Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Incredibly intense & meticulously researched The Assault a vividly realistic portrayal of the true-life events that gripped a TV audience of over 21 million viewers on Saturday December 24th 1994 It&s Christmas Eve 1994 A flight from Algiers bound for Paris is hijacked & 227 passengers are taken hostage by a militant group of heavily armed Islamic terrorists The authorities& only hope of saving the passengers is to enlist the GIGN an elite special-forces unit But it&s a deadly mission of survival that will escalate into a violent confrontation that&s both brutal & moving Directed by Julien Leclerq The Assault stars Vincent Elbaz Gregori Derangere Melanie Bernier Aymen Saidi & Marie Guillard Actors Vincent Elbaz Gregori Derangère Melanie Bernier Philippe Bas Aymen Saïdi Marie Guillard Antoine Basler Fatima Adoum Hugo Becker Hugues Martel Herve Dubourjal François Lescurat Abdelhafid Metalsi & Jean-Philippe Puymartin Director Julien Leclercq Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 ...

Now with a New Preface & Conclusion ' Post-Truth On Donald Trump & the 2016 Election' The United States of America is in the midst of a deepening crisis for their democracy After the strangest election cycle in modern American history it is important that the grave threats to the American way of life that were glaringly revealed in this campaign are addressed In The Assault on Reason Nobel Peace Prize winner & former Vice President Al Gore examines how faith in the power of reason
- the idea that citizens can govern themselves through rational debate
- is in peril Democracy depends on a well-informed citizenry & a two-way conversation about ideas but the public sphere has been degraded by fake news & the politics of fear partisanship & blind faith Now updated to investigate the rise of Trump & post-truth politics The Assault on Reason is a farsighted & powerful manifesto for clear thinking crucial if the vitality of democracy is to be rebuilt & good decisions made once more

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From the international bestselling expert on dealing with assholes' With cutting-edge research & real-life examples that are thought-provoking & often hilarious thisis an indispensable resource' Gretchen Rubin author of The Happiness Project' At last someone has provided clear steps for rejecting deflecting & deflating the jerks who blight our lives Better still that someone is the great Bob Sutton which ensures that the information is useful evidence-based & fun to read' Robert Cialdini author of Influence & Pre-Suasion' If only Bob Sutton's book had been available to help me deal with the full complement of 1st-class assholes I've encountered in my 50-year professional life No names shall be mentioned' Tom Peters co-author of In Search of Excellence Being around assholes whether at work or elsewhere can damage performance & affect wellbeing having one asshole in a team has been shown to reduce performance by 30 to 40 & social media has only given rise to further incivility -- 40 of people have experienced harassment online In The Asshole Survival Guide Stanford professor Robert Sutton offers practical advice on identifying & tackling any kind of asshole -- based on research into groups from uncivil civil servants to French bus drivers & 8000 emails that he has received on asshole behaviour With expertise & humour he provides a cogent & methodical game-plan First he sets out the asshole audit to find out what kind of asshole needs dealing with & asshole detection strategies Then he reveals field-tested sometimes surprising techniques from asshole avoidance & asshole taxes to mind-tricks & the art of love bombing Finally he explains the dangers of asshole blindness -- when the problem might be yours truly Readers will learn how to handle assholes
- in the workplace & beyond
- once & for all!

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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 Carlos " The Jackal" is the most heinous terrorist the world has ever known The governments of the United States & Israel for two decades have sought him escaping each time they come close to capturing him Actors Aiden Quin Donald Sutherland & Ben Kingsley Director Christian Duguay Certificate 18 years & over Year 1997 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English ; Polish ; Czech ; Hungarian ; Icelandic ; Hindi ; Hebrew ; German ; Turkish ; Danish ; Swedish ; Finnish ; Greek ; Norwegian Duration 1 hour & 54 minutes (approx)
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It's a deadly game of blackmail & they're making him play Kyle Mc Avoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation he's good looking has a brilliant mind & a glittering future ahead of him But he has a secret from his past a secret that threatens to destroy his entire life One night that secret catches up with him in the form of a deeply compromising video of the incident that haunts him Kyle realises that he no longer owns his own future
- that he must do as his blackmailers tell him or the video will be made public with all the unpleasant consequences What price do they demand for Kyle's secret? It is for Kyle to take a job in New York as an associate at the largest law firm in the world Kyle won't be working for this company but against it
- passing on the secrets of it's biggest trial to date a dispute worth billions of dollars to the victor Full of twists & turns & reminiscent of The Firm The Associate is vintage John Grisham

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The traitor revealed! The one behind the recent "accidents" has finally been unmasked--but Julis alone isn&t strong enough to beat him! It&ll take a team of unlikely allies to bring this fiend to justice Those in the shadows know this is only the first of many threats to come Things will heat up even more as the Festa draws near! Meet the Author Yuu Miyazaki is the author of the light novel series The Asterisk War ...

Kirin Toudou is the top-ranked student at Seidoukan Academy despite her young age but there&s one enemy she cannot face—her controlling abusive uncle! After witnessing the man&s cruelty toward his niece Ayato steps in to help but he soon finds himself facing her in a duel! With the Festa just around the corner can he really afford to reveal his dueling style in front of the whole school or will he have to accept defeat? About the Author Yuu Miyazaki is the author of the light novel series The Asterisk War ...

The school-city of Rokka-also known as " Asterisk" Here boys & girls of the Starpulse Generation all compete in the Seibusai-the "star battle festival" fighting for glory on the greatest combat entertainment stage of the world Ayato Amagiri has just arrived at one of these academies at the express invitation of its student council president but when he begins his career by making a dangerous enemy his life on Asterisk is off to a rough start! About the Author Yuu Miyazaki is the author of the light novel series The Asterisk War ...

The school-city of Rokka-also known as " Asterisk" Here boys & girls of the Starpulse Generation all compete in the Seibusai-the "star battle festival" fighting for glory on the greatest combat entertainment stage of the world Ayato Amagiri has just arrived at one of these academies at the express invitation of its student council president but when he begins his career by making a dangerous enemy his life on Asterisk is off to a rough start! About the Author Yuu Miyazaki is the author of the light novel series The Asterisk War ...

The Festa begins! At long last the largest fighting tournament in the world gets under way! Ayato & Julis blast through the tag team Phoenix event with their sights set on the semifinals along with Saya & Kirin But time is not on their side as each passing match risks revealing Ayato&s greatest weakness—the time limit on his power & when he&s facing opponents like Le Wolfe&s Irene & Priscilla Urzaiz he needs all the help he can get Meet the Author Yuu Miyazaki is the author of the light novel series The Asterisk War ...