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Stuart Little (DVD)
Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Jeffrey Jones, Connie Ray, …
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R29
Discovery Miles 290
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When Mr and Mrs Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis) visit an
orphanage to find a brother for their son George (Jonathan
Lipnicki) they come away with a charming talking mouse called
Stuart. After initial misgivings, George and Stuart begin to get on
famously, and everything seems to be going perfectly; but unknown
to the family, the neighbourhood cats have ganged together with the
sole intention of getting rid of Stuart. Co-written by M. Night
Shyamalan ('The Sixth Sense') and featuring state-of-the-art
computer-generated effects and Michael J. Fox as the voice of
Stuart.
Written for pre-service and in-service early childhood
professionals in child care, preschool, or kindergarten through
third grade settings, ART & CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN, 8th Edition, takes a child-centered approach to art
education. Updated throughout, the book includes an in-depth
discussion of technology to aid teachers in understanding the role
that technology can play in children's visual art appreciation and
production. Guidelines for establishing an inclusive art program in
classrooms for young children are included for early childhood
professionals. Activities and recipes make the text a valuable
resource for in-service teachers.
A funny, highly personal, gorgeously written account of what it's
like to be a 30-year-old man who is told he has an 80-year-old's
disease. "Life is great. Sometimes, though, you just have to put up
with a little more crap." --Michael J. Fox In September 1998,
Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing he had been
diagnosed with Parkinson's disease--a degenerative neurological
condition. In fact, he had been secretly fighting it for seven
years. The worldwide response was staggering. Fortunately, he had
accepted the diagnosis and by the time the public started grieving
for him, he had stopped grieving for himself. Now, with the same
passion, humor, and energy that Fox has invested in his dozens of
performances over the last 18 years, he tells the story of his
life, his career, and his campaign to find a cure for Parkinson's.
Combining his trademark ironic sensibility and keen sense of the
absurd, he recounts his life--from his childhood in a small town in
western Canada to his meteoric rise in film and television which
made him a worldwide celebrity. Most importantly however, he writes
of the last 10 years, during which--with the unswerving support of
his wife, family, and friends--he has dealt with his illness. He
talks about what Parkinson's has given him: the chance to
appreciate a wonderful life and career, and the opportunity to help
search for a cure and spread public awareness of the disease. He is
a very lucky man, indeed.The Michael J. Fox Foundation
Michael J. Fox is donating the profits from his book to the Michael
J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, which is dedicated to
fast-forwarding the cure for Parkinson's disease. The Foundation
will move aggressively to identify the most promising research and
raise the funds to assure that a cure is found for the millions of
people living with this disorder. The Foundation's web site,
MichaelJFox.org, carries the latest pertinent information about
Parkinson's disease, including: A detailed description of
Parkinson's diseaseHow you can help find the curePublic Services
Announcements that are aired on network and cable television
stations across the country to increase awarenessUpcoming related
Parkinson's disease events and meetingsUpdates on recent research
and developments
This book provides a framework for scholars and clinicians to
develop a comprehensive and dynamic understanding of antisocial,
narcissistic, and borderline personality disorders, by seeing
personality as a dual, as opposed to a singular, construct.
Converging the two separate research and clinical diagnostic
systems into a wholistic model designed to reach reliable and valid
diagnostic conclusions, the text examines adaptive and maladaptive
personality development and expression, while addressing the
interpersonal system that keeps the pathology from extinguishing.
Each chapter will discuss core and surface content, origin and
symptom manifestation, system and pathology perpetuation, and
online behavior expression, concluding with practical guidance on
treatment success and effective approaches. Seasoned and tyro
researchers and clinicians will be challenged to explore the
utility of the DSM-5 alternative model of personality disorders and
apply it to further the understanding of these complex, and often
destructive, disorders.
Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in
anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a
single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human
geography, arguing that geographical factors should be considered
in relation to a social context in all its complexity.
The work is an illuminating source on the Eskimo and a proto-type
of what an anthropologist should do with ethnographic data and
exerted considerable influence on the development of social
anthropology.
English translation first published in 1979.
It fills a void in the resources available to researchers and practitioners in forensic hair examination by providing photographic archetypes for the microscopic characteristics of human hair and the variates of the characteristics seen in forensic examinations, including curl; color; pigment distribution and density; cortical fusi; and ovoid bodies. These illustrations provide a uniform basis for describing the characteristics and their variations for forensic professionals in differing geographical areas. The documentation of hair characteristics using the scoring system outlined in this atlas allows researchers to develop data regarding the frequency of characteristics within the hairs of one or more individuals and the assessment of whether certain hair characteristics are co-dependent.
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Atlantis - The Lost Empire (DVD)
Gary Trousdale And Kirk Wise; Starring Michael J. Fox, Claudia Christian
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R66
Discovery Miles 660
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When a young adventurer named Milo Thatch uncovers an old journal
containing clues to the whereabouts of the sunken city of Atlantis,
he wastes no time in putting together an expedition and setting off
in search of the maritime metropolis. Heading deeper and deeper in
their submarine, Milo and his crew brave many dangerous
experiences, including a confrontation with a giant lobster, and
are overjoyed when they finally find the underwater kingdom.
However, after they reach their goal, it's not long before they
discover a plot to seize all the power and riches it has to offer,
and soon find themselves becoming the unlikely defenders of the
lost civilisation.
This book provides a framework for scholars and clinicians to
develop a comprehensive and dynamic understanding of antisocial,
narcissistic, and borderline personality disorders, by seeing
personality as a dual, as opposed to a singular, construct.
Converging the two separate research and clinical diagnostic
systems into a wholistic model designed to reach reliable and valid
diagnostic conclusions, the text examines adaptive and maladaptive
personality development and expression, while addressing the
interpersonal system that keeps the pathology from extinguishing.
Each chapter will discuss core and surface content, origin and
symptom manifestation, system and pathology perpetuation, and
online behavior expression, concluding with practical guidance on
treatment success and effective approaches. Seasoned and tyro
researchers and clinicians will be challenged to explore the
utility of the DSM-5 alternative model of personality disorders and
apply it to further the understanding of these complex, and often
destructive, disorders.
Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in
anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a
single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human
geography, arguing that geographical factors should be considered
in relation to a social context in all its complexity. The work is
an illuminating source on the Eskimo and a proto-type of what an
anthropologist should do with ethnographic data and exerted
considerable influence on the development of social anthropology.
English translation first published in 1979.
'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley
Freeman, The Guardian 'A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. .
. pithy, highly readable' The Times The entire world knows Michael
J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to
the Future. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and
Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the
illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism. In No Time
Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares
personal stories and observations about illness and health, ageing,
the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about
time affect the way we approach mortality. Thoughtful and moving,
but with Fox's trademark sense of humour, his book provides a
vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses.
Running through the narrative is the drama of the medical madness
Fox recently experienced, that included his daily negotiations with
the Parkinson's disease he's had since 1991, and a spinal cord
issue that necessitated immediate surgery. His challenge to learn
how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused
him to ditch his trademark optimism and "get out of the lemonade
business altogether." Does he make it all of the way back? Read the
book.
It fills a void in the resources available to researchers and
practitioners in forensic hair examination by providing
photographic archetypes for the microscopic characteristics of
human hair and the variates of the characteristics seen in forensic
examinations, including curl; color; pigment distribution and
density; cortical fusi; and ovoid bodies. These illustrations
provide a uniform basis for describing the characteristics and
their variations for forensic professionals in differing
geographical areas. The documentation of hair characteristics using
the scoring system outlined in this atlas allows researchers to
develop data regarding the frequency of characteristics within the
hairs of one or more individuals and the assessment of whether
certain hair characteristics are co-dependent.
This study applies poststructuralist and postmodern ideas to issues
of health and health care to provide a radical re-think of how
health is to be understood. It offers a perspective in which health
is seen as an affirmation of potential rather than a narrow
biopsychosocial construct. The author develops his notion of
archehealth, providing an account of a wide range of
post-structuralist and postmodern theoretical perspectives and
their relevance to the field of health. The book is divided into
three sections; the first section explores issues of power and
control in health settings; the second loooks ta resistance to such
power and control; the final section addresses ways in which
post-sztructuralist and postmodern approaches may be used as
research methodology. In each chapter the author explains and
apllies a selection of theoretical perspectives. These include
Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard, Deleuze, Guattari, Cixous, Haraway,
Kristeva, Beck, Barthes, Tyler, Landow, Bauman, Cascardi,
Baudrillard and Atkinson.
This widely acclaimed work provides a lively counterbalance to the
standard assessment-measurement-accountability prescriptions that
have made showing you did your job more important than actually
doing it. Now extensively revised, it articulates a postmodern
theory of public administration that challenges the field to
redirect its attention away from narrow, technique-oriented
scientism, and toward democratic openness and ethics. The authors
incorporate insights from thinkers like Rorty, Giddens, Derrida,
and Foucault to recast public administration as an arena of
decentered practices. In their framework, ideographic collisions
and everyday impasses bring about political events that challenge
the status quo, creating possibilities for social change.
"Postmodern Public Administration" is an outstanding intellectual
achievement that has rewritten the political theory of public
administration. This new edition will encourage everyone who reads
it to think quite differently about democratic governance.
Rainmakers are the people who bring money into their organisations
and this book is packed with hints and tips to pursue prospective
customers and keep them.
In this volumume prominent scholars from different cultural and
linguistic backgrounds are brought together to review the empirical
studies on the ability to reflect upon and manipulate the phonemic
segments of speech, and to present their insights on the
relationship of phonological aware- ness to the reading process.
A new assessment of the debates about Just War in the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries, from the imperial wars of the nineteenth
century through the age of total war, the evolution of human rights
discourse and international law, to proportionality during the Cold
War and the redefinition of authority with the ascendancy of terror
groups.
There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Star. Husband.
Father. Activist. But one word encapsulates everything he stands
for, everything he's accomplished: Optimist. Struck with
Parkinson's at the height of his fame, Fox has taken what some
might consider cause for depression and turned it into a beacon of
hope for millions. In Always Looking Up, he writes about the
personal philosophy that carried him through his darkest hours, and
speaks with others who have emerged from difficult periods with
optimism to spare. With humor and wit, Fox shows how he became a
happier, more satisfied person by recognizing the gifts of everyday
life.
A new assessment of the debates about Just War in the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries, from the imperial wars of the nineteenth
century through the age of total war, the evolution of human rights
discourse and international law, to proportionality during the Cold
War and the redefinition of authority with the ascendancy of terror
groups.
This book has several main themes and arguments. International
Relations has been westerncentric, which has contributed to its
ignoring religion; while religion is not the main driving force
behind IR, international politics cannot be understood without
taking religion into account; the role of religion is related to
the fact that IR has evolved to become more than just interstate
relations and now included elements of domestic politics. The book
proceeds in three stages. First, it looks at why religion was
ignored by IR theory and theorists. Second, it examines the
multiple ways religion influences IR, including through religious
legitimacy and the many ways domestic religious issues can cross
borders. In this discussion a number of topics including but not
limited to international intervention, international organizations,
religious fundamentalism, political Islam, Samuel Huntington's
'clash of civilizations' theory, and terrorism are addressed.
Third, these factors are examined empirically using both
quantitative and case study methodology.
This book has several main themes and arguments. International
Relations has been westerncentric, which has contributed to its
ignoring religion; while religion is not the main driving force
behind IR, international politics cannot be understood without
taking religion into account; the role of religion is related to
the fact that IR has evolved to become more than just interstate
relations and now included elements of domestic politics. The book
proceeds in three stages. First, it looks at why religion was
ignored by IR theory and theorists. Second, it examines the
multiple ways religion influences IR, including through religious
legitimacy and the many ways domestic religious issues can cross
borders. In this discussion a number of topics including but not
limited to international intervention, international organizations,
religious fundamentalism, political Islam, Samuel Huntington's
'clash of civilizations' theory, and terrorism are addressed.
Third, these factors are examined empirically using both
quantitative and case study methodology.
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