Unearthed in a collection of pre-WWII newspaper printing plates the mid-1930s comic strips Uncle Otto & Harry Karry represent the earliest known cartooning of the great comics & sequential art pioneer Will Eisner In these never-before-seen strips you see the young Eisner’s imagination expanding as he experiments with the possibilities of serialized storytelling & works through his numerous influences Contextualized with an exhaustive introduction by Denis Kitchen these comics document the genesis of one of the most iconic & brilliant cartoonists of all time ...

A special edition of The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary In a rip-roaring journey of peril & adventure four explorers find a lost prehistoric world in the remote wilds of South America Huge pterodactyls rule the skies & the jungle beneath is home to lumbering stegosaurus carnivorous dinosaurs & terrifying ape-men If the adventurers can survive then fame & fortune almost certainly await them back in London but in this dangerous land that defies all science & reason who knows what could happen First published in 1912 this thrilling story by the creator of Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson was the inspiration for Jurassic Park ...

Before seeing Jurassic World this June read the sequel to the multimillion copy No 1 bestselling thriller that inspired the first major motion picture Jurassic Park It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park six years since the extraordinary dream of science & imagination came to a crashing end
- the dinosaurs destroyed the park dismantled the island indefinitely closed to the public But there are rumours that something survived & when a team go to investigate they are determined not to give it a chance to escape Michael Cricton takes the terrifying events of Jurassic Park even further in this unstoppably readable adventure sequel told by a master storyteller
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When the reporter Edward Malone is sent to interview the formidable Professor Challenger about his accounts of strange prehistoric beasts on a remote plateau in South America he expects to be given short shrift by the researcher notorious for man handling nosy enquirers But Challenger impressed by the young journalist's thirst for adventure invites Malone along on his next expedition plunging him into a mysterious & dangerous world populated by dinosaurs & murderous ape men Having already written seminal works of detective fiction Arthur Conan Doyle became a pioneer of early science fiction with The Lost World This classic novel helped establish the genre & has inspired since its first publication in 1912 countless stories novels & films ...

With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts MA Ph D Research Professor of English University of Sussex These lively varied & thought-provoking science-fiction stories (from the era of Jules Verne & H G Wells) are linked by their imposing central character the pugnaciously adventurous & outrageous Professor Challenger The Lost World (forebear of Jurassic Park) vividly depicts a perilous region in which the explorers confront creatures from the prehistoric era The Poison Belt presents an eerie doomsday scenario while The Disintegration Machine satirically comments on scientific cynicism In When the World Screamed the planet responds violently to an experimental incursion The strangest item is The Land of Mist which seeks to reconcile science with spiritualism This memorable collection provides imaginative entertainment entrancing escapism & bold provocation ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In 1924 pioneering filmmaker Claude Friese-Greene embarked on an intrepid road trip from Land s End to John O& Groats He recorded his journey on film using an experimental colour process; the result was a remarkable travelogue called The Open Road Reviewers hailed the film as an amazing success at which audiences would &gasp with wonder& for at a time when cinemagoers saw their world only in black & white Claude&s remarkable films were shot in colour Eighty years after Claude&s original trip the BBC and the British Film Institute have recreated the journey & in this three-part series Dan Cruickshank retraces Claude&s route through the heart of Britain Drawing fully on Claude&s original footage which has been meticulously restored by the BFI this wonderful series affords contemporary audiences a vibrant glimpse at life in the 1920s & a chance to examine not only how much has changed but also all that has remained the same since that time On our route through scenic West Country into Wales up the West coast to Scotland & on to John O& Groats we hear from a cast of characters
- not only relatives & friends of those who appear in Claude&s footage but those who featured in the films as children & who describe the moving experience of encountering themselves within this beautiful footage
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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 LOST WORLD OF MITCHELL & KENYONA film by Sagar Mitchell & James Kenyon Over a century ago filmmaker Sagar Mitchell & James roamed England Scotland Ireland & Wales filming everyday lives of people at work & at play For 70 years 800 rolls of their early nitrate film sat in sealed barrels in the basement of a local shop in Blackburn Miraculously discovered by a local businessman & painstakingly restored by the British Film Institute this BBC series details the story & treasures of the most exciting film discovery of recent times The BBC & the British Film Institute bring all this onto the screen with The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon Presented by Dan Cruickshank this series opens up the past & boasts a world exclusive the first ever footage of Manchester United Along the way we interview descendants seeing extraordinary films of their ancestors for the first time Episode 1
- Life & Times The films are discovered by Peter Worden & restored by the BFI&s National Film & Television Archive The story of Mitchell & Kenyon begins with bustling streets at home & controversial war abroad Episode 2
- Sport & Pleasure For the first time the British worker starts enjoying new leisure swelling crowds at football matches at Preston North End Liverpool & Manchester United People flock to holidays in Blackpool & to egg rolling at home Episode 3
- Saints & Sinners To conclude this extraordinary series we see the first ever crime reconstruction film the success of Mitchell & Kenyon in the USA & the ultimate demise of their partnership UK 2004 black & white & colour 178 minutes English language Original aspect ratio 1331 (4x 3) Region 2 DVD


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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 Ian Malcolm reluctantly returns to an island off Costa Rica&s coast where cloned dinosaurs are flourishing ...

This is the definitive collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories including ' The Lottery'
- one of the most terrifying & iconic
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Hi! I'm Charlie (DON'T call me Charlotte
- ever!) History is boring right? Wrong! The Victorians weren't all deadly dull & drippy
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