In the last several years much has been written about growing economic challenges increasing income inequality & political polarization in the United States This book argues that lessons for addressing these national challenges are emerging from a new set of realities in America's metropolitan regions first that inequity is in fact bad for economic growth; second that bringing together the concerns of equity & growth requires concerted local action; & third that the fundamental building block for doing this is the creation of diverse & dynamic epistemic (or knowledge) communities which help to overcome political polarization & help regions address the challenges of economic restructuring & social divides ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play What would drive Alan Strang a troubled adolescent stable boy to blind six horses with a metal spike? Psychiatrist Martin Dysart investigates these unspeakable acts & delves into Alan&s psyche confronting the mysteries of sexual passion & madness as well as the dark demons buried within his own soul Actors Richard Burton Colin Blakely Eileen Atkins Harry Andrews Jenny Agutter Joan Plowright & Peter Firth Director Sidney Lumet Certificate 15 years & over Year 1977 Screen Fullscreen Languages English ; French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles Dutch ; English for the hearing impaired ; French ; German for the hearing impaired ; Greek ; Hungarian ; Italian ; Portuguese ; Spanish Duration 2 hours & 15 minutes (approx)
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Teenager Alan fought over by a religious mother & an atheist father finds release in horses until he is driven to blind them with a spike Why? While treating the boy a psychiatrist discovers his own life is paradoxically in the witness box ...

Self-consciously staging itself in the psychotherapy sessions of a disturbed young man Peter Shaffer&s Equus is a shocking exploration of the limits of faith of the intersecting worlds of the sacred & profane & of the paltry value of a &mundane& life published in Penguin Modern Classics When a deranged boy Alan Strang blinds six horses with a metal spike he is sentenced to psychiatric treatment Dr Dysart is the man given the task of uncovering what happened the night Strang committed his crime but in doing so will open up his own wounds Dysart struggles in secret to define sanity to justify his marriage to account for his career & finds himself questioning the &normality& of his way of life Ultimately he must ask himself is it patient or psychiatrist whose life is being laid bare? The most shocking play of its day Equus uses an act of violence to explore faith insanity & how the materialism of modern life can destroy humanity&s capacity for pain & passion Peter Shaffer (b 1926) born in Liverpool is an English playwright Among his plays are The Salt Land (1954) Equus (1973) which won Shaffer the 1975 Tony Award for Best Play as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award & Amadeus (1979) which won the Evening Standard Drama Award & the Theatre Critics Award for the London production as well as being adapted into a 1984 film starring F Murray Abraham & Simon Callow If you enjoyed Equus you might like Tennessee Williams&s A Streetcar Named Desire also available in Penguin Modern Classics & Sensationally good& Guardian&A very important play& The New York Times ...

Pressing his nose to the ground this stunning creature is seen at one with the Earth His mane flows over to the right but strands ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In the tumult of Nazi-occupied Rome a sympathetic bootlegger already accustomed to living outside the law opens her home to a trio of escaped Allied prisoners of war an American a Russian & a Briton
- jeopardizing her safety & that of her lover for the cause Actors Giovanna Ralli Renato Salvatori Leo Genn Sergei Bondarchuk Peter Baldwin Paolo Stoppa Enrico Maria Salerno Hannes Messemer & Sergio Fantoni Director Roberto Rossellini Certificate 12 years & over Year 1960 Languages Italian Subtitles English
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Era Medieval Age serves as the spiritual successor to Roll Through The Ages While Roll Through The Ages was a pioneer for roll-&-write-style games Era is a pioneer for roll-&-build! In Era your dice represent different classes of medieval society as players attempt to build the most prosperous city The build comes into play as players actually build their cities on their boards You will use beautifully modeled three-dimensional components such as walls keeps farms & other structures By the end of the game each player will have a unique city of their very own! Era Medieval Age is made even more challenging as players interact with each other in ways such as extortion scorched earth & of course disease! Hey this is the Medieval Age right? Speaking of which Era serves as the first of a new series of standalone roll-&-build games from Matt Leacock & eggertspiele! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play You are stronger than you realize Wiser than you know What was once your life is now your legend This fantasy adventure-epic is based on the first chapter of the epic Inheritance Trilogy by author Christopher Paolini In his homeland of Alagaesia a farm boy happens upon a dragon&s egg
- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes he&s the one person who can defend his home against an evil king Actors Edward Speleers Sienna Guillory Garrett Hedlund Djimon Homsou Jeremy Irons John Malkovich Robert Carlyle Alun Armstrong Gary Lewis Nils Allen Stewart & Mark Tisdale Director Stefen Fangmeier Certificate PG Year 2006 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) ; DTS Additional Languages English (Descriptive) Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; English ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Danish ; Finnish ; Norwegian ; Swedish Duration 1 hour & 40 minutes (approx)

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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 Fantasy adventure based on the best-selling novel by Christopher Paolini Orphaned farm boy Eragon (Edward Speleers) destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper But when the stone turns out to be an egg from which a baby dragon is hatched Eragon realises he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself Overnight his simple life is shattered & he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny magic & power With only an ancient sword & the advice of an old storyteller (Jeremy Irons) for guidance Eragon & the fledgling dragon (voiced by Rachel Weisz) must navigate the dangerous terrain & dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play You are stronger than you realize Wiser than you know What was once your life is now your legend In his homeland of Alagaesia a farm boy happens upon a dragon&s egg
- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes he&s the one person who can defend his home against an evil king
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