrive Jean-Michel Castanie Michel Doset Bernard Havet Marcel Berthomier & Petra Muller Director Luc Besson Certificate 15 years & over Year 1984 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Post-apocalyptic wasteland movie directed by Luc Besson (& The Big Blue& & Leon&) With the world in ruins & the people now unable to speak a young man assembles a small plane & sets off for the city in search of a woman There he befriends an old doctor who has barricaded himself inside a hospital & together they fight the aggressions of a group of dangerous outlaws Actors Pierre Jolivet Jean Bouise Fritz Wepper Jean Reno Maurice Lamy Directors Luc Besson Writers Pierre Jolivet Luc Besson Producers Pierre Jolivet Luc Besson Language English Number of discs 1 ...

When Australian soldiers returned from the First World War they were offered the chance to settle on 'land fit for heroes' Promotional material painted a picture of prosperous farms & contented families appealing to returned servicepeople & their families hoping for a fresh start Yet just 20 years after the inception of these soldier settlement schemes fewer than half of the settlers remained on their properties In this timely book based on recently uncovered archives Bruce Scates & Melanie Oppenheimer map out a deeply personal history of the soldiers' struggle to transition from Anzac to farmer & provider At its foundation lie thousands of individual life stories shaped by imperfect repatriation policies The Last Battle examines the environmental challenges the difficulties presented by the physical & psychological damage many soldiers had sustained during the war & the vital roles of women & children ...