Hong Kong swordfighting action, from acclaimed director Tsui Hark. In the 1600s, the Manchurians have taken over China & established their own brutal dynasty, banning the practice of martial arts. As the evil Manchu general Wind Fire (Honglei Sun) ravages the l&, a group of expert swordmen, including the deadly Yang Yun Chong (Leon Lai) decide to defend one of the last untouched villages in the l&. But as they lead the villagers to safety, the swordsmen begin to suspect that one of their number might be a spy, working for the Manchus. ...

The pendulum is a unique physical system which exhibits remarkably varied & complex behavior under many different conditions. Seven 'tales', detailing different important facets of the pendulum, show the exciting diversity of the science of the pendulum, & its untold significance in the history of human intellectual development. ...

In 1983 Andy Mc Nab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, & within it to Air Troop, otherwise known as Seven Troop. The links they forged then bound them inextricably together, but the things they saw & did during that time would take them all to breaking point in the years that were to follow. ...

In his enjoyable readings of ambiguity, puns & paradox, Empson draws on a variety of authors from Chaucer to Eliot, illuminating the strategies of individual writers & creating a brilliant general theory of poetic practice: wide ranging, witty & still controversial. ...