Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play This item is a rental copy however it is Brand New Set sail for a fun-filled voyage of hilarious pirate antics with the biggest Band of Misfits on the seven seas! When the infamous Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) is shunned once again by his rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) & Liz Cutlass (Salma Hayek) he sets his sights to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award! With his trusted "parrot" Polly & rag-tag crew at his side Pirate Captain will need to battle Queen Victoria save a young Charles Darwin & never lose sight of what a pirate loves best Adventure! Actors Hugh Grant Martin Freeman David Tennant Salma Hayek Jeremy Piven Brendan Gleeson Imelda Staunton Brian Blessed Russell Tovey & Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Director Peter Lord Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 2012 Languages English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Haunted by horrifying childhood memories the son (Vincent Price) of the Spanish Inquisition&s most notorious assassin teeters on the brink of insanity But when his adulterous wife fakes her own death to drive him over the edge she soon discovers that betrayal cuts both ways Actors Vincent Price Antony Carbone Barbara Steele John Kerr Luana Anders & Patrick Westwood Director Roger Corman Certificate 15 years & over Year 1961 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Additional Languages German ; French ; Italian Subtitles French ; Italian ; Spanish ; Dutch ; Swedish ; Danish Greek ; English for the hard of hearing ; German for the hard of hearing Duration 1 hour & 17 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region r or region free DVD player in order to play Jug Face tells the story of a pregnant teen trying to escape a backwoods community when she discovers that she may be sacrificed to a creature in a pit The entity in the pit requires a life for keeping the community safe The face of the person to be sacrificed is crafted onto a ceramic jug When ignored the entity unleashes an evil onto the community Now no one is safe as tragedy befalls each member one by one & they soon realize that the pit wants what it wants ...

' Read him at your peril avoid him at your loss' Sunday Times Captain Lannec has finally managed to buy his own ship with the financial help of his in-laws the Pitards
- & they've never let him forget it When his temperamental wife Mathilde insists on coming along on the ship's first voyage Lannec becomes increasingly unnerved by her presence especially when he receives an anonymous note saying he won't make it back to port As they hit a storm in the Atlantic jealousy spite snobbery & suspicion are churned up in the boat's stiflingly close quarters First published in 1935 The Pitards was one of the first novels Simenon wrote when he shelved his famous Maigret series in order to strike out in a new direction & make a name for himself as a literary writer This gripping evocation of life at sea revolves around class & the tense unravelling of relationships powerful themes that Simenon would return to throughout his writing career
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The Pixels of Paul Cezanne is a collection of essays by Wim Wenders which he presents his observations & reflections on the fellow artists who have influenced shaped & inspired him" How are they doing it?" is the key questions Wenders asks as he looks at the dance work of Pina Bausch the paintings of Cezanne Edward Hopper of Andrew Wyeth or the films of Ingmar Bergman Michelanelo Antonioni Ozu Anthony Mann Douglas Sirk & Sam Fuller He finds the answer by writing about them trying to understand their individual perspective & in the process revealing his own art of perception in texts of rare poignancy ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Written & directed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) comes a gripping thriller with an all-star cast THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Mysterious & mythical motorcycle racer Luke (Ryan Gosling) desperately tries to connect with a former lover Romina (Eva Mendes) who secretly gave birth to the stunt rider&s son In an attempt to provide for his new family Luke commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption Actors Ryan Gosling Bradley Cooper Eva Mendes Ray Liotta & Ben Mendelsohn Director Derek Cianfrance Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 2401 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In Derek Cianfrance&s THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Ryan Gosling plays Luke a drifter who makes a living doing stunt motorcycle riding in a traveling carnival Age Rating 15 ...

Lake Como Italy New Year's Eve The perfect place to fall in love? Or the perfect place for everything to fall apart?THE PERFECT READ FOR VALENTINE'S DAY ' Utterly romantic' Adele Parks Lucy may have suffered her fair share of bad men but now she has Pete Finally a man worth sharing her favourite place with Lake Como That's if she can put mysterious phone calls & glamorous ex-girlfriends out of her mind Taggie is rushed off her feet but distraction is exactly what she needs to forget why she fled England & the sadness she left behind She certainly doesn't have time for infuriating stranger Marco A man is the last thing she needs right now Lucy & Taggie might not know it but their lives are about to collide The New Year might begin with fireworks
- but how will it end? Praise for The Place We Met'A writing powerhouse' Carrie Hope Fletcher' Heart-warming & wonderfully romantic' Rosanna Ley' The perfect getaway read' Red' Fresh intelligent sparklingly escapist' Sunday Mirror'A beautiful & satisfying romantic book I couldn't put it down' Netgalley Reviewer
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Rory Stewart's moving sparsely poetic account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 has been immediately hailed as a classic Caught between hostile nations warring factions & competing ideologies at the time Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion Travelling entirely on foot & following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the Mohgul Emperor Babur the Great Stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme hostile conditions Only due to the help of an unexpected companion & the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of war ' This is traveling at its hardest & travel-writing at its best'
- David Gilmour 'an astonishing achievement a unique journey of great courage'
- Colin Thubron 'wise funny & marvelously humane'
- Michael Ignatieff 'this evocative book feels like a long lost relic of the great age of exploration'
- Guardian ' His encounters with Afghans are tragic touching & terrifying'
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One of the most inspiring spiritual teachers of our time offers simple practical advice for living with less fear less anxiety & a more open heart Bought in a hotly contested auction The Places That Scare You is now available in massmarket taking Pema Choedroen 's spiritual teachings to a wider audience We always have a choice Pema Choedroen teaches we can either let the circumstances of our lives harden us & make us increasingly resentful & afraid or we can let them soften us & make us kind This unique book shows us how to awaken our basic goodness & connect to others In her lively contemporary voice Choedroen translates the wisdom of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for the layperson Her wisdom cuts across all traditions & religions
- appealing to everyone from the Dalai Lama's followers to ordinary people trying to make sense of their lives This title has gone straight onto the bestseller lists in the USA where it has just been published Recently profiled in Oprah's O magazine Pema Choedroen is a spiritual teacher for anyone
- whether they have a spiritual path or not Her heartfelt advice & wisdom (developed in her 20 years of practice as a Tibetan Buddhist nun as well as her years previously as a normal housewife & mother') give her a wide appeal Particularly in these difficult times this advice strikes just the right note offering us comfort & challenging us to live deeply & contribute to creating a more loving world

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