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Triple bill of zombie films. 'Zombie Apocalypse' (2011) is a
made-for-TV horror starring Ving Rhames in which a group of human
survivors of a zombie outbreak set out to make it to an uninfected
island. Ramona (Taryn Manning), Billy (Eddie Steeples) and Kevin
(Gerald Webb) are almost killed when they head out to search for
food. Fortunately for them, they meet a tough group that includes
Henry (Rhames) and Cassie (Lesley-Ann Brandt), who take on the
zombies with weapons as diverse as a sledgehammer and a samurai
sword. 'Abraham Lincoln Vs Zombies' (2012) is a tongue-in-cheek
zombie horror in which Abraham Lincoln is distracted from his
composition of the Gettysburg Address by a more pressing concern -
an outbreak of the undead. Lincoln (Bill Oberst Jr.) leads a team
of Secret Service agents to the area to try and contain the
disaster. There is a suggestion that Lincoln may have some
experience of dealing with zombies from his past and he takes under
his wing a youngster by the name of Teddy Roosevelt (Canon
Kuipers), who may have a role of his own to play in the American
story. 'The Dead' (2010) is a zombie horror set in West Africa.
Robert Freeman stars as Lieutenant Brian Murphy, a military
engineer who finds himself stranded in the wilderness of Burkina
Faso after a zombie outbreak lays waste to civilisation. Eventually
he teams up with Sergeant Daniel Dembele (Prince David Oseia), a
local soldier who has gone AWOL from the army to search for his
missing son.
People from different cultural backgrounds prefer adhering to their
own religious beliefs which could restrict treatment options
leading to the detriment of health especially if it involves the
health of a disabled child. This comprehensive but concise work
highlights the problems faced in managing the care of disabled
children from different cultural backgrounds. It examines the
problems inherent in the medical social and educational management
of children with developmental disability in populations whose
value systems differ from other cultures. In particular it
considers how care may be varied according to cultural background
without compromising its quality. The book is of immense value for
all healthcare and social care professionals policy makers and
shapers patient organisations and those with an interest in medical
ethics.
Fans today may be surprised to learn Scott Russell Sanders was
previously one of the brightest science-fiction newcomers of the
1980s. In Dancing in Dreamtime, he returns to his roots, exploring
both inner and outer space in a speculative collection of short
stories. At a time when humankind faces unprecedented, global-scale
challenges from climate change, loss of biodiversity, dwindling
vital resources, and widespread wars, this collection of planetary
tales will strike a poignant chord with the reader. Sanders has
created worlds where death tolls rise due to dream deprivation,
where animals only exist in mechanical form, and where poisoned air
forces people to live in biodomes. Never before has Sanders's
writing been so relevant and never before have the lessons in these
stories been so important.
In Limestone, Indiana, a city tucked away among forested hills,
peculiar things happen, often in the vicinity of a
jack-of-all-trades named Gordon Mills. Centaurs and nymphs shelter
in a local cave, alligators lurk in the sewers, warm snow falls on
the Fourth of July, cornstalks rise higher than chimneys, and the
northern lights shine down on the municipal dump. Gordon takes such
events in stride and deals with them as part of his work on the
city maintenance crew. He earns just enough to support a boisterous
family, which includes his formidable wife Mabel, their four
children, Mabel's parents, and his widowed mother-nine souls packed
into an old house that falls apart as fast as Gordon can fix it.
Part folktale, part tall tale, part comic romance, Small Marvels
revels in the wonders of everyday life. So, welcome to Limestone,
Indiana. You won't find it on a map, but you may remember visiting
the place in dreams, the rare, blissful ones in which puzzles are
solved, kids flourish, hard work pays off, and love endures.
As an antidote to the destructive culture of consumption
dominating American life today, Scott Russell Sanders calls for a
culture of conservation that allows us to savor and preserve the
world, instead of devouring it. How might we shift to a more
durable and responsible way of life? What changes in values and
behavior will be required? Ranging geographically from southern
Indiana to the Boundary Waters Wilderness and culturally from the
Bible to billboards, Sanders extends the visions of Henry David
Thoreau, John Muir, and Rachel Carson to our own day. A
Conservationist Manifesto shows the crucial relevance of a
conservation ethic at a time of mounting concern about global
climate change, depletion of natural resources, extinction of
species, and the economic inequities between rich and poor nations.
The important message of this powerful book is that conservation is
not simply a personal virtue but a public one.
After decades of abuse transforms the world into a toxic wasteland,
people flee into the safety of a global network of domed cities.
Within these safe, orderly spaces, the only animals allowed are
machines in the new world's mechanized zoos, called disneys.
Orlando Spinks prides himself on keeping his father's disney
spotless and orderly, until 13-year-old Mooch explodes into his
life and down the throat of a mechanized lion. Mooch quickly
wriggles her way into Orlando's heart with her creative mechanical
genius, fiery spirit, and passion for real animals. As her
rebellious spark spreads to Orlando, they restore the wild spirit
to the mechanical beasts, but catch the eye and ire of the
Overseers. Beautifully written, The Engineer of Beasts brings
together the best of Scott Russell Sanders's environmental wisdom
with skilled world-building and beloved characters.
There's always something happening at Crawdad Creek. That's what
Lizzie and Michael call the stream that runs behind their house.
Come pan for gold, hunt for fossils, find an arrowhead in the mud
or a crayfish under a stone. Watch whirligig beetles and water
striders skate across the water, teasing the fish below, and count
the turtles sunning themselves on moss-covered logs. Follow tracks
along the bank, then sit in quiet amazement as deer, raccoons, and
other animals visit the creek. There's a wild and beautiful world
here waiting to be discovered. Take the time to look!
In Limestone, Indiana, a city tucked away among forested hills,
peculiar things happen, often in the vicinity of a
jack-of-all-trades named Gordon Mills. Centaurs and nymphs shelter
in a local cave, alligators lurk in the sewers, warm snow falls on
the Fourth of July, cornstalks rise higher than chimneys, and the
northern lights shine down on the municipal dump. Gordon takes such
events in stride and deals with them as part of his work on the
city maintenance crew. He earns just enough to support a boisterous
family, which includes his formidable wife Mabel, their four
children, Mabel's parents, and his widowed mother—nine souls
packed into an old house that falls apart as fast as Gordon can fix
it. Part folktale, part tall tale, part comic romance, Small
Marvels revels in the wonders of everyday life. So, welcome to
Limestone, Indiana. You won't find it on a map, but you may
remember visiting the place in dreams, the rare, blissful ones in
which puzzles are solved, kids flourish, hard work pays off, and
love endures.
Quarrying, cutting, and carving limestone has provided work for
thousands of people in Indiana for nearly two centuries. Along
highways and backroads, the brawny machinery these workers use to
finesse the stone, the humpbacked mills where they shape it, and
the rails and roads where they ship it dot the landscape. In this
new edition of Stone Country, Scott Russell Sanders and Jeffrey A.
Wolin talk with the stone workers, explore the quarries and mills,
and trample along creeks and railroad spurs uncovering the history
of the industry and the people who built it. These new stories and
photographs are a biography, not of a person-although it is filled
with many portraits of individuals-but of a place. It is an
up-close look at a singular point on the planet where the miracles
of geology have yielded a special kind of stone, and where
landscape, towns, and the people themselves bear its mark.
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