For nearly 40 years this classic text has taken the issue of economic inequality seriously & asked Why are our prisons filled with the poor? Why aren't the tools of the criminal justice system being used to protect Americans from predatory business practices & to punish well-off people who cause widespread harm? The Rich Get Richer shows readers that much that goes on in the criminal justice system violates citizens' sense of basic fairness It presents extensive evidence from mainstream data that the criminal justice system does not function in the way it says it does nor in the way that readers believe it should The authors develop a theoretical perspective from which readers might understand these failures & evaluate them morally-and they to do it in a short & relatively inexpensive text written in plain language New to this edition Presents recent data comparing the harms due to criminal activity with the harms of dangerous-but not criminal-corporate actions Presents new data on recent crime rate declines which are paired with data on how public safety is not prioritized by the US government Updates statistics on crime victimization wealth & discrimination plus coverage of the increasing role of criminal justice fines & fees in generating revenue for government Updates on the costs to society of white-collar crime Updates & deepened analysis of why fundamental reforms are not undertaken Streamlined & condensed prose for greater clarity ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play As large a character off screen as he was on Richard Burton is invariably placed near the top of any list of the greatest actors of all time He was certainly one of the best paid! The three films in this collection feature Richard starring alongside an actor almost his equal in The Klansman & his then wife in Divorce His Divorce Hers The latter film is in two parts with part 1 told from the point of view of the husband & the second part from the view of the wife
- since Burton & Taylor were soon to divorce for the first time for real it is a poignant portrayal! Actors Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Lee Marvin Format Box set PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 3
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Irresistibly magnetic on stage mesmerizing in movies seven times an Academy Award nominee Richard Burton rose from humble beginnings in Wales to become Hollywood's most highly paid actor & one of England's most admired Shakespearean performers His epic romance with Elizabeth Taylor his legendary drinking & story-telling his dazzling purchases (enormous diamonds a jet homes on several continents) & his enormous talent kept him constantly in the public eye Yet the man behind the celebrity facade carried a surprising burden of insecurity & struggled with the peculiar challenges of a life lived largely in the spotlight This volume publishes Burton's extensive personal diaries in their entirety for the first time His writings encompass many years-from 1939 when he was still a teenager to 1983 the year before his death-and they reveal him in his most private moments pondering his triumphs & demons his loves & his heartbreaks The diary entries appear in their original sequence with annotations to clarify people places books & events Burton mentions From these h&-written pages emerges a multi-dimensional man no mere flashy celebrity While Burton touched shoulders with shining lights-among them Olivia de Havilland John Gielgud Claire Bloom Laurence Olivier John Huston Dylan Thomas & Edward Albee-he also played the real-life roles of supportive family man father husband & highly intelligent observer His diaries offer a rare & fresh perspective on his own life & career & on the glamorous decades of the mid-twentieth century ...

In 1978 Julian Richer then aged just nineteen opened his first shop near London Bridge For over twenty years this shop has been listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the highest sales per square foot of any retail outlet in the world & the company as a whole with its fifty-three stores nationwide & huge online presence has become Britain's favourite retailer of TV & hi-fi equipment What lies behind this extraordinary success? For Julian the answer is simple throughout his career he has focussed relentlessly on putting people
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- right at the centre of his business & in The Richer Way he offers a supremely practical guide to how others can follow suit He explains how to motivate employees & measure their progress He establishes how to balance company discipline with individual autonomy He explores what customer service' should really involve Above all he points the way to creating an open friendly & flexible culture that will not only attract the best people but also offer the greatest chance of business success Packed with straightforward common-sense advice The Richer Way will prove essential reading for all organisations whatever their nature & size

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A culinary collection beyond compare this box-set follows Rick around the world & features the following series & specials in a 9-Disc set Features 24 of Rick's adventures Rick Stein's Long Weekends Bordeaux Reykjavik Berlin Vienna Bologna Lisbon Copenhagen Cadiz Thessaloniki Palermo Rick Stein's From Venice to Istanbul Venice Croatia Albania Peloponnese Northern Greece Turkey Western Turkey Rick Stein's Tastes of the World Rick Stein's Taste of Shanghai Rick Stein's German Odyssey Rick Stein &38; The Japanese Ambassador Rick Stein Tastes the Blues Rick Stein's Cornish Christmas Rick Stein's Taste of the Italian Opera
Includes: subtitles for the Hard of Hearing Actors Rick Stein Format PALLanguage English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 9
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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 Derived from the original XFM radio show & having broken world records as a podcast download THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW has now been drawn into a superbly funny animated series featuring the musings of Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant & Karl Pilkington The animation combines the simplicity of Hanna-Barbera with the wackiness of Genndy Tartakovsky & is colourful & surreal bringing the much loved series to life in a new light ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Join Riddick in three times the adventure in three of the greatest sci-fi epics of all time Journey to a remote hostile planet with a group of marooned passengers who learn that escaped convict Riddick isn&t the only thing they have to fear in Pitch Black Then see him battle the ruthless soldiers of fortune & vicious creatures in renowned aninmator Peter Cheung&s The Chronicles of Riddick Dark Fury & finally Riddick finds himslef humanity&s likely champion in the special effect-fuelled The Chronicles of Riddick Bonus features Pitch Black Feature Commentary with Director David Twohy & actors Vin Diesel & Cole Hauser; Feature Commentary with Director David Twohy Producer Tom Engelman & Visual Effects Supervisor Peter Chiang; An Introduction By David Twohy; The Game Is On; The Johns Chase Log; The Chronicles Of Riddick Visual Encyclopedia; A View Into The Dark; The Making Of Pitch Black; Dark Fury Advancing The Arc; Hunt For Riddick Website Link; Chronicles Of Riddick Opening Sequence Dark Fury Making Dark Fury Bridging the Gap from Pitch Black to The Chronicles Of Riddick; Peter Chung
- Into the Mind of the Animator; A View into the Light Chronicles of Riddick Virtual Guide to The Chronicles of Riddick; Toombs& Chase Log; Riddick Insider; Visual effects revealed; Riddick&s Worlds; Vin Diesel&s Guided Tour; X-Box game demo Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher&s Bay; DVD ROM skin; Chronicles of Riddick Pitch Black
- Special Edition Trailer

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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 Pitch Black HD Content; Picture in Picture; Pitch Black Raw; SD Content; An Intro by David Twohy; Feature Commentary with Vin Deisel Cole Hauser & David Twohy; Feature Commentary with Director David Twohy Producer Tom Engelman & visual effects supervisor Peter Chiang; The Game is On
- Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher; Bay Video Game Promo; Johns Chase log; The Making of Pitch Black; Dark Fury Advancing the Arc
- Dark Fury Preview; The Chronicles of Riddick Visaul Encyclopedia; A View into the Dark
- Chronicles of Riddick Promo; Raveworld Pitch Black event Dark Fury Making Dark Fury Bridging the Gap from Pitch Black to The Chronicles Of Riddick; Peter Chung
- Into the Mind of the Animator; A View into the Light Chronicles of Riddick SD Bonus; Intro By David Twohy; Feature Commentary with David Twohy Karl Urban & Alexa Davelos; Virtual guide to the Chronicles of Riddick; Toombs Chase Log; Visual Effects revealed; Vin Diesel guided tour; Deleted Scenes; Deleted Scenes with Optional Director&s Commentary; Creation of New Mecca; Riddick Rises; Keep What You Kill; HD Bonus; Complete Chronicles; Anatomy of a Fight; Picture in Picture



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One of the first great spy novels The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London He accepts an invitation from a college friend Davies a shyly intrepid yachtsman & joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic & there amidst the sunshine & bright blue seas they discover a German plot to invade England Like much contemporary British spy fiction The Riddle of the Sands reflects the Anglo-German rivalry of the early twentieth century & the intricacy of the book's conception & its lucid detail make it a classic of its genre This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Erskine Childers' The Riddle of the Sands features maps drawn from Childers' originals & an afterword by writer & journalist Ned Halley Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on the "classic spy thriller of the 20th century" that historians hail as the "tip-off" that saved Britain from invasion Two sailboating Englishmen discover a massive German fleet secretly preparing to attack their nation & set out to do something about it not only do they have to thwart the German Navy but Kaiser Wilhelm himself Actors Michael York Jenny Agutter Simon Mac Corkindale Alan Badel Jurgen Andersen Michael Sheard Hans Meyer Wolf Kahler Olga Lowe & Ronald Markham Director Tony Maylam Certificate PGYear 1979 Languages English Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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