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 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD 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 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A collection of five spin-off movies from the classic spy TV series
Includes: The Spy With My Face THRUSH captures Napoloen Solo & replaces him with a look-alike to infiltrate UNCLE & an operation known only as & The August Affair& One Spy Too Many Megalomaniac Alexander wants to be like Alexander The Great His plan is to commit the world&s greatest crimes to expand his industrial empire The Karate Killers Agents Napoleon Solo & Illya Kuryakin are despatched around the globe in an effort to track down a secret formula Helicopter Spies Solo & Kuryakin are pitted against not one but two megalomaniac supervillains intent on world domination! How To Steal The World When their colleagues Robert Kingsley & Dr Kurt Erikson vanish Solo & Kuryakin must investigate Actors Robert Vaughn David Mc Callum Leo G Carroll Senta Berger Rip Torn Joan Crawford Curt Jurgens Herbert Lom Telly Savalas Terry-Thomas Jill Ireland Bradford Dillman John Carradine Leslie Nielsen & Dan O& Herlihy Director John Newland Joseph Sargent Barry Shear Boris Sagal & Sutton Roley Certificate PGYear 1965 1966 1967 1968 1968 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 7 hours & 26 minutes (approx)

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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 Robert Vaughn & David Mc Callum star as a team of secret agents battling the global crime organization THRUSH Under the aegis of the United Network Command for Law & Enforcement-- UNCLE--the dapper suave Napoleon Solo (Vaughn) & the equally dashing Illya Kuryakin (Mc Callum) jet to exotic locations defending the world from evil chaos & bad taste in this hit spoof on the espionage genre Actors Robert Vaughn David Mc Callum Leo G Carroll Directors Norman Felton Format PAL Subtitled Language English Subtitles English German French Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 7 ...

The world of Stephen King&s The Dark Tower will be expending from the printed page to the big screen in August This is intended as the first film in a franchise which will cover both film & television The movie stars Idris Elba as The Gunslinger on a quest to protect the Dark Tower
- a mythical structure which supports all realities
- & Matthew Mc-Conaughey as his nemesis The Man In Black The book series already runs to 8 volumes & has also spawned gaming & comic tie-ins The Man in Black POP! vinyl figure stands around 9cm tall Packed in an illustrated window box

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The first season of Westworld built a very strong fan-base for what was one of the most intriguing shows on TV Based on the 1973 film this Westworld got deeply inside the philosophical element of what it means to be an android whilst retaining a thrilling story line The show ended season one on a cliff-hanger of sorts & as the show&s first season was HBO&s highest ever rated a 2nd series due in 2018 has already been commissioned The show is particularly notable for the high level of acting talent & many of the lead characters are in this extensive first series of POP! The Westworld POP! vinyl figure stands around 9cm tall Packed in an illustrated window box ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Clarissa befriends impoverished stunner Hesther who then repays her friendship by trying to steal Clarissa&s evil husband An all-star cast (Margaret Lockwood James Mason Phyllis Calvert & Stewart Granger) bring this elaborate romantic melodramatic costume drama to life ...