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Visit the vicious Vikings & find out how these fearsome warriors lived! Learn about Viking loot & terrorizing raids Discover the Viking gods & the mysteries of their afterlife Read amazing Viking stories find out about deadly blood feuds & learn what would happen to you if you became a Viking slave as you hunt down the secrets of the dead! ...
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The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West both symbolically & in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe Magnus Magnusson's indispensable study of this great period presents a rounded & fascinating picture of a people who in modern eyes would seem to embody striking contradictions They were undoubtedly pillagers raiders & terrifying warriors but they were also great pioneers artists & traders
- a dynamic people whose skill & daring in their exploration of the world has left an indelible impression a thousand years on
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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 Hollywood legends Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Ernest Borgnine & Janet Leigh dazzle in this epic chronicle of brutal rivalry & blood-thirsty ambition Bitter hatred divides two brothers Prince Einar (Douglas) is the son & heir of a savage Viking chieftain Prince Eric (Curtis) is his unknowing half-brother the bastard off-spring of Einar&s father & an English queen When the Vikings kidnap a princess (Leigh) her beauty inflames the desires of both men forcing a bloody duel that decides their fate & the future of the English throne Actors Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Janet Leigh James Donald Ernest Borgnine Alexander Knox & Dandy Nichols Director Richard Fleischer Certificate PGYear 1958 Screen Widescreen 1661 Languages English ; Spanish ; German
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles Danish ; English for the hearing impaired ; Finnish ; German for the hearing impaired ; Greek ; Hungarian ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Portuguese ; Spanish ; Swedish Duration 1 hour & 49 minutes (approx)
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Dear reader There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery & despair You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans then proceed with caution violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children They are charming & resourceful & have pleasant facial features Unfortunately they are exceptionally unlucky In The Vile Village the siblings face such unpleasant matters as migrating crows an angry mob a newspaper headline the arrest of innocent people the Deluxe cell & some very strange hats In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent hilarious & deftly crafted Despite their wretched contents A Series of Unfortunate Events' has sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris You have been warned Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous & puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about Who Could That Be at This Hour?' When Did you Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah & now lives in New York City He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University & has been illustrating ever since His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine & The New York Times ...
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Morgan Perincall's marriage is already disintegrating when her husband volunteers for service in France Dazed by his desertion she sends their children west to safety & leaves London for the dubious sanctuary of her childhood home the Villa Rouge Situated on the East coast it is vulnerable to German attack Caught between the open hostility of her father's housekeeper & the suffocating affection of Charlie who for all his enthusiasm is not fit for service Morgan's days are brightened by the arrival of an RAF squadron
- a chance to relive the romances of her wilder youth But the fall of Dunkirk brings a sobering taste of defeat & the Battle of Britain soon sees the once-carefree pilots fighting for their lives their country With danger drawing ever closer & the secrets of her past beginning to unravel Morgan discovers that sometimes the best intentions can leave the darkest legacies
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An entertaining book written with Fort's characteristic conversational style A real pleasure to read'
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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 The Village is an epic drama series for BBC One starring Maxine Peake & John Simm charting the life & turbulent times of one English village across the whole of the 20th century written by Bafta-winning writer Peter Moffat The Village charts the life & turbulent times on one English village throughout the twentieth century with the life & memories of one man Bert Middleton providing the backbone to the story as he lives across the entire hundred years From boyhood to extreme old age Bert witnesses births & deaths love & betrayal & the great political events & social upheaval that shaped & made Britain & his village what it is today Actors John Simm Maxine Peake Nico Mirallegro & Juliet Stevenson Director Antonia Bird & Gillies Mackinnon Year 2013 Screen 1781 Anamorphic Languages English Duration 6 hours (approx) Region Region 2
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The Villagers is a mafia or werewolf type of social deduction party game played by two teams The Plague Doctor team & the Villager team The game requires a Moderator who runs the game The Villagers has 23 different roles & is set during the time of the Bubonic Plague In The Villagers youre either with the Plague Doctor team or the Villager team The Plague Doctors will try to infect a new Villager each night while the Villagers try to deduce who in their midst are Plague Doctors in hiding The Plague Doctors are posing as Villagers too so who do you trust? Exile a new player each day but beware as new infections plague your village each night ...
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The Vincent Black Shadow is a name that resounds whenever classic bikes are discussed The Vincent company were already advertising their existing Rapide machine as The world's fastest production motorcycle' when in February 1948 the Black Shadow was announced with a then unbelievable top speed of 125 mph on pool petrol It's no wonder that the bike has been a constant source of fascination since that announcement Few however have defined exactly what comprised a Black Shadow & how today you can spot a genuine one The Vincent Black Shadow explains how the model was originally conceived in secrecy its development & subsequent production discussing in depth those features it shares in common with the other Vincent models & those that differentiate it Charting the details of the changes introduced in its production life & the modifications in the interests of speed or enhanced road performance that may have been done to it by generations of owners over the sixty-odd years since production ceased Tim Kingham offers a lavishly illustrated & essential read for any fan of this iconic bike ...
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The Village By The Sea

A story of survival set in a small fishing villlage near Bombay Lila and Hari aged 13 and 12 struggle to keep the family including two young sisters going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink When Hari goes to Bombay to find work Lila seems to be responsible for everything Although the book paints a picture of extreme poverty it demonstrates the strength of the family even in the most extreme circumstances and offers a powerful picture of another culture
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A story of survival set in a small fishing villlage near Bombay Lila & Hari aged 13 & 12 struggle to keep the family including two young sisters going when their mother is ill & their father usually the worse for drink When Hari goes to Bombay to find work Lila seems to be responsible for everything Although the book paints a picture of extreme poverty it demonstrates the strength of the family even in the most extreme circumstances & offers a powerful picture of another culture

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