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(500) Days of Summer (DVD)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, …
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in this offbeat
romantic comedy, the feature debut of music video director Marc
Webb, which chronicles 500 days in the on/off relationship of
Summer (Deschanel) and Tom (Gordon-Levitt). While Summer
steadfastly refuses to believe in true love, asserting that real
life will always get in the way in the end, Tom has thrown caution
to the wind and fallen hook, line and sinker in love with her.
Where can their so-called relationship lead?
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Salvation Boulevard (DVD)
Pierce Brosnan, Ed Harris, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Ciarán Hinds, …
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Comedy-thriller starring Pierce Brosnan as a powerful evangelical
pastor who will stop at nothing to cover up his murder of an
atheist. Pastor Dan Day (Brosnan) shot Dr Paul Blaylock (Ed Harris)
in the head during a debate surrounding a new book. Realising that
his career would be in tatters if the truth emerged, Day and his
supporters set out to make the accident look like a suicide and
appear to have succeeded. However, a new convert to Day's church,
former hippie Carl (Greg Kinnear), stumbles across the truth and is
hunted in a very un-Christian manner by Day and his supporters as
they attempt to silence him.
You'll never guess where Tyrannosaurus rexes lived, what a
Spinosaurus could do with its nose, why the head of a
Parasaurolophus was like a trombone or how very heavy dinosaurs sat
on their eggs without crushing them! All is revealed in this
delightful information book, filled with quirky and surprising
things to know about all kinds of dinosaurs.
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Bros
Carole Boston Weatherford; Illustrated by Reggie Brown
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R545
R469
Discovery Miles 4 690
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In this powerfully written and beautifully illustrated picture book
by award-winning author and illustrator team Carole Boston
Weatherford and E. B. Lewis, Mother Africa addresses her offspring
of all colours in all corners of the earth, reminding us of our
timeless bond. Written in the voice of Mother Africa, who speaks to
her children-human beings-this stunning picture book thrums with
the love between mother and child as it celebrates humanity's
common roots. Before words or tools or fire, Mother Africa's caves
sheltered us and her forests fed us. She could not protect us from
all dangers, but, like mothers everywhere, she gave her children
all she could and sent us into the world with confidence and love.
Told in the ringing, singing language of a creation story, this
book is a love letter from mother to child that honors our shared
history. Includes back matter with nonfiction information about
human evolution and about the migration of Homo sapiens from Africa
around the globe.
This book WON'T test your mental maths or teach you countless ways
to find x. It WILL show you just how fascinating maths can be. Can
maths make people rich? Can formulas predict which sports teams
will win more games? Can equations explain the mysteries of the
universe? The short answer to all these is YES. This book explores
and explains the ways that the tools of mathematics help people
make sense of the world around them, predict the future and, just
maybe, how to make life itself better.
Originally published in 1983, this study describes the
experience of severely deprived children referred for individual
psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic in London, and
at other clinics and schools. Most were living in children s homes,
all came from chaotic and disrupted families, and many had been
abused or neglected. Children from such backgrounds have previously
been considered unsuitable for psychotherapy, and the theoretical
and technical issues arising from their treatment are discussed
here, and detailed case material is presented.
There is a high rate of emotional and behavioural disturbance
among children in community care. The experience of the therapists
struggling, often painfully, to establish contact and communication
with these young people, who have been hurt and disillusioned by
life, provide illuminating material on the children s perceptions
of their lives. This book clearly demonstrates the need for and the
capacity to respond to treatment, and it provides insights which
are of relevance to all who are in close contact with such
children."
A new perspective on lordship in England between the Norman
Conquest and Magna Carta. Multiple lordship- that is, holding land
or owing allegiance to more than one lord simultaneously- was long
regarded under the western European "feudal" model as a potentially
dangerous aberration, and a sign of decline in the structure of
lordship. Through an analysis of the minor lords of Leicestershire,
Derbyshire, and Staffordshire during the long twelfth century, this
study demonstrates, conversely, that multiple lordship was at least
as common as single lordship in this period and regarded as a
normal practice, and explores how these minor lords used the
flexibility of lordship structures to construct localised centres
of authority in the landscape and become important actors in their
own right. Lordship was, moreover, only one of several forces which
minor lords had to navigate. Regional society in this period was
profoundly shaped by overlapping ties of lordship, kinship, and
locality, each of which could have a fundamental impact on
relationships and behaviour. These issues are studied within and
across lords' honours, around religious houses and urban areas, and
in a close case study of the abbey of Burton-upon-Trent. This book
thus contextualises lordship within a wider landscape of power and
influence.
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Kin - Rooted in Hope
Carole Boston Weatherford; Illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
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R222
Discovery Miles 2 220
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A powerful portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement
and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole
Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston
Weatherford. I call their names: Abram Alice Amey Arianna Antiqua I
call their names: Isaac Jake James Jenny Jim Every last one,
property of the Lloyds, the state’s preeminent enslavers. Every
last one, with a mind of their own and a story that ain’t yet
been told. Till now. Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford’s
ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history
there extends more than three hundred years, but as with the
genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in
slavery, their family tree can only be traced back five generations
before going dark. And so from scraps of history, Carole and
Jeffery have conjured the voices of their kin, creating an often
painful but ultimately empowering story of who their people were in
a breathtaking book that is at once deeply personal yet all too
universal. Carole’s poems capture voices ranging from her
ancestors to Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman to the plantation
house and land itself that connects them all, and Jeffery’s
evocative illustrations help carry the story from the first mention
of a forebear listed as property in a 1781 ledger to he and his
mother’s homegoing trip to Africa in 2016. Shaped by loss,
erasure, and ultimate reclamation, this is the story of not only
Carole and Jeffery’s family, but of countless other Black
families in America.
Our Bodies, Ourselves is the resource that women of all ages turn
to for information about their bodies, sexuality, and reproductive
health. Completely revised and updated, these pages provide women
with the information and tools they need to make key health
decisions -- accurate, evidence-based information, input from
leading experts, and personal stories from women who share their
experiences. This new edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves includes the
latest vital information on: * CHANGES IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM --
especially how health care reform affects women and how to get the
care you need. * SAFER SEX -- how to engage in pleasurable,
satisfying sexual experiences while protecting your health and the
health of your partner. * ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS -- including
minimizing exposure to everyday pollutants that endanger
reproductive health. * BODY IMAGE -- resisting negative media
stereotypes and embracing healthier approaches to looking and
feeling good. * LOCAL AND GLOBAL ACTIVISM -- using social media and
organizing tactics to build community and advocate for policies
that improve women's lives. * As well as crucial information about
gender identity, sexual orientation, birth control, abortion,
pregnancy and birth, perimenopause, and sexuality and sexual health
as we age. Together with its companion website,
ourbodiesourselves.org, Our Bodies, Ourselves is a one-stop
resource for women of all generations.
For decades, women have relied on OUR BODIES, OURSELVES to provide
the most comprehensive, honest, and up-to-date information on
everything from emotional well-being to birth control. Now, in OUR
BODIES, OURSELVES: MENOPAUSE, the same team brings readers the most
trustworthy, new information available and confronts misinformation
and scare tactics. Discussing menopause in the context of the rich
and varied life experiences of women from diverse backgrounds, this
reference emphasizes self-care and prevention strategies, such as
good nutrition and exercise, as the foundation of health through
the menopausal transition and beyond. With clear, accessible
language and a balanced look at every issue (including hormone
replacement therapy) OUR BODIES, OURSELVES: MENOPAUSE provides
women with the information they need to make decisions about their
bodies.
The book which inspired Spotlight, 2016 winner of the Best Picture award at the Oscars!
This is the true story of how a small group of courageous journalists uncovered child abuse on a vast scale - and held the Catholic Church to account. Betrayal is the ground-breaking Pulitzer Prize-winning work of investigative journalism, now brought brilliantly to life on the screen.
On 31 January 2002, the Boston Globe published a report that sent shockwaves around the world. Their findings, based on a six-month campaign by the 'Spotlight' investigative team, showed that hundreds of children in Boston had been abused by Catholic priests, and that this horrific pattern of behaviour had been known - and ignored - by the Catholic Church. Instead of protecting the community it was meant to serve, the Church exploited its powerful influence to protect itself from scandal - and innocent children paid the price. This is the story from beginning to end: the predatory men who exploited the vulnerable, the cabal of senior Church officials who covered up their crimes, the 'hush money' used to buy the victims' silence, the survivors who found the strength to tell their story, and the Catholics across the world who were left shocked, angry, and betrayed. This is the story, too, of how they took power back, confronted their Church and called for sweeping change.
Updated for the release of the Oscar-winning film, this is a devastating and important exposure of the abuse of power at the highest levels in society.
Essays illuminate a wide range of topics from the Middle Ages, from
the seals of an empress to priests' wives and the undead. This
volume of the Haskins Society Journal demonstrates the Society's
continued engagement with historical and interdisciplinary research
from the early to the central Middle Ages on a broad range of
topics including militarism, piety, the miraculous and the
monstrous. Chapters explore material culture through a mythic
eleventh-century papal banner and the seals and coins of the
Empress Matilda; offer new insights into Carolingian hagiography
and into the undead in the Historia rerum Anglicarum. Further
chapters feature new evidence on the role of priests' wives, the
tensions of multiple lordships, shifting identities in the Irish
Sea world, and the didactic use of royal anger. A fresh examination
of Aelred of Rievaulx's Relatio de Standaro and a re-assessment of
Flemish documentary practice continue the Haskins Society's
commitment to primary source analysis. Two essays on the thirteenth
century, including links between Crusade spirituality and lay
penitential strategies and an investigation into the economic costs
of waging war, round out the volume. Contributors: DAN ARMSTRONG,
DAVID S. BACHRACH, DANIEL M. BACHRACH, JILLIAN M. BJERKE, HANNAH
BOSTON, MARIAH COOPER, FIONA J. GRIFFITHS, JESSE M. HARRINGTON,
JEAN-FRANCOIS NIEUS, ALICE RIO, CHARITY URBANSKI, PATRICK WADDEN,
MEGHAN WOOLLEY, LU ZUO
God is a Bullet is the cult classic back in print and soon to be a
major motion picture starring Jamie Foxx, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and
January Jones. During Christmas week in 1995, a fourteen-year-old
girl is kidnapped by a bloodthirsty satanic cult. Bob Hightower,
the girl's father and a small-town cop, embarks on a desperate
mission to find her, but his only hope lies with Case Hardin, an
ex-cult member and ex-junkie living in a half-way house in
Hollywood. Their quest - his to find his child, hers to exorcise
her demons - becomes a primal hunt-and-chase through a savage
subculture of drugs and ritualistic violence . . . 'Not for those
of a nervous disposition' - Daily Telegraph 'A rollercoaster of an
experience' - Guardian 'The new voice of pulp fiction' - Dennis
Lehane 'A kick-ass, in-your-face tour de force' - Harlan Coben 'An
absolutely stupendous debut novel' - Mark Timlin, Independent
Originally published in 1983, this study describes the experience
of severely deprived children referred for individual
psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic in London, and
at other clinics and schools. Most were living in children's homes,
all came from chaotic and disrupted families, and many had been
abused or neglected. Children from such backgrounds have previously
been considered unsuitable for psychotherapy, and the theoretical
and technical issues arising from their treatment are discussed
here, and detailed case material is presented. There is a high rate
of emotional and behavioural disturbance among children in
community care. The experience of the therapists struggling, often
painfully, to establish contact and communication with these young
people, who have been hurt and disillusioned by life, provide
illuminating material on the children's perceptions of their lives.
This book clearly demonstrates the need for and the capacity to
respond to treatment, and it provides insights which are of
relevance to all who are in close contact with such children.
This volume isolates the cause of continuing disparities not only
between blacks and whites, but amongst blacks as well. Key factors
discussed include the current state of the economy the influence of
public policies, the persistence of urban poverty, economic
opportunities, changes in family and social structure and equal
opportunities. The city of Atlanta is used as a case study focusing
on the emergence of the new black entrepreneur, with data on black
businesses drawn from records of almost 1000 black owned firms.
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Me and My Mama (Board book)
Ashleigh Corrin; Carole Boston Weatherford
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R163
Discovery Miles 1 630
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A celebration of family love from beloved children's author Carole
Boston Weatherford, this beautiful rhyming board book filled with
many of the adorable reasons children love their mom, and reminds
little ones how much mom loves them! With rhyming text, a young
child reflects on their mom and the many reasons they love her.
There are so many things we love about our mom from the things we
do together, to her unique characteristics, and the ways she
understands us. All of these special things show us just how much
we are loved by our mom! This is an adorably cute book for children
to feel the love and security of mom and to celebrate the diverse
ways that love is shown and celebrated!
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