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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 Darkly handsome Frank (Albert Dupontel
- A Very Long Engagement) jailed for robbing a bank escapes from prison to track down Maurel (Stephane Debac – The Happening) a former cellmate trying to make him take the fall for a series of murders & who abducts Frank’s wife & daughter Detective Claire Linne (Alice Taglioni – The Valet) leads the chase for the fugitive who soon becomes public enemy n°1 A brutal & no-holds-barred manhunt begins pushing the three protagonists as far as they can go but who will be the hunter & who will be the prey?
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The second book in Bracewell's outstanding Emma of Normandy series set in 11-century England when Vikings are on the brink of invasion 1006 AD Queen Emma the Norman bride of England's King AEthelred has given birth to a son Now her place as second wife to the king is safe & Edward marked as heir to the throne But the royal bed is a cold place & the court a setting for betrayal & violence as the ageing king struggles to retain his power over the realm Emma can trust no one not even the king's eldest son Athelstan the man she truly loves Elsewhere Viking threats to the crown are gaining strength & in the north the powerful nobleman AElfhelm is striking an alliance with the Danes His seductive daughter Elgiva former mistress to the king is forced to act as a pawn in his plan & is given as wife to a Viking Lord Can King AEthelred finally listen to Athelstan whose plan to strengthen the kingdoms' ties will put off the Viking threat once & for all? Emma must protect her only child without abandoning her noble position & her inner conflict between maternal instinct & royal duty will be played out against the dramatic & bloody struggle for Britain's rule ...

The Price of Glory Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy which

Includes:: The Fall of

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Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explains why we are experiencing such destructively high levels of inequality
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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 This lively comedy of 1933 provided an early film role for Leslie Fuller & sees the wildly popular rubber-faced actor & entertainer once touted as Elstree s own Clark Gable playing identical twins with very different ambitions one is a policeman who longs to join a circus the other a farm hand who wants to be a policeman! The Pride of the Force also marked the first & only screen pairing of Fuller & his future wife Nan Bates with the couple meeting on-set for the first time This long-unseen feature is presented here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio ...

Emma has always accepted her grandfather's wish for a union between herself & her cousin Hamilton It will ensure a continuation of the saddle & harness making business on Saddler's Row satisfy her aunt & provide Emma with security for the future At Chester's Midsummer Fair a chance encounter with personable horse dealer Josh Brookfield sparks a whole different chain of events prompting hidden jealousy & deceit resulting in the severing a friendship Long-held secrets come to light
- it is a time of shattered family bonds & heartache Emma is forced down an uncertain path far removed from the life she has always known Can she ever forget the man with the laughter in his eyes & the soul of a poet who looked upon a simple shower of rain as the pride of the morning? & will Josh ever find Emma again? It seems like an impossible dream
- until Fate intervenes

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The Priestess by Ruth Thompson This magnificent figurine comes from the mind of fantasy artist Ruth Thompson Cast in the finest bronze resin before being painstakingly h&-painted this piece shows an ancient Egyptian Priestess wearing a distinct headpiece an usekh collar multiple armbands & bracelets with a flowing sheer skirt A ferocious lion sits at her side a majestic eagle perches on her shoulder as she cradles a cat in he arms Perfect for those infatuated by ancient Egyptian culture this fantastic Priestess figurine is the perfect centerpiece for any altar or coffee table ...

A novel of social sexual & domestic politics The Prime Minister raises one of the most enduring questions
- whether a morally scrupulous
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Muriel Spark's classic The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie features a schoolmistress you'll never forget in this beautifully repackaged Penguin Essentials edition' Give me a girl at an impressionable age & she is mine for life ' Passionate free-thinking & unconventional Miss Brodie is a teacher who exerts a powerful influence over her group of 'special girls' at Marcia Blaine School They are the Brodie set the creme de la creme each famous for something
- Monica for mathematics Eunice for swimming Rose for sex
- who are initiated into a world of adult games & extracurricular activities they will never forget But the price they pay is their undivided loyalty The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a brilliantly comic novel featuring one of the most unforgettable characters in all literature' Muriel Spark's novels linger in the mind as brilliant shards' John Updike' Spark's most celebrated novel' Independent' There is no question about the quality & distinctiveness of her writing with its quirky concern with human nature & its comedy' William Boyd'A brilliant psychological figure' Observer Muriel Spark was born & educated in Edinburgh She was active in the field of creative writing since 1950 when she won a short-story writing competition in the Observer & her many subsequent novels include Memento Mori (1959) The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) The Girls of Slender Means (1963) & Aiding & Abetting (2000) She also wrote plays poems children's books & biographies She became Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1993 & died in 2006

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