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Decoding the ‘Bitcoin Revolution’ (2019)

Subject

Economics; Technology

What’s blockchain? Are we now in the cripto-winter of this technology? In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the mysterious figure Satoshi Nakamoto published a revolutionary white paper that described...

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Blood of Hussain, The

Director

Jamil Dehlavi

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 106 min; 51 min), £19.99

Political, subversive and artistically maverick, Pakistan’s leading filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi’s body of work stands out for its originality and engagement with social and political questions. His vision...

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Debe’s Tantrum (1966 Film)

Director

John K Marshall

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Five-year-old Debe refuses to let his mother, Di!ai, go gathering without him. It will be a hot, exhausting day and Di!ai would prefer to leave Debe with his half-sister, N!ai. Debe has been looking forward...

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Dragonwyck (1946)

Director

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Producer

Ernst Lubitsch

Subject

American Studies; Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B)

The directorial debut of American director Joseph L Mankiewicz, the film is a melding of Gothic chills and baroque melodrama. A Connecticut farm girl (Gene Tierney) finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy of...

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Wild West, The (2 Parts) (1995 Video)

Director

Ric Burns

Producer

Lisa Ades; Ric Burns

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 214, 215 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) each volume

A series examining the history of the Native Americans as white Americans moved west in the mid-19th century. The programmes combine archival phogtographs, period paintings and early motion picture footage...

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Sporting Legends (3 Parts) (2008)

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD), £9.99 each; £25.99 set

A series of three CDs recorded in 1999, in which Cliff Morgan talks to sporting personalities from the past about their life and sporting career. Vol 1 - Mary Peters and Cliff Morgan (discussed with Ian...

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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