Dark thriller starring Diane Lane. Within the FBI is a division dedicated to investigating & prosecuting criminals who commit crimes on the Internet. Two members of this division are Agents Jennifer Marsh (Lane) & Griffin Dowd (Colin Hanks). When an I ...

Dark thriller starring Diane Lane. Within the FBI is a division dedicated to investigating & prosecuting criminals who commit crimes on the Internet. Two members of this division are Agents Jennifer Marsh (Lane) & Griffin Dowd (Colin Hanks). When an I ...

Life is so unfair, & it sends many things to try Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of Portuguese Irregular Verbs & pillar of the Institute of Romance Philology in the proud Bavarian city of Regensburg. There is the undeserved rise of his rival (and owner of a one-legged dachshund), Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer; the interminable ramblings of the librarian, Herr Huber; & the condescension of his colleagues with regard to his unmarried state. But when his friend Ophelia Prinzel takes it upon herself to match-make, & duly produces a cheerful heiress with her own Schloss, it appears that the professor's true worth is about to be recognised. Maddening, idiotic & hugely entertaining, von Igelfeld is an inspired comic creation. ...

Life is so unfair, & it sends many things to try Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of Portuguese Irregular Verbs & pillar of the Institute of Romance Philology in the proud Bavarian city of Regensburg. There is the undeserved rise of his rival (and owner of a one-legged dachshund), Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer; the interminable ramblings of the librarian, Herr Huber; & the condescension of his colleagues with regard to his unmarried state. But when his friend Ophelia Prinzel takes it upon herself to match-make, & duly produces a cheerful heiress with her own Schloss, it appears that the professor's true worth is about to be recognised. Maddening, idiotic & hugely entertaining, von Igelfeld is an inspired comic creation. ...

In the middle of a rainy Swedish summer, a little gild is abducted from a crowed train. Her distraught mother, left behind at the previous station, alerts the crew immediately. But despite hundreds of potential witnesses, the only trace of her is a pair of shoes. To the Stockholm police this looks like a classic custody row. But none of the evidence adds up & young investigative analyst Fredrika Bergman is convinced the case is more complex than her boss is prepared to admit. So when the missing child is found dead in the far north of Sweden, with the word 'UNWANTED' scribbled on her forehead, the rule book is finally thrown out of the window. Now on the trail of a ruthless murderer with a terrifying agenda, will Fredrika & the team be able to put aside their differences & work together to find the killer before it's too late? ...

Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours, thus dispelling its mystery. In this book, the author argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken & shows how an understanding of science in fact inspires the human imagination & enhances our wonder of the world. ...

In a society where unwanted & troublesome teens are salvaged for their body parts, Connor, Risa & Lev continue to fight against the system that would 'unwind' them. Thanks to their high-profile revolt at the Happy Jack Harvest Camp, people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of so-called troublesome teens might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question & a new law passed. However, unwinding has become big business, & there are powerful political & corporate interests, not to mention the illegal ' Parts Pirates', that want to see it not only continue, but exp&. Connor, Risa & Lev each struggle to rescue as many AWOL teens as possible & offer them sanctuary. But life at the Graveyard is hard, rivalries bubble under the surface & the cracks are beginning to show. & then there is Cam, a teen who does not exist. Made entirely out of parts from one hundred other 'unwinds', Cam is a 21st century Frankenstein, a rewound, struggling to find a true identity & meaning, & a place in society. But when a sadistic bounty hunter who takes "trophies" from all the 'unwinds' he captures starts to pursue Connor, Lev & Risa, Cam finds his own fate inextricably bound with theirs... ...

Munch rejoices in her job as a car mechanic but it's tough when people from her old life surface. One such person is Lisa, who has bolted from a Witness Protection Programme with her two daughters & needs Munch's help. But, 15-year-old Charlotte goes missing & her mum, Lisa, lands in jail. Munch must unravel the mystery before it's too late. ...

Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents & is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion. Brought together by chance, & kept together through desperation, these three unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing all the while that their lives are hanging in the balance. If they can survive until their eighteenth birthdays, they can't be harmed. But when every piece of them, from their hands to their hearts, are wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away... ...

This is an investigation of the current expansion of Christmas at a time of decline in other festivals. It compares the Christmas phenomenon to other celebrations &

Includes:: discussion of Christmas & materialism, Christmas & the family, & Christmas in the context of various cultures.

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