CARTER & SADIE KANE descendants of the magical House of Life are in pretty big trouble Despite their bravest efforts Apophis the giant snake of Chaos is still threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness Now the Kanes must do something no magician has ever managed
- defeat Apophis himself No pressure there then Battling against the forces of Chaos their only hope is an ancient spell
- but the magic has been lost for a millennia Will they find the serpent's shadow or will they be led to their deaths in the depths of the Underworld?

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Two Full-Length Novels of Space Adventure Once a Hero Esmay Suiza wasn’t a member of a great Navy family like the Serranos She’d had to make her way on grit alone which meant it wasn’t likely she’d make admiral but all she wanted was to be part of the Fleet But then she ended up a raging space battle & was the only one who could stop a superior office turned traitor She had never wanted to be a hero but fate had other ideas Rules of Engagement Brun Meager is a young woman from a rich & powerful family which had a lot to do with why Esmay Suiza didn’t get along with her not to mention both having an amorous interest in Barin Serrano When Brun was abducted by a repressive religious militia movement that makes the 21st century Taliban look like a bunch of Unitarians Esmay was suspected of having connived in the capture to eliminate a rival To clear herself it looked like Esmay would have to locate & rescue Brun Time to be a hero again About the Author New York Times best-selling author & former Marine Elizabeth Moon has written many novels including the Paksenarrion fantasy trilogy (available from Baen as The Deed of Paksenarrion & also as separate books) the Heris Serrano space adventure series (the first three novels of which have been combined as Heris Serrano) & Remnant Population which was a Hugo Award finalist For Del Rey she has written Command Decision Engaging the Enemy Marque & Reprisal Trading in Danger & the Nebula Award winner The Speed of Dark After earning a degree in history from Rice University Moon went on to obtain a degree in biology from the University of Texas Austin She lives in Florence Texas with her husband & son ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Adapted from Robin Maugham&s short story 1963 drama The Servant marked the first of three collaborations between director Joseph Losey & celebrated playwright Harold Pinter Experienced manservant Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) starts working for foppish aristocrat Tony (James Fox) in his smart new townhouse Much to the annoyance of Tony&s girlfriend (Wendy Craig) Barrett slowly initiates himself into the house & begins to manipulate his master Nominated for five BAFTA&s & winning three including best actor for Dirk Bogarde The Servant is notable for its ambitious technique & its willingness to engage with what were at the time issues never before seen in British cinema Actors Dirk Bogarde Sarah Miles Wendy Craig James Fox Catherine Lacey Richard Vernon Ann Firbank Doris Knox Patrick Magee Jill Melford Alun Owen Harold Pinter Derek Tansley Brian Phelan & Hazel Terry Director Joseph Losey Certificate 15 years & over Year 1963 Languages English ...

Trentham was the Staffordshire home of the Leveson-Gower family the Dukes of Sutherland In the mid-nineteenth century they were said to be the richest non-royal family in Britain They owned many other country houses & estates bound to each other by a large & loyal staff The resulting archive is huge Combining these records with family history sources it is possible to reimagine some of the triumphs & tragedies of their servants & managers who they were what they did & what happened to them after their time at Trentham ended With its strict social structure & its sometimes bizarre regulations the world of Trentham in the 1830s can seem alien to us now but families are always families responsibilities can always be burdensome & sorrow is always around the corner The stories of Trentham's servants are not just family histories; they reveal experiences & unravel relationships to which we can all relate & demonstrate how people coped in the face of the immense change to country-house life in the early years of the transition into a modern nation ...

Distant Heart Right Here Spectacle Other Spaces Already Gone Flames & Figures Waiting For You Firewalker Fallen Skies All I Know Colors Collide ...

Morbus is the leader of the Dark Tribe the baddest bunch of no good-niks around & because he instigates a revolt against the highest of the Gods he is doomed to receive the worst punishment he can possibly imagine
- banishment to planet Earth As soon as he arrives on Earth Morbus & his Dark Tribe begin their battle against all that is good & pure about earthly greenery & the Settler world The objective of Settlers IV is to build up a colony with a thriving construction & mining industry food tool & weapon production The player's skilful use of resources combined with the irrepressible get-up-&-go of the diverse Settler characters form the foundation for a robust colony Ensure that the settlement becomes more attractive & it could be a paradise if it weren't for the neighboring races & Morbus with his evil machinations The player can decide whether he wishes to lead the Romans the Vikings or the Mayas The races differ not only in their appearance & their architecture but also in a variety of details They raise different farm animals produce different alcoholic beverages make & use different weapons & their priests cast unique spells All Settlers are actually peace-loving folks but there is always that annoying neighbour that occupies the land with those large deposits of gold or sends long-fingered brethren over to swipe your freshly harvested crops This can cause the industrious Settlers to engage in magnificent battles on land & at sea battles where the outcome will depend less on the number of troops but more on skilful tactics & a well-organised strategy The Dark Tribe plays a special role in carrying out the evil plans of Morbus to rid the earth of its greenery leaving a desolate wasteland in its place His Dark Gardener plants lots of shadow weed (a fast-spreading ground- cover) which draws all the nutrients from the soil then withers away To keep the Dark Tribe in check the player has to use his own gardener to make the soil fertile again Only then can you capture the dark temple Settlers IV Gold Edition contains the original Settlers IV of course plus the previously available Settlers IV Mission CD & The Trojans & the Elixir of Power meaning there's a whole heap of extras on offer Over 100 additional missions multiplayer maps & wallpapers is just the tip of the iceberg Minimum System Requirements OS
- Windows 95982000XPProcessor
- PII 450 Memory
- 128MB Hard drive
- 350MBDVD-Rom
- 4X speed Video Card
- Geforce 256 32MBSound card
- Direct X 8 Direct X
- Version 8








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The Settlers of Catan Replacement Card Deck is a complete set of game cards for use with The Settlers of Catan Contains 95 Resource Cards 25 Development Cards ...

An exciting new writer
- sharp compelling & original' Mark Lawrence Years have passed since the Vagrant journeyed to the Shining
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Breathtaking in its scope & originality " Seven Basic Plots" examines the basis of story telling in literature film & libretto No one will ever see stories in the same way again This remarkable & monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world Using a wealth of examples from ancient myths & folk tales via the plays & novels of great literature to the popular movies & TV soap operas of today it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how & why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways & how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology Drawing on a vast array of examples from Proust to detective stories from the Marquis de Sade to ET Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years & why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories & illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives & will be a talking point for years to come ...

This new Young Readers edition features the original comic story as well as extra bonus background material which gives an insight into the book's creation & inspiration together with a character portraits section Following the kidnapping of Professor Calculus in The Seven Crystal Balls Tintin & his trusty companions Captain Haddock & Snowy travel to Peru With the help of a young local named Zorrino the three follow Calculus's trail to fin the Temple of the Sun Despite their good intentions the heroes of the story are taken as villains by the hidden Incan civilization they discover & taken prisoner! How will Tintin & Captain Haddock escape? ...