India was the object of intense sympathetic concern during the Romantic period. But what was the true nature of imaginative engagement with British India? This study explores how a range of authors, from Edmund Burke & Sir William Jones to Robert Southey & Thomas Moore, sought to come to terms with India's strangeness & distance from Britain. ...

Dark thriller by Korean director Chan Wook Park. A deaf mute, Ryu (Shin Ha-Kyun) saves all his hard-earned money for his sister who requires a kidney transplant. He has the wrong blood type to be able to donate one of his kidneys, so he arranges a trade with a group of black-market organ dealers: one of his kidneys & 10 million won in return for their finding a kidney for his sister. Just as the criminals renege on the deal, a legitimate kidney becomes available for transplant. Unfortunately, Ryu no longer has the 10 million won required for the hospital to perform the operation. In retaliation, he & his political activist girlfriend kidnap his former boss's daughter
- but events quickly spiral quickly out of control...
...

Dark thriller by Korean director Chan Wook Park. A deaf mute, Ryu (Shin Ha-Kyun) saves all his hard-earned money for his sister who requires a kidney transplant. He has the wrong blood type to be able to donate one of his kidneys, so he arranges a trade with a group of black-market organ dealers: one of his kidneys & 10 million won in return for their finding a kidney for his sister. Just as the criminals renege on the deal, a legitimate kidney becomes available for transplant. Unfortunately, Ryu no longer has the 10 million won required for the hospital to perform the operation. In retaliation, he & his political activist girlfriend kidnap his former boss's daughter
- but events quickly spiral quickly out of control...
...

When Detective Catrin Price returns to Cardiff after 12 years of self-imposed exile she is determined to lay to rest the ghosts of her unhappy past. Then her ex-boyfriend Rhys, once a promising young policeman but now a washed-up junkie, is found dead on one of her first nights on patrol. ...

The dynamic relationship between rock music & visual art crosses continents, generations, & cultures. This book looks at the relationship between visual arts & rock-&-roll culture, charting their intersection through works of art, album covers, music videos, & other materials. It is suitable for admirers of contemporary art & culture. ...

What makes it possible for self-interest, cruelty & violence to become part of the benevolent, compassionate ideology of eighteenth-century sensibility? This book explores forms of emotional response, including sympathy, tears, swoons & melancholia through a range of eighteenth-century literary, philosophical & scientific texts. ...