Suitable for architects, this title not only celebrates new Baroque theatricality, formal sophistication & digital virtuosity; it also debates a plethora of joyful & intelligent ways in which experimental architecture manages to cope with the contemporary turmoil in global politics, economics & ecology. ...

For over three decades, philosopher Paul Kurtz has been a strong advocate of scepticism, not only as a philosophical position, but also as a fulfilling way of life. This title gathers together seventeen of Paul Kurtz's most penetrating & insightful writings. It concludes with Kurtz's reflections on the sceptical movement that he founded & led. ...

Ed Valencia & his crew, the Rats, are marked out by their Mohawks as troublemakers
- by teachers, by the cops. Lise Anderson
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Lise Anderson, a 13-year-old, longs to be cool, but her friends Trish & Jen seem to be privy to secrets about fashion, about sex that nobody will tell her. & Voyd, at 14, a front-line warrior for the revolutionary right, alone in a house filled with everything he wants & nothing he needs, has devoted himself to the FF gang. ...

Takes a detailed look at a number of man-made & natural disasters that have occurred throughout history. This series features titles that present stories chapter by chapter, with a focus on the human stories. It features a variety of text types including personal accounts, newspaper reports & timelines. ...

Having been blind since the age of two, twenty-year-old Mun decides to undergo a risky corneal transplant operation. When the bandages come off, the operation seems to have been successful, but Mun begins to experience unnerving visions of mysterious strangers & it soon transpires that the face she is seeing in the mirror is not her own. Desperate to escape from this nightmare, Mun sets out to discover the identity of the person through whose eyes she is now viewing the world. ...

Hollywood remake of the Hong Kong chiller, ' Jian Gui' (2002). Accomplished concert violinist Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) has been blind since childhood. After undergoing a double corneal transplant, her sight is finally restored. Her post-surgery recovery is helped along by the support of her sister Helen (Parker Posey) & neural ophthalmologist Paul Faulkner (Allessandro Nivolo). As Sydney adjusts to a dazzling world of shapes & colours she begins to see inexplicable images of death & horror. At first, these visions are passed off as an after-effect of the surgery, but Sydney is convinced she's seeing something terrifyingly real. As her friends & family become fearful for her sanity, Sydney realises that the answer to her nightmare must lie with her anonymous eye donor... ...