2015 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Internal Medicine Category! The Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Illustrated Manual of Ophthalmology is the must-have medical reference book for the ever-changing field of ophthalmology Thoroughly updated to include the latest advances in the field the fourth edition of this renowned manual features high-quality color images & an intuitive design for easy comprehension & reference Ideal for ophthalmic practitioners & allied health professionals alike this indispensable resource is your comprehensive guide for the speedy diagnosis & treatment of the most common eye disorders Accurately diagnose problems through the support of full-color photographs & real case studies Rapidly locate key information with a highly templated format that

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It has been 14 years since the Martians invaded England The world has moved on always watching the skies but content that we know how to defeat the Martian menace Machinery looted from the abandoned capsules & war-machines has led to technological leaps forward The Martians are vulnerable to earth germs The Army is prepared So when the signs of launches on Mars are seen there seems little reason to worry Unless you listen to one man Walter Jenkins the narrator of Wells' book He is sure that the Martians have learned adapted understood their defeat He is right Thrust into the chaos of a new invasion a journalist
- sister-in-law to Walter Jenkins
- must survive escape & report on the war The Massacre of Mankind has begun

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' Pedro Domingos demystifies machine learning & shows how wondrous & exciting the future will be' Walter Isaacson author of Steve Jobs Society is changing one learning algorithm at a time from search engines to online dating personalized medicine to predicting the stock market But learning algorithms are not just about Big Data
- these algorithms take raw data & make it useful by creating more algorithms This is something new under the sun a technology that builds itself In The Master Algorithm Pedro Domingos reveals how machine learning is remaking business politics science & war & he takes us on an awe-inspiring quest to find ' The Master Algorithm'
- a universal learner capable of deriving all knowledge from data

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THE ORIGINAL & BEST TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL GLENNY50th Anniversary Edition Afterwards when it was frankly too late descriptions were issued of the man expensive grey suit grey beret one green eye & the other black He arrives in Moscow one hot summer afternoon with various alarming accomplices including a demonic fast-talking black cat When he leaves the asylums are full & the forces of law & order are in disarray Only the Master a man devoted to truth & Margarita the woman he loves can resist the devil's onslaught Brilliant & blackly comic The Master & Margarita was repressed by Stalin's authorities & only published after the author's death The Vintage Classic Russians Series Published for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution these are must-have beautifully designed editions of six epic masterpieces that have survived controversy censorship & suppression to influence decades of thought & artistic expression ...

Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master & Margarita is a fiercely satirical fantasy that remained unpublished in its author's home country for over thirty years This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky the acclaimed translators of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina In Soviet Moscow God is dead but the devil
- to say nothing of his retinue of demons from a loudmouthed gun-toting tomcat to the fanged fallen angel Koroviev
- is very much alive As death & destruction spread through the city like wildfire condemning Moscow's cultural elite to prison cells & body bags only a madman the Master & Margarita his beautiful courageous lover can hope to end the chaos Written in secret during the darkest days of Stalin's reign & circulated in samizdat form for decades when The Master & the Margarita was finally published it became an overnight literary phenomenon signalling artistic freedom for Russians everywhere This luminous translation from the complete & unabridged Russian text is accompanied by an introduction by Richard Pevear exploring the extraordinary circumstances of the novel's composition & publication & how Bulgakov drew on carnivalesque folk traditions to create his ironic subversion of Soviet propaganda This edition also contains a list of further reading & a note on the text After finishing high school Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) entered the Medical School of Kiev University graduating in 1916 He wrote about his experiences as a doctor in his early works Notes of a Young Country Doctor His later works treated the subject of the artist & the tyrant under the guise of historical characters but The Master & Margarita is generally considered his masterpiece If you enjoyed The Master & Margarita you might like Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels also available in Penguin Classics' One of the great novels of the 20th century a scary darkly comic allegory' Daily Telegraph

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" My favorite novel -it&s just the greatest explosion of imagination craziness satire humor & heart" Daniel Radcliffe The devil with his retinue a poet incarcerated in a mental institution for speaking the truth & a startling re-creation of the story of Pontius Pilate constitute the elements out of which Mikhail Bulgakov wove The Master & Margarita the unofficial masterpiece of twentieth-century Soviet fiction Long suppressed in its native land this account of strange doings in Moscow in the 1930s provides us with the essence of the sceptical trenchant unadulterated voice of dissent ...

Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series The Master & Margarita is here presented in a new translation & a wealth of extra material 448 pages Bulgakov Mikhail ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Paul Thomas Anderson writes & directs this Academy Award-nominated drama about a US Navy veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who seeks salvation in the company of a charismatic cult leader Joaquin Phoenix stars as Freddie Quell a troubled drifter who arrives home to post-WWII America shaken disillusioned & fearful of the future A raging alcoholic Quell cannot begin to make sense of his deeply-rooted inner torment let alone surmount it When he meets Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) the &master& of a cult called The Cause an intense & ambiguous relationship develops between the two men But do Dodd&s teachings hold the power to turn Quell&s life around? Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman Joaquin Phoenix Amy Adams Laura Dern & Rami Malek Director Paul Thomas Anderson Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen Languages English
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Clarity Leadership Impact To have an impact you need to communicate This book is for people who want to change the world 184 pages Ward Tim ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Experience Jet Li the star of Hero Kiss of the Dragon & Unleashed in an all-action adventure that showcases the martial arts skills which made him 5-time Chinese National Wushu Champion Acclaimed directorproducer Tsui Hark (Once Upon a Time in China) presents the story of a young Kung Fu champion (Jet Li) who becomes embroiled in a violent vendetta against his former master & must use his amazing martial arts skills to survive on the brutal streets of Downtown Los Angeles Reel after reel of fast direct street-effective martial arts action culminates in an incredible one-on-one finale between Jet Li & Light Welterweight World Kickboxing Champion Jerry Trimble Special Features
- Digitally re-mastered & restored 169 Anamorphic version enhanced for widescreen TVs
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- Dolby Digital 51 audio tracks
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- Exclusive feature-length audio-commentary with Hong Kong film expert Bey Logan
- The Master an exclusive interview with prolific Kung Fu Legend Yuen Wah
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