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The Prison Psychiatrist's Wife is a gripping true story of a
Herculean project. Sue Johnson's psychiatrist husband Bob,
recruited to work with notorious offenders at Parkhurst Prison,
sets out to discover whether he can change dangerous and violent
men. What begins as a bold and enlightened experiment leads him
into clashes with prison culture and eventually to the High Court
with threats to invoke the Official Secrets Act. From her unique
point of view as an unfettered outsider, the author casts a
searingly moving eye onto the workings of our deepest dungeons and
the politics that feed them. This book is an unforgettable account
from the perspective of the unseen wife. A rare 'outsider' view of
prison which casts new light on hidden events. Of wide
professional, penal and general interest - a woman's voice in a
strongly male setting.
Charlie Bronson has spent three decades in solitary confinement,
and yet has stayed as fit as a fiddle, gaining several world
strength and fitness records in the process. Now, in this
no-nonsense guide to getting fit and staying fit, he reveals just
how he's done it. Forget fancy gyms, expensive running shoes and
designer outfits, what you need are the facts on what really works
and the motivation to get on with the job. From his cell at
Wakefield Prison, Charlie has complied this perfect guide to show
you the best way to burn those calories, tone your abs and build
your stamina giving you the know-how you need to be at the peak of
mental and physical form.
Famous '50s/'60s mystery and suspense series hosted by the master
of suspense himlsef, Alfred Hitchcock. Each 30 minute episode
included opening and closing monologues by Hitchcock who would
explain some aspect of the day's story in his inimitably dry,
humorous monotone. Episodes included: 'Wet Saturday', 'Fog Closing
In', 'De Mortis', 'Kill with Kindness', 'None Are So Blind',
'Toby', 'Alibi Me', 'Conversation Over a Corpse', 'Crack of Doom',
'Jonathan', 'A Better Bargain', 'The Rose Garden', 'Mr. Blanchard's
Secret', 'John Brown's Body', 'Crackpot', 'Nightmare in 4-D', 'My
Brother Richard', 'Manacled', 'Bottle of Wine', 'Malice Domestic',
'Number Twenty-Two', 'The End of Indian Summer', 'One for the
Road', 'The Cream of the Jest', 'I Killed the Count (1)', 'I Killed
the Count (2)', 'I Killed the Count (3)', 'One More Mile to Go',
'Vicious Circle', 'The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater', 'The Night
the World Ended', 'The Hands of Mr. Ottermole', 'A Man Greatly
Beloved', 'Martha Mason, Movie Star', 'The West Warlock Time
Capsule', 'Father and Son', 'The Indestructible Mr. Weems', 'A
Little Sleep'and 'The Dangerous People'.
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Mr. Majestyk (Blu-ray disc)
Al Lettieri, Paul Koslo, Frank Maxwell, Linda Cristal, Alejandro Rey, …
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Charles Bronson stars in this action-packed crime drama. Former US
Army Ranger and Vietnam War veteran Vince Majestyk (Bronson) lives
a quiet existence in rural Colorado running a watermelon farm.
After being harassed by a local racketeer for employing skilled
Hispanic workers, being trailed by police and having his crops
destroyed by a Mafia hitman, Vince finally decides he's had enough
and sets off with his rifle and pickup truck to mete out some
retribution.
Lifer Charlie Bronson's reputation precedes him - 'Britain's most
violent prisoner' - or does it? Do we really know the true Charlie,
or are our impressions the result of media hype? Well, what is in
no doubt is that Loonyology is 200% Bronson and will transport the
reader on the dizziest no-holds-barred roller-coaster ride of their
lives, from suspense and shock to laughter and tears, and from
Bronson the 'Solitary King' to Bronson the Philosopher, the Poet,
the Artist, the Author, the Joker, the Walking Scar and the Freedom
Fighter. Now 55 years old, and having spent most of his last 34
years as a maximum security 'Bronco Zoo' inmate, he's a much wiser
man as he looks back on his crazy journey of unpredictable
behaviour, his ever-alert mind darting from reminiscences of his
teenage years to memories of fellow-cons, the screws, the cranks,
letters and news reports, prison life and procedures, and the
overall madness ('loonyology') of the legal and penal systems,
peppering his stories with diary entries, true gems of information,
sound advice and hilarious one-liners. Together with his many
supporters and with the aid of a top lawyer, Charlie is campaigning
for the parole board to finally allow him his freedom, but begging
is not his style: he calls a spade a spade and is determined to win
with dignity, fighting with his pen and his brain to achieve his
aim of a life outside 'the cage'. In his words: "I chose to be a
villain. I'm not proud of it, nor am I ashamed of it. I have paid
my debt to society and it's time to go home."
Charles Bronson is the most feared and most notorious convict in
the British prison system. Renowned for his serial hostage-taking
and his rooftop sieges, he is a legend in his own lifetime, who has
had a critically acclaimed film made of his life. Yet he is a man
of great warmth and humor; a man of huge artistic talent who
exhibits his drawings around the country; a man with an
overpowering urge not to let the system get him down. "Bronson 2:
More Porridge Than Goldilocks" is a crazy look into the mind of a
true individual.
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The Dirty Dozen (DVD)
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In 1944, twelve Death Row convicts are selected by Major Reisman
(Lee Marvin) for a suicide mission. With the aid of his assistant,
Sergeant Bowren (Richard Jaeckel), Reisman gradually moulds his
gang of murderers, rapists, thieves and psychotics into a tough
fighting unit. He leads them into occupied France in an attempt to
infiltrate a chateau where the Nazi top brass are holding a summit.
Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes and a then-unknown
Donald Sutherland are among the dozen.
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR SURVIVING LIFE IN PRISON Charles Bronson
knows more about life in prison than anyone else in Britain - on
either side of the bars. Jailed originally in 1974, his life since
then has been once unbroken stretch of over forty-five years, much
of it in solitary confinement, moved repeatedly as prison after
prison failed to contain his explosive temper. It would be enough
to break an ordinary man - but Bronson is no ordinary man, and this
is no ordinary prison diary. Written by our most notorious
prisoner, Behind Bars is Bronson's irreverent, hard-hitting and
darkly funny guide to life in Britain's penal institutions. From
the correct way to brew vintage prison 'hooch' and how to keep the
screws from finding it, to taming techniques for prison wildlife
that may be your only friends on long stretches in solitary; from
the fastest way to win a canteen fight to how to plan a prison
wedding, this book tells you everything you need to know - and a
few things you don't - about what goes on behind the locked doors
of Britain's historic (and sometimes pre-historic) jail cells.
Don't get nicked without it.
'Since Ronnie and Reggie died, all I've heard is a load of
bollocks! Reggie shot my cat; Ronnie stabbed my uncle Bert 75
times; Reggie ran over my hamster; I'm Ronnie's son; I'm Reggie's
daughter. Gutless maggots spreading rumours with their sham stories
for sale. The shameless rats. Well now the twins are gone and I can
talk. And let me tell you, I've got a lot to say and all the time
in the world to say it. No bollocks. No silly stories. Just facts
about the time I spent doing porridge with the Krays.'
Charlie Bronson is Britain's most dangerous convict. During more
than a quarter of a century inside, he has gained a fearsome
reputation as the prison system's only serial hostage taker. He has
spent 23 of the last 26 years in solitary confinement. He has been
locked in dungeons, in iron boxes concreted into the middle of
cells, and, famously, in a cage like Hannibal Lecter. Yet Bronson
lives by a strict moral code and is respected and admired by many
prison officers as well as prisoners. In this updated edition of
his memoirs, Bronson reveals the happiness behind his controversial
marriage to his wife Saira.
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