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Last Bus to Woodstock is the novel that began Colin Dexter's
phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series. 'Do you think I'm
wasting your time, Lewis?' Lewis was nobody's fool and was a man of
some honesty and integrity. 'Yes, sir.' An engaging smile crept
across Morse's mouth. He thought they could get on well together .
. . The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday
afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening Inspector
Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a
dangerous man - facing charges of wilful murder, sexual assault and
rape. But as the obvious leads fade into twilight and darkness,
Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key .
. . Last Bus to Woodstock is followed by the second Inspector Morse
book, Last Seen Wearing.
Sequel to the Disney animated classic about a huge litter of
dalmation puppies and their adventures in London town. When young
Patch accidentally becomes separated from his siblings, he takes
the opportunity to strike out on his own and meet his canine hero
Thunderbolt, whose TV adventure show is currently shooting nearby.
The young pup can't believe his luck when he gets the chance to
serve as Thunderbolt's real-life sidekick in a series of adventures
around the city; and when Cruella de Ville kidnaps all of Patch's
brothers and sisters, the two new friends realise that it is up to
them to save the day.
JRR Tolkien's legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, on CD for
the first time. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives
ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of
the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of
the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories
from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. The
book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such
elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to
send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence
of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of
Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of
the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story
about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is
known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the
legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR
Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides
a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the
gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his
father's writings.
The Secret of Annexe 3 is the seventh novel in Colin Dexter's
Oxford-set detective series. Morse sought to hide his
disappointment. So many people in the Haworth Hotel that fateful
evening had been wearing some sort of disguise - a change of dress,
a change of make-up, a change of partner, a change of attitude, a
change of life almost; and the man who had died had been the most
consummate artist of them all . . . Chief Inspector Morse seldom
allowed himself to be caught up in New Year celebrations. So the
murder inquiry in the festive hotel had a certain appeal. It was a
crime worthy of the season. The corpse was still in fancy dress.
And hardly a single guest at the Haworth had registered under a
genuine name . . . The Secret of Annexe 3 is followed by the eighth
Inspector Morse book, The Wench is Dead.
The Way Through the Woods is the tenth novel in Colin Dexter's
Oxford-set detective series. Quietly, rather movingly, Strange was
making his plea: 'Christ knows why, Lewis, but Morse will always
put himself out for you.' As he put the phone down, Lewis knew that
Strange had been right . . . in the case of the Swedish Maiden, the
pair of them were in business again . . . They called her the
Swedish Maiden - the beautiful young tourist who disappeared on a
hot summer's day somewhere in North Oxford. Twelve months later the
case remained unsolved - pending further developments. On holiday
in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse is startled to read a
tantalizing article in The Times about the missing woman. An
article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford . . . and
straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his
career. The Way Through the Woods is followed by the eleventh
Inspector Morse book, The Daughters of Cain.
Death is Now My Neighbour is the twelfth novel in Colin Dexter's
Oxford-set detective series. As he drove his chief down to
Kidlington, Lewis returned the conversation to where it had begun.
'You haven't told me what you think about this fellow Owens - the
dead woman's next-door neighbour.' 'Death is always the next-door
neighbour,' said Morse sombrely. The murder of a young woman . . .
A cryptic 'seventeenth-century' love poem . . . And a photograph of
a mystery grey-haired man . . . More than enough to set Chief
Inspector E. Morse on the trail of a killer. And it's a trail that
leads him to Lonsdale College, where the contest between Julian
Storrs and Dr Denis Cornford for the coveted position of Master is
hotting up. But then Morse faces a greater, far more personal
crisis . . . Death is Now My Neighbour is followed by the
thirteenth Inspector Morse book, The Remorseful Day.
The Riddle of the Third Mile is the sixth novel in Colin Dexter's
Oxford-set detective series. The thought suddenly occurred to Morse
that this would be a marvellous time to murder a few of the doddery
old bachelor dons. No wives to worry about their whereabouts; no
landladies to whine about the unpaid rents. In fact nobody would
miss most of them at all . . . By the 16th of July the Master of
Lonsdale was concerned, but not yet worried. Dr Browne-Smith had
passed through the porter's lodge at approximately 8.15 a.m. on the
morning of Friday, 11th July. And nobody had heard from him since.
Plenty of time to disappear, thought Morse. And plenty of time,
too, for someone to commit murder . . . The Riddle of the Third
Mile is followed by the seventh Inspector Morse book, The Secret of
Annexe 3.
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is the third novel in Colin
Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Morse had never ceased to
wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all
pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly
vague. The newly appointed member of the Oxford Examinations
Syndicate was deaf, provincial and gifted. Now he is dead . . . And
his murder, in his north Oxford home, proves to be the start of a
formidably labyrinthine case for Chief Inspector Morse, as he tries
to track down the killer through the insular and bitchy world of
the Oxford Colleges . . . The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is
followed by the fourth Inspector Morse book, Service of All the
Dead.
Last Seen Wearing is the second Inspector Morse novel in Colin
Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Morse was beset by a nagging
feeling. Most of his fanciful notions about the Taylor girl had
evaporated and he had begun to suspect that further investigation
into Valerie's disappearance would involve little more than sober
and tedious routine . . . After leaving home to return to school,
teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail had
gone cold. Until two years, three months and two days after
Valerie's disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising
new evidence for the case . . . Last Seen Wearing is followed by
the third Inspector Morse book, The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn.
Presented for the first time as a standalone work, the epic tale of
The Fall of Gondolin reunites fans of The Hobbit & The Lord of
the Rings with Elves, Balrogs, Dragons & Orcs and the rich
landscape unique to Tolkienâs Middle-earth. This brand new
unabridged audio book is read by Timothy West & Samuel West.
Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable, is central to the enmity of
two of the greatest powers in the world. Morgoth of the uttermost
evil seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city of his
Elven enemies, while the gods in Valinor refuse to support Ulmo
Lord of Waters' designs to protect it. Into this world comes Tuor,
cousin of TĂșrin, and guided unseen by Ulmo he sets out on the
fearful journey to Gondolin to warn them of their coming doom. Then
Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he
needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and
dragons and numberless Orcs.
For centuries, living afloat on Britain's waterways has been a rich
part of the fabric of our social history, from the fisherfolk of
ancient Britain to the bohemian houseboat dwellers of the 1950s and
beyond. Whether they have chosen to leave the land behind and take
to the water or been driven there by necessity, the history of the
houseboat is a unique and fascinating seam of British history. In
Water Gypsies, Julian Dutton - who was born and grew up on a
houseboat - traces the evolution of boat-dwelling, from an
industrial phenomenon in the heyday of the canals to the rise of
life afloat as an alternative lifestyle in postwar Britain. Drawing
on personal accounts and with a beautiful collection of
illustrations, Water Gypsies is both a vivid narrative of a unique
way of life and a valuable addition to social history.
The Wench is Dead is the eighth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set
detective series. That night he dreamed in Technicolor. He saw the
ochre-skinned, scantily clad siren in her black, arrowed stockings.
And in Morse's muddled computer of a mind, that siren took the name
of one Joanna Franks . . . The body of Joanna Franks was found at
Duke's Cut on the Oxford Canal at about 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday,
22nd June 1859. At around 10.15 a.m. on a Saturday morning in 1989
the body of Chief Inspector Morse - though very much alive - was
removed to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. Treatment for a
perforated ulcer was later pronounced successful. As Morse begins
his recovery he comes across an account of the investigation and
the trial that followed Joanna Franks' death . . . and becomes
convinced that the two men hanged for her murder were innocent . .
. The Wench is Dead is followed by the ninth Inspector Morse book,
The Jewel That Was Ours.
J.R.R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth,
collected for the first time in one volume. J.R.R. Tolkien famously
described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a 'dark age, and not
very much of its history is (or need be) told'. And for many years
readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of
it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its
appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the
building of the Barad-dur and the rise of Sauron. It was not until
Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father's
death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the
book's content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were
at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events
concerning the rise and fall of the island of Numenor. Raised out
of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward
for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and
capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of
influence and wealth; but as the Numenoreans' power increased, the
seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the
Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Even greater insight into the
Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in
Christopher Tolkien's magisterial twelve-volume The History of
Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of
further tales written by his father, many in draft form. Now,
adhering to the timeline of 'The Tale of Years' in the appendices
to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into
one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of
Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien
from the various published texts.
The Daughters of Cain is the eleventh novel in Colin Dexter's
Oxford-set detective series. Bizarre and bewildering - that's what
so many murder investigations in the past had proved to be . . . In
this respect, at least, Lewis was correct in his thinking. What he
could not have known was what unprecedented anguish the present
case would cause to Morse's soul. Chief Superintendent Strange's
opinion was that too little progress had been made since the
discovery of a corpse in a North Oxford flat. The victim had been
killed by a single stab wound to the stomach. Yet the police had no
weapon, no suspect, no motive. Within days of taking over the case
Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis uncover startling new
information about the life and death of Dr Felix McClure. When
another body is discovered Morse suddenly finds himself with rather
too many suspects. For once, he can see no solution. But then he
receives a letter containing a declaration of love . . . The
Daughters of Cain is followed by the twelfth Inspector Morse book,
Death is Now My Neighbour.
Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award, The Dead of Jericho is the
fifth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set Inspector Morse series.
Morse switched on the gramophone to 'play', and sought to switch
his mind away from all the terrestrial troubles. Sometimes, this
way, he almost managed to forget. But not tonight . . . Anne
Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of
Morse's smartest suit. He turned the corner of Canal Street,
Jericho, on the afternoon of Wednesday, 3rd October. He hadn't
planned a second visit. But he was back later the same day - as the
officer in charge of a suicide investigation . . . The Dead of
Jericho is followed by the sixth book in the detective series, The
Riddle of the Third Mile.
The Jewel That Was Ours is the ninth novel in Colin Dexter's
Oxford-set detective series. He looked overweight around the
midriff, though nowhere else, and she wondered whether perhaps he
drank too much. He looked weary, as if he had been up most of the
night conducting his investigations . . . For Oxford, the arrival
of twenty-seven American tourists is nothing out of the ordinary .
. . until one of their number is found dead in Room 310 at the
Randolph Hotel. It looks like a sudden - and tragic - accident.
Only Chief Inspector Morse appears not to overlook the simultaneous
theft of a jewel-encrusted antique from the victim's handbag . . .
Then, two days later, a naked and battered corpse is dragged from
the River Cherwell. A coincidence? Maybe. But this time Morse is
determined to prove the link . . . The Jewel That Was Ours is
followed by the tenth Inspector Morse book, The Way Through the
Woods.
Service of All the Dead is the fourth novel in Colin Dexter's
Oxford-set detective series. The sweet countenance of Reason
greeted Morse serenely when he woke, and told him that it would be
no bad idea to have a quiet look at the problem itself before
galloping off to a solution. Chief Inspector Morse was alone among
the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish
of St Frideswide's. Most people could still remember the
churchwarden's murder. A few could still recall the murderer's
suicide. Now even the police had closed the case. Until a chance
meeting among the tombstones reveals startling new evidence of a
conspiracy to deceive . . . Service of All the Dead is followed by
the fifth Inspector Morse book, The Dead of Jericho.
The Remorseful Day is the thirteenth and last novel in Colin
Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. 'Where does this all leave
us, sir?' 'Things are moving fast.' 'We're getting near the end,
you mean?' 'We were always near the end.' The murder of Yvonne
Harrison had left Thames Valley CID baffled. A year after the
dreadful crime they are still no nearer to making an arrest. But
one man has yet to tackle the case - and it is just the sort of
puzzle at which Chief Inspector Morse excels. So why is he adamant
that he will not lead the re-investigation, despite the entreaties
of Chief Superintendent Strange and dark hints of some new
evidence? And why, if he refuses to take on the case officially,
does he seem to be carrying out his own private enquiries? For
Sergeant Lewis this is yet another example of the unsettling
behaviour his chief has been displaying of late . . .
Presented for the first time on audio, the epic tale of Beren and
LĂșthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
with Elves, Men and Orcs and the rich landscape unique to
Tolkienâs Middle-earth in this unabridged recording read by
critically acclaimed father and son, Timothy and Samuel West. Beren
was a mortal man, but LĂșthien was an immortal Elf. Her father, a
great Elvish lord, was deeply opposed to Beren, and imposed on him
an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed
LĂșthien. Undaunted by Lord Thingolâs challenge, Beren and
LĂșthien embark on the supremely heroic attempt to rob Morgoth, the
greatest of all evil beings, of a Silmaril, one of the hallowed
jewels that adorn the Black Enemyâs crown. The tale of Beren and
LĂșthien, which was written shortly after J.R.R. Tolkien returned
from the Battle of the Somme in 1916, was an essential element in
the evolution of The Silmarillion. In this book Christopher Tolkien
has extracted the various versions of Beren and LĂșthien from the
comprehensive work in which they are embedded. To show something of
the process whereby this Great Tale of Middle-earth evolved over
the years, he tells the story in his father's own words by giving,
first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from
later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented
together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both
in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost.
All eight episodes of the maritime adventure series based on the
novels by C.S. Forester. Full of action, intrigue and romance,
Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd) battles against the sins of the
sea and discovers the true relationship between the French, the
English and the Irish. Episodes comprise: 'The Even Chance', 'The
Examination for Lieutenant', 'The Duchess and the Devil', 'The
Frogs and the Lobsters', 'Mutiny', 'Retribution', 'Loyalty' and
'Duty'.
Morse had solved so many mysteries in his life. Was he now, he
wondered, beginning to glimpse the solution to the greatest mystery
of them all . . . ? How can the discovery of a short story by a
beautiful Oxford graduate lead Chief Inspector Morse to her
murderer? What awaits Morse and Lewis in Room 231 of the Randolph
Hotel? Why does a theft at Christmas lead the detective to look
upon the festive season with uncharacteristic goodwill? And what
happens when Morse himself falls victim to a brilliantly executed
crime? Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories is a dazzling
collection of short stories from Inspector Morse's creator, Colin
Dexter. It includes six ingenious cases for the world's most
popular fictional detective - plus five other tantalizingly
original tales to delight all lovers of classic crime fiction.
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Suffragette (Blu-ray disc)
Helena Bonham Carter, Romola Garai, Geoff Bell, Ben Whishaw, Anne-Marie Duff, …
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British drama starring Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep and Helena
Bonham Carter. Maud Lancaster (Mulligan) was born in the Glasshouse
laundry in London and knows nothing of the world other than
performing her duties as a laundress and as a wife to her
possessive husband Sonny (Ben Whishaw). When she hears of a group
of women campaigning for the right to vote, she seizes the
opportunity to break free from her mundane life and joins the
Women's Social and Political Union. Together, the members of the
militant organisation attend regular meetings chaired by their
leader Emmeline Pankhurst (Streep) and plan their course of action
to ensure politicans acquiesce to their requests, by whatever means
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