Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication A Single Man is the story of George Falconer an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity & humour Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul's ability to triumph over loneliness & alienation. ...

Have the diplomatic efforts of the Obama administration toward Iran failed? Was the Bush administrations emphasis on military intervention refusal to negotiate & pursuit of regime change a better approach? How can the United States best address the ongoing turmoil in Tehran? This book provides a definitive & comprehensive analysis of the Obama administrations early diplomatic outreach to Iran & discusses the best way to move toward more positive relations between the two discordant states. Trita Parsi a Middle East foreign policy expert with extensive Capitol Hill & United Nations experience interviewed 70 high-ranking officials from the U.S. Iran Europe Israel Saudi Arabia Turkey & Brazil
- including the top American & Iranian negotiators
- for this book. Parsi uncovers the previously unknown story of American & Iranian negotiations during Obamas early years as president the calculations behind the two nations dealings & the real reasons for their current stalemate. Contrary to prevailing opinion Parsi contends that diplomacy has not been fully tried. For various reasons Obamas diplomacy ended up being a single roll of the dice. It had to work either immediately or not at all. Persistence & perseverance are keys to any negotiation. Neither Iran nor the U.S. had them in 2009.

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Move your driving skills up a gear. Silverstones single seaters are expertly engineered & packed with the power to give you a sense of life in F1. Their ultra-light design allows incredible acceleration with a handling ability that hugs into corners & lets you feel every inch of the track. The specially created circuit has been designed to maximise the potential of these amazing cars ensuring two hours of exhilarating fun. Your experience will start with a safety & driving techniques briefing before heading out onto the track for your first driving session with a pace car. Once you have the controls & steering in hand you will embark on your second driving session without the pace car. The experience will conclude with a debrief driver assessment & certificate presentation. What You Will Receive On purchasing this experience you will receive a Silver A5 Presentation Pack. Your Silver A5 Presentation Pack is embossed with a ribbon design great if you are buying this experience as a gift. Included within your presentation pack: Your Gift Experience Voucher
- Keep this safe! You will need this to book your experience & may be required to take this with you on the day of your experience. An Information Booklet
- Detailing all you need to know about your experience including personal injury cover cancellation cover & full terms & conditions of the experience. How to Book Guide
- A personal guide based on your chosen experience detailing all the available locations & contact numbers you need to ensure you experience runs smoothly. "


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Take a Formula 1 style car for a spin at the home of the Biritish Grand Prix Fancy yourself as the new Lewis Hamilton or Jenson button? Well this may well be the experience to start you on your way! Single seaters are designed to give you the most realistic experience of driving a F1 car sitting just a couple of inches off the ground there is a great sense of speed that will have you smiling. Silverstone's bespoke race-prepared cars produce 140bhp & can accelerate from 0-60mph in less than five seconds. But that's only half the story. The astonishing handling ability will shatter your senses as you speed through the corners following a session behind a pace car to get you into the groove. After a driving techniques briefing from one of Silverstone's top race school instructors you will be ready to head off for a few laps behind a pace car. This is where you can quickly familiarise yourself with the car before being let loose to see what you can do. Be warned driving these cars are seriously addictive & you will definitely want to come back for more! ...

From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares across two continents & fourteen countries
- this epic journey is nothing to swallows they do it twice a year. But for Horatio Clare writer & birdwatcher it is the expedition of a lifetime. Along the way he discovers old empires & modern tribes a witch-doctors recipe for stewed swallow explains how to travel without money or a passport & describes a terrifying incident involving three Spanish soldiers & a tiny orange dog. By trains motorbikes canoes one camel & three ships Clare follows the swallows from reed beds in South Africa where millions roost in February to a barn in Wales where a pair nest in May.
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Single Camera Video Production fifth edition is intended for the beginning media student & as a reference for experienced media professionals to review the rapidly changing technology & production techniques in the digital media production field. Single Camera Video Production provides an overview of the entire video production process & is especially geared to present production techniques used in single-camera video production. Presented in a concise easy-to-understand format readers gain the insight they need to create their own (digital) video productions. Clear illustrations demonstrate the techniques presented in the book. An update is needed to reflect the rapid changes to the technology & industry including nonlinear editing digital production techniques & high definition video production. This new edition expands the concentration on digital equipment & production techniques applicable to single camera video production. Field production is accentuated without ignoring studio single camera production. There is also detailed coverage of digital non-linear editing digital audio & lighting for digital productions. A new section is included on production workflow designed to carry out the importance of advanced & consistent planning of a production from audience analysis to format choices & eventual distribution methods that must start during the preproduction stage. Presented in an easy to follow two-page spread layout the topics are concise & clear. More than 100 new illustrations show the latest equipment & techniques. An expanded production bibliography & glossary complete the additions to this book. Dont miss the other Media Manuals from Focal Press! Check out Grammar of the Shot 2e & Grammar of the Edit 2e. Praise for the last edition: Single-Camera Video Production is easy reading for the newcomer yet it has enough depth for the video professional. Chapters on digital video nonlinear editing & a full description of pre-production treatments & contracts make it an excellent resource."
- Videomaker " The Focal Press Media Manual series sets out to deliver practical advice technical know-how & practical skills in a direct no-nonsense way without information overload making sure the essentials are all well-covered. Musburgers Single Camera Video Production now in its fourth edition faithfully sticks to this format with surprising clarity for a complex technology... What is really good about this manual is that it explains every aspect of production & every role on set but also how they dovetail to support each other... This is a manual that as the name suggests you should keep close at h&. It is invaluable as a quick-access reference...a pocket book that will pay for itself time & time again throughout many productions."
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The third book in the epic saga of humankinds war of transcendence There is an unseen power in the universe-a terrible force that was dominating the galaxy tens of thousands of years before the warlike Shdaar were even aware of the existence of Sol & its planets. As humankind approaches the Singularity when transcendence will be achieved through technology contact will be made. In the wake of the near destruction of the solar system the political powers on Earth seek a separate peace with an inscrutable alien life form that no one has ever seen. But Admiral Alexander Koenig the hero of Alphekka has gone rogue launching his fabled battlegroup beyond the boundaries of Human Space against all orders. With Confederation warships in hot pursuit Koenig is taking the war for humankinds survival directly to a mysterious omnipotent enemy. ...

Make the most of your travels in Sri Lanka: speak Sinhala! If you're after a ticket for the cricket the best way to the beach or a taste of Ayurveda" treatment this is the book for you. Seek out the striking " Sigiriya frescoes" or kick on with the "kolam" dancers at Ambalangoda. Barter for your batiks or talk tea at the plantation
- whatever you choose add sparkle to your speech on the Isle of Gems. Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical & social words & phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals & discover their culture
- a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience."

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The roots of coincidence & conspiracy in American politics crime & culture are investigated in this examination of the connections between religion political conspiracy & occultism. Readers are presented with detailed insight into how Charlie Manson became a national bogeyman as well as startling connections between Nobel Prize-winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli Carl Jung & synchronicity; serial killers multiple personality disorder & demonic possession; & magic surrealism & mind control. Not a work of speculative history this third volume of a three-part set is founded on primary source material & historical documents. Fascinating secrets are divulged involving Hollywood icons such as Marilyn Monroe David Lynch & Jane Fonda as well as links between the Cotton Club murders the Bluegrass conspiracy & the Son of Sam cult. ...

Ellie & Jas have been best friends since for ever but can their friendship survive the ups & downs of starting a new school? With every day bringing tough new challenges theres never been a more important time for BFFs to stick together! Jas cant wait to get there but Ellie has a whole heap of worries not least what if Jas finds some new fun friends to hang out with...? ...