Five hundred years in the future Captain Mal Reynolds & the crew of the transport-for-hire ship Serenity take on two new passengers & soon find themselves in a crossfire between an invincible military force & cannibalistic savages. Writer/director Joss Whedon creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer" & " Angel" makes his long-awaited feature film directorial debut with " Serenity" based on his cult television series " Firefly". This large format full color companion to the movie

Features: a special Introduction by Joss Whedon; an in-depth interview with him about the making of the film; the full shooting script including scenes cut from the final edit; fascinating production & background memos by Whedon including "A Brief History of the Universe" circa 2507 A.D.; & scores of stunning movie stills storyboards & pieces of production art."

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Serenity: Better Days" follows everyones favorite space cowboys in a thrilling action-packed adventure where Mal & his crew take on a heist that promises a big payoff. But when one of Serenitys crew is taken captive & tortured the gang must put their enduring differences aside & work together to save one of their own even if it means losing the cash prize of a lifetime! Joss Whedon returns to the world of his blockbuster film " Serenity" reuniting with Brett Matthews & Will Conrad his collaborators on the bestselling 2005 series " Those Left Behind"." ...

The third & final volume of Prokofievs Diaries covers the years 1924 to 1933 when he was living in Paris. Intimate accounts of the successes & disappointments of a great creative artist at the heart of the European arts world between the two World Wars jostle with witty & trenchant commentaries on the personalities who made up this world. The Diaries document the complex emotional inner world of a Russian exile uncomfortably aware of the nature of life in Stalins Russia yet increasingly persuaded that his creative gifts would never achieve full maturity separated from the culture people & land of his birthplace. Since even Prokofiev knew that the USSR was hardly the place to commit inner reflections to paper the Diaries come to an end after June 1933 although it would be another three years before he together with his wife & children finally exchanged the free if materially uncertain life of a cosmopolitan Parisian celebrity for Soviet citizenship & the credo of Socialist Realism within which it struggled to straitjacket its artists. Volume Three continues the kaleidoscopic impressions & the stylish language
- Prokofiev was almost as gifted & idiosyncratic a writer as he was a composer
- of its predecessors.

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the confidante of a serial killer? Herman Martin had the odd fate of living next to Jeffrey Dahmer in prison. Dahmer killed 17 people but when he moved in next to Martin he became a neighbour not a killer. Step inside the mind & the soul of a man the world called a monster; a killer so famous he received more mail than any other inmate in the history of the world. Those letter writers were seeking what Herman became privy to. They wanted to know anything they could about how the killer machine was built. They wanted to know if he was remorseful & whether he had tried to stop. They wanted to know his worries as a human being. Herman Martin became confidante to all these answers as he crawled to the edge of an open vent that connected their cells. Patricia Lorenz is the spiritual writer who helped him make sense of it all & 15 years later reveal the answers. ...

As the number of serial killers worldwide has risen steadily
- from the emergence of Jack the Ripper in 1888 to Harold Shipman
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This text provides an in-depth scholarly & broad-based examination of serial murderers & their victims. Featuring coverage supported by extensive data & research the book profiles some of the most prominent murderers of our time addressing the highest-profile serial killer type
- the sexual predator
- as well as a wide variety of other types (male female team healthcare & serial killers from outside the U.S.). Author Eric Hickey examines the lives of over 400 serial murderers analyzing the cultural historical & religious factors that influence our myths & stereotypes of these individuals. He describes the biological psychological & sociological reasons for serial murder & discusses profiling & other law enforcement issues related to the apprehension & disposition of serial killers.

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Have you ever been stitched up to the national press by your best mate? Or unintentionally upset a band with a slip of the tongue on a live TV show? Or ruined a dinner party by transforming everything alcoholic into water? Hello. I'm Richard Bacon & this is A Series of Unrelated Events. All of the stories are true. All of them happened to me. I've made the mistakes so you don't have to (you're welcome). So now if you should ever find yourself sobbing on top of a box of gherkins in the stockroom of a Mansfield Mc Donald's. having a Twitter conversation with your mum while she's pretending to be an illiterate dog. performing st&-up to an audience who are funnier than you are. or just letting down all of the children of Great Britain. You'll know exactly what to do. ...

John Mc Enroe enjoyed tremendous success at all levels of tennis & he owns 77 career singles titles including 7 Grand Slams. He joined the circuit in 1978 & it took him only three years to attain the No. 1 ranking. The 1980 Wimbledon final between Mc Enroe & Bjorn Borg is considered by many tennis experts to be the best match ever a five-set thriller which Mc Enroe avenged the following year for his first Wimbledon title. In doubles Mc Enroe is recognised as the best player of all time. He was ranked No. 1 for a record 257 weeks & captured a total of 74 titles including 8 Grand Slams. Still an active player Mc Enroe is now an outstanding tennis commentator & broadcaster for the BBC & other national networks. This autobiography his first covers an awesome tennis career marriage to movie star Tatum O' Neal & where arguably the greatest tennis player of all time goes from here. This is SERIOUS. ...

Wendy Cope's first book of poems & parodies Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis went straight into the bestseller lists. Its successor Serious Concerns has proved even more popular addressing such topics as ' Bloody Men' ' Men & Their Boring Arguments' ' Two Cures for Love' ' Kindness to Animals' & ' Tumps' (Typically Useless Male Poets). ...

A little while ago concerned that the next time they got together one of them would be in a coffin Jeff Lucas & Adrian Plass decided to start exchanging letters & this book is the result. Breathtakingly honest funny moving & immensely enjoyable Seriously Funny" is a celebration of 21st century Christianity as well as a no-holds barred expose of its sillier side. & they are equally hard on themselves their most embarrassing moments are a joy to read. Adrian Plass & Jeff Lucas are renowned for their ability to express the silly side of Christian culture & to cut through our pretensions & foibles with incisive wit. In this candid moving hilarious book they join comedic forces to challenge & entertain us." ...