From the New York Times bestselling author of BEFORE I FALL & the Delirium Trilogy come two astonishing stories in one epic masterful novel that explores the issues of individuality identity & humanity Turn REPLICA one way & read Lyra's story; turn the book over & upside down & read Gemma's story! Lyra's story begins in the Haven Institute a building tucked away on a private island off the coast of Florida that from a distance looks serene & even beautiful But up close the locked doors military guards & biohazard suits tell a different story In truth Haven is a clandestine research facility where thousands of replicas or human models are born raised & observed When a surprise attack is launched on Haven two of its young experimental subjects
- Lyra aka number 24 & the boy known only as 72
- manage to escape Gemma has been in & out of hospitals for as long as she can remember A lonely teen her life is circumscribed by home school & her best friend April But after she is nearly abducted by a stranger claiming to know her Gemma starts to investigate her family's past & discovers her father's mysterious connection to the secretive Haven Institute Hungry for answers she travels to Florida only to stumble upon two replicas & a completely new set of questions While the stories of Lyra & Gemma mirror each other each contains breathtaking revelations critically important to the other story REPLICA is an ambitious thought-provoking masterwork

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A Diamond Select Release! The year 2015 brings many advancements according to the blockbuster Back to the Future series
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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 Return to the disco days of the 1980s in this exclusive collection featuring ALL NEW ARTWORK that celebrates Generation X&s neon dream decade & the movies that defined it Grammy Award-winning video producer Michael Nesmith presents this outrageous comedy combining the seedy world of automobile repossession with science fiction The off-the-wall anything goes tale features a crazed ensemble led by Harry Dean Stanton & Emilio Estevez Language English Number of disks 1 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Arguably the defining cult film of the Reagan era the feature debut of Alex Cox (Sid & Nancy Walker Straight to Hell) is a genre-busting mash-up of atomic-age science fiction post-punk anarchism & conspiracy paranoia all shot through with heavy doses of deadpan humour & offbeat philosophy After quitting his dead-end supermarket job young punk Otto (Emilio Estevez) is initiated as a "repo man" after a chance encounter with automobile repossessor Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) An illicit high-voltage life follows including an adrenalised search for a mysterious &64 Chevy Malibu loaded with radioactive
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- cargo With an iconic soundtrack (Iggy Pop Black Flag Suicidal Tendencies) stunning Robby Muller cinematography & iconoclastic direction Repo Man remains one of the great debuts of the 1980s Actors Emilio Estevez Harry Dean Stanton Vonetta Mc Gee Miguel Sandoval Tracey Walter Olivia Barash & Fox Harris Director Alex Cox Certificate 18 years & over Year 1984 Screen 1851 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 32 minutes (approx)


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Otto (Emilio Estevez) a young LA punk becomes the protege of Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) a crusty car repossessor Otto soon comes to challenge his mentor for a £20000 repo prize
- a &64 Chevy Malibu driven by J Frank Parnell (Fox Harris) a lobotomized nuclear scientist The Malibu is being madly pursued by ruthless government agents UFO cultists & the infamous Rodriguez Brothers In the trunk is an unthinkable glowing object that could change the course of our civilisation
- overnight Actors Emilio Estevez Harry Dean Stanton Vonetta Mc Gee Miguel Sandoval Tracey Walter Olivia Barash & Fox Harris Director Alex Cox Certificate 18 years & over Year 1984 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English ; French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles Arabic ; Danish ; Dutch ; English for the hearing impaired ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Greek ; Hebrew ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Russian ; Spanish ; Swedish ; Turkish Duration 1 hour & 29 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When Remy (Jude Law) fails to keep up on payments for his recent heart transplant his former partner vows to take back the organ by force if necessary Meanwhile Remy finds an unexpected ally in the form of his long-lost wife Beth (Sonia Braga) who has also been retrofitted with numerous artificial organs Now despite the fact that they haven&t seen each other since Remy joined the army ten years ago the desperate repo man & his sympathetic wife attempt a daring escape from a man who holds the lives of millions in the palm of his hands ...

The first novel in the Lindsay Gordon series
- a gripping & thrilling page-turner starring a self-proclaimed cynical socialist
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The power of reportage drawing is in the immediacy of the images that are created & the feeling of the illustrator&s presence on location Comparable in some ways to photojournalism reportage illustrators are acting as visual journalists proactively creating narrative work about issues & subjects translating what they witness into handmade imagery There is evidence that illustrations connect to people in powerful ways whether they are drawings created while embedded with troops in Afghanistan documenting during a courtroom trial or recreating the energy of the crowd at a rock concert This area of applied illustration also provides career opportunities for students & takes them out of the classroom & into different environments & situations With practical information about tools techniques & coping in various situations as well as inspirational interviews & advice from reportage artists working in the field this book will fill a gap in this growing market ...

How elections are reported has important implications for the health of democracy & informed citizenship But how informative are the news media during campaigns? What kind of logic do they follow? How well do they serve citizens?e Based on original research as well as the most comprehensive assessment of election studies to date Cushion & Thomas examine how campaigns are reported in many advanced Western democracies In doing so they engage with debates about the mediatization of politics media systems information environments media ownership regulation political news horserace journalism objectivity impartiality agenda-setting & the relationship between media & democracy more generally Focusing on the most recent US & UK election campaigns they consider how the logic of election coverage could be rethought in ways that better serve the democratic needs of citizens Above all they argue that election reporting should be driven by a public logic where the agenda of voters takes centre stage in the campaign & the policies of respective political parties receive more airtime & independent scrutiny The book is essential reading for scholars & students in political communication & journalism studies political science media & communication studies ...

Since 1997 Representation has been the go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question & critically analyze institutional & media texts & images This long-awaited second edition updates & refreshes the approaches to representation signalling key developments in the field addresses the emergence of new technologies media formats politics & theories

Includes:: an entirely new chapter on celebrity culture & reality TV offers new exercises readings images & examples for a new generation of students This book once again provides an indispensible resource for students & teachers in cultural & media studies

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