THE RUNAWAY by No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author Martina Cole is an unputdownable thriller of corruption & violence & was adapted for television with an all-star cast including Alan Cumming Jack O' Connell & Keith Allen ' Martina tells it like it really is'
- Sun You can't run for ever All that prostitute's daughter Cathy Connor & drunkard's son Eamonn Docherty want to do is escape their grim childhoods in London's East End & soon events turn so dangerous they are left with no choice but to flee Cathy to the red lit streets of Soho Eamonn to the high ranks of gangland New York Now she's a hardened survivor he's Gotham's most ruthless villain & their paths are about to cross once again
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Will he ever find what he's looking for? Oliver Wainwright is still a boy when he first sets eyes on the fair delicate Florence
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Talk about fast food! A hilarious high-speed tale from the inimitable Allan Ahlberg
- catch it if you can! The celebrated Allan
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Our relentless drive to create makes us unique among living creatures What is special about the human brain that enables us to innovate? Why don't cows choreograph dances? Why don't squirrels build elevators to their treetops? Why don't alligators invent speedboats? Weaving together the arts & sciences neuroscientist David Eagleman & composer Anthony Brandt explore the need for novelty the simulation of possible futures & the social components that drive the inventiveness of our species Taking us on a tour of human creativity from Picasso to concept cars to umbrellas to lunar travel Brandt & Eagleman explore the cognitive software that generates new ideas & illuminate the key facets of a creative mentality Through understanding our ability to innovate
- our most profound mysterious & deeply human capacity
- we can meet the challenge of remaking our constantly shifting world

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This series of short stories has been written with the help of a language expert for young children who are just beginning to read ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga Adventureland) & Dakota Fanning (The Twilight Saga Coraline) star as Joan Jett & Cherie Currie in The Runaways the music-fuelled coming of age story of the groundbreaking all girl 1970s rock band that paved the way for future generations of female musicians Plucked from obscurity by rock impresario Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon Revolutionary Road) raven-haired rocker Joan the rebellious Cherie & their band become an outrageous sensations thanks to their tough image & raw talent But their fast drug-fuelled lifestyle soon catches up with the teenage girls as success starts to cloud their judgments Actors Kristen Stewart Dakota Fanning Michael Shannon Riley Keough Tatum O& Neal Stella Maeve Scout Taylor-Compton & Riley Keough Director Floria Sigismondi Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 46 minutes (approx)
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THE PENULTIMATE NOVEL IN THE CHINA SERIES FROM THE RICHARD & JUDY MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR OFTHE BLACKHOUSETHE SUFFERERA prodigious Chinese swimmer kills himself on the eve of the Beijing Olympics Days later a champion weightlifter suffers a fatal heart attack prior to competition THE LISTENERDetective Li Yan senses a conspiracy surrounding the fatalities & finds a female athlete willing to talk But she will only trust one person Li's fiancee Margaret Campbell THE RUNNERWhen Campbell's contact herself vanishes the gun is fired on a race against time & Li must now outrun & outwit an enemy bent on pushing him beyond endurance ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In the wake of the BP oil spill Colin Price rockets to political stardom The trouble is his personal life is a shambles & when his extra marital affair is exposed he is forced to resign his wife leaves him & his career is in ruins Six months later while Colin is battling his demons he is forced to confront his troubled past & decide whether to chase ambition or hold on to his last shred of dignity ...

The Sunday Times Bestseller
- SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2017 Traditional ploughland is disappearing Seven cornfield
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It's not just a game when you're running for your life Every night they tuned in to the nation's favourite prime-time TV game show They all watched from the sprawling slums to the security-obsessed enclaves of the rich They all watched the ultimate live death game as the contestants tried to bet not the clock but annihhilation at the hands of the Hunters Survive thirty days & win the billion dollar jackpot
- that was the promise But the odds were brutal & the game rigged Best score so far was eight days And now there was a new contestant the latest running man staking his life while a nation watched
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