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

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Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explains why we are experiencing such destructively high levels of inequality
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The adventurers now have their own island & port but they&ll need more than one ship to defend it They must scour the harbors & docks of the Shackles to recruit more ships & more crews to their flag But when a rival from their past sends a fleet to attack them they must defend their island home & when they sail to his island to get their revenge the adventurers discover a traitor whose betrayal threatens all of the islands of the Shackles! Continuing the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path The Price of Infamy is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 11th-level characters This Pathfinder adventure delves into the secrets of the deadly cult of Norgorber god of thieves & assassins & presents new rules for battles between whole pirate fleets New monsters from the depths of the sea & exotic islands fill the Pathfinder Bestiary while Robin D Laws (author of the Pathfinder Tales novel The Worldwound Gambit) continues his tale of pirates & lost treasures in the Pathfinder&s Journal ...

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 ...

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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Beautifully packaged reissue of Muriel Spark's best loved novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' You girls are my vocation I am dedicated to you in my prime' Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference She is proud cultured & romantic but her educational ideas are highly progressive & even deeply shocking So when she decides to transform a group of 'special girls' into the creme de la creme at Marcia Blaine School they are soon known perhaps suspiciously as the Brodie set Introduced to an unsettling world of adult games & curious intrigues the Brodie Set know that they are honoured & privileged Yet there is a price to pay
- they must give Miss Brodie their undivided loyalty ' The most gifted & innovative British novelist of her generation' David Lodge The New York Times' Spark's novels linger in the mind as brilliant shards' John Updike New Yorker' One of the greatest books about growing up' James Wood Guardian 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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Miss Jean Brodie is a rare breed of teacher
- passionate independent-minded & romantically inspired with not the slightest care
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