Romantic comedy triple. Sandra Bullock stars in ' The Proposal' (2009) as Margaret Tate, a tyrannical business executive on the brink of deportation from the United States back to her homeland of Canada. Margaret coerces her young assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds) into marrying her so that she can stay in the country & he can stay in his job. In order to keep up the facade, Margaret must now endure a trip to Alaska to meet her future in-laws (Mary Steenburgen & Craig T. Nelson). In ' Runaway Bride' (1999), Ike Graham (Richard Gere) is a successful, flippant & misogynstic New York journalist, who writes an accusing piece on the antics of Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts), a Maryland woman who has left three men at the altar. When Maggie protests about the inaccuracies in the article, Ike is fired. Ike decides to pursue the story further, & journeys to Maryl&, where he meets Maggie & discovers she is due to be married for a fourth time. As Ike gets to know Maggie, he begins to fall for her charms, & realises why so many men before have been led down the aisle. In ' Pretty Woman', lonely businessman Edward Lewis (Gere) hires LA prostitute Vivian Ward (Roberts) to give him directions when he gets lost, & later to be his escort while he goes wheeling & dealing for a week. He buys her clothes, she softens his heart & the unlikely couple fall head over heels in love. ...

Offers 118 Liverpool ideas that include cleaning & restoring the clocks at Liverpool Lime Street Station; releasing a group of five gorillas into Liverpool's Sefton Park; designing a book-jacket logo for Liverpool University Press; &, installing owl boxes around the city of Liverpool to encourage owls to move into the city. ...

John Hillcoat directs this violent western set in the Australian outback, from an original screenplay by musician Nick Cave. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is presented with an impossible choice by ruthless lawman Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone). To save his younger brother from the gallows, he must track down & kill his violent older brother Arthur (Danny Huston). In a harsh & oppressive environment, Charlie is forced to choose between loyalty & revenge, while Stanley tries to impose his own brutal codes of law & order, & shield his innocent young wife (Emily Watson) from the consequences. ...

Covers the representation of mathematical statements by formulas in a formal language; the interpretation of formulas as true or false; logical consequence of one formula from others; the soundness & completeness theorems connecting logical consequence & formal proof; the axiomatization of some theories using a formal language; & more. ...

On 21 July 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act. Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, also known as the Volcker Rule, is a key component of this effort. This book examines the proprietary trading & investment restrictions under the Volcker Rule. ...

This text addresses the basic science of proprioception & neuromuscular control. It reviews the structure & function of the sensorimotor system, examines the neuromuscular system as it relates to joint stability & proprioception, & considers rehabilitation programmes. ...

Presents research from across the globe in the study of the types, technology & application of propulsion engineering. This book discusses such topics as: innovation technology of non-rocket propulsion systems for space launch & flight; femtotechnology & AB needles; &, lower current & plasma magnetic railgun. ...