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Taboo - Season 1 (DVD)
Tom Hardy, Leo Bill, Oona Chaplin, Richard Dixon, David Hayman, …
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All eight episodes from the critically-acclaimed British television drama starring Tom Hardy, Jonathan Pryce and Oona Chaplin.
Following the death of his father, a feared shipping tycoon, adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London in 1814 after a decade spent travelling in Africa to claim the rights to the mysterious island of Nootka Sound which has been left as part of his father's will. Surprising everyone, including his half-sister Zilpha who feared he was dead, Delaney finds himself coming up against the head of the mighty East India Company, Sir Stuart Strange, who is desperate to secure the much sought-after island for his own gain. Negotiating the dark and dangerous games of London's rich and powerful, Delaney is forced to go to extreme lengths in his attempts to claim what is his.
Encircled by conspiracy, murder and betrayal, a dark family mystery unfolds in a combustible tale of love and treachery.
This diary is uniquely illustrated around the zodiac theme and will
stand out strikingly against other diaries. It brings lunar wisdom
into your day to day, with life-coaching tools and tips each week.
The planner is divided by zodiac sign, showing how the sun's
movement through the zodiac affects everyone's energies, whatever
star sign. It displays the effect of planetary conjunctions and how
Mercury entering retrograde affects our decision making and
fortunes. The diary illustrates the characteristics of each zodiac
sign and how that impacts on the events of your life. Pisces is the
dreamer, so when the sun enters Pisces, it's time to implement
steps to move closer to your dream life. Taurus is the time to plan
financial abundance. Aries is a concentrated energy to begin
something, whether that's a vigorous new exercise programme or a
new project. Astrology is a wonderful tool you can use everywhere,
you don't need to be mystical to enjoy it.
How did the United States, a nation known for protecting the "right
to remain silent" become notorious for condoning and using
controversial tactics like water boarding and extraordinary
rendition to extract information? What forces determine the laws
that define acceptable interrogation techniques and how do they
shift so quickly from one extreme to another?
In Confessions of Guilt, esteemed scholars George C. Thomas III and
Richard A. Leo tell the story of how, over the centuries, the law
of interrogation has moved from indifference about extreme force to
concern over the slightest pressure, and back again. The history of
interrogation in the Anglo-American world, they reveal, has been a
swinging pendulum rather than a gradual continuum of violence.
Exploring a realist explanation of this pattern, Thomas and Leo
demonstrate that the law of interrogation and the process of its
enforcement are both inherently unstable and highly dependent on
the perceived levels of threat felt by a society. Laws react to
fear, they argue, and none more so than those that govern the
treatment of suspected criminals.
From England of the late eighteenth century to America at the dawn
of the twenty-first, Confessions of Guilt traces the disturbing yet
fascinating history of interrogation practices, new and old, and
the laws that govern them. Thomas and Leo expertly explain the
social dynamics that underpin the continual transformation of
interrogation law and practice and look critically forward to what
their future might hold.
Along with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights serves as the main watchdog
for the promotion and protection of fundamental rights in the
Americas. Drawing on the case law of the Court, this volume
analyses crucial developments over the years on both procedural and
substantive issues before the Inter-American Court. The book
discusses access to legal aid, third party interventions, positive
obligations and provisional measures, the evaluation of evidence
and the use of external referencing by the Court, the protection of
vulnerable groups, including indigenous peoples, migrants, women
and children. It also explores other contemporary issues such as
coerced statements, medical negligence, the use of force,
amnesties, forced disappearances, the right to water, judicial
protection in times of emergency, the relation of the
Inter-American Court with national courts and with other
international jurisdictions like the European Court of Human Rights
and the International Criminal Court, and with national courts,
reparations and revisions of cases by the Inter-American Court, and
present-day challenges to the Inter-American system of human
rights. Due to its multifaceted and comprehensive character, this
scholarly volume is an essential reference work for both legal
scholars and practitioners working with regional human rights
systems in general and with the Inter-American human rights system
in particular.
If this book saves just one person’s life, Leo Prinsloo will be happy.
Leo became an internet sensation after footage of his reaction to an attempted high-value goods-in-transit heist went viral. Stunned by his cool attitude and focused action in a crisis situation, South Africans had an example of what can happen when good people take a stand. With decades of experience in security – first as a policeman, then in the South African Police Service’s Special Task Force, and now providing arms handling and security training in the private sector – Leo has a wealth of knowledge on how to manage life-threatening incidents.
Driven by a desire to empower South Africans and help them claim back their sense of safety, he offers advice for dealing with every risky situation, from how to handle hijackings and road rage, to how to keep your children safe, to the best way to secure your home and business. He also provides comprehensive information about handling firearms and basic first aid.
Leo’s Guide to Not Becoming a Statistic is a guide to living your safest life in South Africa – something which has become increasingly important as our crime statistics continue to rise. Straight-talking and honest – much like Leo himself – it is an easy to use manual that makes keeping safe accessible, with relatable information and easy to implement tips.
Leo says that taking the first step towards securing your safety is the most important, and his book will help you take that step.
Triple bill of horror movies. 'Hiding' (2012) stars Ana Villafañe
as a young woman attempting to begin a new life following the
brutal murder of her parents. Taken into the care of a witness
protection programme, a new identity is established for Jo
(Villafañe) in Montana and she leaves her home in New York and her
past life behind. Unfortunately, when a man known as Mr Ostrog
(Dean Armstrong) appears and begins to take an interest in her, Jo
could be forgiven for thinking that the protection programme has
failed to keep her identity safe from the man she is due to testify
against. In 'The Victim' (2011) Annie (Jennifer Blanc)'s camping
trip with her friend, Mary (Danielle Harris), goes disastrously
wrong when Mary is savagely attacked and Annie witnesses her
murder. As she flees through the woods from pursuers Harrison (Ryan
Honey) and Cooger (Denny Kirkwood), Annie comes across a small
cabin inhabited by the loner Kyle (Michael Biehn), but will he help
her or hinder her? 'Beneath the Dark' (2010) is a psychological
thriller from first-time director Chad Feehan. Driving through the
Mojave Desert on their way to the wedding of an old college friend,
Paul and Adrienne (Josh Stewart and Jamie-Lynn Sigler) stop for the
night at Roy's Motel. Confronted by a surreal atmosphere and their
equally strange hosts, Frank and Sandy (Chris Browning and Angela
Featherstone), Paul begins to feel uneasy about his new
surroundings and wonders what lies in store for them.
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Gypsy Blood (DVD)
Rob Wilkins, Russell Barnes, Molly Milton; Directed by Leo Maguire
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Documentary exploring the gypsy traveller community with a focus on
their tradition of fighting as a way of resolving conflicts between
different families. The film takes a look at the gypsy children who
are taught to fist fight from a very young age and the fathers who
insist on training them.
Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage and Mila Kunis star in this comedy
drama directed by Phil Alden Robinson. Henry Altmann (Williams), a
cynical and curmudgeonly Brooklynite, undergoes a drastic
transformation when he is mistakenly told by Dr. Sharon Gill
(Kunis) he only has 90 minutes to live. Desperate to make amends
with the people closest to him before he dies, he leaves the
doctor's surgery frantically and sets off on a path of redemption.
Meanwhile, Sharon, who has realised her mistake but has become
aware of a potentially life-threatening brain aneurysm, tries to
track Henry down to get him into care.
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Iron Man and Hulk: Heroes United (DVD)
Adrian Pasdar, Fred Tatasciore, Dee Bradley Baker, Robin Atkin Downes, David Kaye; Contributions by …
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Computer animated action movie featuring Marvel Comics superheroes
Iron Man (voice of Adrian Pasdar) and Hulk (Fred Tatasciore). When
Earth comes under attack from powerful monster Zzzax (Dee Bradley
Baker), Iron Man and Hulk combine their unique strengths in the
hope of defeating the enemy and saving the world. But can they
learn to work as a team despite their differences?
In Plantation Church, Noel Leo Erskine investigates the history of
the Black Church as it developed both in the United States and the
Caribbean after the arrival of enslaved Africans. Typically, when
people talk about the "Black Church" they are referring to
African-American churches in the U.S., but in fact, the majority of
African slaves were brought to the Caribbean. It was there, Erskine
argues, that the Black religious experience was born. The massive
Afro-Caribbean population was able to establish a form of
Christianity that preserved African Gods and practices, but fused
them with Christian teachings, resulting in religions such as
Cuba's Santeria. Despite their common ancestry, the Black religious
experience in the U.S. was markedly different because African
Americans were a political and cultural minority. The Plantation
Church became a place of solace and resistance that provided its
members with a sense of kinship, not only to each other but also to
their ancestral past. Despite their common origins, the Caribbean
and African American Church are almost never studied together. This
book investigates the parallel histories of these two strands of
the Black Church, showing where their historical ties remain strong
and where different circumstances have led them down unexpectedly
divergent paths. The result will be a work that illuminates the
histories, theologies, politics, and practices of both branches of
the Black Church. This project presses beyond the nation state
framework and raises intercultural and interregional questions with
implications for gender, race and class. Noel Leo Erskine employs a
comparative method that opens up the possibility of rethinking the
language and grammar of how Black churches have been understood in
the Americas and extends the notion of church beyond the United
States. The forging of a Black Christianity from sources African
and European, allows for an examination of the meaning of church
when people of African descent are culturally and politically in
the majority. Erskine also asks the pertinent question of what
meaning the church holds when the converse is true: when African
Americans are a cultural and political minority.
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