Paul Haskell''s average suburban life is upended when a mysterious figure claiming to be an angel taps him as a foot-soldier in the hidden war between Good & Evil As Paul descends into a dark disturbing world of covert missions & murder he struggles to discern reality from illusion good from evil & sanity from madness! ...

In this frank & damning expose of the Teresa cult Hitchens details the nature & limits of one woman's mission to help the world's poor He probes the source of the heroic status bestowed upon an Albanian nun whose only declared wish was to serve God He asks whether Mother Teresa's good works answered any higher purpose than the need of the world's privileged to see someone somewhere doing something for the Third World He unmasks pseudo-miracles questions Mother Teresa's fitness to adjudicate on matters of sex & reproduction & reports on a version of saintly ubiquity which affords genial relations with dictators corrupt tycoons & convicted frauds Is Mother Teresa merely an essential salve to the conscience of the rich West or an expert PR machine for the Catholic Church? In its caustic iconoclasm & unsparing wit The Missionary Position showcases the devastating effect of Hitchens' writing at its polemical best ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Montana Badlands rancher David Braxton is a self-made man Through years of tireless effort & determination he has transformed his vast & rugged land into a thriving prosperous empire So when his livestock his fortune are threatened by a ruthless horse thief Braxton takes matters into his own hands Hiring a sadistic ®ulator& to track down the outlaw Braxton intends to liberate the territory from crime but what he initiates instead is a complex series of events that results in brutality & savagery far beyond anything he even thought possible ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Horror based on the novella by Stephen King After a number of people in a small town in Maine are killed by supernatural creatures lurking in a thick fog a small group of survivors led by artist David Drayton (Thomas Jane) take shelter in a local supermarket The frightened survivors attempt to discover the origins of the deadly mist with rumours pointing toward an experiment conducted at a nearby military base As the world around them slowly descends into a literal hell-on-earth one of the survivors calls for Old Testament-style sacrifices in order to pacify the malevolent forces ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Three-time Oscar-nominee Frank Darabont (The Green Mile The Shawshank Redemption) reunites with horror-master Stephen King to write & direct this chilling adaptation of the author&s original short story The Mist Following a violent thunderstorm artist David Drayton & a small town community come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick & unnatural mist Local rumors point to an experiment called the & The Arrowhead Project& conducted at a nearby top-secret military base but questions as to the origins of the deadly vapor are secondary to the group&s overall chances for survival Actors Thomas Jane Marcia Gay Harden Laurie Holden Andre Braugher Toby Jones William Sadler Jeffrey De Munn Frances Sternhagen Nathan Gamble Alexa Davalos Chris Owen Sam Witwer Robert C Treveiler & David Jensen Director Frank Darabont Certificate 15 years & over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
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P D James was frequently commissioned by newspapers & magazines to write a short story for Christmas & four of the best have been drawn from the archives & published here together for the first time From the title story about a strained country-house Christmas party to another about an illicit affair that ends in murder plus two cases for detective Adam Dalgliesh these are masterfully atmospheric stories by the acknowledged ' Queen of Crime' ...

Natasha Leonova's beauty saved her life Discovered on a freezing Moscow street by a Russian billionaire she has lived for seven years under his protection Believing his generosity will always keep her safe Natasha is careful not to dwell on Vladimir's ruthlessness or the deadly circles he moves in Until she meets Theo Luca The son of a famous & difficult artist Theo & his mother own a restaurant filled with his late father's artwork There on a warm June evening Theo first encounters Natasha the most beautiful woman he has ever seen & there Vladimir lays eyes on Luca's artwork Two dangerous obsessions begin Theo a gifted artist in his own right finds himself feverishly painting Natasha's image for weeks after their first meeting Vladimir enraged that the paintings are not for sale is determined to secure one at any price & Natasha who knows that she cannot afford to make even one false move nevertheless begins to think of the freedom she can never have as Vladimir's mistress Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family love & life Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi Jodi Picoult & Diane Chamberlain ...

Natasha Leonova's beauty saved her life Discovered on a freezing Moscow street by a Russian billionaire she has lived for seven years under his protection Believing his generosity will always keep her safe Natasha is careful not to dwell on Vladimir's ruthlessness or the deadly circles he moves in Until she meets Theo Luca The son of a famous & difficult artist Theo & his mother own a restaurant filled with his late father's artwork There on a warm June evening Theo first encounters Natasha the most beautiful woman he has ever seen & there Vladimir lays eyes on Luca's artwork Two dangerous obsessions begin Theo a gifted artist in his own right finds himself feverishly painting Natasha's image for weeks after their first meeting Vladimir enraged that the paintings are not for sale is determined to secure one at any price & Natasha who knows that she cannot afford to make even one false move nevertheless begins to think of the freedom she can never have as Vladimir's mistress Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family love & life Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi Jodi Picoult & Diane Chamberlain ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One spice for passion & one woman who knows its name Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) an immigrant from India runs a spice shop in Oakland California While she supplies the ingredients for curries & kormas she also helps her customers to gain a more precious commodity whatever they most desire However when she suddenly falls in love with a fine American man her powers begin to wane & leave her with a difficult choice Acclaimed director Gurinder Chadha co-wrote the screenplay of this romantic drama with her husband Paul Mayeda Berges adapting the script from the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ...

A new translation of Georges Simenon's gripping tale of lost identity Book sixteen in the new Penguin Maigret series A man picked up for wandering in obvious distress among the cars & buses on the Grands Boulevards Questioned in French he remains mute A madman? In Maigret's office he is searched His suit is new his underwear is new his shoes are new All identifying labels have been removed No identification papers No wallet Five crisp thous&-franc bills have been slipped into one of his pockets A distressed man is found wandering the streets of Paris with no memory of who he is or how he got there The answers lead Maigret to a small harbour town whose quiet citizens conceal a poisonous malice Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations This novel has been published in a previous translation as Death of a Harbour Master' Compelling remorseless brilliant' John Gray' One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian 'A supreme writer unforgettable vividness' Independent ...