In this all-new graphic novel a spaceship crashes into a separatist camp & manages to reanimate the dead as well! It aliens vs zombies vs militiamen in a carnage-filled tale! ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Inspired by true events The Colony tells the harrowing true story of Lena & Daniel a young couple who become entangled in a Chilean cult in 1973 When Daniel is brutally abducted by the military&s secret police Lena embarks on a desperate search for her boyfriend She tracks him to Colonia Dignidad an infamous compound run by a sinister preacher with an iron fist Paul Schäfer Offering herself up as a follower Lena decides the only way she can free Daniel is to infiltrate the cult But can she herself survive Colonia s vicious regime? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Inspired by true events The Colony tells the harrowing true story of Lena & Daniel a young couple who become entangled in a Chilean cult in 1973 When Daniel is brutally abducted by the military&s secret police Lena embarks on a desperate search for her boyfriend She tracks him to Colonia Dignidad an infamous compound run by a sinister preacher with an iron fist Paul Schäfer Offering herself up as a follower Lena decides the only way she can free Daniel is to infiltrate the cult But can she herself survive Colonia s vicious regime? ...

Nao is a high-school student with a secret he carefully hides from everybody he's fallen in love with his close friend Hira But Nao is terrified when he suspects Hira might have noticed his feelings! ...

Rejecting the view that racial differences in educational achievement are a product of innate or cultural differences Darby & Rury uncover the historical interplay between ideas about race & American schooling to show clearly that the racial achievement gap has been socially & institutionally constructed 224 pages 2 halftones 3 tables Darby Derrick ...

Bold & beautiful this volume presents hundreds of film stills from the Pixar archives in a glorious spectrum of color Starting with bright white images & seamlessly flowing through the colors of the rainbow it becomes crystal clear how each frame tells a story Bound into a gorgeous volume The Color of Pixar encapsulates everything there is to love about the studio the attention to detail the playful characters & the sheer scope of their work in over 20 years of iconic feature films ...

Director Sergei Paradjanov made a practice of making highly idiosyncratic films based on the folklore of regions in the former Soviet Union In 1969 he made this film based in part on the life of the 18th-century Armenian poet Sayat Nova (' The King of Song') Renowned for his writings & his religious lifestyle Sayat Nova became a martyr when he grew too influential for the authorities to control Seriously out of favor with Soviet governmental bureaucrats this film was not seen in the international arena until 1977 Then THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES was widely acclaimed for its poetic & non-narrative blending of historical & biographical Armenian imagery ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on Alice Walker&s Pulitzer prize-winning novel The Color violet is the richly textured decades-spanning story of Celie an uneducated woman living in the rural American south Forced to marry a brutal man she calls "MR" Celie turns inward & shares her grief only with God But she is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women acquiring self-worth & the strength to forgive Actors Danny Glover Rae Dawn Chong Adolph Caeser Whoopi Goldberg Oprah Winfrey Margaret Avery & Carl Anderson Director Steven Spielberg Certificate 15 years & over Year 1985 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages Side A & B English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles Side A & B English ; Arabic ; English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours & 28 minutes (approx)
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The classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel with a new introductory letter from Alice Walker NAMED ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD 288 pages Walker Alice ...

Whether discussing hexaflexagons or number theory Klein bottles or the essence of nothing Martin Gardner has single-handedly created the field of recreational mathematics The Colossal Book of Mathematics collects together Gardner's most popular pieces from his legendary Mathematical Games column which ran in Scientific American for twenty-five years Gardner's array of absorbing puzzles & mind-twisting paradoxes opens mathematics up to the world at large inspiring people to see past numbers & formulas & experience the application of mathematical principles to the mysterious world around them With articles on topics ranging from simple algebra to the twisting surfaces of Mobius strips from an endless game of Bulgarian solitaire to the unreachable dream of time travel this volume comprises a substantial & definitive monument to Gardner's influence on mathematics science & culture In its twelve sections The Colossal Book of Math explores a wide range of areas each startlingly illuminated by Gardner's incisive expertise Beginning with seemingly simple topics Gardner expertly guides us through complicated & wondrous worlds by way of basic algebra we contemplate the mesmerizing often hilarious linguistic & numerical possibilities of palindromes; using simple geometry he dissects the principles of symmetry upon which the renowned mathematical artist M C Escher constructs his unique dizzying universe Gardner like few thinkers today melds a rigorous scientific skepticism with a profound artistic & imaginative impulse His stunning exploration of The Church of the Fourth Dimension for example bridges the disparate worlds of religion & science by brilliantly imagining the spatial possibility of God's presence in the world as a fourth dimension at once everywhere & nowhere With boundless wisdom & his trademark wit Gardner allows the reader to further engage challenging topics like probability & game theory which have plagued clever gamblers & famous mathematicians for centuries Whether debunking Pascal's wager with basic probability making visual music with fractals or uncoiling a knotted doughnut with introductory topology Gardner continuously displays his fierce intelligence & gentle humor His articles confront both the comfortingly mundane-Generalized Ticktacktoe & Sprouts & Brussel Sprouts-and the quakingly abstract-Hexaflexagons Nothing & Everything He navigates these staggeringly obscure topics with a deft intelligence & with addendums & suggested reading lists he informs these classic articles with new insight Admired by scientists & mathematicians writers & readers alike Gardner's vast knowledge & burning curiosity reveal themselves on every page The culmination of a lifelong devotion to the wonders of mathematics The Colossal Book of Mathematics is the largest & most comprehensive math book ever assembled by Gardner & remains an indispensable volume for the amateur & expert alike ...