Jamie Bartlett
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"An Independent and New Statesman Book of the Year Beyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabit--a world of Google, Facebook, and Twitter--lies a vast and often hidden network of sites, communities, and cultures where freedom is pushed to its limits, and where people can be anyone, or do anything, they want. This is the world of Bitcoin and Silk Road, of radicalism and pornography. This is the Dark Net. In this important and revealing...
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In Radicals Chasing Utopia, Jamie Bartlett, one of the world's leading thinkers on radical politics and technology, takes readers inside the strange and exciting worlds of the innovators, disrupters, idealists, and extremists who think we can do better-and believe they know how. Bartlett introduces us to some of the most influential movements today: techno-futurists questing for immortality, far-right groups seeking to close borders, militant environmentalists...
3) The missing cryptoqueen: the billion dollar cryptocurrency con and the woman who got away with it
Author
Publisher
Hatchette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 2016, on stage at Wembley Arena in front of thousands of adoring fans, Dr. Ruja Ignatova promised her followers a financial revolution. The future, she said, belonged to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. And the Oxford-educated, self-styled cryptoqueen vowed that she had invented the Bitcoin Killer. OneCoin would not only earn its investors untold fortunes; it would change the world. By March 2017, more than $4 billion had been invested in OneCoin...
5) White lion
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A young African boy named Gisani finds himself destined to protect a rare and magnificent white lion cub named Letsatsi who is cast from his pride and is forced to survive on his own. After many perilous adventures young Letsatsi befriends Nkulu, an older lion who teaches him how to survive in the harsh African wilderness. With Nkulu's help, Letsatsi grows from a young and naive lion cub into a magnificent adult. But before he can take his rightful...
7) Red dust
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A political thriller set in a small South African town during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings. Human rights lawyer Sarah Barcant must represent Alex Mpondo, a former political activist, who was held captive and sadistically tortured by a police officer under the apartheid regime in South Africa.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ernest in the Army: After joining the Army Reserves, Ernest experiences a series of comic misadventures as he battles the brass and takes command of the Army's rolling stocks.
Ernest goes to Africa: Misadventures in Africa are inevitable when agent 32 (Ernest P. Worrell) is accused of stealing two magnificent diamonds known as the "Eyes of Egoli."
Hey Vern, it's my family album: A TV comedy special in which Ernest plays himself and several of his...
9) Prey
Publisher
Weinstein Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A family on an African adventure becomes lost in the jungle and are stalked by savage lions who will not quit until they have dinner.
10) Bravo two zero
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
This is based on the true story of an SAS patrol behind enemy lines in Iraq during the Gulf War. An eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines with the mission to take out scud missle sight systems. Finding themselves surrounded and their communications cut off, the team heads toward the Syrian border. Four of the eight soldiers are captured and tortured. Out of an eight-man crew, only five returned alive.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ernest goes to Africa : Ernest must head to Africa to save the girl of his dreams from a group of diamond smugglers after giving her an unsuspecting yo-yo made of priceless diamonds he stumbled upon.
Ernest's greatest hits I : See Ernest in some of his best moments from several of his famous commercials and public service announcements. You'll also be treated to his wackiest bloopers and outtakes.
Ernest's greatest hits II : Ernest is back with...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Doctor is traveling through time and space in his TARDIS as Peter Capaldi embarks on his final chapter as the Twelfth Doctor. His journeys include new traveling companions Bill Potts and Nardole, old enemies with the return of Missy, and lots of adventures.