" My favorite novel -it&s just the greatest explosion of imagination craziness satire humor & heart" Daniel Radcliffe The devil with his retinue a poet incarcerated in a mental institution for speaking the truth & a startling re-creation of the story of Pontius Pilate constitute the elements out of which Mikhail Bulgakov wove The Master & Margarita the unofficial masterpiece of twentieth-century Soviet fiction Long suppressed in its native land this account of strange doings in Moscow in the 1930s provides us with the essence of the sceptical trenchant unadulterated voice of dissent ...

Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series The Master & Margarita is here presented in a new translation & a wealth of extra material 448 pages Bulgakov Mikhail ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Paul Thomas Anderson writes & directs this Academy Award-nominated drama about a US Navy veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who seeks salvation in the company of a charismatic cult leader Joaquin Phoenix stars as Freddie Quell a troubled drifter who arrives home to post-WWII America shaken disillusioned & fearful of the future A raging alcoholic Quell cannot begin to make sense of his deeply-rooted inner torment let alone surmount it When he meets Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) the &master& of a cult called The Cause an intense & ambiguous relationship develops between the two men But do Dodd&s teachings hold the power to turn Quell&s life around? Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman Joaquin Phoenix Amy Adams Laura Dern & Rami Malek Director Paul Thomas Anderson Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen Languages English
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Clarity Leadership Impact To have an impact you need to communicate This book is for people who want to change the world 184 pages Ward Tim ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Experience Jet Li the star of Hero Kiss of the Dragon & Unleashed in an all-action adventure that showcases the martial arts skills which made him 5-time Chinese National Wushu Champion Acclaimed directorproducer Tsui Hark (Once Upon a Time in China) presents the story of a young Kung Fu champion (Jet Li) who becomes embroiled in a violent vendetta against his former master & must use his amazing martial arts skills to survive on the brutal streets of Downtown Los Angeles Reel after reel of fast direct street-effective martial arts action culminates in an incredible one-on-one finale between Jet Li & Light Welterweight World Kickboxing Champion Jerry Trimble Special Features
- Digitally re-mastered & restored 169 Anamorphic version enhanced for widescreen TVs
- DVD Transfer created from a High Definition master
- Dual Language Format (English Dubbed & Cantonese with re-mastered English subtitles)
- SDH subtitle option
- Dolby Digital 51 audio tracks
- Original Cantonese mono audio track
- Exclusive feature-length audio-commentary with Hong Kong film expert Bey Logan
- The Master an exclusive interview with prolific Kung Fu Legend Yuen Wah
- Crystal Clear an exclusive interview with leading lady Crystal Kwok
- The Insider an exclusive interview with stuntman & author John Kreng
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A building full of secrets A key that will unleash them all The K Apartments for Ladies in Tokyo conceals a sinister past behind each door; a woman who has buried a child; a scavenger driven mad by ill-health; a wife mysteriously guarding her late husband's manuscripts; a talented violinist tortured by her own guilt The master key which opens the door to all 150 rooms links their tangled stories But now it has been stolen & dirty tricks are afoot For a deadly secret lies buried beneath the building & when it is revealed there will be murder ...

Set at the time of the Jacobite uprising The Master of Ballantrae tells of a family divided James Durie Master of Ballantrae abandons his ancestral home to support the Scottish rebellion
- leaving his younger brother Henry who is faithful to the English crown to inherit the title of Lord Durrisdeer But he is to return years later embittered by battles & a savage life of piracy on the high seas to demand his inheritance Turning the people against the Lord he begins a savage feud with his brother that will lead the pair from the Scottish Highlands to the American Wilderness Satanic & seductive the Master was regarded by Stevenson as 'all I know of the devil'; his darkly manipulative schemes dominate this subtle & compelling tragedy This edition takes as its text the Edinburgh Edition of the novel the last approved by the author The introduction considers the novel's inspiration & its place as one of Stevenson's greatest studies in cruelty
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Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones Simple in its fundamentals infinitely complex in its execution it is an essential expression of the Japanese sensibility & in his fictional chronicle of a match played between a revered & invincible Master & a younger more progressive challenger Yasunari Kawabata captured the moment in which the immutable traditions of imperial Japan met the onslaught of the twentieth century The competition between the Master of Go & his opponent Otake is waged over several months & layered in ceremony But beneath the game's decorum lie tensions that consume not only the players themselves but their families & friends
- tensions that turn this particular contest into a duel that can only end in one man's death Luminous in its detail both suspenseful & serene The Master of Go is an elegy for an entire society written with the poetic economy & psychological acumen that brought Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature
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The Master Photographer does not teach photography; through practical interactive exercises including the Intuitive Mastery of Photography (IMP) Test it shows you how to burn the knowledge & skills called for deep into the firmware of your brain All that is required is your commitment to the goal of being a great photographer no matter what the genre or how you choose to use your art It provides an example of the relationship of awareness & non-conscious perception with getting something right in practice
- a relationship that guides all great artists
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An incisive narrative history of the Islamic State from the 2005 master plan to reestablish the Caliphate to its quest for Final Victory in 2020 Given how quickly its operations have achieved global impact it may seem that the Islamic State materialized suddenly In fact al-Qaeda's operations chief Sayf al-Adl devised a seven-stage plan for jihadis to conquer the world by 2020 that included reestablishing the Caliphate in Syria between 2013 & 2016 Despite a massive schism between the Islamic State & al-Qaeda al-Adl's plan has proved remarkably prescient In summer 2014 ISIS declared itself the Caliphate after capturing Mosul Iraq-part of stage five in al-Adl's plan Drawing on large troves of recently declassified documents captured from the Islamic State & its predecessors counterterrorism expert Brian Fishman tells the story of this organization's complex & largely hidden past-and what the master plan suggests about its future Only by understanding the Islamic State's full history-and the strategy that drove it-can we understand the contradictions that may ultimately tear it apart ...