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Blithe Spirit (DVD, Restored)
Joyce Carey, Jacqueline Clark, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Rex Harrison, …
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R307
R245
Discovery Miles 2 450
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In this Noel Coward comedy, cynical writer Rex Harrison asks a
medium (Margaret Rutherford) to hold a seance in his house so he
can collect material for his latest book. No one is more surprised
than the medium when she inadvertently conjures up the ghost of
Harrison's first wife (Kay Hammond). The ghost refuses to go away,
preferring to taunt her less sophisticated replacement (Constance
Cummings).
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Great Expectations (Blu-ray disc)
John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Francis L Sullivan, Finlay Currie, …
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R260
Discovery Miles 2 600
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David Lean directs this classic adaptation of Dickens's novel about
a young orphan who develops 'great expectations' after a mysterious
benefactor pledges to sponsor his transformation into a gentleman.
Pip (Anthony Wager) is visiting the graves of his deceased parents
when he finds himself confronted by an escaped convict, Magwitch
(Finlay Currie). Unfortunately for Pip, Magwitch isn't the only
frightening adult he becomes acquainted with. When Miss Havisham
(Martita Hunt), an eccentric old woman still dressed for the
wedding at which she was abandoned by her groom years ago, seeks a
playmate for her charge, Estella (Jean Simmons), it is Pip who is
sent for. The boy quickly falls in love with Estella, though his
hopes seem forlorn due to the gap in social standing between the
two. When an older Pip (John Mills) discovers that he has a
benefactor, he feels that Estella may be won, but has he read the
situation correctly?
The Les Houches Summer School in August 2015 covered the emerging
fields of cavity optomechanics and quantum nanomechanics.
Optomechanics is flourishing and its concepts and techniques are
now applied to a wide range of topics. Modern quantum optomechanics
was born in the late 1970s in the framework of gravitational wave
interferometry, with an initial focus on the quantum limits of
displacement measurements. Carlton Caves, Vladimir Braginsky, and
others realized that the sensitivity of the anticipated large-scale
gravitational-wave interferometers (GWI) was fundamentally limited
by the quantum fluctuations of the measurement laser beam. After
tremendous experimental progress, the sensitivity of the upcoming
next generation of GWI will effectively be limited by quantum
noise. In this way, quantum-optomechanical effects will directly
affect the operation of what is arguably the world's most
impressive precision experiment. However, optomechanics has also
gained a life of its own with a focus on the quantum aspects of
moving mirrors. Laser light can be used to cool mechanical
resonators well below the temperature of its environment. After
proof-of-principle demonstrations of this cooling in 2006, a number
of systems were used as the field gradually merged with its
condensed matter cousin (nanomechanical systems) to try to reach
the mechanical quantum ground state, eventually demonstrated in
2010 by pure cryogenic techniques and just one year later by a
combination of cryogenic and radiation-pressure cooling. The book
covers all aspects - historical, theoretical, experimental - of the
field, with its applications to quantum measurement, foundations of
quantum mechanics and quantum information. It is an essential read
for any new researcher in the field.
Seize the Day is a suspenseful story of considerable scope. Harris
a prize winning novelist writes with nostalgia of his youth, of
pride in his army service in Japan and with exhilaration about the
pursuit of the defeated North Korean Army late in 1950. Wounded
that year Harris returned to Australia, later studied Chinese and
was posted back to Korea in 1953 and placed in charge of a group of
linecrossing South Koreans. On his discharge Harris joined ASIO; he
discusses the Petrov defection and later from Hong Kong he observes
Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution and how some of Mao's maddened
young Red Guards, urged on by Madame Mao, threatened the Colony.
We participate in outdoor activities for adventure, relaxation and
fun. These activities can also bring us closer to God. When we see
God in these activities we learn more about Him and ourselves.
These lessons refresh us while we are on our trips, but also can be
applied when we return home. This devotional uses illustrations
from backpacking, canoeing, climbing, caving and other outdoor
activities to present lessons that may be applied to the your life.
It is the authors' prayer that we will help deepen your
relationship with God.
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