THE OTHER GIRL IS THE OUTSTANDING NEW THRILLER FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING ERICA SPINDLER' Pulse-pounding page-turning absolutely can't put it down' Lisa Gardner on Don't Look Back A horrific crime with one witness a fifteen year old girl from the wrong side of the tracks one known for lying & her own brushes with the law Is it any surprise no one believed her? Officer Miranda Rader has worked hard to earn the respect of her co-workers & the community & is known for her honesty & integrity But that wasn't always so She grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in a small town that didn't believe she could change & she's spent fifteen years trying to forget about her past When Miranda & her partner are called to investigate the murder of one of the town's most beloved college professors they're unprepared for the brutality of the scene Just when Miranda thinks she's seen the worst of it she finds a piece of evidence that chills her to the core a faded newspaper clipping about a terrible night fifteen years ago The night she'd buried along with the girl she'd been back then & until now that grave had stayed sealed Then another man turns up dead this one a retired cop Not just any cop the one who took her statement that night Two murders two very different men two killings that on the surface have nothing in common Except Miranda ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Other Guys Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble & Hoitz (Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk They hate each other & the monotony of their meaningless jobs as they&re forced to live in the shadow of the two biggest & most badass cops on the force (Samuel L Jackson & Dwayne Johnson) But when those guys go down for the count opportunity knocks for Gamble & Hoitz Stumbling onto what could be one of the biggest crimes in years can The Other Guys step up their game to solve the case without killing each other & destroying NYC in the process? From the director of Step Brothers & Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Hot Fuzz Messers Pegg & Frost return with this rollickingly hilarious take on the cop action movie Top London cop Constable Nicholas Angel (Pegg) finds himself reassigned to the sleepy West Country village of Sandford The quaintness is soon to be interrupted though as a series of grisly accidents sweeps the village Convinced of foul play Angel & his new partner Danny Butterman (Frost) swing into action! Actors Mark Wahlberg Dwayne Johnson Will Ferrell Samuel L Jackson Eva Mendes Ray Stevenson Michael Keaton Steve Coogan Simon Pegg Nick Frost Bill Bailey Paddy Considine Timothy Dalton Jim Broadbent Adam Buxton Olivia Colman & Steve Coogan Director Adam Mc Kay & Edgar Wright Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010; 2007 Languages English ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Danson (Dwayne Johnson) & Highsmith (Samuel L Jackson) are the meanest coolest & most successful cops in New York City & then there&s The Other Guys Losers Gamble (Will Ferrell) & Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) decide they want the limelight in this sidesplitting comedy Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble & Hoitz (Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk They hate each other & the monotony of their meaningless jobs as they&re forced to live in the shadow of the two biggest & most badass cops on the force (Samuel L Jackson & Dwayne Johnson) But when those guys go down for the count opportunity knocks for Gamble & Hoitz Stumbling onto what could be one of the biggest crimes in years can The Other Guys step up their game to solve the case without killing each other & destroying NYC in the process? From the director of Step Brothers & Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble & Hoitz (Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk They hate each other & the monotony of their meaningless jobs as they&re forced to live in the shadow of the two biggest & most badass cops on the force (Samuel L Jackson & Dwayne Johnson) But when those guys go down for the count opportunity knocks for Gamble & Hoitz Stumbling onto what could be one of the biggest crimes in years can The Other Guys step up their game to solve the case without killing each other & destroying NYC in the process? From the director of Step Brothers & Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Lies passion & football the perfect honeymoon! Shot against the colourful backdrop of the 2004 European Championships Danny Dyer stars as Mark a newlywed on his way to Portugal for his honeymoon Mark has tickets to all of the England matches can he get away with supporting his country without his wife becoming suspicious? Actors Danny Dyer Gillian Kearney Vinnie Jones George Calil Jonathan Broke & Katie Comer Director Marlowe Fawcett & Richard Nockles Certificate 15 years & over Year 2005 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 36 minutes (approx)
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Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2015 Ben Fergusson's critically acclaimed debut The Spring of Kasper Meier was the winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2015 & the HWA 2015 Debut Crown Award The Other Hoffmann Sister is a gripping evocative read about two sisters set in pre-WW1 Germany which will appeal to fans of The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry For Ingrid Hoffmann the story of her sister's disappearance began in their first weeks in Southwest Africa Ingrid Hoffmann has always felt responsible for her sister Margarete & when their family moves to German Southwest Africa in 1902 her anxieties only increase The casual racism that pervades the German community the strange relationship between her parents & Baron von Ketz from whom they bought their land & the tension with the local tribes all culminate in tragedy when Baron von Ketz is savagely murdered Baroness von Ketz & their son Emil flee with the Hoffmanns as the Baron's attackers burn down the family's farm Both families return to Berlin & Ingrid's concerns about Margarete are assuaged when she & Emil von Ketz become engaged on the eve of the First World War But Margarete disappears on her wedding night at the von Ketz's country house The mystery of what happened to her sister haunts Ingrid but as Europe descends into chaos her hope of discovering the truth becomes ever more distant After the war in the midst of the revolution that brings down the Kaiser & wipes out the aristocracy that her family married into Ingrid returns to the von Ketzes' crumbling estate determined to find out what really happened to her sister ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In this gripping suspense thriller Oscar nominee Liam Neeson (Taken) is a man obsessed with uncovering the truth surrounding the disappearance of his wife (Oscar nominee Laura Linney) After stumbling across clues that take him to the streets of Milan he tracks down his wife&s charismatic lover (Golden Globe nominee Antonio Banderas) & is determined to exact his revenge In a shocking twist he discovers a labyrinth of secrets & a side to his wife that he never knew Trailer Interview with Liam Neeson Interview with Antonio Banderas Interview with Laura Linney Interview with Director Richard Eyre Further interviews with key cast & crew Actors Antonio Banderas Abigail Canton Amanda Drew Romola Garai Kas Graham Laura Linney Liam Neeson Laurence Richardson & Lisa Mc Donald Director Richard Eyre Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 24 minutes (approx)
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Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year The Other Mrs Walker is the beguiling debut from Mary Paulson-Ellis for fans of Kate Atkinson & Sarah Waters Somehow she'd always known that she would end like this In a small square room in a small square flat In a small square box perhaps Cardboard with a sticker on the outside & a name An old lady dies alone & unheeded in a cold Edinburgh flat on a snowy Christmas night A faded emerald dress hangs in her wardrobe; a spilt glass of whisky pools on the floor A few days later a middle-aged woman arrives back in the city she thought she'd left behind her future uncertain her past in tatters She soon finds herself a job at the Office for Lost People tracking down the families of those who have died neglected & alone But what Margaret Penny cannot yet know is just how entangled her own life will become in the death of one lonely stranger ' One of the strongest debuts of the year' Herald' Full of twists & turns' Independent'A wonderful inventive debut I can't wait to see what this author has up her sleeve next' Fanny Blake Daily Mail ...

A dramatic novel of passion politics & betrayal from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl They can fear me & they can hate me They can even deny me But they cannot kill me 1568 The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I has ruled England for ten years but refuses to name a successor despite the rival claims that threaten her kingdom Bess of Hardwick the new Countess of Shrewsbury has secured her future with her fourth marriage to George Talbot Ambitious & shrewd Bess anticipates royal favour when she & the Earl are asked to give sanctuary to the fugitive Mary Queen of Scots But the Scottish queen rails against house arrest in a desolate castle & plots to regain her throne The castle becomes the epicentre of intrigue against Elizabeth the Earl blinded by admiration for the other queen Even Bess's own loyalty is thrown into question If Elizabeth's spymaster William Cecil links the Talbots to the growing conspiracy to free Mary they will all face the Tower ...

' Pain is bad right? In this fascinating book Brock Bastian will convince you otherwise Drawing on both vivid everyday examples & surprising laboratory findings he shows how pain suffering & struggle give us pleasure make us kinder focus our thoughts & give our life meaning Bastian is a brilliant researcher & deep thinker & THE OTHER SIDE OF HAPPINESS is a delight to read' Paul Bloom author of AGAINST EMPATHY' Brock Bastian skilfully shatters the zeitgeist of positive thinking showing how struggle & suffering are vital elements of a life well lived' Adam Grant author of ORIGINALS & OBTION B with Sheryl Sandberg' If you're tired of all the simple minded books telling you to just cheer up & be happy this is the book for you!' Roy F Baumeister author of WILLPOWER REDISCOVERING THEGREATEST HUMAN STRENGTH ' Explains why hardship sometimes yields richer lives that are laden with meaning deep social connections & unexpected bliss A beautifully written & important book that should be required reading for anyone who's ever wondered why well-being so oftenflourishes in unexpected places' Adam Alter author of DRUNK TANK PINK In today's culture happiness has become the new marker of success while hardships are viewed as personal weaknesses or problems to be fixed We increasingly try to eradicate pain through medication & by insulating ourselves from risk & offence despite being the safest generation to have ever lived Yet in his research renowned social psychologist Brock Bastian has found that suffering & sadness are neither antithetical to happiness nor incidental to it they are a necessary ingredient for emotional well-being Drawing on psychology neuroscience & internationally acclaimed findings from Bastian's own lab The Other Side of Happiness encourages us to take a more fearless approach to living The most thrilling moments of our lives are often balanced on a knife edge between pleasure & pain whether it is finding your true love holding your new-born for the first time finishing a marathon or even plunging into an icy sea This is because pain & the threat of loss quite literally increase our capacity for happiness as Bastian reveals making us stronger more resilient more connected to other people & more attuned to what truly matters Pain even makes us more mindful since in our darkest moments we are especially focused & aware of the world around us Our addiction to positivity & the pursuit of pleasure is actually making us miserable Brock Bastian shows that without some pain we have no real way to achieve & appreciate the kind of happiness that is true & transcendent ...