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LONDON (Hardcover)
Patrick Keiller, Fuel; Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell
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R616
Discovery Miles 6 160
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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London is Patrick Keiller's highly imaginative psychogeographic
journey through (and history of) London, as undertaken by an
unnamed narrator and his companion, Robinson. The unseen pair
complete a series of excursions around the city, in an attempt to
investigate what Robinson calls 'the problem of London', in so
doing the palimpsest of the city is revealed. London is a unique
take on the essay-film format, with scathing reflections on the
recent past, enlivened by offbeat humour and wide-ranging literary
anecdotes. The amazing locations reveal the familiar London of the
near past: Concorde almost touches suburban houses as it takes off;
Union Jacks fly from Wembley Stadium's Twin Towers and pigeons
flock around tourists in Trafalgar Square. These images, in
combination with the script, allow us to see beyond the London
presented on the page. It is both a fascinating reflection on the
diverse histories of Britain's capital and an illuminating record
of 1992, the year of John Major's re-election, IRA bombs and the
first crack in the House of Windsor. The book is the first time the
film has been fully reproduced in print and contains an
introduction from the director.
* A police officer kills a twelve-year-old boy. It's caught on
video. The officer gets off. * A police officer strangles a man
selling cigarettes. It's caught on video. The officer gets off. * A
police officer shoots a man in his car. It's live-streamed. The
officer gets off. It happens over and over again. The culprit here,
alongside the cops, is Qualified Immunity (QI), a legal principle
which Reuters describes as "a nearly failsafe tool to let police
brutality go unpunished and deny victims their constitutional
rights." Originally intended to protect cops from being sued over
good faith mistakes, courts have interpreted QI so broadly that
police are shielded from accountability in all but the rarest of
circumstances. Only when the exact same abusive behavior was
already deemed unconstitutional by a court in the exact same
jurisdiction can victims succeed in a prosecution. Above the Law
recounts 12 cases in which justice was denied because of QI. The
stories are accompanied by infographics, timelines, and
contextualizing background to create a concise and compelling
indictment of an outrageously unjust legal principle that must be
changed.
The Killers return with their seventh studio album 'Pressure Machine'.
The album is about the small town of Nephi, Utah where Brandon Flowers spent his youth. The songs are extremely personal and cover a spectrum of emotions in connection to growing up in a rural setting.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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