2040-2045 In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds Sally Joshua & Lobsang are all involved in this perilous work when out of the blue Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father & inventor of the original Stepper device Willis Linsay He tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the Long Mars & wants her to accompany him But Sally soon learns that Willis has ulterior motives Meanwhile U S Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman has embarked on an incredible journey of her own leading an expedition to the outer limits of the far Long Earth For Joshua the crisis he faces is much closer to home He becomes embroiled in the plight of the Next the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their 'long childhood' in the community called Happy Landings located deep in the Long Earth Ignorance & fear are causing 'normal' human society to turn against the Next
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The Long Reach is an intricate adventure where you solve puzzles run & hide The story takes place in Baervox fictional American town The scientific institute designs a revolutionary system of accelerated knowledge transferring As it usually happens everything went wrong Technology went out of control As an aftermath Institute & the whole town turned into a real nightmare & the experiment participants grew into well we cannot tell you that for now because we hate spoilers! Features Magical realism We’re going for a usual & mundane exposition parts that are trashed & twisted & as the story unfolds Your enemies aren’t faceless zombies or possessed puppets They are humans whose lives & stories matter & we make sure the player knows that Solo mode for adventure lovers Control Steward the junior researcher at the scientific institute He is an ordinary person who will have to untangle the story save the world & survive Unforgettable narrative It is a thrill story flavoured with sci-fi idea psychological context & sceptical view on the progress & human actions The Long Reach is the almost 100 classic adventure game but dressed up with a little haunting element More than fifty locations For about twenty main & background characters More than sixty items which you will have to collect & apply More than 12 000 words in dialogs & script Mad folks will haunt you There are few of them but they won&t let you relax Handmade pixel art created pixel by pixel from scratch Original atmospheric music Our composer&s indeed music maniac He brings strange things into the studio & turns them into the pieces of music We don&t understand what he&s doing but his work can&t be overestimated ...

A compellingly-narrated thrillingly-portrayed account account of an epic motorcycle journey taken in 2014 from Singapore to Sweden over 100 days Philip's aim to increase breast cancer awareness makes it more than the run-of-the-mill adventure holiday but a ride with a cause Written as an internal monologue much in keeping with long motorcycle rides where hours are spent alone in a helmet with one's thoughts this chronicle runs through 17 countries & the entire sweep of the Silk Road The motorcycles give the author an immediate access to different peoples & cultures with a unique chance to meet breast cancer patients across different Asian countries Time pressures in order to meet collaborators leads to mental collapse & near failure As he falters from a mental breakdown & perseveres it makes this journey more about cancer survival than ever intended ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Jesse James & his gang of outlaws ride again in this extraordinary western that pulsates with hard-driving action & electrifying drama Four sets of acclaimed actor brothers
- Dennis & Randy Quaid Stacy & James Keach Christopher & Nicholas Guest & Keith Robert & David Carradine
- each depict real-life siblings in emotionally charged portrayals of the Old West&s legendary bandits The notorious James-Younger gang is the most famous group of outlaws in the country robbing banks trains & stagecoaches with a sense of daring that makes them folk heroes throughout the land But when the mighty Pinkerton detective agency swears to track them down these criminals must face an awesome enemy that will stop at nothing to see them behind barsor dead! Only through the strength of their loyalty & blood ties can the outlaws hope to survive the brutal pursuits unexpected betrayals & blistering showdowns that mark the end of their dangerous ride Actors David Carradine Keith Carradine Robert Carradine James Keach Stacy Keach Dennis Quaid Randy Quaid Kevin Brophy Harry Carey Jr Christopher Guest Nicholas Guest Shelby Leverington Felice Orlandi Pamela Reed & James Remar Director Walter Hill Certificate 15 years & over Year 1980 Screen 1851 Languages English
- LPCM (20) Duration 1 hour & 40 minutes (approx)


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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 Jesse James & his gang of outlaws ride again in this extraordinary western that pulsates with hard-driving action & electrifying drama Four sets of acclaimed actor brothers
- Dennis & Randy Quaid Stacy & James Keach Christopher & Nicholas Guest & Keith Robert & David Carradine
- each depict real-life siblings in emotionally charged portrayals of the Old West&s legendary bandits The notorious James-Younger gang is the most famous group of outlaws in the country robbing banks trains & stage coaches with a sense of daring that makes them folk heroes throughout the land But when the mighty Pinkerton detective agency swears to back them down these criminals must face an awesome enemy that will stop at nothing to see them behind bars or dead! Only through the strength of their loyalty & blood ties can the outlaws hope to survive the brutal pursuits unexpected betrayals & blistering showdowns that mark the end of their dangerous ride

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Marking the centenary of World War One historian David Reynolds explores the enduring shadow the conflict has cast over Britain & Europe in the century that followed Travelling to locations across Europe from Slovenia to the Sudetenland Belfast to Berlin David Reynolds traces the war s legacy arguing that it unleashed forces we still grapple with today This remarkable series also looks again at how the experience of war haunted the generation who lived through it in particular the soldiers who survived it dynamic characters such as Benito Mussolini Eamon de Valera Philippe Petain James Ramsey Mac Donald & Thomas Masaryk Reynolds examines how these men shaped the peace that followed war often in unpredictable ways Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 Number of discs 1 Classification Exempt Studio Simply Media DVD Release Date 4 July 2016 Run Time 180 minutes ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier star in this Viking adventure film directed by Jack Cardiff After stealing the Norse king&s funeral ship as well as his attractive daughter Gerda (Beba Loncar) & his brothers Rolfe (Widmark) & Orm (Russ Tamblyn) sail off to find the fabled & Mother of Voices& a solid gold bell &as tall as three tall men& Not only do the brothers have to battle a maelstrom & a mutinous crew they also have to deal with Prince Aly Mansuh (Poitier) & his vengeful Moorish troops ...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize The Long Song by multi-million-copy bestselling author Andrea Levy is a hauntingly beautiful heartbreaking & unputdownable novel which will resonate with everyone who went to see the Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave & fans of Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees 'A marvel of luminous storytelling' Financial Times You do not know me yet My son Thomas who is publishing this book tells me it is customary at this place in a novel to give the reader a little taste of the story that is held within these pages As your storyteller I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery & the early years of freedom that followed July is a slave girl who lives upon a sugar plantation named Amity & it is her life that is the subject of this tale She was there when the Baptist War raged in 1831 & she was present when slavery was declared no more My son says I must convey how the story tells also of July's mama Kitty of the negroes that worked the plantation land of Caroline Mortimer the white woman who owned the plantation & many more persons besides
- far too many for me to list here But what befalls them all is carefully chronicled upon these pages for you to peruse Perhaps my son suggests I might write that it is a thrilling journey through that time in the company of people who lived it All this he wishes me to pen so the reader can decide if this is a novel they might care to consider Cha I tell my son what fuss-fuss Come let them just read it for themselves
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A noir narrative written with the intensity & power of poetry The Long Take is one of the most remarkable
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2045-2059 After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day & the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth & society on a battered Datum Earth & beyond continues to evolve Now an elderly & cantankerous AI Lobsang lives in disguise with Agnes in an exotic far-distant world He's convinced they're leading a normal life in New Springfield
- they even adopt a child
- but it seems they have been guided there for a reason As rumours of strange sightings & hauntings proliferate it becomes clear that something is very awry with this particular world Millions of steps away Joshua is on a personal journey of discovery learning about the father he never knew & a secret family history But then he receives a summons from New Springfield Lobsang now understands the enormity of what's taking place beneath the surface of his earth
- a threat to all the worlds of the Long Earth To counter this threat will require the combined efforts of humankind machine & the super-intelligent Next & some must make the ultimate sacrifice


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