Korean gangland drama. When Mak-Dong (Han Suk-Kyu) is discharged from the military, he returns home to find his village transformed into a city. Confused, alone & alienated, he drifts into the shady world of organised crime, which offers him some stability & familiarity in its codes of honour & respect. However, this tenuous morality comes crashing down around him when he finds himself embroiled in a complex love triangle with his gangland boss & his boss's mistress. Meanwhile, the criminal empire itself is starting to come apart at the seams... ...

Classic British murder-mystery, starring Alastair Sim. In August 1944, German flying bombs are raining down on London. Directly under their flight path is a small cottage hospital, where the tension is becoming unbearable for the dedicated team of surgeons & nurses. Their close-knit community is torn apart by jealousy & terrible secrets, & when the local postman is brought in, delirious but trying to impart an urgent message
- the murders begin. The eccentric & irreverent Inspector Cockrill (Sim) of the Kent County Police is called in to investigate a truly baffling case where everyone has secrets, but where no-one appears to have a motive.
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Four-year-old Freddy is a gifted child, already showing signs of becoming a budding scientist. A few years pass &, whilst exploring in a disused mine, Freddy innocently discovers some unknown chemical symbols. These compounds, when mixed correctly, produce a violent reaction... with potentially devastating results. ...

A reference on green, sustainable & energy-efficient home construction. Starting with explanations of the concepts & fundamentals of green, healthy & energy-efficient construction, it takes readers through the construction process, offering expert advice at various decision points. ...

Apart from water, tea is more widely consumed than any other food or drink. Tens of billions of cups are drunk every day. Yet only two thousand years ago it was only chewed or drunk by a handful of monks in China & some tribal peoples in south east Asia. How & why has tea conquered the world? Tea was the first global product. ...

Offers a look at government confiscatory regulation of private property in the name of protecting so-called endangered plant & wildlife species that trample on Fifth Amendment guarantees. This book focuses on the extreme green movement that has cost many Americans their lives, jobs, & homes while saving only a handful of species. ...

Faced with the unprecedented threat of climate change, the contemporary world has turned to a solution that is all too prosaic-consumerism. This book explores the rapid expansion of environmental production & consumption. It argues that we are coming to rely on consumerism as the solution to the very problems it has helped to cause. ...