Comedy drama starring Peter O' Toole, set in Edwardian Engl&. Since the death of his younger son in the Boer War, Horatio Fisk (O' Toole) has aged into a bitter & curmudgeonly misanthrope, distanced even from his good-natured older son, Henslowe (Jeremy Northam), who visits him weekly. To relieve the tedium of their regular outings, the pair decide to attend a lecture on the Transmigration of Souls delivered by a visiting Hindu Swami. There, they meet the eccentric & mysterious Dean Spanley (Sam Neill), with whom Fisk Jr strikes up a bizarre friendship following a series of chance meetings. Henslowe tempts the Dean to dinner with promises of a rare Hungarian Tokay wine, which he must then go to great lengths to procure, his quest leading him to resourceful rogue trader Wrather (Bryan Brown). From these unlikely encounters, a sequence of events conspire to unlock the heart of the stiff-upper-lipped Fisk Sr, & reveal the emotional truths buried in his past. ...

Comedy drama starring Peter O' Toole, set in Edwardian Engl&. Since the death of his younger son in the Boer War, Horatio Fisk (O' Toole) has aged into a bitter & curmudgeonly misanthrope, distanced even from his good-natured older son, Henslowe (Jeremy Northam), who visits him weekly. To relieve the tedium of their regular outings, the pair decide to attend a lecture on the Transmigration of Souls delivered by a visiting Hindu Swami. There, they meet the eccentric & mysterious Dean Spanley (Sam Neill), with whom Fisk Jr strikes up a bizarre friendship following a series of chance meetings. Henslowe tempts the Dean to dinner with promises of a rare Hungarian Tokay wine, which he must then go to great lengths to procure, his quest leading him to resourceful rogue trader Wrather (Bryan Brown). From these unlikely encounters, a sequence of events conspire to unlock the heart of the stiff-upper-lipped Fisk Sr, & reveal the emotional truths buried in his past. ...

Presents information on biopolymers; electronegativity; nomenclatures for supramolecular compounds; properties tables for atoms, radicals, & bonds; & line-angle structural drawings. This book provides coverage of: organic compounds; inorganic compounds; &, properties of atoms, radicals, & bonds; &, physical properties. ...

Dean Windass is one of the real characters of British football. Though never far from controversy, Deano's reputation as an old fashioned centre-forward hitting the target over 200 times in his career, has made him popular with fans & players alike. This is the story of a hardworking pro who stands out as a real man in the modern game. ...