WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARINA WARNER & ILLUSTRATIONS BY MERVYN PEAKE Coleridge's celebrated poem was written at the suggestion of William Wordsworth in the early days of their friendship & published for the first time in 1798 It is the story of a nightmare voyage to the South Pole told by the sole survivor the bright-eyed ancient mariner whose wanton killing of an albatross a bird of good omen brought misfortune on the ship & all its crew The poem is brilliantly illustrated by Mervyn Peake His powerful arresting images perfectly express the qualities of the text its gothic atmosphere & supernatural terrors ultimately softened by pity & the hope of redemption ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it ...

JACK FLETCHER IS ON THE RUNWith no sensei to guide him he has just his wits & his swords against many new & unknown enemies as he journeys along the treacherous road to the port of Nagasaki & perhaps home But the Shogun's samurai are hot on his trail Barely escaping their clutches Jack runs headlong into a trap Kidnapped by ninja & led to their village deep in the mountains Jack has no means of escape The only question is who will kill him first
- the ninja or samurai?
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JACK FLETCHER FACES HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE YETAfter a snowstorm forces him to take shelter Jack comes across a village in need of protection from raiding mountain bandits Torn between moving on or helping Jack is persuaded to stay & fight the villagers' cause But Jack is the first & only samurai to do so Now he must enlist other warriors to the villagers' aid before the bandits return to steal their harvest No easy task when the reward is so little & he is a foreigner If only he had his friends to call on Using the Ring of Fire can Jack overpower the bandits & win? ...

The most popular alternate history series of all continues When an inexplicable cosmic disturbance hurls your town from twentieth century West Virginia back to seventeenth century Europe—and into the middle of the Thirty Years War—you&d better be adaptable to survive & the natives of that time period faced with American technology & politics need to be equally adaptable Here’s a generous helping of more stories of Grantville the American town lost in time & its impact on the people & societies of a tumultuous age Edited by Eric Flint & Walt Boyes the editor of the Grantville Gazette magazine from which the best selections are made these are stories that fill in the pieces of the Ring of Fire series begun with Flint’s novel 1632 The setting has become a political economic social & cultural puzzle as supporting characters we meet in the novels get their own lives loves & life-changing stories The future & democracy have arrived with a bang—an historical explosion with a multitude of unforeseen consequences About the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series starting with first novel 1632 With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the “ Belisarius” alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War & latest Honorverse series entry Cauldron of Ghosts Flint&s latest Ring of Fire novel is 1636 The Ottoman Onslaught Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives near Chicago Illinois ...

Fans of the Bartimaeus sequence will devour this book
- a cracking adventure brimming with magic intrigue & a treasure trove of
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' The ideal interpreter of the Ring a fascinating & valuable study absorbing & convincing' Sunday Times The Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times Roger Scruton's brilliant & passionate exploration of the drama music symbolism & philosophy of Wagner's masterpiece
- with its themes of love death sacrifice & freedom
- shows how ultimately it expresses the truth about the human condition ' Highly original & penetrating tremendous' Tim Blanning Literary Review'A rich historical account After reading this book only the most unadventurous reader would turn down the chance to see Wagner's masterpiece' Economist'A brilliant gallop through the master's religious musical & philosophical contexts' Sue Prideaux Spectator' Scruton is one of the finest philosopher-musicians since Schopenhauer' Jonathan Gaisman Standpoint

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Jack Fletcher has been left for dead Bruised & battered Jack Fletcher wakes up in a roadside inn wrapped only in a dirty kimono He has lost everything including his memory of what happened Determined to discover the truth Jack goes on a quest to retrieve his belongings
- his precious swords his friend Akiko's black pearl & most important of all his father's prize possession Relying on his samurai & ninja training Jack realises The Ring of Water is the key to his survival But with only a washed up Ronin
- a masterless samurai
- for help what will Jack manage to find? What will he lose? & what will he have to sacrifice?


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JACK FLETCHER IS BATTLING THE HIGH SEASAmbushed by the Shogun's samurai Jack & his friends have only one hope of escape
- the Seto
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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 Six months after the incidents involving the lethal videotape new clues prove that there is a new evil lurking in the darkness ...