PRINCESS MONONOKE: HAYAO MIYAZAKI: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE This book focusses on Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 masterpiece Princess Mononoke. Princess Mononoke is a work of genius. It is a masterpiece. It is one of the most staggeringly incredible films you will ever see. By any standards you want to apply, the level of imagination and artistry and detail and insight and energy in this movie is simply astounding. As well as being a visionary piece, with the highest quality animation achievable, with fascinating characters, stupendous action, brilliant set-pieces ...

Muchas veces podemos pensar en la educación como un proceso dado y al mismo tiempo desencarnado y descontextualizado en cuanto que, con mucha ligereza, los teóricos de la educación apuestan solo por adaptar modelos y métodos a las diferentes circunstancias del hecho educativo. Sin embargo, en el siguiente trabajo se pretende demostrar, mediante la aplicación de las categorías del existencialismo de Heidegger, principalmente, la necesidad de reconocer que el ser de la educación sólo puede ser entendido ...

Her only choice is to run away. But if she can't return in time, she'll be an outcast for life!   Japan, 1870. For bird-girl Azuki, being dual-natured is dangerous. With a greedy overlord coveting her beautiful Toki feathers, she attempts to keep her head down. But when he murders her parents in a failed kidnapping, Azuki's only escape is to spread her wings and take to the skies.   Sparrow-boy Shota has no time to grieve. As his mother dies in his arms, he makes a promise to find his sister and warn her that she must come back. ...

The outcome of this book is a new class of multi-functional polymer nanocomposites containing well dispersed nano-scaled graphene plates. Like carbon nanotubes, graphene sheets exhibit attractive properties, can be readily mass-produced and are expected to become available at much lower costs and in larger quantities. When incorporated as a nanofiller in a matrix, isolated graphene sheets can impart exceptional mechanical and electrical properties. This work focuses on the development of methods to identify and electrically characterize individual and packed ...

With new information from Russian archives, this work examines the historical roots of Gorbachev's perestroika and the reforms that would eventually lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The controversies among Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev over party role, economic management, resource allocation, ethnic policies, legality and foreign relations are discussed. An appendix "reads between the lines" in historic Soviet texts, and a helpful list of Soviet leaders, with brief identifications, is included. Instructors considering this book ...

Zack Wheat was long considered the greatest player in Dodgers history. The Missouri native parlayed his tenacious work ethic and raw skills into a major league career. For almost two decades, the mild-mannered outfielder was a mainstay for the Dodgers, bringing stability to a team that was at times unhinged. To this day, Wheat is the franchise leader in several batting categories. Greatly respected by his peers and adored by fans, Wheat served as Brooklyn's captain for several years, leading the club to two pennants (1916 and 1920). After his playing ...

A magical golf course. A miniature mystery. A ticking time clock or it all disappears.     Packed with fast-paced action and humorous characters, Rush to Mini City is the middle-grade book both boys and girls will love! The story follows Rush, heir to Mini City Miniature Golf, a broken-down minigolf course. Unlike his family, who cared for the golf course for generations, Rush doesn't care that it is set to close on Halloween.   But on the night before its closure, a mysterious person lurks around the 18 holes. Rush, who suffers from ...

There are not a lot of options for a college dropout in the hollers of Appalachia. Let's face it, there aren't a lot of options for a college graduate in the hollers of Appalachia either. But this is America, and the Dream is always possible. If you're bold enough, and brave enough, to take life by the short and curlies, you can make it in America. That's what Jack has always been taught. At least that's what his drug-addled mind tells him he's been taught. And by his estimation, he has a solid partner, a solid plan, and a solid alibi. Nothing can ...

The dead rose. We fell.  But not everyone thinks the war for survival is over. Heroes rise in times of crisis, and STILL OF NIGHT tells their stories…  DAHLIA, a bullied high school girl with a love for edged weapons, goes from victim to powerful leader as the zombie apocalypse sweeps through her world.  RACHAEL ELLE continues her journey from comic-con cosplayer to actual hero as she encounter a community with a dark and terrible secret.  CAPTAIN JOE LEDGER and his best shooters, TOP and BUNNY, head to an overrun ...

The intelligentsia would have you believe that the debate over global warming is over. The author believes the debate never actually took place. As a Christian, the author also believes it behooves mankind to ask, "What does the Bible say about this subject?" It turns out that the Bible has quite a lot to say: (1) God created ... and (2) God controls ... the heavens, the earth, and all life in it. (3) God also controls the wind and the rain -- that is, He controls weather and climate systems. In addition to presenting the details of the Bible ...