Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The State Within A flight explodes in mid-air during take off near Washington DC Later that day as a shocked capital struggles to come to terms with the disaster a diplomatic catastrophe envelops the British Embassy A cat&s cradle of tangled affinities & conflicting interests told through interlinking stories unfold as British Ambassador Mark Brydon slowly realises that he is being played by an invisible puppeteer with great power A tightly plotted conspiracy thriller about the limits of diplomacy in a world where government has abdicated responsibility for war ...

When his employer suddenly dies toy shop assistant & train enthusiast Finbar Mc Bride (Peter Dinklage) inherits an abandoned railway station in rural New Jersey A dwarf who tends to avoid social contact whenever possible Fin treks out to the property & moves in However his new isolated quiet life is disrupted by Joe (Bobby Cannavale) the young talkative vendor of a nearby roadside refreshment stand & Olivia (Patricia Clarkson) a reclusive artist who is grieving the loss of her son As Joe & Olivia slowly bring Fin out of his shell all three people are affected by their newfound friendships Written & directed by Thomas Mc Carthy THE STATION AGENT wonderfully mixes drama & comedy in a beautiful countryside setting Although the storyline acknowledges that the main character is a dwarf & refers to this on numerous occasions there is much more to the character of Fin Mc Bride than his short stature As Fin Dinklage gives an outstandingly nuanced performance one that is perfectly complemented by Cannavale's happy-go-lucky Joe & Clarkson's mourning Olivia The movie also features excellent supporting turns by Michelle Williams & Raven Goodwin Touching but never sappy THE STATION AGENT is a charming film that easily joins the ranks of other quirky rural dramas such as THE STRAIGHT STORY it's an absolute joy ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The gates of hell are made from ice in this tense horror thriller paying homage to The Thing & Assault on Precinct 13 Four technicians & scientists at an alpine research station discover a glacier of blood high in the mountains Testing the red liquid oozing from the ice they discover a new alien organism with the astonishing capability of transforming the local wildlife into horrific hybrids & monster mutations With the Minister of the Environment hiking to the station for an official visit many frightening questions must be answered if the confrontational team are to survive & cope with the giant wood lice the beetle-foxes crossbred flying predators & much much worse Actors Gerhard Liebmann Edita Malovcic Brigitte Kren Hille Beseler Peter Knaack & Wolfgang Pampel Director Marvin Kren Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Languages German Duration 1 hour & 38 minutes (approx) ...

Maurice is the Station Mouse & so he must follow The Station Mouse Handbook Rule 1 A Station Mouse must remain unseen Rule 2 A Station Mouse must never go out in the daytime Rule 3 A Station Mouse must never approach the passengers ...

A three person crew is sent to study a sentient alien civilization locked in civil war Unable to contact the crew the player assumes the role of a recon specialist to uncover what happened What players discover will challenge their view of surveillance imperialism & moral law A World of Augmented Reality Technology has gone through a digital revolution & conversations notes & even computers are experienced in full Augmented Reality Ranging from personal to professional these AR logs will let players explore what was taking place on-board Intuitive Problem Solving The secrets on-board the station will resist being uncovered & you must rely on your ability to identify & solve intuitive but subtle problems Piece Together a Living Story Each room & space will have a unique moment to share if you look close enough For the keen eye a rich story awaits Required for VR Features (not included) Play Station VR Headset Play Station 4 Camera ...

Comprehensive & engaging this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day From May Day revels & Midsummer fires to Harvest Home & Hallowe'en to the twelve days of Christmas Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain He challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past & debunks many myths surrounding festivals of the present to illuminate the history of the calendar year we live by today ...

In The Staufer Dynasty the players are nobles in the 12th century accompanying Henry VI on his tour of the areas of Europe brought under control by the Staufer family an area that included much of modern day Germany went from the Baltic Sea in the North to Sicily in South You&re eager to improve your own lot in the land by placing envoys & nobles in positions of power in the six regions represented in this game The game lasts five rounds with each player having three actions per round Players take action in order of their family members on the action board from top to bottom & on a turn you either take a supply action (moving to one side of the action board) or a movedeploy action (moving to the other side) For a supply action you pick one of the spaces on the supply table move the indicated number of envoys & nobles from the province to your personal court then claim any chests underneath that space The treasure chests come in different colors with each color having a different function in the game the brown treasure chests score points based on how many you collect the orange ones provide immediate points or figures the blue ones provide a one-shot bonus & the violet ones let you collect one of the privilege cards on display The privilege cards often modify other actions or give you a bonus for doing a particular thing For a movedeploy action you decide which office seat you want to occupy in a particular region If this seat isn&t in the region where the king is located you need to spend one envoy as you move clockwise away from the king placing each envoy in the top part of those regions until you reach the region that you want to occupy You then pay the cost of the office seat placing one figure — possibly a noble if the seat demands it — in that seat & all the other figures in clockwise order one per region When you occupy a seat you claim the chest underneath it After everyone has finished their actions you score for the round — but you score only in the region indicated in the current row of scoring tiles (Aachen Nijmegen Palermo etc) & the region that best meets the condition laid out in a separate part of the current row of scoring tiles (fewest chests most occupants where the king is located etc) If these two regions turn out to be the same one you score that region only once Players score points for having the most office seats in a region (or the second- or thirdmost most office seats) based on the point tile placed in the region at the start of the game Each region also has a printed bonus that players receive such as bonus chests or additional envoys To end the round you remove all of the office occupants of the region that scored add new chests under each office seat in those scoring regions & each space on the supply table then sweep the king clockwise 1-3 regions As the king moves he returns all of the envoys that he encounters in the regions that he enters to their owners After five rounds players score for their treasure chests as well as for how well they completed their secret job cards & the player with the most points wins Players 2-5 Playing time 40 minutes Suggested ages 10 ...

Following Steal Like an Artist & Show Your Work! both New York Times bestsellers with 614000 copies in print The Steal Like an Artist Journal is the next step in the journey It combines Kleon&s unique & compelling ideas on being creative with the physical quality that makes journals like Moleskines so enormously popular Its page after page of ideas prompts"es & exercises are like a daily course in creativity a portable workshop & sourcebook of inspiration Each spread has one page offering a prompt or exercise & the other blank for writing drawing doodling whatever There are lists to fill in 10 Things I Want to Learn 10 Things I Probably Think About More Than the Average Person Challenges to take Illustrated creative exercises Make a Mixtape (for someone who doesn&t know you) & Fill the Speech Balloons Pro & con charts What Excites You? What Drains You? ...

' He gave orders that they were not to get any hot glum pudding in flames for fear the spirits in their innards might catch fire' The Steel Flea is an uproarious & alcohol-soaked shaggy-dog story from one of Russia's great comic masters Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Nikolay Leskov (1831-1895) Leskov's works are available in Penguin Classics in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk & Other Stories & Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida ...

Master of suspense Jeffery Deaver returns with the latest gripping thriller featuring paraplegic forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme The hardback contains an exclusive never-before-seen leaked memo from the Lincoln Rhyme case files Smart technology is everywhere It makes our lives easier our connections faster & journeys quicker But in the wrong hands it can kill Detective Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a murderer chasing him through a Brooklyn department store when her pursuit is fatally interrupted An escalator gives way forcing Sachs down into the machinery to help the man trapped in its depths & enabling the suspect to flee But was it simply a freak accident? Could the killer's presence in the store really be a coincidence? As the body count threatens to grow Sachs & forensic expert Lincoln Rhyme realise they are facing one of their most formidable opponents ever Someone able to turn the most commonplace product into a murder weapon Someone who can kill by remote control ...