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Donald in Mathmagic Land [videorecording (DVD)] / by Banta, Milt.; Berg, Bill.; Haber, Heinz.; Luske, Hamilton S.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Disney DVD (Firm); Walt Disney Company.; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Edward Colman ; editor, Lloyd L. Richardson ; music, Buddy Baker ; animation, Jerry Hathcock ... [et al.].Donald Duck gets a lesson in math appreciation when he is shown the relevance of math in everyday life. Donald wanders into a mysterious land filled with numbers, shapes, and peculiar symbols. "The Spirit of Adventure" (narrator) informs the skeptical duck that he is about to embark on a journey through the wonderland of mathematics. Donald is whisked back to ancient Greece to meet Pythagoras, the father of math and music. After eavesdropping on a secret meeting of Pythagoreans and turning their serene musical trio into a riotous quartet, Donald continues on his journey. He takes on numerous roles, including art critic, nature observer, billiards player, baseball player, and even Lewis Carroll's Alice. Through his adventures in Mathmagic Land, Donald comes to appreciate how measurements, calculations, shapes, and ratios contribute to music, architecture and art, nature, games, and inventions of all kinds, as well as the role of math in the future.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; Dolby digital ; full screen presentation.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Donald Duck (Fictitious character); Feature films.; Mathematics; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2004., Disney Educational Productions : Distributed by Buena Vista,
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Ten birds that changed the world / by Moss, Stephen,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For the whole of human history, we have shared our world with birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food, fuel and feathers; placed them at the heart of our rituals, religions, myths and legends; poisoned, persecuted and often demonized them; and celebrated them in our music, art and poetry. Even today, despite a growing disconnect between humanity and the rest of nature, birds continue to play an integral role in our lives. Ten Birds that Changed the World tells the story of this long and intricate relationship, spanning the whole of human history, and featuring birds from all seven of the world's continents. It does so through those species whose lives, and their interactions with us, have - in one way or another - changed the course of human history. From when Noah sent out the Raven from the Ark, birds have been central to our superstitions, mythology and folklore. Once humans switched from hunter-gathering to settled societies they began to domesticate wild birds: first the Rock Dove - now the domestic or feral Pigeon - used to communicate over long distances; and then the Wild Turkey and other species for food - later, they became the centerpiece of the annual family festivals of Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Dodo of the Indian Ocean is the icon of extinction, while Darwin's Finches changed the way we look at life on our planet, and the droppings of the Guanay Cormorant provided vast amounts of phosphates, kickstarting a global agricultural revolution. In North America, the Snowy Egret almost disappeared when its plumes were used for fashion; this led to the modern bird protection and conservation movement. The Bald Eagle is the proud symbol of the USA, but eagles have a checkered history, especially in Roman and Nazi propaganda. In China, Mao's 'Great Leap Forward' turned out to be the exact opposite. His call to kill millions of Tree Sparrows meant the insects they ate destroyed the grain harvest - leading to a famine in which thirty million people died. Finally, the Emperor Penguin of Antarctica stands as a potent symbol of how humanity's future is now in the balance, as it heads towards becoming the first global casualty of the Climate Emergency. It is an urgent sign, warning us about our own survival on the planet? Ten Birds that Changed the World is a 'big picture' view of global human history, seen through a unique and original viewpoint: our relationship with birds, as crucial to our lives today as is has ever been"--
Subjects: Birds; Human-animal relationships;
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Everything I ever needed to know about _____* I learned from Monty Python : *including history, art, poetry, communism, philosophy, the media, birth, death, religion, literature, lation, transvestites, botany, the French, class systems, mythology, fish slapping, and many more! / by Cogan, Brian,1967-; Massey, Jeff.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Throughout their five seasons on British television (and well into the troop's movie sequels and assorted solo projects), Monty Python became a worldwide symbol not only for taking serious subjects and making them silly, but also for treating silly subjects seriously. Monty Python provided a treasure trove of erudite "in" jokes, offering sly allusions to subjects as diverse as T.S. Elliot's "Murder in the Cathedral" (as part of a commercial for a weight loss product) and how to conjugate Latin properly (as explained by a Roman centurion to a Jewish zealot painting anti-Roman graffiti on a wall). It was this combination of the uniquely highbrow but silly humor that inspired countless followers (Saturday Night Live, to name one). This hilarious and helpful guide puts Python's myriad references into context for the legion of fans, scholars, and pop culture aficionados that still strive to "get" Monty Python"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Monty Python (Comedy troupe); Comedians;
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Nocturnal animals [videorecording] / by Ford, Tom,1962-film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Salerno, Robert,film producer.; Adams, Amy,actor.; Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-actor.; Shannon, Michael,1974-actor.; Johnson, Aaron,1990-actor.; Fisher, Isla,1976-actor.; Hammer, Armie,1986-actor.; Linney, Laura,actor.; McGarvey, Seamus,1967-director of photography.; Sobel, Joan,editor of moving image work.; Korzeniowski, Abel,1972-composer (expression); Focus Features,presenter.; Fade to Black Productions,production company.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor,publisher.;
Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; film editor, Joan Sobel ; music by Abel Korzeniowski.Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney.An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, English DVS Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Divorced people; Novelists, American; Revenge;
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Nocturnal animals [videorecording] / by Ford, Tom,1962-film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Salerno, Robert,film producer.; Adams, Amy,actor.; Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-actor.; Shannon, Michael,1974-actor.; Johnson, Aaron,1990-actor.; Fisher, Isla,1976-actor.; Hammer, Armie,1986-actor.; Linney, Laura,actor.; McGarvey, Seamus,1967-director of photography.; Sobel, Joan,editor of moving image work.; Korzeniowski, Abel,1972-composer (expression); Focus Features,presenter.; Fade to Black Productions,production company.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor,publisher.;
Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; film editor, Joan Sobel ; music by Abel Korzeniowski.Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney.An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), DTS Digital surround 5.1 (French, Spanish), DVS Dolby Digital Plus 2.0 (English).
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Divorced people; Novelists, American; Revenge;
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Entrances and Exits [electronic resource] : by Richards, Michael.aut; Seinfeld, Jerry.; cloudLibrary;
The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved television characters ever invented, Kramer, shares the extraordinary life of a comedy genius—the way he came into himself as an artist, the ups and downs as a human being, the road he has traveled in search of understanding. “The hair, so essential, symbolizes the irrational that was and is and always will be the underlying feature not only of Kramer but of comedy itself. This seemingly senseless spirit has been coursing through me since childhood. I’ve been under its almighty influence since the day I came into this world. I felt it all within myself, especially the physical comedy, the body movements, so freakish and undignified, where I bumped into things, knocked stuff down, messed up situations, and often ended up on my ass. “This book is a hymn to the irrational, the senseless spirit that breaks the whole into pieces, a reflection on the seemingly absurd difficulties that intrude upon us all. It’s Harpo Marx turning us about, shaking up my plans, throwing me for a loop. Upset and turmoil is with us all the time. It’s at the basis of comedy. It’s the pratfall we all take. It’s the unavoidable mistake we didn’t expect. It’s everywhere I go. It’s in the way that I am, both light and dark, good and not-so-good. It’s my life.” —Michael Richards, from Entrances and Exits
Subjects: Electronic books.; Personal Memoirs; Entertainment & Performing Arts;
© 2024., Permuted Press,
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Godard Cinema. by Leuthy, Cyril,film director.; Godard, Jean-Luc,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jean-Luc GodardOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 2023.Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol for the era’s progressive and anti-war youth. Sixty-two years and 140 films later, Godard is among the most renowned artists of all time, taught in every film school yet still shrouded in mystery. One of the founders of the French New Wave, political agitator, revolutionary misanthrope, film theorist and critic, the list of his descriptors goes on and on. GODARD CINEMA offers an opportunity for film lovers to look back at his career and the subjects and themes that obsessed him, while paying tribute to the ineffable essence of the most revered French director of all time.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Motion pictures.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.;
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