In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015 millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic liberte egalite fraternite But who were the millions of demonstrators who were suddenly united under the single cry of Je suis Charlie ? In this probing new book Emmanuel Todd investigates the cartography & sociology of the three to four million who marched in Paris & across France & draws some unsettling conclusions For while they claimed to support liberal republican values the real middle classes who marched on that day of indignant protest also had a quite different programme in mind one that was far removed from their proclaimed ideal Their deep values were in fact more reminiscent of the most depressing aspects of France s national history conservatism selfishness domination & inequality By identifying the anthropological religious economic & political forces that brought France to the edge of the abyss Todd reveals the real dangers posed to all western societies when the interests of privileged middle classes work against marginalised & immigrant groups Should we really continue to mistreat young people force the children of immigrants to live on the outskirts of our cities consign the poorer classes to the remoter parts of the country demonise Islam & allow the growth of an ever more menacing anti-Semitism? While asking uncomfortable questions & offering no easy solutions Todd points to the difficult & uncertain path that might lead to an accommodation with Islam rather than a deepening & divisive confrontation ...

In 1995 on a four hour delayed train from Manchester to London J K Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter Upon arriving in London she began immediately writing the first book in the saga Rowling's true life rags to riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created This biography details not only Rowling's life & her love of literature but the story behind the creation of a modern classic ...

The multiple-sellout mini-series Newsarama calls a modern noir package that is not to be missed & MTV couldn''t put down! Jon Moore is a mercenary spy on the run protected only by Jake Ellis a man invisible to everyone except Jon Collects Who Is Jake Ellis? 1-5 ...

Stanley Lieber was just seventeen when he got his first job at Timely Comics in 1939 Since then the man now known as Stan Lee has launched a comic book empire made Marvel Comics a household name & created iconic superheroes such as Iron Man Spider-Man & the Fantastic Four Stan Lee is still dreaming up caped crusaders & masked vigilantes in his nineties ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Between 1979 & 1981 29 African-American children were murdered in Atlanta GA leading to a statewide manhunt to find the killer & a considerable outcry from a frightened public This is the true story of these despicable crimes & the dogged detectives who led the investigation ...

The most iconic singersongwriter of his generation Kurt Cobain left behind a phenomenal body of work legions of fans & a mystery… a final letter addressed to “ Boddah” Now award-winning creator Nicolas Otero brings the story of this note to life in the original graphic novel WHO KILLED KURT COBAIN? Based on the French novel Le Roman de Boddah by Heloise Guay de Bellissen this adaptation – a work of fiction – recounts real-life events from Cobain’s life as narrated by his childhood imaginary friend Boddah Through the eyes of Boddah readers get a front row seat to the highs & lows of one of music’s most influential voices like they’ve never experienced before Trace the arc of modern rock’s greatest icon from the dark clubs of Seattle to the bright lights of the world stage… & all the angst horror & thrill that came with that ride in this captivating graphic tale ...

Who Killed My Father is the story of a tough guy
- the story of the little boy I never was Told with the fire of a writer determined
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An unofficial companion piece to music historian-turned-filmmaker Alan G Parker's controversial 2008 tome Sid Vicious No One Is Innocent this speculative documentary explores the factual basis for the rumors that Sid Vicious of the notorious punk band the Sex Pistols did not kill lover Nancy Spungen in the manner of which he was formally accused ...

The ghost of Sherlock Holmes is dead but who will solve his murder? The Great Detective's ghost has walked London's streets for an age given shape by people's memories Now someone's put a ceremonial dagger through his chest But what's the motive? & who
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- could kill a ghost? When policing London's supernatural underworld eliminating the impossible is not an option DI James Quill & his detectives have learnt this the hard way Gifted with the Sight they'll pursue a criminal genius
- who'll lure them into a Sherlockian maze of clues & evidence The team also have their own demons to fight They've been to Hell & back (literally) but now the unit is falling apart


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An unjustly overlooked milestone of American indie noir cinema WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR still exudes modernity after more than forty years from its debut A cop (Jan Murray) is trying to solve the case of a serial killer while investigating he gets close & personal with a night club hostess (Norah Dein) who is receiving disturbing & obsessive phone calls Set in the New York underbelly of the pre zero tolerance era WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR features an astonishing performance by Sal Mineo as a deviant & obscure busboy Banned from British cinemas for its perturbing content WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR has lost none of its power to shock more than 40 years after it was made ...