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 ...

A mystery to be solved in the past A love to be uncovered in the future The thrilling follow-up to The Next Together The epic conclusion to Lauren James' debut The Next Together about true love & reincarnation Sixteen years ago after a scandal that rocked the world teenagers Katherine & Matthew vanished without a trace Now Clove Sutcliffe is determined to find her long lost relatives But where do you start looking for a couple who seem to have been reincarnated at every key moment in history? Who were Kate & Matt? Why were they born again & again? & who is the mysterious Ella who keeps appearing at every turn in Clove's investigation? For Clove there is a mystery to solve in the past & a love to find in the future ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From st&-up comedian actress & breakout star of Girls Trip Tiffany Haddish comes The Last Black Unicorn a sidesplitting hysterical edgy & unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays as fearless as the author herself Growing up in one of the poorest neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles Tiffany learned to survive by making people laugh If she could do that then her classmates would let her copy their homework the other foster kids she lived with wouldn't beat her up & she might even get a boyfriend Or at least she could make enough money-as the paid school mascot & in-demand Bar Mitzvah hype woman-to get her hair & nails done so then she might get a boyfriend None of that worked (and she's still single) but it allowed Tiffany to imagine a place for herself where she could do something she loved for a living comedy Tiffany can't avoid being funny-it's just who she is whether she's plotting shocking jaw-dropping revenge on an ex-boyfriend or learning how to handle her newfound fame despite still having a broke person's mind-set Finally poised to become a household name she recounts with heart & humor how she came from nothing & nowhere to achieve her dreams by owning sharing & using her pain to heal others By turns hilarious filthy & brutally honest The Last Black Unicorn shows the world who Tiffany Haddish really is-humble grateful down-to-earth & funny as hell & now she's ready to inspire others through the power of laughter ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Private eye Joe Hallenback (Bruce Willis) is asked to protect the stripper girlfriend (Halle Berry) of a former American football pro (Damon Wayans) who has been banned from the game for gambling As his charge&s life comes under threat Hallenbeck uncovers a trail of corruption that leads from the running of a football team to the highest corridors of power & Lethal Weapon& writer Shane Black received an unprecedented seven figure sum for his script Actors Bruce Willis Damon Wayans Chelsea Field Noble Willingham Taylor Negron Directors Tony Scott Format Dubbed PAL Widescreen Dolby Language English French Subtitles English Spanish French Italian Portuguese Dutch Arabic Dubbed Italian Aspect Ratio 169
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Bruce Willis & Damon Wayans star as a seedy detective & a disgraced quarterback teaming to dodge ambushes fire off one-liners & bust chops When the going gets tough they get tougher & funnier They came to play & to settle a score in this raging fireball where bigger is better hits are harder & bad guys end up deader ...

On holiday in Saltbottle Grandfather & Roo discover the Unsinkable the boat which took them to the North Pole in the first book lying in a sadly dilapidated state & up for sale At the auction the short-sighted auctioneer accidentally sellsthe boat to Roo
- sold to the old lady in the brown fur coat! Now they have to find the money & the Captain suggests a fishing trip to the Great Cod Banks in the Forgotten Sea Off they go but the trip ends in disaster when the boat sinks & Grandfather & Roo are cast away on a desert island They find their own Man Friday (called Tuesday) but he turns out to be a film director staying in a luxury hotel Meanwhile the Captain has found the treasure & rescued the Unsinkable
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In the second decade of the twenty-first century the world is struck by two catastrophes a new mini-ice age & nearly simultaneously a plague to dwarf all previous experiences Rising out of the disaster is the character known to history as “ Bandit Six” an American Army officer caught up in the struggle to rebuild the world & prevent the fall of his homeland—despite the best efforts of politicians both elected & military The Last Centurion is a memoir of one possible future a world that is a darkling mirror of our own Written “blog-style” it pulls no punches in its descriptions of junk science bad strategy & organic farming not to mention all three at once About the Author A veteran of the 82nd Airborne he brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction His novels for Baen include those in the New York Times best-selling Posleen War series (A Hymn Before Battle Gust Front When the Devil Dances & Hell’s Faire) the Council War series (There Will be Dragons Emerald Sea Against the Tide & East of the Sun West of the Moon) the nationally best-selling techno-thriller novels about Mike Harmon (Ghost Kildar Choosers of the Slain Unto the Breach & A Deeper Blue) the Looking-Glass series (Into the Looking Glass Vorpal Blade & Manxome Foe the last two in collaboration with Travis S Taylor) four collaborations with fellow New York Times bestselling author David Weber (March Upcountry March to the Sea March to the Stars & We Few) & five collaborative spinoffs from the Posleen series The Hero written with Michael Z Williamson Watch on the Rhine & Yellow Eyes both written with Tom Kratman & the New York Times best seller Cally’s War & its recent sequel Sister Time both with Julie Cochrane ...