The Greek army has been sent to Troy to recapture Helen the most beautiful woman in the world But how can they get inside the heavily defended city? The Greek commander Odysseus comes up with an extraordinary solution
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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 Adapted from the classic novel & The Tunnel Escape& by Eric Williams this is the story of British POWs trying to escape from a Nazi camp through a tunnel underneath their exercise horse As their huts are too far from the boundary one of the officers decides to start a daily gymnastics session close to the boundary in order to make digging a tunnel a lot easier & less likely to arouse suspicion ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Phillip Mallett Senior Lecturer in English University of St Andrews Educated beyond her station Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock & cannot marry her intended Giles Winterborne Her alternative choice proves disastrous & in a moving tale that has vibrant characters many humorous moments & genuine pathos coupled with tragic irony Hardy eschews a happy ending With characteristic derision he exposes the cruel indifference of the archaic legal system off his day & shows the tragic consequences of untimely adherence to futile social & religious proprieties ...

Twenty years ago four teenagers disappeared in the woods at a summercamp Now two decades later everything is changing Paul Copeland's sister went missing 20 years ago Now raising a daughter alone Cope balances family life with a career as a prosecutor But when a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope the well-buried secrets of the past are threatening everything Is this body one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive? Confronting his past Cope must decide what is better left hidden in the dark & what truths can be brought to light ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A wallflower-like woman begins to bloom when her discovery of a priceless bottle of wine lands her in the middle of international intrigue Actors Agnes Bruckner Emma Campbell Bruce Campbell Patricia Clarkson Lauren Birkell Directors Lucky Mc Kee Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Dubbed None Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Audio Description None Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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When Baby Woolly finds a toy coin on the grass he declares it must be pirate treasure He sets sail in a woolly ship but when he loses his ball of wool he needs to make a wish on his lucky pirate coin to save his friends A story full of adventure imagination & wool! ...

Language is always changing No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past John Simpson animates for us a tradition of researching & editing showing us both the technical lexicography needed to understand a word & the careful poetry needed to construct its definition He challenges both the idea that dictionaries are definitive & the notion that language is falling apart With a sense of humour an ability to laugh at bureaucracy & an inclination to question the status quo John Simpson gives life to the colourful characters at the OED & to the English language itself He splices his stories with entertaining & erudite diversions into the history & origin of words such as 'kangaroo' 'hot-dog' 'pommie' 'bicycle' not ignoring those swearwords often classed as ' Anglo-Saxon'! The book will speak to anyone who uses a dictionary 'word people' history lovers students & parents ...

Erin is 19 She's never really left England but she has watched Bear Grylls & wonders why it's always men who get to go on all the cool wilderness adventures So Erin sets off on a voyage into the Alaskan wilderness a one-woman challenge to the archetype of the rugged male explorer As Erin's journey takes her through the Arctic Circle across the entire breadth of the American continent & finally to a lonely cabin in the wilds of Denali she explores subjects as diverse as the moon landings the Gaia hypothesis loneliness nuclear war shamanism & the pill Filled with a sense of wonder for the natural world & a fierce love for preserving it The Word for Woman is Wilderness is a funny frank & tender account of a young woman in uncharted territory ...

When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens their existence is irrevocably altered Forced into servitude the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters Desperation causes the Athsheans led by Selver to retaliate against their captors abandoning their strictures against violence But in defending their lives they have endangered the very foundations of their society For every blow against the invaders is a blow to the humanity of the Athsheans & once the killing starts there is no turning back ...

This outstanding textbook offers an original history of Christian thought asking what it has meant over the centuries to participate in the religion of the Word made flesh Traces Christian ideas conversations experiences & practices from the first century through to the dawn of modernity at the end of the eighteenth century Presents an inclusive history considering the critical roles of women & religious others dissenting Christians Jews & Muslims in shaping Christian thought Sets Christian ideas in the context of conversations controversies & concrete circumstances Demonstrates the importance of liturgical & devotional exercises to the practice of Christianity Treats words images music & architecture all as primary evidence of Christian traditions Is accompanied by a CD Rom containing hundreds of visuals to support the theories & examples discussed throughout the volume ...