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The second of three epic instalments in director Peter Jackson's
blockbuster prequel to 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Set in
Middle-Earth 60 years before events in 'The Lord of the Rings', the
story follows the adventures of Hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin
Freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard Gandalf (Ian
McKellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company
of 13 Dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) to help
reclaim the lost kingdom of the Lonely Mountain from the clutches
of Smaug the dragon (voice of Benedict Cumberbatch). In this film,
while Gandalf heads south on his own, Bilbo, Thorin and the Dwarves
enter the treacherous Mirkwood Forest on their way to the mountain.
When they reach Lake-town Bilbo will have to perform the role he
was assigned at the start of the quest - to find a secret door that
will lead him to the lair of the dragon...
Disney double bill following the adventures of young Native
American woman Pocahontas (voice of Irene Bedard). 'Pocahontas'
(1995) follows the eponymous character and her tribe, whose lives
are dramatically changed by the arrival of a shipload of English
settlers. Amongst them is handsome adventurer Captain John Smith
(Mel Gibson) who falls for Pocahontas, although their cultural
differences seem destined to keep them apart. In the sequel,
'Pocahontas 2 - Journey to a New World' (1998), Pocahontas is on a
mission of peace to England, accompanied by dashing sea captain
John Rolfe (Billy Zane). Upon arrival in London, Pocahontas
prepares for the King's Ball, but the reappearance of both
former-beau John Smith (Donal Gibson) and disgraced Governor
Ratcliffe (David Ogden Stiers) throws her into a quandary.
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Mercenaries (DVD)
Robert Fucilla, Billy Zane, Kirsty Mitchell, Geoff Bell, Vas Blackwood, …
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Robert Fucilla and Billy Zane star in this low-budget British
special forces action thriller. Former SAS man turned mercenary
Andy Marlow (Fucilla) is sent into the Balkans to rescue an
American ambassador and his aide in the wake of a military coup.
Extended versions of all three films from director Peter Jackson's
blockbuster prequel to 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Set in
Middle-Earth 60 years before events in 'The Lord of the Rings',
'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' (2012) follows the adventures
of Hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who, at the instigation
of the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), suddenly finds himself
co-opted into joining a company of 13 Dwarves led by Thorin
Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) to help reclaim the Dwarves' lost
kingdom of the Lonely Mountain from the clutches of a dragon. After
setting out on their quest from the safety of Bag End, the band of
travellers soon find themselves pitted against a range of strange
and fearsome opponents, in addition to a small, slimy creature
known simply as Gollum (Andy Serkis). In 'The Hobbit: The
Desolation of Smaug' (2013), while Gandalf heads south on his own,
Bilbo, Thorin and the Dwarves enter the treacherous Mirkwood Forest
on their way to the mountain. When they reach Lake-town Bilbo has
to perform the role he was assigned at the start of the quest - to
find a secret door that will lead him to the lair of Smaug the
dragon (voice of Benedict Cumberbatch). In the final instalment,
'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' (2014), Bilbo, Thorin
and the other Dwarves have unintentionally released Smaug from the
Lonely Mountain and endangered the residents of Lake-town. Bilbo
has to make a difficult decision when Thorin puts his desire to
find the royal jewel Arkenstone before his loyalty to his friends.
Meanwhile, Gandalf discovers that the evil Sauron has returned,
commanding a horde of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo and
his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in
battle. The rest of the cast includes Luke Evans, Cate Blanchett,
Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Christopher Lee.
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The Hessen Conspiracy (DVD)
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WWII crime thriller starring Billy Zane. Commandeering a former
royal castle on the outskirts of Frankfurt in 1945, army lovers
Colonel Jack Durant (Zane) and Lt. Kathleen Nash (Lyne Renee)
uncover a secret horde of priceless gems. Determined to smuggle
their prize back into the US, their plans soon run into
complications, however, at the hands of military investigators and
a particularly ruthless underworld don.
Now in paperback, a “refreshing. . . . accessible, engaging, and
genuinely hilarious” (Buzzfeed) series of essays―part memoir, part
manifesto―that explore coming-of-age and coming out as bisexual while
moving toward embracing and celebrating sex without shame
As a boy, Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his
therapist naked popped into his head. He sometimes imagined other
people naked, too, and without an explanation why, a deep sense of
shame pervaded these thoughts. Though his therapist assured him a
little imagination was nothing to be ashamed of, over the years,
society told him otherwise.
Boyslut is a memoir-manifesto in which Zane articulates that, even
today, we live in a world that shames people for the sex that they have
and the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his
bisexuality and much self-described sluttiness, Zane breaks down
exactly how this sexual shame negatively impacts the sex and
relationships in our lives, and through personal experience, shares how
we can unlearn the harmful, entrenched messages that society imparts to
us.
From stories of play sessions with a neighbor at age six to the first
explorations of Zane’s bisexuality in college, as well as sex-dungeon
parties, orgies, and fun with butt plugs, Boyslutis reassuring and
often painfully funny, and most potently, it is a testimony that we can
all learn to live healthier lives unburdened by stigma.
Zombie horror starring Billy Zane, Dee Wallace and Mischa Barton.
The youthful residents of the small town of Elwood spend their days
training under the command of veteran Seiler (Zane) who prides
himself in preparing the next generation for their future of
fighting off zombies. The hordes of the undead, brought back to
life by a virus that has wiped out the rest of humanity, lurk on
the other side of Elwood's perimeter fence, waiting for any
opportunists who wish to step outside. While the rest of the town
fight over the cause of the virus, the 'zombie killers' put their
training into action to defend their homes and families. The cast
also includes Gabrielle Stone, Felissa Rose and Brian Anthony
Wilson.
In his third poetry collection, Itch, Zane Frederick scratches
memory. He pokes the bear of his past. Ventures further out into
its woods to see what still lurks and what needs to be settled.
Itch captures the complexity of revisiting memory and the whirlwind
of emotions that emerge from loose ends that have yet to be tied
up. He shouts into the void and calls out the skeletons in his
closet. He lets anger out like a beast locked away. He is stuck in
a limbo between holding on and letting go, finding his way out of
the forest that held his most rotted roots. Itch is about
forgiving but never forgetting. It’s about taking the armor off
and going home. It challenges the notion that our scars won’t
always sting, but embraces the sting as a reminder of what we’ve
healed from.
Politics as Public Art presents a keystone collection that pursues
new frameworks for a critical understanding of the relationship
between public art and protest movements through the utilization of
socially engaged and choreopolitical approaches. This anthology
draws from a unique combination of interdisciplinary scholarship
and activism where it integrates geographically rich perspectives
from political and grassroots community contexts spanning the
United States, Europe, Australia, and Southeastern Africa. The
volume questions, and reimagines, not only how public art practice
can be integral to politics, including forms of surveillance and
control of bodily movement. It also probes into how political
participation itself can be construed as a form of public artmaking
for radical social change and just worlds. This collection
advocates for scholar-activist inquiry into how socially engaged
public art practices can pave the way for thinking through-and
working toward-championing more inclusive futures and, as such,
choreographing greater intersectional justice. This book provides a
wide appeal to audiences across humanities and social science
scholarship, arts practice, and activism seeking conceptual and
empirically informed tools for moving from public art and
choreopolitical theory into modes of praxis: critical reflection
and action.
Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable
Future uses the lens of queer ecologies to explore environmental
destruction in Appalachia while mapping out alternative futures
that follow from critical queer perspectives on the United States'
exploitation of the land. With essays by Lis Regula, Jessica Cory,
Chet Pancake, Tijah Bumgarner, MJ Eckhouse, and other essential
thinkers, this collection brings to light both emergent and
long-standing marginalized perspectives that give renewed energy to
the struggle for a sustainable future. A new and valuable
contribution to the field of Appalachian studies, rural queer
studies, Indigenous studies, and ethnographic studies of the United
States, Deviant Hollers presents a much-needed objection to the
status quo of academic work, as well as to the American
exceptionalism and white supremacy pervading US politics and the
broader geopolitical climate. By focusing on queer critiques and
acknowledging the status of Appalachia as a settler colony, Deviant
Hollers offers new possibilities for a reimagined way of life.
Zane Dangor and one of his older brothers lived with their sister
Jessie and her children in the townships of Newclare and Riverlea
in Johannesburg. While their houses were small, they were filled
with books, which expanded his horizons beyond the 'gates of the
ghetto'. The poems in this selection were written over a 30-year
period. Zane wrote some of them when he was a teenager in high
school and others while he was a student at Wits University in
Johannesburg and the university of the Western Cape in Cape Town.
Zane's poems deal with personal experiences and observations of the
experiences of others as they traverse a world of love, struggle
and survival.
This book explores the impact of the United Nations Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Japan and Australia, where it
has heralded change in the rights of Indigenous Peoples to have
their histories, cultures, and lifeways taught in culturally
appropriate and respectful ways in mainstream education systems.
The book examines the impact of imposed education on Indigenous
Peoples' pre-existing education values and systems, considers
emergent approaches towards Indigenous education in the
post-imperial context of migration, and critiques certain
professional development, assessment, pedagogical approaches and
curriculum developments. This book will be of great interest to
researchers and lecturers of education specialising in Indigenous
Education, as well as postgraduate students of education and
teachers specialising in Indigenous Education.
A sex and relationship columnist bares it all in a series of
essays—part memoir, part manifesto—that explore the author’s
coming-of-age and coming out as a bisexual man and move toward
embracing and celebrating sex unencumbered by shame As a boy,
Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his
therapist naked popped into his head. He sometimes imagined other
people naked, too, and without an explanation as to why, a deep
sense of shame pervaded these thoughts. Though his therapist
assured him a little imagination was nothing to be ashamed of, over
the years, society told him otherwise. Boyslut is a
memoir-manifesto in which Zane articulates that, even today, we
live in a world that shames people for the sex that they have and
the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his
bisexuality and much self-described sluttiness, Zane breaks down
exactly how this sexual shame negatively impacts the sex and
relationships in our lives, and through personal experience, shares
how we can unlearn the harmful, entrenched messages that society
imparts to us. From stories of play sessions with a neighbor at age
six to the first explorations of Zane’s bisexuality in college,
as well as sex parties, orgies, and fun with butt plugs, Boyslut is
reassuring and often painfully funny—and most potently, it is a
testimony that we can all learn to live healthier lives unburdened
by stigma.
Politics as Public Art presents a keystone collection that pursues
new frameworks for a critical understanding of the relationship
between public art and protest movements through the utilization of
socially engaged and choreopolitical approaches. This anthology
draws from a unique combination of interdisciplinary scholarship
and activism where it integrates geographically rich perspectives
from political and grassroots community contexts spanning the
United States, Europe, Australia, and Southeastern Africa. The
volume questions, and reimagines, not only how public art practice
can be integral to politics, including forms of surveillance and
control of bodily movement. It also probes into how political
participation itself can be construed as a form of public artmaking
for radical social change and just worlds. This collection
advocates for scholar-activist inquiry into how socially engaged
public art practices can pave the way for thinking through-and
working toward-championing more inclusive futures and, as such,
choreographing greater intersectional justice. This book provides a
wide appeal to audiences across humanities and social science
scholarship, arts practice, and activism seeking conceptual and
empirically informed tools for moving from public art and
choreopolitical theory into modes of praxis: critical reflection
and action.
This research monograph provides a comparative analysis of juvenile
court outcomes, exploring the influence of contextual factors on
juvenile punishment across systems and communities. In doing so, it
investigates whether, how, and to what extent macro-social context
influences variation in juvenile punishment. The contextual
hypotheses under investigation evaluate three prominent
macro-sociall theoretical approaches: the conflict-oriented
perspective of community threat, the consensus-oriented perspective
of social disorganization, and the organizational perspective of
the political economy of the juvenile court. Using multilevel
modeling techniques, the study investigates these macro-social
influences on juvenile justice outcomes across nearly 500 counties
in seven states-Alabama, Connecticut, Missouri, Oregon, South
Carolina, Texas, and Utah. Findings suggest that the contextual
indicators under investigation did not explain variation in
juvenile court punishment across communities and systems, and the
study proposes several implications for future research and policy.
This monograph is essential reading for scholars of juvenile
justice system impact and reform as well as practitioners engaged
in youth policy and juvenile justice work. It is unique in taking a
comparative perspective that acknowledges that there is no one
juvenile justice system in the United States, but many such
systems.
All three films from director Peter Jackson's blockbuster prequel
to 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Set in Middle-Earth 60 years
before events in 'The Lord of the Rings', 'The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey' (2012) follows the adventures of Hobbit Bilbo
Baggins (Martin Freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard
Gandalf (Ian McKellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into
joining a company of 13 Dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard
Armitage) to help reclaim the Dwarves' lost kingdom of the Lonely
Mountain from the clutches of a dragon. After setting out on their
quest from the safety of Bag End, the band of travellers soon find
themselves pitted against a range of strange and fearsome
opponents, in addition to a small, slimy creature known simply as
Gollum (Andy Serkis). In 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'
(2013), while Gandalf heads south on his own, Bilbo, Thorin and the
Dwarves enter the treacherous Mirkwood Forest on their way to the
mountain. When they reach Lake-town Bilbo has to perform the role
he was assigned at the start of the quest - to find a secret door
that will lead him to the lair of Smaug the dragon (voice of
Benedict Cumberbatch). In the final instalment, 'The Hobbit: The
Battle of the Five Armies' (2014), Bilbo, Thorin and the other
Dwarves have unintentionally released Smaug from the Lonely
Mountain and endangered the residents of Lake-town. Bilbo has to
make a difficult decision when Thorin puts his desire to find the
royal jewel Arkenstone before his loyalty to his friends.
Meanwhile, Gandalf discovers that the evil Sauron has returned,
commanding a horde of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo and
his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in
battle. The rest of the cast includes Luke Evans, Cate Blanchett,
Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Christopher Lee.
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Naughty Gnat (Paperback)
Valdis Grenkovs; Illustrated by Zane Zlemesa; Translated by Uldis Balodis, Kate Wakeling
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In recent years, digital badging systems have become a credible
means through which learners can establish portfolios and
articulate knowledge and skills for both academic and professional
settings. Digital Badges in Education provides the first
comprehensive overview of this emerging tool. A digital badge is an
online-based visual representation that uses detailed metadata to
signify learners' specific achievements and credentials in a
variety of subjects across K-12 classrooms, higher education, and
workplace learning. Focusing on learning design, assessment, and
concrete cases in various contexts, this book explores the
necessary components of badging systems, their functions and value,
and the possible problems they face. These twenty-five chapters
illustrate a range of successful applications of digital badges to
address a broad spectrum of learning challenges and to help readers
formulate solutions during the development of their digital badges
learning projects.
Pocket-sized and easy to use, Pocket Emergency Medicine, Fifth
Edition, provides accurate, actionable, and up-to-date information
essential to caring for patients in life-threatening situations.
Edited by Drs. Richard D. Zane and Joshua M. Kosowsky, this handy,
loose-leaf resource is designed to be used at the bedside by
clinicians on the front lines of emergency care. A volume in the
popular Pocket Notebook series, it organizes chapters by presenting
condition and supports the thought processes needed to hone
everyday diagnostic decision making. Offers easily accessible
information on the entire field of emergency medicine-from history
and physical exam to differential diagnosis testing to therapeutics
to disposition-all in one easy-to-navigate notebook Follows the
popular Pocket Notebook format, featuring bulleted lists, tables,
diagrams, and algorithms that make essential facts easy to find and
retain Features fully updated content throughout, including the
latest research and best practices, as well as a new subsection on
COVID-19 Covers all major organ systems, plus emergencies related
to the environment, pediatrics, the psychiatric patient,
toxicology, airway management, trauma, and more Contains useful
quick-reference appendices on abbreviations, PALS, ICU medications,
equations, and more Written by emergency medicine residents from
the University of Colorado and Harvard Medical School, and edited
by senior faculty
This research monograph provides a comparative analysis of juvenile
court outcomes, exploring the influence of contextual factors on
juvenile punishment across systems and communities. In doing so, it
investigates whether, how, and to what extent macro-social context
influences variation in juvenile punishment. The contextual
hypotheses under investigation evaluate three prominent
macro-sociall theoretical approaches: the conflict-oriented
perspective of community threat, the consensus-oriented perspective
of social disorganization, and the organizational perspective of
the political economy of the juvenile court. Using multilevel
modeling techniques, the study investigates these macro-social
influences on juvenile justice outcomes across nearly 500 counties
in seven states-Alabama, Connecticut, Missouri, Oregon, South
Carolina, Texas, and Utah. Findings suggest that the contextual
indicators under investigation did not explain variation in
juvenile court punishment across communities and systems, and the
study proposes several implications for future research and policy.
This monograph is essential reading for scholars of juvenile
justice system impact and reform as well as practitioners engaged
in youth policy and juvenile justice work. It is unique in taking a
comparative perspective that acknowledges that there is no one
juvenile justice system in the United States, but many such
systems.
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Digital Energetics (Paperback)
Anne Pasek, Cindy Kaiying Lin, Zane Griffin Talley Cooper, Jordan B. Kinder
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Exploring the connections between energy and media-and what those
connections mean for our current moment Energy and media are the
entangled middles of social life-and also of each other. This
volume traces the contours of both a media analytic of energy and
an energy analytic of media across the cultural, environmental, and
economic relations they undergird. Digital Energetics argues that
media and energy require joint theorization-not only in their
potential to universalize but also in the many contingent and
intermeshed relations that they bind together across contemporary
informational and fossil regimes. Focusing specifically on digital
operations, the coauthors analyze how data and energy have jointly
modulated the character of the materiality and labor of digital
systems in a warming world. Anne Pasek provides a brief energy
history of the bit, tracing how the electrification and
digitization of American computing propelled a turn toward
efficiency as both a solution and instigator of parallel crises in
the workforce and the climate. Zane Griffin Talley Cooper traces
these concerns within cryptographic proof-of-work systems and the
heat they necessarily produce and seek to manage. Following heat
through the twinned histories of thermodynamics and information
theory, he argues that such systems are best approached as a
paradigmatic, rather than exceptional, example of computing
infrastructures. Cindy Kaiying Lin focuses on the practical and
political frictions created as database and management designs move
from the Global North to South, illustrating how the energy
constraints and software cultures of Indonesia open new spaces of
autonomy within environmental governance. Finally, Jordan B. Kinder
offers a theorization of "platform energetics," demonstrating how
public energy discourses and settler land claims are entangled in
the digital infrastructures of data colonialism in Canada.
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Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoevsky; Adapted by David Zane Mairowitz; Illustrated by Alain Korkos
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This haunting interpretation, exploring the mental anguish and
moral dilemmas of a poor student who murders a miserly pawnbroker,
is reimagined in Putin-era St. Petersburg. Hailed a 'resounding
success', it brings fresh relevance to this chilling tale.
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