Snook
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A detailed chronicle of a significant opening battle in the Anglo-Zulu War: "The Zulu attack on Rorke's Drift thrillingly retold" (Richard Holmes).
On January 22, 1879, the British Army in South Africa was swept aside by the seemingly unstoppable Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote outpost on the Buffalo River, a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen recuperating hospital patients were passing a hot, monotonous...
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On January 22, 1879, a massive Zulu host attacked the British Army's 24th Regiment in its encampment at the foot of the mountain of Isandlwana. It was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War and a disastrous defeat for the colonial power. Later that afternoon the victorious Zulus would strike the tiny British garrison at Rorke's Drift.
How Can Man Die Better is a unique analysis of the Battle of Isandlwana, covering the weapons, tactics,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season two, Logan Roy begins Season Three in a perilous position, scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances. Tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.
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Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson looms ever closer, provoking existential angst and division among the Roys in the fourth and final season of Jesse Armstrong's Emmy-winning drama series. As the siblings anticipate the prospect of this seismic merger, the ensuing power struggle finds them grappling with what their lives will look like after the deal and weighing a future where their cultural and political...
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After 26 seasons as head football coach at Virginia Tech University, Frank Beamer is not only the longest tenured but also the winningest active coach of any major college program, andLet MeBe Frankcontains his personal reflections on more than a quarter-century leading the Virginia Tech program. Beamer has directed his alma mater to 20 consecutive bowl appearances, including six BCS bowls, five top-10 finishes, and a trip to the National Championship...
27) My Year of Love
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Having abandoned his wife, life, family, and homeland, the narrator of My Year of Love flees to Paris to begin his life over again, and finds himself having to rescue himself from the freedom he believed he desired: "I would never have believed that freedom could be a form of captivity, freedom can be like a primeval forest or like the ocean, you can drown in it or disappear and never, never ever find your way out again..." With a combination of confession,...
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Anyone who's tuned in to a White Sox game during the past four decades has heard his calls and catchphrases: "Mercy!" "Rack 'em up!" "He gone!" Ken Harrelson is a man who knows how to talk and is brimming with stories, but even the most dedicated fans haven't heard them all; many of "Hawk's" most memorable tales are simply not suitable for television broadcasts. Now, in his memoir, Harrelson opens up on a wide variety of topics, from his volatile...
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Dead by Daylight volume 3
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English
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Frank and Julie raise the stakes ever higher as The Legion continues to unleash chaos in Ormond. But can Joey resist the call of The Entity, or is too late to escape his fate?
Readers can unlock an exclusive in-game charm using the unique code found inside the print comic.
30) Winchester
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English
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A widow haunted. A house possessed. A family cursed. Step inside the most haunted house in history in this chilling film inspired by true events.
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Dead by Daylight volume 1
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English
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Behaviour Interactive's global phenomenon horror game comes to comics! Written by Harvey Award-winner Nadia Shammas (Ms. Marvel) and illustrated by Dillon Snook (The Bluefall).
In the Realm of The Entity, it's hunt or be hunted. But before they are taken from their worlds, each Killer and Survivor has a story of their own.
It's 1994, and in the sleepy, forgotten town of Ormond, three teenagers are growing restless. The air is thick with fog...
32) Dead by Daylight
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In the Realm of The Eternity, it's hunt or be hunted. But before they are taken from their worlds, each Killer and Survivor has a story of their own.
You never forget your first love; or your first kill. What started as a night of property damage and condiment-coated revenge has spiralled into a scene from Susie's worst nightmares. With the rest of The Legion submitting to the chaos, there's barely any time to wonder how they got here...
33) The glass castle
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Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Chronicling the adventures of an eccentric, resilient and tight-knit family. A remarkable story of unconditional love. A young woman who, influenced by the joyfully wild nature of her deeply dysfunctional father, found the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
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In an ideal world, our work lives would be completely fulfilling and intrinsically motivating.
But what if you're stuck in a job and your heart isn't in it anymore? Or what if your company's mission seems unrelated to the work you do day in and day out? This book showcases the power of passion--and how you and your team can find it at work.
This volume includes the work of:
Morten T. Hansen
Teresa M. Amabile
Scott A. Snook
Nick Craig
This collection...
38) The dressmaker
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Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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The Dressmaker tells the story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage. After years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly. She also falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy, and armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong....
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Everybody loves Jonah (Ryan Kwanten) - especially the ladies. He's young, hot, sharing a cool house with his best friends Gus (Ryan Corr) and Stevie (Sarah Snook), and throwing parties that rock AND keep the bills paid. Then: that awkward moment when your random one-night-stand asks, is that a lump? Boom. Jonah's got testicular cancer. His life isn't at risk, but the impending treatment will leave him completely infertile. Jonah realizes,...
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Secret River volume 2
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English
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Will's increasing desperation to hold onto 'his' land despite the resistance of the local Indigenous people, leads to conflict with Sal, who wants to leave their Hawkesbury settlement. Driven by the fear of losing everything he has worked for, Will is drawn into a brutal incident which will haunt him forever.