Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Hard up Nebraska Police Office Kathryn Bolkovac (Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz) accepts a well-paying UN peacekeeping job courtesy of a private military contractor working on behalf of the UN She arrives in post-war Bosnia expecting a harmonized international effort but instead finds chaos & disorder against a back drop of simmering ethnic tensions When a brutally injured young woman lands in the UN&s care Kathryn risks her own safety as she unearths an organised & brutal underworld of sex trafficking Despite attempts to thwart her investigation & threats on her life she fights to uncover the truth & traces the path of criminality to a shocking source Actors Rachel Weisz Vanessa Redgrave Monica Bellucci David Strathairn Nikolaj Lie Kaas Roxana Condurache Paula Schramm Alexandru Potocean William Hope Rayisa Kondracki Jeanette Hain Benedict Cumberbatch David Hewlett Coca Bloos & Luke Treadaway Director Larysa Kondracki Certificate 15 years & over Year 2011 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 47 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 Ben Graham (RICHARD COYLE) & Alisha Cole (INDIRA VARMA) are two lawyers about to witness something that will take them into a world of few moral certainties They observe a miscarriage of justice on their own doorstep & instead of giving in to the temptation to look the other way they speak out However by trying to do the right thing Ben & Alisha suddenly find themselves on the other side of the law enemies of the state Produced by Carnival Films The Whistleblowers is a six-part series created by the award-winning Tony Marchant (The Mark Of Cain Passer By Holding On Recovery Kid In The Corner) who writes three of the six episodes One episode is written by real life whistleblower & ex immigration officer Tony Saint another by ex teacher Steve Thompson & a sixth by Paul Logue (Sea of Souls) Each episode of The Whistleblowers begs the question could you? Or more truthfully would you? Actors Indira Varma Richard Coyle Daniel Ryan Kieran Bew Language English Number of discs 2 ...

The most corrupt judge in US history A young investigator with a secret informant The electrifying new thriller Lacy Stoltz never expected to be in the firing line Investigating judicial misconduct by Florida's one thousand judges her cases so far have been relatively unexciting That's until she meets Greg Myers an indicted lawyer with an assumed name who has an extraordinary tale to tell Myers is representing a whistle blower who knows of a judge involved in organised crime Along with her gangster associates this judge has facilitated the building of a casino on an Indian reservation At least two people who opposed the scheme are dead Since the casino was built the judge has made several fortunes off undeclared winnings She owns property around the world hires private jets to take her where she wishes & her secret vaults are overflowing with rare books art & jewels No one has a clue what she's been doing
- until now Under Florida law those who help the state recover illegally acquired assets stand to gain a large percentage of them Myers & his whistle blower friend could make millions But first they need Lacy to start an investigation Is she ready to pit herself against the most corrupt judge in American history a judge whose associates think nothing of murder?' The best thriller writer alive' Ken Follett
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A glorious new edition of Robin Jarvis's classic & the inspiration for The Power of Dark & its sequels Contains bonus material specially produced for this Egmont Modern Classics title When orphans Ben & Jennet arrive in the seaside town of Whitby to stay with Alice Boston they have no idea what to expect A lively 92-year-old Miss Boston is unlike any other foster mother they've known Ben is gifted with the sight' which gives him the power to see things invisible to other mortals He soon encounters the mysterious fisher folk who live under the cliffs & discovers that Alice & her friends are not quite what they seem But a darkness is stalking the streets of Whitby bringing with it fear & death Could it be a ghost from the Abbey? Or a beast from hell? Unless the truth is uncovered the town & all its inhabitants is doomed Robin Jarvis started writing in 1988 & quickly became a bestselling author with his Deptford Mice & Whitby Witches series The Whitby Witches is the book that inspired his latest series which begins with The Power of Dark You can find out more at wwwrobinjarviscom or follow him on Twitter robinjarvis 1963 ...

A thous&-miles-an-hour hoot' Esquire Hilariousand immensely moving' The New Yorker A blast of satirical heat from the talented heart of black American life' New York Times White Boy Shuffle is Man Booker-winner Paul Beatty's electrifying debut novel about teenage-surf-bum Gunnar Kaufman who is forced to wise up when his mother moves from suburban Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles There he begins to undergo a startling transformation from neighbourhood outcast to basketball superstar & eventually to reluctant messiah of a divided downtrodden people' A bombastic coming-of-age novel that has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh & cry at the same time Beatty mingles horrific reality with wild fancy in this outlandish laugh-out-loud funny & poignant vision of contemporary America ...

' Roma Tearne is an exquisite writer & captivating storyteller' Aminatta Forna Through endless years of glacial winter artist Hera has known loss her brother's arrest & imprisonment on terrorism charges her mother's resulting death & the collapse of normal life in a devastated London Her one comfort has been her relationship with Raphael As the thaw begins can she track down her elusive lover? ...

By the Sunday Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon a powerful true story of adventure & obsession in the Antarctic lavishly illustrated with colour photographs 160 pages appx 50 black & white & colour photos & maps Grann David ...

Woman to man is either a god or a wolf John Webster's first independent play The White Devil originally performed in 1612 centres on the beautiful Vittoria Corombona & her lover Duke Brachiano whose passionate adulterous affair unleashes the powerful revenge of their enemies While clearly guilty of lust & murder these unsavoury characters become startlingly heroic under pressure challenging both conventional moral judgments & oppressive social forces This revised student edition contains a lengthy new Introduction with background on the author date & sources theme critical interpretation & stage history The Introduction discusses Webster's radical experimentation with tragic modes his interest in the heroic potential of women & evaluates the handling of both in recent stage productions ...

Packed full of analysis & interpretation historical background discussions & commentaries York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you re studying whether it s poetry a play or a novel You ll learn all about the historical context of the piece; find detailed discussions of key passages & characters; learn interesting facts about the text; & discover structures patterns & themes that you may never have known existed In the Advanced Notes specific sections on critical thinking & advice on how to read critically yourself enable you to engage with the text in new & different ways Full glossaries self-test questions & suggested reading lists will help you fully prepare for your exam while internet links & references to film TV theatre & the arts combine to fully immerse you in your chosen text York Notes offer an exciting & accessible key to your text enabling you to develop your ideas & transform your studies! ...

The day the fox came things began to change for Sol Lost alone & far away from home Sol feels a deep connection with the little Arctic fox he discovers down at the Seattle docks
- he too feels lost in the big city Dad is always busy working & Sol misses the grandparents they have left behind So Sol decides to take the little fox back home reuniting his own family in the process
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