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Vampire Nation (DVD)
Ben Lambert, Heida Reed, Neil Jackson, Andrew Lee Potts, Claudia Bassols, …
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Discovery Miles 430
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Andrew-Lee Potts and Heida Reed star in this horror directed by
Todor Chapkanov. In Bucharest, Romania, the human population is
rapidly declining as vampires have taken over and now walk freely
among the humans. After the invention of a synthetic blood
substitute, vampires of Bucharest have been free to live their
lives without bothering the non-blood-loving folk, but not everyone
is happy with the situation...
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The Motel Life (DVD)
Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Dayton Callie, …
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Discovery Miles 530
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Alan and Gabe Polsky direct this action thriller starring Emile
Hirsch, Stephen Dorff and Dakota Fanning. Brothers Frank (Hirsch)
and Jerry Lee Flannigan (Dorff) are loyal and hard-working but
often get into trouble. When Jerry Lee breaks the news to his
brother that he has been involved in a fatal accident, Frank
decides the best thing for them to do is run. As they move from
motel to motel will Jerry Lee be able to keep control of his
all-consuming guilt long enough for Frank to rekindle his
relationship with old flame Annie (Fanning)?
This brilliant synthesis summarizes all of the recent
accomplishments as well as the ongoing research in the field of
composite tissue transplantation. It includes sections on hand
transplantation and vascularized bone marrow transplantation. The
volume focuses on immunology and the biotechnology/bioengineering
aspects of transplantation surgery, as those two areas have
demonstrated the most growth within the last five years in terms of
current research.
Music at the Edge invites the reader to experience a complete music
therapy journey through the words and music of the client, and the
therapist's reflections. Francis, a musician living with AIDS,
challenged Colin Andrew Lee, the music therapist, to help clarify
his feelings about living and dying. The relationship that
developed between them enabled Francis the opportunity to
reconsider the meaning of his life and subsequent physical decline,
within a musical context. First published in 1996, Music at the
Edge is a unique and compelling music therapy case study. In this
new edition of the highly successful book, Colin retains the force
of the original text through the lens of contemporary music therapy
theory. This edition also includes more detailed narrative
responses from the author and his role as a therapist and gay man.
Central to the book are the audio examples from the sessions
themselves. The improvisations Francis played and his insightful
verbal explorations provide an extraordinary glimpse into the
therapeutic process when working in palliative and end-of-life
care. This illuminating book offers therapists, musicians, related
professionals and those working with, or facing, illness and death
a unique glimpse into the transcendent powers of music. It is also
relevant to anyone interested in the creative account of a
pianist's discovery of life and death through music.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of Japan's national
security institutions and policy today, including a detailed
discussion of Japan's regional security environment and its
alliance with the United States in the context of the Democratic
Party of Japan's rise to power in August 2009. 2010 marks the 50th
anniversary of the revision of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty,
making Japan one of the United States's longest and most important
military allies. Over 40,000 US troops are based in Japan, as is
the only U.S. aircraft carrier based outside the United States, the
USS George Washington. Japan possesses one of the world's largest
economies and strongest military forces, and as a result, its
national security policies and institutions are highly
significant—not just to America, but to the rest of the global
community as well. This book provides an overview of Japan's
transformation into one of the world's most capable military powers
over the past 150 years. Particular attention is paid to
developments in the past decade, such as the 2009 change in the
controlling political party and Japan's responses to new global
security threats.
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The Poet (DVD)
Dougray Scott, Laura Elena Harring, Jürgen Prochnow, Andrew Lee Potts, Erika Marozsán, …
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R239
Discovery Miles 2 390
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Romantic thriller starring Dougray Scott as Andrei, an assassin who
tries to atone for his sins. When Andrei kills a successful young
artist who witnessed the murder of a politician, he decides to
attend an exhibition of the victim's work. While there he meets the
artist's sister, Paula (Laura Elena Harring), and the two fall for
each other. Conflicted between his work and his love for Paula, and
with cop Vashon (Jürgen Prochnow) pursuing him, he must soon face
up to his criminal past.
Music at the Edge invites the reader to experience a complete music
therapy journey through the words and music of the client, and the
therapist's reflections. Francis, a musician living with AIDS,
challenged Colin Andrew Lee, the music therapist, to help clarify
his feelings about living and dying. The relationship that
developed between them enabled Francis the opportunity to
reconsider the meaning of his life and subsequent physical decline,
within a musical context. First published in 1996, Music at the
Edge is a unique and compelling music therapy case study. In this
new edition of the highly successful book, Colin retains the force
of the original text through the lens of contemporary music therapy
theory. This edition also includes more detailed narrative
responses from the author and his role as a therapist and gay man.
Central to the book are the audio examples from the sessions
themselves. The improvisations Francis played and his insightful
verbal explorations provide an extraordinary glimpse into the
therapeutic process when working in palliative and end-of-life
care. This illuminating book offers therapists, musicians, related
professionals and those working with, or facing, illness and death
a unique glimpse into the transcendent powers of music. It is also
relevant to anyone interested in the creative account of a
pianist's discovery of life and death through music.
As the first neurological hospital in the world, founded in 1859,
the National Hospital, Queen Square, and its affiliated Institute
of Neurology remain leading neurological centres providing
exceptional clinical services, teaching and research. Illustrated
by over 100 historical images and much unpublished archival
material, this book provides a comprehensive history of the
National Hospital, the Institute, and their staff. It relates the
ups and downs of the Hospital and Institute in war and peacetime,
their financial struggles, many personality conflicts, efforts to
remain independent and to maintain neurological dominance, academic
and clinical contributions, issues relating to specialisation and
subspecialisation and relations between disciplines, and the
changing roles of the Hospital and Institute. The history is told
from varying perspectives against the backdrop of the evolution of
British clinical neuroscience, the special position of London
medicine, and the influence of world wars, and is set in the
context of modern British social history.
Political movements founded by charismatic leaders are often
considered ephemeral. Existing literature argues that because they
rest on unmediated, emotional attachments between leaders and
followers, these movements either fade quickly after their leaders
disappear or transform into routinized parties. Yet, charismatic
movements around the world have proven surprisingly resilient and
have retained their personalistic core. Focusing on Argentine
Peronism and Venezuelan Chavismo, this book investigates the nature
and trajectory of charismatic movements from the perspectives of
both leaders and followers. Using interviews, focus groups, and
survey experiments, Caitlin Andrews-Lee reveals that charismatic
movements can emerge, survive, and become politically revived by
sustaining - not discarding - their personalistic character.
Followers' charismatic attachments to the movement founder can
develop into an enduring, deeply affective political identity that
successors can reactivate under certain conditions by portraying
themselves as symbolic reincarnations of the founder. Consequently,
charismatic movements can have lasting, deleterious effects on
democracy.
This brilliant synthesis summarizes all of the recent
accomplishments - as well as the ongoing research - in the field of
composite tissue transplantation. It includes sections on hand
transplantation and vascularized bone marrow transplantation. The
volume focuses on immunology and the biotechnology/bioengineering
aspects of transplantation surgery, as those two areas have
demonstrated the most growth within the last five years in terms of
current research.
This book is a major survey of urbanization and the making of
modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World
War. During these years Europe experienced startling rates of
urbanization, with the populations of numerous cities growing by
1000 percent or more. This book explores the causes, course and
consequences of this urban explosion. The authors link urban growth
to industrialization, migration, and the growth of colonial
empires. They show how the social, political, and intellectual
challenges cities posed were met by urban reformers; how cities
enriched cultural life; and how European cities influenced and were
influenced by colonial cities. No other book in English situates
the story of cities within the overall framework of European and
imperial history during the long nineteenth century. Cities and the
Making of Modern Europe will be essential reading for students of
both modern European history and urban history.
The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating
pioneering research in the field of transnational history. This
third volume is dedicated to the transnational turn in urban
history. It brings together articles that investigate the
transnational and transatlantic exchanges of ideas and concepts for
urban planning, architecture, and technology that served to
modernize cities across East and Central Europe and the United
States. This collection includes studies about regionals fairs as
centers of knowledge transfer in Eastern Europe, about the transfer
of city planning among developing urban centers within the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, about the introduction of the Bauhaus into
American society, and about the movement for constructing paved
roads to connect cities on a global scale. The volume concludes
with a historiographical article that discusses the potential of
the transnational perspective to urban history. The articles in
this volume highlight the movement of ideas and practices across
various cultures and societies and explore the relations,
connections, and spaces created by these movements. The articles
show that modern cities across the European continent and North
America emerged from intensive exchanges of ideas for almost every
aspect of modern urban life.
The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and
development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first
century. It begins with the establishment of the first cities in
the Near East in the fourth millennium BCE, and goes on to examine
urban growth in the Indus River Valley in India, as well as Egypt
and areas that bordered the Mediterranean Sea. Athens, Alexandria,
and Rome stand out both politically and culturally. With the fall
of the Roman Empire in the West, European cities entered into a
long period of waning and deterioration. But elsewhere, great
cities-among them, Constantinople, Baghdad, Chang'an, and
Tenochtitlan-thrived. In the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern
period, urban growth resumed in Europe, giving rise to cities like
Florence, Paris, and London. This urban growth also accelerated in
parts of the world that came under European control, such as
Philadelphia in the nascent United States. As the Industrial
Revolution swept through in the nineteenth century, cities grew
rapidly. Their expansion resulted in a slew of social problems and
political disruptions, but it was accompanied by impressive
measures designed to improve urban life. Meanwhile, colonial cities
bore the imprint of European imperialism. Finally, the book turns
to the years since 1914, guided by a few themes: the impact of war
and revolution; urban reconstruction after 1945; migration out of
many cities in the United States into growing suburbs; and the
explosive growth of "megacities" in the developing world.
Sir William Richard Gowers was one of the pre-eminent clinical
neurologists of the nineteenth century. He is best remembered for
his discovery of the eponymous 'Gowers' sign', for his invention of
the patella hammer, and for authoring the classic two-volume
neurology textbook Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System. To
date Dr Gowers has been the subject of only one published
biography, while some aspects of Gowers' work have been chronicled
in historical works regarding the history of neurology. This book
goes into greater detail than ever, presenting the life story
behind a great Victorian brain. Generously illustrated throughout
with family photographs and original sketches, the authors cover
Gowers' early years, his clinical work at Queen Square, his
accolades, and friendships with explorers and famous authors.
Co-authored by an academic with special access to the Gowers family
archives and two leading neurologists, this book is the first
definitive reference work on the life of William Richard Gowers,
and will be of great interest to neurologists, neuroscientists,
medical historians, and laypersons with an interest in neurology
and mental illness.
This 2007 book is a major survey of urbanization and the making of
modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World
War. During these years Europe experienced startling rates of
urbanization, with the populations of numerous cities growing by
1000 percent or more. This book explores the causes, course and
consequences of this urban explosion. The authors link urban growth
to industrialization, migration, and the growth of colonial
empires. They show how the social, political, and intellectual
challenges cities posed were met by urban reformers; how cities
enriched cultural life; and how European cities influenced and were
influenced by colonial cities. No other book in English situates
the story of cities within the overall framework of European and
imperial history during the long nineteenth century. Cities and the
Making of Modern Europe will be essential reading for students of
both modern European history and urban history.
"This text is long overdue and timely. Carr and Broom have placed
the issues firmly in the broader context of the relationship
between our species and the others which share this planet with
us...As they argue it is possible for tourists and the travel and
tourism sector to take and exercise responsibility to drive change,
Carr and Broom's text helps us to understand the issues and the
context and to make better-informed choices." Harold Goodwin
Responsible Tourism Partnership Animals are among the most sought
after tourist attractions and the impact on them is a matter of
concern to an increasing number of people. Tourism and Animal
Welfare uniquely addresses the issue of animal welfare within the
tourism experience. It explores important foundations such as the
meaning of 'animal welfare' and its relation to ethics, animal
rights and human obligations to animals. It also explores the
nature and diversity of the position and role of animals within
tourism. 'Tales from the front line' is the section of the book
that provides the reader with the views and experiences of animal
welfare organisations, individual leaders, tourism industry
organisations and operators, and academic experts. These case
studies and opinion pieces will encourage the reader to consider
their own position regarding animals in tourism and their welfare.
The book: * is written by an authoritative author team that draws
from the fields of tourism studies (Neil Carr) and animal welfare
science (Donald Broom); * contains 14 case studies written by
internationally recognised experts and iconic individuals in the
field of animal welfare; * is written in an engaging style and
features full colour illustrations. From students and academics to
vets and those working within the tourism industry, this book will
provide an engaging and thought-provoking read. It will also appeal
to those with an interest in animal welfare, particularly in
relation to the tourism industry.
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