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Twelve (DVD)
Emma Roberts, Erik Per Sullivan, Kiefer Sutherland, Chace Crawford, Ellen Barkin, …
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R24
Discovery Miles 240
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Joel Schumacher directs this drama based on the
semi-autobiographical novel by Nick McDonell. Set in the world of
the super-rich in Manhattan's Upper East Side, the film is a
disturbing chronicle of privileged urban adolescence. Despite his
unlimited potential, rich kid White Mike (Chace Crawford) has
dropped out of his senior year at high school and spends his days
selling marijuana to his ultra-privileged friends. But Mike's
charmed existence hits a brick wall when his cousin is brutally
murdered in an East Harlem project and his best friend is arrested
for the crime. The supporting cast includes Emma Roberts, Ellen
Barkin, 50 Cent and Rory Culkin. Keifer Sutherland narrates.
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Salinger (Paperback)
David Shields, Shane Salerno
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R688
R597
Discovery Miles 5 970
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An instant "New York Times "bestseller, this "explosive biography"
("People") of one of the most beloved and mysterious figures of the
twentieth century is "as close as we'll ever get to being inside
J.D. Salinger's head" ("Entertainment Weekly").
This "revealing" ("The" "New York Times") and "engrossing" ("The"
"Wall Street Journal") oral biography, "fascinating and unique"
("The Washington Post") and "an unmitigated success" ("USA TODAY"),
has redefined our understanding of one of the most mysterious
figures of the twentieth century.
In nine years of work on "Salinger," and especially in the years
since the author's death, David Shields and Shane Salerno
interviewed more than 200 people on five continents, many of whom
had previously refused to go on the record about their relationship
with Salinger. This oral biography offers direct eyewitness
accounts from Salinger's World War II brothers-in-arms, his family
members, his close friends, his lovers, his classmates, his
neighbors, his editors, his publishers, his "New Yorker"
colleagues, and people with whom he had relationships that were
secret even to his own family. Their intimate recollections are
supported by more that 175 photos (many never seen before),
diaries, legal records, and private documents that are woven
throughout; in addition, appearing here for the first time, are
Salinger's "lost letters"--ranging from the 1940s to 2008,
revealing his intimate views on love, literature, fame, religion,
war, and death, and providing a raw and revelatory self-portrait.
The result is "unprecedented" (Associated Press), "genuinely
valuable" ("Time"), and "strips away the sheen of Salinger's]
exceptionalism, trading in his genius for something much more real"
("Los Angeles Times"). According to the "Sunday Times" of London,
"Salinger" is "a stupendous work...I predict with the utmost
confidence that, after this, the world will not need another
Salinger biography."
Bestselling artist and author Toni Carmine Salerno's Lovers
Oracle has been completely revised and expanded with this new
edition featuring 45 heart-shaped fortune telling cards for lovers
and those in search of love. This stunning set, featuring new
artwork and expanded and new messages, now also comes with an
instructional booklet detailing how to use the cards as well as
providing some sample card spreads.
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21 Grams (DVD)
Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Danny Huston, Carly Nahon, …
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R55
Discovery Miles 550
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Award-winning film by the director of 'Amores Perros', Alejandro
González Iñárritu. Shot mainly with a hand-held camera, and
following a non-linear plot line, the film captures the immediacy
and confusion of the moments before, during and after a horrific
accident that causes the lives of three disparate people to become
interwined. Sean Penn plays Paul Rivers, a mathematics teacher
facing up to his pending death from a heart problem, while his
distant wife Mary (Charlotte Gainsbourg) hopes to become pregnant
from artificial insemination. Naomi Watts is Cristina, mother of
two little girls who has overcome a drug-dependent past to achieve
a stable, happy marriage and family life. Benicio del Toro plays
Jack Jordan, an ex-criminal who has now found Jesus and is
struggling to provide for his wife and their two children in a poor
area of the town. When tragedy strikes, all three characters must
re-evaluate their lives in the face of death. The title refers to
the 21 grams a person loses at the moment of death, thought to be
the weight of the human soul.
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Brothers at Bat
Audrey Vernick; Illustrated by Steven Salerno
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R379
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
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"A wonderful illustration of what a great game baseball is and how
it brings families together. Brothers at Bat is a story any
baseball fan will enjoy and one that we all should know." --Hall of
Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. "A captivating story, impeccable layout, and
glorious illustrations make this historical account an unqualified
winner." --New York Times Book Review The amazing true story of the
longest-running all-brother team in history! Full of action, drama,
and excitement, the never-before-told tale of the Hall of Fame team
is vividly brought to life in expert storytelling and stunning
vintage-style art. The Acerra family had sixteen children,
including twelve ball-playing boys. It was the 1930s, and many
families had lots of kids. But only one had enough to field a
baseball team . . . with three on the bench! They loved the game,
but more important, they cared for and supported each other and
stayed together as a team. Nothing life threw their way--not even a
World War--could stop them.
Over the past two decades bioscience facilities worldwide have
experienced multiple safety and security incidents, including many
notable incidents at so-called "sophisticated facilities" in North
America and Western Europe. This demonstrates that a system based
solely on biosafety levels and security regulations may not be
sufficient. Setting the stage for a substantively different
approach for managing the risks of working with biological agents
in laboratories, Laboratory Biorisk Management: Biosafety and
Biosecurity introduces the concept of biorisk management-a new
paradigm that encompasses both laboratory biosafety and
biosecurity. The book also provides laboratory managers and
directors with the information and technical tools needed for its
implementation. The basis for this new paradigm is a three-pronged,
multi-disciplinary model of assessment, mitigation, and performance
(the AMP model). The application of the methodologies, criteria,
and guidance outlined in the book helps to reduce the risk of
laboratories becoming the sources of infectious disease outbreaks.
This is a valuable resource for those seeking to embrace and
implement biorisk management systems in their facilities and
operations, including the biological research, clinical diagnostic,
and production/manufacturing communities.
The book details for the first time all past archaeological work in
Antarctica, relating to both its use for conservation and research
purposes, drawing on published, unpublished and oral information.
This work has addressed historic and current scientific bases,
explorers' huts, whaling stations and sealing shelters. The ongoing
and long-term research on the sealing shelters and sites in the
South Shetland Islands features prominently. The archaeology
enables new perspectives on the impact of global modernity and
empire in the Antarctic, and challenges established dominant
discourses on the 'heroic' nature of human interaction with the
continent. The work on sealing sites gives voice to the experiences
of the sealer as a subaltern group previously largely overlooked by
historical sources. This book will appeal to students and
researchers in archaeology, history, and heritage as well as
readers interested in the human and historical aspects of
Antarctica's past and present.
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Inner Child Journal
Teresa Salerno; Illustrated by Christine Karron
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R517
Discovery Miles 5 170
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The book details for the first time all past archaeological work in
Antarctica, relating to both its use for conservation and research
purposes, drawing on published, unpublished and oral information.
This work has addressed historic and current scientific bases,
explorers' huts, whaling stations and sealing shelters. The ongoing
and long-term research on the sealing shelters and sites in the
South Shetland Islands features prominently. The archaeology
enables new perspectives on the impact of global modernity and
empire in the Antarctic, and challenges established dominant
discourses on the 'heroic' nature of human interaction with the
continent. The work on sealing sites gives voice to the experiences
of the sealer as a subaltern group previously largely overlooked by
historical sources. This book will appeal to students and
researchers in archaeology, history, and heritage as well as
readers interested in the human and historical aspects of
Antarctica's past and present.
By achieving a delicate balance between systems and practices,
proper laboratory biosecurity reduces the risk of legitimate
bioscience facilities becoming sources of pathogens and toxins for
malicious use. Effective design and implementation of laboratory
biosecurity depends on cooperation among individuals from diverse
communities, including scientists, technicians, policy makers,
security engineers, and law enforcement officials. Providing
guidance to the broad international community, Laboratory
Biosecurity Handbook addresses the objectives of biosecurity and
the ways in which they overlap or conflict with those of biosafety.
The book describes the risks of working with dangerous pathogens
and toxins in the current era of international terrorism. The
authors characterize the global spread of legitimate biotechnology
and relate it to the rise of transnational terrorism, emphasizing
the need for biosecurity measures even in legitimate bioscience.
The book discusses biosecurity risk assessment-a practical
methodology that allows laboratory management and
biosafety/biosecurity officers to analyze and determine the level
of risk, and serves as a basis for managing those risks. The book
includes questionnaires that can assist the process of collecting
data for a biosecurity vulnerability assessment, example standard
operating procedures and memoranda of understanding, and other
useful reference material. Addressing a variety of operating
environments and the particular challenges they face when designing
and implementing laboratory biosecurity, this book can assist
bioscience facilities ranging from the large to the small, from
those that focus on diagnosis or vaccine development, to those only
minimally involved with infectious diseases. The detailed
recommendations help avoid a "one-size-fits-all" approach to
security and save limited resources. The book shows institutions
how to develop and implement a biosecurity plan, and helps ensure
that all components are included in the overall system, whether
existing or new.
This dazzling collection of original essays from some of the countries' leading thinkers asks the rather intriguing question - Are Italians White? Each piece carefully explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans, and the significance of gender, class and nation to racial identity.
Comprising 46 full color heart-shaped cards, each with an uplifting
and healing message, packaged in a quality hardcover box.
The Bellagio Group was founded at a time of global economic crisis.
This collection brings together the private correspondence and
published papers of the Group's founders, creating a picture of the
personalities, issues, debates and compromises leading to the
adoption of flexible exchange rates and a modified Triffin plan.
The Bellagio Group was founded at a time of global economic crisis.
This collection brings together the private correspondence and
published papers of the Group's founders, creating a picture of the
personalities, issues, debates and compromises leading to the
adoption of flexible exchange rates and a modified Triffin plan.
The Bellagio Group was founded at a time of global economic crisis.
This collection brings together the private correspondence and
published papers of the Group's founders, creating a picture of the
personalities, issues, debates and compromises leading to the
adoption of flexible exchange rates and a modified Triffin plan.
The Bellagio Group was founded at a time of global economic crisis.
This collection brings together the private correspondence and
published papers of the Group's founders, creating a picture of the
personalities, issues, debates and compromises leading to the
adoption of flexible exchange rates and a modified Triffin plan.
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