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Double bill of sci-fi action films based on the first two novels of
Suzanne Collins' trilogy. In 'The Hunger Games' (2012) Jennifer
Lawrence stars as 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a citizen of the
totalitarian post-apocalyptic country of Panem, formerly the United
States. Every year, the all-powerful ruling agency known as the
Capitol selects one boy and one girl from each of Panem's 12
impoverished rival districts to fight to the death on live national
television in a contest known as 'The Hunger Games', in which the
winner is given food to feed their entire district for a year. When
her younger sister Primrose (Willow Shields) is selected as a
contestant, Katniss steps up to take her place. Under the tutelage
of inebriated former champion Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson),
Katniss goes into training for the fight of her life. In 'The
Hunger Games: Catching Fire' (2013), fresh from her triumph in the
74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss, along with fellow winner Peeta
Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), returns home to District 12 for some
much-needed rest. But soon after, while on a 'Victory Tour' of the
other districts, she becomes aware of growing dissent to the
Capitol's rule, and realises that rebellion is in the air. As Panem
prepares itself for the third 'Quarter Quell' (75th Hunger Games),
autocratic ruler President Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland),
still smarting from the Capitol's humiliation in the last games,
stacks the deck to ensure that the upcoming tournament will wipe
out any resistance from the districts once and for all.
Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen in the
second instalment of the sci-fi adventure trilogy based on the
novel by Suzanne Collins. Fresh from her triumph in the 74th Annual
Hunger Games, Katniss, along with fellow winner Peeta Mellark (Josh
Hutcherson), returns home to District 12 for some much needed rest.
But soon after, while on a 'Victory Tour' of the other districts,
she becomes aware of growing dissent to the Capitol's rule, and
realises that rebellion is in the air. As Panem prepares itself for
the third 'Quarter Quell' (75th Hunger Games), autocratic ruler
President Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland), still smarting from
the Capitol's humiliation in the last games, stacks the deck to
ensure that the upcoming tournament will wipe out any resistance
from the districts once and for all.
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Water for Elephants (DVD)
Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook, James Frain, …
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Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon star in this drama based on
the historical novel by Sara Gruen, following the adventures of a
young vet working in a travelling circus during America's Great
Depression in the 1930s. After his parents are killed in a car
accident, promising Ivy League student Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson)
suffers an emotional breakdown and runs away before graduating,
eventually finding work as a vet with the down-at-heel Benzini
Brothers circus. There he meets a host of colourful characters
including tyrannical animal trainer August (Christoph Waltz) and
his beautiful wife Marlena (Witherspoon).
Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen in the
third instalment of the sci-fi film series based on the novels by
Suzanne Collins. In the aftermath of the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss
finds herself in the underground District 13, struggling to adjust
to her new life and role as the 'Mockingjay' in the rebellion
against the Capitol and tyrannical ruler President Snow (Donald
Sutherland). Meanwhile, her friend and fellow Games victor Peeta
Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) is in the hands of the Capitol, where he
is tortured and brainwashed. Katniss soon realises that to save the
ones she loves she will have to join the revolt, led by President
Coin (Julianne Moore), and become a symbol of hope for the rebels.
With help from her friends and allies, including Gale Hawthorne
(Liam Hemsworth), Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), Effie
Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) and Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour
Hoffman), Katniss sets out to bring down the Capitol and President
Snow once and for all.
A theory of political ambition is developed in which political
actors seek to increase their territorial jurisdiction and/or the
size of their electoral constituency. Ease of entry and advancement
into state and national politics, however, are shown to vary
markedly across the nation. Strategic considerations play an
important role in career decisions. Legislators take into account
whether or not they will face an incumbent, the quality of likely
opponents in primaries, the cost of campaigns, the relative value
of their present office versus a higher office, and looming term
limits. For example, as a result of term limits on state
legislators, patient, highly selective, and successful moves up the
political ladder have been replaced by early exits from office and
riskier challenges for higher office. Those who are too liberal or
conservative for their party and state are less likely to win
statewide races. Distance from the "winning state party position"
serve as a key to understanding which senators are reelected and
which House members enter and win Senate primaries. It also
explains why those preparing for statewide races shift their
positions gradually over many years to improve their odds of
success.
Title: Practical Notes on the Cyanide Process ... Second
edition.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GEOLOGY
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. The works in this collection contain a number of maps,
charts, and tables from the 16th to the 19th centuries documenting
geological features of the natural world. Also contained are
textbooks and early scientific studies that catalogue and chronicle
the human stance toward water and land use. Readers will further
enjoy early historical maps of rivers and shorelines demonstrating
the artistry of journeymen, cartographers, and illustrators.
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++++ British Library Bosqui, Francis Lawrence; 1899. ix. 201 p.; 8
. 07108.i.9.
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