Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Set in England during the late 1300s Paul Mc Guigan&s The Reckoning follows Nicholas (Paul Bettany) a young priest literally running from his past After encountering a band of wandering actors Nicholas is grudgingly allowed into the fold by the good-natured Martin (Willem Dafoe) When the troupe reaches an impoverished village they get word of a strange murder & look into the story as the basis for a new play However Nicholas & Martin uncover more than they&d expected & soon a deeper mystery emerges Meanwhile as Nicholas attempts to find justice he also struggles to come to terms with his own troubled history A medieval murder mystery in the vein of the Name of the Rose The Reckoning is based on the Barry Unsworth novel Morality Play Under the artfully somber direction of previous collaborator Mc Guigan Bettany turns in an excellent performance as a guilt-ridden priest struggling to atone for his sins In addition to Dafoe the film also features fine supporting actors such as Brian Cox & Gina Mc Kee Utilising its historical backdrop to the fullest extent The Reckoning immerses the audience in its medieval setting revealing the period&s many hardships & enhancing the drama of this intriguing unfolding mystery ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Sally (Ashley Jensen) a single mother with a seriously ill daughter will receive an inheritance of £5 million on one condition she must kill Richard Bury a stranger who deserves to die Deeply conflicted Sally faces an impossible challenge to her morality could she save her daughter&s life at the expense of someone else&s? Sally&s boyfriend Mark (Max Beesley) an ex-copper who now works as a security guard becomes entangled in seeking out the man Sally is supposed to kill Do they have what it takes to commit murder & if the trigger is pulled what will be the consequences for Sally? Actors Ashley Jensen & Max Beesley Director Jim O& Hanlon Certificate 15 years & over Year 2011 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx) ...

The electrifying thriller from internationally bestselling author John Grisham 432 pages Grisham John ...

An anthology of inspirational heartfelt letters written by people who have recovered or are recovering from depression & addressed to those who are currently affected by it with additional resources for recovery 232 pages NA ...

Translated by C K Scott Moncrieff (revised by Moya Longstaffe) With an Introduction & Notes by Moya Longstaffe The Red & the Black has been hailed as the first great realist' novel of the nineteenth century offering a lively & detailed picture of social & political life in the provinces & in Paris towards the end of the 1820s the close of the stifling reactionary period of the Bourbon Restoration Stendhal himself claimed that no-one before him had ventured to portray with such verisimilitude the moral & morose' France of 1830 However moral & morose' his novel is definitely not Ironic fast-moving entertaining & incisive in its social criticism it is a novel of ambition & passion of indignation & tenderness of polemic & poetry which speaks to us today as clearly as it did to the author's contemporaries of the heights depths & idiocies of which our human nature is capable or culpable ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Lionel Kelly University of Reading Also included are two short stories The Veteran The Open Book The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest war novels of all time It reports on the American Civil War through the eyes of Henry Fleming an ordinary farm boy turned soldier It evokes the chaos & the dull clatter of war the acrid smoke the incessant rumours of coming battles the filth & cold the numbing monotony the unworldly wailing of the dying Like an impressionist painter Crane also captures the strange beauty of war the brilliant red flags against a blue sky steel bayonets flashing in the morning sun as soldiers step off into battle In the midst of this chaotic outer world he creates an intricate inner world as he takes us inside the head of Henry Fleming Stephen Crane is now recognised as one of a handful of daring innovators who helped shape modern American fiction ...

Deep inside everyone a red beast lies sleeping When it is asleep the red beast is quite small but when it wakes up it begins to grow & grow This is the story of a red beast that was awakened Rufus is in the school playground when his friend John kicks a ball that hit him in the stomach & wakes up the sleeping red beast I hate you
- I'm gonna get you!' The red beast doesn't hear the teacher asking if he's okay It doesn't see that John is sorry
- how can Rufus tame the red beast? This vibrant fully illustrated children's storybook is written for children aged 5 & is an accessible fun way to talk about anger with useful tips about how to 'tame the red beast' & guidance for parents on how anger affects children with Asperger's Syndrome

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A BOLD EXPERIMENT IN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL! Kristiansen&s European Album is newly translated to English by the Eisner nominatedwinning team behind the acclaimed Vertigo graphic novel It&s a Bird Teddy Kristiansen & Steven T Seagle but in a unique flip-novel format that also "re-mixes" with a completely different script devised by Seagle before he collaborated on the translation Both versions
- The Red Diary a tale of art forgery & World War & The Read Diary a tale of identity theft & lost love
- comprise this unique graphic novel

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You & your adventuring companions have spent all day slogging through the Dungeon killing monsters & taking their stuff Now you&re back in town healed up cleaned up & ready to party at the Red Dragon Inn Drink gamble & roughhouse with your friends But don&t forget to keep an eye on your Gold If you run out you&ll have to spend the night in the stables Oh & try not to get too beaten up or too drunk If you black out your friends will continue the party without you after they loot your body for Gold of course! The last conscious adventurer with Gold wins the game! Take on the role of one of these heroic fantasy adventurers
- Dierdre Fiona Gerki or Zot
- & enjoy an evening at the Red Dragon Inn! Red Dragon Inn is suitable for 2 to 4 playersages 13 & upplaying time 30 to 60 minutes

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You & your adventuring companions have spent all day slogging through the Dungeon killing monsters & taking their stuff Now you&re back in town healed up cleaned up & ready to party at the Red Dragon Inn Drink gamble & roughhouse with your friends But don&t forget to keep an eye on your Gold If you run out you&ll have to spend the night in the stables Oh & try not to get too beaten up or too drunk If you black out your friends will continue the party without you after they loot your body for Gold of course! The last conscious adventurer with Gold wins the game Can be combined with Red Dragon Inn for games of up to 8 players Four new adventurers to play as Four Unique 40 Card Player Decks One 30 Card Drink Deck Four Player Templates Four Fortitude Markers Four Alcohol Content Markers 50 Gold Coin Tokens Rulebook ...