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John Carpenter directs this tense remake of the classic Howard
Hawks western 'Rio Bravo'. Set in modern-day Los Angeles, it
concerns a mob of crazy guerilla gunmen who lay siege to a
soon-to-be-closed police station, trapping a single cop (Austin
Stoker) and a couple of secretaries (Laurie Zimmer and Nancy
Loomis) inside. The gunmen unleash wave upon wave of attacks on the
beleaguered station, but the cop proves himself a resourceful foe.
San Francisco Ballet perform this production of Prokofiev's ballet
based on Shakespeare's tragedy. Recorded in May 2015 and
choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, the lead roles are performed by
Maria Kochetkova and Davit Karapetyan.
This is the first modern comprehensive account of the syntax of Old
Avestan, the earliest known form of Iranian language, attested in
the Gathas of Zarathushtra and the Liturgy in Seven Chapters. It is
based on the most up-to-date understanding of the texts, while
following traditional principles of grammatical analysis. There are
also substantial sections on word order, stylistics, and figures of
speech. Translations are provided for almost all passages quoted.
The work will be welcomed by Iranianists as well as by historical
linguists with wider Indo-European interests.
The contributors to this volume believe in the value and utility of
communication traits. The book presents an argument for the
relevance of communication traits in the study of interpersonal
communication.
In the fall of 1764, Col. Henry Bouquet led a British-American army
into what is today eastern Ohio with the intention of ending the
border conflict called "Pontiac's War." Brokering a truce without
violence and through negotiations, he ordered the Delawares and
Shawnees to release all of their European and Colonial American
captives. For the indigenous Ohio peoples, nothing was more
wrenching and sorrowful than returning children from mixed
parentage and adopted members of their families, many of whom had
no memory of their former status or were unwilling to relinquish
Native American culture. Provost William Smith of the College of
Philadelphia wrote a history of these events in 1765 titled
Bouquet's Expedition Against the Ohio Indians in 1764. Subsequent
editions and printings appeared in London, Amsterdam, Dublin, and
Paris until 1778, making this book the most widely circulated and
read work on warfare and diplomacy in the Ohio country to emerge
following the Seven Years' War. The literary reputation and impact
of Bouquet's Expedition surpassed all similar contemporary works
published on either side of the Atlantic and is probably the most
prominent description of an Indian captivity narrative available
from the eighteenth century. The dramatic return of the captives
described by Smith inspired Conrad Richter's 1953 novel The Light
in the Forest and the Walt Disney movie of the same name in 1958.
This fully annotated edition of Smith's remarkable book, drawn from
all the 1765-1778 versions, includes a new introduction with essays
on Smith and his contributors and sources, such as Bouquet,
Benjamin Franklin, and Edmund Burke, in addition to a new history
of the publication. Numerous eighteenth-century images, sketches,
drawings, engravings, and paintings are reproduced, and for the
first time Benjamin West's two original drawings of Ohio leaders
negotiating with Bouquet and the return of the captives are
featured. Also included are impressive maps drawn for the book by
Thomas Hutchins, Bouquet's engineer, of the Ohio country and the
battle of Bushy Run in 1763. Bouquet's Expedition Against the Ohio
Indians in 1764 is a lasting contribution to our understanding of
early Ohio and of warfare and diplomacy in the eighteenth century.
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Various Artists - Nutcracker (DVD)
Helgi Tomasson, Martin West, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, …
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The San Francisco Ballet performs Tchaikovsky's classic work.
Martin West conducts the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.
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