Associated with blood, fire, fertility, & the life force, the color red has always been extremely difficult to achieve & thus highly prized. This book discusses the origin of the red colorant derived from the insect cochineal, its early use in Precolumbian ritual textiles from Mexico & Peru, & the spread of the American dyestuff. ...

Presents the surgical, medical, audiological, speech & language & habitation aspects of cochlear implantation in infants & children. The text discusses approaches to implanting infants & very young children & patients with higher levels of residual hearing. ...

This is a comprehensive multi-author handbook covering all aspects of cochlear implantation, fully updated since its first edition was published in 1991. All aspects of this rapidly developing field are covered, from implant design, speech processing strategies, assessment & rehabilitation of children & adults to future developments. ...

Presents traditional dishes with a modern flair
- keeping alive the colours, flavours & textures of the Spanish classics. This
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When John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally meets the girl of his dreams. Filled with guilt & indecision, he decides there is only one way to straighten this out... Mike Bartlett's punchy, candid new play strips back the drama to a nexus of emotions, relations & choices. ...

Carol is dissatisfied with her married life. Realisation that her husband Dan is not the man for her has come too late & insult follows injury as Dan's drinking problem gives way to a fervour for Alcoholics Anonymous. One evening while Dan is out, Carol discovers something entirely unexpected about herself that leads her into uncharted waters. ...

Triple bill featuring three popular comedies. 'A Cock & Bull Story' (2005) is an offbeat comedy about an attempt to film Laurence Sterne's 'unfilmable' 18th century novel ' The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy'. Crossing the line between the world of the film & the life of the actors trying to make it, Steve Coogan plays both himself & Tristram Shandy, while Rob Brydon plays himself & Toby. As both comedians find their working relationship off-set by professional jealousies, in the world of the film, the affable, eccentric Toby is pursued by the beautiful Widow Wadman (Gillian Anderson) as Tristram finds the story of his life increasingly difficult to tell without getting drawn into lengthy digressions. ' It's All Gone Pete Tong' (2005) is a touching mockumentary from director Michael Dowse. Frankie Wilde (Paul Kaye) is the hearing-impaired DJ who delights the clubbers on the island of Ibiza by coupling his larger-than-life drug & alcohol-fuelled persona with undeniable skills behind the turntables. But as Frankie's hearing rapidly disintegrates, & his former manager, wife, friends, & record label slowly fade away, the distraught DJ plunges into the depths of despair. ' Grand Theft Parsons' (2003) is based on the true story of pioneering country rock musician Gram Parsons (Gabriel Macht), who died of a drug overdose in 1973. Before he died, he & his close friend Phil Kaufman (Johnny Knoxville) promised each other that, whichever man died first, the other would take his remains to the beautiful desert location of Joshua Tree in California & release the dead man's spirit by setting fire to the body. True to his word, Kaufman rushes to carry out his promise as soon as he hears of his friend's demise
- but he hasn't counted on the adverse reactions of Gram's gold-digging ex-girlfriend Barbara Mansfield (Christina Applegate), or the simple wishes of his father, Stanley (Robert Foster). A bizarre chase across the desert ensues, with Kaufman enlisting the help of his spaced-out hippy friend Larry Oster-Berg (Michael Shannon), who happens to own a hearse.
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