Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Atmospheric indie noir thriller written by & starring Anton Pardoe In a nameless nowhere city a man known only as & The Mad Monk& (Pardoe) returns to his dysfunctional crime-ridden family home after a ten-year absence to settle an old score & protect his long-time love Porphyria (Roselyn Sanchez) from the threat posed by her Uncle Nikolai (Patrick Bauchau) & his evil henchman The Rajah (Sam Thakur) ...

Skipper Billy Tyne insists that his crew go out on one last fishing trip before the winter sets in Unbeknownst to them a brutal storm is slowly gaining steam Before the Weather Bureau has a chance to warn the crew of the danger ahead it&s too late resulting in a gruelling & tragicbattle with a natural disaster ...

For fans of Nicci French & Sophie Hannah Corrie Jackson's explosive new thriller will leave you questioning how far you would go for friendship Charlie & Emily Swift are the Instagram-perfect couple gorgeous successful & in love But then Charlie is named as the prime suspect in a gruesome murder & Emily's world falls apart Desperate for answers she turns to Charlie's troubled best friend London Herald journalist Sophie Kent Sophie knows police have the wrong man
- she trusts Charlie with her life Then Charlie flees Sophie puts her reputation on the line to clear his name But as she's drawn deeper into Charlie & Emily's unravelling marriage she realises that there is nothing perfect about the Swifts As she begins to question Charlie's innocence something happens that blows the investigation
- & their friendship
- apart Now Sophie isn't just fighting for justice she's fighting for her life PRAISE FOR CORRIE JACKSON' Magnificent! Jackson has played a blinder A heart-thumping twisting rollercoaster of a read' Angela Clarke' Will have you turning the pages far into the early hours' J S Carol' Packs a huge emotional punch Corrie Jackson is definitely one to watch' Susi Holliday


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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 In a not too distant future a totalitarian state secret government organization controls all aspects of life All " Enemies of the State" are executed by a secret group of assassins who go by a secret code-name which is known only by the state & a few others assigned to the same mission The best of the assassins is a code-name " Condor"
- the perfect weapon of choice However in his latest assignment he fails to kill the opposition leader & finds himself on the run from the very same government agency that hired him
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At Beacon Heights High Nolan Hotchkiss is king His charm wealth & good looks are deceptively seductive & many are the students whose lives & reputations have been ruined by them All while Nolan continues to reign unquestioned & undisrupted Until now that is Mackenzie Ava Julie Caitlin & Parker don't seem to have much in common Each has her own friends dramas & goals But one thing they do share they all have a deep hatred of Nolan Hotchkiss & they all think it's about time he paid for the things he's done They come up with the perfect murder
- a hypothetical murder of course It's all wishful thinking until they wake up one morning to find that their wish has come true Nolan has been killed
- in exactly the way they planned The thing is they didn't do it So who did?

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Much of the existing research on race & crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy In contrast Lisa L Miller here specifically focuses on political & socio-legal institutions & actors that drive these developments & their relationship to the politics of race & poverty; in particular the degree to which citizens at most risk of victimization-primarily racial minorities & the poor-play a role in the development of political responses to crime & violence Miller begins her study by providing a detailed analysis of the narrow & often parochial nature of national & state crime politics drawing a sharp contrast to the active & intense local political mobilization on crime by racial minorities & the urban poor In doing so The Perils of Federalism illustrates the ways in which the structure of US federalism has contributed to the absence of black & poor victims of violence from national policy responses to crime & how highly organized but narrowly focused interest groups such as the National Rifle Association have a disproportionate influence in crime politics Moreover it illustrates how the absence of these groups from the policy process at other levels promotes policy frames that are highly skewed in favor of police prosecutors & narrow citizen interests whose policy preferences often converge on increasing punishments for offenders Ultimately The Perils of Federalism challenges the conventional wisdom about the advantages of federalization & explains the key disadvantages that local communities face in trying to change policy ...

& So it happens therefore that every element says something to someone& Inspired by the rhythms of the Periodic Table Primo Levi assesses his life in terms of the chemical elements he associates with his past From his birth into an Italian Jewish family through his training as a chemist to the pain & darkness of the Holocaust & its aftermath Levi reflects on the difficult course of his life in this heartfelt & deeply moving book ...

The Periodic Table is one of the most recognizable images in science
- & in our culture Its 118 elements make up everything on
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Which is the densest element? Which has the largest atoms? & why are some elements radioactive? From the little-known uses of gold in medicine to the development of the hydrogen bomb this is a fresh new look at the Periodic Table Combining cutting edge science with fascinating facts & stunning infographics this book looks at the extraordinary stories of discovery amazing properties & surprising uses of each elements whether solid liquid or gas
- naturally occurring synthesised or theoretical! From hydrogen to oganesson this is a fact-filled visual guide to each elementeach accompanied by technical date (category atomic number weight boiling point) as well as fun facts & stories about their discovery & surprising uses
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The Periodic Table Book is the perfect visual guide to the chemical elements that make up our world This eye-catching encyclopedia takes children on a visual tour of the 118 chemical elements of the periodic table from argon to zinc It explores the naturally occurring elements as well as the man-made ones & explains their properties & atomic structures Using more than 1000 full-colour photographs The Periodic Table Book shows the many natural forms of each element as well as a wide range of both everyday & unexpected objects in which it is found making each element relevant for the child's world ...