Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Step inside a madhouse of horror & experience the chilling new incarnation of TVs most daringly provocative series The sins of the past haunt the present at the notorious Briarcliff home for the criminally insane ruled with an iron fist by Sister Jude Forbidden desire & terrifying evil lurk around every corner… from alien abduction to demonic possession to a skin-wearing psychopath known as “ Bloody Face” Emmy winner Jessica Lange leads an exceptional ensemble cast including Zachary Quinto & James Cromwell in this “frenetic screamfest… that just wants to scare the crap out of you” (Times Magazine) Bonus features • The Orderly • What is American Horror Story Asylum? • Welcome to Briarcliff Manor • The Creatures • Deleted Scenes ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A pair of foreign sisters check into the Hotel Cortez while an LA detective investigates a brutal murder American Horror Story Hotel features an all-star cast of Lady Gaga Sarah Paulson Kathy Bates Angela Bassett Wes Bentley Matt Bomer Chloe Sevigny Denis O’ Hare Cheyenne Jackson Evan Peters & Finn Wittrock ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play All 38 episodes from the first three seasons of the American horror drama & Season One
- Murder House& follows the events that befall a family when they unwittingly relocate to a haunted house Psychiatrist Dr Ben Harmon (Dylan Mc Dermott) his wife Vivien (Connie Britton) & teenage daughter violet (Taissa Farmiga) move from Boston to Los Angeles to start a new life after Vivien gives birth to a stillborn baby & Ben has an affair with one of his students When Ben&s mistress subsequently visits him in the hope of rekindling the relationship she sets in motion a chain of events that will have terrifying consequences for all concerned In & Season Two
- Asylum& the past & present events at a Massachusetts asylum for the criminally insane are brought to life At the Briarcliff Mental Institution run by the Catholic church & its founder Monsignor Timothy Howard (Josephe Fiennes) journalist Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson) arrives to investigate claims of patient mistreatment It&s not long however before she finds herself confronting untold horrors as the evil that permeates the building along with the deranged serial killer known as Bloody Face begin to make their presence felt In & Season Three
- Coven& the descendants of a Salem coven take up residency within Miss Robichaux&s Academy boarding school Run by &the supreme one& known as Fiona (Jessica Lange) a witch who possesses many powers & abilities the coven also houses Zoe (Farmiga) who can induce a brain haemorraghe in any man by having sex with him Madison (Emma Roberts) a child movie star who can move objects with her mind & Nan (Jamie Brewer) a young girl with down syndrome who can hear the thoughts of others


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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 All the episodes from the first four seasons of the American horror drama The first season & Murder House& follows the events that befall a family when they unwittingly relocate to a haunted house Psychiatrist Dr Ben Harmon (Dylan Mc Dermott) his wife Vivien (Connie Britton) & teenage daughter violet (Taissa Farmiga) move from Boston to Los Angeles to start a new life after Vivien gives birth to a stillborn baby & Ben has an affair with one of his students When Ben&s mistress subsequently visits him in the hope of rekindling the relationship she sets in motion a chain of events that will have terrifying consequences for all concerned The episodes are & Pilot& & Home Invasion& & Murder House& & Halloween Part 1& & Halloween Part 2& & Piggy Piggy& & Open House& & Rubber Man& & Spooky Little Girl& & Smoldering Children& & Birth& & & Afterbirth& In the second season & Asylum& the past & present events at a Massachusetts asylum for the criminally insane are brought to life At the Briarcliff Mental Institution run by the Catholic church & its founder Monsignor Timothy Howard (Joseph Fiennes) journalist Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson) arrives to investigate claims of patient mistreatment It&s not long however before she finds herself confronting untold horrors as the evil that permeates the building along with the deranged serial killer known as Bloody Face (Zachary Quinto) begin to make their presence felt The episodes are & Welcome to Briarcliff& & Tricks & Treats& & Nor&easter& &I Am Anne Frank Part 1& &I Am Anne Frank Part 2& & The Origins of Monstrosity& & Dark Cousin& & Unholy Night& & The Coat Hanger& & The Name Game& & Spilt Milk& & Continuum& & & Madness Ends& In the third season & Coven& the descendants of a Salem coven take up residency within Miss Robichaux&s Academy boarding school Run by &the supreme one& known as Fiona (Jessica Lange) a witch who possesses many powers & abilities the coven also houses Zoe (Farmiga) who can induce a brain haemorrhage in any man by having sex with him Madison (Emma Roberts) a child movie star who can move objects with her mind & Nan (Jamie Brewer) a young girl with Down syndrome who can hear the thoughts of others The episodes are & Bitchcraft& & Boy Parts& & The Replacements& & Fearful Pranks Ensue& & Burn Witch Burn!& & The Axeman Cometh& & The Dead& & The Sacred Taking& & Head& & The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks& & Protect the Coven& & Go to Hell& & & The Seven Wonders& The fourth season & Freak Show& follows the lives of a group of people who perform as a freak show owned by Elsa Mars (Lange) Among the performers is strongman Dell Toledo (Michael Chiklis) & his three-breasted hermaphrodite wife Desiree Dupree (Angela Bassett) conjoined twins Bette & Dot Tattler (Paulson) & the bearded lady Ethel Darling (Kathy Bates) The episodes are & Monsters Among Us& & Massacres & Matinees& & Edward Mordrake (Part 1)& & Edward Mordrake (Part 2)& & Pink Cupcakes& & Bullseye& & Test of Strength& & Blood Bath& & Tupperware Party Massacre& & Orphans& & Magical Thinking& & Show Stoppers& & & Curtain Call& ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Award-winning crime drama directed by David O Russell & starring Christian Bale & Bradley Cooper Based on the Abscam sting operation of the late 1970s & early 1980s the story follows FBI agent Richie Di Maso (Cooper) as he blackmails conman Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) & his lover Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) into helping him with a case after a successful investigation into the pair&s own foreign banking scam Although Di Maso&s sights are initially set on New Jersey Mayor Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner) the investigation is broadened to include influential members of Congress who are suspected of taking bribes The supporting cast

Includes:: Jennifer Lawrence as Irving&s unpredictable wife Rosalyn Louis CK as Di Maso&s superior at the FBI & Robert De Niro as ex-mafia hitman Victor Telleggio who has now turned to the casino business as a means of making money The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actor (Bale) Best Actress (Adams) Best Supporting Actor (Cooper) Best Supporting Actress (Lawrence) & Best Director (Russell) & also won three Golden Globes & three BAFTAs Actors Christian Bale Bradley Cooper Amy Adams Jeremy Renner Jennifer Lawrence Louis CK & Jack Huston Director David O Russell Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Languages English Duration 2 hours & 18 minutes (approx)

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Americans have come from every corner of the globe & they have been brought together by a variety of historical processes-conquest colonialism the slave trade territorial acquisition & voluntary immigration A thoughtful look at immigration anti-immigration sentiments & the motivations & experiences of the migrants themselves this book offers a compact but wide-ranging look at one of America's hottest issues Historian David Gerber begins by examining the many legal efforts to curb immigration & to define who is & is not an American ranging from the Naturalization Law of 1795 (which applied only to free-born white persons) to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 the Emergency"a Act of 1921 & the reform-minded Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 which opened the door to millions of newcomers the vast majority from Asia & Latin America The book also looks at immigration from the perspective of the migrant-farmers & industrial workers mechanics & domestics highly trained professionals & small-business owners-who willingly pulled up stakes for the promise of a better life Throughout the book sheds light on the relationships between race & ethnicity in the life of these groups & in the formation of American society & it stresses the marked continuities across waves of immigration & across different racial & ethnic groups ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play HALF NELSON (2006) Dir Ryan Fleck Ryan Gosling (Drive) turns in a stunning Oscar-nominated performance in the smart moving & politically engaged HALF NELSON winner of multiple Independent Spirit Awards & Official Selection at Sundance Film Festival 2006 SUGAR (2008) Dir Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden Boden & Fleck s powerful & ambitious follow-up to their startlingly assured feature debut Half Nelson SUGAR is an original & provocative portrait of the modern-day immigrant experience by two of America s most distinctive young filmmakers Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2008 DARK HORSE (2011) Dir Todd Solondz Acclaimed writerdirector Todd Solondz (Happiness) examines the loss of youth in this darkly hilarious comedy featuring a cast led by Jordan Gelber (Boardwalk Empire) Selma Blair (Cruel Intentions) Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) & Mia Farrow (Rosemary s Baby) BALLAST (2008) Dir Lance Hammer A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival BALLAST is a stunningly evocative story of personal catastrophe & communal redemption HONEYDRIPPER (2007) Dir John Sayles The godfather of American independent cinema writerdirector John Sayles (Lone Star City of Hope) brings the birth of rock n roll to life with electrifying effect with Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) & Grammy award-winner Gary Clark Jr leading a stellar ensemble cast ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play THE MIGHTY 8TH AIR FORCE In January 1942 the order activating the US Air Forces in the British Isles was announced On 12th May the first contingent of USAAF personnel arrived in England the beginnings of what was to become the largest air force in the world The British people had never seen anything like them Michael Brandon (Dempsey & Makepeace) presents the story of the courageous young Americans who fought the war from the foreign fields of eastern England & of the local populations who welcomed them resented them admired & loved them THE AMERICAN INVASION provides a powerful record of a momentous period in American & British history The memories & experiences of surviving US airmen are the key to understanding the courage of men plucked from home & plunged into the terror of combat in the air The recollections of their British hosts forms the backdrop to a programme that weaves fascinating personal tales around the story of one of the most costly military campaigns of WORLD WAR II ...

From the writer of the Universal hit Wanted comes his next graphic novel on the way to becoming a feature film! American Jesus Volume 1 Chosen follows a twelve-year-old boy who suddenly discovers he's returned as Jesus Christ He can turn water into wine make the crippled walk & perhaps even raise the dead! How will he deal with the destiny to lead the world in a conflict thousands of years in the making? ...

Law has played a central role in American history From colonial times to the present law has not just reflected the changing society in which legal decisions have been made-it has played a powerful role in shaping that society though not always in positive ways In this Very Short Introduction eminent legal scholar G Edward White-author of the ongoing multi-volume Law in American History-offers a compact overview that sheds light on the impact of law on a number of key social issues Rather than offer a straight chronological history the book instead traces important threads woven throughout our nation's past looking at how law shaped Native American affairs slavery business & home life as well as how it has dealt with criminal & civil offenses White shows that law has not always been used to exemplary ends For instance a series of decisions by the Marshall court essentially marginalized Amerindians indigenous people of the Americas reducing tribes to wards of the government Likewise law initially legitimated slavery in the United States & legal institutions including the Supreme Court failed to resolve the tensions stirred up by the westward expansion of slavery eventually sparking the Civil War White also looks at the expansion of laws regarding property rights which were vitally important to the colonists many of whom left Europe hoping to become land owners; the evolution of criminal punishment from a public display (the stocks the gallows) to a private prison system; the rise of tort law after the Civil War; & the progress in legal education moving from informal apprenticeships & lax standards to modern law schools & rigorous bar exams In this illuminating look at the pivotal role of law in American life White offers us an excellent first step to a better appreciation of the function of law in our society About the Series Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise & original introductions to a wide range of subjects-from Islam to Sociology Politics to Classics Literary Theory to History & Archaeology to the Bible Not simply a textbook of definitions each volume in this series provides trenchant & provocative-yet always balanced & complete-discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question demonstrating how the subject has developed & how it has influenced society Eventually the series will encompass every major academic discipline offering all students an accessible & abundant reference library Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader the Very Short Introductions series has a handy & affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...