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The Internship (2013)
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson star as two former salesmen who, never having
managed to come to grips with the digital age, are left high and
dry when their employer suddenly decides to call it a day. Staking
everything on one last throw of the dice, the pair, defying all the
odds, somehow manage to get themselves accepted onto a coveted
internship at tech giants Google. But will they be able to keep up
the facade once they take up their positions?
The Watch (2012)
Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade star as a group of
friends who form a neighbourhood watch group. While Evan Trautwig, a newcomer to the suburban neighbourhood, may have a
legitimate reason for forming a crime watch group following the
recent murder of a friend, it is clear that for most of the men
ulterior motives are at work. Indeed, Bob Finnerty seems
to spend a lot more time examining the dating habits of his
daughter, Chelsea, than he does looking for
threats. However, when the men stumble across what appears to be an
alien plan to destroy humankind, they understand where their
responsibilities lie and set out to counter the threat.
Tim Burton directs this fantasy adventure based on the bestselling
book by Ransom Riggs. When Jacob Portman (Asa Butterfield)'s
grandfather dies, he leaves him clues to a mysterious place called
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob determines to
discover the story behind this strange establishment and the
unusual Miss Peregrine (Eva Green), he finds that the peculiar
children in question are so-called because they have extraordinary
powers and it is his destiny to protect them from an evil force
intent on destroying them. The all-star cast includes Judi Dench,
Samuel L. Jackson, Chris O'Dowd and Rupert Everett.
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Rio 2 (Blu-ray disc)
Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Andy Garcia, Jemaine Clement, …
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Animated adventure sequel featuring the voice talents of Jesse
Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx and Andy Garcia. Following
their romantic escapades in the first film, Blu (voice of
Eisenberg) and Jewel (Hathaway) are now happily married macaws with
three children. Adventure lies in wait for the fledgling family
when they leave Rio de Janeiro for the wilds of the Amazon to visit
relatives. Not only does Jewel's estranged father Eduardo (Garcia)
intimidate Blu - who is already out of his comfort zone so far from
the city - but Nigel (Jermaine Clement), his nemesis, returns with
his heart set on revenge. To complicate matters further, Blu and
Jewel learn that the fragile habitat of the Amazon faces a grave
threat. Can the couple save the environment that nourishes the
creatures they visit and cope with the many challenges thrown their
way?
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Stuart Little (DVD)
Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Jeffrey Jones, Connie Ray, …
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When Mr and Mrs Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis) visit an
orphanage to find a brother for their son George (Jonathan
Lipnicki) they come away with a charming talking mouse called
Stuart. After initial misgivings, George and Stuart begin to get on
famously, and everything seems to be going perfectly; but unknown
to the family, the neighbourhood cats have ganged together with the
sole intention of getting rid of Stuart. Co-written by M. Night
Shyamalan ('The Sixth Sense') and featuring state-of-the-art
computer-generated effects and Michael J. Fox as the voice of
Stuart.
Triple bill of thrillers. In 'Catch .44' (2011) Tes (Malin
Åkerman), Kara (Nikki Reed) and Dawn (Deborah Ann Woll) are three
women with guns who are working for crime boss Mel (Bruce Willis).
When they find themselves the victims in a double-crossing drug
deal that turns out to be more of a set-up than a heist gone wrong,
they set out to get their revenge. Forest Whitaker and Brad Dourif
co-star. 'Switch' (2011) is a French-language thriller in which a
woman's attempts to spice up her life through switching apartments
goes disastrously wrong. Sophie Malaterre (Karine Vanasse), a
Montreal fashion designer, initially enjoys swapping apartments
with a French woman she met over the internet, Bénédicte Serteaux
(Karina Testa). Sophie's first day in Paris is like a dream - but
her second is a nightmare. She is awoken by the police, led by
Detective Forgeat (Eric Cantona), who have discovered a dead body
in the duplex, and seem unable to distinguish Sophie from
Bénédicte... 'Hijacked' (2012) stars Randy Couture, Dominic Purcell
and Vinnie Jones. Paul Ross (Couture), a grizzled government agent,
has been investigating an influential crime organisation known as
The Tribe for a number of years. Just when he begins to feel that
he is making progress with the investigation his personal and
professional interests interconnect. When a private jet carrying a
wealthy businessman and Ross' former fiancée, Olivia (Tiffany
Dupont), is hijacked by The Tribe, Ross is the only government
agent on the scene. How will he cope?
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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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Afterwards (DVD)
Romain Duris, John Malkovich, Evangeline Lilly, Pascale Bussiéres, Sara Waisglass, …
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Psychological drama starring John Malkovich and Romain Duris. New
York lawyer Nathan (Duris) learns from unconventional Doctor Kay
(Malkovich) that his life may be coming to an end. Nathan is
successful in his profession but he has recently divorced Claire
(Evangeline Lilly), the love of his life. At first he is not
convinced by the mysterious doctor, who suggests he should put his
life in order before it is too late, but as strange events unfold,
Nathan begins to sense that maybe he really isn't long for this
world.
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Robert Silverberg's Belzagor
Robert Silverberg; Philippe Thirault, Bruno Lecigne, Sam Timel; Illustrated by Laura Zuccheri, …
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This re-release of fan-favorite adaptation of Robert Silverberg's
Downward to the Earth is accompanied by the highly-anticipated
Children of Belzagor, the original and never before released
sequel. From the mind of legendary American science-fiction writer
Robert Silverberg. What began in his acclaimed Downward to the
Earth continues in this collection! First, Return to Belzagor, the
fan-favorite adaptation of Downward to the Earth as adapted by
writer Philippe Thirault and Eisner-nominated artist Laura
Zuccheri. Then, the story continues in the all-new Children of
Belzagor, a Silverberg-approved tale of legacy and the lasting
effects of colonialism. Return to Belzagor - Ex-lieutenant Eddie
Gundersen returns to Belzagor, where he left behind his youthful
illusions, the love of his life, and a shameful history as a brutal
colonialist. Today, the planet has been returned to its two native,
intelligent species: the Nildorors and the Sulidorors. Acting as a
guide for a scientific expedition deep within native territory,
Gundersen confronts his inner demons and settles old scores with a
planet that hasn’t yet revealed all its secrets to him. Children
of Belzagor - Belzagor is a beautiful and mysterious planet, a
former Earth colony returned to its two native species. Eddie
Gundersen, a former colonist who has been initiated into some of
the planet's secrets, thinks he can live a quiet life there. But
threatened with expulsion, he is forced to accept a dangerous quest
that will lead him to the Ice Lands, to the farthest reaches of
Belzagor's unexplored territories... This journey confronts him not
only with the secrets that the planet still holds, but also with
old enmities.
This book revolves around the idea that capitalism is not a
democratic system and that a system of producer cooperatives, or
democratically managed enterprises, gives rise to a new mode of
production which is authentically socialist in essence and fully
consistent with the ultimate rationale underlying Marx's
theoretical approach. The author argues that the cooperative firm
system outlined in this book offers a rich array of non-economic
benefits that justify its classification as a 'genuinely socialist'
entity, with real potential for achieving true economic democracy.
This book will be required reading for all economists who are not
content with the current capitalist economic system, and yet will
still provide intriguing and thought-provoking insights for those
who are.
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Taken 3 (DVD)
Famke Janssen, Jon Gries, Leland Orser, Forest Whitaker, Judi Beecher, …
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Action thriller sequel to 'Taken' (2008) and 'Taken 2' (2012)
starring Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen. When former CIA agent Brian
Mills (Neeson) discovers his wife Lenny (Janssen)'s dead body in
their bedroom, he quickly realises that he is being framed for her
murder and goes on the run. As he works to clear his name and
battles against relentless police inspector Franck Dotzler (Forest
Whitaker) he must fight to protect the one last thing he has left
in the world: his daughter. The cast also includes Dougray Scott,
Maggie Grace and Jon Gries.
This 2021 National Jewish Book Award finalist by author Megan Hoyt
and illustrator Iacopo Bruno brings to light the inspiring, true
story of Gino Bartali, a beloved Italian cyclist and secret
champion in the fight for Jewish lives during World War II. Gino
Bartali pedaled across Italy for years, winning one cycling race
after another, including the 1938 Tour de France. Gino became an
international sports hero! But the next year, World War II began,
and it changed everything. Soldiers marched into Italy. Tanks
rolled down the cobbled streets of Florence. And powerful leaders
declared that Jewish people should be arrested. To the entire
world, Gino Bartali was merely a champion cyclist. But Gino’s
greatest achievement was something he never told a soul—that he
secretly worked with the Italian resistance to save hundreds of
Jewish men, women, and children, and others, from certain death,
using the one thing no authority would question: his bicycle. This
compelling nonfiction picture book for elementary-age readers
offers a unique perspective on World War II history. It's a strong
choice for units on the war and for biographies of lesser-known
heroes in history and in sports.
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How Do You Live?
Genzaburo Yoshino; Translated by Bruno Navasky; Foreword by Neil Gaiman
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Economic democracy is essential for creating a truly democratic
political sphere. This engaging book uses Marxist theory to
hypothesise that capitalism is not a democratic system, and that a
modern socialist system of producer cooperatives and democratically
managed enterprises is urgently needed. A New Model of Socialism
focuses on the current crisis of the political Left, a result of
the collapse of the Soviet model of society and the decline of
statism and kingship. Bruno Jossa expands on existing theories to
explore Marx?s notions on economic democracy in a modern setting.
He advocates a move away from the centralised planning form of
economic socialism towards a self-management system for firms that
does not prioritise the interests of one class over another, in
order to achieve greater economic democracy. It is argued that the
establishment of such a system of democratic firms is the
precondition for reducing intervention in the economy, thus
enabling the State to perform its ultimate function of serving the
public interest. This timely book is ideal for advanced scholars of
Marxist, radical and heterodox economic theory, as well as
academics with an interest in the rise of socialism in our modern
world. Indeed, it will also be of value to all those seeking a
viable and practical alternative to existing capitalist and
socialist thinking.
In this book Bruno Latour calls upon Christians to join the
struggle to avert a climate catastrophe. First and foremost,
Christians need to overcome their lack of interest in ‘earthly
things’ and pay attention to the Earth at a time when it is being
neglected. He also urges Christians to renew their
understanding of their faith in the context of the new image of the
world that has emerged from Earth system science – that of a
world in which the myriad of beings that inhabit the world are
interdependent and living in close proximity on a slender, fragile
membrane on the surface of the planet. This new image of the
world cannot fail to have an impact on the sciences, on politics
and on religion, just as, in earlier centuries, the cosmology of
Copernicus and Galileo upset the old order. Latour sees the
ecological crisis, and the cosmological mutation that it entails,
as an opportunity to convey anew, to the largest possible audience,
the tradition of Christianity as it has never been appreciated
before, by bringing to bear the lessons of eschatology on the great
crisis that looms before us all.
In a series of televised interviews in spring 2022, Bruno Latour
explained, in clear and straightforward terms, how humans have
changed the planet and why environmental disasters are an intrinsic
part of modern life. We have now come to realize that all
life depends on a thin skin of our planet that is only few
kilometres thick – what scientists call the ‘critical
zone’. Our capacity to continue to live on a planet we are
transforming is now at risk and if we wish to survive as a species,
we must put an end to the mechanisms of destruction, rethink our
connection to living beings and face head-on the confrontation
between the extractivists who are exploiting the Earth’s
resources and the ecologists. This poignant reflection on
the greatest challenge of our time is also an opportunity for
Latour to explain the underlying thread that guided his work
throughout his career, from his pathbreaking research on the social
construction of scientific knowledge to his last writings on the
Anthropocene.
This book takes a new, critical, and multidisciplinary look at
experiences and meanings of social intervention in different social
contexts, taking the approaches of social constructionism as a
theoretical approach. This volume collects the results of
theoretical-practical experiences that social science professionals
with critical and constructionist visions linked to social work
intervention have carried out in different spaces. The volume
considers the way social work intervention models are built, their
foundation, and their application. It provides the findings on
tested intervention models built according to the basis of social
constructionism in specific social scenarios, providing interesting
findings that show intervention alternatives beyond traditional
approaches. This volume includes chapters that are characterized by
the results of innovative research and interventions with
alternative and appropriate approaches to each problem. The social
intervention strategies discussed take place in diverse situations,
including health recovery and reconstruction in breast cancer,
family abandonment issues of institutionalized adolescents,
institutional care of refugee families, women caregivers of
children with disabilities, men who exercise violence, and more.
Key features Describes in detail the main principles of social
constructionism Discusses the "know how" of building social
intervention models based on social constructionism Shows the
experiences and results of making of these models in real cases
Presents a variety of other views and perspectives about social
intervention This unique and original work, Models of Social
Intervention and Constructionism: Current Narratives, showcases
theoretical reflection and practices from the principles of social
constructionism to the application of those in specific realities,
sharing firsthand experiences and a methodology that help to
reproduce the process. The volume will be valuable to professionals
and institutions that deal with emerging social situations that
need a nontraditional approach to face them accurately as well as
to students and faculty who study intervention models and/or social
constructionism.
This volume contains the general introduction to Voltaire's work of
global history. Written by an international team of experts, the
introduction covers the genesis, publication and reception of the
work, as well as offering a detailed analysis of Voltaire's
historical vision. It also benefits from a full bibliography of
editions published in Voltaire's lifetime. An indispensable
resource for historians and students of the Enlightenment.
Where can you get paid to deal with bugs, bacteria and animal
waste? In the field of science! Readers will explore some of the
most disgusting jobs in science, down to the dirty details. They'll
enjoy this high-interest topic so much they won't realize they're
learning important information about STEM jobs.
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