Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play On August 24th 1939 in a small riverside cafe in France six old friends vow to reunite on that day each year however fate has a way of disrupting even the best laid plans With the outbreak of war the friends find their lives running very different courses as their loyalties & nationalities begin to forge their future An action-packed tale of war friendships & family ties ...

As a practising mortician Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies In From Here to Eternity she sets out in search of cultures unburdened by such fears In rural Indonesia she observes a man clean & dress his grandfather's mummified body She meets Bolivian natitas (cigarette-smoking wish-granting human skulls) & discovers the Japanese ritual of kotsuage in which relatives use chopsticks to pluck their loved-ones' bones from cremation ashes With curiosity & morbid humour Doughty introduces us to inspiring death-care innovators participates in powerful death practices almost entirely unknown in the West & explores new spaces for mourning
- including a futuristic glowing-Buddha columbarium in Japan a candlelit Mexican cemetery & America's only open-air pyre In doing so she expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with 'dignity' & reveals unexpected possibilities for our own death rituals
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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 Director Fred Zinnemann's 1953 Oscar-winning best picture From Here To Eternity is a powerful portrait of a peacetime military camp stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour Montgomery Clift is superlative in the major role of Robert Prewitt while Frank Sinatra delivers an electrifying Academy Award-winning (1953 Best Supporting Actor) performance as Clift's buddy Deborah Kerr's love scene in the Hawaiian surf with Burt Lancaster is enshrined as one of the most famous moments in cinema history Actors Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Montgomery Clift Frank Sinatra Donna Reed Ernest Borgnine Jack Warden & Merle Travis Director Fred Zinnemann Certificate PGYear 1953 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 54 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Director Fred Zinnemann&s 1953 Oscar-winning best picture From Here To Eternity is a powerful portrait of a peacetime military camp stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour Montgomery Clift is superlative in the major role of Robert Prewitt while Frank Sinatra delivers an electrifying Academy Award-winning (1953 Best Supporting Actor) performance as Clift&s buddy Deborah Kerr&s love scene in the Hawaiian surf with Burt Lancaster is enshrined as one of the most famous moments in cinema history Actors Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Montgomery Clift Frank Sinatra Donna Reed Ernest Borgnine Jack Warden & Merle Travis Director Fred Zinnemann Certificate PGYear 1953 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 54 minutes (approx) ...

A retitled & revised edition of Ian Stewart's The Problem of Mathematics this is the perfect guide to today's mathematics Read about the latest discoveries including Andrew Wile's amazing proof of Fermat's Last Theorem the newest advances in knot theory the Four Colour Theorem Chaos Theory & fake four-dimensial spaces See how simple concepts from probability theory shed light on the National Lottery & tell you how to maximize your winnings Discover how infinitesimals become respectable why there are different kinds of infinity & how to square the circle with the mathematical equivalent of a pair of scissors ...

February 1912 Harry Pennell & his Terra Nova shipmates brave storms & ice to bring supplies to Antarctica They hope to celebrate Captain Scott's conquest of the South Pole but are forced by ice to return north before Scott's party returns In New Zealand a reporter tells them that Roald Amundsen reached the Pole first Returning to Antarctica in early 1913 they learn that Scott's party reached the Pole but died on the ice shelf Back in Britain memorial services medal ceremonies weddings & resumed careers are abruptly interrupted by the First World War Fit & able men Scott's Antarctics' trade one adventure for another By 1919 Scott's Antarctics' have fought at Antwerp the Western Front Gallipoli in the Channel at Jutland & in Arctic Russia They serve on horseback in trenches on battleships & hospital ships in armoured cars & flimsy aircraft; their brothers-in-arms include a prime minister's son & poet Rupert Brooke As in Antarctica life is challenging & dangerous As on the ice not all survive Strathie's story of these remarkably talented adventurers is fascinating as is the evidence that many of these men remained in touch during the war although talk of the frozen continent gave way to their latest war adventures Her book is well written excellently illustrated & recommended to all those who want to know more about Scott's Antarctic survivors & their Great War Deeds
- Stephen Chambers Gallipoli Magazine 2016
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From Information Literacy to Social Epistemology Insights from Psychology focuses on information & the ways in which information literacy relates to critical thinking in education the workplace & in our social life The broad context for our interest is the development in internet technologies often characterised by terms like the digital age' leading to questions of digital participation digital divides & the role of thinking in the information society In short to what extent is the digital age' engendering changes in learning directed towards the better use of information & in addition encouraging or even requiring improvements in critical thinking? ...

Once experienced intuitively by early gnostic thinkers knowledge of the cosmic significance of Christ & his mission has faded over the centuries As theologians & historians of the Church critically scrutinized the Gospel records their focus shifted from Christ to the human figure of Jesus of Nazareth Today many are beginning a new search for an understanding of the life death & resurrection of Christ & its meaning for their lives In these enlightening lectures Rudolf Steiner shows how 'the Mystery of Golgotha' can be seen as the pivotal event of human history The Gospels themselves he says are 'initiation documents' that can guide us on a path of spiritual development Steiner demonstrates how manifold spiritual entities are involved in the events of Palestine which took place 2000 years ago & explains problematic aspects of Christian theology such as the resurrection of the physical body His emphasis throughout is on highlighting the esoteric path to Christ & he encourages us to awaken to the new revelation manifesting in our time Christ as the ' Lord of Karma' This edition contains the public talk given prior to the beginning of the course ...

This book traces the lives of Malayalees in Singapore through their memories & experiences of moving from Kerala to Singapore & how their families subsequently built their lives here slowly sinking their roots & becoming Singapore Malayalees From Kerala to Singapore is the result of rigorous research into the relatively little-known Singapore Malayalees & provides a comprehensive insight into a rich & fascinating community that has made a rich contribution to the country This book gathers together an academic account of migration more than 100 personal narratives
- which are complemented by specially commissioned photo portraits & personal family memorabilia
- & dozens of meticulously researched family trees The ambition of this book is unmatched; never before has there been a study of the Singapore Malayalees
- or indeed any ethnic community in Singapore
- that simultaneously comprises academic research oral testimonies portrait photography personal memorabilia & genealogical study



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Recent advances suggest that the concept of information might hold the key to unravelling the mystery of life's nature & origin Fresh insights from a broad & authoritative range of articulate & respected experts focus on the transition from matter to life & hence reconcile the deep conceptual schism between the way we describe physical & biological systems A unique cross-disciplinary perspective drawing on expertise from philosophy biology chemistry physics & cognitive & social sciences provides a new way to look at the deepest questions of our existence This book addresses the role of information in life & how it can make a difference to what we know about the world Students researchers & all those interested in what life is & how it began will gain insights into the nature of life & its origins that touch on nearly every domain of science ...