When professional hit man John Lee (Chow Yun-Fat) defies the orders of Mr. Wei, a ruthless Chinese drug lord, he knows not only is his own life at stake, but also the lives of his family back in China. Desperate to get home, but in need of a passport, Lee enlists the help of Meg Coburn (Oscar winner Mira Sorvino; 1995, Best Supporting Actress), a beautiful document forger who helps Lee fend off waves of Wei's replacement killers- hired guns who will stop at nothing to see Lee dead. When the two warring sides face off in a climactic, ultra-violent showdown, it's a battle to the death that's guaranteed to blow you away. ...

International Superstar Chow Yun-Fat makes his Hollywood debut with Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino in this fierce & explosive action-thriller. After he betrays Mr. Wei, the ruthless crime boss who hired him to avenge his son's death, professional killer Jo ...

It is an early spring evening in 1943 when the air-raid sirens wail out over the East End of London. From every corner of Bethnal Green, people emerge from pubs, cinemas & houses & set off for the shelter of the tube station. But at the entrance steps, something goes badly wrong, the crowd panics, & 173 people are crushed to death. When an enquiry is called for, it falls to the local magistrate, Laurence Dunne, to find out what happened during those few, fatally confused minutes. But as Dunne gathers testimony from the guilt-stricken warden of the shelter, the priest struggling to bring comfort to his congregation, & the grieving mother who has lost her youngest daughter, the picture grows ever murkier. The more questions Dunne asks, the more difficult it becomes to disentangle truth from rumour
- & to decide just how much truth the damaged community can actually bear. It is only decades later, when the case is reopened by one of the children who survived, that the facts can finally be brought to light.. .
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Books Children's Fiction Books Bianca & Bernard, agents for The Prisoners' Aid Society of Mice, rescue prisoners & outwit villains in this enchanting story, made world-famous by the Walt Disney film. The Prisoners' Aid Society of Mice discusses the proposed rescue of a Norwegian poet from the terrible Black Castle. Miss Bianca, the pet white mouse belonging to the Ambassador's son, is sent to Norway on a mission to recruit the bravest Norwegian mouse she can find. She finds Nils, & brings him back triumphantly. Then she, Nils, & Bernard, a pantry mouse who falls in love with her, set off for the Black Castle. They set up home in a mousehole in the Chief Jailer's room, & narrowly avoid the jaws of Mamelouk the cruel Persian cat. Eventually they trick the cat & the jailer, & get into the prisoner's cell. A dramatic rescue via an underground river, & they are all free – & the Nils & Miss Bianca medal for bravery is struck in the mice's honour! Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780007364091 •†Author: Margery Sharp •†Publisher:†  Harper Collins Children’s Books •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 176 •†Dimensions:†12.9 x 1.1 x 19.8 cm ...

Weather patterns are changing
- earlier springs, record summer temperatures & erratic rainfall. & even when it is raining, we
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Following the smash-hit sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the

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The restless mind is frightened of silence, easily bored, & busy, busy, busy. The restful mind is creative & alert, relaxed & confident. The step from one to the other is all in the way we think.

His Eminence Gyalwa Dokhampa has a real understanding of the pressures of modern life & how our crowded minds have left us too little space to stretch & grow.

He shows us new ways to calm body & mind, become more aware, better able to deal with problems & appreciate the moment.

It is with our mind that we create our world. Heres how to open it up & let the world in.

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• ISBN: 9781473696792
• Author: Gyalwa Dokhampa
• Publisher: Yellow Kite
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 257
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm













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When Sam Harland returns a World War I hero to St Robin's Bay on the Yorkshire coast, he brings with him a French wife. He hopes that she will be accepted by the villagers, but one person
- Mary Lawson
- can never forgive what she sees as the ultimate betrayal. When Jean Lawson & Colin Harland fall in love, the match is opposed by both their families because of a rift that began a generation ago. But as World War II casts a shadow over Britain & its people, Jean & Colin strive towards their futures, as they volunteer to serve their country at war.

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There is no such place as Krassnia. Lucy Stone should know
- she was born there. In that tiny, troubled region of the former Soviet
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Their days of death-defying adventure seemingly behind them, acclaimed archaeologist Nina Wilde & her husb&, ex-SAS soldier

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