A brand new edition of Arthur Koestler's gripping tale of arrest imprisonment & subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied France Arthur Koestler is now an essential part of the English literary landscape both as political activist controversialist & the author of Darkness at Noon He stands beside George Orwell as one of the key writers of the twentieth century who embraced communism but would later turn against the partyand denounce the tragic distortions & abuses that had betrayed the great vision ...

Unwise deals Blaster fights High adventure among the stars Welcome to the world of Scum & Villainy Scum & Villainy is a Forged in the Dark game about a spaceship crew trying to make ends meet under the iron fisted rule of the Galactic Hegemony Work with the members of your crew to thrive despite powerful criminal syndicates warring noble families dan-gerous aliens & strange mystics Explore the ruins of lost civilizations for fun & profit Can your motley crew hold it together long enough to strike it big & insure your fame across the sector? Scum & Villainy is a st&-alone RPG based on the Blades in the Dark game engine In this book you’ll find A clear gameplay structure that puts the focus on the criminal undertakings of the crew A session of play consists of a job followed by recovery downtime projects & advancement Ship “character sheets” that allow for XP spends upgrades & leveling up alongside the characters Crew advancement opportunities to reflect the change from a rag-tag group barely in the black to a reputed crew that has built a name across the sector…if you can get there Forged in the Dark tools to help keep the focus on the action of the job rather than the extensive planning needed to make it happen Character & ship types to help create a unique & interesting crew at light speed ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Ray Winstone stars in one of the most violent explosive & controversial British films of all time After assaulting a warder young offender Carlin (Ray Winstone) is transferred to a tough British borstal where the staff decide to break him
- with savage & relentless violence At the same time the existing & Daddy& on Carlin&s prison wing Banks (John Blundell)
- the thug who controls all the other inmates
- sees the newcomer as a threat & singles him out for more vicious beatings to smash him down Now Carlin knows that there is only one way to survive He must fight back destroy Banks
- & become the new & Daddy& on the wing Based on an original TV play that was banned by the BBC for its graphic violence & sexual content Scum remains as shocking & powerful today as the day it was first released Scum has been fully restored & graded at 2K from the original negatives by Pinewood Studios &

Includes:: the original audio mix & newly created 51 surround mix Actors Ray Winstone Mick Ford Julian Firth John Blundell & Phil Daniels Director Alan Clarke Certificate 18 years & over Year 1979 Screen 1661 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) LPCM (20) Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx)






...

Life in this society being at best an utter bore & no aspect of society being at all relevant to women there remains to civic-minded responsible thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government eliminate the money system institute complete automation & destroy the male sex SCUM Manifesto was considered one of the most outrageous violent & certifiably crazy tracts when it first appeared in 1968 Valerie Solanas the woman who shot Andy Warhol self-published this work just before her rampage against the king of Pop Art made her a household name & resulted in her confinement to a mental institution But the Manifesto for all its vitriol is impossible to dismiss as just the rantings of a lesbian lunatic In fact the work has indisputable prescience not only as a radical feminist analysis light-years ahead of its time predicting artificial insemination ATMs & a feminist uprising against under-representation in the arts but also as a stunning testament to the rage of an abused & destitute woman This edition

Includes:: an incisive introduction by acclaimed scholar Avital Ronell

...

Meet Laura & True
- two bourbon-toasted gunslingers caught between hardcore scores & soul-depraved rehab! Dirty violent & simple
...

The entangled red threads have been broken in their clumsy search for love What will become of Hanabi Mugi & the rest in this final volume of Scum&s Wish!? About the Author Mengo Yokoyari is the author of Scum&s Wish ...

Twisted love causes problems Hanabi & Mugi are supposed to be dating but Ebato&s love confession has confused Hanabi Moka&s love for Mugi is still unrequited a painful thorn hiding beneath the blossoms of love As all around them people are changing their shape will their feelings change also? About the Author Mengo Yokoyari is the author of Scum&s Wish ...

Now that Hanabi has discovered how warped Akane&s true self is she&s made a certain resolution to herself In place of the one she loves as a substitute for the things that are lacking there is a warmth that people reach out for The various feelings of love & desire mix & combine with complicated relationships & the red string of fate is lost in the tangle Meet the Author Mengo Yokoyari is the author of Scum&s Wish ...

Mugi & Hanabi&s faux relationship continues with the players secure in the knowledge that their true feelings lie elsewhere When the objects of their affections begin crafting a new story though what will be the fallout? About the Author Mengo Yokoyari is the author of Scum&s Wish ...

After a summer of love lost Hanabi & Mugi agree to confess their true feelings before school resumes Though rejection seems certain for both love never is Somewhere along the line their twisted relationship yielded genuine emotions but how will those feelings settle into the mix of unrequited love & desire that so entangled their hearts? About the Author Mengo Yokoyari is the author of Scum&s Wish ...