Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North The Saga of the Volsungs is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings' They summoned their friends readiedtheir horses & prepared their helmetsshields swords coats of mail' JRR Tolkien spent much of his life studying translating & teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe filled with heroes dragons trolls dwarves & magic He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature & even if he had never written The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales Legends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fiction They are startling brutal strange pieces of writing with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations They plunge the reader into a world of treachery quests chivalry trials of strength They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe & bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century ...

Based on Viking Age poems The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology legend & sheer human drama At its heart are the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries Yet it is also set in a very human world incorporating strands from the oral narratives of the fourth & fifth centuries when Attila the Hun & other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire One of the great books of world literature the saga is an unforgettable tale of princely jealousy unrequited love greed & vengeance With its cursed treasure of the Rhine sword reforged & magic ring of power it was a major influence for writers including William Morris & J R R Tolkein & for Wagner's Ring cycle ...

In Iceland the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age A unique body of medieval literature the Sagas rank with the world's great literary treasures
- as epic as Homer as deep in tragedy as Sophocles as engagingly human as Shakespeare Set around the turn of the last millennium these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives & deeds of the Norse men & women who first settled in Iceland & of their descendants who ventured farther west to Greenland & ultimately North America Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home the Sagas are written with psychological intensity peopled by characters with depth & explore perennial human issues like love hate fate & freedom
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At over 600 pages & with more than 100 contributions this Fourth Edition brings together the essentials of counselling & psychotherapy theory research skills & practice Including new content on assessment theory applications & settings & with new chapter overviews & summaries this continues to be the most comprehensive & accessible guide to the field for trainees or experienced practitioners ...

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world many of which are official contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves & ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance & authority Treated as historical evidence they offer more detail than even the best plans & demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve This book is the first of a series which will take selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types
- in this case the evolution of the cruising ship under sail Each volume reproduces a large number of model photos all in full colour & including many close-up & detail views These are captioned in depth but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features Although pictorial in emphasis the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text producing an unusual & attractive form of technical history While the series will be of particular interest to ship modellers all those with an interest in ship design & development will attracted to the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books
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New omnibus edition containing the complete second Gaunt's Ghosts story arc including the novels Honour Guard The Guns of Tanith Straight Silver & Sabbat Martyr In the blood-soaked Sabbat Worlds Crusade the massed ranks of the Imperium battle the dark forces of Chaos for dominion At the forefront of this conflict are the Astra Militarum
- untold numbers of ordinary Imperial Guard soldiers fighting to preserve the Emperor's holy realm Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt & the men of the Tanith First-&-Only are at the heart of this struggle their specialist scouting role earning them the nickname 'the Ghosts' From the holy world of Hagia to Phantine's aerial dome cities & the mud-filled trenches of Aexe Cardinal Gaunt's Ghosts find themselves in the thick of the fighting time & again charged with the most dangerous missions the crusade's commanders care to throw at them
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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 Val Kilmer plays suave espionage hero Simon Templer
- aka The Saint
- & Elisabeth Shue co-stars in this atmospheric mix of bold adventure & grand romance An array of sophisticated gadgetry is at Templar&s command as he plunges into a cloak-&-dagger netherworld of move & countermove Cool too is Templar&s knack for coming up with the right disguise at the right time Now you see him Now you don&t or do you? Each close-call escape is a breathless miracle
- & no one knows a miracle better than a saint Actors Val Kilmer Elisabeth Shue Rade Serbedzija Valeri Nikolayev Henry Goodman Alun Armstrong Michael Byrne Yevgeni Lazarev Irina Apeksimova Lev Prygunov & Charlotte Cornwell Director Phillip Noyce Certificate 12 years & over Year 1997 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English ; German
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages Czech Subtitles English For The Hard Of Hearing ; English ; Arabic ; Bulgarian ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; German ; Icelandic ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Swedish ; Turkish Duration 1 hour & 51 minutes (approx)



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Roger Moore is Simon Templar better known as The Saint The Saint out-swindles the swindlers for the good of the little guy he&s handsome charming suave & sophisticated! This monolith of a box set contains every colour episode ever made from 1966 to 1969 Majestic stuff! Disc 1 1 The Russian Prisoner 2 The House of Dragon&s Rock 3 The Convenient Monster 4 The Helpful Pirate Disc 2 1 The Angel&s Eye 2 Queen&s Ransom 3 The Reluctant Revolution 4 Interlude In Venice Disc 3 1 Locate & Destroy 2 The Man Who Liked Lions 3 The Better Mousetrap 4 Little Girl Lost Disc 4 1 The Paper Chase 2 Fight Plan 3 The Fat Women 4 Escape Route Disc 5 1 The Persistent Patriots 2 The Death Game 3 The Art Collectors 4 To Kill A Saint Disc 6 1 The Counterfeit Countess 2 Simon & Delilah 3 Island Of Chance 4 The Gadget Lovers Disc 7 1 A Double in Diamonds 2 The Power Artists 3 When Spring is Sprung 4 The Gadic Collection Disc 8 1 Invitation To Danger 2 The Best Laid Schemes Disc 9 1 Legacy For The Saint 2 The Desperate Diplomat 3 The Organisation Man 4 The Double Take Disc 10 1 The Time to Die 2 The Master Plan 3 The People Importers 4 The Scales of Justice Disc 11 1 The World Beater 2 Where the Money Is 3 The Ex-King Of Diamonds 4 The Man Who Gambles With Life Disc 12 1 The Portrait Of Brenda 2 Vendetta For The Saint (Part 1) 3 Vendetta For The Saint (Part 2) Disc 13 1 The Fiction Makers (Part 1) 2 The Fiction Makers (Part 2) Disc 14 1 Vendetta For The Saint (movie version) 2 The Fiction Makers (movie version) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Roger Moore is Simon Templar better known as The Saint The Saint out-swindles the swindlers for the good of the little guy he&s handsome charming suave & sophisticated! This is an 18 disc set containing all the monochrome adventures of The Saint! Actors Roger Moore Ivor Dean Shirley Eaton & Warren Mitchell Certificate PG Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English Duration 59 hours & 50 minutes (approx) ...

Release any concerns that you have about this path you're about to walk on & just go into it with the curiosity of a child knowing that you'll come out on the other side as a new person or to be more accurate far more of the person who you truly are & have been created to be Jack Valentine seemed to have it all He made good money as an adman & looked good doing it He had a hot apartment cool friends even a slick car-at least until the hectic Monday morning a truck smashed into it sending the critically injured Jack to the hospital Everything happens for a reason though & Jack's reason reveals itself in the silver-haired cancer patient who becomes his roommate one evening The elderly man Cal shares his life story-one not dissimilar to Jack's-of material wealth masking a gaping hole within Cal ultimately found salvation through philosophy ("the love of wisdom") & now offers to help Jack by prepping the younger man for the Final Questions we all must face Have I lived wisely? Have I loved well? Have I served greatly? Presenting Jack with three plane tickets each accompanied by a map marked with a red X Cal sends Jack to meet with three great teachers each of whom will help Jack answer one of the Final Questions-just as they once helped Cal First in Rome Jack will meet "the Saint" Then a haunted beach in Hawaii introduces him to "the Surfer" & finally the grandeur of New York City sets the stage for his last encounter with "the CEO" Along the way Jack will learn to do his interior work discover that our negative traits offer gateways to higher versions of ourselves & understand that figuring things out in your head can distract you from the powerful whispers of your heart Join Jack on his journey & step into the you that you were always meant to be ...