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Jane Eyre (DVD)
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1983 BBC mini-series adapted from Charlotte Brontë's classic novel.
Young orphan Jane Eyre (Zelah Clarke) becomes the governess at
Thornfield Hall, the mansion of the mysterious Mr Rochester
(Timothy Dalton). The two fall for each other but there are strange
goings-on in the house and the reason behind these events
eventually causes Jane to leave. She manages to find herself a
better life but something draws her back to Thornfield...
The desire to quantify the presence of analytes within diverse
physiological, environmental and industrial systems has led to the
development of many novel detection methods. In this arena,
saccharide analysis has exploited the pair-wise interaction between
boronic acids and saccharides. Boronic Acids in Saccharide
Recognition provides a comprehensive review and critical analysis
of the current developments in this field. It also assesses the
potential of this innovative approach, outlining future lines of
research and possible applications. Topics include: the molecular
recognition of saccharides, the complexation of boronic acids with
saccharides, fluorescent sensors and the modular construct of
fluorescent sensors, further sensory systems for saccharide
recognition and an extensive bibliography. This high level book is
ideal for researchers both academic and industrial who require a
comprehensive overview of the subject.
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A Clockwork Orange (DVD)
Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, …
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Stanley Kubrick's controversial film triggered copycat violence on
its initial release and as a result the director withdrew the film
from circulation in Britain, keeping it suppressed right up to his
death in 1999. The film follows sadistic punk Alex (Malcolm
McDowell) as he takes his gang on a rape and murder spree, showing
absolutely no mercy to any of his victims. When he is eventually
captured, the authorities subject him to a series of experiments
designed to rid him of his violent tendencies.
An engaging reassessment of the celebrated essayist and his
relevance to contemporary readers More than two centuries after his
birth, Ralph Waldo Emerson remains one of the presiding spirits in
American culture. Yet his reputation as the starry-eyed prophet of
self-reliance has obscured a much more complicated figure, who
spent a lifetime wrestling with injustice, philosophy, art, desire,
and suffering. James Marcus introduces readers to this Emerson, a
writer of self-interrogating genius whose visionary flights are
always grounded in Yankee shrewdness. This Emerson is a rebel. He
is also a lover, a friend, a husband, and a father. Having declared
his great topic to be “the infinitude of the private man,†he
is nonetheless an intensely social being, who develops
Transcendentalism in the company of Henry David Thoreau, Margaret
Fuller, Bronson Alcott, and Theodore Parker. And although he
resists political activism early on—hoping instead for a
revolution in consciousness—the burning issue of slavery
ultimately transforms him from cloistered metaphysician to fiery
abolitionist. Drawing on telling episodes from Emerson’s life
alongside landmark essays like “Self-Reliance,â€
“Experience,†and “Circles,†Glad to the Brink of Fear
reveals how Emerson shares our preoccupations with fate and
freedom, race and inequality, love and grief. It shows, too, how
his desire to see the world afresh, rather than accepting the
consensus view, is a lesson that never grows old.
The Columbia Journalism Review's Second Read series features
distinguished journalists revisiting key works of reportage.
Launched in 2004 by John Palattella, who was then editor of the
magazine's book section, the series also allows authors address
such ongoing concerns as the conflict between narrative flair and
accurate reporting, the legacy of New Journalism, the need for
reporters to question their political assumptions, the limitations
of participatory journalism, and the temptation to substitute
"truthiness" for hard, challenging fact. Representing a wide range
of views, Second Read embodies the diversity and dynamism of
contemporary nonfiction while offering fresh perspectives on works
by Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Rachel Carson, and Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, among others. It also highlights pivotal moments and
movements in journalism as well as the innovations of award-winning
writers. Essays include Rick Perlstein on Paul Cowan's The Tribes
of America; Nicholson Baker on Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the
Plague Year; Dale Maharidge on James Agee's Let Us Now Praise
Famous Men; Marla Cone on Rachel Carson's Silent Spring; Ben Yagoda
on Walter Bernstein's Keep Your Head Down; Ted Conover on Stanley
Booth's The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones; Jack Shafer on
Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; Connie Schultz on
Michael Herr's Dispatches; Michael Shapiro on Cornelius Ryan's The
Longest Day; Douglas McCollam on John McPhee's Annals of the Former
World; Tom Piazza on Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night; Thomas
Mallon on William Manchester's The Death of a President; Miles
Corwin on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The Story of a Shipwrecked
Sailor; David Ulin on Joan Didion's Slouching Toward Bethlehem; and
Claire Dederer on Betty MacDonald's Anybody Can Do Anything.
A collection of classic Doctor Who episodes featuring Tom Baker and
Jon Pertwee in the role of the Doctor. In the four-parter 'The
Horns of Nimon', the Skonnon ships have returned to the skies of
Aneth, demanding tribute. But as the final consignment is being
taken to Skonnos, an accident forces the ship off course. In the
six-parter 'The Time Monster', a new invention to transport matter
through time creates a number of disturbing distortions in the
temporal fabric. The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) investigates, and soon
finds himself up against his nemesis, The Master, in a battle to
control a powerful sacred crystal. In the four-parter 'Underworld',
the TARDIS lands the Doctor (Tom Baker) in a Minyan spaceship that
is on a quest to find the Minyan race banks stored in a missing
ship known as the P7E. They eventually find what they are looking
for in a cave system at the centre of a newly-formed planet. But
the P7E's computer has ideas of its own, and doesn't look kindly
upon its new visitors.
This unique and insightful book challenges our prevailing and often
fallacious attitudes about schooling. In today's volatile job
market, ideas are more important than training, innovation is more
important than credentials; traditional schooling may no longer be
necessary or even useful. The ability to educate oneself--to learn
how to learn--is crucial. In "Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar,
"James Bach demonstrates how to nurture one's natural curiosities
and passions through the whimsical learning process he calls
"buccaneering"--demonstrating that those who understand this
fundamental principle will come to dominate this new world.
The Columbia Journalism Review's Second Read series features
distinguished journalists revisiting key works of reportage.
Launched in 2004 by John Palattella, who was then editor of the
magazine's book section, the series also allows authors address
such ongoing concerns as the conflict between narrative flair and
accurate reporting, the legacy of New Journalism, the need for
reporters to question their political assumptions, the limitations
of participatory journalism, and the temptation to substitute
"truthiness" for hard, challenging fact. Representing a wide range
of views, Second Read embodies the diversity and dynamism of
contemporary nonfiction while offering fresh perspectives on works
by Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Rachel Carson, and Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, among others. It also highlights pivotal moments and
movements in journalism as well as the innovations of award-winning
writers. Essays include Rick Perlstein on Paul Cowan's The Tribes
of America; Nicholson Baker on Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the
Plague Year; Dale Maharidge on James Agee's Let Us Now Praise
Famous Men; Marla Cone on Rachel Carson's Silent Spring; Ben Yagoda
on Walter Bernstein's Keep Your Head Down; Ted Conover on Stanley
Booth's The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones; Jack Shafer on
Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; Connie Schultz on
Michael Herr's Dispatches; Michael Shapiro on Cornelius Ryan's The
Longest Day; Douglas McCollam on John McPhee's Annals of the Former
World; Tom Piazza on Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night; Thomas
Mallon on William Manchester's The Death of a President; Miles
Corwin on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The Story of a Shipwrecked
Sailor; David Ulin on Joan Didion's Slouching Toward Bethlehem; and
Claire Dederer on Betty MacDonald's Anybody Can Do Anything.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
Stanley Kubrick's controversial film triggered copycat violence on
its initial release and as a result the director withdrew the film
from circulation in Britain, keeping it suppressed right up to his
death in 1999. The film follows sadistic punk Alex (Malcolm
McDowell) as he takes his gang on a rape and murder spree, showing
absolutely no mercy to any of his victims. When he is eventually
captured, the authorities subject him to a series of experiments
designed to rid him of his violent tendencies.
Jane Eyre:
Jane Eyre is a mistreated orphan who learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence. Her first job in the outside world is governess to the ward of Mr. Rochester, a man of many secrets and mercurial moods. The tentative trust between them slowly develops into romance, but their hopes for happiness will soon be jeopardized by a terrible secret.
The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall:
When Helen Graham becomes the new tenant of the dark, decaying Wildfell Halt, her independent spirit and radical views set her apart from the staid rural community around her. Gilbert Markham, a young farmer, finds himself powerfully drawn to her and a series of dramatic events brings them closer together. But the enigmatic Mrs Graham's unconventional life and behaviour disguise a hidden past with many secrets, secrets the world of Victorian England would rather bury forever...
Wuthering Heights:
When Mr. Earnshaw encounters Heathcliff, a ragamuffin orphan, he kindly brings the boy into his home and makes him part of the family. And from the start, Heathcliff falls hopelessly in love with the daughter of the house, the beautiful, headstrong Catherine. She adores him, too, but when a wealthy neighbour woos her, Catherine's material instincts get the better of her, and she agrees to marry the man. However, Catherine discovers that she cannot forget Heathcliff so easily... and that not even death can make them part...
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