Harry Caldecote is a convivial academic who devotes his life to others. He is on call when his alcoholic niece falls into strange hands, when his brother threatens to emulate Wordsworth, when his son\'s lesbian lodger is beaten up by her girlfriend. He endures misplaced seductions just to keep the peace at the King\'s pub in Shepherd\'s

Who\'s up for an apocalypse? The powerful cult known as the Black Temple wants to unleash ancient dark gods on mankind, dooming us all. The only thing that stands in their way are the Gravediggers Union: Cole, Haley, and Ortiz. At the centre of the Black Temple\'s plan is Cole\'s estranged daughter Morgan, destined to free the dark gods. Now the Gravediggers are in a race against time to rescue a mysterious

Including brand-new paintings, this is a fully illustrated new edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings. The Silmarillion fills in the background which lies behind the more popular work, and gives the earlier history of Middle-earth, introducing some of the key

The autobiography of the youth of the former Vice Presiden of Yugoslovia, which is also the story of a little-know land, Montenegro. Introduction and notes by William Jovanovich. Translated by Michael B.

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In this issue of Radiologic Clinics, guest editor Dr. Aradhana M. Venkatesan brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Gynecologic Malignancy. A fundamental understanding of the role of imaging and the characteristic imaging findings associated with gynecologic malignancies is of critical importance to the practicing radiologist in order to maintain diagnostic accuracy. In this issue, top experts

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Grounded in a comprehensive overview of the philosophical and spiritual foundations that underlie karate, The Art of Killing emphasizes its original purpose: to kill an attacker swiftly and brutally. Prior to 1900, karate-dō was exclusively an art of unarmed self-defense. Its practice was designed for life-or-death situations--effectively, an art of killing. Here, authors Leonard Pellman and the late

This book brings together 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and

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In Being Oscar, one of America\'s most celebrated criminal defense attorneys recounts the stories and cases of his epic life. The Mafia\'s go-to defender, he has tried an estimated 300 criminal cases, and won most of them. His roster of clients reads like a history of organized crime: Meyer Lansky, Nicky Scarfo, and \"Lefty\" Rosenthal, as well as Mike Tyson and boxing promoter Don King, along with

The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of film theory with interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. The third book in the series, Critical Race Theory and Bamboozled, offers a concise introduction to Critical Race Theory in jargon-free language

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A girl who repeatedly halves her boyfriend; a chip-shop waitress who turns into Elvis; a family of conceptual artists who truly live their art. Every story packs its share of explosive material, often with a side of magic. If Angela Carter is Readman\'s fairy godmother, does that make Patti Smith her wicked stepsister? Don\'t say you weren\'t

Updated with bonus material, including a new foreword and afterword with new research, this New York Times bestseller is essential reading for a time when mental health is constantly in the news. In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over

Collaborating with actors is, for many filmmakers, the last frontier--the scariest part and the part they long for--the human part, the place where connection happens. Directing Actors: 25th Anniversary Edition covers the challenges of the actor-director relationship--the pitfalls of \"result direction\"; breaking down a script; how to prepare for casting sessions; when, how and whether to rehearse--but

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In the tradition of as Erwin Schr dinger\'s What Is Life? and Richard Dawkins\'s The Selfish Gene, a distinguished cell biologist explains how living cells perform computations How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements without the benefit of a nervous

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