Even before the recent Newtown CT massacre gun violence & gun control has preoccupied public officals & legislators at all levels of government as well as powerful special interest groups for years The Gun Debate What Everyone Needs to Know tours the issues that Americans debate when they talk about guns The volume

Includes:: information on gun control pertaining to US history jurisprudence cultural beliefs political agendas epidemiologcal data criminology law & regulation & policy effectivness Throughout economist Philip J Cook & political scientist Kristin Goss illustrate for readers which questions & issues are contentious & on which there is something approaching consensus They answer basic questions like Where do people acquire guns? Is gun violence rising or falling? Who is at risk for being shot? How much does gun violence cost? & tackle tougher ones such as Do video games & the media contribute to gun violence? Why is the gun control movement relatively weak? Is it better to enforce the laws we have or enact new ones? The answers to these questions will help the general reader to make sense of the volley of ideologically driven statistics & slogans that characterize our national conversation on firearms This book is a must-read for anyone interested in getting a clear view of the highly polarizing topic of gun control

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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 Sean Penn Javier Bardem & Idris Elba star in this action thriller directed by Pierre Morel & adapted from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette Jim Terrier (Penn) is an ex-military contractor with post-traumatic stress disorder who hopes to leave his past behind him & settle down with his long-term partner However to escape the organisation he used to work for he must go on the run across Europe in an attempt to clear his name Will he succeed? The cast also

Includes:: Mark Rylance Ray Winstone & Jasmine Trinca

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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 Sean Penn Javier Bardem & Idris Elba star in this action thriller directed by Pierre Morel & adapted from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette Jim Terrier (Penn) is an ex-military contractor with post-traumatic stress disorder who hopes to leave his past behind him & settle down with his long-term partner However to escape the organisation he used to work for he must go on the run across Europe in an attempt to clear his name Will he succeed? The cast also

Includes:: Mark Rylance Ray Winstone & Jasmine Trinca

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The war is drawing to a close but the munitions girls are still hard at work in the factory Gladys who's been promoted to overseer has been feeling lonely lately Her friend Em & Em's daughter Lizzie have moved away & a lot of others have left Gosport too Then an act of kindness towards Goldie a homeless teenager provides Gladys with a new friend & lodger But Goldie has run away from her dangerous family
- a group of local gangsters & black-market smugglers including a particular thug a pimp who is determined to make the girl his own Can Gladys keep both of them safe while dealing with her own unexpected pregnancy?
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Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August is a spellbinding history of the fateful first month when Britain went to war War pressed against every frontier Suddenly dismayed governments struggled & twisted to fend it off It was no use Barbara Tuchman's universally acclaimed Pulitzer prize-winning account of how the first thirty days of battle determined the course of the First World War is to this day revered as the classic account of the conflict's opening From the precipitous plunge into war & the brutal & bloody battles of August 1914 Tuchman shows how events were propelled by a horrific logic which swept all sides up in its unstoppable momentum' Dazzling' Max Hastings' Magnificent' Guardian' Fascinating splendid glittering One of the finest works of history' New York Times'A brilliant achievement' Sunday Telegraph Barbara Tuchman achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmerman Telegram & international fame with the Pulitzer-Prize winning The Guns of August She is also the author of The Proud Tower Stilwell & the American Experience in China (also awarded the Pulitzer Prize) A Distant Mirror & The March of Folly She died in 1989 The Proud Tower & The Zimmerman Telegram are published by Penguin ...

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action & suspense Now reissued in a new cover style Twelve hundred British soldiers isolated on the small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast waiting to die Twelve hundred lives in jeopardy lives that could be saved if only the guns could be silenced The guns of Navarone vigilant savage & catastrophically accurate Navarone itself grim bastion of narrow straits manned by a mixed garrison of Germans & Italians an apparently impregnable iron fortress To Captain Keith Mallory skllled saboteur trained mountaineer fell the task of leading the small party detailed to scale the vast impossible precipice of Navarone & to blow up the guns The Guns of Navarone is the story of that mission the tale of a calculated risk taken in the time of war ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory & destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When he talks women listen Shy dance teacher Ramu (Mistry) leaves India to join his cousin in the United States Finding that America is not quite the land of opportunity he imagined Ramu accidentally impersonates an ancient Indian guru & soon has the ear of almost every sexually dysfunctional American citizen Director Daisy Von Scherler Mayer Certificate 15 years & over Year 2002 Screen Widescreen Anamorphic Languages Hungarian ; English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages English
- DTSSubtitles English ; English for the hearing impaired ; Hungarian Duration 1 hour & 31 minutes (approx)

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The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award Winner of the South Bank Sky Arts Award Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize What is the difference between friendship & love? Gustav grows up in a small town in Switzerland where the horrors of the Second World War seem a distant echo But Gustav's father has mysteriously died & his adored mother Emilie is strangely cold & indifferent to him Gustav's life is a lonely one until he meets Anton An intense lifelong friendship develops but Anton fails to understand how deeply & irrevocably his life & Gustav's are entwined until it is almost too late This is a perfect novel' Observer' The Gustav Sonata is beautifully rendered & magnificent in its scope It glows with mastery' Ian Mc Ewan ...

Poor gut health is at the root of just about every chronic health condition in our modern world If you want to be healthy you have to get your gut working properly The Gut Health Diet Plan is the book your gut has been waiting for a clear & practical resource by a renowned functional nutritionist & chef Christine gives you the practical tools to transform your digestive health with this revolutionary five-step programme based around functional medicine What makes Christine unique is her ability to combine her scientific knowledge of nutrition with delicious gut-healing recipes suitable for everyone Each recipe is designed to be mind-blowingly tasty & beautiful yet packed with health-giving nutrients to support your digestive health & promote health & healing ...