Richard Gere & Diane Lane star in this erotic thriller from director Adrian Lyne. On a trip into Manhattan during a thunderstorm, spoilt housewife, Connie (Lane) is unable to get a cab home & bumps into a handsome Frenchman, Paul (Olivier Martinez), who invites her to his apartment to bandage the cut knee she has. Whilst there he flirts & gives Connie a book of Persian poetry when she leaves. Connie cannot get Paul out of her mind & on another trip into Manhattan contacts him & the pair begin a very passionate & obsessive affair. However, Connie's husband Edward (Gere) becomes suspicious of his wife's behaviour & hires a private detective who confirms the worst; but when Edward confronts Paul things don't go according to plan. ...

Indigenous self-determination is the recognised right of all peoples to freely determine their political status, & pursue their economic, social & cultural development. This book offers fresh insights into the ways Indigenous peoples can chart their own course & realise self-determination. ...

Political upheaval & expulsions provided the pattern of social conflict of the 1970s-80s; they convulsed the country of Central America. This book tells the story of the author & her family as she moves from the stability of her protected childhood life to becoming a sympathiser of outspoken critics of the government. ...