A monograph about the Rudolf Bednar-Park in Vienna that presents in different essays its history, idea, creation & atmosphere. It follows the progress of the project, from the initial thought, to the first sketch, all the way to the planting of the last tree, thereby showing the ground covered as well as what lies ahead. ...

A personal account of the role played by Rudolph Glossop, one of the founders of geotechnical engineering in the UK. Based upon previously unpublished personal journals, diaries & letters including correspondence with Bjerrum, Skempton & Terzaghi. ...

A profile of the great Russian dancer, written & directed by Sonia Paramo. Through interviews, archive footage & dance sequences, the film traces the key moments in Nureyev's meteoric rise to fame & highlights the singular talent of a legendary figure in the world of ballet. ...

Collection comprising three of the silent-era star's best-loved films. In ' The Sheik' (1921), desperate to woo English socialite Diana (Agnes Ayres), Sheik Ahmed (Valentino) kidnaps her & whisks her away to his luxurious desert tent. At first she resists his advances but when she is kidnapped by ruthless desert bandits she begins to realise that she has true feelings for her sultry lover. But will the Sheik arrive in time to rescue her from the clutches of the bandits. In ' The Eagle' (1925), Valentino plays a Russian Cossack who is banished after rejecting the advances of the smitten Czarina, Catherine the Great (Louise Dresser). He then becomes the dashing & roguish bandit the Eagle. Finally, in ' Blood & Sand' (1922), Valentino plays a bullfighter in a small town in Spain. He becomes one of the most idolised matadors in the country & marries good Catholic girl Carmen (Lila Lee), a coy innocent with bow tie lips. However, he is seduced by Dona Sol (Nita Naldi), a high society man-eater who decides to add a bullfighter to her conquests. ...

Features include: the normal function & developmental biology of organ systems; symptom-based diagnostic approaches for common disorders; effective, easy-to-use algorithms throughout to guide diagnoses; emergency & critical care management guidelines; &, a family-centered approach to caring for terminally ill children & their families. ...

Dr Gayatri (Bipasha Basu) & a team of fellow scientists from America set out to investigate healing powers that science cannot explain & other paranormal activities in India. Here they meet the gifted Varun (Sanjay Dutt) who has inexplicable paranormal powers. ...