When Horus fell his Sons fell with him A broken Legion beset by rivalries & hunted by their erstwhile allies the former Luna Wolves have scattered across the tortured realm of the Eye of Terror & of Abaddon greatest of the Warmaster's followers nothing has been heard for many years But when Horus's body is taken from its resting place a confederation of legionaries seek out the former First Captain to convince him to embrace his destiny & continue what Horus began ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A captivating romantic drama unfolds against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia in this acclaimed feature by multi-award-winning director Blake Edwards Featuring an outstanding score by multiple Oscar winner John Barry & presented here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements The Tamarind Seed stars Julie Andrews as a Home Office minister&s assistant & Omar Sharif as the Paris-based Soviet attache with whom she falls in love; among an outstanding support cast are Anthony Quayle & Sylvia Syms whose performance earned her a BAFTA Award in 1974 Holidaying in Barbados in the hope of overcoming the unhappiness of a broken love affair Englishwoman Judith Farrow meets debonair Russian Feodor Sverdlov As they explore the island paradise together & their mutual feelings grow so too do the suspicions of the intelligence agencies in both London & Moscow In a world where no-one is to be trusted & appearances can be fatally deceptive every move they make is being watched ...

Why would a woman marry a serial killer? Because she cannot refuse Kateryn Parr a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives
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- commands her to marry him Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces the previous queen lasted sixteen months the one before barely half a year But Henry adores his new bride & Kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court & rules the kingdom as Regent But is this enough to keep her safe? A leader of religious reform & the first woman to publish in English Kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her own But she cannot save the Protestants under threat for their faith & Henry's dangerous gaze turns on her The traditional churchmen & rivals for power accuse her of heresy
- the punishment is death by fire & the king's name is on the warrant From an author who has described all of Henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last a woman who longed for passion power & education at the court of a medieval killer


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Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics Bianca is beautiful & demure with a plethora of wood-be suitors but marriage is forbidden until her older sister Katherina finds a suitable match The hitch? Fiery Katherina has sworn to deny the hand or demands of any would-be suitor That is until she meets her match in the wily Petrucio As Katherina's own sharp tongue is met by Petrucio's feigned cruelty the shrew' apparently capitulates Or does she? This controversial comic tale famously adapted into Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate & 10 Things I Hate About You has divided & amused audiences for over 400 years in an unforgettable battle of wits ...

Edited introduced & annotated by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English Literature University of Sussex The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most famous & controversial of Shakespeare's comedies The central relationship in which Petruchio boisterously tames' a rebellious Kate has often appeared problematic In the theatre it has been treated in a diversity of ways so that Kate's apparent capitulation varies between the ironic & the sincere Feminists have been divided in their responses The provocative vitality of this comedy has been transmitted by numerous adaptations for stage & screen notably the film directed by Franco Zeffirelli & the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me Kate ...

An enhanced larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays extensively rewritten expanded & produced in an attractive new design An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible & creative ways Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language interest in character & sense of theatre Substantially revised & extended classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive ' Stagecraft' ' Write about it' ' Language in the play' ' Characters' & ' Themes' features Extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for ' The Taming of the Shrew' & Shakespeare

Includes:: rich exciting colour photos of performances of ' The Taming of the Shrew' from around the world

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The beautiful but sharp-tongued 'shrew' Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband Her younger sister Bianca meanwhile is forbidden to be married until Katherina finds a suitable match
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This third edition of The Taming of the Shrew one of Shakespeare's most popular yet controversial plays

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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 Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton sparkle & amuse as Katharina & Petruchio in William Shakespeare&s comic look at male chauvinism & women&s lib in the 16th century Petruchio a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife There he encounters the fiery Katharina a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage Their honeymoon becomes a humorous battle of wit & insult with Kate as determined to maintain her independence as Petruchio is to "tame" her When the embattled couple returns to Padua Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that his is the most obedient of wives But in reality the shrewish Kate has found a more effective way to dominate her mate ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Festive animation about a tangerine-coloured teddy bear whose smile was sewn on upside down Shelved in a secondhand shop where he soon makes friends with all the other toys the bear hopes with all his heart that this Christmas will be the year he goes home with a kind & caring family However as the festive season approaches the bear slowly realises that his real home is here in the shop with his many good friends ...