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A Hitman in London (DVD)
Alan Ford, Ara Paiaya, Eric Roberts, Dominique Swain, Angie Simms, …
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Gary Daniels stars in this action thriller written and directed by
Ara Paiaya. When hitman Bradley (Daniels) informs his superiors
that his next job will be his last, he realises that in his line of
work you cannot simply resign. When he rescues young prostitute
Anna (Dominique Swain) from her violent pimp, she tells him that
her sister has gone missing and begs him to help her. Now
considered a rogue agent, Bradley is forced to run when The
Executive (Eric Roberts) sends agents after him. Can Bradley dodge
the men long enough to locate Anna's sister?
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Cockneys Vs Zombies (DVD)
Michelle Ryan, Georgia King, Honor Blackman, Harry Treadaway, Lee Asquith-Coe, …
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R35
Discovery Miles 350
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Bank-robbers unwittingly let loose a zombie horde onto the streets
of London, in this comedy horror from director Matthias Hoene. Andy
(Harry Treadaway) and Terry (Rasmus Hardiker) are determined to
save their grandad Ray (Alan Ford)'s care home by robbing a bank.
But when they break into a 350-year-old underground vault, the gang
of robbers realise they've bitten off more than they can chew when
they unleash a zombie army. With the undead looking for their next
meal, the gang, led by Katy (Michelle Ryan), must rescue the old
folks, all the while battling their way to freedom with their
hard-earned dosh.
Discusses the reactions of seventeenth and eighteenth-century
writers of Irish history to the unprecedented turbulence of the
age. Ireland and the Irish, it is often argued, have been mired for
centuries in mindsets which employ the past in order to trace and
justify the enmities of the present. However, as Constructing the
Past: Writing Irish History 1600-1800 seeks to underscore, the
truth of such interactions with the Irish past is far more complex
and dynamic. Spanning two hundred years of history, this book finds
a relationship with the past which is as adaptive as it is rigid,
as iconoclastic as it is reactionary. Beginning with an
Introduction by Roy Foster, this innovative volume incorporates a
wide range of perspectives on how history in Ireland has been
written and perceived from the early-modern period onward. Drawing
upon both key moments - including the Cromwellian invasion, the
1688 Revolution and 1798, to name a few - as well as forgotten
incidents, each article discusses the ways in which the
presentationof the past in Ireland has been forged by the
circumstances of its writers and context of those memories. Drawing
upon contributions by both highly accomplished and up-and-coming
historians of Ireland, Britain and Europe, Constructing the Past
seeks to illuminate how the Irish past has been constructed, torn
down and again rebuilt by the Irish and historians of Ireland
alike. STEPHEN PAUL FORREST serves as the Director of Operations
forthe Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation; MARK WILLIAMS is
currently reading for a Doctorate in Modern European History at
Hertford College, Oxford.
Ireland is riven by sectarian hatred. This simple assumption
provides a powerful explanation for the bitterness and violence
which has so dominated Irish history. Most notably, the troubles in
Northern Ireland have provided fertile ground for scholars from all
disciplines to argue about and explore ways in which religious
division fueled the descent into hostility and disorder. In much of
this literature, however, sectarianism is seen as, somehow, a
'given' in Irish history, an inevitable product of the clash of the
Reformation and Counter-Reformation, something which sprang fully
formed into existence in the sixteenth century. In this book
leading historians provide a detailed analysis of the ways in which
rival confessions were developed in early modern Ireland, the
extent to which the Irish people were indeed divided into two
religious camps by the mid-seventeenth century, and also their
surprising ability to transcend such stark divisions.
Though known today largely for dating the creation of the world to
400BC, James Ussher (1581-1656) was an important scholar and
ecclesiastical leader in the seventeenth century. As Professor of
Theology at Trinity College Dublin, and Archbishop of Armagh from
1625, he shaped the newly protestant Church of Ireland. Tracing its
roots back to St. Patrick, he gave it a sense of Irish identity and
provided a theology which was strongly Calvinist and fiercely
anti-Catholic. In exile in England in the 1640s he advised both
king and parliament, trying to heal the ever-widening rift by
devising a compromise over church government. Forced finally to
choose sides by the outbreak of civil was in 1642, Ussher opted for
the royalists, but found it difficult to combine his loyalty to
Charles with his detestation of Catholicism.
A meticulous scholar and an extensive researcher, Ussher had a
breathtaking command of languages and disciplines--"learned to a
miracle" according to one of his friends. He worked on a series of
problems: the early history of bishops, the origins of Christianity
in Ireland and Britain, and the implications of double
predestination, making advances which were to prove of lasting
significance. Tracing the interconnections between this scholarship
and his wider ecclesiastical and political interests, Alan Ford
throws new light on the character and attitudes of a seminal figure
in the history of Irish Protestantism.
Ireland is riven by sectarian hatred. This simple assumption
provides a powerful explanation for the bitterness and violence
which has so dominated Irish history. Most notably, the troubles in
Northern Ireland have provided fertile ground for scholars from all
disciplines to argue about and explore ways in which religious
division fueled the descent into hostility and disorder. In much of
this literature, however, sectarianism is seen as, somehow, a
'given' in Irish history, an inevitable product of the clash of the
Reformation and Counter-Reformation, something which sprang
fully-formed into existence in the sixteenth century. In this book
leading historians provide the first detailed analysis of the ways
in which rival confessions were developed in early modern Ireland,
the extent to which the Irish people were indeed divided into two
religious camps by the mid-seventeenth century, and also their
surprising ability to transcend such stark divisions.
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