Features a historical horror novel with erotic suspense. It chronicles the existence of a monster from myth called the Lamia. She is Sophia Rousseau, a sensual woman with eyes of serpent green. She has survived for thousands of years
- & has never met a mortal immune to her power.
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Real life story of undercover police officer Frank Serpico (Al Pacino), who discovers that corruption is rife soon after joining the force. Refusing the payoffs which have become accepted practice, the nonconformist Serpico finds himself spurned & harrassed by his fellow officers. When the strain of performing his job honestly finally becomes too much, Serpico turns first to the disinterested police commission & finally to the ' New York Times' to make his voice heard, & is forced to give evidence in the resulting investigation. However, with the cops as well as the crooks now out for his blood, Serpico discovers that integrity comes at a very high price. ...

Triple bill of police dramas. ' Serpico' (1973) is based on the real-life story of undercover police officer Frank Serpico (Al Pacino), who discovers that corruption is rife soon after joining the force. Refusing the payoffs that have become accepted practice, the nonconformist Serpico finds himself spurned & harrassed by his fellow officers. When the strain of performing his job honestly finally becomes too much, Serpico turns first to the disinterested police commission & finally to the ' New York Times' to make his voice heard, & is forced to give evidence in the resulting investigation. However, with the cops as well as the crooks now out for his blood, Serpico discovers that integrity comes at a very high price. In ' Narc' (2002), Detroit undercover cop Nick Tellis (Jason Patric) is persuaded to return to the police force to help uncover the murderers of a fellow officer after a spell away following a drugs bust that went badly wrong. Tellis is teamed up with the dead officer's partner, Henry Oak (Ray Liotta), who seems to work on his own violent agenda. As the duo become more involved in the complex trail to the murderers, they find their lives are being ruled by the crime: Tellis begins to ignore his wife & newborn baby, & Oak becomes even more volatile. Kevin Costner stars in ' The Untouchables' (1987) as Eliot Ness, an idealistic Treasury official who vows to bring an end to Al Capone's (Robert De Niro) corrupt hold over Prohibition-era Chicago. To this end, Ness puts together an elite team of law-enforcement officers (played by Sean Connery, Andy Garcia & Charles Martin Smith), & begins making bold strikes at Capone's bootlegging operation. Nevertheless, Capone's empire continues to thrive, & Ness realises that he must try a different approach. Brian De Palma directs, from a David Mamet screenplay, & Sean Connery won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his efforts. ...

Serpins are a group of proteins with similar structures that were first identified as a set of proteins able to inhibit proteases. Part of the " Methods in Enzymology" series, this title covers subjects such Crystallography of serpins & serpin complexes, Serpins as hormone transporters, & Production of serpins using cell free systems. ...

Sertoli cells assist in the production of sperm in the male reproductive system. This book provides information on the topic of sertoli cells & male reproduction. It addresses such areas as stem cells, genomics & molecular genetics, & provides information on the discovery of this type of cell, & the pathophysiology of male infertility. ...

James Fox plays a wealthy American who has escaped from his homeland in the wake of Communist paranoia. He returns to England from a holiday in Europe, buys a handsome Georgian townhouse & employs Dirk Bogarde as a house-keeper. However, Bogarde becomes steadily more pervasive & manages to engineer a role-reversal which results in him achieving control of his master. ...