Enlisting at the age of twenty in 1916, Edmund Blunden took part in the disastrous battles of the Somme, Ypres & Passchendaele, describing the latter as 'murder, not only to the troops, but to their singing faiths & hopes'. This autobiography records poet Blunden's experiences as an infantry subaltern in France & Flanders. ...

Jamie Bell plays Chris, a troubled teenager with a bizarre eating disorder, in this dark & lyrical thriller. Chris has moved with his little brother to his father John's (Dermot Mulroney) cabin in backwoods Georgia following their mother's death. Looking after his brother, Chris struggles with his own propensity to eat paint & dirt until he's sick. But then his violent uncle Deel (Josh Lucas) arrives, fresh from prison, & Chris finds himself on the run with his brother, trying to stay one step ahead of his deranged uncle. ...

A Peruvian fisherman is forced to make a choice between his traditional life & a secret love in this debut film from director Javier Fuentes-Leon. Living the life of a respected fisherman in a Peruvian village, newly married Miguel (Cristian Mercado) is awaiting the arrival of his first child with Mariela (Tatiana Astengo). Although all seems well, Miguel harbours a secret; he has been having an affair with Santiago (Manolo Cardona), a male artist who is visiting the area. When Santiago unexpectedly drowns at sea, his ghost returns to enlist Miguel's help in allowing him to pass over. Now, in order to free his former lover, Miguel must find the courage to tell his deeply religious community about his relationship, even if that means sacrificing all that he holds precious. ...

A double bill of horror/thrillers. In ' Undertow' Jamie Bell plays Chris, a troubled teenager with a bizarre eating disorder, in this dark & lyrical thriller. Chris has moved with his little brother to his father John's (Dermot Mulroney) cabin in backwoods Georgia following their mother's death. Looking after his brother, Chris struggles with his own propensity to eat paint & dirt until he's sick. But then his violent uncle Deel (Josh Lucas) arrives, fresh from prison, & Chris finds himself on the run with his brother, trying to stay one step ahead of his deranged uncle. Whilst ' The Skeleton Key' is set in New Orleans where Caroline (Kate Hudson) is a care worker who moves in with terminally ill Ben (John Hurt) to look after him. Suspicious of his emotionally cold wife violet (Gena Rowlands), & able to sense a strange atmosphere in the house, Caroline gets hold of a skeleton key that allows her access to the house's many locked rooms. In the attic she finds a room decked out with the grotesque remains of a voodoo ritual, although violet claims not to have known of its existence. As Ben suffered his stroke shortly after discovering the room himself, Caroline is determined to find the secret to the sinister house, & its dark history as a centre of occult worship. ...

Investigating the fundamental aspects of underwater acoustic communications, this title discusses architectures for two & three-dimensional sensor networks. It presents the challenges with the development of underwater networking solutions, & provides an effective cross-layer approach to the integration of communication functionalities. ...

Offering comprehensive coverage of modern sonar spectrum system analysis, this title provides an introduction to the subject of Underwater Acoustics. This title compares & contrasts different techniques for sonar design, analysis & performance prediction &

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Hal & Roger Hunt dive into danger when they join the Oceanographic institute as part of an underwater operation in the South Seas. & it's sink or swim for the intrepid brothers when their aquatic adventures bring them face to face with a foe even more deadly than the sea creatures of the deep... ...

For centuries divers have been raising treasures from the sea. Now sophisticated technology is used which enables archaeologists to excavate at previously unimaginable depths. This book highlights this work, & shows the painstaking research involved in exploring our unique underwater heritage. ...