' To read Being Ecological is to be caught up in a brilliant display of intellectual pyrotechnics' PDSmith Guardian Why is everything we think we know about ecology wrong? Is there really any difference between 'humans' & 'nature'? Does this mean we even have a future? Don't care about ecology? This book is for you Timothy Morton who has been called ' Our most popular guide to the new epoch' (Guardian) sets out to show us that whether we know it or not we already have the capacity & the will to change the way we understand the place of humans in the world & our very understanding of the term 'ecology' A cross-disciplinarian who has collaborated with everyone from Bjoerk to Hans Ulrich Obrist Morton is also a member of the object-oriented philosophy movement a group of forward-looking thinkers who are grappling with modern-day notions of subjectivity & objectivity while also offering fascinating new understandings of Heidegger & Kant Calling the volume a book containing 'no ecological facts' Morton confronts the 'information dump' fatigue of the digital age & offers an invigorated approach to creating a liveable future ...

Kevin Clash the puppeteer who brings Elmo to life & filmmaker Constance Marks introduces viewers to the man behind the Muppet in this documentary BEING ELMO offers a backstage look at Clash&s life & times a look into his working methods & insight into how he informs Elmo&s personality & uses the character to send a positive message to the world ...

What was it like to be Elvis Presley? What did it feel like when impossible fame made him its prisoner? As the world&s first rock star there was no one to tell him what to expect no one with whom he could share the burden of being himself
- of being Elvis On the outside he was all charm sex appeal outrageously confident on stage & stunningly gifted in the recording studio To his fans he seemed to have it all He was Elvis With his voice & style influencing succeeding generations of musicians he should have been free to sing any song he liked to star in any film he was offered & to tour in any country he chose But he wasn&t free The circumstances of his poor beginnings in the American South which as he blended gospel music with black rhythm & blues & white country songs helped him create rock & roll had left him with a lifelong vulnerability Made rich & famous beyond his wildest imaginings when he mortgaged his talent to the machinations of his manager & Colonel& Tom Parker there would be an inevitable price to pay Though he daydreamed of becoming a serious film actor instead he grew to despise his own movies & many of the songs he had to sing in them He could have rebelled But he didn&t Why? In the Seventies as the hits rolled in again & millions of fans saw him in a second career as he sang his way across America he talked of wanting to tour the world But he never did What was stopping him?BEING ELVIS takes a clear-eyed look at the most-loved entertainer ever & finds an unusual boy with a dazzling talent who grew up to change popular culture; a man who sold a billion records & had more hits than any other singer but who became trapped by his own frailties in the loneliness of fame
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Being Ethnographic is an essential introductory guidebook to the methods & applications of doing fieldwork in real-world settings It discusses the future of ethnography explores how we understand identity & sets out the role of technology in a global networked society Driven by classic & anecdotal case studies Being Ethnographic highlights the challenges introduced by the ethnographers' own interests biases & ideologies & demonstrates the importance of methodological reflexivity Addressing both the why & how questions of doing ethnography well Madden demonstrates how both theory & practice can work together to produce insights into the human condition This fully updated second edition
Includes: New material on intersubjectivity Information on digital inscription tools A practical guide to qualitative analysis software New coverage of cyberethnography & social media Expanded information on ethnographic possibilities with animals Filled with invaluable advice for applying ethnographic principles in the field it will give researchers across social sciences everything they need to walk a mile in someone else's shoes
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Academy Award winner Robert De Niro Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood) & Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore give powerhouse performances in this compelling exploration of the unbreakable yet fragile bonds between & child written & directed by Paul Weitz (About a Boy) Nick Flynn (Dano) is a young writer seeking to define himself His father Jonathan (De Niro) however scrapes through life on his own terms & has not seen his son in 18 years Taking a job at a homeless shelter Nick finds purpose in his own life & work until one night Jonathan arrives seeking a bed To give the two of them a shot at a real future Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out to his dad in this "undeniably powerful" (Peter Travers Rolling Stone) adaptation of Nick Flynn&s award-winning memoir & Another Bull! Night in Suck City& Actors Robert De Niro Paul Dano Julianne Moore Olivia Thirlby & Lili Taylor Director Paul Weitz Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 2401 Anamorphic Languages English Additional Languages French ; Spanish ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Latin American Spanish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 42 minutes (approx) ...

It is not only in our dark hours that scepticism relativism hypocrisy & nihilism dog ethics Whether it is a matter of giving to charity or sticking to duty or insisting on our rights we can be confused or be paralysed by the fear that our principles are groundless Many are afraid that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish & tribalistic or competitive & aggressive Simon Blackburn author of the best-selling Think structures this short introduction around these & other threats to ethics Confronting seven different objections to our self-image as moral well-behaved creatures he charts a course through the philosophical quicksands that often engulf us Then turning to problems of life & death he shows how we should think about the meaning of life & how we should mistrust the sound-bite sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates Finally he offers a critical tour of the ways the philosophical tradition has tried to provide foundations for ethics from Plato & Aristotle through to contemporary debates ...

If you have ever felt that you are only what you see this thought-provoking book will delight you with the discovery that you are much more The new science that has brought us quantum physics has plunged us head first into a kind of technological wizardry that has not only challenged our experience of time & space but has opened us up to the very real reality of the virtual It has melded the spiritual thinking of Eastern thought with the scientific understandings of the West Using simple & delightful illustrations throughout Being Here Now explores the paradigm shift that whether we are ready or not is already upon us Form is discovered to be empty & emptiness full & overflowing Particles refuse to exist without an observer & remain in the infinite world of potential as waves until sparked by the creative impulse of the universe Do things exist as solid matter if they go unnoticed? Do things exist independently of us? In the cauldron of our own human conscious the seen & the unseen become alchemised into form Explore the relationship of self to oneness of form to emptiness & discover who we truly are ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Being human nobody ever said it was easy But for three twenty-something roommates
- who happen to be a vampire a werewolf & a ghost
- is it even possible? By turns frightening witty & romantic Being Human explores what it means to be human through the eyes of these outsiders Aidan was a Revolutionary War soldier who sacrificed himself to vampires to spare his men Now some 260 years later he is still struggling to escape the orbit of his powerful mentor Bishop Josh was a promising medical student forced to abandon his family & future after a werewolf attack left him cursed & Sally happily engaged before her tragic death must now figure out how to move on as a ghost As Aidan Josh & Sally learn that there are fates worse than death they also realize that there&s more to life-and the afterlife-than most "normal" humans could ever imagine

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region Free Blu-ray player in order to play BEING HUMAN is a bizarre supernatural sitcom from the BBC that revolves around the concept of two young menu Mitchell & George--sharing a flat While this seems like a tried & tested formula for television the twist is that Mitchell (Aidan Turner u THE TUDORS) is a vampire & George (Russell Tovey u LITTLE DORRIT THE HISTORY BOYS) is a werewolf Complicating matters further is pair&s newfound home is haunted by the ghost of Annie (Lenora Crichlow u SUGAR RUSH) Included all the episodes from the show&s first & second series ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play They could be any group of 20-somethings sharing a house But these friends carry their own strange & dark secrets
- they each live a supernatural life as a werewolf a vampire or a ghost Though desperate to live as normal young people their paranormal qualities cast more than just a shadow over their everyday lives Being human is anything but easy
- try holding down a career or dating when there are unwelcome intruders in your supernatural life power struggles in the underworld & the constant threat of exposure Over five gripping witty & sexy series the housemates battle with their own demons as well as confronting terrifying forces threatening the whole of human society Certificate 15 years & over Screen 1781 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 34 hours & 20 minutes (approx)


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