A Novel Thriller. Samantha Kofer was a third-year associate at Scully & Pershing, New York City's largest law firm. Two weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, she lost her job, her security, and her future. A week later she was working as an unpaid intern in a legal aid clinic deep in small-town Appalachia. There, for the first time in her career, she was confronted with real clients with real problems. She also stumbled across secrets that should have remained buried deep in the mountains forever Forfatter: John Grisham Forlag: Dell Udgivelsesår: 2015 Sider: 461 Sprog: Engelsk
DVD "No Country for Old men". Undertekster på dansk. Genre: Thriller / Crime. Udgivet 27. nov. 2012. Vejer 200 g. Skuespillere: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin Instruktør: Joel Coen Studie: Paramount Vantage og Miramax Films Resumé: Med en hårrejsende og uforudsigelig fortælling leverer de berømte instruktører, Coen brothers, en mest gribende thriller. Historien udspiller sig med en særdeles bændende stil og bringer os til en dyster og skræmmende verden fyldt med hvert et hint af fare og skæbne.
Skuespillere: Sean Bean, Annabelle Wallis, Sam Claflin Instruktør: Mikael Salomon Små grupper af overlevende forsøger at genetablere civilisationen i en verden domineret af jungler og muterede væsener. Studie: Fra produceren af The Pillars of the Earth og instruktøren af Band of Brothers og Rome Resumé: Året er 2510, og Amal leder en gruppe med et fåtal overlevende efter Apokalypsen. I en verden hvor jungle, vildmarker og ørken har udtørstet civilisationen, kæmper de mod muterede skrækvæsner og dødelige sygdommer med et mål: at genvinde menneskets plads som klodens hersker.
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don’t.”—The New York Times FINALIST: Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny. D
DVD "Blues Brothers 25th Anniv Ed" af Blues Brothers · 2 enheder. Undertekster på dansk. Genre: Comedy. Udgivet 21. mar. 2006. Vejer 260 g. Skuespillere: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Carrie Fisher Instruktør: John Landis Studie: Universal Pictures Resumé: Da Jake Blues bliver løsladt fra fængslet, tager han sig sammen med sin bror Elwood ud på en mission for at redde det børnehjem, der har opfostret dem. Dette udvikler sig til en rejse, hvor de genforener deres band og deltager i et episk musikalsk eventyr fyldt med vilde eskapader og uforglemmelig musik.
DVD "2da Blues Brothers" af Blues Brothers / Blues Bro 2000 · 2 enheder. Undertekster på dansk. Genre: Action. Udgivet 6. maj. 2008. Vejer 260 g. Skuespillere: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, John Goodman, James Brown Instruktør: John Landis Studie: Universal Studios Resumé: Denne Blu-Ray film boks inkluderer de to kultfilm: The Blues Brothers, hvor Jake Blues genforenes med sin bror Elwood, da de forsøger at samle deres tidligere band for at redde det børnehjem, der opfostrede dem. I Blues Brothers 2000 følger vi 18 år senere Elwood, der samler et nyt band for at redde det lukningstruede børnehjem.
Set in an alternate, surreal version of 19th-century New England, the story follows two eccentric brothers, Edmund and William Torpor. The brothers share a dark, labyrinthine home and spend their time crafting bizarre musical instruments and complex mechanical contraptions. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they discover a hidden cache of strange, mummified animal remains and occult-like blueprints hidden within their house. Key Narrative Beats The Creations: Driven by an obsessive curiosity, the brothers begin incorporating these biological remains into their inventions. They construct labyrinthine, meat-powered automatons and disturbing, flesh-hybrid instruments. The Town's Rejection: When the brothers showcase their bizarre musical creations to the conservative local community, the townspeople are deeply repulsed. Ostracized and misunderstood, Edmund and William retreat entirely i
DVD "Four Brothers". Undertekster på dansk. Genre: Action. Udgivet i Danmark, 5. apr. 2006 Vejer 124 g.
