Made-for-TV biopic casting an unusual slant on the life & career of Hollywood goddess Marilyn Monroe. The film uses dream-like sequences to portray Marilyn as she was before she changed her name & became a star, with Ashley Judd in the Norma Jean Baker role, & Mira Sorvino as Marilyn. In these sequences, the two characters appear together, & Norma Jean taunts Marilyn for not living up to her earlier aspirations. The film also chronicles the star's troubled childhood & adolescence, her films, her addiction problems, her famous marriages to playwright Arthur Miller (David Dukes) & baseball star Joe Di Maggio (Peter Dobson), & her rumoured affair with US President John F Kennedy (Steven Culp). ...

Endlessly helpful, a superb pianist, a brilliant gymnast & a super-successful athlete, there seems to be no end to her skills. ...

Guy Joosten's production of Bellini's classic opera, recorded live at the Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam in 2005. The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera are conducted by Julian Reynolds, while performers include Hasmik Papian, Hugh Smith & Irini Tsirakidis. ...

Explores sex & gender through portraits of people who are widely considered not normal
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Analyzes the social side of technological risk. This book argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety
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Analyses the circadian characteristics of autonomic cardiac control in norm & in pathology through the indices of heart rate variability. This work summarises the anatomical & the functional data on the nerve control of the cardiovascular system, on the circadian nature of the different systems securing that control. ...

Provides a cumulative overview of the research available on the pathogenesis of fear & anxiety in youths. This book aims to give the reader an idea of the factors that are thought to be involved in the development of abnormal fear & anxiety in children & adolescents, & to integrate this knowledge in a comprehensive model. ...

Provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of nutrition & nutrition therapy. This title focuses on normal nutrition, including digestion & metabolism, vitamins & minerals, & life cycle nutrition. It also covers clinical nutrition
- the pathophysiology & nutrition therapy for a range of medical conditions.
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