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The Harder They Come (DVD)
Janet Barkley, Basil Keame, Winston Stona, Carl Bradshaw, Bobby Charlton, …
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Cult Jamaican classic starring reggae star Jimmy Cliff as Ivanhoe
Martin, a country boy who comes to Kingston to make it big in the
music industry. Hampered by payola and music industry corruption,
Ivanhoe turns to ganja-dealing to try and make ends meet. Events
spiral out of his control and he soon finds himself on the run from
the police. The celebrated soundtrack is peppered with reggae
classics by the likes of Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, The
Melodians and Cliff himself who performs, among others, the title
track and the timeless 'Many Rivers to Cross'.
"Dazzling inventions from the far north."
Today's Arctic communities have all the comforts of modern
living. Yet the Inuit survived in this harsh landscape for hundreds
of years with nothing but the land and their own ingenuity. Join
authors Alootook Ipellie and David MacDonald as they explore the
amazing innovations of traditional Inuit and how their ideas
continue to echo around the world.
Some inventions are still familiar to us: the one-person
watercraft known as a kayak retains its Inuit name. Other
innovations have been replaced by modern technology: slitted snow
goggles protected Inuit eyes long before sunglasses arrived on the
scene. And other ideas were surprisingly inspired: using
human-shaped stone stacks (lnunnguat) to trick and trap
caribou.
Many more Inuit innovations are explored here, including: Dog
sleds Kids' stuff Shelter Food preservation Clothing Medicine.
In all, more than 40 Inuit items and ideas are showcased
through dramatic photos and captivating language. From how these
objects were made, to their impact on contemporary culture, The
Inuit Thought of It is a remarkable catalog of Inuit invention.
Indie Next Pick for February 2020 Book of the Month January 2020
LibraryReads January 2020 Pick Bookreporter New Release Spotlight
New York Post "Best Books of the Week" Goodreads "January's Most
Anticipated New Books" The Saturday Evening Post "10 Books for the
New Year" PopSugar "The 18 Best New Books Coming Out in January
2020" Book Riot Best Winter New Releases A heart-swelling debut for
fans of The Silver Linings Playbook and The Curious Incident of the
Dog in the Night-Time. Sometimes life isn't as simple as heroes and
villains. For Zelda, a twenty-one-year-old Viking enthusiast who
lives with her older brother, Gert, life is best lived with some
basic rules: 1. A smile means "thank you for doing something small
that I liked." 2. Fist bumps and dabs = respect. 3. Strange people
are not appreciated in her home. 4. Tomatoes must go in the middle
of the sandwich and not get the bread wet. 5. Sometimes the most
important things don't fit on lists. But when Zelda finds out that
Gert has resorted to some questionable-and dangerous-methods to
make enough money to keep them afloat, Zelda decides to launch her
own quest. Her mission: to be legendary. It isn't long before Zelda
finds herself in a battle that tests the reach of her heroism, her
love for her brother, and the depth of her Viking strength. When We
Were Vikings is an uplifting debut about an unlikely heroine whose
journey will leave you wanting to embark on a quest of your own,
because after all... We are all legends of our own making.
In recent years as globalization and market liberalization have
marched forward unabated, and the global commons continue to be
commodified and privatized at a rapid pace. In this global process,
the ownership, sale and supply of water is increasingly the
flashpoint for debates and conflict over privatization, and nowhere
is the debate more advanced or acute than in southern Africa. The
Age of Commodity provides an overview on the debates over water
privatization including a conceptual overview of water
'privatization', how it relates to human rights, macro-economic
policy and GATS and how the debates are shaped by research
methodologies. The book then presents case studies of important
water privatization initiatives in the region, drawing out crucial
themes common to water privatization debates around the world
including corruption, gender equity and donor conditionalities.
This is book is powerful and necessary reading in our new age of
commodity.
Indie Next Pick for February 2020 Book of the Month January 2020
LibraryReads January 2020 Pick Bookreporter New Release Spotlight
New York Post "Best Books of the Week" Goodreads "January's Most
Anticipated New Books" The Saturday Evening Post "10 Books for the
New Year" PopSugar "Best Books in January" Book Riot Best Winter
New Releases "Zelda is a marvel, a living, breathing
three-dimensional character with a voice so distinctive she leaps
off the page." -The New York Times "Heartwarming and
unforgettable." -People For Zelda, a twenty-one-year-old Viking
enthusiast who lives with her older brother, Gert, life is best
lived with some basic rules: 1. A smile means "thank you for doing
something small that I liked." 2. Fist bumps and dabs = respect. 3.
Strange people are not appreciated in her home. 4. Tomatoes must go
in the middle of the sandwich and not get the bread wet. 5.
Sometimes the most important things don't fit on lists. But when
Zelda finds out that Gert has resorted to some questionable-and
dangerous-methods to make enough money to keep them afloat, Zelda
decides to launch her own quest. Her mission: to be legendary. It
isn't long before Zelda finds herself in a battle that tests the
reach of her heroism, her love for her brother, and the depth of
her Viking strength. "A most welcome and wonderful debut" (Tyrell
Johnson, author of The Wolves of Winter), When We Were Vikings is
an uplifting debut about an unlikely heroine whose journey will
leave you wanting to embark on a quest of your own, because after
all...we are all legends of our own making.
A heart-swelling debut for fans of The Silver Linings Playbook and
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Sometimes life
isn't as simple as heroes and villains. For Zelda, a
twenty-one-year-old Viking enthusiast who lives with her older
brother, Gert, life is best lived with some basic rules: 1. A smile
means "thank you for doing something small that I liked." 2. Fist
bumps and dabs = respect. 3. Strange people are not appreciated in
her home. 4. Tomatoes must go in the middle of the sandwich and not
get the bread wet. 5. Sometimes the most important things don't fit
on lists. But when Zelda finds out that Gert has resorted to some
questionable-and dangerous-methods to make enough money to keep
them afloat, Zelda decides to launch her own quest. Her mission: to
be legendary. It isn't long before Zelda finds herself in a battle
that tests the reach of her heroism, her love for her brother, and
the depth of her Viking strength. When We Were Vikings is an
uplifting debut about an unlikely heroine whose journey will leave
you wanting to embark on a quest of your own, because after all...
We are all legends of our own making.
"Inventiveness and ingenuity from North America's First
Nations."
Everyone knows that moccasins, canoes and toboggans were
invented by the Aboriginal people of North America, but did you
know that they also developed their own sign language, as well as
syringe needles and a secret ingredient in soda pop?
Depending on where they lived, Aboriginal communities relied on
their ingenuity to harness the resources available to them. Some
groups, such as the Iroquois, were particularly skilled at growing
and harvesting food. From them, we get corn and wild rice, as well
as maple syrup.
Other groups, including the Sioux and Comanche of the plains,
were exceptional hunters. Camouflage, fish hooks and decoys were
all developed to make the task of catching animals easier. And even
games-lacrosse, hockey and volleyball -- have Native American
roots.
Other clever inventions and innovations include: Diapers Asphalt
Megaphones Hair conditioner Surgical knives Sunscreen.
With descriptive photos and information-packed text, this book
explores eight different categories in which the creativity of
First Nations peoples from across the continent led to remarkable
inventions and innovations, many of which are still in use
today.
The Number One Bestseller ______________ For over thirty years,
David McDonald worked in Ireland's biggest prisons. This is his
story. As a young officer, McDonald got a baptism of fire in
Mountjoy. In 1989 it was a chaotic, pungent and overcrowded place,
and the approach to keeping order was primitive. Returning to his
hometown two years later, he entered Portlaoise Prison, which - due
to the presence of IRA and other subversive prisoners - was then
the most secure prison in Europe. McDonald was amazed to discover
the power of these subversives within the prison. Portlaoise, and
later the new Midlands Prison, were also where Ireland's emerging
class of serious gangsters were housed. McDonald dealt with
notorious household names like John Gilligan, Christy Kinahan,
Brian Meehan, Dessie O'Hare and, more recently, killers like Graham
Dwyer, in his average working day. McDonald shares vivid accounts
of the constant war of attrition between prisoners and prison
authorities over the smuggling of contraband like drugs and phones.
His work in a specialist security unit trying to stop this
trafficking sometimes brought him into conflict with his bosses. He
also questioned aspects of an often brutal and under-resourced
system. Ultimately, concerns about poor handling of key issues led
to him becoming a whistle-blower. In Unlocked, McDonald brilliantly
describes the boredom, the constant tension and flashpoints of
extreme violence, and the moments of comedy, tragedy and surprising
humanity that are part and parcel of working in prisons. Written
with the help of award-winning journalist and author, Mick
Clifford, it is a jaw-dropping and authentic account of life in the
toughest of workplaces. _____________ 'An extraordinary
behind-the-scenes look at the hidden world of Irish prisoners . . .
fascinating' Brendan O'Connor 'Cracking' Matt Cooper
Adapted by Robert David MacDonald from Gitta Sereny's Into That
Darkness "Robert David MacDonald’s In Quest of Conscience, based
on Gitta Sereny’s Into That Darkness, a record of her interviews
with death camp commandant Franz Stangl, takes it for granted that
the Holocaust was a shocking crime against humanity; what it wants
to know, with an urgency amounting to desperation, is how it
happened, and how it can be prevented from happening again." -
Joyce Macmillan, Scotland on Sunday "Stangl... bureaucrat of death
who administered as massive an evil as the Holocaust in the same
routine spirit in which he would have administered butter rationing
... What manner of man can be responsible for the slaughter of
1,200,000 of his fellows in the space of 14 months?" - Joseph
Farrell, The Scotsman "Plays such as In Quest of Conscience are
messengers of the unspeakable, which is why they should be listened
to as this powerful, dignified piece was in complete moral
silence." - John Peter, The Sunday Times "A brilliant and important
play which is based on the actual interviews with the death camp
commandant Franz Stragl by Gitta Sereny searching desperately to
discover how the Holocaust happened, how one worked and lived with
it, and how to prevent it occurring again" Blanche Marvin
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