Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The dramatic story of the winter of 1939-1940 when Finland defended herself against overwhelming odds during an attack by the Soviet Army The historic battle has come to be known as the Finnish Miracle ...

The prophecy was clear Upon the death of three kings the world will be plunged into chaos & all the cast-out demons of history will return to bring blood & horror to the world Two of the kings are dead The third about to be born is hunted by the Demon Riders of the Krayakin Lords of the Undead All the terrifying forces of evil range against a pregnant queen at bay in a haunted forest But she is not alone Three warriors stand with her the last remnants of the once proud Drenai army Three old men ancient heroes discarded by the king; Nogusta the Swordsman Kebra the Bowman & the hulking fighter Bison The fate of empires rests on their fading skills as they journey through a tormented world on a perilous quest to save the unborn king ...

' Wild places make wild people but only some have magic blood There are those with frozen hearts whose souls know only winter They would drive me from my home It will not do Really it will not' In her small Welsh town there is no one quite like Morgana She has not spoken a word out loud since she was a child & her silence
- as well as the magic she can't quite control
- makes her an oddity taunted by rumour & mystery Concerned for her safety her mother arranges for Morgana to marry Cai Jenkins the widower from the far hills who knows nothing of the nasty things folk say about her daughter After a swift wedding Cai takes his new wife to his farm Initially heartbroken to leave her home Morgana soon begins to falls in love with the place & the rugged mountains that surround it
- just as Cai slowly begins to win her heart But it isn't long before her strangeness begins to be remarked upon A dark force is at work
- a person who will stop at nothing to turn the townspeople against Morgana even at the expense of those closest to her Forced to defend her home her lover & herself from all comers Morgana must learn to harness her power or lose everything



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This guide helps make Shakespeare's play more accessible It contains a complete text of the original work along with a line-by-line modernisation & plenty of helpful commentary Spark Notes ...

Edited introduced & annotated by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex The Winter's Tale one of Shakespeare's later romantic comedies offers a striking & challenging mixture of tragic & violent events lyrical love-speeches farcical comedy pastoral song & dance & eventually dramatic revelations & reunions Thematically there is a rich orchestration of the contrasts between age & youth corruption & innocence decline & regeneration Both Leontes' murderous jealousy & Perdita's love-relationship with Florizel are eloquently intense In the theatre The Winter's Tale often proves to be diversely entertaining & deeply moving ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In the bombed-out ruins of Ypres in 1916 Captain Fred Roberts & Lieutenant Jack Pearson discovered a printing press They used it to produce The Wipers Times a humorous satirical & subversive trench newspaper which proved hugely popular with soldiers
- though not entirely with their superior officers Braving constant bombardment & bitter fighting The Wipers Times survived the Somme & made it through to the end of the war Roberts & Pearson were highly decorated
- yet were unrecognised in their lifetime The Wipers Times is a story of the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity The Wipers Times stars Ben Chaplin (London Boulevard Me & Orson Welles The New World) Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Hour Green Wing) Michael Palin (Monty Python & the Holy Grail Life Of Brian) Steve Oram (Sightseers Kill List) & Emilia Fox (Silent Witness Merlin) & is directed by Andy de Emmony (Love Bite West Is West The Bletchley Circle) produced by David Parfitt (My Week with Marilyn Parades End Shakespeare In Love) & written by Ian Hislop (A Bunch of Amateurs My Dads The Prime Minister) & Nick Newman shed a tear
- The Telegraph It was a wonderful tale waiting to be retold The Daily mail An extraordinary true story Funny sad & parculiliarly British & told with an affectionate twinkle Lovely The Guardian


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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play All five seasons of the highly-acclaimed crime drama series which follows drug & murder investigations in Baltimore Told from the point of view of both the police & their targets the series captures a universe of subterfuge & surveillance where easy distinctions between good & evil & crime & punishment are challenged at every turn ...

From David Simon creator & co-writer of HBO&s triple Emmy-winning mini-series The Corner this unvarnished highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug & murder investigation in Baltimore Told from the point of view of both the police & their targets the series captures a universe of subterfuge & surveillance where easy distinctions between good & evil & crime & punishment are challenged at every turn Episodes comprise & The Target& & The Detail& & The Buys& & Old Cases& & The Pager& & The Wire& & One Arrest& & Lessons& & Game Day& & The Cost& & The Hunt& & Cleaning Up& & & Sentencing& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The most unvarnished uncompromising & realistic police drama ever returns for another hard hitting season Mc Nolty has been demoted to harbor patrol Daniels is in the police archive dungeon Prez is chafing in the suburbs & Gregs is stuck behind a desk Meanwhile on the docks of the Baltimore harbor the rank & file scrounge for work & the union bosses take illegitimate measures to reinvigorate business but a horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port inside out While the detail is on ice a new case begins Episodes Ebb Tide Collateral Damage Hot Shots Hard Cases Undertow All Prologue Backwash Duck & Cover Stray Rounds Storm Warnings Bad Dreams Port in a Storm ...

With the fall of the Barksdale empire & the ascent of a new young drug king in Baltimore Mc Nolty Bunk & the rest of the detail continue to "follow the money" up the political ladder amidst a hotly contested mayoral campaign Prez witnesses first-hand the role of inner-city education in the formation of youth as four students Michael Namond Randy & Dukie face dangerous decisions & adolescent angst in a city rife with the temptations of crime & easy money The explosive fourth season of The Wire continues to blur the lines between good & evil & incite the fires of urban unrest Episodes Comprise 1 Boys of Summer 2 Soft Eyes 3 Home Rooms 4 Refugees 5 Alliances 6 Margin Of Error 7 Unto Others 8 Corner Boys 9 Know Your Place 10 Misgivings 11 A New Day 12 That&s Got His Own 13 Final Grades Actors Chris Bauer Frankie Faison Michael Kenneth Williams Dominic West Aidan Gillen Deirdre Lovejoy Seth Gilliam Wood Harris Paul Ben-Victor Jim True-Frost Larry Gilliard Jr Sonja Sohn Chad L Coleman Reg E Cathey & Jamie Hector Certificate 18 years & over Year 2006 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages French Subtitles English ; French ; Dutch ; Danish ; Finnish ; Greek ; Hungarian ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; English for the hearing impaired Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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