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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (DVD)
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Andrew Garfield reprises his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in
this superhero sequel based on the Marvel Comics characters. By day
Peter Parker enjoys an ordinary life, spending time with his
girlfriend Gwen (Emma Stone), but by night he flies high amidst New
York skyscrapers as he battles evil. The emergence of Electro
(Jamie Foxx), a figure with startling power and malevolent
intentions, poses Spider-Man his greatest challenge to date, while
he also has The Rhino (Paul Giamatti) to keep under control. The
unexpected return of his old friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) is
more welcome. Together, the pair come to realise that shadowy
corporation Oscorp seems to be responsible for much of the evil
they encounter. Can they find a way to put an end to Oscorp's
nefarious activities?
A guide to disrupting harmful mindsets and practices in our schools
so that students can thrive where they are.In many schools and
districts, students of color living in low-income communities are
told in simple and covert ways every day that they must leave their
communities if they want to be successful. The message may be
well-intentioned, but the leave to succeed (L2S) mindset is a
dangerous narrative that affects students' sense of self. Students
start to wonder: Are low-income or marginalized communities
inherently "bad"? What happens to the people who don't "make it
out"? Who is worthy of success? Instead, Nancy GutiÉrrez and
Roberto Padilla turn the L2S mindset on its head to interrogate how
school and district leaders can nurture and support students to
find success in their own communities. They share real-world
vignettes, reflection questions, and clear and simple tips to build
an asset-based, uplifting approach that honors the backgrounds,
cultures, and strengths of Black and Brown communities. You will
learn how to * Recognize how the L2S mindset is pervasive in many
schools. Encourage students to develop their unique stories of self
that highlight their cultural backgrounds. Build schools that are
innovative, offer a community-rich curriculum, and are held
accountable to provide deep learning to all students. Rewrite the
dominant narrative in your school system to become a disruptive yet
positive force in education. Embrace the moral responsibility to be
an equitable, fair, and compassionate leader to all students, no
matter their socioeconomic backgrounds. No one is truly served by
deficit-based narratives, and for every student to feel valued and
affirmed, schools and districts must embrace the idea that any
student in any school can stay in their community and prevail.
This comprehensive book explores different methods and approaches
to legal comparison, considering how they are perceived and
understood by the reader. It examines how comparative discussion
can be used effectively in both the classroom and courtroom. The
author builds on both analytical and methodological perspectives to
provide an insight into the phenomenon of legal pluralism across
global legal systems. Chapters introduce a historical perspective
to provide readers with the tools for deeper comparative legal
research, while also discussing the various methods of comparative
law and their usefulness in legal education and research. Roberto
Scarciglia outlines a detailed methodological framework for the
study of complex global issues, and explores the idea that
collaboration between scholars and the growing trend towards
interdisciplinarity are necessary to study complex legal problems
and avoid superficial comparisons. Providing a well-rounded
exploration and navigation of this important topic, this book will
be an essential companion for both undergraduate and postgraduate
law students. Legal scholars and practitioners will benefit from
the nuanced discussion of research on different legal systems.
Through careful investigation into the role of eco-innovation as a
catalysing factor in the societal transition towards
sustainability, this Handbook proposes more appropriate measures of
innovation as a driver of change. It examines innovation from
various perspectives, including labour, trade, the circular economy
and energy, to illustrate a more comprehensive picture of its
impacts. Chapters by leading authors from the sectors of
eco-innovation, sustainability transformations and green and
circular economies provide a meticulously balanced observation of
innovation at local, regional, national and global scales. By
featuring case studies from across Australasia, Europe and Latin
America, as well as empirical work and modelling exercises, this
forward-thinking Handbook links innovation to a range of
interconnected topics. It imparts new evidence to offer a succinct
conclusion about the potential success of certain innovation and
green industrial policies. This enlightening Handbook will be
valuable for scholars and academics studying economics and
management, economic and social innovation, and environmental
policy. It will also be of great benefit for those analysing policy
and industry professionals looking to learn more about
eco-innovation.
Five more episodes from the first series of the CGI-animated
franchise in which the Autobots and Decepticons return to do battle
once again. This time around, Bulkhead and Arcee have to
investigate a strange energy signal. The episodes are: 'Operation:
Breakdown', 'Crisscross', 'Metal Attraction', 'Rock Bottom' and
'Partners'.
This detailed Commentary provides an authoritative interpretation
of each provision in the main EU Directive on public procurement -
Directive 2014/24/EU, and is rich in its critical analysis of the
provisions of the 2014 Directive and the case-law. The Commentary
also highlights the application problems and interpretative issues
being raised in EU Member States, which in due time will make their
way up to the CJEU or even require further legislative
interventions. Key features include: Updated to include the most
significant CJEU case law as of end-2020 Analysis that is informed
by the practical issues arising across the EU Member States, as
well as in the UK Written by a diverse pool of specialists in each
of the aspects of the Directive upon which they comment, with the
Commentary underpinned by their collective knowledge of public
procurement law in the old 28 EU Member States. Providing a
practice-oriented analysis that allows for a problem solving
approach, European Public Procurement will be particularly relevant
to practising lawyers including within the civil services in all EU
jurisdictions and the UK. The depth of analysis offered in the
Commentary will also be of great benefit to academics and
postgraduate students with an interest in public procurement and,
more generally, public law, administrative law and public
administration.
As public infrastructure, health and other services are being
delivered more frequently through Public-Private Partnerships
(PPPs) and concessions, this timely book explores these complex
contractual arrangements involving cooperation between public and
private sectors. It considers how PPPs have become increasingly
prevalent following the 2008 financial crisis and examines the
applicable legal regimes that are still, to a large extent, unclear
to many. Containing in-depth investigation into EU law and
comparative national experiences in relation to PPPs and
concessions in 7 EU Member States and the UK, the contributions in
this incisive book address the weak points in the current legal
regime. Chapters analyse the risks faced by contracting authorities
in connection to PPPs and concessions while highlighting good
practices from different countries that may be considered for wider
adoption across the EU. Public-Private Partnerships and Concessions
in the EU will be a key resource for scholars and students of
public administrative law and businesses seeking to procure
contracts to create PPPs, as well as being of value to
practitioners and policy makers at both EU and national levels.
Contributors include: P. Bogdanowicz, K. Bonsignore, R. Caranta, P.
Cerqueira Gomes, A. Christidis, M.E. Comba, D.C. Dragos, N.
Gabayet, C. Kroenke, P. Patrito, C. Risvig Hamer, P. Telles, P.
Valcarcel Fernandez, R. Vornicu
This ground-breaking Handbook presents a state-of-the-art
exploration of entropy, complexity, and spatial dynamics from
fundamental theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives.
It considers how foundational theories can contribute to new
advances, including novel modeling and empirical insights at
different sectoral, spatial, and temporal scales. With the help of
leading experts worldwide, the Handbook examines how and to what
extent entropic and non-entropic forces and processes in complex
spatial socio-economic systems shape and are shaped by their
structure and dynamics. Moreover, considering current concerns that
big data and related data-driven methods may signal an end to
theory, this Handbook is intended to investigate the potential and
possibilities for complexity science to engage, revitalize, and
advance theory in spatial economics. Overall, this Handbook reaches
beyond qualitative generalizations, contributing to the
identification of fundamental structural and dynamic properties of
the complex space-economy. Drawing upon diverse foundations and
perspectives, the Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial
Dynamics: A Rebirth of Theory? will be an essential resource for
researchers and students of many fields and disciplines, including
economics, urban planning and geography, regional science,
information science, physics, and biology.
What link might connect two far worlds like quantum theory and
music? There is something universal in the mathematical formalism
of quantum theory that goes beyond the limits of its traditional
physical applications. We are now beginning to understand how some
mysterious quantum concepts, like superposition and entanglement,
can be used as a semantic resource.
An irresistible anthology of photography’s greatest and most
famous images. PhotoBox presents a collection of 250 photographs by
200 of the world’s most prominent photographers, ranging from
legendary masters to contemporary stars, in a compact paperback
format. Photographers include Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon, Yann
Arthus-Bertrand, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliot Erwitt, Robert
Frank, Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut
Newton, and many more. Each image is accompanied by an engaging
commentary and a brief biography of the photographer. This revised
edition features fifty new photographs by an international array of
practitioners, including Dayanita Singh, Cristina de Middel,
Gregory Halpern, Lua Ribeira and more.
Double-bill of big-budget spin-offs of the classic 1960s sci-fi
adventure series created by Gene Roddenberry. In 'Star Trek'
(2009), the film chronicles the early years in the life of James T.
Kirk (Chris Pine) and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members,
including Kirk's enrolment at Starfleet Academy, his first meeting
with Spock (Zachary Quinto) and their battles with time-travelling
Romulans from the future. Eric Bana, Winona Ryder and Simon Pegg
co-star, along with Leonard Nimoy, who reprises his role as the
older Spock. In 'Star Trek Into Darkness' (2013), Captain Kirk and
the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are called back to Earth after a
devastating force from within their organisation leaves the planet
in chaos and Starfleet in pieces. Determined to settle the score,
Kirk embarks on a manhunt with the rest of his crew including
Spock, Scotty (Pegg) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin) to find the party
responsible before their whole world is laid to waste.
New Year’s Eve, 1975. Two hunted men leave Mexico City in a borrowed
white Impala.
Their quest: to track down the mythical, vanished poet Cesárea
Tinajero. But, twenty years later, they are still on the run. The
Savage Detectives is their remarkable journey through our darkening
universe. Told, shared and mythologised by a generation of lovers,
rebels and readers, their testimonies are woven together into one of
the most dazzling Latin American novels of all time.
One more journey to the universe of Roberto Bolano, an essential
voice of contemporary Latin American literature Cowboy Graves is an
unexpected treasure from the vault of a revolutionary talent.
Roberto Bolano's boundless imagination and seemingly inexhaustible
gift for shaping the chaos of his reality into fiction is
unmistakable in these three novellas. In "Cowboy Graves," Arturo
Belano--Bolano's alter ego--returns to Chile after the coup to
fight with his comrades for socialism. "French Comedy of Horrors"
takes the reader to French Guiana on the night after an eclipse
where a seventeen year old answers a pay phone and finds himself
recruited into the Clandestine Surrealist Group, a secret society
of artists based in the sewers of Paris. And in "Fatherland," a
young poet reckons with the fascist overthrow of his country, as
the woman he is obsessed with disappears in the ensuing violence
and a Third Reich fighter plane mysteriously writes her poetry in
the sky overhead. These three fiercely original tales bear the
signatures of Bolano's extraordinary body of work, echoing the
strange characters and uncanny scenes of his triumphs, while
deepening our reverence for his gifts.
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Star-Crossed
Jerry Frissen; Artworks by Roberto Zaghi
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What if love could grow across dimensions? An interstellar romance
in the spirit of Romeo and Juliet. The dawn of a new era for
humanity has arrived. First contact has been made with an advanced
alien species known as the Eo’Tarx, and the two civilizations
begin the path toward understanding. CIA linguist Danko Orton is
dispatched, tasked with studying communication with the Eo’Tarx
alongside his alien counterpart No’mi. Their work is quickly
disrupted when it becomes clear that the two are attracted to one
another. Will No’mi and Danko’s blossoming love compromise
everything they’ve been working to build between their species?
For the first time since the publication of his internationally
bestselling novel, Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano shares his early-life
experience with the violence of the Neapolitan Mafia and how
exposing them irrevocably changed his life. Italian journalist
Roberto Saviano was twenty-six years old when he published his
first book, Gomorrah, to international acclaim. The book, which has
gone on to sell 10 million copies worldwide, was a detailed expose
of the Neapolitan mafia, the Camorra, whose organized crime tactics
have permeated all matters of industry in Naples: government,
infrastructure, high fashion, and drugs. Over fifteen years after
Gomorrah's release, Saviano's life has been under constant threat
from would be assassins who forced him to leave his native Italy
and to live under constant police protection. For the first time
since then, Saviano shares his deepest thoughts and experiences of
early life in Naples, witnessing the power and violence of Camorra
firsthand, his current existence living under guard, all the while
continuing to call attention to the deeply rooted crime and
corruption that plagues his home. Collaborating with award-winning
cartoonist Asaf Hanuka (The Realist, The Divine), both writer and
artist examine a life behind armed guard whose best recourse
against oppression is through old fashioned pen and paper.
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Glowrushes (Paperback)
Roberto Piumini; Translated by Leah Janeczko
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Lyrical, magical, tender and true - Michael Morpurgo Madurer is the
son of a great lord, with untold wealth, but he is also the victim
of a mysterious disease that means he cannot be exposed to sunlight
or fresh air. He is confined to three windowless rooms inside a
palace, but his doting father summons a famous artist to cover the
walls of the rooms with paintings showing the world his son cannot
experience for real. As the painter works on his murals, his
relationship with the boy begins to deepen until they forge a firm
friendship. How can he show this child the beauty of the world with
only his paintbrush to work with? Glowrushes is a heartbreakingly
beautiful classic of Italian children's literature, published here
in English for the first time.
Create jaw-dropping dimensional scenes with ease under Roberto
Bernal's expert tutelage. Through 14 detailed lessons, you'll learn
the secrets of one-, two- and three-point perspective alongside
expert tips for how to craft a convincing staircase, construct a
beautiful building and create a depth-defying bird's-eye view of a
city. Roberto's tips also extend beyond the urban realm, with
universally-applicable lessons, like Height, Depth and Spatial
Awareness and Conquering Diagonal Lines, as well as specialized
instruction on how to capture rural landscapes. Roberto's
step-by-step tutorials help create dynamic works of art with key
perspective drawing techniques (including string and pin sketching
and the elastic band technique) to keep all of your proportions
proper and pristine. By breaking down this often intimidating art
form into easy accessible steps, Roberto will have you conquering
dreaded depth illusions, drafting clever interior designs, and
creating architectural masterpieces in no time. Learn to draw the
world as you see it with ease in Roberto Bernal's ultimate guide to
perspective drawing.
Collaborative Strategy enables you to move past thinking about
alliances based on hunches and move toward real empirical insight
into the use, creation, and management of successful alliances. It
is a comprehensive review of the current cutting-edge thinking
about alliances, which are becoming such an increasingly pervasive
part of both private and public industry. Whether you are
contemplating a new equity joint venture, entry into a new market,
or reassessing your current alliance portfolio you'll find this
book full of useful insights into what it takes to succeed at the
alliance game. One of the most comprehensive looks at alliances
I've seen, delivered succinctly and organized to be easily
navigated.' - Russ Buchanan, Xerox Corporation 'Alliances and
networks present a broad range of challenges as well as
opportunities for executives. Academics have studied these
relationships from various disciplinary perspectives while
employing diverse research methodologies. This volume unpacks this
breadth and complexity, and covers many of the cutting-edge
research questions in the field. The contributors are the ''Who's
Who'' of the top scholars in the field. The volume is particularly
valuable to scholars as well as students who are new to the area,
and seek concise and insightful summaries of the many different
streams of research on alliances and networks.' - Riitta Katila,
Stanford University 'For managers forming or having formed
partnerships with other institutions, this is a must read.
Collaborative Strategy reveals what we are doing and why, and how
we can do it better, in a seldom-achieved style that addresses the
complexity of the academic debate whilst presenting key
implications for practitioners.' - Andreas Moosdorf, Pan-European
Processes, Amazon This book provides approachable and insightful
chapters that summarize state-of-the-art thinking and research on
alliances and networks. Contributions by leading scholars cover
foundations or fundamentals as well as frontier areas through a
diverse range of perspectives. Topics include: the theoretical
foundations of collaborative strategy firms' partner selection and
investment decisions contractual foundations of collaboration
relational and behavioral aspects of collaboration, networks and
portfolios novel collaborative relationships such as ecosystems and
public-private partnerships, and the consequences of
inter-organizational collaborations. For doctoral and masters
students, as well as managers new to the area of collaborative
strategy, this collection provides concise chapters and literature
reviews that make it an invaluable resource. Business practitioners
and consultants who want to learn about this area and the
underlying theory will also find this book a useful reference.
Contributors: A. Arino, B. Arslan, N. Asgari, R.P. Bremner, S.M.
Bruhs, C. Butter, S. Cabral, L. Capron, T. Chi, J. Choi, F.J.
Contractor, Y. Doz, P. Dussauge, J. Dyer, K.M. Eisenhardt, D.W.
Elfenbein, A. Gambardella, F. Habasche, J. Hagedoorn, D.P. Hannah,
K.R. Harrigan, W. Hesterly, M.A. Hitt, W.H. Hoffmann, P. Kale, A.
Keller, I. Kivleniece, T. Kretschmer, D. Lavie, S. Lazzarini, D.
Li, J. Li, R. Madhavan, X. Martin, O.J. Martinez, K.J. Mayer, T.
Mellewigt, L.F. Mesquita, W. Mitchell, K. Neumann, T. Nguyen, J.E.
Oxley, C. Panico, L. Poppo, J. Prescott, B.V. Quelin, R. Ragozzino,
J.J. Reuer, M. Rivera-Santos, A. Seth, B.S. Silverman, H. Singh, K.
Singh, I. Stern, M. Stienstra, M. Sytch, S. Tallman, B.S. Vanneste,
F. Wohlgezogen, X. Zhe, M. Zollo
This book uses the powerful lens of accessibility analysis to
answer questions in spatial development, travel behavior,
facilities planning, locational efficiency, metropolitan
resilience, and more. Its pragmatic and empirical approach - and
its bringing together of leading accessibility scholars into a
single volume - make it an invaluable reference for scholars and
policymakers in the areas of transportation, land use, and
public-service provision.' - Jonathan Levine, University of
Michigan, US'Efficiency and equity are key issues in accessibility
studies. Infrastructure investment should be as economically
efficient as possible while ensuring a basic level of accessibility
for all social groups and territories. This book is set within the
complex relationship between efficiency and equity, providing a
number of contributions that reveal the importance of accessibility
on regional growth, access to services, house prices, modal choice
and transport policies. The authors of these chapters are leading
researchers in different disciplines making high level
contributions in the field of accessibility. Without a doubt, this
book will be very attractive for readers interested in
accessibility and transportation.' - Javier Gutierrez, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Spain Leading researchers from around the
world show, in this volume, the importance of accessibility in
contemporary issues such as rural depopulation, investments in
public services and public transport, and transport infrastructure
investments in Europe. The trade-offs between accessibility,
economic development and equity are comprehensively examined, and a
variety of approaches to measuring accessibility and equality
presented. The book's interdisciplinary contributions also provide
different geographical contexts, from the US to various European
and developing countries, and cover ex ante and ex post evaluation
of transport investment. Improving transport accessibility is a
main objective in transport policy and planning in developed and
developing countries all over the world. Investment is motivated by
the need to develop and/or reduce spatial or social inequalities.
However, the economic and equity implications of investments in
transport are not straightforward. The concepts of accessibility
and equity can be defined and operationalized in many different
ways, influencing outcomes and conclusions. Moreover, equity and
efficiency goals are often conflicting. Accessibility models not
only help to explain spatial and transport patterns in developed
and developing countries but are also powerful tools to explain the
equity and efficiency impacts of urban and transport policies and
projects. This state-of-the-art overview of the
accessibility-economic efficiency-equity relationship will appeal
to researchers as well as transport and urban planners interested
in accessibility issues and transport/regional developments.
Contributors: P.R. Anciaes, B. Buttner, K. Button, Z. Chen, P.
Christidis, H. Demirel, T.P. Dentinho, J. Evans, K.T. Geurs, M.
Kompil, K.J. Krizek, L. La Paix, D. Levinson, E. Lopez, D.P.
McArthur, P. Mogush, A. Monzon, R. Neiva, E. Ortega, L. Osland, C.
Pakissi, R. Patuelli, B.A. Portnov, I. Thorsen, J. Uboe, G.
Wulfhorst
What makes Italian Brutalist buildings different to their
counterparts in other countries? Containing over 140 exclusive
photographs – ranging from private homes to churches and
cemeteries via football stadia – across every region of the
country, Brutalist Italy is the first publication to focus entirely
on this subject. Architectural photographers Roberto Conte and
Stefano Perego (authors of Soviet Asia) have spent the past five
years travelling over 20,000 kilometres documenting the monumental
concrete structures of their native country. Brutalism – with its
minimalist aesthetic, favouring raw materials and structural
elements over decorative design – has a complex relationship with
Italian history. After World War II, Italian architects were keen
to distance themselves from fascism, without rejecting the
architectural modernism that had flourished during that era. They
developed a form of contemporary architecture that engaged with
traditional methods and materials, drawing on uncontaminated
historical references. This plurality of pasts assimilated into new
constructions is a recurring feature of the country’s Brutalist
buildings, imparting to them a unique identity. From the imposing
social housing of Le Vele di Scampia to the celestial Our Lady of
Tears Sanctuary, Syracuse – Brutalist Italy collects the most
compelling examples of this extraordinary architecture for the
first time in a single volume.
Milan and Lombardy have played an important role in the Italian
country since the Roman period. This importance is reflected also
by the diffusion of stone architecture: a persisting trait of Milan
architecture was the use of different stones in the same building.
Milan lies in the middle of the alluvial plain of the Po, far from
the stone quarries; some waterways were dug out in order to supply
the building stones from the surrounding territories. The study of
stone as building material was significant at the end of 19th
century, but then it was largely neglected by both architects and
geologists. So it is significant to suggest a study about the
stones employed to build in Milan (Part One) in relationship with a
petrographic study about the features of the stones quarried in the
whole Lombard territory (Part Two). Part One contains a record of
Milanese edifices, edifices marking the different historical
periods. Each edifice is described in a "card" containing: the
building history, the architect, the kind of stone employed and
subdivided according to the different parts of the building, the
shape of stone elements. Part Two contains the description of the
features of the stones reported in the first part. They are
metamorphic and magmatic rocks of the Alpine area; sedimentary
rocks and loose materials of the Prealpine area; sedimentary rocks
of the Apennine area; loose sediments of the Padania plain. Some
stones, coming from other northern Italian regions, and used in
Lombard architecture, are also described. Each stone is described
in a "card" containing: commercial and historical names,
petrographic classification, macroscopic features, mineralogical
composition, microscopic features, geological setting, quarry
sites, transport to yards, morphology of dressed elements and
surface handworking, use in architecture in the whole Lombard
territory and abroad, decay morphologies. A particular
investigation is addressed to the stones used during the 20th
century, a great part of them was never used before in Milan and in
Lombardy.
Imagine how different our world would be if our ancestors had
looked up and there were no stars . . . For tens of thousands of
years, the stars were our constant companions. One of our species'
most enduring and universal relationships has been with the night
sky itself, yet in the glow of today's artificial lighting, we have
forgotten this intimacy with the cosmos. Stargazing has shaped the
course of human civilization. The rhythm of our ancestors' lives
revolved around the stars, from cycles of agriculture to patterns
of birth. Origin myths made the Sun into a life-giving creator and
the Milky Way a gateway for departed souls. The motion of celestial
bodies sustained the illusion that the Earth was at the centre of
the cosmos - until looking at them more closely sparked the
Scientific Revolution. Across the ages stars have served as clocks,
maps, compasses, muses, and gods, defining our laws of reality and
our dreams of the sublime. Leading cosmologist Roberto Trotta
imagines a world without stars, a dramatic alternate history in
which we wouldn't understand gravity, couldn't navigate or have
much sense of time, and where our sense of the profound was altered
beyond recognition. Starborn will change how you think of the night
sky forever.
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