Toshiba RD-XV48DT 160GB HDD/DVD/VCR Recorder
The hard disk drive storage capacity is 160 GB which is extremely large and will hold around 280 hours of footage. This is a great opportunity to transfer VHS footage more permanent DVD format. This recorder also has a facility to upscale traditional DVDs to high-quality near high-definition output. Users will be able to watch DVDs and record new footage the same time. Toshiba have thought of everything with this player it also has access to Freeview channels through the included digital tuner.
The ‘Toshiba RD-XV48DT 160GB HDD/DVD/VCR Recorder’ is a super piece of equipment that has all the bases covered for watching, recording and archiving footage.
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Sony RDR-HXD790 120GB HDD DVD Recorder
As well as being a DVD hard disk recorder this device also has a digital tuner installed using the Freeview channels. The hard disk will hold in the region of 340 hours of recordings. It has excellent high-quality sound output. With this unit uses will be able to pause live TV, and record footage whilst watching another program. Users will be able to use this recorder for photographic images.
The ‘Sony RDR-HXD790 DVD Recorder with Freeview’ is a high-quality fully featured DVD recorder that has bundles of storage capacity for viewers.
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Tony Curtis Release Date
American Prince: My Biography by Tony Curtis is released in June in paperback. Tony Curtis was so amazingly popular in the 50′s as a screen icon, that Elvis Presley himself copied his hair and looks.
This frank and honest account of the boy from the Bronx who went on to conquer Hollywood and become a legend in the golden age of cinema and film making, leaves nothing unsaid. His wild days as a Hollywood playboy, his drug addictions, his 5 marriages and the other loves in his life including Janet Leigh, Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe and his life now as an artist in his eighties. His artist and studio friends also feature in this epic tale of a long and illustrious career – people like Jack Lemmon, Cary Grant and James Dean.
American Prince features colour photos and also integrated black and white photos and will be released in paperback on 4th June.
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Katie Fforde Release Date
Katie’s novels are described by The Independent as “whitty and generous romance. Jilly Cooper for the grownups!”
Love Letters is her 8th romantic novel. Laura might have been secretly infatuated with the infamous Dermot Flynn ever since she studied him at university, but travelling to Ireland to persuade the notorious recluse to come out of hiding is another matter. Determined to rise to the challenge, she sets off to meet her literary hero. But all too soon she’s confronted with more than she bargained for….
Love Letters is released on 4th June.
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Ross Kemp on Afghanistan Release Date
Released in June, Ross Kemp on Afghanistan is the book version of the heartstopping and revealing documentary, fronted by actor Ross Kemp about British soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Ross Kemp on Afghanistan, first broadcast on Sky One in January 2008, followed the 2007 deployment of the 1st Battalion (1 R ANGLIAN, “The Vikings”) of the Royal Anglian Regiment. Kemp and his small film crew participate in the Vikings’ initial training in Britain where Kemp learn what it takes to prepare for deployment. They then visit the unit during their six month tour, filming both life at rest and on fighting patrols in Helmand. The series finally covers their return to the UK.
Kemp was deeply moved by what went on within the unit and on returning to the UK reported:
“When I got home I went to the pub for 24 hours and had a good long drink. ”I can honestly say, after Afghanistan, I’ll never take anything in my life for granted again.”
Ross Kemp on Afghanistan is released in paperback on 4th June.
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Paul O'Grady Release Date
Paul O’Grady is one of Britain’s best loved and funniest comedians. At My Mother’s Knee…..and Other Low Joints is the first book of two which make up his autobiography. The second part will be released in hardback late this year.
Paul’s colourful, rich and vibrant life story begins with tales of his early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure.
There’s hilarity, gossip, back-biting and larger than life characters, something for everyone and Paul holds nothing back in the frank and often moving account of his life.
At My Mother’s Knee…. is released on 4th June.
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Derren Brown "Portraits" Release Date
As well as being a master of illusion and mind control, Derren Brown is in his spare time a talented artist and painter who has created a vast catalogue of characatures of famous actors and celebrities from Madonna, Ed Norton, Robbie Williams, Matt Damon and Glenn Close through to Fred Astaire, Clint Eastwood and the Queen.
Paintings can be bought individually or commissioned and now for the first time all are here in one collection – a must have for fans.
Portraits is released on 4th June.
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James Patterson Release Date
James Patterson, the highly successful thriller writer and author of the Alex Cross series of books, most famously “Along Came A Spider” which became the film starring Denzel Washington, releases a standalone novel next month.
Swimsuit, which was co-written with Maxine Paetro, starts with the disappearance of Syd, a breathtakingly beautiful supermodel on a photo shoot in Hawaii. Fearing the worst, her parents travel to Hawaii to investigate for themselves, never expecting the horror that awaits them. LA Times reporter Ben Hawkins is conducting his own research into the case, hoping to help the victim and get an idea for his next bestseller. With no leads and no closer to uncovering the kidnapper’s identity than when he stepped off the plane, Ben gets a shocking visit that pushes him into an impossible-to-resist deal with the devil. A heart-pounding story of fear and desire, Swimsuit transports readers to a chilling new territory where the collision of beauty and murder transforms paradise into a hell of unspeakable horrors.
Swimsuit is released on 4th June in paperback and audio CD versions.
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