Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Martin Scorsese one of the great directors of our time directs Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis Michelle Pfeiffer & Winona Ryder in a brilliant adaptation of Edith Wharton&s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle The Age Of Innocence chronicles the grandeur & hypocrisy of high society in the 1880&s Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an upstanding lawyer who secretly longs for a more passionate life Engaged to the lovely but ordinary socialite May Welland (Winona Ryder) Newland resigns himself to a life of quiet complacency But when May&s unconventional cousin Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer) returns to New York amid social & sexual scandal Newland becomes captivated by her mysterious authority & outstanding beauty Now he must choose between May & the world he knows & Ellen & the world he dreams of having A spellbinding portrait of hidden romance & regret The Age Of Innocence is a timeless masterpiece interwoven with intrigue suspicion guilt & passion ...

278 pages 19 Line drawings black & white; 15 Tables black & white; 19 Illustrations black an Komninos Nicos (Aristotle University of Thessalonki Greece) ...

' How are you?' said Mathieu 'I thought you were dead' Following a Parisian philosophy teacher through the cafes & bars of Montparnasse over two days in the sweltering summer of 1938 Sartre's searing novel explores what it truly means to be free ...

Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in evry sphere of European life by the Dual revolution
- the 1789 French revolution & the Industrial Revolution that originated in Britain This enthralling & original account highlights the significant sixty years when industrial capitalism established itself in Western Europe & when Europe established the domination over the rest of the world it was to hold for half a century
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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 What is a robot? It is a shell for an artificial intelligence a mechanical device capable of interacting with its environment a machine that can autonomously perform an assigned task Robots are also much more than this something that escapes baseline definitions & has fascinated humanity for centuries This series guides us through the discovery of the most intriguing projects that robotics has to offer getting to know machines & ideas that will impact our future or are already part of our everyday lives We examine a variety of robots in action
- from androids created to entertain to machines designed to explore inhospitable habitats from the wonders of biomimetics to the cities of tomorrow A unique exciting & accessible point of view that shows the viewer that robotics no longer belongs to science fiction but to contemporary reality
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' Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror' Lee Child international bestselling author It's 2005 & Jed Walker has just joined the CIA As a ten-year veteran of Air Force Special Operations Walker is used to being at the sharp end of things But normally the front line is much further from home Sent to New Orleans on the trail of Russians wanting to claim back what was stolen from them in Afghanistan it doesn't take long for Walker to realise that in the murky world of espionage the rules of war do not apply Teaming up with a feisty M16 operative Walker must take steps that will betray The Agency in order to do what is right by the nation As Hurricane Katrina hits to forever change a city & a country it's clear to Walker that this is a high stakes game where the winner takes all He must succeed From Langley to Louisiana Washington to Moscow The Agency moves like a tempest through a treacherous landscape of double crosses false identities & enemies old & new Jed Walker is going to be pushed to the limit
- of what he can do what he can take & what he knows is right Praise for James Phelan' James Phelan has produced a big juicy rollicking tale in the spirit of Robert Ludlum We haven't seen an international thriller like this for a long time' Jeffery Deaver'A fast & furious ride through a complicated maze of timely political intrigue James Phelan has earned a new avid fan' Steve Berry
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Jed Walker is about to learn that in the murky world of espionage the rules of war don't apply An action thriller where the line between the good guys & the bad can be hard to see 352 pages Phelan James ...

Long out of print the classic six-issue mini-series will soon be available again in this slick trade paperback collection! Paul Jenkins (Civil War Frontline) & Kyle Hotz (Criminal Macabre) teamed up on this unique project that takes us to a dystopian future where traditional policing has fallen to the wayside & private corporations are stepping into fill the gap ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Charged with murder & likely going to jail crime boss Reg Bellavance (Ray Wise) is out on bail & wants to skip town with his son The only problem is that the money he had stashed away for just such an occasion has gone missing Bellevance gives his right hand man Lloyd (Dana Ashbrook) a simple order Find his money kill everyone who had a hand in stealing it & make it messy Lloyd & his crew tear out into the city & begin carrying out the order in brutal fashion They have no idea just how dangerous their job is about to get Actors Ray Wise Derek Mears Dana Ashbrook Jacob Reynolds Boyd Kestner Fabianne Therese Ryan Hartwig Joseph Mc Kelheer & Lisa Rotondi Director Steven C Miller Certificate 18 years & over Year 2012 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 40 minutes (approx) ...

Combining cutting-edge tools with classic agile practices The Agile Samurai gives you everything you need to deliver something of value every week & make rolling your software into production a non-event 280 pages Illustrations Rasmusson Jonathan ...