Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play DVD Special features Original Theatrical Trailer Interactive Menus Screens & Chapter Selections Soundtrack in Mono English French Italian Spanish Subtitles English French Italian Spanish Swedish Norwegian Danish English for the hard of hearing ...

Who was the murderer who committed an atrocity at an East End brothel in 1691? & was he ever caught? What superstitions lay behind the unfathomable slaughter of three innocent children at a remote farmhouse in County Durham in 1683? When was a parish constable murdered in cold blood by a party of men that allegedly included the illegitimate son of King Charles II? Where did violent lethal confrontations occur between supporters & opponents of King James II during the so-called Bloodless Revolution of 1688? Why was Dr Clenche ruthlessly garrotted in the back of a coach meandering through the darkened London streets? How did the very first killing attributed to the nation s civil wars occur in Manchester? Is there any truth in the legend of Exmoor s lawless Doone clan? These cases & many more are explored in depth within this work & harken back to a time of witchcraft purges duelling & political assassinations when the punishment for killing one s fellow man was either more barbaric than the crime itself or corruptly lenient Within these pages the story of violent crime in 17th century Britain is told from sociopathic noblemen & ruthless bandits to war crimes & judicial assassinations Illustrated throughout & shedding a unique light on the era Crimes & Criminals of 17th Century Britain is the first work of its kind to explore the monstrous murders that occurred against the backdrop of a nation that repeatedly imploded ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Crimes of Passion is a period piece set in 1950s Sweden primarily in the picturesque region of Bergslagen The six part series follows amateur detective Puck Ekstedt his fiance Einar Bure & police superintendent Christer Wijk as they attempt to uncover the murderous actions that inhabit their beautiful surroundings Laced with intrigue sex betrayal secrets & lies this new series is inspired by the popular novels of Swedish crime author Maria Lang Swedish with English subtitles ...

Father Frank Docherty has had his run-ins with the church authorities in the early 1970s he was expelled from the Sydney archdiocese for preaching against the Vietnam War & has lived in Canada as a monk ever since Twenty-five years later back in Australia to give a lecture about celibacy & paedophile priests he comes across an ex-nun who claims to have been abused by a now eminent cleric If Docherty is to help her he will be up against an institution bent on avoiding scandal What is more the accused man&s sister is the woman Docherty nearly broke his vows for long ago This searing impassioned novel captures the Catholic Church at a pivotal moment when it tried to silence its victims wreaking lasting damage not only on innocents but on itself ...

The sixth Will Trent novel from the No 1 Bestseller A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment Her blood-soaked body bears a chilling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in & a past that could hold the clue to the killings ...

Criminal is a series of knife-sharp noir-tinged tales about the people who live on the wrong side of the law Jacob a cartoonist & insomniac is drawn into a web of sex betrayal & murder when a chance encounter over dead-of-night coffee leads him to Iris a mysterious dancer & her thug boyfriend Soon the secrets of Jacob's past as a counterfeiter are dragged to the surface
- & then his Bad Night really gets started Award-winning writer Ed Brubaker (" Gotham Central") & acclaimed artist Sean Phillips (" Marvel Zombies") continue their critically acclaimed neo-noir series spotlighting the people who live on society's underbelly
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' As enlightening about crime in modern society as any book I have read' The Times'A richly researched supremely sane discussion of the causes of & ways of preventing crime From bobbies on the beat (they don't reduce crime) to the idea that "prison works" (it doesn't) Gash's important book may well change your attitude to criminality & the justice system' Guardian There are two myths about crime In one the criminal act is a selfish choice & tough punishment the only solution In the other the system is at fault & perpetrators will change only when society reforms Both these narratives are wrong Interweaving conversations & stories of crime with findings from the latest research Tom Gash dispels the myths that inform our views of crime from the widespread misconception that poverty causes crime to the belief that tough sentencing reduces it He examines the origins of criminal behaviour the ebb & flow of crime across the last century & the effectiveness of various government crack-downs
- & in doing so reveals that crime is both less rational & much easier to reduce than many believe Can we suspend our knee-jerk reactions let go of cherished myths & embrace the truth about crime?
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Ariel Vromen directs this action thriller starring Kevin Costner When CIA agent Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is killed his thoughts & skills are transferred into the mind of Jericho Stewart (Costner) a volatile death-row inmate so details of his unfinished mission can be uncovered Jericho tormented by an array of memories & flashbacks struggles under the pressure of Bill&s boss Quaker Wells (Gary Oldman) & goes rogue The cast also

Includes:: Tommy Lee Jones & Gal Gadot

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The second oversized hardback of the award-winning crime series from Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips is finally here! The first edition has gone through four printings in sellout after sellout & now the rest of Brubaker & Phillips& noir masterpiece is collected in the same format Collecting BAD NIGHT THE SINNERS & THE LAST OF THE INNOCENT
- along with short stories behind-the-scenes pieces art & articles all previously uncollected Don&t miss out on this beautiful package from the best-selling team behind such hits as INCOGNITO & FATALE Colors by Val Staples & Dave Stewart
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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 Ariel Vromen directs this action thriller starring Kevin Costner When CIA agent Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is killed his thoughts & skills are transferred into the mind of Jericho Stewart (Costner) a volatile death-row inmate so details of his unfinished mission can be uncovered Jericho tormented by an array of memories & flashbacks struggles under the pressure of Bill&s boss Quaker Wells (Gary Oldman) & goes rogue The cast also

Includes:: Tommy Lee Jones & Gal Gadot Actors Ryan Reynolds Gal Gadot Alice Eve Gary Oldman Kevin Costner Directors Ariel Vromen Writers Douglas S Cook David Weisberg Producers Chris Bender Christa Campbell Boaz Davidson Mark Gill Lati Grobman Language English Number of discs 1

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