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 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Master safe cracker Steve Wallace is released from prison after a lengthy sentence & rather than go straight plans one final job This will either set him up for life or land him behind bars once again Kirk Douglas Steve Wallace Giuliano Gemma Marco Florinda Bolkan Anna Wolfgang Preiss Miller Rene Kolldehoff Detective Hoffman Romano Puppo Miller's Lieutenant Bruno Corazzari Eric Written by Roberto Leoni & Franco Bucceri Directed by Michele Lupo DVD 5 PAL Colour Actors Kirk Douglas Giuliano Gemma Directors Michele Lupo Format PALLanguage English Region All Regions Aspect Ratio 43
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The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier an ambitious & talented young artist from the provinces who has come to conquer Paris & is conquered by the flaws in his own genius While his boyhood friend Pierre Sandoz becomes a successful novelist Claude's originality is mocked at the Salon & turns gradually into a doomed obsession with one great canvas Life
- in the form of his model & wife Christine & their deformed child Jacques
- is sacrificed on the altar of Art The Masterpiece is the most autobiographical of the twenty novels in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series Set in the 1860s & 1870s it provides a unique insight into his career as a writer & his relationship with Cezanne a friend since their schooldays in Aix-en-Provence It also presents a well-documented account of the turbulent Bohemia world in which the Impressionists came to prominence despit the conservatism of the Academy & the ridicule of the general public ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more

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This book is an expansion of the core box It consists of a booklet A5 format with 150 completely rewritable pages (in perfect FWC style) correlated with 4 fine line markers ideal for writing in black
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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 After five years away at university Rosemary Bailey (Laura Fraser) is returning home to the Scottish Highlands This is good news for local lad Wullie Smith (Max Beesley) who has been besotted with her for many years The bad news is that Wullie has bet that he can help his pub football team beat their arch rivals from the upmarket L& Bistro bar Should he lose the pub will end up as a car-park To complicate matters further his team is made up of misfits & eccentrics who aren&t exactly experts on the beautiful game ...

A breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home she chooses an unusual object to learn about an old cigar box What she finds inside surprises her a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfather's diary containing objects she can hold in her hand each one evoking a memory Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country before he could read & write
- the olive stone his mother gave him to suck on when there wasn't enough food; a hairpin he found on the boat; a ticket still retaining the thrill of his first baseball game With a narrative entirely in dialogue Paul Fleischman makes immediate the two characters' foray into the past With warmth & an uncanny eye for detail Bagram Ibatoulline gives expressive life to their journey through time
- & towards each other

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This book is written for the experienced portfolio manager & professional options traders It is a practical guide offering how to apply options math in a trading world that demands mathematical measurement Every options trader deals with an array of calculations beginners learn to identify risks & opportunities using a short list of strategies while researchers & academics turn to advanced technical manuals However almost no books exist for the experienced portfolio managers & professional options traders who fall between these extremes Michael C Thomsett addresses this glaring gap with The Mathematics of Options a practical guide with actionable tools for the practical application of options math in a world that demands quantification It serves as a valuable reference for advanced methods of evaluating issues of pricing payoff probability & risk In his characteristic approachable style Thomsett simplifies complex hot button issues-such as strategic payoffs return calculations & hedging options-that may be mentioned in introductory texts but are often underserved The result is a comprehensive book that helps traders understand the mathematic concepts of options trading so that they can improve their skills & outcomes ...