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A collection of four films directed by Danny Boyle.
127 Hours
A triumphant true story from Danny Boyle, director of Slumdog Millionaire. The incredible true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a falling boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated slot canyon in Utah. With only a day's worth of water, a blunt penknife and an unwavering will to survive Aron does everything he can go make it out alive.
28 Days Later
A powerful virus is unleashed. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.
Sunshine
It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting, not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
Slumdog Millionaire
Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million Rupees on India's Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Arrested on suspicion of cheating, he tells the police the incredible story of his life on the streets, and of the girl he loved and lost. Mixing stunning scenery with breathtaking action, comedy and romance, this is the ultimate tale of rags to riches.
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Try Again, Volume 1 (Paperback)
Will Brown, Marcus Johnson, John Lawrence, Win Dolores
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As a member of the Cacciatore Guild, Danielle Burroughs is one of
the Underworld’s most renowned hitmen. Despite her success,
memories from her past bleed into the present - forcing her to
reconcile the life she now leads. Events are set in motion once she
kills Emilio Francesca, her caretaker, but accidentally ends up
killing his daughter, Lilio, in the process. She realizes that
she’s had enough of this life, one now truly without meaning. In
an attempt to leave it all behind, she soon realizes that even
atonement has a price.
Humanity discovers that it is not alone in this world. What was
once believed to be the key to understanding the secrets of
humanity, soon becomes the catalyst for a war towards its
extinction. Piloting a towering Bio-Mechanical Symbiote
known as an Intrepid, Fiora arrives on the Frontlines. Hoping to
turn the tides and extinguish this everlasting blight on humanity,
Fiora soon learns that a war is being waged within her as well.
First published in 1999. This book will help professions and
professionals to identify their contribution to society and to
understand the argument in which they must engage if they are to
justify their conduct. Because of their specialized expertise and
power, the task is both difficult and pressing. The work is divided
into two parts. Part 1 discusses the concepts 'ethics' and
'professional conduct', indicating their dimensions and contested
nature. In each case, following examination and analysis of
relevant literature, a conceptual framework or model is proposed
for locating instances of, in turn, ethics and professional
conduct. In part 2, the model of ethical choice is used to discuss
the ethical justification of professional conduct in the various
forms, locations, and stages provided by its social setting. In
this way, it provides grounding arguments for relevant action by
professionals and others dealing with professionals. The book
concludes with a proposal for a national standing commission on the
professions.
First published in 1999. This book will help professions and
professionals to identify their contribution to society and to
understand the argument in which they must engage if they are to
justify their conduct. Because of their specialized expertise and
power, the task is both difficult and pressing. The work is divided
into two parts. Part 1 discusses the concepts 'ethics' and
'professional conduct', indicating their dimensions and contested
nature. In each case, following examination and analysis of
relevant literature, a conceptual framework or model is proposed
for locating instances of, in turn, ethics and professional
conduct. In part 2, the model of ethical choice is used to discuss
the ethical justification of professional conduct in the various
forms, locations, and stages provided by its social setting. In
this way, it provides grounding arguments for relevant action by
professionals and others dealing with professionals. The book
concludes with a proposal for a national standing commission on the
professions.
A Year and a Day is the whimsical and at times heart-wrenching tale
of Adam, a fairy child abandoned in the human world, and of the
family who adopts him for a year and a day. First published in
1976, this classic story by William Mayne, one of the most esteemed
writers of the twentieth century, appears here in a new Candlewick
Treasures edition with delightful art by John Lawrence, the
acclaimed illustrator of Watership Down and The Mysteries of
Zigomar.
"Stunning pictures and engaging words. . . . An accomplished
entree
to early science topics." -- Booklist (starred review)
Dive into the warm ocean and swim around amid the coral and waving
sea grass. Do you see an eye like a small black bead peering out at
you? Linger for a while and discover the secrets of the sea horse -
one of the shyest fish in the sea. With a head like a horse, a tail
like a monkey, and a pouch like a kangaroo, the sea horse acts like
a chameleon, changing color to ward off danger or to show that he
and his mate are a lifelong pair. Watch their fascinating mating
dance, as the two of them twine their tails together and twirl,
before she places her eggs in his pouch to be born. Could there be
a more intriguing creature of the sea?
A mesmerising episode from the universe of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust, giving us an extraordinary insight into this world and its characters.
When Lyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting, many years ago, along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together.
She discovers that when a young Texan balloonist Lee came down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little did he realise that he is about to be caught in a war between the residents of the town and the huge arctic bears that also live there.
And when Lee meets one of these bears - Iorek - for the first time, they cement a friendship that will continue throughout their lives, as the tensions in the town threaten to erupt ...
Another wonderful tale from a master story-teller, which includes beautiful illustrations and maps.
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This Little Chick (Paperback)
John Lawrence; Illustrated by John Lawrence
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Who says a little chick can't make big, loud animal noises?
Most little chicks barely make a peep, but not this little chick
While his brothers and sisters nestle close to their mother hen,
this little chick struts off on his own to make some new friends in
the farmyard. And he has a wonderful time of it - sliding off the
back of a shiny pink pig, hopping along with frogs, skipping with a
flock of frisky sheep, and imitating all the sounds these animals
make. Full of playful detail, John Lawrence's bold, energetic
engravings will keep toddlers smiling, long after the oinking,
mooing, baaing, and quacking are over.
Numerical Algorithmic Science and Engineering (NAS&E), or more
compactly, Numerical Algorithmics, is the theoretical and empirical
study and the practical implementation and application of
algorithms for solving finite-dimensional problems of a numeric
nature. The variables of such problems are either discrete-valued,
or continuous over the reals, or, and as is often the case, a
combination of the two, and they may or may not have an underlying
network/graph structure. This re-emerging discipline of numerical
algorithmics within computer science is the counterpart of the now
well-established discipline of numerical analysis within
mathematics, where the latter's emphasis is on
infinite-dimensional, continuous numerical problems and their
finite-dimensional, continuous approximates. A discussion of the
underlying rationale for numerical algorithmics, its foundational
models of computation, its organizational details, and its role, in
conjunction with numerical analysis, in support of the modern modus
operandi of scientific computing, or computational science &
engineering, is the primary focus of this short monograph. It
comprises six chapters, each with its own bibliography. Chapters 2,
3 and 6 present the book's primary content. Chapters 1, 4, and 5
are briefer, and they provide contextual material for the three
primary chapters and smooth the transition between them.
Mathematical formalism has been kept to a minimum, and, whenever
possible, visual and verbal forms of presentation are employed and
the discussion enlivened through the use of motivating quotations
and illustrative examples. The reader is expected to have a working
knowledge of the basics of computer science, an exposure to basic
linear algebra and calculus (and perhaps some real analysis), and
an understanding of elementary mathematical concepts such as
convexity of sets and functions, networks and graphs, and so on.
Although this book is not suitable for use as the principal
textbook for a course on numerical algorithmics (NAS&E), it
will be of value as a supplementary reference for a variety of
courses. It can also serve as the primary text for a research
seminar. And it can be recommended for self-study of the
foundations and organization of NAS&E to graduate and advanced
undergraduate students with sufficient mathematical maturity and a
background in computing. When departments of computer science were
first created within universities worldwide during the middle of
the twentieth century, numerical analysis was an important part of
the curriculum. Its role within the discipline of computer science
has greatly diminished over time, if not vanished altogether, and
specialists in that area are now to be found mainly within other
fields, in particular, mathematics and the physical sciences. A
central concern of this monograph is the regrettable, downward
trajectory of numerical analysis within computer science and how it
can be arrested and suitably reconstituted. Resorting to a biblical
metaphor, numerical algorithmics (NAS&E) as envisioned herein
is neither old wine in new bottles, nor new wine in old bottles,
but rather this re-emerging discipline is a decantation of an
age-old vintage that can hopefully find its proper place within the
larger arena of computer science, and at what appears now to be an
opportune time.
Dive into the ocean and discover one of the shyest fish in the sea
- the seahorse! In the warm ocean, among the waving sea grass
meadows, an eye like a small black bead is watching the fish dart
by. Who does it belong to? Seahorse! Dive into the magical,
underwater realm of one of the shyest fish of all! Discover the
secrets of a seahorse's life-cycle, and find out about its food,
its habitat, and how it is the dad, not the mum, who gives birth to
their babies! Made in consultation with seahorse expert Colin Wells
of Plymouth Marine Aquarium, this book contains accurate
information suitable for classroom projects and activities.
Not everyone chooses the streets. Sometimes, when everything is
taken away, it's all that's left. The slums of Shindjin have long
since been the champion of poverty. Violence and extortion are
commonplace, where one's fate can literally be determined by a roll
of the dice. A place where the fallout of these actions fall onto
the shoulders of children. Shou and Jun are two such children, torn
from the comfort of the lives they knew. Now thrust into an
environment where organized crims is law. With nowhere to turn,
they're forced to become the very thing that ruined their lives.
A delightful anthology of poems sent by many contemporary writers
as Christmas cards. From Advent to the New Year, these poems
encompass the nativity, the natural world, weather and time's
passing, religious and secular celebrations at home and abroad.
Wendy Cope welcomes "the Christmas life into the house," Seamus
Heaney remembers holly-gathering. Gillian Clarke cradles a newborn
lamb, and Edwin Morgan tabulates a computer's Christmas card....
Here are eighty poems with a variety of Christmas messages -
hopeful, cautionary, joyous, full of wonder.
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