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Free Fall (DVD)
D. B Sweeney, Ian Gomez, Jayson Blair, Malcolm McDowell, Coley Speaks, …
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Sarah Butler stars in this thriller produced and directed by Malek
Akkad. When an employee at Gault Capital suddenly dies in
mysterious circumstances, his colleagues are left wondering about
what really happened. When curious co-worker Jane (Butler)
discovers that the deceased was looking into the potential fraud of
Gault and its owner Thaddeus Gault (Malcolm McDowell), Jane decides
to dig a little deeper and see what she can find. After Thaddeus
gets wind of Jane's investigation, he sends a hitman (D.B. Sweeney)
to silence her. As Jane attempts to flee the building she gets
trapped in the elevator and must work out a way to escape the
relentless killer.
Bruce Blair examines operational safety hazards for nuclear forces
deployed on combat alert in Russia, the United States, and
elsewhere. He provides new information on command and control
procedures and deficiencies that affect the risks of accidental,
unauthorized, or inadvertent use of nuclear weapons, particularly
those in the former Soviet Union. Blair proposes changes in nuclear
operations that would reduce these risks. Remedies range from
eliminating targets from missiles to taking all nuclear forces off
alert (" zero alert" ) so that no weapons are poised for immediate
launch. In the " zero alert" scenario, missiles and bombers lack
nuclear warheads or other vital components and require extensive
preparations for redeployment. Blair assesses the effects of such
measures on strategic deterrence and crisis stability in the event
of a revival of nuclear confrontation between the United States and
Russia. He also describes the burdens of verification that his
remedies impose. This book is the first in a series devoted to
aspects of operational safety and nuclear weapons. Other topics in
the series include joint U.S.- Russian missile attack early
warning, ensuring the security of dismantled warheads and bomb
materials, and command-control problems in the emerging nuclear
states. Bruce G. Blair is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy
Studies program at Brookings and the author of numerous books,
including The Logic of Accidental Nuclear War (Brookings, 1993).
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Last Vegas (DVD)
Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen, …
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Jon Turteltaub directs this all-star buddy comedy following four
past-their-prime friends out to set the Vegas strip alight on a
four-night stag party. When last-bachelor-standing Billy (Michael
Douglas) informs his lifelong buddies Paddy (Robert De Niro),
Archie (Morgan Freeman), and Sam (Kevin Klein) that he's finally
getting hitched, the four friends decide to head off to Las Vegas
to act anything but their age for one last time. But once they hit
the streets, the boys soon discover that things have changed a lot
since their glory days, and that for the old-school thrill seekers,
the party has only just begun.
Among its many important effects, the political revolution in
central Europe has provided a sharp reminder that international
security is as much a state of mind as it is a physical condition.
The threat of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe, long
hypothesized by Western defense ministries on the basis of a
perceived imbalance in inherent conventional force capability, is
now acknowledged to be a practical impossibility because shifts in
political alignment have been credited. In the wake of that
judgement, the force deployments themselves are virtually certain
to be reduced, equalized, and disengaged, thereby removing
firepower advantage as a threat to international stability.
Moreover, though the intrinsic connection is remote, a similar
judgement seems to be affecting global strategic deployments. As
strategic forces are projected to be reduced to common ceilings by
mutual agreement, the fear of preemptive attacks on theoretically
vulnerable land-based installations appears to be receding more
rapidly than the inherent capability that originally inspired it.
This relief from the narrowly focused, obsessive fears that have
dominated U.S. security policy for several decades is certainly a
constructive development, but unfortunately it is not
comprehensively valid. For strategic forces in particular, some
subtle interaction between human judgement and physical capability
remain potentially dangerous, presenting a security problem that
will not be resolved simply by completing the projected agenda of
national weapons development and international arms control
agreements. The problem arises from conceivable combinations of
events that are undoubtedly improbable but
unprecedentedlycatastrophic should any of them ever occur. The
standards of safety that have evolved for improbable disasters of
much smaller magnitudenuclear reactor meltdown, for examplehave
been applied to only peacetime operations and have not been
extended to the circumstances of advanced crisis or to the actual
implications of combat operations. To appreciate the implications
of this limitation and the dangers that emerge from it requires a
substantial revision of standard perspectives on strategic
security.
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Best Laid Plans (DVD)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Stephen Graham, David O'Hara, Lee Ingleby, Maxine Peake, …
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David Blair directs this British drama, loosely inspired by John
Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men'. Set in Nottingham, the film
revolves around the relationship between the thuggish Danny
(Stephen Graham) and Joseph (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), a giant of
a man with a mental age of seven. When Danny finds himself in debt
to a local crime boss, he feels he is left with no choice but to
manipulate Joseph into participating in a series of underground
cage fights from which Danny can profit. Salvation appears to call
out to both men when they begin relationships with Lisa (Emma
Stansfield) and Isabel (Maxine Peake), but will they be able to
escape the bloody world of gambling and fighting Danny has plunged
them into?
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The Key: Complete Series (DVD)
Ronni Ancona, Ron Donachie, Glenna Morrison, June Watson, Frances Grey, …
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Three-part British drama starring Dawn Steele and Ronni Ancona.
Following members of a Clydeside clan headed by Mary Corrigan
(Steele and later June Watson), the programme follows three
generations of the family over the course of one hundred years as
they face some of the most trying circumstances in British
political history including Bloody Friday of 1919 where workers
marched through Glasgow demanding a 40-hour working week and the
pandemonium of the miner's strike of 1984.
“It seems fate has dealt me the same hand again. I know how to
play it.â€Â  A new king is on the throne and the
rebellion lies in ruins. Keera spends her days drinking and her
nights avoiding the strange dreams that have haunted her since she
returned from the capital. Keera’s family in Myrelinth won’t
let her go without a fight. With new intelligence about the magical
seals left behind by Keera’s ancient kin, the Light Fae, she
rallies to face her demons and unleash the formidable powers she
inherited from her people. But a shocking truth is hiding in plain
sight, one with the power to unravel the entire rebellion... The
pivotal third installment in the Halfling Saga will upend
everything Keera thought she knew about her enemies…and her
allies. Â
The BookTok sensation from debut author Melissa Blair—now with
exclusive bonus content! My body is made of scars, some were done
to me, but most I did to myself. Â Keera is a killer. As the
King's Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the
king’s favored assassin. When a mysterious figure moves against
the Crown, Keera is called upon to hunt down the so-called
Shadow.  She tracks her target into the magical lands
of the Fae, but Faeland is not what it seems…and neither is the
Shadow. Keera is shocked by what she learns, and can't help but
wonder who her enemy truly is: the King that destroyed her people
or the Shadow that threatens the peace? Â As she searches for
answers, Keera is haunted by a promise she made long ago, one that
will test her in every way. To keep her word, Keera must not only
save herself, but an entire kingdom. Â
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching:
September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Series Editor: Angela
Leonard This Student Book: covers the essential content in the new
specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative,
sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension
material uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities
to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence,
interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
has 'Writing Historically' features that focus on the writing
skills most important to historical success. This literacy support
uses the proven Grammar for Writing approach used in many English
departments includes lots of exam guidance, with practice
questions, sources, sample answers and tips to support preparation
for GCSE assessments. * These resources have not yet been endorsed.
This information is correct as of 31st July 2015, but may be
subject to change. You do not have to purchase any resources to
deliver our qualification.
Deepen appreciation and understanding of Orwell's classic novel
with engaging images that reinforce the concepts of literature and
aid preparation for the CSEC English B examination. - Build
understanding of the novel through images, text and Directed
Reading Thinking Activities (DRTA) that work together and are ideal
for use across all secondary grades. - Improve and practise
essay-writing skills using CSEC-style essay questions, guidance on
essay writing skills and an annotated sample essay. - Check
understanding of the social concerns and character development of
the novel by answering the guided reading questions. - Build
literary knowledge with the section on stylistics which explores
the effectiveness of the writer's craft. - Deepen literary
knowledge with background notes and explanations. Not available for
sale in Jamaica, St Vincent and The Grenadines.
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