Professor Saraiva's multi-volume History of Portugal is a celebratedscholarly standard work Yet when he published a one-volume Historia Concisa it proved a run-away best seller in Portugal & the televisionseries that went with it became a chart-topper His latest book producedespecially for Carcanet's Aspects of Portugal series is a history of hiscountry brief acute & illuminating written with scholarly insight andwith non-specialist foreign readers specifically in mind To this main text Ian Robertson author of the well-known Blue Guide to Portugal has added a historical gazeteer brief biographies chronological tables maps & other elements which make this an essential Companion the sort of book that a reader in need of accurate brief andlucid reference will find useful & every visitor to Portugal will findrewarding The book is generously illustrated ...

From the bay of Lisbon to the carnival streets of Rio de Jainero one language unites 150 million people This guide helps you speak Portuguese as you build your vocabulary & perfect your grammar 256 pages ...

A young man struggles to build a publishing company find love & discover who he really is with his one true trusted companion being the dog who truly seems to understand him In the end he realizes that for far too long he has been a self-absorbed piece of sht A touching autobiographical story by Swiss BD publisher Pierre Paquet the spiritual sequel to Paquet’s Eisner-nominated A Glance Backward which recounted his experience dealing with the death of his father at age 11 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Mayday It&s New Year&s Eve & festivities have begun aboard the luxury cruise ship Poseidon at sea in the North Atlantic One of the finest vessels of its kind Poseidon stands more than 20 stories tall boasts 800 staterooms & 13 passenger decks Tonight many of the ship&s guests have gathered to greet the New Year in style in the magnificent main ballroom However a Rogue Wave a monstrous wall of water over one hundred feet high is bearing down on them with tremendous speed The wave strikes with colossal force pitching the ship heavily to port before rolling it completely upside down; supports collapse broken gas lines ignite flash fires & lights fail leaving vast sections of the ship in darkness & chaos In its aftermath a few hundred survivors are left to huddle in the still-intact main ballroom now resting below the waterline One man professional gambler Dylan Johns (Josh Lucas) prefers to test the odds alone Ignoring orders he prepares to exit the Ballroom & find his own way to safety but is collared by nine-year-old Conor (Jimmy Bennett) who asks that Dylan take him & his mother Maggie (Jacinda Barrett) along Fast behind them is Robert Ramsey (Kurt Russell) anxious to search for his daughter Jennifer (Emmy Rossum) & her fiance Christian (Mike Vogel) Determined to fight their way to the surface they must forge a path together through layers of wreckage as the ship continues to sink Bonds form quickly in this journey of vertical climbs dead ends & sheer drops Trust proves vital Actors Josh Lucas Kurt Russell Jacinda Barrett Richard Dreyfuss Emmy Rossum Mike Vogel Andre Braugher & Kevin Dillon Director Wolfgang Petersen Certificate 12 years & over Year 2006 Screen Widescreen 2401 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 36 minutes (approx)
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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 Mayday It&s New Year&s Eve & festivities have begun aboard the luxury cruise ship Poseidon at sea in the North Atlantic One of the finest vessels of its kind Poseidon stands more than 20 stories tall boasts 800 staterooms & 13 passenger decks Tonight many of the ship&s guests have gathered to greet the New Year in style in the magnificent main ballroom However a Rogue Wave a monstrous wall of water over one hundred feet high is bearing down on them with tremendous speed The wave strikes with colossal force pitching the ship heavily to port before rolling it completely upside down; supports collapse broken gas lines ignite flash fires & lights fail leaving vast sections of the ship in darkness & chaos In its aftermath a few hundred survivors are left to huddle in the still-intact main ballroom now resting below the waterline One man professional gambler Dylan Johns (Josh Lucas) prefers to test the odds alone Ignoring orders he prepares to exit the Ballroom & find his own way to safety but is collared by nine-year-old Conor (Jimmy Bennett) who asks that Dylan take him & his mother Maggie (Jacinda Barrett) along Fast behind them is Robert Ramsey (Kurt Russell) anxious to search for his daughter Jennifer (Emmy Rossum) & her fiance Christian (Mike Vogel) Determined to fight their way to the surface they must forge a path together through layers of wreckage as the ship continues to sink Bonds form quickly in this journey of vertical climbs dead ends & sheer drops Trust proves vital Actors Josh Lucas Kurt Russell Jacinda Barrett Richard Dreyfuss Emmy Rossum Mike Vogel Andre Braugher & Kevin Dillon Director Wolfgang Petersen Certificate 12 years & over Year 2006 Screen Widescreen 2401 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 36 minutes (approx)
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Poseidon's Arrow by bestselling Clive Cussler is the twenty-second thrilling Dirk Pitt adventure In 1943 a submarine returning from a secret mission is attacked its vital cargo believed lost Three quarters of a century later NUMA director Dirk Pitt is asked to help locate a missing person the scientist responsible for the design of the revolutionary Poseidon's Arrow submarine This craft is so advanced & dangerous that any government would kill to posses it
- & not only has its designer disappeared but so too have the plans But this is no simple search It leads Pitt from Washington to the Panama jungle draws in the full resources of NUMA & slowly unravels a deadly conspiracy that seeks to bring the world to its knees- & only Pitt can prevent it Poseidon's Arrow follows Artcic Drift Crescent Dawn & Atlantis Found as the next in the enthralling Dirk Pitt adventures Clive Cussler is on form as ever fans of previous work in the Dirk Pitt series will love this as will anyone who has enjoyed work from his NUMA files series of indeed the Fargo adventures Praise for Clive Cussler' The Adventure King' Sunday Express' Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail' The guy I read' Tom Clancy
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Double bill of maritime action adventures directed by Wolfgang Petersen In & Poseidon& (2006) based on & The Poseidon Adventure& by Mark Protosevich it&s New Year&s Eve & festivities have begun aboard the luxury cruise ship Poseidon at sea in the North Atlantic Many of the ship&s guests have gathered to greet the New Year in style in the magnificent main ballroom However a Rogue Wave a monstrous wall of water over one hundred feet high is bearing down on them with tremendous speed The wave strikes with colossal force & has a disastrous effect on the ship & its passengers A few hundred survivors are left to huddle in the still-intact main ballroom now resting below the waterline One man professional gambler Dylan Johns (Josh Lucas) prefers to test the odds alone Ignoring orders he prepares to exit the ballroom & find his own way to safety but is collared by nine-year-old Conor (Jimmy Bennett) who asks that Dylan take him & his mother Maggie (Jacinda Barrett) along Fast behind them is Robert Ramsey (Kurt Russell) anxious to search for his daughter Jennifer (Emmy Rossum) & her fiance Christian (Mike Vogel) & The Perfect Storm& (2000) is adapted from Sebastian Junger&s semi-fictional book about the loss of a fishing vessel & its crew during one of the biggest storms for decades seen off the coast of the US In the autumn of 1991 the Andrea Gail leaves the port of Gloucester Massachusetts never to be seen again Heading out to the fishing waters of the Flemish Cap in search of swordfish Captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney) & his crew soon find themselves overtaken by a massive storm one which taxes their courage to the very limit ...

Poser 10 provides the world&s easiest way to create captivating digital art & animation with 3D characters Poser comes with 5GB of ready-to-pose humans animals props 3D scene elements textures & cameras & lights Characters can be customised using facial photographs; you can even add dynamic hair & clothing to bring them to life Animate & render scenes into photorealistic images & video for web print & film projects Poser 10 is the perfect tool for beginners in 3D animation graphic artists & illustrators From comic books & animated shorts to architectural & industrial design Poser 10 adds character Comic book preview mode for color & b&w cartoon illustration & animation pixar subdivision surfaces for fast & efficient scene building bullet physics for soft body dynamics rigid body & hair morph brush now supports sag tighten & loosen so clothing works better magnets & deformers with weight maps for the ultimate precision interactive raytrace preview ...

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Includes:: over 70 fully rigged fully posable 3D characters Comes with 2GB of clothing hair props textures pose sets cameras lights facial expressions & hand poses to get started quickly Click & drag to pose figures or move lights & cameras in real time Easily drag & drop content into the scene from the Library Search Content Paradise from within Library for additional Poser content Turn 3D scenes into images or animation with Poser Fire Fly rendering engine In-app Project Guide teaches how to use Poser with video & easy to follow instructions Efficiently uses your computer&s hardware to make 3D fast



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The easiest way to learn 3D & have fun at the same time Click & drag to pose over 70 included 3D figures Create cool 3D art even if you can&t draw or have never taken an art class Affordable yet fully featured

Includes:: 2GB of ready to go 3D content so you can get started right away Learn the basics of 3D & 3D character animation with easy to follow step-by-step Project Guide Easy-to-use 3D character animation controls Expand your 3D skills with the included training videos & tutorials Add additional content by connecting with Content Paradise Pose 3D characters with natural bending in every joint

Includes:: over 70 fully rigged fully posable 3D characters Comes with 2GB of clothing hair props textures pose sets cameras lights facial expressions & hand poses to get started quickly Click & drag to pose figures or move lights & cameras in real time Easily drag & drop content into the scene from the Library Search Content Paradise from within Library for additional Poser content Turn 3D scenes into images or animation with Poser Fire Fly rendering engine In-app Project Guide teaches how to use Poser with video & easy to follow instructions Efficiently uses your computer&s hardware to make 3D fast



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