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.

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.

I heard you laughing from time to time and you stayed lying there on the flattened hay, and after you left, your body's imprint was left behind, and I rested my hand on the dry blades of grass that were still slightly warm and I wanted to carry on feeling you forever, really I did, but everything changed when you began to speak to me, on 7 July to be precise. In the tempestuous summer of 2005, on a day that is as hot as the inside of a bovine, a 14-year-old farmer's daughter makes friends with the local veterinarian who looks after her father's cows. He has reached 'the biblical age of seven times seven' and is trying to escape trauma, while she is trying to escape into a world of fantasy. Their obsessive reliance on each other's stories builds into a terrifying trap, with a confession at the heart of it that threatens to rip their small Dutch community apart. Indelible, audacious and impossible-to-put-down, this novel is powered by the paradoxical beauty of its prose. With its literary sleight and magnifying glass on human instinct, My Heavenly Favourite establishes Rijneveld as one of the bravest and brilliant writers on the world stage. Praise for The Discomfort of Evening: 'Exceptional.' Financial Times / 'Exhilarating.' Independent / 'Luminous.' Observer / 'Beautifully wild.' Guardian

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

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.

Corporate espionage thriller starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford. Brooklyn-born Adam (Hemsworth) is a young employee of a large technological firm run by the demanding CEO Nicolas Wyatt (Oldman). When his idea for the next generation of mobile phones gets rejected, Adam loses his job and the only means of supporting his ailing father. Left with nothing, he seeks pity from Wyatt. Seeing an opportunity of outdoing his old mentor and head of a rival firm, Jock Goddard (Ford), Wyatt employs Adam to infiltrate the other corporation in order to steal their secrets. Adam reluctantly accepts, but will the stresses of living a double life become too much for him to handle?

Miles Teller and Justin Chon star in this comedy written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, screenwriters of 'The Hangover'. The night before the medical school interview that will determine his entire future, a promising college student is dragged out by his two oldest friends to celebrate his 21st birthday. But as one beer leads inevitably to another, the evening spirals into a grand misadventure of mayhem and debauchery that will have far-reaching effects for the whole trio.

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 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.

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: 'Blue Shadow Virus', 'Mystery of a Thousand Moons', 'Storm Over Ryloth', 'Innocents of Ryloth', 'Liberty On Ryloth' and 'Hostage Crisis'.

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'.

Collected edition of all three of Disney's super-successful teen musicals. Follow the fortunes of sporty Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and brainy Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) as they sing and dance their way through their years at East High School.

Romantic comedy about a one-night stand gone wrong. After painful break ups, two young New Yorkers meet up for the night after seeing one another on a dating site. Urged on by her friend Faiza (Jessica Szohr), Megan (Analeigh Tipton) decides to take a chance and spend the night at Alec (Miles Teller)'s, who wants equally little commitment from their night together. But as Megan tries to flee in the morning after the pair realise they can't stand each other, there's a much more worrying revelation in store; they've slept through a snowstorm and are now trapped in Alec's small Brooklyn apartment. Once they get past the initial hostilities, the couple realise the only way they're going to make it through another day together is if they try and get to know each other. But will that make their situation any easier?

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.

Superhero action prequel to the first three 'X-Men' movies. The film charts the beginning of the saga, following Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) through their formative years in the 1960s as they come to terms with their newfound superpowers. Initially close friends who work together to fight against evil, the two men are driven apart by a conflict of opinion that ultimately leads to the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men. Kevin Bacon, January Jones and Rose Byrne co-star.

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.

The WJEC/Eduqas Media Studies for A Level Year 2 & A2 Student Book has been revised and updated to reflect the latest amendments to the specification. This accessible and engaging resource will support students through their A Level Media Studies course. - Endorsed by WJEC/Eduqas it offers high quality support you can trust. - Covers the new set products for assessment from 2024 onwards. - Includes new examples of contemporary media products across a range of forms with updated sections on media contexts to reflect recent developments in culture and society. - Up-to-date statistics and information about media industries and audiences. - New activities to reinforce students' knowledge and understanding. - Up-to-date information about the exam components including practice questions to help students with the skills they need for assessment.