Considers the two health structures that exist on the Peigan reserve in southern Alberta (one based on Western European theories, & the other which is based on traditional Blackfoot culture). This book provides a model for how these two approaches can be combined to provide Native people on the reserve with processes that empower them. ...

Critically-acclaimed drama starring Laurence Fishburne. Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson's (Keke Palmer) life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her & her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise & embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee (Fishburne) for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around & be proud of, but only if she can overcome her insecurities & her distracting home life. ...

Jason Akermanis has made an impression in his 15 years as an AFL star player. Now, after more than 300 games, three Premierships & a Brownlow Medal, the curtain has come down on his extraordinary career. Aker looks at a stellar sporting career, including details of Aker's falling out with Leigh Matthews, & his thoughts on the game. ...

Akhenaten is one of the most compelling & controversial figures in history. This title argues that, far from being the idealistic founder of a new faith, Akhenaten cynically used religion for purely political ends in a calculated attempt to reassert the authority of the king to concentrate all power in his own hands. ...

Box set containing the three films in Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's 'workers trilogy'. With low-key acting, minimal dialogue & humour so deadpan it almost doesn't qualify as humour at all, Kaurismaki tells simple, devastating stories of loss, love, compassion & the urge to escape. ' Shadows in Paradise' (1986) is Kaurismaki's first collaboration with Kati Outinen, the actress whose face has become emblematic of his cinema. Dustman Nikander (Matti Pellonpaa) strikes up a platonic relationship with Ilona (Outinen), a cashier in a Helsinki supermarket. In the existential classic ' Ariel' (1987), Taisto (Turo Pajala) drives his white Cadillac through snow-strewn Finl&, looking for love. ' The Match Factory Girl' (1990) tells the tale of a modern-day Cinderella
- the down-at-heel Iris (Outinen), who works on a factory assembly line.
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