Nao is a high-school student with a secret he carefully hides from everybody he's fallen in love with his close friend Hira But Nao is terrified when he suspects Hira might have noticed his feelings! ...

Rejecting the view that racial differences in educational achievement are a product of innate or cultural differences Darby & Rury uncover the historical interplay between ideas about race & American schooling to show clearly that the racial achievement gap has been socially & institutionally constructed 224 pages 2 halftones 3 tables Darby Derrick ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Martin Scorsese directs this sequel to ' The Hustler' Old-time poolsharp Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) has quit the game but still acts as an unofficial agent for up & coming hustlers One such is the young precocious but talented Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise) who has a hard time accepting Eddie's advice that he should sometimes throw games in order to soften up an opponent The pair fall out & go their separate ways but not before Eddie has been inspired to pick up the pool cue once more Actors Paul Newman Tom Cruise Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Helen Shaver John Turturro Directors Martin Scorsese Writers Richard Price Producers Irving Axelrod Barbara de Fina Format PAL Blu-ray Subtitles Latin Spanish Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region All Regions (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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Bold & beautiful this volume presents hundreds of film stills from the Pixar archives in a glorious spectrum of color Starting with bright white images & seamlessly flowing through the colors of the rainbow it becomes crystal clear how each frame tells a story Bound into a gorgeous volume The Color of Pixar encapsulates everything there is to love about the studio the attention to detail the playful characters & the sheer scope of their work in over 20 years of iconic feature films ...

Director Sergei Paradjanov made a practice of making highly idiosyncratic films based on the folklore of regions in the former Soviet Union In 1969 he made this film based in part on the life of the 18th-century Armenian poet Sayat Nova (' The King of Song') Renowned for his writings & his religious lifestyle Sayat Nova became a martyr when he grew too influential for the authorities to control Seriously out of favor with Soviet governmental bureaucrats this film was not seen in the international arena until 1977 Then THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES was widely acclaimed for its poetic & non-narrative blending of historical & biographical Armenian imagery ...

The classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel with a new introductory letter from Alice Walker NAMED ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD 288 pages Walker Alice ...

Whether discussing hexaflexagons or number theory Klein bottles or the essence of nothing Martin Gardner has single-handedly created the field of recreational mathematics The Colossal Book of Mathematics collects together Gardner's most popular pieces from his legendary Mathematical Games column which ran in Scientific American for twenty-five years Gardner's array of absorbing puzzles & mind-twisting paradoxes opens mathematics up to the world at large inspiring people to see past numbers & formulas & experience the application of mathematical principles to the mysterious world around them With articles on topics ranging from simple algebra to the twisting surfaces of Mobius strips from an endless game of Bulgarian solitaire to the unreachable dream of time travel this volume comprises a substantial & definitive monument to Gardner's influence on mathematics science & culture In its twelve sections The Colossal Book of Math explores a wide range of areas each startlingly illuminated by Gardner's incisive expertise Beginning with seemingly simple topics Gardner expertly guides us through complicated & wondrous worlds by way of basic algebra we contemplate the mesmerizing often hilarious linguistic & numerical possibilities of palindromes; using simple geometry he dissects the principles of symmetry upon which the renowned mathematical artist M C Escher constructs his unique dizzying universe Gardner like few thinkers today melds a rigorous scientific skepticism with a profound artistic & imaginative impulse His stunning exploration of The Church of the Fourth Dimension for example bridges the disparate worlds of religion & science by brilliantly imagining the spatial possibility of God's presence in the world as a fourth dimension at once everywhere & nowhere With boundless wisdom & his trademark wit Gardner allows the reader to further engage challenging topics like probability & game theory which have plagued clever gamblers & famous mathematicians for centuries Whether debunking Pascal's wager with basic probability making visual music with fractals or uncoiling a knotted doughnut with introductory topology Gardner continuously displays his fierce intelligence & gentle humor His articles confront both the comfortingly mundane-Generalized Ticktacktoe & Sprouts & Brussel Sprouts-and the quakingly abstract-Hexaflexagons Nothing & Everything He navigates these staggeringly obscure topics with a deft intelligence & with addendums & suggested reading lists he informs these classic articles with new insight Admired by scientists & mathematicians writers & readers alike Gardner's vast knowledge & burning curiosity reveal themselves on every page The culmination of a lifelong devotion to the wonders of mathematics The Colossal Book of Mathematics is the largest & most comprehensive math book ever assembled by Gardner & remains an indispensable volume for the amateur & expert alike ...

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In a dazzlingly original work of non-fiction the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance the chaos the promise & the heartbreak of New York Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who has lived in
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- in the greatest of American cities A masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps The Colossus of New York captures the city's inner & outer landscapes in a series of vignettes meditations & personal memories Colson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings & thoughts of longtime residents & of newcomers who dream of making it their home; of those who have conquered its challenges; & of those who struggle against its cruelties Whitehead's style is as multilayered & multifarious as New York itself Switching from third person to first person to second person he weaves individual voices into a jazzy musical composition that perfectly reflects the way we experience the city There is a funny knowing riff on what it feels like to arrive in New York for the first time; a lyrical meditation on how the city is transformed by an unexpected rain shower; & a wry look at the ferocious battle that is commuting The plaintive notes of the lonely & dispossessed resound in one passage while another captures those magical moments when the city seems to be talking directly to you inviting you to become one with its rhythms The Colossus of New York is a remarkable portrait of life in the big city Ambitious in scope gemlike in its details it is at once an unparalleled tribute to New York & the ideal introduction to one of the most exciting writers working today

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From the author of The Gustav Sonata Joseph & Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings & prosperity But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by a rapturous obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth Abandoning his farm & family he sets off alone for the new gold-fields over the Southern Alps a moral wilderness where many others under the seductive dreams of 'the colour' are violently rushing to their destinies By turns both moving & terrifying The Colour is about a quest for the impossible an attempt to mine the complexities of love & explore the sacrifices to be made in the pursuit of happiness Over a million Rose Tremain books sold A writer of exceptional talent Tremain is a writer who understands every emotion' Independent IThere are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain' Irish Times Tremain has the painterly genius of an Old Master & she uses it to stunning effect' The Times Rose Tremain is one of the very finest British novelists' Salman Rushdie Tremain is a writer of exemplary vision & particularity The fictional world is rendered with extraordinary vividness' Marcel Theroux Guardian ...