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Dark By Noon (DVD)
Patrick Buchanan, Michael O'Flaherty, Grace Fitzgerald, Tim Dillard, Anthony Murphy, …
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R21
Discovery Miles 210
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Patrick Buchanan stars in this Irish sci-fi thriller co-written and
directed by Alan Leonard and Michael O'Flaherty. Set in an
alternate Earth, Rez (Buchanan) is coerced into testing a stolen
time machine, called Titus, that can send its user eight hours into
the future. Sent to gather future market information, Rez witnesses
a devastating nuclear explosion. Upon his return to the present,
Rez has eight hours to determine the cause of the tragedy and
prevent it from destroying the planet before time runs out...
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Dawn of the Dragonslayer (DVD)
Richard McWilliams, Ian Cullen, Nicola Posener, Adam Johnson, Philip Brodie, …
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R24
Discovery Miles 240
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Adventure feature in which a young man must prepare himself to do
battle with the dragon that killed his father. Will Shepherd
(Richard McWilliams) lives a simple and rustic life in the
mountains until the unfortunate death of his father. Forced to seek
a living in the lowlands thereafter, Will ends up in the employment
of Sterling (Ian Cullen), a local land owner and knight. Sterling
thinks little of Will and sends him to work on the farm, but the
old man's daughter, Kate (Nicola Posener), befriends the boy from
the mountains. The pair set about unravelling a past mystery which
has bound their families together and getting Will ready for the
rite of passage in which he must take on and destroy the dragon.
Vector autoregressive (VAR) models are among the most widely used
econometric tools in the fields of macroeconomics and financial
economics. Much of what we know about the response of the economy
to macroeconomic shocks and about how various shocks have
contributed to the evolution of macroeconomic and financial
aggregates is based on VAR models. VAR models also have been used
successfully for economic and business forecasting, for modelling
risk and volatility, and for the construction of forecast
scenarios. Since the introduction of VAR models by C.A. Sims in
1980, the VAR methodology has continuously evolved. Even today
important extensions and reinterpretations of the VAR framework are
being developed. Examples include VAR models for mixed-frequency
data, VAR models as approximations to DSGE models, factor-augmented
VAR models, new tools for the identification of structural shocks
in VAR models, panel VAR approaches, and time-varying parameter VAR
models. This volume collects contributions from some of the leading
VAR experts in the world on VAR methods and applications. Each
chapter highlights and synthesizes a new development in this
literature in a way that is accessible to practitioners, to
graduate students, and to readers in other fields.
Mythical Ireland embodies the search for a soul among Ireland's
ancient ruins, and is an attempt to retrieve something of deeper
import from 5,000-year-old megalithic monuments and their
associated myths. The book represents a fascinating and engaging
journey through time, landscape and the human spirit. Dealing with
archaeology, interpretive mythography, cosmology and cosmogony, the
book attempts to grapple with a core meaning, something beyond the
functional interpretations of academia. In this revised and
expanded edition, Anthony Murphy delves further into the many
enthralling aspects of this journey. Just how much knowledge did
locals have of the secrets of Newgrange before it was excavated?
Who is the Cailleach, the ancient hag goddess whose image is
ubiquitous in the ancient landscape? What happened to make
Ireland’s Stonehenge disappear from the landscape? Who were the
first kings of Tara? What were the indigenous Irish myths about the
Milky Way? Did someone try to steal the Tara Brooch? Why are there
myths in Ireland about flooded towns and cities? Lavishly
illustrated with exquisite photographs of the Irish landscape and
ancient monuments, Mythical Ireland represents a personal and yet
universal journey, a quest to reimagine the shrines as empowering
and transformative sacred places. Murphy invokes the druids and
poets of the Boyne and thus the sÃdhe of the ancient texts are
reawakened for a modern and turbulent world.
Ireland is home to some of the world's oldest
astronomically-aligned structures, giant stone monuments erected
over 5,000 years ago. Despite their apparent simplicity, these
megalithic edifices were crafted by a scientifically knowledgeable
community of farmers who endeavoured to enshrine their beliefs in a
stellar afterlife within the very fabric of their cleverly-designed
stone temples. Finally back in print, this reissued edition
presents evidence suggesting the builders of monuments such as
Newgrange and its Boyne Valley counterparts were adept astronomers,
cunning engineers and capable surveyors. Their huge monuments are
memorials in stone and earth, commemorating their creators'
perceived unity with the cosmos and enshrining a belief system
which resulted from a crossover between science and spirituality.
As investigation of this awe-inspiring civilisation of people
continues on many levels, evidence is emerging that significant
archaeological sites dating from deep in prehistory are linked -
not just through mythology, archaeology and cosmology - but through
an arrangement of complex, and in some cases astonishing,
alignments. Some of these alignments of ancient sites stretch from
one side of Ireland to another. While the accounts of the lives of
some prominent Irish saints appear to be steeped in folklore and
mystery, it seems from new interpretations of the literature that
the cosmic world view which existed in Neolithic Ireland
experienced a continuity right into the Early Christian period.
Join us on this fascinating exploration of stones, stars and
stories. "The sheer amount of information contained within the book
is mind-boggling. It is well thought out and structured... The more
you read the evidence the more convinced you become." -
Astronomy& Space magazine "Refreshing and fascinating . . . a
wonderful magical book, sumptuously illustrated and a must for
anyone who loves to delve deep into our past." - Kenny's Irish
Bookshop "A fascinating insight into Ireland's ancient burial
sites" - Irish Independent "A monument" - Drogheda Independent "It
is a beautiful book and very well written. The information that you
collected is outstanding." - Barbara Carter, co-author, The Myth of
the Year and The Goddess and the Bull "The authors... reach
interesting and challenging conclusions about the significance of
ancient astronomical knowledge. The book is jammed with colour
illustrations, maps and photographs. A thoroughly interesting
read!" - Archaeology Ireland "An essential book that demonstrates
just how much the beliefs and practices of our ancestors were
influenced by the movement of the stars, in particular those of the
constellation Cygnus - the celestial swan and Northern Cross - once
seen as a source of life and the destination of the soul in death.
A must have tome for all those passionate about what remains of our
fast disappearing ritual monuments of the prehistoric age." -
Andrew Collins, author of The Cygnus Mystery
In July 2018, Anthony Murphy and Ken Williams discovered a giant
previously unknown monument close to Newgrange while flying their
drones over the Boyne Valley. They found what archaeologists
believe to be a Late Neolithic henge monument, measuring 154 metres
(just over 500 feet) in diameter, and a number of other mysterious
and intriguing features. Their discoveries became an internet and
media sensation and made headlines all around the world. In the
days, weeks and months that followed, there was intense interest in
these gigantic relics of the prehistoric world. Archaeologists
pored over the drone imagery and the National Monuments Service
conducted their own helicopter flights over Bru na Boinne World
Heritage Site to capture the features in more detail. In
Dronehenge, Anthony Murphy tells the story of the remarkable
discovery of this monument, and attempts to unravel some of its
mysteries. Anthony describes the events that followed the first
social media post about the discovery and how he spent three weeks
doing little else but taking phone calls, answering emails and
engaging in Skype calls with media all around the world. Lavishly
illustrated, Dronehenge includes discussion of how this monument
might have been constructed and what it might have been used for,
and includes 3D models of its likely appearance. Anthony explains
how the henge, along with the other features discovered, completely
changes our view of the Bru na Boinne landscape, and why it will
have archaeologists and historians studying them for many years to
come.
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