Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God? Does this mean that God cannot prevent this suffering despite His supposed omnipotence? Or is God not loving after all? This in brief is 'the problem of evil' The Devil provides one solution to this problem his rebellion against God & hatred of His works is responsible for evil The Christian Devil has fascinated writers & theologians since the time of the New Testament & inspired many dramatic & haunting works of art Today he remains a potent image in popular culture The Devil A Very Short Introduction presents an introduction to the Devil in the history of ideas & the lives of real people Darren Oldridge shows us that he is a more important figure in western history than is often appreciated & also a richly complex & contradictory one Oldridge focuses on three main themes the idea of the Devil being integral to western thought from the early Middle Ages to the beginnings of modernity; the principle of 'demonic inversion' (the idea that as the eternal leader of the opposition the Devil represents the mirror image of goodness); & the multiplicity & instability of ideas about the Devil While belief in the Devil has declined the idea of an abstract force of evil is still remarkably strong Oldridge concludes by exploring 'demonological' ways of thinking in our own time including allegations of 'satanic ritual abuse' & the on-going 'war on terror' ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

In this modern gothic fable Keanu Reeves plays eager Lomax & Al Pacino is the charismatic firm founder who knows there are cases to be won & souls to be lost From Lomax&s court triumphs & skyrocket rise to its double-twist ending " The Devil&s Advocate" is red-hot entertainment Lomax&s life wife (Charlize Theron) & soul are on the line He&s landed a job that&s Heaven on Earth which can lead him straight to hell! Interactive Menus Production Notes Scene Access Trailer TV spots Chance of a lifetime Never lost Audio Commentary by Taylor Hackford Actors Keanu Reeves Al Pacino Charlize Theron Jeffrey Jones Judith Ivey Craig T Nelson Connie Nielsen Delroy Lindo & James Saito Director Taylor Hackford Certificate 18 years & over Year 1997 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English ; French ; Italian
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English ; French ; Italian ; Dutch ; Arabic ; Spanish ; Portuguese ; English for the hearing impaired ; Italian for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours & 18 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 Beth & Matt Winters discover a beautifully renovated apartment in an old Connecticut house that seems too good to be true Their new downstairs neighbours Sarah & Tyler Grant (Stephen Rea) have a niece called Kayla who appears to be the perfect playmate for the Winters& six-year-old son Calvin When Calvin becomes increasingly anxious around the Grants & tells his mother there are monsters in the house she dismisses it as her son&s active imagination But Beth soon becomes suspicious herself when she starts experiencing frightening & unexplained phenomenon within the house By the time the sinister truth is upon them neighbours & friends have disappeared & the Winters family find themselves facing a battle for survival against a 300 year-old legacy of ruthless evil Actors Stephen Rea Deborah Valente Michael Cram Dylan Everett Hannah Lochner Siobhan Murphy Briony Glassco & Ursula Campbell Director Melanie Orr Melanie Orr Certificate 15 years & over Year 2007 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Harrison Ford & Brad Pitt star in this harrowing thriller about an IRA gunman who draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism Frankie Mc Guire (Pitt) is one of the IRA&s deadliest assassins But when he is sent to the US to buy weapons Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O& Meara (Ford) a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie&s real identity Their surprising friendship & Tom&s growing suspicions forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One man trapped by destiny & another bound by duty They&re about to discover what they&re willing to fight & to die for From the director of Presumed Innocent & The Pelican Brief comes this suspense drama of two complex proud & passionate men When New York cop Tom O& Meara (Harrison Ford) agrees to open his family home to Rory Devaney (Brad Pitt) he doesn&t know that he is about to shelter a dangerous & wanted terrorist Accepted into Tom&s family Rory discovers a tranquillity that he has never previously experienced But Rory&s terrorist mission is calling
- & when he finally has to answer it is Tom who must hunt him down & who becomes Rory&s sole chance of getting out alive Actors Harrison Ford Brad Pitt Treat Williams Julia Stiles David O& Hara George Hearn Ruben Blades Margaret Colin Mitch Ryan Natascha Mc Elhone & Brendan Kelly Director Alan J Pakula Certificate 15 years & over Year 1997 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 47 minutes (approx)

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Yasuko lives a quiet life working in a Tokyo bento shop a good mother to her only child But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day her comfortable world is shattered When Detective Kusanagi of the Tokyo Police tries to piece together the events of that day he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated Nothing quite makes sense & it will take a genius to understand the genius behind this particular crime One of the biggest-selling Japanese thrillers ever & the inspiration for a cult film The Devotion of Suspect X is now being discovered across the world Its blend of a page-turning story evocative Tokyo setting & utterly surprising ending make it a must-read for anyone interested in international fiction ...

' Hate is not conquered by hate hate is conquered by love This is a law eternal' Captivating aphorisms illustrating the Buddhist dhamma or moral system Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions ...

Collects together the sayings of the Buddha This work is for those who wish to follow the Buddha on the path to enlightenment It reveals the practical & simplicity of the Buddha's teaching 144 pages Byron Thomas ...

A comprehensive value investing framework for the individual investor In a straightforward & accessible manner The Dhandho ...

A witty moving philosophical novel Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums is a journey of self-discovery through the lens of Zen Buddhist thought This Penguin Modern Classics edition

Includes:: an introduction by Ann Douglas Following the explosive energy of On the Road the book that put the Beat Genration on the literary map
- & Jack Kerouac on the bestseller list
- comes The Dharma Bums in which Kerouac charts the spiritual quest of a group of friends in search of Dharma or Truth Ray Smith & his friend Japhy along with Morley the yodeller head off into the high Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude & experience the Zen way of life But in wildly Bohemian San Francisco with its poetry jam sessions marathon drinking bouts & experiments in 'yabyum' they find the ascetic route distinctly hard to follow Jack Kerouac (1922-69) was an American novelist poet artist & part of the Beat Generation His first published novel The Town & the City appeared in 1950 but it was On the Road published in 1957 that made Kerouac famous Publication of his many other books followed among them The Subterraneans Big Sur & The Dharma Bums Kerouac died in Florida at the age of forty-seven If you enjoyed The Dharma Bums you might like Kerouac's On the Road also available in Penguin Classics'A vivid evocation of part of our time' New York Post'A descriptive excitement unmatched since the days of Thomas Wolfe' The New York Times Book Review



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