A young man broken down in the fog witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales & makes his way to an isolated house he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband gun in her hand She admits to murder & the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story But is it possible that Laura Warwick did not commit the murder after all? If so who is she shielding? The victim's young half-brother or his dying matriarchal mother? Laura's lover? Perhaps the father of the little boy killed in an accident for which Warwick was responsible? The house seems full of possible suspects THE UNEXPECTED GUEST is considered to be one of the finest of Christie's plays Hailed as another Mousetrap' when it opened on 12 August 1958 in the West End it ran for 604 performances over the succeeding 18 months & has been staged many times around the world over the last 40 years ...

Mumbai murder & a baby elephant combine in a charming joyful mystery for fans of Alexander Mc Call Smith & Rachel Joyce On the day he retires Inspector Ashwin Chopra discovers that he has inherited an elephant an unlikely gift that could not be more inconvenient For Chopra has one last case to solve But as his murder investigation leads him across Mumbai
- from its richest mansions to its murky underworld
- he quickly discovers that a baby elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs So begins the start of a quite unexpected partnership & an utterly delightful new series

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ' Not remotely preachy'
- The Times ' Jaunty shrewd & convincing'
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An anthology collection from some of the biggest talents in the industry! Stories spotlight a space heist on a ghost ship a spirit who wants to play synthesizer in a techno band a ghost-for-hire haunting agency & others dark twisted tales by some of the comic industry's veteran talents & up-&-coming stars Collects The Unexpected 1 & GHOSTS 1 ...

History is full of strange animal stories invented by the brightest & most influential from Aristotle to Disney & they reveal as much about us & the things we believe as they do about the animals they misrepresent We once thought that eels were born from sand that swallows migrated to the moon & that bears gave birth to formless lumps that were licked into shape by their mothers In The Unexpected Truth About Animals zoologist Lucy Cooke unravels many such myths revealing the fascinating
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- facts she's uncovered while chasing hyenas spying on tobogganing penguins & stalking drunken moose You'll learn why sloths risk their lives to poo how bats joined the Allies in the Second World War & the mystery of the beaver's balls & you'll discover that even the most outlandish theories may have some truth in them after all

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Commissioned in 1750 the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power & wealth of a great Venetian family but the fortunes of the Venier family waned & the project was abandoned with only one storey complete Empty unfinished & in a gradual state of decay the building was considered an eyesore Yet in the early 20th century the Unfinished Palazzo's quality of fairytale abandonment & its potential for transformation were to attract & inspire three fascinating women at key moments in their lives Luisa Casati Doris Castlerosse & Peggy Guggenheim Each chose the Palazzo Venier as the stage on which to build her own world of art & imagination surrounded by an amazing supporting cast from d' Annunzio & Nijinsky via Noel Coward & Cecil Beaton to Yoko Ono Luisa turned her home into an aesthete's fantasy where she hosted parties as extravagant & decadent as Renaissance court operas
- spending small fortunes on her own costumes in her quest to become a 'living work of art' & muse to the artists of the late belle epoque & early modernist eras Doris strove to make her mark in London & Venice during the glamorous hedonistic interwar years hosting film stars & royalty at glittering parties In the postwar years Peggy turned the Palazzo into a model of modernist simplicity that served as a home for her exquisite collection of modern art that today draws tourists & art-lovers from around the world Mackrell tells each life story vividly in turn weaving an intricate history of these legendary characters & the Unfinished Palazzo that they all at different times called home
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The Unfinished Revolution is a superb new biography of Sun Yat-sen whose life like the confusion of his time is not easy to ...

Winner of the 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize this is a stunning & magical story of a summer of friendship which also ...

Ce Ce Somner an eccentric heiress once known for her cruel wit as much as for her tremendous generosity now faces opulent decline Afflicted with a rare disease & touched by mortality for the first time her gilded bygone values collide with an unforgiving present As her troubled spoiled son George & his outsider wife Iris struggle to resolve mounting financial & familiar troubles Cece must face the Somner dynasty's dark legacy But when George's secrets culminate in an unexpected crime no riches can put things right for the unfortunate Somners What will become of all three who must learn what life will be like beyond the long shimmering shadow cast by the family's past? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From the producers of cult smash Time Crimes this unsettling psychological thriller explores the dark side of the human psyche & the depths to which one man will sink to make his mark This is the human animal at his most terrifying When a struggling filmmaker Mickey Gravatski (Wes Bentley American Beauty) inadvertently catches a notorious serial killer (Mark Borkowski) in the middle of a murder he uses the grisly footage to blackmail the madman into being the subject of a disturbing new documentary Actors Wes Bentley Mark Borkowski Joanne Baron Beth Grant Albert López-Murtra Marina Gatell Kenny Johnson Amy Aeschliman Randy Cherkas Sarah Crocker Sal Darigo Jenna De Young Brian Distance & Thomas Dunn Director Thomas Dunn Certificate 18 years & over Year 2007 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 35 minutes (approx)
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