Evan Jones
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Ian Aisch, author of the acclaimed sci-fi novel, Lost and Plooglitless, presents this intriguing collection of three sci-fi stories and two pieces of fiction. On a distant planet, earmarked for mining, sentient and highly sensitive 'trees' greet each dawn with a joyful and breathtaking display of spectacular colour in The Bird of Paradise Tree. The earthmoving machinery at the base camp emit noise and vibrations which inflict a terrible pain on the...
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Outperforming the market-or "alpha creation" as it's sometimes called-is very possible with the proper investment discipline and methodologies. But the market-beating strategies that will work today are not the same as those that worked in the past.
Central bank intervention and the accelerated pace of technology have caused an increase in the disruption of traditional business models across many industries. These industry paradigm shifts combined...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Lane and Clint Winston, twin brothers from a working-class background, pursue professional baseball careers while trying to save their homeless, alcoholic father Charlie. A coming-of-age drama, an account of overcoming enormous odds, and a tale about family and the bonds that matter.
8) Victory
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
50,000 fans are on hand for a match in occupied Paris between German all-stars and a pick-up team of Allied POWs. In an attempt to demonstrate the Aryan superiority, the Germans unwittingly set up a means of prisoner escape.
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Lane and Clint Winston, twin brothers from a working-class background, pursue professional baseball careers while trying to save their homeless, alcoholic father Charlie. A coming-of-age drama, an account of overcoming enormous odds, and a tale about family and the bonds that matter.
10) Earworm
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Detective Williams investigates a series of murders that have too many similarities to not be connected. Henry, a socially awkward man seeking help for his condition accepts an invitation to a self-help group that is more than it seems.
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Houdini volume 1
Description
From humble beginnings at circus sideshows to sold out concert halls in Europe, night 1 of Houdini follows the rise of the boy Erich Weiss as he becomes the man Harry Houdini, master escapologist.
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Houdini volume 2
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Night 2 of Houdini follows Harry Houdini's epic battle against the spiritualists whose practices he found to be false and misleading. As the 20th century progresses, Houdini must come to terms with his new place in a fast-changing world.
13) 8 mile
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Description
Jimmy, known to his friends as Rabbit, is a young man trying to make his way out of the burned-out shell of inner-city Detroit. Rabbit is a white kid trying to make music in a predominantly African-American community and culture. After Rabbit freezes up in the midst of an MC battle, he's convinced he's missed his chance and that he's doomed to lead a marginal life as a factory rat for the rest of his days. With the help of his friends, and his new...
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Still unaccustomed to living back home with his father, best selling novelist Nick Garrett continues to do penance for his perceived betrayal of his hometown friends and keeps a torch lit for former girlfriend Hannah. He is suffering with writer's block, which is the least of his worries. Friendships and the strength of family bonds are tested each day as Nick tries to find his place in the town he used to call his own.