Modern life is rubbish Nobody talks to each other work is dull & we are made to feel inadequate by everyone & everything around us Features the complete series of comedy genius Ianucci's sketch shows ...

Air bags cause accidents because well-protected drivers take more risks This well-documented truth comes as a surprise to most people but not to economists who have learned to take seriously the proposition that people respond to incentives In The Armchair Economist Steven E Landsburg shows how the laws of economics reveal themselves in everyday experience & illuminate the entire range of human behavior Why does popcorn cost so much at the cinema? The 'obvious' answer is that the owner has a monopoly but if that were the whole story there would also be a monopoly price to use the toilet When a sudden frost destroys much of the Florida orange crop & prices skyrocket journalists point to the 'obvious' exercise of monopoly power Economists see just the opposite If growers had monopoly power they'd have raised prices before the frost Why don't concert promoters raise ticket prices even when they are sure they will sell out months in advance? Why are some goods sold at auction & others at pre-announced prices? Why do boxes at the football sell out before the standard seats do? Why are bank buildings fancier than supermarkets? Why do corporations confer huge pensions on failed executives? Why don't firms require workers to buy their jobs? Landsburg explains why the obvious answers are wrong reveals better answers & illuminates the fundamental laws of human behavior along the way This is a book of surprises a guided tour of the familiar filtered through a decidedly unfamiliar lens This is economics for the sheer intellectual joy of it ...

Throughout most of the classical period Persia was one of the great superpowers placing a limit on the expansion of Western powers It was the most formidable rival to the Roman empire for centuries until Persia by then under the Sassanians was overwhelmed by the Islamic conquests in the seventh century AD Yet the armies of ancient Persia have received relatively little detailed attention certainly in comparison to those of Rome This work is the first of three volumes that will form the most comprehensive study of ancient Persian armies available The Sassanians the native Iranian dynasty that ousted their Parthian overlords in AD 226 developed a highly sophisticated army that was able for centuries to hold off all comers They continued the Parthians' famous winning combination of swift horse archers with heavily-armoured cataphract cavalry also making much use of war elephants but Kaveh Farrokh interestingly demonstrates that their oft-maligned infantry has been much underestimated The author born in Athens Greece & expert in ancient Persian languages & military history has been researching the military history & technology of Persia for a quarter of a century He draws on the latest research & new archaeological evidence focussing on the organization equipment & tactics of the armies that dominated the ancient Middle East for so long ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play NEWS PRESENTER Terry you ve been a friend some would say a confidant of Alexander Armstrong & Ben Miller for a number of years can you give us an insight into what we can expect from this DVD box set? TERRY DEVLIN Oh yes Peter Well from the very moment you convey this box set from your preferred retailer be it high street shop a superstore a supermarket or even an online some might say virtual supplier to your home NEWS PRESENTER (Urging him on) But what of the actual content? The programmes contained on the discs? TERRY DEVLIN I have been reliably informed Peter by the very individuals closest to Ben & Alexander that the box set could conceivably contain three whole series of comedy NEWS PRESENTER Comedy? TERRY DEVLIN Oh yes Peter BAFTA award-winning comedy Or action adventure romance science fiction melodrama perhaps even a murder mystery or one of the many many branches of entertainment that are featured on a DVD release such as this NEWS PRESENTER Right Well more on the precise nature of this DVD box set later But first a look at the extras ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Ben Miller & Alexander Armstrong star in the hit BBC comedy sketch programme the armstrong & miller show The line-up of characters

Includes:: Brabbins & Fyffe the filthy alter-egos of Flanders & Swann; the Inappropriate Dentist who regales his captive audience with tales of swinger parties & the state of his pet dog’s prostate; Tony & Dimitri a hapless football manager & his Russian oligarch boss; & wartime fighter pilots talking in modern-day street lingo Wince at the near-the-knuckle instructions of a politically incorrect sat nav & marvel at the very existence of Pru & Miranda two fat ladies with the difference that they can neither cook nor run Dandy Lion’s their brain-meltingly inefficient vegetarian restaurant in Hampstead And that’s just a taster – there are nearly 100 other characters in the series all with a hint of Armstrong & Miller’s exquisite nose for the absurd

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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 Beginning in 2009 Academy Award winning documentarian Alex Gibney followed Armstrong for four years chronicling his return to cycling after retirement as he tried to win his eighth title Unexpectedly Gibney was also there in 2012 when Armstrong admitted to doping following a federal criminal investigation public accusations of doping by his ex-teammates & an investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency that led USADA&s CEO Travis Tygart to conclude that Armstrong&s team had run &the most sophisticated professionalized & successful doping program that sport has ever seen’ ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Beginning in 2009 Academy Award winning documentarian Alex Gibney followed Armstrong for four years chronicling his return to cycling after retirement as he tried to win his eighth title Unexpectedly Gibney was also there in 2012 when Armstrong admitted to doping following a federal criminal investigation public accusations of doping by his ex-teammates & an investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency that led USADA&s CEO Travis Tygart to conclude that Armstrong&s team had run &the most sophisticated professionalized & successful doping program that sport has ever seen’ ...

322 pages 5 Line drawings black & white; 3 Tables black & white; 5 Illustrations black & w Melvin Jess ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play DVD Extras Exclusive interview with Robert Guediguian Army of crime at Cannes 2009 trailer ...

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 poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters & immigrants in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation Twenty-two men & one woman fighting for an ideal & for freedom News of their daring attacks including the assassination of an SS general eventually reaches Berlin Actors Virginie Ledoyen Simon Abkarian Robinson Stevenin Jean-Pierre Darroussin Lola Naymark Directors Robert Guediguian Writers Serge Le Peron Gilles Taurand Producers Dominique Barneaud Language French Subtitles English Number of discs 1 ...