In a world where capitalism is no longer held in check by fear of a communist alternative The Communist Manifesto (with Socialism Utopian & Scientific Engels's brief & clear exposition of Marxist thought) is essential reading The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 is Engels's first & probably best-known book 432 pages Marx Karl ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Liam Neeson (Taken) & Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows) team up again after RUN ALL NIGHT & NON-STOP for an exhilarating race-against-time thrill ride with explosive twists around every bend Insurance salesman Michael (Neeson) is on his daily commute home when he is contacted by a mysterious stranger (Vera Farmiga The Conjuring The Departed) & forced to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on his train before the last stop As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle he realises a deadly plan is unfolding & is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy One that carries life & death stakes for himself & his fellow passengers Actors Liam Neeson Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Sam Neill Jonathan Banks Directors Jaume Collet-Serra Writers Byron Willinger Philip de Blasi Producers Alex Heineman Andrew Rona Format Blu-ray Language English Subtitles English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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How do you solve a mystery when the clues are hidden in the past?' Utterly charming wonderfully creepy & rich with mystery The Companion is a rare treat' CL Taylor The Companion is a beautiful & powerfully-told story of buried secrets set between the 1930s & the present day on the wild Yorkshire moors Billy Shaw lives in a palace Potter's Pleasure Palace the best entertainment venue in Yorkshire complete with dancing swing-boats & a roller-skating rink When it is arranged for him to become companion to the child at the big house above the valley Billy leaves home to find a wild peculiar boy in a curiously haphazard household where nothing that's meant is said & the air is thick with secrets Before long tragedy strikes & fictions become tangled up in facts yet it's left to Anna Sallis almost a century later to unravel the knots & find the truth' An absorbing mystery story really evocative of the Yorkshire Moors & the mill I loved the character of Billy Shaw! The story kept me engrossed & flipping the pages right to the end' Katherine Webb bestselling author of The Legacy' The Companion is beautifully written & so evocative of time & place If you thought the Brontes were the most intriguing literary family in Yorkshire wait until you meet the Harpers' Linda Green author of the No 1 bestseller While My Eyes Were Closed' Sarah writes with warmth wit & wisdom & she makes you want to turn the page A rare combination' John Humphrys' Buried secrets intrigue & betrayal are the hallmarks of this compelling tale' My Weekly ...

The Companion to Development Studies contains over a hundred chapters written by leading international experts within the field to provide a concise & authoritative overview of the key theoretical & practical issues dominating contemporary development studies Covering a wide range of disciplines the book is divided into ten sections each prefaced by a section introduction written by the editors The sections cover the nature of development theories & strategies of development globalization & development rural development urbanization & development environment & development gender health & education the political economy of violence & insecurity & governance & development This third edition has been extensively updated & contains 45 new contributions from leading authorities dealing with pressing contemporary issues such as race & development ethics & development BRICs & development global financial crisis the knowledge based economy & digital divide food security GM crops comparative urbanism cities & crime energy water hydropolitics climate change disability fragile states global war on terror ethnic conflict legal rights to development ecosystems services for development just to name a few Existing chapters have been thoroughly revised to include cutting-edge developments & to present updated further reading & websites The Companion to Development Studies presents concise overviews providing a gateway to further reading & a flexible resource for teaching & learning It has established a role as essential reading for all students of development studies as well as those in cognate areas of geography international relations politics sociology anthropology & economics ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company
- & how that affects them their families & their communities When the GTX Corporation must cut jobs to improve the company&s balance sheet during the 2010 recession thousands of employees will take the hit like Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) Bobby learns the real life consequences of not having a job Not only does he see a change to his family lifestyle & the loss of his home but also his feelings of self-worth Actors Ben Affleck Kevin Costner Tommy Lee Jones Maria Bello Chris Cooper William Hill & Craig T Nelson Director John Wells Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Languages English
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Adventurous heroine Cass sets out from the only city she's ever known in search of answers about her past 320 pages Whitehorn Harriet ...

A small mound on white feathers lies on a tussock of grass made grey by a Highland winter It is all the monument there will ever be to the life of a swan' With these words & those that follow Jim Crumley has ensured that there will be a more enduring witness to the life of this swan & of all swans than that pyre of white feathers Crumley watches year in year out as a pair of mute swans struggles against the odds to raise young on a wild patch of lock But the pen starts to lose her eggs to predators; & the cob begins to disappear for longer & longer periods Until comes the day when a third swan stronger & younger than the first pen appears at the other end of the loch This journal of a swan-watcher as he calls himself is an elegy to these noble creatures; & most poignantly it is a memorial to one swan whose silent drama he has recorded ...

' The master Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel author of Meadowland Thomas Pakenham is an indefatigable champion of trees In The Company of Trees he recounts his personal quest to establish a large arboretum on the family estate Tullynally in Ireland; his forays to other tree-filled parks & plantations; his often hazardous seed-hunting expeditions; & his efforts to preserve magnificent old trees & historic woodlands Whether writing about the terrible storms breaking the backs of hundred-year-old trees or a fire in the peat bog on Tullynally which threatens to spread to the main commercial spruce-woods his fear of climate change & disease or the sturdy young saplings giving him hope for the future his book is never less than enthralling ...

When young teenager Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson) sleeps she enters a nightmarish yet alluring dream world populated by werewolves Her magical encounters become ever more fantastic as they give expression to her own burgeoning sexuality Meanwhile rumours grow that a real-life wolf is stalking the dark forest that edges onto Rosaleen&s home This adult interpretation of the & Little Red Riding Hood& fairy tale is adapted from a series of short stories by Angela Carter ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play THE COMPANY OF WOLVES is a psychologically themed retelling of Little Red Riding Hood from a Freudian & slightly feminist angle Grandma tells her granddaughter strange stories of handsome yet heavily eyebrowed strange men spouses who disappear during the full moon & storks & eggs ...