The year is 1940 As the Blitz destroys London & kills thousands the Royal Family looks on But in this world the only people with special abilities are Royalty & the purer the bloodline the greater their abilities So why don&t they stop the carnage with their powers? A truce between the Earth&s nobles has kept them out of our wars
- until now When England&s Prince Henry intervenes will it stop the planet&s suffering or take it to another level? Writer Rob Williams (Judge Dredd Trifecta Low Life) & artist Simon Coleby (The Authority Judge Dredd Year One & Trifecta) team up to bring you this epic of World War proportions History will be transformed in a way you&ve never seen before! Collects The Royals Masters of War 1-6
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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 It&s Christmas day at the Royles & Barbara is up to her eyes in it as Jim is out of action due to an unfortunate incident in the precinct Dave & Denise are obviously feeling the coalition the most & worry that Anthony&s lavish gifts will eclipse their gift of a fridge magnet Joe reminisces about a tipsy evening of naked wrestling in front of the fire with Bobby Carter while Cheryl recounts her romantic encounter in the local supermarket car park ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The Royle Family is a real-life comedy set in a Manchester council house Imagine a secret camera placed in the living room of an average working class family The intense drama & emotions of everyday life such as whose turn it is to go to the off-licence is set against the continuous hum of the television The rosy hue of their life is yellowed only by a nicotine haze Box Set Comprises Series 1 1 Bills Bills Bills 2 Making Ends Meet 3 Sunday Afternoon 4 Jim&s Birthday 5 Another Woman? 6 The Wedding Day Series 2 1 Pregnancy 2 Sunday Lunch 3 Nana&s Coming To Stay 4 Nana&s Staying! 5 Barbara&s Finally Had Enough Series 3 1 Hello Baby Dave 2 Babysitting Again 3 Decorating 4 Elise Funeral 5 Antony&s Going To London 6 The Christening The Queen Of Sheba In Wythenshawe Manchester life goes on as always in the familiar surroundings of the Royle&s sitting room Years after we were first introduced to the much-loved family however there have been some noticeable changes This one-off episode of the celebrated British sitcom reveals all The New Sofa Jim Barbara Denise & Dave return for another Christmas special of the popular sitcom about a working class family in northern England During the episode the Royles receive visits from Dave&s parents & Twiggy as well as buying a brand new sofa for their living room The Golden Egg Cup There&s a new buzz in the Royle Family household as it&s a special time for Jim & Barbara & a celebration (including hoola-hoops twiglets & scotch eggs) is planned Poor Mary from next door can&t be present though as sadly she has lost all bladder control & has leaked in both the Pound Shop & John Lewis We Love The Royle Family An hour long documentary with celebs talking about why they love RF) Children In Need Royle Family skit ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All 25 episodes from the British sitcom written by & starring Caroline Aherne & Craig Cash In the first series we are introduced to the domestic conflicts of the Liverpudlian Royle clan with Aherne as Denise daughter of Jim (Ricky Tomlinson) & Barbara (Sue Johnston) & soon-to-be-wed-to boyfriend Dave (Cash) In the second series Denise has now married Dave but the Royle family sofa is no less crowded for that The third series sees the addition of Denise & Dave&s first child which brings its share of new trials & tribulations to the semi-inert world of now-grandparents Jim & Barbara The 1999 & 2000 Christmas specials are also included as well as the five one-off episodes & The Queen of Sheba& & The New Sofa& & The Golden Egg Cup& ...

The third series of THE ROYLE FAMILY presents more unflinching & funny glimpses into the lives of working class families ...

Inspire young naturalists with the RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories This full-colour beautifully illustrated title is packed full of wonderful tales of wildlife fascinating facts puzzles games & much much more ...

Track Listings Disc 1 1 All I Ever Wanted
- The Rua 2 Emergency Exit
- The Rua 3 Won't Let Go
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A Sunday Times Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year Of all the great novelists writing today none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction
- his essays literary criticism & journalism are justly acclaimed As Rachel Cusk wrote in the The Times reviewing a previous collection Amis is as talented a journalist as he is a novelist but these essays all manifest an unusual extra quality one that is not unlike friendship He makes an effort; he makes readers feel that they are the only person there' The essays in The Rub of Time range from superb critical pieces on Amis's heroes Nabokov Bellow & Larkin to brilliantly funny ruminations on sport Las Vegas John Travolta & the pornography industry The collection

Includes:: his essay on Princess Diana & a tribute to his great friend Christopher Hitchens but at the centre of the book perhaps inevitably are essays on politics & in particular the American election campaigns of 2012 & 2016 One of the very few consolations of Donald Trump's rise to power is that Martin Amis is there to write about him


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Of all the great novelists writing today none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction
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In the renowned translation by Edward Fitz Gerald with an introduction by Professor Cedric Watts Here is Edward Fitz Gerald's original translation of the Rubaiyat the collection of poems attributed to the Persian astronomer & mathematician Omar Khayyam Fitz Gerald's distinctive version (1859) with its oriental imagery & sensual warmth made an exotic appeal to the Victorian imagination Its scepticism fitted a time of increasing religious doubt; its romantic melancholy resonated with the writings of Matthew Arnold & Thomas Hardy; & its epicureanism heralded the Aesthetic Movement It has inspired composers rock groups artists & film-makers As rendered by Fitz Gerald the Rubaiyat remains a seductively subversive poem ...