In the world of Asgard living among Odin Thor & Loki are the Valkyries of legend They are Norse goddesses who reap the fallen souls from human battlefields & have the power to cause death with just one touch At the end of The Runaway Freya & the Valkyries are about to leave the human world when they learn that the Frost Giants Fire Giants & Dark Searchers have united to declare war on the Realms Bitfrost the legendary rainbow bridge linking the human world to Asgard has been closed With their only entry back to Asgard barred how can the Valkyries get back to fight to protect their homeland? Loki claims he knows another secret route but can they trust him? & even if they found a way
- is there anything they can do to stop the war? As the War of the Realms spills over into Earth Freya & the Valkyries must find a way to save not just the Norse world but the human world as well With everything at stake can Freya become the Hero she was destined to be?' Kate O' Hearn serves up a winning mix of modern adventure & classic fantasy' Rick Riordan author of Percy Jackson
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In 1566 Jean Parisot de Valette 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta laid the foundation for Valletta the future capital of Malta In Valletta players take inspiration from Jean Parisot de Valette in order to procure raw materials; hire merchants bricklayers & roofers; & build their own version of the magnificent capital with its mighty bastions baroque buildings & a right-angled street network Cultivate your contacts with the Order of Malta to improve your reputation Players are supervised in their work by de Valette who patrols his streets as a building inspector When he reaches the end of his patrol the game ends & a winner is determined 2-4 Players 40-80 Min Playing Time Age 10 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Cliff Gordon’s celebrated play Choir Practice is brought vividly to life in fifties British comedy classic Valley Of Song Directed by Gilbert Gunn (Operation Bullshine Girls At Sea) it stars some of British cinema’s most beloved stars including Mervyn Johns (Scrooge) Clifford Evans (Curse of The Werewolf) & Maureen Swanson (A Town like Alice) Valley Of Song tells the story of hapless small town boy Geraint Llewellyn Having spent five years in London Geraint returns to the quaint Welsh village where he grew up to fulfil the role of choirmaster within the local church Having chosen Handel’s Messiah for the choir’s showcase piece he inadvertently causes fierce rivalries to surface when trying to pick a soloist The consequences of which are hilariously catastrophic & begin to affect the entire village This choir may have the voices of angels but they certainly don’t have the patience to match There are two young people who genuinely suffer through this state of affairs Cliff & Olwen They are in love but the feud threatens to tear them apart ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A visionary & haunting medieval epic from the director of Marketa Lazarová Set in 13th century Europe this raw & powerful moral fable of corruption & fundamentalism chronicles the tale of a young boy made to join the Brotherhood of the Teutonic Knights & how as a man he rejects their doctrine & the terrible price he must pay for that rejection Actors Petr Cepek Jan Kacer Vera Galatíková Zdenek Kryzánek Miroslav Machácek Josef Somr Václav Kotva & Jana Hlavácková Director Frantisek Vlácil Certificate 15 years & over Year 1968 Languages Czech Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play What a trip! An entertainingly psychedelic adaptation of Jacqueline Susann&s splendidly trashy novel telling the story of three remarkable women whose lives are affected by show-business celebrity Revered composer John Williams (Star Wars) won his very first Oscar
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- for Best Music Actors Barbara Parkins Patty Duke Paul Burke Sharon Tate Naomi Stevens Charles Drake Lee Grant Joey Bishop George Jessel Susan Hayward Richard Dreyfuss & Jacqueline Susann Director Mark Robson Certificate 15 years & over Year 1967 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English Duration 1 hour & 59 minutes (approx)

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Using the cover artwork of our much-loved Virago Modern Classics hardback range these elegant notebooks celebrate three of our most popular titles Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier; Excellent Women by Barbara Pym & Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann They are a must-have for all Virago fans & are surely the most stylish way of collecting notes on your favourite books Or maybe it will inspire you to write a novel of your own Each notebook features a ribbon bookmark high-quality paper & matching endpapers Rebecca & Excellent Women feature artwork by award-winning textile designer Neisha Crosland wwwneishacroslandcom Valley of the Dolls features artwork by textile designer & founder of Biba Barbara Hulanicki wwwbarbarahulanickidesigncom ...

Take on the role of Egyptian nobles at the time of the pharaohs preparing for their death & burial in the valley of the kings Using an innovative deck-building mechanism with a crumbling pyramid players fill their tombs with jewelry chambers weapons tomb art & other treasures The player who collects the most valuable artifacts in their tomb wins the game! Valley of the Kings Afterlife is a standalone game that can also be combined with Valley of the Kings to allow for play with up to six players ...

When you die you can take it with you! Take on the role of Egyptian nobles at the time of the pharaohs preparing for death & burial in the Valley of the Kings Players want to fill their tombs with food canopic jars statues amulets & other treasures & to do so they acquire cards that are laid out in the shape of a pyramid; the higher the card on the pyramid the more expensive it is to buy — but when lower cards are purchased the pyramid crumbles lowering prices on the cards that fall The pyramid resets each round with new offerings You score only for cards that you remove from your deck & stash in your tomb so if you keep using valuable cards for their effects & don&t entomb them before the game ends you could lose out on big points! Whoever collects the most valuable artifacts in her tomb wins Components 96 Artifact cards 4 Tomb cards 4 Reference cards Rulebook ...

When you die you can take it with you! Take on the role of Egyptian nobles at the time of the pharaohs preparing for death & burial in the Valley of the Kings Players want to fill their tombs with food amulets & other treasures & to do so they acquire cards that are laid out in the shape of a pyramid; purchase cards at the base of the pyramid & it "crumbles" to bring cards higher in the pyramid to the base where they can be bought The pyramid resets each round with new offerings You score only for cards that you remove from your deck & stash in your tomb so if you keep using valuable cards for their effects & don&t entomb them before the game ends you could lose out on big points! Whoever collects the most valuable artifacts in her tomb wins Valley of the Kings Last Rites the third standalone Vot K title introduces the various citizens & roles of people in the ancient Egyptian kingdom ...

Micromoving Hounds Absolutely Everything All the Time See the Moon? Living Normal Us John Meet Me at the Precipice Before Fall Exing Everything Undream A Year ...