Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Thriller based on the best-selling novel by Frank Peretti When a mysterious stranger with a magic touch descends upon the small town of Antioch the town slowly becomes divided by his seemingly supernatural presence Despite the fact that he may have the power to heal the charismatic stranger radiates a strange aura of menace & malevolence Some believe him to be the one true messiah & others dismiss him as a false prophet sent to seduce the souls of the weak When the events in the stranger&s remote revival tent take a turn for the sinister it&s up to a fallen ex-minister to re-connect with his faith & reveal the suspicious stranger for what he really is ...

' How to tell the story of a 500-page collection of stories spanning more than forty years? Especially when I really want to just exclaim " Oh Oh OH!" in a state of steadily mounting rapture' Geoff Dyer Observer Williams' uniquely devastating portrayals of modern life have been captivating readers & writers for decades Here for the first time Williams' thirty-three best stories are available in a single volume together with thirteen new stories that show a writer continuing to mould the form into something strange & new Bleak but funny real but surreal domestic but dangerous familiar but enigmatic Joy Williams' stories fray away the fabric at the edge of ordinary experience to reveal the loneliness at the heart of human life In ' The Lover' a girl suffers a spiritual & physical wasting away; in ' The Visiting Privilege' a visitor finds refuge in her friend's psychiatric ward; in ' Charity' a woman gives a poor family gas money & finds herself marooned in their peculiar world; in ' Another Season' an itinerant man cleanses an island of roadkill; in ' Craving' an alcoholic couple head towards a car crash The Visiting Privilege represents the culmination of Williams' career & cements her place as the most singular artist of short fiction writing today ...

Featuring Jack Reacher hero of the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise Sergeant Amy Callan & Lieutenant Caroline Cooke have a lot in common Both were army high-flyers Both were aquainted with Jack Reacher Both were forced to resign from the service Now they're both dead Found in their own homes naked in a bath full of paint Apparent victims of an army man A loner a smart guy with a score to settle a ruthless vigilante A man just like Jack Reacher ...

Izzie Mallon planned to spend Christmas alone
- she hadn't counted on a visitor But is he who he says he is? 400 pages Miller Zoe
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Figures stand approx 25" tall & feature multiple points of articulation ...

Visual History of Type is a complete visual survey of the history of type showing the original typefaces in the forms in which their designers intended them to be seen 672 pages Mc Neil Paul ...

If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the storyscript structure & the visual structure of a film video animated piece or video game You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or a composer structures music Understanding visual structure means that you can communicate moods & emotions & most importantly reveals the critical relationship between story structure & visual structure The Visual Story offers a clear view of the relationship between the storyscript structure & the visual structure of a film video or multimedia work An understanding of the visual components will serve as the guide to strengthening the overall story The Visual Story divides what is seen on screen into tangible sections contrast & affinity space line & shape tone color movement & rhythm The vocabulary as well as the insight is provided to purposefully control the given components to create the ultimate visual story For example know that a saturated yellow will always attract a viewer's eye first; decide to avoid abrupt editing by mastering continuum of movement; & benefit from the suggested list of films to study rhythmic control The Visual Story shatters the wall between theory & practice bringing these two aspects of the craft together in an essential connection for all those creating visual stories Bruce Block has the production credentials to write this definitive guide His expertise is in demand & he gives seminars at the American Film Institute PIXAR Studios Walt Disney Feature & Television Animation Dreamworks Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studios Industrial Light & Magic & a variety of film schools in Europe The concepts in this book will benefit writers directors photographers production designers art directors & editors who are always confronted by the same visual problems that have faced every picture maker in the past present & future ...

John Gibbons looks at one of the most neglected areas of the body the gluteal muscles The Vital Glutes takes you on a fascinating journey of enlightenment teaching the reader to recognize pain & dysfunctional patterns that arise from the gluteal muscles Questions answered in the book include Why are the glutes potentially causing pain & dysfunction to distant sites of the body? How does the gait pattern contribute to pain & dysfunction? & how can the application of gluteal specific Muscle Energy Techniques aid full body wellbeing? This book also offers the reader step-by-step tasks to identify & correct a number of dysfunctional patterns & functional gluteal exercises in order to aid recovery ...

The Vital Psoas Muscle presents an in-depth look at the most important yet abused skeletal muscle in the human body Located deep within the front hip joint & lower spine the psoas is critical for optimal postural alignment movement & overall well being Its function & importance extend beyond anatomical mechanics to the nerve complex & energy systems Taking a uniquely holistic approach this book explores how the psoas affects the health of the body mind & spirit Physically as the only muscle that connects the upper & lower body Emotionally as a messenger to & from the brain & a vessel of deeply rooted feelings Spiritually as an integrator within the root of the lower chakras subtly affecting the flow of life energy throughout the body Understanding & working with the psoas can help Alleviate lower back pain Strengthen the core Correct posture Reduce trauma Open energy channels No matter our level of fitness or flexibility how we use the psoas & take care of it is crucial to our life experience With detailed illustrations & key stretching & strengthening exercises including complete chapters on the role of the psoas in Pilates & yoga The Vital Psoas shows readers how to release this muscle to create balance harmony & freedom of movement ...

Why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolved into complex life just once in four billion years of life on earth-and all complex life shares many strange properties from sex to ageing & death If life evolved on other planets would it be the same or completely different? In The Vital Question Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history putting forward a cogent solution to conundrums that have troubled scientists for decades The answer he argues lies in energy how all life on Earth lives off a voltage with the strength of a bolt of lightning In unravelling these scientific enigmas making sense of life's quirks Lane's explanation provides a solution to life's vital questions why are we as we are & why are we here at all? This is ground-breaking science in an accessible form in the tradition of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene & Jared Diamond's Guns Germs & Steel ...