Olga da Polga has left the pet shop to start a new life with her owners Her home is now a large & airy hutch & it's not long before she meets Noel the cat Fangio the hedgehog & Graham the tortoise Her garden companions soon discover that Olga loves an audience & from the moment she arrives she tells them stories about her wild & exciting adventures Although they are not always sure whether to believe everything Olga says one thing is certain
- since Olga moved in life is never dull! Whether she's Olga the explorer Olga the prizewinner or Olga the storyteller she is always Olga da Polga! Written by the beloved Michael Bond with wonderful colour illustrations by Catherine Rayner & a dazzling design this is a gift edition for young readers to treasure
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Praise for Lucinda Riley ' Thoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving emotional heart' Dinah Jefferies author of The Tea Planter's Wife This title is also published as Helena's Secret The Olive Tree is the number one international bestseller from Lucinda Riley author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series A magical house A momentous summer It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus where she fell in love for the first time When the now crumbling house ' Pandora' is left to her by her godfather she returns to spend the summer there with her family Yet as soon as Helena arrives at Pandora she knows that its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets that she has kept from William her husband & Alex her son At the difficult age of thirteen Alex is torn between protecting his beloved mother & growing up & equally desperate to learn the truth about his real father When by chance Helena meets her childhood sweetheart a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to make her past & present collide Both Helena & Alex know that life will never be the same once Pandora's secrets have been revealed ...

The Oliver Wight Class A Standard for Business Excellence is the definitive comprehensive statement of excellence in business today Oliver Wight s Class A Standard is the accumulated practice & experience of Oliver Wight Consultants around the world 176 pages Oliver Wight International Inc ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play James Hazeldine Louise Jameson & John Carlisle star as three parapsychologists working for a top secret British government department in this top-rated BBC science fiction series with definite touches of The X-Files The set

Includes:: all ten episodes as well as a host of special features

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The Omega Men are back in an all-new series! They’ve murdered White Lantern Kyle Rayner & now the universe wants them to pay! Who are these intergalactic criminals-and is there more to their actions than meets the eye? The entire acclaimed 12-issue series is collected here! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play US Ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is persuaded to substitute a newborn baby whose mother has died in childbirth for his own stillborn son By the age of five the child Damien seems to be exerting a malevolent influence on the Thorn household suffering a violent fit when he is taken to church & causing his nanny to hang herself Thorn searches for an answer to his son&s behaviour & meets maverick priest Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) who tries to convince him that Damien is in fact the Antichrist & must be stopped at all costs The Ambassador at first dismisses this as the crazy rantings of a religious maniac but subsequent events suggest that maybe the priest had a point ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Robert Thorn is a senior American diplomat whose wife Katherine endures a difficult delivery where their newborn child has died Thorn knows the news will devastate Katherine who had suffered two previous miscarriages The hospital priest presents Thorn with another child born that night whose mother died in childbirth The priest compels Thorn to take the infant boy as his own; Katherine will never know the truth & their son which they name Damien will be raised as their flesh & blood As the child turns five unsettling events begin to occur Damien&s nanny hangs herself at the youngster&s birthday party; a strange priest brings dire warnings to Thorn; a children&s trip to the zoo results in a panicked frenzy; Damien becomes hysterical during a drive to church; & blurred movements in a series of photographs portend shocking deaths Enter Mrs Baylock Damien&s new nanny who seems to have a preordained devotion to the child Then tragedy strikes closer to home But only later does Thorn comprehend the truth Damien is no ordinary child; he is the long-prophesized Anti-Christ Now Thorn must make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the unspeakable terror that awaits the world A re-make of the 1976 classic Actors Liev Schreiber Julia Stiles Marshall Cupp Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick David Thewlis Mia Farrow Pete Postlethwaite & Michael Gambon Director John Moore Certificate 15 years & over Year 2006 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) ; DTSSubtitles English Duration 1 hour & 50 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 US Ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is persuaded to substitute a newborn baby whose mother has died in childbirth for his own stillborn son By the age of five the child Damien seems to be exerting a malevolent influence on the Thorn household suffering a violent fit when he is taken to church & causing his nanny to hang herself Thorn searches for an answer to his son&s behaviour & meets maverick priest Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) who tries to convince him that Damien is in fact the Antichrist & must be stopped at all costs The Ambassador at first dismisses this as the crazy rantings of a religious maniac but subsequent events suggest that maybe the priest had a point ...

The Omen He was born at 6am on the 6th day of the 6th month The coming of Armageddon the sign of the final confrontation between the forces of good & evil as foretold in the Book of Revelations will begin with the birth of the son of Satan
- in human form The Omen II After the tragedy that befell his parents Robert & Katherine Thorn Damien is taken in by his caring Aunt & Uncle However Damien is growing & so too are his mysterious powers
- it is time for Damien to find out what his destiny really is The Omen III Armageddon has come & the Evil One stands among us His name is Damien Thorn & the power of evil is no longer in the hands of a child The final & most terrifying chapter in the Omen Trilogy sees the fate of all mankind hanging in the balance as the battle lines are drawn for the ultimate war between good & evil for the Final Conflict

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Triple bill featuring the first three & Omen& films The saga begins with & The Omen& (1976) when US Ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is persuaded to substitute a newborn baby whose mother has died in childbirth for his own stillborn son By the age of five the child Damien (Harvey Stephens) seems to be exerting a malevolent influence on the Thorn household suffering a violent fit when he is taken to church & causing his nanny to hang herself Thorn searches for an answer to his son&s behaviour & meets maverick priest Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) who tries to convince him that Damien is in fact the Antichrist & must be stopped at all costs The Ambassador at first dismisses this as the crazy rantings of a religious maniac but subsequent events suggest that maybe the priest had a point The second film & Damien
- Omen 2& (1978) picks up events a few years later with the now-orphaned Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor) turning 13 & living with his adoring aunt & uncle Aunt Marion (Lee Grant) is the first to suspect there is more to the young devil than adolescent angst leading to her swift dispatch by a killer raven As for Damien he is making his mark at military school & is dismayed to discover his true demonic identity
- but not for long The third film & Omen 3
- The Final Conflict& (1981) finds Damien (Sam Neill) all grown up & heading a multinational company He is about to be appointed US Ambassador to England a position which will enable him to take over the world & thus fulfil the terrible forecasts of scripture But there is opposition in the form of a bunch of monks with sacred daggers who will do everything necessary to prevent Satan&s enthronement Language English Subtitles Danish Dutch Finnish French Italian Norwegian Swedish Turkish Dubbed French Italian Turkish


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