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An Unlikely Countess: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway — £14.49
A vivid and moving portrait of the inimitable Lily Budge, who overcame poverty and class divide to become the 13th Countess of Galloway, and one of Scotland's most colourful eccentrics In 1916, Lily Miller was born into a working class family in Duns, in the Borders region of Scotland. She became determined to escape, both from the small town gossip and from her terrifying mother, who thought Lily was born only to serve. Lily could not have predicted that her flight would eventually lead her to the...
Netgear DG834G 54 Mbps Wireless ADSL Modem Router With Firewall — £37.99
This 802.11g wireless router adds considerable power and flexibility to your network. Five products in one, it combines an ADSL modem, router, 10/100 LAN switch, 802.11g access point, and SPI True Firewall. It gives you untethered continuous connectivity to your network resources and the Internet, and allows you to share your broadband access with all of your networked computers wireless or with wires using Ethernet cables. Featuring high-speed 802.11g wireless capability - up to five times faster...
Ghostbusters — £5.99
Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters, of course! Find out what's been happening since the Ghostbusters last saved New York City as Peter, Ray, Egon, Winston and the rest of the gang make their first manga appearance! The phrase 'Everyone's a critic' takes on a whole new meaning when the crew is called in to help out a troubled Broadway production. Later, Ray learns that being a Ghostbuster isn't always the thrill-a-minute job he'd imagined it would be. And Egon has a touching interlude with a former instructor...
Titania's Numbers - 7: Born on 7th, 16th, 25th — £3.99
Each volume in this stunning mass-market series reveals amazing facts about your character and behaviour and the compatibility ratings for your particular DAY number. You'll also discover much you didn't know about your childhood, career, leisure time, and love prospects with every other DAY number! You can even check your yearly forecast plus find out what your LIFE number has to say about you. And, by consulting the other volumes, you can check out all this information for everyone you know. Now...
Hauppauge WinTV HVR900 Digital DVB-T / Analogue USB2.0 TV Tuner - Model 246 — £58.99
* The WinTV-HVR-900 includes a portable digital terrestrial antenna, which can be used when traveling. When used in the home or office, we recommend a high gain roof top digital antenna. Some viewers will need to replace their aerials to receive digital transmissions if the installation is old or in poor condition. Digital Terrestrial coverage is improving all the time as digital terrestrial television transmitters are continuously being updated. However it may take some time for coverage to reach...
Blur — £4.99
Beetlebum. Song 2. Country Sad Ballad Man. M.O.R. On Your Own. Theme From Retro. You're So Great. Death Of A Party. Chinese Bombs. I'm Just A Killer For Your Love. Look Inside America. Strange News From Another Star. Movin' On. Essex Dogs - Interlude.
The Life In My Years — £18.99
Virginia McKenna's career spans over four decades. However, it is her role in Born Free, an inspirational film about the wildlife conservationists Joy and George Adamson, that has most poignantly shaped Virginia's personal, professional and public identity. Together will her late husband Bill Travers, Virginia founded the Born Free Foundation in 1984, and has ever since striven to prevent individual animal suffering and protect threatened species. In this beautifully illustrated memoir Virginia McKenna...
In The City — £5.00
Right from the off this album is loud, hard and fast. Paul Wellers Rickenbacker is thrashy and chiming, Bruce Foxtons criminally underrated bass playing provides a brilliant bottom line and drummer Rick Buckler does a great job of keeping up with their incredibly fast pace! Reminds me a lot of the Who and thats a good thing. Furthermore, it clocks in at only 35 minutes which is a good time considering you're absolutely knackered after the first 4 songs! Get this if you love good, punky, fast, raw...
2GB Micro SD Memory Card With USB Memory Card Reader — £5.79
The USB Memory Card Reader works on Mac's fine but sending files through bluetooth is quicker than transferring them with your USB Memory Card if you don't have USB 2.0 Very Quick Postage as usual and perfect condition! Highly recommend.
Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde — £5.49
Dr Henry Jekyll has been obsessed since early manhood by the uneasy duality of good and evil he senses in himself and others, and is driven - to his peers' dismay - to tamper with the mysterious and transcendental side of science. The respected doctor becomes inexplicably silent and reclusive, while at the same time the terrifying Mr Edward Hyde begins to stalk the streets of London...At heart a chilling tale of the perils of ambition and hubris, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde reflects many of the preoccupations...
Venice — £11.99
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes — £4.99
In the future, the Earth is ruled by a race of highly-evolved simians who supplanted humans after a nuclear holocaust. But when the ape-led Earth is threatened with total annihilation, a trio of scientists journey backwards through time in order to prevent the catastrophe. Once in the human-led world, however, they find themselves hunted by a suspicious and fearful government desirous of making them the subjects of an experiment that could alter the course of human and ape events...
Classics Collection — £8.33
Galveston. Gentle On My Mind. Wichita Lineman. Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife. Hey Little One. By The Time I Get To Phoenix. Rhinestone Cowboy. Southern Nights. Bonaparte's Retreat. Country Boy (You've Got Your Feet In L. A.).
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Platinum) — £13.95
And much more new to offer, it still has. For the first time ever, levels feature vehicles and creatures that players can ride or exit at will. Also, in LEGO Star Wars's Free Play mode, gamers can customize more than 50 new playable characters by mixing and matching body parts, to build their own LEGO Star Wars heroes. And on certain platforms, a game save from the first LEGO Star Wars can unlock as many as 56 additional characters for Free Play - that's more than 100 characters total, plus millions...
The Diary of a Young Girl — £4.99
In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding. For over two years, they, another family and a German dentist lived in a 'secret annexe', fearing discovery. All that time, Anne kept a diary. An intimate record of tension and struggle, adolescence and confinement, anger and heartbreak, this is the definitive edition of the diary of Anne Frank.
Go Diego Go! Safari Rescue — £4.99
Go Wild on an African Safari Rescue! Giraffes with short necks? Zebras with no stripes? Tiny hippos? A mean Magician has mixed up all the African animals and turned the elephants into rocks too! Help Diego, Alicia, Baby Jaguar, Juma and Erin the Elephant undo the Magician's mischief with the Magic Drum! You'll guide Erin the Elephant, paint stripes on zebras, jump with Baby Jaguar, stomp to scare away the lions, climb up ladders and swim the river as you try and save the animals!
Samsung ES55 10.2 Megapixel Digital Camera (Silver) — £82.99
Samsung's advanced Face Detection technology takes the guesswork out of taking portraits - especially your own. With the convenient Self Portrait function, you'll now be able to easily take perfect self portraits every time. A beeping sound will notify you when your face is properly positioned and it's time to take the shot. The function can even recognise up to three faces so your friends are never left out.
Tenant Of Wildfell Hall (Widescreen) (Region 1 DVD) — £7.13
Tenant Of Wildfell Hall (Widescreen) (Region 1 DVD)
Guitar Hero: On Tour - Modern Hits (Game Only) — £24.99
Guitar Hero: On Tour - Modern Hits brings a Modern Rock twist to Guitar Hero for the DS Lite. With the new Fan Request Mode, you can choose your path to music stardom. On-the-go rockers earn more fans and fame by performing their favourite tunes in different styles (e.g. avoiding note bombs, hitting a 300 note streak or playing different guitar tracks) as requested by their fans while they move back and forth between venues (non-linear gameplay). Utilising the familiar Guitar Hero Guitar Grip peripheral...
The Matrix — £6.99
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Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Solus) — £39.99
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is the first game built around the legendary music of America's greatest rock 'n' roll band: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer. Fans will experience Aerosmith's Grammy award winning career, from their first gig to becoming rock royalty, in a way that no other entertainment vehicle offers. As players progress through the game, they can rock out to the band's greatest hits, as well as songs from other celebrated artists that the band has either...
Piece of My Heart — £5.49
As volunteers clean up after a huge outdoor rock concert in Yorkshire in 1969, they discover the body of a young woman wrapped in a sleeping bag. She has been brutally murdered. The detective assigned to the case, Stanley Chadwick, is a hard-headed, strait-laced veteran of the Second World War. He could not have less in common with -- or less regard for -- young, disrespectful, long-haired hippies, smoking marijuana and listening to the pulsing sounds of rock and roll. But he has a murder to solve...
The Lover — £3.99
Indochina, 1929. On a ferry a 27-year-old Chinese man spots an alluring but poor French teenager. They soon begin a forbidden but fiercely passionate romance. While the man truly loves the girl, she remains aloof, for her involvement with him is more out of rebellion towards her family -- and for sexual excitement -- rather than love. However when the gentleman is forced to marry a woman chosen by his parents, the young girl realizes she may have lost the true love of her life...
Martin Luther King — £3.99
Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. Martin Luther King's life is vividly described through detailed text and illustrations, from his humble beginnings in America's Deep South to black Americans' civil rights campaigner in the 1960s. The story of his rise to fame is also the story of black emancipation, giving...
Evan Almighty / Buddy / Magic In The Water — £9.99
Magic In The Water: Radio psychologist Jack Black (Mark Harmon) takes his children Joshua (Joshua Jackson) and Ashley (Sarah Wayne) on a "vacation" to a lake in British Columbia. While he grinds away at work, the children discover that the famous local lake monster "Orky" may not be just a gimmick to attract tourists after all. In fact, Orky may enable them to get closer to their workaholic dad, and help keep local polluters from dumping toxic waste into Orky's home.
Geil GE28GB800C5QC / PC2 6400 / 8GB / DDR2 800Mhz / 5-5-5-15 / EVO ONE Heatsink System / Black Dragon PC Memory — £139.99
Geil proudly introduces the Evolution in gaming memory. Featuring high stability, high capacity and advanced thermal technology known as the MTCD.
Ties That Bind — £3.38
Chronicles the joys and sorrows, trials and challenges, that transform the lives and relationship of four friends, Jenna and Randolph, Leigh and Noah, from their first romantic involvement in college in 1965 through all the changes that occur in their lives. Reader's Guide included. Original. 25,000 first printing.
The Wood — £4.99
Lots of guys have second thoughts about marriage. Three hours before his wedding, Roland (Taye Diggs) is having third, fourth and fifth thoughts. Good thing he's got best buddies Slim (Richard T. Jones) and Mike (Omar Epps) around to help sort those feeling out - and to remember their coming-of-age days in 'The Wood' (Inglewood, California).
Generation 18 — £5.49
Though neither event seems related, Agents Sam Ryan and Gabriel Stern quickly discover a link between the two - the military base known as Hopeworth. But are the serial killings a military cover-up that has gone dangerously wrong, or is there a deeper, more personal reason behind the murders of the red-headed adoptees? As the investigation continues, Sam discovers a connection between herself and the murder victims - a connection that implies a link to Hopeworth itself. With the killings escalating...
The Smartest Giant in Town — £7.49
George was very happy being the scruffiest giant in town. But one day, when he sees a shop stocking giant-size clothes, he decides it's time to up-date his image. With smart trousers, a shirt, tie and shiny shoes, George is a new man. However, as he goes home, he meets various animals who desperately need his help...and clothes! He may no longer be the smartest giant in town, but he's certainly the kindest!
A Handful of Dust — £6.99
In his elegant, malicious prose, Evelyn Waugh satirizes British society as he saw it over three decades. From Work Suspended, where Plant, a writer of detective fiction, puts his incomplete novel in a drawer until such time as he can finish it (that is to say after the war), to Basil Seal Rides Again, in which the hero of Black Mischief defeats the children of the Sixties, these stories encompass much of the social milieu of the twentieth century. The volume also includes the fragment Charles Ryder...
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia — £4.99
When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollars on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men (Young and Weber) recruit a small-town bartender, Bennie (Oates), to help them do their dirty work. He sets off with his girlfriend, Elita, on a tequila-fueled trek across the desolate Mexican frontier, which grows more intense, gruesome and bloody with every savage murder they leave in their wake!
Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor — £7.99
Coming of Age — £4.99
When her mother is killed in a riding accident, nine-year-old Amy is left mute and traumatised. She was there - but she cannot remember what happened and she is haunted by a nightmare that she cannot fully explain. Gradually her voice returns, but not her memory. Her relationship with her father deepens as she grows older, and she resigns herself to living with the blanks. As long as she has her dad, she can cope with anything. Then six years later, as Amy turns sixteen and a new woman enters her...
Up and Down — £7.49
Number two of a three part series of philosophical stories adapted and beautifully illustrated for children. Ages 5-10.
The Frog Prince — £5.49
This is an evocative picture book based on the classic fairytale and retold for younger children. When a frog rescues Princess Poppy's treasured golden ball, she is revolted that to return the favour she has to let him live in the palace with her. But could there be more to this frog than meets the eye? It features illustrations taken from the popular "Young Reading" series.
Shirt and Tie — £10.11
A guide to more than 50 shirt-tie combinations which frees the reader to find his way among various types of collars, cuffs and fabrics; to choose a tie (design, width, length) and knot it. Other titles in this series include "Bath", "Scents" and "Scarves".
Come Away With Me — £5.00
I Don't Know Why. Seven Years. Cold Cold Heart. Feelin' The Same Way. Come Away With Me. Shoot The Moon. Turn Me On. Lonestar. I've Got To See You Again. If I Were A Painter. One Flight Down. Nightingale. The Long Day Is Over. The Nearness Of You.
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express — £8.99
One of the very best Christie mysteries read by Hercule Poirot himself, David Suchet. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stopped the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train was surprisingly full for the time of the year. But by the morning there was one passenger fewer. An American lay dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. With tension mounting, detective Hercule Poirot comes up with not one, but two solutions to the crime.
Evening — £8.99
A Bend in the River — £5.99
'Brilliant and terrifying' - "Observer". I had to be the man who was doing well and more than well, the man whose drab shop concealed some bigger operation that made millions. I had to be the man who had planned it all, who had come to the destroyed town at the bend in the river because he had foreseen the rich future. 'Salim, the narrator, is a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast of Central Africa. Salim has left the coast to make his way in the interior, there...
If Only They Could Talk — £5.49
When the newly qualified vet, James Herriot, arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, he has no idea of the new friends he will meet or adventures that lie ahead. From the author whose books inspired the BBC series "All Creatures Great and Small", this first volume of unforgettable memoirs chronicles James Herriot's first years as a country vet, with the signature storytelling magic that has made him a favourite the world over. Here is a book for all those who find laughter and joy in...
Islands — £6.99
The Lion's Mouth. Big Apple. The Power To Forgive. Melting The Ice Away. Turn Your Back On Me. Islands. On A Plane. Part Of Me Is You. The Loop. Turn Your Back On Me (Thompson & Barbiero US Mix) (Bonus Track). The Pump Rooms Of Bath (Bonus Track). The Garden (Instrumental) (Bonus Track). Monochromatic (Live) (Bonus Track). Big Apple (Metro Mix) (Bonus Track). The Lion's Mouth (The Beast Mix) (Bonus Track). Turn Your Back On Me (Extended Dance Mix) (Bonus Track).
Gordon Ramsay's Playing with Fire — £3.99
The bestselling follow-up to Humble Pie, now in paperback. When he was struggling to get his first restaurant in the black, Gordon Ramsay never imagined he'd be famous for a TV show about how to run profitable eateries, or that he'd be head of a business empire. But he is and he did. Here's how. "In the beginning there was nothing. Not a sausage - penniless, broke, fucking nothing - and although, at a certain age, that didn't matter hugely, there came a time when hand-me-downs, cast-offs and football...
Possession — £5.49
Fabian Hightower has been killed in a car crash. At least, that is what a policeman is asking Alex, his mother to believe. But Alex knows she saw him that morning - at a time when he must have been dead. When the funeral is over Alex tries hard to forget her bizarre experience. But her mind seems to be playing strange tricks on her, turning her grief into horror. When she turns to a medium her worst fears are realised. Fabian has unfinished business and he is determined to come back. But why? Whatever...
Zen — £2.14
Originally written by Christmas Humphreys, the founder of the Buddhist Society, this is an introduction to the background and principles of Zen Buddhism. Revised by Stephen Hodge, this edition discusses the basic doctrine of Buddhism and the principles of Mahayana Buddhism. Having described the background to the Zen school of Buddhism, it turns to Zen itself and the process of self training towards the Zen experience of reality. The book hopes to guide readers to the experience of Zen, to bring heightened...
A League Of Their Own — £3.99
This is one of my top 5 favorite films of all time. I love this film, it has great acting, great music, great cinematography and comes together really well. Even has a few moments of comedy. Even Madonna is actually quite good in this. I first saw this on video when I was about 12-13 and must have watched this movie nearly 50 times, and this movie gives me a great sense of hope and reminds me of the best things in life. This is what a movie should be, something that inspires you in a positive way...
Jade — £2.99
Money, sex, power. They're all part of this crisp, stylish suspense thriller from the director of The French Connection and the screenwriter of Basic Instinct. David Caruso plays Corelli, a D.A. up to his neck in a case that may lead where he doesn't want to go. Chazz Palminteri portrays Matt, a prominent attorney, local power broker and Corelli's longtime pal. Linda Fiorentino is Matt's wife Trina, a clinical psychologist who's bold, uninhibited and capable of anything - maybe even murder.
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) (Region 1 DVD) — £3.68
While mom takes off for a trip to Australia with her boyfriend, the kids are left in the care of the elderly babysitter from hell. Then things go from bad to worse: the old lady dies, leaving them without a cent to their name.
Coral Reef — £4.99
With only nine pieces to these puzzles kids may think it's going to be easy - but just wait and see. Each of the 75mm squares will only fit together one way - making it much harder than it looks.
Tears Of The Sun: Collector's Edition — £4.99
In director Antoine Fuqua's action-adventure film, Bruce Willis stars as Lt. A.K. Waters, the loyal veteran officer of a Navy S.E.A.L unit. When he's sent into the heart of Africa, the usually hard-bitten Waters finds himself deeply conflicted at having to choose between following orders and the dictates of his own conscience. Lt. Waters travels to war-torn Nigeria to rescue Dr. Lena Kendricks (Monica Bellucci), a U.S. citizen who runs a mission in the countryside. But when Lt. Waters arrives, Dr...
Bram Stoker's Dracula / Mary Shelley's Frankenstein — £7.99
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Dir. Kenneth Branagh, 1994): It is the late 18th Century. After the death of his beloved mother, young Victor Frankenstein leaves his father and Elizabeth, the adopted sister he passionately loves, to attend university. Here he becomes obsessed with the teachings of Professor Walman who believes that living creatures can actually be created from dead matter.
South by South East — £3.99
Tim is broke. So when a mysterious stranger offers him a wad of money for his overcoat, it seems like a stroke of good fortune. But there are worse things than being broke. Being shot, for one - which is what happens to the stranger, and could soon be the fate of the Diamond Brothers.
The Rising Sun — £5.49
*A tour de force of historical fiction* It is the end of the seventeenth century, and the Rising Sun, the biggest of a five-ship flotilla, is making the perilous trip to Darien on the northern coast of Panama. With it go all the hopes and fears of the Scottish people who, driven at last to defiance of their jealous and powerful neighbour, wholeheartedly throw themselves into the scramble for empire and trade, the quest for untold riches and the discovery of a promised land. The narrator is Roderick...
Short History of English Literature — £24.99
Europa — £5.99
A comic, dark and dyspeptic novel about an obsessive love gone sour. Jealousy and revenge, passion and dread intertwine in one man's soul as he is trapped in the awful claustrophobia of a three-day coach journey across Europe with a group of people he loathes - and the woman who broke his heart.
The Penguin Map of the World — £4.99
Clear, colourful, informative and up-to-date, this political map of the world is printed in four colours. It has a legend in six languages and includes flags of the world. Country and sea names are in English and time zones are indicated.
Race To The Pole — £4.99
Until the early years of the 20th century, the vast continent of Antarctica was barely discovered. All that changed, when Scott, Shackleton, and Amundsen set out to solve the last great unsolved geographical mystery and find the South Pole. This book tells the amazing tale of their expeditions into the unknown. It is high adventure, dramatic and tense, with three contrasting characters - Scott, the traditional British hero, whose lack of preparation had tragic results; Shackleton (born in County...
Man in White — £8.99
The Bachelor — £4.99
Faced with the choice of getting married within 24 hours or losing a $100 million inheritance, unrepentant bachelor Jimmie Shannon (Chris O'Donnell) is suddenly desperate to get to the altar. The problem is, his adorable and independent girlfriend, Anne (Renee Zellweger), has seen through his act and won't touch him with a ten-foot pole. With the priest waiting in the wings and the minutes counting down, it may take 1,000 brides to help Jimmie discover the true meaning of love in the timeless romantic...
House Of Many Ways — £9.99
A chaotically magical sequel to Howl's Moving Castle. Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland and his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places - the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to name but a few. By opening that door, Charmain is now also looking after an extremely magical stray...
Blair Witch 2 - Book Of Shadows — £4.99
This film is actually, surprisingly not all that bad...in some places it was pretty good actually. When watching the film, you need to completey forget about the first one. Don't compare the two in any way, because they are SOOOOOO different to each other. In this one, they only spend about 10 minutes in the forest. You should think of this as a horror movie SEPERATE to the other one...then you might enjoy it. I know when you first look at this you'll think "this film can't be good. It's just a way...
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 for Digital Photographers Only — £17.99
Rob Sheppard understands that technology should benefit the photographer, helping him or her to create more exciting images. That's exactly what "Photoshop Lightroom" does. Aided by exquisite color photos and screen shots, Rob shows readers how to improve their work flow and produce better photos with Lightroom. Readers learn to use this revolutionary tool in the only context that matters-how it can help them become more productive photographers.This new edition covers: using Lightroom to streamline...
The Audrey Hepburn Collection (Region 1 DVD) — £7.99
Sabrina is charming, humorous and aglow with some of Hollywood's greatest stars. Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn star in a Cinderella story directed by renowned filmmaker Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot). Bogie and Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie's all work, Holden's all playboy. But when Sabrina, daughter of the family's chauffeur, returns from Paris all grown up and glamorous, the stage is set for some family fireworks as the...
The Twilight Hour — £2.14
London, 1947: it's freezing winter in the shabby, bomb-damaged city. Young socialite Dinah Wentworth, a bright, innocent newcomer to the Fitzrovia scene, becomes embroiled in a dark scandal when she discovers the corpse of surrealist artist Titus Mavor. Not wanting to explain her reasons for being at Mavor's flat that evening, she decides against reporting her grim discovery to the police. But her silence has terrible consequences. Her husband's friend, Colin Harris, is linked to the crime and arrested...
The Little Book of Wisdom — £2.49
Offers some of the Dalai Lama of Tibet's most helpful insights on daily living, inner peace, compassion and justice.
Odds Against — £5.49
Sid Halley, an injured jockey, becomes a private eye and carries out some work for his father-in-law, who believes a man is trying to financially ruin Seabury racecourse, so that it can be sold to property developers. From the author of "Straight" and "The Edge".
Unbreakable — £4.99
New Generation. Love 'Em Or Leave 'Em. Deep And Dark. Borderline. Blood Too Hot. Maybe I Maybe You. Someday Is Now. My City My Town. Through My Eyes. Can You Feel It. This Time. She Said. Remember The Good Times (Retro Garage Mix).
Destination — £2.99
I Love It When We Do. Love Don't Work (If We Don't Try). If Tomorrow Never Comes. Come Be My Baby. Lovin' Each Day. My One Thing That's Real. Time For Love. Blown Away. As Much As I Can Give You Girl. Joy & Pain. The Long Goodbye.
Brodie's Notes on Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" — £7.49
Part of a series of literature guides designed for GCSE coursework requirements, this book contains - author details, background to the work, summaries of the text, critical commentaries, analysis of characterization, and sample questions with guideline answers.
The Wolves Of Kromer — £3.99
In a small British town, Seth and Gabriel are gay, in love, and werewolves. While their lunar lycanthropic secret remains hidden, the townspeople begin to sense that these two young men are very different in many ways indeed...
Gone In 60 Seconds: Director's Cut — £2.99
Academy Award winners Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie ride an unstoppable wave of speed and adrenaline in this hot, edgy action hit from high-octane producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Legendary car booster Randall "Memphis" Raines (Cage) thought he'd left the fast lane behind - until he's forced out of retirement in a do-or-die effort to save his kid brother (Giovanni Ribisi) from the wrath of an evil mobster! But with speed to burn and attitude to spare, Memphis hastily re-assembles his old crew - a rogues...
Ultimate Fighting Championship 58: USA Vs. Canada — £6.99
The Ultimate Fighting Championship presents a war of a different nature as sixteen of North America's best fighters step into the Octagon to do battle. But, unlike any event before it in mixed martial arts, these men are fighting for much more than pride and rankings. They are fighting for their country...
The Phantom — £2.99
The story begins as an expedition lands on the island of Bengalla, seeking the legendary skulls of Touganda . Believed to harness an energy force of incalculable power, the skulls could spell disaster for mankind. And that's exactly what ruthless tycoon Xander Drax (Treat Williams) has in mind... unless one man can save it.
Fables — £1.94
The highest standards in editing and production have been applied to the Wordsworth Children's Classics, while the low price makes them affordable for everyone. Wordsworth's list covers a range of the best-loved stories for children, from nursery tales, classic fables, and fairy tales to stories that will appeal to older children and adults alike. Many of these volumes have contemporary illustrations, and while they are ideal for shared family reading, their attractive format will also encourage...
Trash — £5.00
Poison. Spark In The Dark. House Of Fire. Why Trust You. Only My Heart Talkin'. Bed Of Nails. This Maniac's In Love With You. Trash. Hell Is Living Without You. I'm Your Gun.
Bag of Bones — £5.99
When bestselling crime writer Mike Noonan's wife dies, he suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn from Derry to his lakeside retreat, Sara Laughs - a house once inhabited by a famous singer. It's a community run by rich, tyrannical, wheelchair-bound Devore and his terrifying, skeletal female bookkeeper. Devore is hell-bent on getting custody of his grandchild. Three year old Kyra and her young mother, Mattie, turn to Mike for help - and Mike, besotted by Mattie, is powerless to resist. But...
Last Orders — £5.99
This novel follows four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea.
The Honorary Consul — £5.99
Graham Greene's gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinian town is considered one of his finest. It tells of Charley Fortnum, the 'Honorary Consul', a whisky-sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of revolutionaries. As Eduardo Plarr, a local doctor, negotiates with revolutionaries and authorities for Fortnum's release, the corruption of both becomes evident. In this spare, tense novel, Graham Greene explores the morality of a political system that turns...
Lois on the Loose — £6.99
Young and beautiful, Lois Pryce was a rising star at the BBC. Unbeknownst to her co-workers, Lois lived a parallel life as a biker babe with an overwhelming sense of wanderlust. So she packed in her career to ride her motorcycle on her own from the northernmost tip of Alaska to the southernmost tip of South America. Alone. Armed only with the Spanish words for 'caution' and 'cheese', Lois was rather under-prepared for multiple bear sightings, bribing her way through borders, spending a night in a...
Monday Mourning — £5.49
But Tempe has her doubts. Something doesn't make sense. She'll look at the bones in her lab and do Carbon 14 testing to establish approximate age. And she can analyse the tooth enamel to tell approximately where the women were born. If she's right, Claudel has three recent murders on his hands. Definitely his case. Detective Andrew Ryan, meanwhile, is acting mysterious. What are those private phone calls he takes in the other room, and why does he suddenly disappear just when Tempe is beginning to...
"Pulp Fiction" — £7.49
For many, Quentin Tarantino's films defined American cinema in the 1990s. The films are seen as hard, fast, funny, stylish and filled with clever allusions to other films. Dana Polan sets out to unlock the style and technique of "Pulp Fiction". He shows how broad Tarantino's points of reference are, and analyzes the narrative accomplishment and complexity. In addition, Polan argues that macho attitudes celebrated in film are much more complex than they seem.
Midnight Express — £5.49
For Billy Hayes, 1970 was a horrifying year. It was the year when he tried to smuggle 4lbs of hashish from Istanbul back to his home in America. It was the year when he was arrested at Istanbul airport, tried, and sentenced to 30 years in a Turkish jail. For five years he suffered the filth, brutality and degradation of imprisonment in an environment of hellish squalor, while his family fought in vain to secure his release. Finally in desperation, he made a daring escape bid and incredibly the bid...
For The Love Of Mike — £9.49
Lilac Bus — £5.99
Each Friday, Tom Fitzgerald drives the same people home from Dublin to spend the weekend in Rathdoon. Nancy, Dee, Kev and Celia ? each has their own secret story, unknown to their fellow passengers. And of course Tom himself has his own reasons for returning home so regularly? Once again, Maeve Binchy has conjured up a cast of very human characters with real joys and real sadnesses, portrayed with her trademark wit, compassion and warmth.
Life On Air — £19.99
Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly six decades, and in this volume of memoirs Sir David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places he has visited. His first job - after Cambridge University and two years in the Royal Navy - was at a London publishing house. Then in 1952 he joined the BBC as a trainee producer, and it was while working on the "Zoo Quest" series (1954-64) that...
Space Race — £5.99
What is a big bang? How heavy is a white dwarf? What is it like to be an astronaut? From aliens to astronauts, and mission control to meteorites, space is exciting and full of drama, mystery and discovery. This fantastic series also available in hardback takes a look at space and all of it's fascinating properties and possibilities. Each book contains a table of contents, glossary and an index.
Prince Caspian — £4.99
"Look sharp!" shouted Edmund. "All catch hands and keep together. This is magic - I can tell by the feeling!" Prince Caspian is in terrible danger when his wicked uncle, King Miraz, decides to get rid of the young heir to the throne. In desperation, Caspian blows the magic horn, calling on Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund in Narnia's hour of need. This is the fourth adventure in the exciting Chronicles of Narnia.
The Dick Van Dyke Show - 4 Classic Episodes — £4.99
Carl Reiner's The Dick Van Dyke Show occupies a permanent spot in the pantheon of American sitcom's for good reason. In addition to its smart writing and strong supporting cast, the series broke new ground by delving into the career of family patriarch Rob Petrie (Van Dyke), whose job as a writer for a television variety hour gave the show a self-referential quality lacking in sitcom's of the time.
Wiltshire — £19.49
From prehistoric Stonehenge and Avebury to railway age Swindon, the rolling countryside of Wiltshire encompasses every aspect of English building. Thirteenth-century Salisbury cathedral is set in a spacious close, within a planned medieval town, which boasts Georgian delights such as Mompesson House. Towns and villages range from Marlborough with its sweeping High Street to the exceptional Lacock, in the shadow of its abbey's remains, remodelled as an eighteenth-century Gothick fantasy. The great...
Complete Novels — £29.99
This de luxe slip-cased edition makes a perfect present and contains Hugh Thomson's (1860-1920) matchless fine illustrations, coloured especially for this edition by leading colourist Barbara Frith. Fully bound in cloth, embossed and gold-blocked. Embossed, gold-blocked, cloth-covered slip-case. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Clear two-column setting.
Paper Money — £5.49
Three seemingly independent events occur one morning in London: an MP wakes up after spending the night with a woman he picked up in a bar; a tycoon meets a Bank of England official for breakfast; and a criminal briefs his crew. A journalist struggles to unravel the truth behind the three events.
Mark of Chaos - Warhammer — £5.49
As the forces of Chaos sweep down from the north to threaten the civilised lands of the human Empire, a young Empire commander must prove his honour by tracking down and destroying the enemy leader. Epic fantasy set against a backdrop of war on a grand scale.
The Million Dollar Hotel — £3.99
A gang of outcasts, misfits, and the mentally ill live in a downtown Los Angeles fleapit, known locally as the Million Dollar Hotel. When one of the residents comes to a grizzly end, The Million Dollar Hotel becomes the focus of a police investigation led by FBI hardline Detective Skinner (Gibson).
One, Two, Three, Kick! — £5.99
The Lady In Red (Don Ried & Chorus) (Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra). Jalousie (Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra). Begin The Beguine (Don Reid) (Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra). Cielito Lindo (Carmen Castillo) (Chacha Aguilar) (Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra). My Shawl (Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra). Adios Muchachos (Joseph De Soiza & Chorus) (Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra). Isle Of Capri (Luis...
Apocalypse Now Redux — £5.99
Some fifty minutes longer, with the addition of a number of fabled extra scenes, Francis Coppola's hugely ambitious Vietnam war epic 'Apocalypse Now' is now presented under the title 'Apocalypse Now Redux'. Martin Sheen's mission (to terminate Marlon Brando's renegade Colonel Kurtz "with extreme prejudice") remains the same, but among the extra scenes we witness Sheen stealing Colonel Kilgore's (Robert Duvall) beloved surfboard, while a few more clicks up river the guys on the boat share some quality...
Margot Fonteyn - A Portrait — £15.58
A stunning portrait of the late great British ballerina. The exclusive portrait, made two years before her death, is the only personal account of Dame Margot Fonteyn's life and career that exists on film. Includes archival film of Fonteyn dancing many of her great roles, and contributions from Ninette de Volois, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann and Rudolf Nureyev.
Trick or Treatment?: Alternative Medicine on Trial — £12.99
Welcome to the world of alternative medicine. Prince Charles is a staunch defender and millions of people swear by it; most UK doctors consider it to be little more than superstition and a waste of money. But how do you know which treatments really heal and which are potentially harmful? Now at last you can find out, thanks to the formidable partnership of Professor Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh. Edzard Ernst is the world's first professor of complementary medicine, based at Exeter University, where...
The Score — £4.99
Red intro. How many mics. Ready or not. Zealots. Beast. Fu gee la. Family business. Killing me softly. Score. Mask. Cowboys. No woman no cry. Manifesto/Outro. Fu gee la (Refugee Camp remix). Fu gee la (Refugee Camp global mix). Mista mista. Fu gee la (Refugee Camp global mix).
The Ides Of March — £12.99
March, 44 BC. Rome, in all her glory, has expanded her territories beyond the wildest dreams of her citizens, led by Caius Julius Caesar - Pontifex Maximus, dictator perpetuo, invincible military leader and only fifty-six years old. He is a man in command of his destiny, who wields enormous power throughout the vast empire.
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