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Based on Danish author Peter Hoeg's best-selling novel, this unusual and compelling film stars Julia Ormond as Smilla, a young Inuit/American woman living in Copenhagen who, using her instinctive powers of perception and affinity for snow and ice, sets out to learn the true circumstances surrounding a neighbor boy's fatal fall. With Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris, and Vanessa Redgrave; Bille August ("Pelle the Conqueror") directs. 125 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; "making of" featurette; theatrical trailer.

Based on a much-praised 1992 bestseller by Peter Hoeg, Smilla's Sense of Snow is a film of moody power and boundless mystery in its first half, but it becomes an overblown, conspiracy-laden schlock thriller in its second. Julia Ormond stars as the half-Inuit, Greenland native of Hoeg's book, a loner who is supported by an emotionally ambivalent father (Robert Loggia) in Copenhagen. Apparently perceived as a troublemaker who sees secret plots everywhere, Smilla finds herself largely alone in an effort to discover what really happened to a six-year-old Inuit boy who fell (or jumped) off the roof of her apartment building. Somewhat aided by an ambiguous neighbor (Gabriel Byrne), Smilla investigates a connection between the child's death and the misdeeds of a mining company, a story hook that conveniently ratchets up the action but quickly dissipates the more compelling, introspective intrigue of the film's beginning. Ormond is fascinating, somehow more beautiful than usual through her emphasis of her character's destabilizing conflicts (isolation and a possibly unhinged intelligence). But she isn't done any favors by an unreliable script or by the usually superb Danish director Bille August's chronic problems working in English-language films (including his disastrous The House of the Spirits). The DVD edition of this film includes an original theatrical trailer and a short feature on the making of the production. --Tom Keogh

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Walter Jones, a billionaire, is found dead at the bottom of a huge Art Deco tower that he had built on a tropical island. The hotel that he had hoped to turn into a holiday resort for the international jet set turned out to be his last resting place. You play the role of inspector Jack Norm. While a storm is raging, you have three days to find out the truth behind this mysterious death. Is it an accident or a premeditated murder? Which of the ten people on the island at the time of the death might have reason to want Walter Jones dead? A race against time - as a storm rages, the tower is progressively sinking into the water. You only have 3 days to clear up this affair before all clues and the guilty party disappears forever 2 game modes - in expert mode, it's a race against time and you won't have a second to lose! In adventure mode, you can go through each place at your own pace, enjoying the wonderful d cors Windows Vista / XP

Meet Napoleon and live life in the French empire! The fiendish Du Noï on the loose in Napoleon's Paris. Can you stop him in time? Oscar goes in to action around the streets and landmarks of Paris in 1809: the Carrousel du Louvre, the Rue de Rivoli, the Vendôme column, Les Invalides, the Château de la Malmaison and more... Beware of Fouché! Luckily, the dragoon officer, the lady at court ...and even Napoleon himself are ready to lend you a hand. Infiltrate a secret society, decipher messages, trounce Dunoï in a carriage race, let the cannon roar... and defuse bombs against the clock! Features a built-in 160 page encyclopaedia about Paris and Napoleon, expertly compiled by historians. Gadzooks! Prove your cunning, sense of humour, skill and logic...

CSI: The Board Game is a fun, interactive, intriguing game that emulates the popular show on television and allows players to experience the excitement of solving a crime. The object of the game is to be the first player to enter Grissom's Office with a correct Arrest Warrant proving means, motive and opportunity. With the help of the show's main characters, players assume the role of Crime Scene Investigators in a race to collect three levels of evidence from all seven Crime Lab Divisions: Interrogation, Autopsy, Identification, Trace, Ballistics, Forensics and DNA. Disclosure Cards and Grissom Cards come into play and add to the interaction and excitement of the game. Test yourself, friends and family while learning about cutting-edge scientific methods and old-fashioned investigative police work as you try to build a case against one of three suspects.Game includes: CSI Game Board, eight Crime Stories, 24 Suspects and Evidence Cards per story, two Grissom Cards per story, 25 Disclosure Cards, The CSI Handbook that includes: crime scene descriptions, crime scene photos, crime solutions, rules and glossaries, four arrest warrant/checklist folders and pad, four playing pieces with eight CSI character choices and one die.

Become an official Crime Scene Investigator with this interactive game. This original game concept is by Anthony E. Zuiker, creator of the hit series CSI. Players collect evidence and solve the crime by using their senses and skills to pass 5 divisions: preliminary investigation, crime scene sketch, interrogation, audio/visual lab and Grissom's Office. For 2 to 4 players. Ages 13 and up.

Xdriven is a High-Resolution Video Camera with built-in Microphone, GPS Location Recorder and Shock Sensor that attaches easily to the Windsheild of a vehicle. The wide angle Lens (150º Horizontal) offers optimum visibility across the frontal sides of the vehicle for maximum coverage in case of an unexpected accident. The images from the 1.3 Mega-Pixel camera are capable to clearly identify the number plate of another motor vehicle in front, up to a full car length away with all road signs ahead, while the built-in GPS Module stores the location and all relevant GPS co-ordinates along with Speed and Direction. The unit combines the collected Data, Video, Audio and G-Force and records it to the compact SD Card. X-Driven, an in-vehicle EVDR (Event Video Data Recorder), makes constant recordings of video footages on a loop as the journey continues. A pre-determined amount of G-force will activate the camera recording and put the latest image to memory (10 seconds before and after contact). It can also be set to Manual mode for constant recording. Files are recorded directly to a removable SD card (4GB included). These videos may later be viewed for surveillance purposes or evidence in an investigation. With our integrated GPS, X-Driven records the speed, time, and location for post-crash analysis, providing concrete evidence for clarifying responsibility. X-Driven also provides an easy user interface to extract the data from the unit and transfer to a computer. Our unique playback viewer software makes it effortless to view and save video files to your PC. The X-Driven is a functional and conveniently adaptable witness black box recorder catering to not only individual drivers but also the larger commuter and transport fleets for added safety, security and peace of mind.

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 You set out to solve it...Product InformationThe best-selling adventure series is back! Blood of theSacred Blood of the Damned is Jane Jensen's third Gabriel Knight mystery.Based on a real-life enigma GK3 puts you high in the mountains of Francein the unassuming town of Rennes-le- Chateau. The first demand for a Gabriel Knight 3 arrived by e-mail exactly four daysafter the release of Gabriel Knight 2. It was soon followed by hundreds morefrom fans and game reviewers around the world. When The Beast Within won thelion's share of 1996 game awards the future of the series was assured. Nowfinally designer Jane Jensen has unveiled the latest mystery to puzzle herintrepid shadow hunter...We do hope you're not afraid of a little intrigue?Blood of the Sacred Blood of the Damned is set in a small village and valleyin rural Europe. The village Rennes-le-Chateau is a real village and is thelocation of a Great Enigma -- either that or a Great Scam depending on yourlevel of beliefThe case begins when Gabriel is invited for a weekend at the home of acurrently dethroned royal scion. Grace is delighted assuming that at lastthey're moving into the kinds of circles a family like the Ritters ought tohobnob with. But it turns out that the 'Prince's' motivation for invitingGabriel was not a social one. He has a new infant son and is concerned for hissafety because the Prince's family has been plagued for generations by what seemto be a secretive sect of vampires.It turns out the Prince was right to be afraid. The very first night Gabrielwatches guard over his infant son the boy is kidnapped. Gabriel gives chase andwinds up at the train station. He follows the kidnappers to Rennes-le-Chateaubut quickly loses their trail.Gabriel will e to realize that the mystery that surrounds the Prince'sfamily and the mystery of this ancient little town are not only connected butwill involve both very real current political agendas and ancient secrets. Onceat the town Gabriel discovers

Jane Jensen's spooky private eye is back for another round of supernatural mystery in Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. This installment offers greater challenge and interactivity, with a fantastic 3-D engine designed specifically for the game. Each scene offers multiple vantage points and may or may not bring you another step closer to solving the game's ultimate mystery. Play as Gabriel or his assistant, Grace, as they race against time to locate the young kidnapped son of a dethroned prince in the small French town of Rennes-le-Chateau. The backdrop is used to heighten the tension and add detail to the story, for just over 100 years ago bizarre real-world happenings enriched the parish church and may have led to the local priest's untimely demise. The game offers a great balance of puzzles and investigative problem solving, often shifting from one to the other between scenes. Only rarely are hints offered, so if you get stuck, you may have to do some real-life investigation to track down other players who have published online help, but you shouldn't have to be an enlightened master to make it through the game. For the most part, persistence pays off, and the lush visuals and outstanding voice talent should help ease the sting of frustration enough to keep you going through the rough spots. Gabriel Knight 3 appeals to the eye, ear, and mind as well as the sense of the macabre--pick it up before the conspiracy hears about it!--Rob Lightner

Generation after generation of religious historians, researchers of the occult, and covetous treasure hunters have tried to reveal the truths hidden in this unassuming village high in the mountains of France. Now it is Gabriel Knight's turn. Before he and his associate, Grace, are finished, they must rescue a missing heir and reveal secrets buried not only in the hills of France but in the lineage of Gabriel Knight himself. The real-time 3-D graphics and character animations make this game ultrarealistic.

Edgar Roy--an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like Federal Supermax facility--is awaiting trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend and mentor Ted Bergin, to help work the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins--en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle find him murdered. It is now up to them to ask the questions no one seems to want answered: Is Roy a killer? Who murdered Bergin? With help from some surprising allies, they continue to pursue the case. But the more they dig into Roy's past, the more they encounter obstacles, half-truths, dead-ends, false friends, and escalating threats from every direction. Their persistence puts them on a collision course with the highest levels of the government and the darkest corners of power. In a terrifying confrontation that will push Sean and Michelle to their limits, the duo may be permanently parted.

Making Sense of the Social World, fourth edition is an engaging introduction to social research for students who need to understand methodologies and results, but who may never conduct research themselves. It provides a balanced treatment of qualitative and quantitative methods, integrating substantive examples and research techniques throughout. It is written in a less formal style than many comparable texts, complete with practical examples drawn from everyday experience.

Ideal for students who need to understand methodologies and results, but who may never undertake major research projects themselves, this text offers an innovative, accurate introduction to social research with balanced treatment of qualitative and quantitative methods, integration of substantive examples and research techniques, and consistent attention to the goal of validity and the standards of ethical practice. This bestseller features a new chapter on evaluation research, a new chapter on research ethics, revised coverage of qualitative methods and updates throughout the text.Offering a brief, engaging, and sometimes humorous treatment of social research methods, it covers all essential elements of social research methods including validity, causation, experimental and quasi-experimental design, and techniques of analysis. It offers real data and updated examples that emphasize everyday experiences and current issues, new ethics exercises, and  contemporary coverage of web-based research methods.This text is intended for courses in Research Methods offered in departments of sociology, criminal justice, social work, communication, media studies, political science, and public administration.