Stark & imperative, but shot through with a sense of warm humanity, Beth Steel's debut play Ditch is a clear-eyed look at how we might behave when the conveniences of our civilisation are taken away, & a frightening vision of a future that could all too easily be ours. ...

Discusses the pharmacology & toxicology of diuretic agents as well as the physiological effects. This book contains information on the mechanisms of action & application of diuretics, & details FDA regulations & pharmaceutical industry guidelines. ...

Jules (Frederic Andrei) is a Parisian mail courier in possession of two highly sought-after tapes: the first contains a rare recording of American opera singer Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Fernandez), with whom he has fallen in love; the second is a tape slipped into his bag by a young woman just before she is murdered. The unwitting Jules thus finds himself being pursued by Taiwanese bootleggers & a thuggish gang of drug-dealers, who will do anything to get their hands on the cassettes. The directorial debut of Jean-Jacques Beineix (' Betty Blue', ' The Moon in the Gutter'). ...