Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All 10 episodes from the acclaimed BBC series Connections Follow James Burke through the history of science & technology In this collection of 10 1-hour episodes starting with " The Trigger Effect" How did the nautical instruments of Elizabethan times give rise to the atom bomb? What links Britain s textile mills to the Information Age? & how did exploding billiard balls usher in an era of mass media entertainment? In this landmark 1978 documentary series James Burke examines the surprising connections & happy accidents that led scientists to discover & develop the key technologies of our time With mighty intelligence & sharp wit the former Tomorrow s World presenter turns science into a detective story leading viewers through 12000 years of history to find the vital clues that would spark life-changing inventions in telecommunications plastics film & TV jet propulsion nuclear fusion & personal computing Explaining the trigger effect of ever-accelerating advances in technology that leave us dependent on increasingly complex networks he predicts a future world in which radical change in the availability & use of information will be needed if we are to remain in control of our societies & systems A brilliant & enlightening account of how seemingly disparate scientific innovations mesh together to produce extraordinary & unforeseen technological advances ...

Which lines on the map matter most? It's time to reimagine how life is organized on Earth In Connectography Parag Khanna guides us through the emerging global network civilization in which mega-cities compete over connectivity & borders are increasingly irrelevant Travelling across the world Khanna shows how twenty-first-century conflict is a tug-of-war over pipelines & Internet cables advanced technologies & market access Yet Connectography also offers a hopeful vision of the future
- beneath the chaos of a world that appears to be falling apart a new foundation of connectivity is pulling it together
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Connemara & Mayo form an area known for stunning scenery & this guidebook describes some of the region's best & most spectacular ...

The triumphant conclusion to Tim Robinson's extraordinary Connemara trilogy which Robert Macfarlane has called 'one of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English' Robinson writes about the people places & history of south Connemara
- one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves
- with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer & the grace of a born writer From the man who has been praised in the highest terms by Joseph O' Connor (' One of contemporary Ireland's finest literary stylists'') John Burnside ('one of the finest of contemporary prose stylists') Fintan O' Toole (' Simply one of the best non-fiction prose writers currently at work') & Giles Foden ('an indubitable classic') among many others this is one of the publishing events of 2011 & the conclusion of one of the great literary projects of our time' He is that rarest of phenomena a scientist & an artist & his method is to combine scientific rigour with artistic reverie in a seamless blend that both informs & delights' John Banville Guardian'A masterpiece of travel & topographical writing & an incomparable & enthralling meditation on times past This perfectly pitched work opens readers up to the world around them' Sunday Times ' Will endure into the far future He knows this world as no one else does & writes about it with awe & love but also with measured grace an artist's eye & a scientist's sensibility' Colm Toibin Sunday Business Post Books of the Year ' Robinson is a marvel the supreme practitioner of geo-graphy the writing of places' Fintan O' Toole Observer Books of the Year ' Anyone willing to get lost in this book will be left with indelible mental images of places they may never have visited but will now never forget' Dermot Bolger Irish Mail on Sunday

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The second volume in Tim Robinson's phenomenal Connemara Trilogy
- which Robert Macfarlane has called ' One of the most remarkable
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Amanda Connerco-writer & cover artist of the smash-hit monthly HARLEY QUINN series goes to town on these new versions of Harley-and each comes with its own quirky accessories! Based on the work of superstar artist Amanda Connor All-new versions of the fan-favourite character Stands 68" tall Comes with chibi-style head Limited edition ...

Amanda Connerco-writer & cover artist of the smash-hit monthly HARLEY QUINN series goes to town on these new versions of Harley-and each comes with its own quirky accessories! Based on the work of superstar artist Amanda Connor All-new versions of the fan-favourite character Stands 68" tall Comes with pet beaver Limited edition ...

His father was a first-class cricketer his grandfather was a slave Born in rural Trinidad in 1901 Learie Constantine was the most dynamic all-round cricketer of his age (1928-1939) when he played Test cricket for the West Indies & club cricket for Nelson Few who saw Constantine in action would ever forget the experience As well as the cricketing genius that led to Constantine being described as 'the most original cricketer of his time' Connie illuminates the world that he grew up in a place where the memories of slavery were still fresh & where a peculiar almost obsessive devotion to ' Englishness' created a society that was often more British than Britain itself Harry Pearson looks too at the society Constantine came to in England which he would embrace as much as it embraced him the narrow working-class world of the industrial North during a time of grave economic depression Connie reveals how a flamboyant showman from the West Indies actually dovetailed rather well in a place where local music-hall stars such as George Formby Frank Randle & Gracie Fields were feted as heroes & how Lancashire League cricket fitted into this world of popular entertainment Connie tells an uplifting story about sport & prejudice genius & human decency & the unlikely cultural exchange between two very different places
- the tropical island of Trinidad & the cloth-manufacturing towns of northern England
- which shared the common language of cricket

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Struggling Chicago dinner theater performers Connie (Vardalos) & Carla (Collette) accidentally witness a mafia hitand who subsequently hit the road running for their lives Assuming the killers will never look for them in a place devoid of culture the pair head to Los Angeles where they assume new identities & find their middling talent at song & dance perfectly suited to new careers; as drag queens! Much to their surprise they inadvertently become the toast of the cabaret circuit As their ruse becomes increasingly difficult to maintain they discover that it is indeed lonely at the top especially after Connie meets Jeff (Duchovny) a guy she&d really like to be a real girl with With the mafia zeroing in & the line separating their onstageoffstage personas blurring beyond the point of recognition Connie & Carla soon discover the power of not compromising to pursue your dreams fighting the good fight & never ever underestimating the transformative power of cosmetics Actors Toni Collette Nia Vardalos David Duchovny Robert John Burke & Chris Logan Director Michael Lembeck Certificate 12 years & over Year 2004 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour 35 minutes (approx)
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