Platonic is a sizzling romantic comedy following a couple of months in the lives of Jack Matthews & Hayley Smith. Reminiscent of the storytelling styles of screen writer Richard Curtis & authors Nick Hornby & Belinda Jones, it's a book for all sexes. ...

What is a musical work? This work addresses some of the questions by way of a critical engagement with the New Musicology & other debates in philosophy of music. It puts the case for a qualified Platonist approach that would respect the relative autonomy of musical works as objects of more or less adequate understanding, & appreciation. ...

Oliver Stone's award winning film tells the story of a young innocent 19-year-old soldier, Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen), who is thrown headfirst into the bloody Vietnam conflict. He is forced to fight not only the Viet Cong, but also his own fears & intense anger. As a result of not being able to make any progress against the enemy, the soldiers, led by the strict & unsympathetic Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), are forced to turn their anger & guns on each other. Barnes also has a personal battle with fellow officer Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), who is the more understanding & compassionate of the two officers & helps Sheen to cope with his personal problems. ...

Oliver Stone's award winning film tells the story of a young innocent 19-year-old soldier, Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen), who is thrown headfirst into the bloody Vietnam conflict. He is forced to fight not only the Viet Cong, but also his own fears & intense anger. As a result of not being able to make any progress against the enemy, the soldiers, led by the strict & unsympathetic Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger), are forced to turn their anger & guns on each other. Barnes also has a personal battle with fellow officer Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe), who is the more understanding & compassionate of the two officers & helps Sheen to cope with his personal problems. ...

Low-budget horror. When a platoon of marines is ambushed during a mission, only three soldiers are left alive. On their way back to their rendezvous point, they come across a seemingly abandoned house, where they decide to hole up for the night. But before morning comes, the men are attacked by an army of gun-toting zombies. ...

There is more than a slight malaise in the air these days about French food & cooking. Why is this? What is it about the French that causes them to be so blinkered about their food? Attempting to answer that question, this work explores the highways & byways of French cooking. ...

The Platters were one of the top vocal groups of the 1950s, selling 53 millions records & being among the first doo-wop groups to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This concert was recorded live at The Rock 'n' Roll Palace Orlando, Florida & features The Platters along with special guests The Crickets & Lenny Welch. ...

When the first specimen of a platypus arrived in England in 1799 it was greeted with astonishment & disbelief. This is the enigmatic story of a biological riddle that confounded scientists for nearly ninety years, challenging theories of creationism, evolution & the classification of species along the way. ...