Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Tom Hanks Imagine Entertainment & HBO present From the Earth to the Moon the dramatic story of the unforgettable Apollo missions & their heroic astronauts from President John F Kennedy&s historic speech through the first manned expeditions into space to the defining moment of the space program
- putting a man on the moon " One small step for man one giant leap for mankind" Powerfully told as never before though the unforgettable performances of Cary Elwes Sally Field Chris Isaak & many more these are the stories of the men women & children who lived breathed & manufactured from the power of human will one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind
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Jules Verne (1828-1905) was internationally famous as the author of novels based on extraordinary voyages' His visionary use of new travel technologies inspired his readers to look to the industrial future rather than the remote past for their dreams of adventure The popularity of his novels led directly to modern science fiction In From the Earth to the Moon & Around the Moon Jules Verne turned the ancient fantasy of space flight into a believable technological possibility
- an engineering dream for the industrial age Directly inspired by Verne's story enthusiasts worked successfully at overcoming the practical difficulties & within a century human beings did indeed fly to the Moon Curiously however Verne is unlikely to have thought it possible that a manned projectile could actually be fired out of a giant cannon rising higher than the Moon swinging around it & then landing safely back on Earth He had used the science of the day to construct a literary conjuring trick a hoax one of the most successful in all history By skilful misdirection he drew the attention of readers away from weaknesses in the project Read the book & you too will be fooled into accepting the realistic possibility in Verne's time of that dream of flying to the Moon
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This second volume of a new three-part series of Antonio Negri's work is focussed on the consequences of the rapid process of deindustrialisation that has occurred across the West in recent years In this volume Negri investigates exactly what happens when the class subjects of industrial capitalism are demobilised & the factories close Evidently capital continues to make profit but how & where? According to Negri the creation of value extends beyond the factory walls to embrace the whole of society; the 'mass worker' of industrialism gives way to the 'socialised worker' (operaio sociale) & the terrain of exploitation now becomes the whole of human life In postmodernity the metropolis becomes the privileged arena of value extraction We must therefore understand the global city with its stratifications its enclosures & its resistances Old categories of the private & the public are inadequate to describe the new matrix of production which is characterised rather by the 'common' the productive space of cognitive & immaterial labour Today's metropolis can be defined as a space of antagonisms between forms of life produced on the one hand by finance capital (the capital that operates around rents) & on the other by the 'cognitive proletariat' The central question is then how 'the common' of the latter can be mobilised for the destruction of capitalism In an analysis that runs from the Italian workerism (operaismo) of the 1970s to the present day From the Factory to the Metropolis offers readers valuable insight into the far-reaching impact of deindustrialisation presenting both the challenges & opportunities It will appeal to the many interested in the continuing development of Negri's project & to anyone interested in radical politics today ...

Pat Williams has a job a home & a boyfriend she hopes to one day marry One night Del her boyfriend is arrested after a fight & suddenly life isn't so settled ...

From the Gracchi to Nero is an outstanding history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD Fifty years since publication it is widely hailed as the classic survey of the period going through many revised & updated editions until HH Scullard's death It explores the decline & fall of the Roman Republic & the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate In superbly clear style Scullard brings vividly to life the Gracchi's attempts at reform the rise & fall of Marius & Sulla Pompey & Caesar society & culture in the late Roman Republic the Augustan Principate Tiberius & Gaius Claudius & Nero & economic & social life in the early Empire ...

Everyone likes Olive Piper A happy open-hearted child growing up in the 1950s her life is contented When her passion for reading gets her into university she feels sure the world is waiting for her But then she makes a mistake
- the kind any one of us could make
- & faces an impossible choice &A shattering coming-of-age story& Daily Telegraph

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A rich blend of history & spirituality adventure & politics laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple's previous work In AD 587 two monks John Moschos & Sophronius the Sophist embarked on an extraordinary journey across the Byzantine world from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt Their aim to collect the wisdom of the sages & mystics of the Byzantine East before their fragile world shattered under the eruption of Islam Almost 1500 years later using the writings of John Moschos as his guide William Dalrymple set off to retrace their footsteps Taking in a civil war in Turkey the ruins of Beirut the tensions of the West Bank & a fundamentalist uprising in Egypt William Dalrymple's account is a stirring elegy to the dying civilisation of Eastern Christianity ...

A rich blend of history & spirituality adventure & politics laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple’s previous work In AD 587 two monks John Moschos & Sophronius the Sophist embarked on an extraordinary journey across the Byzantine world from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt Their aim to collect the wisdom of the sages & mystics of the Byzantine East before their fragile world shattered under the eruption of Islam Almost 1500 years later using the writings of John Moschos as his guide William Dalrymple set off to retrace their footsteps Taking in a civil war in Turkey the ruins of Beirut the tensions of the West Bank & a fundamentalist uprising in Egypt William Dalrymple’s account is a stirring elegy to the dying civilisation of Eastern Christianity ...

Over recent years the field of Science of Learning has increased dramatically Unfortunately despite claims that this work will greatly impact education very little research makes it into teacher practice Although the reasons for this are varied a primary concern is the lack of a proper translation framework From the Laboratory to the Classroom aims to consolidate information from many different research disciplines & correlate learning principles with known classroom practices in order to establish explanatory foundations for successful strategies that can be implemented into the classroom It combines theoretical research with the diverse & dynamic classroom environment to deliver original effective & specific teaching & learning strategies & address questions concerning what possible mechanisms are at play as people learn Divided into five sections chapters cover A Framework for Organizing & Translating Science of Learning Research Motivation & Attention as Foundations for Student Learning Memory & Metamemory Considerations in the Instruction of Human Beings Science of Learning in Digital Learning Environments Educational Approaches for Students Experiencing Learning Difficulties & Developmental Characteristics of Gifted Children Brain Behaviour & Classroom Practice Forging Research Practice Relationships via Laboratory Schools This fascinating text gathers an international team of expert scientists teachers & administrators to present a coherent framework for the vital translation of laboratory research for educational practice Applying the Science of Learning framework to a number of different educational domains it will be an essential guide for any student or researcher in education educational psychology neuropsychology educational technology & the emergent field of neuroeducation ...

New York City girl Claudia a mere month shy of being a twelve-year-old has resolved to run away from home with her younger brother Jamie She knows that she could never pull off the classic spur-of-the-moment departure without a destination (inevitably involving having to eat outside with the insects & cupcakes melting in the sun); so she plans everything to perfection including their destination the grand elegant beautiful all-encompassing Metropolitan Museum of Art However no sooner have Claudia & Jamie settled into their new home than they are caught up in the mystery of an angel statue bought by the museum for the bargain price of 225 Is it in fact an as yet undiscovered work by Michelangelo worth millions? Claudia is determined to find out & her quest leads her to the remarkable secretive Mrs Frankweiler who sold the statue to the museum
- & to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself Since its first appearance nearly 50 years ago The Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler has gained a place in the hearts of generations of readers
- & has rightly become one of the most celebrated & beloved children's books of all time

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