Daniel Craig
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Imagine growing up in poverty, in a small town where everybody else was rich. Imagine growing up Jewish, in a small town where everybody else was Catholic. Imagine growing up as an only child, only to later discover that you weren't. Imagine that you had a mother who inherited over a million dollars, and ended up penniless six months later. Imagine emigrating to North America to start a new life, with no money or ability to speak English. Imagine...
2) The Trench
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In the vein of 1917, this epic drama is set against an ill-fated WWI backdrop where a restless platoon will soon join the first wave of an attack and face their destiny on the day of the worst military defeat in British history.
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Archangel volume 2
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Fluke tries to find out more about the missing notebook, but his investigation is put on hold when he's pursued by a relentless force.
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Archangel volume 3
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As the clock ticks for the forest of Archangel, Professor Kelso is one step away from uncovering the life-altering truth about the legacy of Stalin.
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Archangel volume 1
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While in Moscow to attend a conference about the Soviet Archives, Professor Fluke Kelso meets a mysterious old man with ties to Joseph Stalin.
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Ice House volume 1
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When a naked, decomposed corpse is found in the disused ice house in the grounds of Streech Grange, Chief Inspector George Walsh jumps to an obvious conclusion. The body must be that of David Maybury, who disappeared 10 years ago. Without waiting for forensic identification, he reopens the murder investigation, which for him has been an obsession.
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Ice House volume 2
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The police interrogation has reawakened Phoebe's memories of the nightmare she suffered 10 years ago. Then when Walsh orders a thorough search of the entire estate, the women's privacy is invaded by scores of policemen, as well as by the growing presence of the media and angry villagers outside the gates. As more clues are discovered, they serve only to confuse the investigation into this baffling crime.
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Ice House volume 3
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As Detective Sergeant Andy McLoughlin examines the evidence, he begins to arrive at different conclusion to his superior. Just when he thinks he has got a confession, one further startling secret is revealed, one final revelation of murderous revenge that will finally melt the ice that has kept Streech Grange and its inhabitants frozen for a decade - the mystery of what happened to David Maybury.
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Joe (Daniel Craig, Road to Perdition) is an accomplished writer and professor whose rational life is thrust into a downward spiral of guilt after witnessing a freak, fatal ballooning accident while picnicking with girlfriend Claire (Samantha Morton, Minority Report). Jed (Rhys Ifans, Notting Hill), another man involved in that fateful day, seeks out Joe looking for consolation and a way to make sense of this tragedy they’ve both witnessed. Jed soon...
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Carter Glass was one of the more significant Virginia politicians in the early part of the 20th century. A Lynchburg native, he was to represent both houses of Congress, and was the Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson. He was instrumental in establishing the Federal Reserve System. A true advocate of "State's Rights", Glass was a consistent opponent of the New Deal and clashed with President Roosevelt many times (though Roosevelt offered...