Throughout the centuries mad scientists have always encountered the same problem of very limited access to the dangerous resources they require To solve this problem the Mad Science Foundation was created Now these "misunderstood geniuses" can finally get the access they need to the four vital building blocks of mad science Lasers Dark Matter Cryptomium & Sharks Unfortunately for each mad scientist who seeks "funding" from the Mad Science Foundation there remains the unfortunate fact of life that mad scientists do not play well with others In the quest for infamy directors will be bribed resources will be reallocated spies will be dispatched inventions will be sabotaged & big ominous buttons will be pressed with catastrophic results Welcome to the Mad Science Foundation where everyone is ready to stab you in the back with overly-elaborate backstabbing machines At heart Mad Science Foundation is a drafting game You draft resources to craft wacky inventions & dispatch minions to help with your diabolical plans Each round one player controls the Crooked Director for that round They then separate the available commodities into piles to be drafted It&s up to the scientist controlling the Director to determine the value of whatever resources are available & separate them into piles Not all piles are created equal! Players then take turns selecting which pile of goodies to grab with the Director&s controller choosing last Sizing up your competition is key! You know what they need; don&t let them have it Or give them two choices of equal terrible-ness! But each player also has a secret side objective that you may not figure out until it&s too late By crafting new inventions you might be able to put together an engine of cards that eventually fuel themselves Perpetual motion in our lifetime! Or perhaps you might stockpile valuable resources for later exploitation It&s all done with the altruistic goals of megalomania & personal glory in mind What could go wrong? The Mad Science Foundation is not responsible for stock market crashes illegal dumping or tears in the fabric of space-time Players 2-4 Playing time 30-45 minutes Ages 15 ...

Polish up your laser gun get your maniacal laugh ready You&re about to enroll in Mad Scientist University! Whichever student devises the most evilly ingenious schemes will pass with honors The rest will be set home in boxes one piece at a time Mad Scientist University is a storytelling party game for 3 to 7 people Players all receive one Unstable Element card like lawn gnomes marshmallows or squirrels Then they each present a cunning plan to achieve the group&s Insane Assignment using their Element Journey to the center of the earth using tunneling mechanical lawn gnomes Win the presidential race with mind-altering marshmallows Take over the world with your army of vicious mutated squirrels Your sinister plot knows no bounds! The TA for the round awards the Assignment card for the best plan using whatever demented totally unreasonable criteria he sees fit? evil geniuses are like that The player with the most Assignment cards wins! ...

Can&t decide which MAD ART book you want the most? We humbly suggest you buy them all in this new slipcase that

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One of MAD&s original " Usual Gang of Idiots" Jack Davis specialized in illustrated parodies of horror & western stories all written by Harvey Kurtzman This new title collects all his work from the original 23 issues of the MAD comic book including hilarious takes on The Lone Ranger Alice in Wonderland movies High Noon & The Barefoot Countessa TV game show " What&s My Line" plus an adaptation of the poem " Casey at the Bat" & much more Collects stories from MAD 1-23 by Jack Davis ...

One of MAD&s original " Usual Gang of Idiots" Wally Wood specialized in illustrated parodes of science fiction & war stories as well as slick Hollywood films all written by Harvey Kurtzman This new title collects all his work from the original 23 issues of the MAD comic book including hilarious takes on Superman Batman Little Orphan Annie Flash Gordon Prince Valiant Julius Caesar & movies like The Wild One The Caine Mutiny & On the Waterfront Collects stories from MAD 1-23 by Wally Wood ...

Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous & inaccessible places on earth almost died countless times lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite raised millions of pounds for charity & been awarded a polar medal & an OBE He has been an elite soldier an athlete a mountaineer an explorer a bestselling author & nearly replaced Sean Connery as James Bond In his autobiography he describes how he led expeditions all over the world & became the first person to travel to both poles on land He tells of how he discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman & attempted to walk solo & unsupported to the North Pole
- the expedition that cost him several fingers & very nearly his life His most recent challenge was scaling the north face of the Eiger one of the most awesome mountaineering challenges in the world Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes OBE 3rd Baronet looks back on a life lived at the very limits of human endeavour' Even readers with a broadly low tolerance for macho heroism will find themselves gripped compelling'
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Mad bad & sad From the depression suffered by Virginia Woolf & Sylvia Plath to the mental anguish & addictions of iconic beauties Zelda Fitzgerald & Marilyn Monroe From Freud & Jung & the radical breakthroughs of psychoanalysis to Lacan's construction of a modern movement & the new women-centred therapies This is the story of how we have understood mental disorders & extreme states of mind in women over the last two hundred years & how we conceive of them today when more & more of our inner life & emotions have become a matter for medics & therapists ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Considered to be one of cinemas greatest talents Akira Kurosawa s final film is released in the UK for the very first time Warm touching & rousing MADADAYO is the perfect bookend to a lifetime of cinematic achievements MADADAYO follows the last two decades in the life of Hyakken Uchida (Tetsuo Matsumura) a writer & teacher who retires in the war years of the early 1940 s Beginning in 1943 (the year Kurosawa made his first feature) he is beloved by his students & colleagues who join him each year for a birthday celebration toasting Mahda-kai? (Are you ready?) to which his answer is always Madadayo! which means Not yet! acknowledging that death may be near but life goes on it is both a triumphant denial of death & a gentle plea for more time In an interview at the time of the film&s release Kurosawa said his movie is about &something very precious which has been all but forgotten The enviable world of warm hearts& He added &hope that all the people who have seen this picture will leave the theatre feeling refreshed with broad smiles on their faces& ...

A new thoroughly updated 12th edition of Bradt's Madagascar the leading & most comprehensive guide to this unique island nation written by Hilary Bradt who first visited in 1976 & has returned roughly 35 times & Daniel Austin who has visited 12 times & continues to travel there annually Bradt's Madagascar is by far the most thorough guide to the country in English & is written & updated by established experts whose unparalleled knowledge of Madagascar combines with contributions from over 50 experts in a book which has been the most authoritative guide to the country for three decades It covers national parks & protected areas &

Includes:: itineraries to suit all interests & budgets plus details of around 1000 hotels & restaurants Madagascar is like nowhere else on earth It is fascinating not only zoologically & botanically but culturally linguistically historically & geologically This vast island is the fourth largest in the world & also the oldest which partly explains why it has evolved into an incredible hotspot for biodiversity with a truly unique flora & fauna that is more than 80 endemic to the island & with new species being described virtually on a daily basis Madagascar is also the only place where you can see wild lemurs Almost a quarter of the world's 450-or-so primates exist only here With Bradt's Madagascar you can visit tropical rainforest & seek out its incredible flora & fauna; explore otherworldly eroded limestone spires most famously at Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park
- Madagascar's most striking landscape; discover the beach-fringed islands around Nosy Be with their fabulous scuba diving snorkelling kayaking whale-watching & fishing opportunities; & make the most of a host of adventuring & sporting possibilities including surfing windsurfing kitesurfing rock climbing tree climbing caving river trips mountain biking distance running quad biking trekking & hiking Also covered are the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ambohimanga; the renowned Avenue des Baobabs one of the country's most photographed scenes & information on the best birdwatching spots Madagascar has almost 300 avian species with a high proportion of endemics including five whole endemic families


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play Get all 4 Madagascar movies in one awesome collection including Madagascar Madagascar Escape 2 Africa Madagascar 3 Europe’s Most Wanted & the all-new Penguins of Madagascar! Your favourite super-spy penguins from Madagascar are back in a hilarious new movie with new friends new foes & a fun-filled globe-trotting adventure the whole family will love! Language English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English ...