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Blood diamond [videorecording] / by Coleman, Antony.; Connelly, Jennifer.; Connelly, Jennifer.; DiCaprio, Leonardo.; Gorfil, Gillian.; Harewood, David.; Herskovitz, Marshall.; Hounsou, Djimon,1964-; Howard, James Newton.; King, Graham.; Kuypers, Kagiso.; Leavitt, Charles.; Lukola, Anointing.; Mbhena, Benu.; Mistry, Jimi,1973-; Mitchell, C. Gaby.; Roodt, Darrell.; Vosloo, Arnold.; Wallace, Basil.; Weinstein, Paula.; Zwick, Edward.; Bedford Falls Productions (Firm); Initial Entertainment Group.; Spring Creek Productions.; Virtual Studios.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; music, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Ngila Dickson ; production designer, Dan Weil ; special effects supervisor, Neil Corbould ; visual effects supervisor, Jeffrey A. Okun.Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman, Benu Mabhena, Anoiting Lukola, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Jimi Mistry.Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Diamonds; Draft; Feature films.; Fishers; Smugglers; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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The Wagner Group : Yevgeny Prigozhin's mercenaries and their ties to Vladimir Putin / by Wilson, Owen,author.;
This is the first book on the Wagner Group, the shadowy Russian paramilitary organisation that fought in Ukraine and staged a surprise uprising against Vladimir Putin on 23-24 June. It has been involved in conflicts in Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, Venezuela and Mali, committing war crimes, rape, robbery of civilians, and torture. Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman with close links to the Kremlin, admitted in September 2022 that he "founded" the paramilitary group. Owen Wilson investigates its history and who is really behind the group as it clearly isn't Vladimir Putin.
Subjects: Prigozhin, Yevgeny, 1961-2023.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Mercenary troops; Private military companies;
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White lies / by Leather, Stephen,author.;
Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line - for his friends and for his job with MI5. So when one of his former apprentices is kidnapped in the badlands of Pakistan, Shepherd doesn't hesitate to join a rescue mission. But when the rescue plan goes horribly wrong, Shepherd ends up in the hands of al-Qaeda terrorists. His SAS training is of little help as his captors beat and torture him. Shepherd's MI5 controller Charlotte Button is determined to get her man out of harm's way, but to do that she's going to have to break all the rules.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Shepherd, Dan (Fictitious character); Undercover operations;
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The Kingdom. by Murray, Colin,film director.; Christie, Morven,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Morven ChristieOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2024.The extraordinary rise of Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, ruler of Saudi Arabia – the world’s biggest oil exporter. What will his reign mean for the world?Prince Mohammed, heir to the throne of the most influential country in the Middle East, is likely to rule for decades. As ‘Prime Minister’, the young prince has already instigated the fastest changes to Saudi society since the country’s formation in 1932 – karaoke bars, mixed crowds in restaurants, and raves in the desert. Yet his rise to power has involved abductions, torture and murder. In this series, diplomats, spies, Western observers and Saudi Arabian insiders give first-hand accounts of their meetings with him and tell the story of how he has outwitted his rivals with a combination of vision, brains and brutality.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Middle East.; Current affairs.; Politicians.; Biography.; Documentary television programs.; Television series--Great Britain.;
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A gift for dying / by Arlidge, M. J.,author.;
Adam Brandt is used to dealing with all kinds of people-- as a consulting psychologist with the Chicago Police Department he has faced his share of criminals. But Kassie Wojcek is like no one else he's encountered, fifteen-years -old and burdened, she says, with a terrible gift: she knows how and when you will die. After claiming to 'feel' the horrific murder of the first victim, Kassie is caught up in the hunt for a sadistic serial killer terrorising Chicago, frightened that people will die without her help. Kassie pulls Adam into the investigation, determined to stop the torture she sees coming. But as the body count rises, Adam must ask himself if her gift is real or if he is putting his faith in someone far more dangerous than he realised.Events soon spiral out of control as the case and their personal lives intertwine. The boundaries of right and wrong shift, the lines between the hunter and the hunted blur, and one thing becomes clear: Kassie is in the sights of a killer.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Forensic psychologists; Teenagers; Serial murderers;
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Do you mind if I cancel? : (things that still annoy me) / by Janetti, Gary,1966-author.;
"Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny Instagram accounts there is, now turns his skills to the page in a hilarious, and poignant book chronicling the pains and indignities of everyday life. Gary spends his twenties in New York, dreaming of starring on soap operas while in reality working at a hotel where he lusts after an unattainable colleague and battles a bellman who despises it when people actually use a bell to call him. He chronicles the torture of finding a job before the internet when you had to talk on the phone all the time, and fantasizes, as we all do, about who to tell off when he finally wins an Oscar. As Gary himself says, "These are essays from my childhood and young adulthood about things that still annoy me." Original, brazen, and laugh out loud funny, Do You Mind if I Cancel? is something not to be missed"--
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Humor.; Janetti, Gary, 1966-; Television producers and directors; American wit and humor.;
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A higher loyalty : truth, lies, and leadership / by Comey, James B.,Jr.,1960-author.;
Former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Comey, James B., Jr., 1960-; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.;
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Bitter paradise : a Dr. Zol Szabo medical mystery / by Pennie, Ross,1952-author.;
"After weeks of torture at the hands of Syria's secret police, the bombing of his villa in the ancient city of Aleppo, and the murder of his daughter, trauma surgeon Dr. Hosam Khousa flees his fractured homeland with his wife and son. They make their way to Canada as refugees, where Hosam is forced to trade his prestigious scalpel for a barber's humble clippers. Though he aches to regain his once-prominent surgical career, cutting hair in Hamilton, Ontario, seems a safe way to make a living, until a fellow Syrian is slashed to death in the barbershop. The ensuing gangland vendetta entangles Hosam and threatens his family. At the same time, epidemic investigators Dr. Zol Szabo and Natasha Sharma are battling an outbreak of vaccine-resistant polio that has struck the city with terrifying fury. When Hosam visits a friend clinging to life in the intensive care unit, he spots something that might help the investigation but will ruin his chance of retaking his place in the operating theater. The Great White North is not the sanctuary he expected, but it's a bitter paradise he must learn to navigate."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Epidemiologists;
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American mother / by McCann, Colum,1965-author.; Foley, Diane,author.;
The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss. It has been eleven years since Diane Foley's son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidnapped in northern Syria, and nearly ten since that day in August 2014 when she would learn that he had been murdered by ISIS in a public beheading that would ricochet in video around the world. A whole decade. Time rushes past. And yet, for Diane, that moment is unending. In American Mother, legendary author Colum McCann tells Diane's story as she recalls the months of his captivity, the efforts made to bring him home and the days following his death, in which Diane came face to face with one of the men responsible for her son's kidnapping and torture. A testament to the power of radical empathy and moral courage, American Mother takes us inside one woman's extraordinary journey to find connection in a world torn asunder, and to fight for others as a way to keep her son's memory alive.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Foley, Diane; Foley, James, 1973-2014,; Foley, James, 1973-2014.; IS (Organization); Grief.; Hostages; Journalists; Kidnapping victims; Mothers and sons; Mothers of war casualties; Political kidnapping; Terrorists; Victims of terrorism;
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My fourth time, we drowned : seeking refuge on the world's deadliest migration route / by Hayden, Sally,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Reporter Sally Hayden was at home in London when she received a message on Facebook from an Eritrean refugee: "Hi sister Sally, we need your help ... " The sender had been held in a Libyan detention center for months, locked in with hundreds of others. But now, the surrounding city was crumbling as warring factions battled around them. They were stuck, defenseless, and with only one hope: contacting the journalist they knew would tell their true story. With that begins Hayden's staggering account of the migrant crisis across North Africa. Built on years of reporting and unprecedented contact with dozens of people inside Libyan detention centers, Hayden details their personal stories of despair, perseverance, horrific torture, and blind faith. My Fourth Time, We Drowned details the prolonged and sustained international failure that esulted in this massive humanitarian crisis, shining a light on the failure, corruption, and cynicism of organizations specifically created to prevent such tragedies. But most importantly, this book is a testament to the resilience of its subjects: how refugees and migrants stay whole and human-despite a system that wants them to be silent and disappear"--
Subjects: Boat people.; Refugees.; Emigration and immigration;
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