Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer & Mercedes Ruehl star in Terry Gilliam's must-see comic masterpiece. Williams is Parry, a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights & damsels in distress. Bridges ...

Everything you need to know about fishing in one striving book, The Fishing Handbook offers a comprehensive guide to the relaxing pastime of angling. Whether you are a committed angler or are keen to take up the sport, you will find everything you need to know in these pages. Offering you a guide to the basic principles of angling, it advises on the equipment you will need & lets you into perhaps the biggest secret of all ...

Matthew Reill returns with his biggest & fastest adventure yet. With the end of the world fast approaching, at the hands of a long foretold global catastrophe, Jack West Jr must rebuild the final pieces of the fabled, ancient ' Machine'
- the only thing that can prevent the end. But he is out of clues, out of leads... until he is presented with an archaic text about five unnamed warriors, great historical figures who were all in some way connected to the mysterious Machine. Soon he is on the trail of a legendary list of greats: from Moses to Genghis Khan & Napoleon, & finally to one most unlikely warrior
- the unknown ' Fifth' who it is said will be there 'at the end of all things'.

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Details: On his eighty-third birthday, Eddie, a lonely war veteran, dies in a tragic accident trying to save a little
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Addictions to iphones, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol & sex are taking over our lives. Our most casual daily habits can quickly become obsessions that move beyond our control. Damian Thompson, who has himself struggled with a range of addictions, argues that human desire is in the process of being reshaped. Shunning the concept of addiction as disease, he shows how manufacturers are producing substances like ipads, muffins & computer games that we learn to like too much & supplement tradition addictions to alcohol, drugs & gambling. He argues that addictive behaviour is becoming a substitute for family & work bonds that are being swept away by globalisation & urbanisation. This battle to control addiction will soon overshadow familiar ideological debates about how to run the economy, & as whole societies set about ...

Classic romantic comedy starring Marlene Dietrich. The story revolves around a gold-digger (Dietrich) who masquerades as a Countess with the help of her maid (Theresa Harris) in order to secure a wealthy husb&. When the man she is planning to marry (Rol ...

Books British History Books During WW2, Josephine Baker, the world's richest & most glamorous entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. This is the story of her heroic personal resistance to Nazi Germany. Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music hall diva renowned for her singing & exotic dancing, her beauty & sexuality; she was the most highly-paid female performer in Europe. When the Nazis seized her adopted city, Paris, she was banned from the stage, along with all 'negroes & Jews'. Yet, instead of returning to America, she vowed to stay & to fight the Nazi evil. Overnight she went from performer to Resistance spy. Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer's life. During the years of the war, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers
- a cover for her spying work-- she participated in numerous clandestine activities & emerged as formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served: the US, the nation of her birth; France, the land that embraced her during her adult career; & Britain, the country from which she took her orders, as one of London's most closely-guarded special agents. Baker's secret war embodies a tale of unbounded courage, passion, devotion & sacrifice, & of deep & bitter tragedy, fueled by her own desire to combat the rise of Nazism, & to fight for all that is good & right in the world. Drawing on a plethora of new historical material & rigorous research, including previously undisclosed letters & journals, Lewis upends the conventional story of Josephine Baker, revealing that her mark on history went far beyond the confines of the stage.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781529416763 •†Author: Damien Lewis  •†Publisher:†  Quercus •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 496 •†Dimensions:† 12.8 x 3.6 x 19.6 cm
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Have hours of fun piecing together your favourite superhero with this fabulous 3D The Flash Jigsaw Puzzle!

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Have hours of fun piecing together your favourite superhero with this fabulous 3D The Flash Jigsaw Puzzle!

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Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, & fast. Leon Twomey works nights & needs cash.

Their friends think they're crazy, but

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