Body Counts The Vietnam War & Militarized Refuge (es) examines how the Vietnam War has continued to serve as a stage for the shoring up of American imperialist adventure & for the (re)production of American & Vietnamese American identities Focusing on the politics of war memory & commemoration this book retheorizes the connections among history memory & power & refashions the fields of American studies Asian American studies & refugee studies not around the narratives of American exceptionalism immigration & transnationalism but around the crucial issues of war race & violence
- & the history & memories that are forged in the aftermath of war At the same time the book moves decisively away from the "damage-centered" approach that pathologizes loss & trauma by detailing how first- & second-generation Vietnamese have created alternative memories & epistemologies that challenge the established public narratives of the Vietnam War & Vietnamese people Explicitly interdisciplinary Body Counts moves between the humanities & social sciences drawing on historical ethnographic cultural & virtual evidence in order to illuminate the places where Vietnamese refugees have managed to conjure up social public & collective remembering
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IT'S MY BODY THERE ON THE TABLE 'A rip-roaring plot with scares & bumps on every page A first-class modern thriller' Guardian Pathologist Maura Isles has dissected her fair share of corpses But this time it's different because the victim looks exactly like her Detective Jane Rizzoli is assigned to investigate & finds herself tracking a twisted killer across the country To catch him Maura is forced to delve into a dark & dangerous family history
- her own Blood ties are the hardest to escape
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An idyllic Christmas holiday turns deadly when best friends Holly Cali & Mel break into a local mansion they believe to be unoccupied But they quickly realise they re not alone in the house & in a moment of panic become embroiled in a grisly murder The three girls self-destruct as they try & figure out what to do with the dead body in the living room Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Inspector Jaime is haunted by his own past which is dragged out of the shadows by the disappearance of a body from the morgue On the case Jaime must investigate how a corpse can vanish from its freezer & leave without a trace the only witness being a guard left in a coma caused by indescribable fear With his own nightmares driving him to despair Jaime&s only suspect is the dead body&s widower Alex who maintains his innocence but struggles with inner demons that won&t remain hidden With a body on the loose & strange phenomena occurring Jaime & Alex are intertwined in a horror that will leave you cold From the producers of the haunting & unforgettable The Orphanage & Julia&s Eyes Actors Jose Coronado Hugo Silva & Belen Rueda Director Oriol Paulo Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Languages Spanish Subtitles English ; English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Eve Lockhart leads us into her other world on ‘ The Body Farm’ a private forensics facility that is pushing the boundaries of scientific research & crime solving into unchartered territory Eve is an exceptional forensic pathologist who leads a brilliant & ambitious team of scientists at the private facility where human remains are donated for scientific research They are called upon by police forces all over the world to provide expert knowledge to help solve crimes Here no horror is taken for granted & murder is seen to be what it is--visceral & shocking Special Features Extended Episode One With Deleted Scenes ...

Body Learning has been a steady bestseller since it was first published in 1981 This new & updated edition confirms its status as the classic work on the Alexander Technique The Alexander Technique is now recognised the world over as the most revolutionary & far-reaching method ever developed for maintaining the health & efficiency of the human body It is not only a means of putting us in touch with our bodies but also a way of deepening our perceptions & general well-being Its effects on all aspects of living & learning are profound Body Learning supplies answers to the most commonly asked questions about the Alexander Technique provides a glossary of significant terms & a guide to dynamic relaxation Qualified Alexander teacher Michael Gelb provides inspiration & guidance for newcomers to the technique & conveys a full understanding of the complex mental & physical dynamics involved Rather than a method to accumulate information or learn something specifically new the Alexander Technique is better thought of as the art of 'unlearning' that which is habitual instead of natural & in doing so reclaiming some of our individual agency Gelb's book offers an unbeatable introduction to the key facets of this enduring yet ever-developing theory ...

The first book to celebrate the beautiful & provocative ways artists have represented scrutinized & utilized the body over centuries Body of Art is the first book to explore the various ways the human body has been both an inspiration & a medium for artists over hundreds of thousands of years Unprecedented in its scope it examines the many different manifestations of the body in art from Anthony Gormley & Maya Lin sculptures to eight-armed Hindu gods & ancient Greek reliefs from feminist graphics & Warhol's empty electric chair to the blue-tinted complexion of Singer Sargent's Madame X It is the most expansive examination of the human body in art spanning western & non-western ancient to contemporary representative to abstract & conceptual Over 400 artists are featured in chapters that explore identity beauty religion absent body sex & gender power body's limits abject body & bodies & space Works range from 11000 BC hand stencils in Argentine caves to videos & performances by contemporary artists such as Marina Abramovic Joan Jonas & Bruce Nauman Its fresh accessible & dynamic voice brings to life the thrilling diversity of both classical & contemporary art through the prism of the body More than simply a book of representations this is an original & thought provoking look at the human body across time cultures & media ...

A reclusive writer is dead & her final manuscript has disappeared Someone is stalking Beryl Madison Someone who spies on her & makes threatening obscene phone-calls Terrified Beryl flees to Key West
- but eventually she must return to her Richmond home The very night she arrives Beryl inexplicably invites her killer in Thus begins for Dr Kay Scarpetta the investigation of a crime that is as convoluted as it is bizarre Why would Beryl open the door to someone who brutally slashed & then nearly decapitated her? Did she know her killer? Adding to the intrigue is Beryl's enigmatic relationship with a prize-winning author & the disappearance of her own manuscript As Scarpetta retraces Beryl's footsteps an investigation that begins in the laboratory with microscopes & lasers leads her deep into a nightmare that soon becomes her own For more about Patricia Cornwell & her books visit her website atwwwpatricia-cornwellcom
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Seductive gallery owner Rebecca Carlson (Madonna) is accused of a unique crime
- using violent sex to murder a wealthy businessman Frank Dulaney (Willem Dafoe) is the lawyer trying to defend her helpless to resist her extraordinary brand of lovemaking Actors Madonna Willem Dafoe Joe Mantegna Anne Archer Michael Forrest Julianne Moore Jurgen Prochnow & Frank Langella Director Uli Edel Certificate 18 years & over Year 1993 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players


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Roger Ferris (Leonardo Di Caprio) is the best man US intelligence has on the ground in places where human life is worth no more than the information it can get you In operations that take him around the globe Ferris& next breath often depends on the voice at the end of a secure phone-line
- CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) Waging war from a laptop in the suburbs Hoffman is on the trail of an emerging terrorist leader who has orchestrated a campaign of bombings while eluding the most sophisticated intelligence network in the world To lure the terrorist out into the open Ferris will have to penetrate his murky world But the closer he gets to the target the more he discovers that trust is both a dangerous commodity & the only thing that will get him out alive
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