Over 30 landmark interviews accounts & memoirs of The Beatles & their entourage recording how they inadvertently became counter-cultures figureheads & changed society The pieces include Paul Johnsons ? The Menace of Beatlism? Maureen Cleaves ? Beatles Bigger than Christ? feature the News of the World feature suggesting The Beatles were spent forces ? just before they unleashed Sergeant Pepper on the world ? interviews with their entourage & main loves; plus latter-day contributions from the likes of Paul Gambacinni Dave Marsh Greil Marcus Also included is a chronological tracing of each Beatles album & single & analysis of all Beatles movie releases & television appearances ...

Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time from Adolf Anderssen's ' Immortal Game' to Anand versus Kramnik 2008 704 pages Burgess Graham ...

A comprehensive category killer with over 6000 varied questions on every topic imaginable
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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 One guy walks the walk The other talks & talks! ; ; Special Agent Derrick Vann (Jackson) is a man out to get the man who killed his partner but a case of mistaken identity leads him to Andy Fidler (Levy) a salesman with too many questions & a knack of getting in Vann&s way! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play On a cold night in a remote cabin Professor John Oldman (David Lee Smith of CSI Miami) gathers his most trusted colleagues for an extraordinary announcement He is an immortal who has migrated through 140 centuries of evolution & must now move on Is Oldman truly Cro-Magnon or simply insane? Now one man will force these scientists & scholars to confront their own notions of history religion & humanity all leading to a final revelation that may shatter their world forever Actors John Billingsley Ellen Crawford William Katt Annika Peterson Richard Riehle David Lee Smith Alexis Thorpe Tony Todd Steven Littles Chase Sprague & Robbie Bryan Director Richard Schenkman Certificate 12 years & over Year 2007 Languages English
- Dolby (20) Stereo Duration 1 hour & 27 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 Espionage romance & action combine in this World War II thriller starring Anton Walbrook as the leader of a group of freedom fighters & Margaretta Scott as the courageous French agent who plays a vital role in their struggle against the Vichy regime Based on a story by Rudolph Cartier
- whose pioneering work for the BBC during the 1950s included Nineteen Eighty-Four & the Quatermass series
- The Man from Morocco is presented here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements in its original as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio With the ending of the Spanish Civil War a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seeks refuge in France But on reaching the frontier the band is disarmed & all are detained as political prisoners Then come instructions from Vichy that all fit prisoners are to be sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans However one man manages to escape to London with vital information for the Allies Actors Anton Walbrooke & Margaretta Scott Director Max Greene Certificate PGYear 1945 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 51 minutes (approx)

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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English At seven levels from Starter to Advanced this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities A plane crashes in the middle of the desert in Oman leaving a pilot & his family hurt & stranded The pilot begins a journey across the desert to get help but collapses from exhaustion He is found & taken to a nearby hospital but he is unconscious & no one has any idea who he is or where he has come from Meanwhile time is running out for his wife & son who are waiting in the desert for help to arrive Contains adult content Paperback-only version Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book ...

The Man From St Petersburg is a dark tale of family secrets & political consequences Ken Follett's masterful storytelling brings to life the danger of a world on the brink of war It is just before the outbreak of World War I & Britain must enlist the aid of Russia Czar Nicholas's nephew is to visit London for secret naval talks with Lord Walden who has lived in Russia & has a Russian wife Lydia But there are other people who are interested in the arrival of Prince Alexei the Waldens' only daughter Charlotte
- wilful idealistic & with an awakening social conscience; Basil Thompson head of the Special Branch; & above all Feliks Kschessinky the ruthless Russian anarchist No one could have foretold that Lydia should recognize Feliks or that she might put her own daughter's life at risk for his sake As the secret negotiations progress the destinies of these characters become ineluctably enmeshed & as Europe prepares for the catastrophe of war the final private tragedy which will shatter the complacency of the Waldens is acted out
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CAN'T ELIMINATE THE IMPOSSIBLE? Send for the man from the Diogenes Club! The debonair psychic investigator Richard Jeperson is the Most Valued Member of the Diogenes Club the least-known & most essential branch of British Intelligence While foiling the plot of many a maniacal mastermind he is chased by sentient snowmen & Nazi zombies investigates an unearthly murderer stalking the sex shops of 1970s Soho & battles a poltergeist to prevent it triggering nuclear Armageddon But as a new century dawns can he save the ailing Diogenes Club itself from a force more diabolical still? Newman's ten mischievous tales with cameos from the much-loved characters of the Anno Dracula universe will entertain fans & newcomers alike ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Henry Cavill (“ Man of Steel”) stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer (“ The Social Network”) as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie’s action adventure The Man from UNCLE a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s at the height of the Cold War The Man from UNCLE centers on CIA agent Solo & KGB agent Kuryakin Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons & technology The duo’s only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization & they must race against time to find him & prevent a worldwide catastrophe ...