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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 than Hawke & Uma Thurman star in this sci-fi adventure directed by Andrew Niccol Vincent (Hawke) dreams of becoming a space pilot but in the world in which he lives only people with prime genetic material can attain the top jobs Determined to succeed he makes a deal with the genetically-perfect Jerome (Jude Law) which will provide him with fresh daily samples of Jerome&s urine skin & hair thus allowing him to fake his identity & find a place on the space program The plan starts off working perfectly but when one of the company&s directors is murdered & Vincent becomes the main suspect it can only be a matter of time before his secret is revealed ...

Wherever they go anyone who visits Barcelona today will come across the works of Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) the architect who has attracted art-lovers from all over the world to Spain It was there in the capital of Catalonia that the famous master of architecture produced nearly all of his works Raised during the Industrial Revolution Gaudi strove to distinguish & reaffirm the identity of his native Catalonia as Spain & the rest of Europe modernized Early neo-Gothic designs were the stepping-stone to the mature original style that came to be synonymous with his name Incorporating bold colors & odd bits of material into his designs Gaudi created inspiring visionary buildings & helped establish Barcelona (most notably with the still-unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral) as a city of the world ...

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Before he was painting nudes on Tahitian beaches Paul Gauguin was a sailor a salesman in Copenhagen & a stockbroker in Paris A leading influence in the post-Impressionist avant-garde Gauguin settled in the Pacific in search of an unspoiled paradise & in rejection of artificial life in Europe His vivid life story is matched only by 96 pages Walther Ingo F ...

This is an expert account of the Post Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin who defied convention & renounced European civilization to pursue his art in the South Seas It explores the influences that defined his style from Impressionist painters to the brilliant hues & primitive forms of the South Pacific Islands It features a gallery ranging from his early Impressionist work to his vibrant pictures of a Tahitian idyll Paul Gauguin was one of the most important artists of the early 20th century This informative book outlines the artist&s personal & working life his work in France & his paintings of the tropical landscapes of Tahiti & the Caribbean His mission became to depict an authentic primitivism; a method known as Cloissonism a technique that was inspired by medieval enamelling The Yellow Christ is a good example of this style Another iconic work is Vision after the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) This beautifully illustrated book is essential reading for those who would like to learn about this artist & to view his works in one comprehensive collection ...

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A comprehensive & self-contained introduction to Gaussian processes which provide a principled practical probabilistic approach to learning in kernel machines Gaussian processes (GPs) provide a principled practical probabilistic approach to learning in kernel machines GPs have received increased attention in the machine-learning community over the past decade & this book provides a long-needed systematic & unified treatment of theoretical & practical aspects of GPs in machine learning The treatment is comprehensive & self-contained targeted at researchers & students in machine learning & applied statistics The book deals with the supervised-learning problem for both regression & classification &

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