James Brown
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Stoney says he has dumb luck. His grandfather was the doctor on the island in Ireland where the legendary maker of documentary film, Robert Flaherty, shot his film Man of Aran. So Stoney's film, exploring the effects Flaherty's film had on the island and its people, is digging into his own roots as an individual while simultaneously studying the work of his intellectual mentor as a producer of nonfiction films.Robert Flaherty's 1934 classic Man of...
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Three theoretical physicists (Freeman Dyson, Artur Ekert, Nima Arkani-Hamed) and one philosopher (James Robert Brown) reflect on different aspects of “mathematical Platonism” - the belief that numbers and mathematical concepts somehow have an existence independent of space, time, and us.
Formats
Description
After Jake Blues is release from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a...
8) 99 Homes
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
English-language edition.
Description
Caught in a storm, Elephant washes up on a tiny island. Along comes Mouse in a little dingy and Elephant steps aboard . . . uh-oh! They use the wreckage to make the island bigger. And here's Dog--can this boat take Elephant's weight? Uh-oh! None of the animals can save the shipwrecked Elephant but each broken vessel provides new materials for another intricate construction. Wheels and pulleys create a Ferris wheel, an elevator, a waffle maker. Soon...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First US edition.
Description
"Covering more than twenty-five subjects, from photosynthesis and permaculture to the hidden world of Victorian plant hunters, this stylish illustrated guide is packed with scientific insight into the critical role plants play in the drama of life on Earth. Did you know that some plants steal while others defend themselves against attack? That the largest cacti can reach sixty-six feet tall and weigh more than a car? That there are meat-eating plants...
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Collector's edition.
Description
THE HIRE is a short-film collection highlighting the BMW car. In HOSTAGE, The Driver races to locate a kidnapped victim locked in the trunk of an abandoned car somewhere on the water's edge. Linked to her only by cell phone, The Driver narrows in on her location in a desperate race against time and tide. In TICKER, The Driver finds himself in a dangerous, yet highly political situation; this time being pursued by a helicopter gunship while carrying...