Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Sidney Lumet&s 1973 crime drama Serpico remains one of the most influential cop movies
- alongside Al Pacino&s nuanced performance in a disturbing portrait of corruption & morality in the city that never sleeps A plainclothes street patrolman Frank Serpico (Pacino) might be the best cop in New York but his unwillingness to play dirty & give into police corruption of drugs violence & kickbacks his colleagues indulge in every day When he decides to expose those around him Frank finds himself a target not just to the city&s criminals but his own peers Shot on location & based on real events Serpico captures the grit of New York in a way no film has rivalled not just for its toned down realism but also the bleakness Lumet portrays within his hometown city with brutal cynicism with frank immediacy The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Serpico for the first time on Blu-Ray in the UK Special Features Gorgeous restored 1080p transfer on the film Original theatrical trailer Video documentary Serpico Reel to Real Video documentary Inside Serpico Video piece Serpico Favorite Moments 36-PAGE FULL-COLOUR BOOKLET featuring a new & exclusive essay by critic & author of Al Pacino Anatomy of an Actor Karina Longworth rare archival imagery and more Actors Al Pacino Director Sidney Lumet Certificate 18 years & over Year 1973 Screen Widescreen 1781 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours & 10 minutes (approx)
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If higher education is to fulfill its mission the academy must continue to emphasize the ideals of thought reflection & development as well as action This book stresses the importance of understanding that service is a pre-requisite to leadership This practical book contains leadership principles & strategies & is based on research & best practice The book is organized around ten principles of servant leadership & how these principles apply to common issues faced in departments & institutions of higher education The situations addressed are representative so that it is easy to see how the principles apply to other concerns or issues ...

The much-feared & hated Eudo
- the Lord Bishop of Winchester's clerk
- is bludgeoned to death in Pershore Abbey & laid before

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Second in Feist & Wurts' wonderful epic trilogy
- one of the most successful fantasy collaborations of all time THE EMPIRE TRILOGY
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On any given day in a certain city in a certain public services office building down in the Health & Welfare Department you just might run into a clerk with a tongue twister of a name a huge flirt a bundle of insecurity & a cosplay maniac?! About the Author Karino Takatsu is the creator of My Monster Girl&s Too Cool for You Servant x Service & Working!! ...

In 2011 Novak Djokovic had what has been called the greatest single season ever by a professional tennis player He won ten titles three Grand Slams & 43 consecutive matches Remarkably less than two years earlier this champion could barely complete a tournament How did a player once plagued by aches breathing difficulties & injuries on court suddenly become the number-one tennis player in the world? The answer is astonishing he changed what he ate In Serve to Win Djokovic recounts how he survived the bombing of Belgrade rising from a war-torn childhood to the top tier of his sport He reveals the diet that transformed his health & pushed him to the pinnacle While Djokovic loved & craved bread pasta & of course the pizza from his family's restaurant he found his body couldn't process wheat Eliminating gluten made him feel instantly better clearer lighter & quicker His new physical health & mental focus enabled him to achieve his two childhood dreams to win Wimbledon & to be ranked the world's number-one tennis player Djokovic challenges you to try his way of eating for just 14 days He provides weekly menus & easy-to-prepare recipes that will help you lose weight & find your way to a better you You don't need to be a professional athlete to start living & feeling better A trimmer stronger healthier you is just two weeks away! ...

Don't waste your time building an application server See how to build low-cost low-maintenance highly available serverless single page web applications that scale into the millions of users at the click of a button Build well-tested single page apps that are safe from malicious attacks & adapt to any device or network connected to the web Avoid messing around with middle-tier infrastructure & get right to the web app your customers want You don't need to manage your own servers to build powerful web applications--the Internet will do that for you This book will show you how to create a single page app that runs entirely on web services scales to millions of users & costs less per day than a cup of coffee Using a web browser a prepared workspace & your favorite editor you'll build a complete single page web application step by step Deploy your application quickly using Amazon S3 Learn the fundamental technologies behind modern single page apps & use web standards to create lean web applications that can take advantage of the newest technologies Connect with providers like Google & Facebook to manage user identities Read & write user data directly from the browser using a web service database Learn how to defend your application against common security threats Whether you've never built a web application before or you're a seasoned web developer who's just looking for an alternative to complex server-side web frameworks this book describes a simple approach to building serverless web applications that you can easily apply or adapt for your own projects What You Need To follow the tutorial in this book you'll need a computer with a web browser You'll also need a text editor & a git client Building this web application will require some sort of development web server You can use your own or you can also use the one included with the tutorial's prepared workspace The included web server requires Ruby 20 although we also suggest few alternatives To get started quickly you need a basic understanding of HTML CSS & Java Script If you're new to these topics you can get up to speed using links we'll provide in the Introduction ...

Service-Learning Essentials is the resource you need to help you develop high-quality service-learning experiences for college students Written by one of the field's leading experts & sponsored by Campus Compact the book is the definitive work on this high-impact educational practice Service-learning has been identified by the Association of American Colleges & Universities as having been widely tested & shown to be beneficial to college students from a wide variety of backgrounds Organized in an accessible question-&-answer format the book responds clearly & completely to the most common questions & concerns about service-learning Each chapter addresses issues related to individual practice as well as to the collective work of starting & developing a service-learning center or program with examples drawn from a variety of disciplines situations & institutional types The questions range from basic to advanced & the answers cover both the fundamentals & complexities of service-learning Topics include Determining what service-learning opportunities institutions should offer How to engage students in critical reflection in academic courses & in cocurricular experiences Best practices for developing & sustaining mutually beneficial campus-community partnerships Integrating service-learning into the curriculum in all disciplines & at all levels as well as various areas of student life outside the classroom Assessing service-learning programs & outcomes The dilemmas of service-learning in the context of power & privilege The future of service-learning in online & rapidly globalizing environments Service-learning has virtually limitless potential to enable colleges & universities to meet their goals for student learning while making unique contributions to addressing unmet local national & global needs However in order to realize these benefits service-learning must be thoughtfully designed & carefully implemented This easy-to-use volume contains everything faculty leaders & staff members need to know about service-learning to enhance communities improve higher education institutions & educate the next generation of citizens scholars & leaders ...

Services Marketing People Technology Strategy is the eighth edition of the globally leading textbook for Services Marketing by Jochen Wirtz & Christopher Lovelock extensively updated to feature the latest academic research industry trends & technology social media & case examples This textbook takes on a strong managerial approach presented through a coherent & progressive pedagogical framework rooted in solid academic research Featuring cases & examples from all over the world Services Marketing People Technology Strategy is suitable for students who want to gain a wider managerial view of Services Marketing ...

Fetching Sara Moore (Elizabeth Hurley) thinks that she is a happily married woman until process server Joe Tyler (Matthew Perry) shows up at her Manhattan apartment to serve her with divorce papers Sara gives Joe a run for his money fleeing to the Estee Lauder Salon (a nice touch for those who know Hurley as the company's representative) & dodging him all around New York City Realizing that she stands to lose everything in the divorce to her Texan cattle-rancher husband (Bruce Campbell) if she is served first Sara hires Joe to turn the tables & serve her husband first As the two leave New York for Texas in pursuit of Gordon they engage in luggage carousel hijinx have a run-in with a bull & find themselves at a Monster Truck rally among other places Of course true love is always just around the corner as Sara & Joe spend more time together in pursuit of saving her millions Vincent Pastore plays Joe's foil Tony who has been sabotaging Joe's work for months in order to impress the boss (Cedric The Entertainer Kyles) & become the company's star process server ...