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This timely volume explores the massively popular cinema of writer-director James Cameron. It couches Cameron's films within the evolving generic traditions of science fiction, melodrama, and the cinema of spectacle. The book also considers Cameron's engagement with the aesthetic of visual effects a[...]

This presentation of the theory and practice of model checking includes basic as well as state-of-the-art techniques, algorithms and tools, and can be used as an introduction to the subject or a reference for researchers.[...]

Stelarc is the most celebrated artist in the world working within technology and the visual arts. He is both an artist and a phenomenon, using his body as medium and exhibition space. Working in the interface between the body and the machine, employing virtual reality, robotics, medical instruments,[...]

This bibulous, drug-indulgent and anarchic rock legend was born on a small farm in Tipperary, won a scholarship to Westminster, was rapidly expelled, became a rent boy, then a central figure of punk and the hugely influential star of The Pogues. MacGowan's music, innovative and powerful, is as disti[...]

Based on unrivaled access to archival interviews with those who knew her at every stage of her life, the most revealing biography of the incomparable Lady Day. Certainly no singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself[...]

The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (or SWFA)--and the Grand Master Award is given by the SWFA to a living author for a lifetime's achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.
Frederik Pohl, one of the wor[...]

This video on DVD is by renowned designer and author Andy Clarke. In his book, Transcending CSS: The Fine Art Of Web Design (New Riders), Andy set the stage for the development of progressive Web site design using XHTML, CSS and other Web-standards technologies. In this new video, Andy picks up one [...]

This bibulous, drug-indulgent and anarchic rock legend was born on a small farm in Tipperary, won a scholarship to Westminster, was rapidly expelled, became a rent boy, then a central figure of punk and the hugely influential star of The Pogues. MacGowan's music, innovative and powerful, is as disti[...]

This text includes written and practical exercises with background information. There are also two cassettes to complement the book which feature unscripted dialogues, available separately or as part of a book/cassette pack. The series is designed for both further and adult education.[...]

Offers many questions and answers about ethics in counselling and therapy, counselling supervision, research and other important issues. The questions cover a range of issues, including: confidentiality, constraints and the management of confidentiality; boundaries, dual and multiple relationships, [...]

All nurses working with adults need a good understanding of the needs of older patients and the potential complexities of planning their care. This book offer insights into different aspects of care and what matters to them when they are receiving and involved with care giving.[...]