It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman, a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian, spends his days in his family’s 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia. Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father, an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella, a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows with natural delights.

While Elio’s sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart. One day, Oliver, a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father.

Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

(Academy Award winner for: Best Adapted Screenplay. Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Original Song)

A Desire to Return to the Ruins looks at the contentious issues of land reform and restitution in post-apartheid South Africa. It tells the stories of communities engaged in a battle to regain land forcefully taken away from them and their forebears during the apartheid years.

The stories range from successful claims that have turned communities against one another, their long struggle against government’s bureaucracy and the political wrangling around the land issue.

Every episode, plus the two Christmas specials, from the BBC's award-winning, faux documentary comedy series starring Ricky Gervais as David Brent, the manager of paper merchant Wernham Hogg's Slough office, who, in his own mind, is not so much the boss but 'more of a friend'.

In the first season, David is informed that company downsizing means that the Slough office might have to close. In a moment of gauche managerial bravado he promises his staff that there will be no redundacies - a promise he might not be able to keep...

In season 2, the office has been merged and new staff from the Swindon office arrive to feel the benefit of David's managerial skills.

Universal Pictures and producer Judd Apatow invite you to experience Bridesmaids.

Kristen Wiig leads the cast as Annie, a maid of honour whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and a group of colorful bridesmaids (Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper) on a wild ride down the road to matrimony.

Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honour. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.

The second edition of Media ethics in the South African context explores the dynamic and potentially explosive field of media ethics from a South African perspective. Grounded in ethical theory, the public philosophies of communication and media performance norms, this text provides guidelines for the individual's ethical decision making; for both media practitioners and media groups. Cutting edge analysis of the South African normative context under the previous and present political dispensations makes this book essential reading for media policy formulators and students alike. Changes in the normative context are presenting the South African news media in particular, with new challenges.

The story is now familiar. In the late 1960s humanity finally saw photographic evidence of the Earth in space for the first time. According to this narrative, the impact of such images in the consolidation of a planetary consciousness is yet to be matched. This book tells a different story. It argues that this narrative has failed to account for the vertiginous global imagination underpinning the media and film culture of the late nineteenth century and beyond. Panoramas, giant globes, world exhibitions, photography and stereography: all promoted and hinged on the idea of a world made whole and newly visible. When it emerged, cinema did not simply contribute to this effervescent globalism so much as become its most significant and enduring manifestation. Planetary Cinema proposes that an exploration of that media culture can help us understand contemporary planetary imaginaries in times of environmental collapse. Engaging with a variety of media, genres and texts, the book sits at the intersection of film/media history and theory/ philosophy, and it claims that we need this combined approach and expansive textual focus in order to understand the way we see the world.

In recent political and legal history, scholars seldom specify how and why they use the concept of territory. In research on state-formation processes and nation building, for instance, the term mostly designates an enclosed geographical area ruled by a central government. Inspired by ideas from political geographers, this book explores the layered and constantly changing meanings of territory in late medieval and early modern Europe before cartography and state formation turned boundaries and territories into more fixed (but still changeable) geographical entities. Its central thesis is that assessing the notion of territory in a pre-modern setting involves analysing territorial practices: practices that relate people and power to space(s). The essays in this book not only examine the construction and spatial structure of pre-modern territories but also explore their perception and representation through the use of a broad range of sources: from administrative texts to maps, from stained-glass windows to chronicles.

Among the most interesting fields in research are the emerging possibilities to interface the human brain directly with machines, e.g. with computers and robotic interfaces. The European Space Agency's Advanced Concept team as a multidisciplinary team from engineering, artificial intelligence, and neural engineering has been working on the cutting edge of exploring brain machine interfaces for application in space as solutions to limitations astronauts face in space, and this book for the first time presents the state-of-the-art-cohesively.
* A pioneering book for a pioneering field
* Presents the application of cutting-edge brain machine interface technologies and concepts to support astronauts in space
* Of great interest to space scientists, neuroscientists, and biomedical engineers alike

The city is a complex object. Some researchers look at its shape, others at its people, animals, ecology, policy, infrastructures, buildings, history, art, or technical networks. Some researchers analyse processes of in- or exclusion, gentrification, or social mobility; others biological evolution, traffic flows, or spatial development. Many combine these topics or add still more topics beyond this list. Some projects cross the boundaries of research and practice and engage in action research, while others pursue knowledge for the sake of curiosity. This volume embraces this variety of perspectives and provides an essential collection of methodologies for studying the city from multiple, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary perspectives. We start by recognizing that the complexity of the urban environment cannot be understood from a single vantage point. We therefore offer multiple methodologies in order to gather and analyse data about the city, and provide ways to connect and integrate these approaches. The contributors form a talented network of urban scholars and practitioners at the forefront of their fields. They offer hands-on methodological techniques and skills for data collection and analysis. Furthermore, they reveal honest and insightful reflections from behind the scenes. All methodologies are illustrated with examples drawn from the authors own research applying them in the city of Amsterdam. In this way, the volume also offers a rich collection of Amsterdam-based research and outcomes that may inform local urban practitioners and policy makers. Altogether, the volume offers indispensable tools for and aims to educate a new generation of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary-minded urban scholars and practitioners.

Recently, the 50th anniversary of the publication of Animal Behaviour has passed. To mark the occasion, a group of prominent behaviourists have written essays relevant to their fields. These essays provide a glimpse of the study of behaviour looking in all directions. History and future aside, it is imperative to broadcast this information from the perspective of the behaviourists who have helped shape both the past and the future. It is important for any field to be both retrospective and prospective: where have we been, where are we going, where are we now? These essays provide a unique personal reflection on the history of animal behaviour from John Alcock, Stuart and Jeanne Altmann, Steve Arnold, Geoff Parker, and Felicity Huntingford. Six topics are reflected on and include: The History of Animal Behavioural Research, Proximate Mechanisms, Development, Adaptation, and Animal Welfare.
* Broad range of essays on animal behaviour
* Written by leaders in the field
* Offers a history of the study of behaviour plus essays on the future of behavioural studies
* Contains over 30 full color illustrations
* Includes essays on development, mechanisms and adaptive significance of behaviour

Perhaps no other single Roman speech exemplifies the connection between oratory, politics and imperialism better than Cicero's De Provinciis Consularibus, pronounced to the senate in 56 BC. Cicero puts his talents at the service of the powerful "triumviri" (Caesar, Crassus and Pompey), whose aims he advances by appealing to the senators' imperialistic and chauvinistic ideology. This oration, then, yields precious insights into several areas of late republican life: international relations between Rome and the provinces (Gaul, Macedonia and Judaea); the senators' view on governors, publicani (tax-farmers) and foreigners; the dirty mechanics of high politics in the 50s, driven by lust for domination and money; and Cicero's own role in that political choreography. This speech also exemplifies the exceptional range of Cicero's oratory: the invective against Piso and Gabinius calls for biting irony, the praise of Caesar displays high rhetoric, the rejection of other senators' recommendations is a tour de force of logical and sophisticated argument, and Cicero's justification for his own conduct is embedded in the self-fashioning narrative which is typical of his post reditum speeches. This new commentary includes an updated introduction, which provides the readers with a historical, rhetorical and stylistic background to appreciate the complexities of Cicero's oration, as well as indexes and maps.

Jodie Whittaker stars in this London-set psychological thriller. Mia (Whittaker) is an emotionally fragile young nurse struggling to come to terms with her mother's recent death. When an old woman in her building commits suicide in front of her, Mia becomes intensely curious about her. Admitted into the old woman's flat by the mysterious caretaker, Max (David Warner), Mia is shocked to discover that it is filled with mementoes and belongings from Mia's own past, including pictures of her abusive former lover Ludwig (Dougray Scott). So begins a journey into her past in which Mia finally learns to accept her own mistakes and faults, including her strong affection for the partner who hurt her, even as she tries to avoid the tragic ending that fate appears to have in store for her. Emilia Fox co-stars.

The final six episodes from the second season of the CGI-animated series. Set in a galaxy far, far away after the events of 'Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' and before 'Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith', the series follows the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice of James Arnold Taylor), his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), and rebellious female Jedi fighter Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein). Episodes are: 'Bounty Hunters', 'The Zillo Beast', 'The Zillo Beast Strikes Back', 'Death Trap', 'R2 Come Home' and 'Lethal Trackdown'.

Six more episodes from the second season of the CGI-animated series. Set in a galaxy far, far away after the events of 'Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' and before 'Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith', the series follows the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice of James Arnold Taylor), his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), and rebellious female Jedi fighter Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein). Episodes included in this volume are: 'Lightsaber Lost', 'The Mandalore Plot', 'Voyage of Temptation', 'Duchess of Mandalore', 'Senate Murders' and 'Cat and Mouse'.

The first four episodes from the second season of the CGI-animated series. Set in a galaxy far, far away after the events of 'Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' and before 'Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith', the series follows the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice of James Arnold Taylor), his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter) and rebellious female Jedi fighter Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein). This volume's episodes are: 'Holocron Heist', 'Cargo of Doom', 'Children of the Force' and 'Senate Spy'.

Six more episodes of the CGI-animated series set in a galaxy far, far away after the events of 'Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' and before 'Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'. The series follows the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor) and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), and introduces rebellious female Jedi fighter Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein). Episodes are: 'Dooku Captured', 'Gungan General', 'Jedi Crash', 'Defenders of Peace', 'Trespass' and 'The Hidden Enemy'.

Six more episodes of the CGI-animated series set in a galaxy far, far away after the events of 'Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' and before 'Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'. The series follows the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor) and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), and introduces rebellious female Jedi fighter Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein). Episodes are: 'Blue Shadow Virus', 'Mystery of a Thousand Moons', 'Storm Over Ryloth', 'Innocents of Ryloth', 'Liberty On Ryloth' and 'Hostage Crisis'.

The Hangover (2009)
Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis star as three friends who lose their best friend, Doug (Justin Bartha), just 40 hours before his wedding during the various drunken misadventures that occur at his Las Vegas bachelor party. The trio must attempt to retrace all the bad decisions they made the night before and figure out where things went wrong.

The Hangover: Part 2 (2011)
Alan (Galifianakis), Doug (Bartha), Phil (Cooper) and Stu (Helms) jet out to Bangkok for Stu's wedding to his Thai girlfriend (Jamie Chung). With the mortifying memories of Doug's bachelor party in Las Vegas forever etched in everyone's minds, Stu decides to play things safe. Surely nothing can go wrong with a sedate pre-wedding brunch... or can it? The supporting cast includes Liam Neeson and Juliette Lewis, while former president Bill Clinton makes a cameo appearance.

As the arbitration of internal trust disputes has attracted significant attention amongst the arbitration and trust law communities in recent years, this book provides a timely and comprehensive examination of the ways of overcoming challenges associated with trust arbitration. Rebutting arguments made against the enforceability of trust arbitration clauses, it highlights key traps for the unwary when drafting such clauses, and thereby provides readers with the necessary knowledge to enter by the narrow gate of trust arbitration, rather than by the broad gate of trust litigation. Key features include: Guidance for the drafting of trust arbitration clauses In-depth analysis of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and natural justice issues posed by trust arbitration Comparisons between several commonwealth jurisdictions to determine how trust arbitration could work in each system Analysis and commentary on multiple common law trust arbitration statutes, as well as relevant international treaties, including the Hague Trust Convention and the New York Convention Arbitrators, private client lawyers, trust professionals and scholars will greatly benefit from the detailed analysis and commentary in this book. Accessible in style, it will also prove invaluable to students of arbitration or trust law.

An account of what it was like to be educated at a school that was so radical, pupils were not required to attend lessons; and what happened to the pupils afterwards.