Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From Doug Liman director of The Bourne Identity Mr &38; Mrs Smith & Edge of Tomorrow comes a deadly psychological thriller & a war film like no other US Sergeants Allen Isaac (Aaron Taylor-Johnson Nocturnal Animals Godzilla Avengers Age of Ultron) & Shane Matthews (WWE's John Cena) are investigating a pipeline construction site in a desert of Iraq When he heads into open space Matthews is shot by an Iraqi sniper leaving Isaac to take cover & form a rescue plan behind an unsteady crumbling wall What unfolds is as much a battle of will & wits as it is of lethally accurate marksmanship in the toughest of conditions Actors Aaron Taylor-Johnson John Cena Laith Nakli Directors Doug Liman Writers Dwain Worrell Producers David Bartis Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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The second book in The Dandelion Dynasty the epic fantasy trilogy by Ken Liu Dara is united under the Emperor Ragin once known as Kuni Garu the bandit king There has been peace for six years but the Dandelion Throne rests on bloody foundations
- Kuni's betrayal of his friend Mata Zyndu the Hegemon The Hegemon's rule was brutal & unbending
- but he died well creating a legend that haunts the new emperor no matter what good he strives to do Where war once forged unbreakable bonds between Kuni's inner circle peace now gnaws at their loyalties Where ancient wisdoms once held sway a brilliant scholar promises a philosophical revolution & from the far north over the horizon comes a terrible new threat The scent of blood is in the water

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Heady & rambunctious Wake up this book says in its plot lines in its humour in its philosophical underpinnings & political agenda I'll pay it the highest compliment it knows
- this book is a wild thing' New York Times Book Review Interlaken Berne 21st century Several things happen after the car hits the rock Tiff ceases to be pregnant Stephen captures like the most wonderful bird
- fleet stealthy & beautiful
- a real "lifer" & the wallcreeper the wallcreeper says "twee" The Wallcreeper is nothing more than a portrait of marriage complete with all its requisite highs & lows drugs dubstep small chores anal sex eco-terrorism birding breeding & feeding


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From the Booker-shortlisted author comes a sensuous evocative novel exploring the lives of women in Victorian London for fans of Sarah Waters Emma Donoghue & Kate Atkinson 2011 When Madeleine loses her job as a lecturer she decides to leave her riverside flat in cobbled Stew Lane where history never feels far away & move to Apricot Place Yet here too in this quiet Walworth cul-de-sac she senses the past encroaching a shifting in the atmosphere a current of unseen life 1851 & Joseph Benson has been employed by Henry Mayhew to help research his articles on the working classes A family man with mouths to feed Joseph is tasked with coaxing testimony from prostitutes Roaming the Southwark streets he is tempted by brothels' promises of pleasure
- & as he struggles with his assignment he seeks answers in Apricot Place where the enigmatic Mrs Dulcimer runs a boarding house As these entwined stories unfold alive with the sensations of London past & present the two eras brush against each other
- a breath at Madeleine's neck a voice in her head
- the murmurs of ghosts echoing through time Rendered in immediate intoxicating prose The Walworth Beauty is a haunting tale of desire & exploitation isolation & loss & the faltering search for human connection; this is Michele Roberts at her masterful best


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An authentic recreation A stunning high quality replica wand as seen in Harry Potter films Comes in collectors& presentation ...

As they look to the stars what are they missing back home? ' Phenomenal A transcendent journey into the mysteries of space & self Howrey's expansive vision left me awestruck' RUTH OZEKI author of A Tale for the Time Being The best of Helen Kane exists in space If she doesn't go back up she'll be consigned to a lesser version of herself on a planet that has also seen better days Helen is an experienced astronaut with a NASA position & a struggling grown-up daughter who needs her but when at fifty-three she is offered a place on the training programme for the first mission to Mars the most realistic simulation ever she cannot refuse a last chance to walk among the stars Her fellow astronauts are Sergei a gruff Russian whose teenage sons are less mysterious to him than they'd like to think; & Yoshi who wants to prove himself worthy of the wife he has drifted apart from The three will be enclosed for months in a tiny craft while outside their loved ones negotiate everyday life on Earth How far will the wanderers travel in the pursuit of endeavour & what will it be like to come home? Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive & sharply observed novel of ambition endeavour & family ' An astounding insightful exhilarating ride' HELEN SEDGWICK author of The Comet Seekers 'A stealthily brilliant novel A distinct shimmering vision of who we are at once simple gorgeous & profoundly moving' PETER NICHOLS author of The Rocks ...

As they look to the stars what are they missing back home? ' Phenomenal A transcendent journey into the mysteries of space & self Howrey's expansive vision left me awestruck' RUTH OZEKI author of A Tale for the Time Being Helen Kane may not be the best mother in the world but she is one of the world's best astronauts & when at fifty-three she's offered a chance to train for the first crewed mission to Mars she doesn't hesitate She & her fellow astronauts Sergei & Yoshihiro will be confined in a desert facility striving to prove themselves while outside their loved ones
- Helen's actress daughter Sergei's teenage son & Yoshi's lonely businesswoman wife Madoka
- pursue complex explorations of their own All six will find themselves confronting the bonds of love & loyalty sacrifice & desire Station Eleven meets We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves in this brilliantly witty & inventive novel of ambition endeavour & family ' An astounding insightful exhilarating ride' HELEN SEDGWICK author of The Comet Seekers 'A stealthily brilliant novel A distinct shimmering vision of who we are at once simple gorgeous & profoundly moving' PETER NICHOLS author of The Rocks

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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 The Wanderers are an Italian-American teenage gang living in the Bronx in 1963 clashing with their rivals The Baldies & the Duckie Boys Director Philip Kaufman soundtracks the turf battles & rites of passage narrative with plenty of rock&n&roll ...

Cixin Liu is one of the most important voices in world Science Fiction A bestseller in China his novel The Three-Body Problem was the first translated work of SF ever to win the Hugo Award Here is the first collection of his short fiction these stories including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners form a blazingly original ode to planet earth
- its pasts & its futures Liu's fictions take the reader to the edge of the universe & the end of time to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined With a melancholic & keen understanding of human nature Liu's stories show humanity's attempts to reason navigate & above all survive in a desolate cosmos
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Cixin Liu is China's bestselling science fiction author & one of the most important voices in world SF His novel The Three-Body Problem was the first translated work of SF ever to win the Hugo Award Here is the first collection of his short fiction eleven stories including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners form a blazingly original ode to planet earth its pasts & its futures ...