'THE STAND is a masterpiece' (Guardian) Set in a plague-decimated US King's thrilling American fantasy epic is a Classic First come the days of the plague Then come the dreams Dark dreams that warn of the coming of the dark man The apostate of death his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads The warlord of the charnel house & Prince of Evil His time is at hand His empire grows in the west & the Apocalypse looms When a man crashes his car into a petrol station he brings with him the foul corpses of his wife & daughter He dies & it doesn't take long for the plague which killed him to spread across America & the world ...

This early stocking filler of a novel is a brutal treat' Daily Mail From the award-winning novelist & short story writer Lionel Shriver comes a literary gem a story about love & the power of a gift When Weston Babansky receives an extravagant engagement present from his best friend (and old flame) Jillian Frisk he doesn't quite know what to make of it
- or how to get it past his fiancee Especially as it's a massive handmade intensely personal sculpture that they'd have to live with forever As the argument rages about whether Jillian's gift was an act of pure platonic generosity or something more insidious battle lines are drawn Can men & women ever be friends? Just friends? Described by the Sunday Times as a brilliant writer' with a strong clear & strangely seductive voice' Lionel Shriver has written a glittering examination of friendship ownership & the conditions of love
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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 Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez The Stanford Prison Experiment recounts the true story of a notorious 1971 psychological test at Stanford University in which 24 students played the role of prisoners & prison guards conducted by Professor of Psychology Philip Zimbardo Starring Billy Crudup as Philip Zimbardo plus Michael Angarano Ezra Miller & Tye Sheridan The Stanford Prison Experiment is already a double award winner at the 31st Sundance Film Festival including the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for writer Tim Talbott ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez The Stanford Prison Experiment recounts the true story of a notorious 1971 psychological test at Stanford University in which 24 students played the role of prisoners & prison guards conducted by Professor of Psychology Philip Zimbardo Starring Billy Crudup as Philip Zimbardo plus Michael Angarano Ezra Miller & Tye Sheridan The Stanford Prison Experiment is already a double award winner at the 31st Sundance Film Festival including the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for writer Tim Talbott ...

The Kubrick files From the archives of cinematic genius In 1968 when Stanley Kubrick was asked to comment on the metaphysical significance of 2001 A Space Odyssey he replied It s not a message I ever intended to convey in words 2001 is a nonverbal experience I tried to create a visual experience one that bypasses verbalized pigeonholing & directly penetrates the subconscious with an emotional & philosophic content Now available as part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series The Stanley Kubrick Archives borrows from the director s philosophy From the opening sequence of Killer s Kiss to the final frames of Eyes Wide Shut it allows the masterful visuals of Kubrick s complete films to impress through a sequence of compelling mesmerizing stills We uncover Kubrick s creative process through fascinating archival material including set designs sketches correspondence documents screenplays drafts notes & shooting schedules Accompanying the visual material are essays by noted Kubrick scholars articles written by & about Kubrick & a selection of Kubrick s best interviews The result is a visual archival & scholarly journey through masterworks of 20th century cinema & the meticulous mind of the director behind them About the series Bibliotheca Universalis Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable democratic price! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980 the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible open-minded publishing Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art anthropology & aphrodisia Bookworm s delight never bore always excite!" ...

Compelling coming-of-age SF adventure from legendary SF master & multiple New York Times best-seller Robert A Heinlein A young boy & his friend run away from home to protect a cute (if rather large) alien pet that turns out to be much more than just a pet indeed Afterword by Wen Spencer Lummox has been the pet of the Stuart family for generations With eight legs a thick hide & huge (and growing) size Lummox is nobody’s idea of man’s best friend Nevertheless John Stuart XI descendant of the starman who originally brought Lummox back to Earth loves him But when Lummox eats a neighbor’s car & begins to grow again the Feds decide enough is enough John isn’t about to let the authorities take his pet away & with his best friend friend Betty determines to save Lummox even if it takes leaving the life he’s known forever An all time science fiction coming-of-age classic from seven-time Hugo winner & Dean of Science Fiction Robert A Heinlein About the Author Robert A Heinlein is considered one of the Big Three of classic science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov & Arthur C Clarke) Heinlein is a seven-time Hugo Award recipient & was given the first Grand Master Nebula Award for lifetime achievement Heinlein’s juveniles alone have influenced generations of scientists engineers & creators the world over (for instance it was once estimated that everyone in the Apollo 11 mission control room had read & loved at least one Heinlein novel) His worldwide bestsellers include Have Space Suit— Will Travel Stranger in a Strange Land Starship Troopers Time Enough for Love & The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress ...

Lummox has been the pet of the Stuart family for generations With eight legs a thick hide & huge (and growing) size Lummox is nobody idea of man best friend Nevertheless John Stuart XI descendant of the starman who originally brought Lummox back to Earth loves him But when Lummox eats a neighbor car & begins to grow again the Feds decide enough is enough John isn about to let the authorities take his pet away & with his best friend friend Betty determines to save Lummox
- even if it takes leaving the life he known forever! An all-time science fiction coming-of-age classic from seven-time Hugo winner & Dean of Science Fiction Robert A Heinlein
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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 They meet They judge They execute All in the name of the law Steve Hardin (Michael Douglas) a young judge must grapple with his conscience as vicious criminals in his court are going free as a result of unscrupulous lawyers finding obscure loopholes in the law Hardin feels utterly powerless until he discovers " The Star Chamber" a small group of powerful men bent on their own kind of vigilante justice Meeting behind closed doors in the utmost secrecy they decree their own punishment for the guilty who have slipped through the system without paying for their crimes Actors Michael Douglas Hal Holbrook Yaphet Kotto Sharon Gless James Sikking Jack Kehoe David Proval Robert Costanzo & Charles Hallahan Director Peter Hyams Certificate 15 years & over Year 1983 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Duration 1 hour & 46 minutes (approx)
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A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age
- The New York Times Stanislaw Lem's set of short stories written over a period of twenty
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In 1896 in a pilgrim church in the Alps an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook & a housemaid They take her home & Annika grows up in the servants' quarters of a house belonging to three eccentric Viennese professors She is happy there but dreams of the day when her real mother will come to find her & sure enough one day a glamorous stranger arrives at the door After years of guilt & searching Annika's mother has come to claim her daughter who is in fact a Prussian aristocrat whose true home is a great castle But at crumbling spooky Spittal Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in the lives of her new-found family Eva Ibbotson's hugely entertaining The Star of Kazan is a timeless classic for readers young & old ...