Influencing philosophers such as Sartre & Camus & still strikingly modern in its psychological insights Kierkegaard's The Sickness Unto Death explores the concept of despair' as a symptom of the human condition & describes man's struggle to fill the spiritual void Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired debate dissent war & revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked & comforted They have enriched lives
- & destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals & visionaries whose ideas shook civilization & helped make us who we are

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A vivid historical novel set in the fifteenth century by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 336 pages Kadare Ismail ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play When the US military abducts a Muslim leader New York City becomes the target of several terrorist attacks in this gripping political thriller ripped from newspaper headlines Denzel Washington stars as Anthony " Hub" Hubbard the head of the FBI terrorism task force who is charge of investigating the bombings Ironically Hub&s partner Frank Haddad (Tony Shalhoub) is Arab-American & must fight for his family&s rights as the citizens of New York become increasingly paranoid about the Arab-American population Elise Kraft (Annette Bening) is an undercover CIA official & Middle East expert who is also investigating the terrorist attacks & joins Hub & Frank as they search for the terrorists As Hub Elise & Frank work to uncover the source of the terrorism the city erupts in escalating madness spiraling out of control until the government sends in General William Devereaux (Bruce Willis) who takes over the city & declares martial law Ultimately the government seizes the male Arab-American population of New York in makeshift internment camps in this incredibly relevant & cautionary thriller that examines the real dilemma of how a democratic society can uphold the rights of its citizens while under military protection Director Edward Zwick&s film features excellent performances from an all-star cast &

Includes:: real footage of President Clinton addressing the problem of terrorism

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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 When the US military abducts a Muslim leader New York City becomes the target of several terrorist attacks in this gripping political thriller ripped from newspaper headlines Denzel Washington stars as Anthony " Hub" Hubbard the head of the FBI terrorism task force who is charge of investigating the bombings Ironically Hub&s partner Frank Haddad (Tony Shalhoub) is Arab-American & must fight for his family&s rights as the citizens of New York become increasingly paranoid about the Arab-American population Elise Kraft (Annette Bening) is an undercover CIA official & Middle East expert who is also investigating the terrorist attacks & joins Hub & Frank as they search for the terrorists As Hub Elise & Frank work to uncover the source of the terrorism the city erupts in escalating madness spiraling out of control until the government sends in General William Devereaux (Bruce Willis) who takes over the city & declares martial law Ultimately the government seizes the male Arab-American population of New York in makeshift internment camps in this incredibly relevant & cautionary thriller that examines the real dilemma of how a democratic society can uphold the rights of its citizens while under military protection Directors Edward Zwick Language English German Spanish Italian Subtitles Spanish Danish Finnish German Italian Swedish Number of discs 1 ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF INSIDE THE WAVE THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 Leningrad September 1941 Hitler orders the German forces to surround the city at the start of the most dangerous desperate winter in its history For two pairs of lovers
- Anna & Andrei Anna's novelist father & banned actress Marina
- the siege becomes a battle for survival They will soon discover what it is like to be so hungry you boil shoe leather to make soup so cold you burn furniture & books But this is not just a struggle to exist it is also a fight to keep the spark of hope alive A brilliantly imagined novel of war & the wounds it inflicts on ordinary people's lives & a profoundly moving celebration of love life & survival ' Remarkable affectingthere are few more interesting stories than this; & few writers who could have told it better' Rachel Cusk Daily Telegraph ' Literary writing of the highest order set against a background if suffering so intimately reconstructed it is hard to believe that Dunmore was not there' Richard Overy Sunday Telegraph ' Utterly convincing A deeply moving account of two love stories in terrible circumstances The story of their struggle to survive appears simple as all great literature should a world-class novel' Antony Beevor The Times Novelist & poet Helen Dunmore has achieved great critical acclaim since publishing her first adult novel the Mc Kitterick Prize winning Zennor in Darkness Her novels Counting the Stars Your Blue-Eyed Boy With Your Crooked Heart Burning Bright House of Orphans Mourning Ruby A Spell of Winter & Talking to the Dead & her collection of short stories Love of Fat Men are all published by Penguin This edition

Includes:: the first chapter of Betrayal the sequel to The Siege



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' For a novel to be witty is one thing to tell a good story is another to be serious is yet another but to be all three is surely enough to make it a masterpiece' New Statemsan 400 pages Farrell JG ...

The Siege of Macindaw is the sixth thrilling book in John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series
- over eight million sold worldwide
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A close encounter changes a woman&s life forever & gives her a permanent alien "tenant" in her mind affecting the lives of everyone she encounters The novel found among Patricia Anthony&s papers after her death is one of her final books ” a taut gripping narrative with fully realized characters It&s Anthony at the top of her form & sure to be one of the most talked about science fiction novels of the year ...

After nine years investigating the exact location of the ultimate religious icon the Ark of the Covenant British researcher & investigative journalist Graham Hancock reveals his status-quo shattering discoveries Part mystery thriller part true adventure & part travel book this gripping piece of historical research challenges society's principal religious preconceptions & takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through ancient history ...

The Penguin English Library edition A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation For Mary Marston has received several large pearls
- one a year for the last six years
- & now a mystery letter telling her she is a wronged woman If she would seek justice she is to meet her unknown benefactor bringing with her two companions But unbeknownst to them all others stalk London's fog-enshrouded streets a one-legged ruffian with revenge on his mind
- & his companion who places no value on human life


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