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Alice in Wonderland (DVD)
Wilfrid Brambell, Peter Cook, Michael Redgrave, Peter Sellers, Anne-Marie Mallik, …
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Made-for-TV BBC adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic children's
book from film-maker Jonathan Miller. Young girl Alice (Anne-Marie
Mallik) falls down the White Rabbit (Wilfrid Brambell)'s hole into
a bizarre world full of eccentric characters such as the
Caterpillar (Michael Redgrave), the Mock Turtle (John Gielgud) and
the Mad Hatter (Peter Cook). Peter Sellers also stars as the King
of Hearts. The film features music by Ravi Shankar.
Collins Primary Science fully meets the requirements of the
Cambridge Assessment International Education Primary Science
Curriculum Framework and the material has been carefully developed
to meet the needs of primary science students and teachers in a
range of international contexts. Content is organised according to
the three main strands: Biology, Chemistry and Physics and the
skills detailed under the Scientific Enquiry strand are introduced
and taught in the context of those areas. For each of Stages 1 to 6
as detailed in the Cambridge Primary Science Framework, we offer: A
full colour, highly illustrated and photograph rich Student's Book
A write-in Workbook linked to the Student's Book This comprehensive
Teacher's Guide with clear suggestions for using the materials,
including the electronic components of the course A DVD-ROM which
contains slideshows, video clips, additional photographs and
interactive activities for use in the classroom. Provides support
as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Primary curriculum
framework from 2011. This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment
International Education.
The Beginner Books -- "Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining."
-- Newsday
aking us through the upheavals in biological thought which made The Origins of Species possible, Jonathan Miller introduces us to that odd revolutionary, Charles Darwin -- a remarkably timid man who spent most of his life in seclusion; a semi-invalid riddled with doubts, fearing the controversy his theories might unleash; yet also the man who finally undermined belief in God's creation. Along the way we meet a fascinating cast of characters: Darwin's scientific predecessors, his contemporaries (including Alfred Russell Wallace, whose anticipation of natural selection forced Darwin to publish), his opponents, and his successors whose work in modern genetics provided necessary modifications to Darwin's own work.
Splendidly illustrated, this clever, witty, highly informative book is the perfect introduction to Darwin's life and thought.
Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from
prison and join a population of twenty million people who live with
a felony record. Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail
in Chicago and now a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent
years alongside prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends, and their
families to understand the lifelong burden that even a single
arrest can entail. What his work revealed is a simple, if
overlooked truth: life after incarceration is its own form of
prison. The idea that one can serve their debt and return to life
as a full-fledge member of society is one of America's most
nefarious myths. Recently released individuals are faced with jobs
that are off-limits, apartments that cannot be occupied and votes
that cannot be cast. As The Color of Law exposed about our
understanding of housing segregation, Halfway Home shows that the
American justice system was not created to rehabilitate. Parole is
structured to keep classes of Americans impoverished, unstable, and
disenfranchised long after they've paid their debt to society.
Informed by Miller's experience as the son and brother of
incarcerated men, captures the stories of the men, women, and
communities fighting against a system that is designed for them to
fail. It is a poignant and eye-opening call to arms that reveals
how laws, rules, and regulations extract a tangible cost not only
from those working to rebuild their lives, but also our democracy.
As Miller searchingly explores, America must acknowledge and value
the lives of its formerly imprisoned citizens. PEN America 2022
John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist Winner of the
2022 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences 2022 PROSE
Awards Finalist 2022 PROSE Awards Category Winner for Cultural
Anthropology and Sociology An NPR Selected 2021 Books We Love As
heard on NPR's Fresh Air
The French live in a feverish state of fantasy. People are paid to
pretend to work, pretend to strike, and generally think work causes
depression and suicide. Dental hygienists are illegal, yet the
French exchange a staggering 184 billion kisses every year. While
preaching liberte, the State forbids everything, is run by one
school's alumni, messes up over two thirds of the economy. Despite
his rhetoric, even Macron has made not an iota difference. Did you
know that.... the French eat more McDonald's hamburgers than
anywhere else in the world; pretend to be literary even as Fifty
Shades of Gray is France's best-selling book, ever...; and there is
much more!
Keep baby engaged with this adorable soft and squeaky board book!
Press the farm animals' tummy to hear them squeak! Babies will love
every page of this delightful touch-and-feel, squeeze-and-squeak
book. Features cute and colorful illustrations, an interactive soft
and squeaky center, and short sentences to keep baby's attention.
Also in this series: Kitty Wants to Play Where is Squeaky Bear?
Wild Animals
The first biography of Rodrigo Duterte, the murderous, unpredictable president of the Philippines, whose war on drugs has seen thousands of people killed in cold blood.
Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines in 2016. In his first 18 months in office, 12,000 people were murdered on the streets, gunned down by police officers and vigilante citizens ― all with his encouragement.
Duterte is a serial womaniser and a self-confessed killer, who has called both Barack Obama and Pope Francis ‘sons of whores’. He is on record as saying he does not ‘give a shit’ about human rights. Yet he is beloved of the 16.6 million Filipinos who voted for him, seen as vulgar but honest, a breath of fresh air, and an iconoclastic, anti-imperialist rebel.
In this revelatory biography, Channel 4 News’ Asia Correspondent Jonathan Miller charts Duterte’s rise, and shows how this fascinating, fearsome man can be seen as the embodiment of populism in our time.
'Do you sometimes think that you might wish that you were a
national treasure, like Alan Bennett?' 'I'm rather glad I'm not.
I'm quite pleased to be what I think I am, which is a sort of
national liability.' Over the course of seven decades, Jonathan
Miller has been at the forefront of developments in theatre, opera,
comedy, philosophy and scientific debate. This new collection
brings together the very best of his acerbic writing. In keeping
with Miller's grasshopper mind, One Thing and Another leaps from
discussions of human behaviour, atheism, satire, cinema and
television, to analysis of the work of M. R. James, Lewis Carroll,
Charles Dickens and Truman Capote, by way of reflections on
directing Shakespeare, Chekhov, Olivier and opera. A celebrated
conversationalist, the book also features a selection of key
interviews focusing on his working method. Jonathan Miller is
internationally celebrated as one of the last great public
intellectuals. Read One Thing and Another to find out why.
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Lumans (Paperback)
Jonathan Miller
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Lumans At a time when evolution is finally overtaking civilization,
champion downhill indoor-skier John Zigman, needs all his
formidable abilities just to survive. The woman he secretly loves
is Pamela Jeffries, better known across the solar system as Foxy,
the erotic actress. She is equally in love with him, but bizarre
things are happening and a hugely diverse group of people start
becoming intimately involved in each other's lives. Foxy's
stunningly beautiful daughter Megan, her soul dripping with dark
ambition, is the one developing the fastest and the first to become
consciously aware of her potential power. Philip Farrell, chairman
of Europe's biggest crime syndicate and a famous conservationist,
is Megan's natural partner. He is a ruthless and coldhearted
overlord, with a massive weakness - sadomasochism. His obsession
for Foxy's erotic performances, torment him to the point where he
decides to win her heart at any cost, even killing a competitor for
her affections. That major competitor is Zigman, who is typically
unaware of any danger until his good friend Nicholas Patel, a canny
frontline wheeler-dealer, tells him of his suspicions. Zigman
laughs it off, but their universe is changing rapidly. A storm is
approaching that will plunge all of them into a bloody adventure
that transforms their comfortable lifestyles. Violence, tragedy,
love, sex, betrayal, awesome beauty, fantastic settings,
interesting science and some unusual philosophy, ensure this fast
paced story is easy to read and a bit shocking in places.
Title: The Holy Scriptures the only instruction to the Christian
preacher: concio ad clerum: a sermon, delivered in the chapel of
Yale-College, and addressed to the reverend clergy, on commencement
evening, September 9, 1812.Author: Jonathan MillerPublisher: Gale,
Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed
bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926
contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works
about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early
1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery
and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil
War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02295600CollectionID:
CTRG97-B2076PublicationDate: 18120101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: "Published at the request of the clergy."Collation:
23 p.; 24 cm
Collins Primary Science fully meets the requirements of the
Cambridge Assessment International Education Primary Science
Curriculum Framework and the material has been carefully developed
to meet the needs of primary science students and teachers in a
range of international contexts. Content is organised according to
the three main strands: Biology, Chemistry and Physics and the
skills detailed under the Scientific Enquiry strand are introduced
and taught in the context of those areas. For each of Stages 1 to 6
as detailed in the Cambridge Primary Science Framework, we offer: A
full colour, highly illustrated and photograph rich Student's Book
A write-in Workbook linked to the Student's Book This comprehensive
Teacher's Guide with clear suggestions for using the materials,
including the electronic components of the course A DVD-ROM which
contains slideshows, video clips, additional photographs and
interactive activities for use in the classroom. Provides support
as part of a set of resources for the Cambridge Primary curriculum
framework from 2011. This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment
International Education.
Kentucky State Treasurer Jonathan Miller shows the ten nonpartisan
values--ranging from Opportunity to Security--that all Americans
share, and uses Old Testament stories to highlight them. As an
elected official in a "red" and largely Christian state, he has
come to understand that although faith is often the source of
divisiveness, the language of faith can bring Americans together.
Inspiring stories from the Hebrew Bible illustrate Miller's plan to
form a compassionate community. He shows that these lessons have
the power to strengthen our country for future generations.
Winner of Five Obies, Now Back In Print After Fifteen Years, A Stage Adaptation of Classic Stories By Hawthorne and Melville
In the three plays in The Old Glory--Endecott and the Red Cross; My Kinsman, Major Molineux; and Benito Cereno--the most powerful figure in postwar American poetry confronts the most haunting American fiction writers of the nineteenth century. The result is a mythical, nightmare history of three centuries in America. In Endecott and the Red Cross, Hawthorne's Puritan governor, horrified by his colony's high living, declares, "Everything in America will be Bible, blood and iron. / England will no longer exist." The other two plays, based on Hawthorne's My Kinsman, Major Molineux and Melville's Benito Cereno, take up the themes of parricide and independence: one in Boston on the eve of the Revolutionary War, the other on a merchant ship in the Caribbean in the early nineteenth century.
The plays were first performed in 1964, when the poet Randall Jarrell wrote: "I have never seen a better American play than Benito Cereno, the major play in Robert Lowell's The Old Glory . . . The play is a masterpiece of imaginative knowledge."
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