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It all starts with the release of fidgety, suspicious Percy Talbott from state prison after serving a five-year sentence. We don't know why, only that she's released and on her way to Gilead and its "colors of paradise." But when she arrives it is February and bitter cold, and the only one around to meet her is restless Sheriff Joe Turner, who takes her to the Spitfire Grill to help the aging Hannah Ferguson run the diner. All is gray, dismal and listless around them, and the characters are in the "winter of their lives" emotionally and spiritually.
Written by the creator of MacGyver, the MacGyver Secret details everything you need to connect with your Inner MacGyver and experience breakthroughs on demand. It teaches you the 3 simple steps, guides you through the science of why it works so well, and shares tips about how to apply it in both personal and work situations.
When a top U.S. nuclear physicist impossibly vanishes off a trans-Atlantic plane in the middle of the flight, the U.S. Government calls in the its top agent that specializes in the impossible, MacGyver. In order to solve the mystery and recover the scientist and information that could lead to escalating conflicts across the globe, MacGyver will find himself drawn into a high stakes global game of cat and mouse against a high tech thief with resources and ingenuity that matches Macgyver's own. So to bring his billionaire adversary to justice, Mac must navigate between an old flame from Interpol and a beautiful but deadly young woman with some shocking revelations for him.As quarry's end game begins MacGyver will be forced to confront his identity, career, and purpose as the international situation careens towards critical mass.
"'Macgyver' created by Lee David Zlotoff."--T.p. verso.
You love movies. Who doesn't? In Finding God in the Movies Catherine Barsotti and Robert Johnston show you how to combine your love of movies with your desire for God. Introducing thirty-three films of faith--ranging from Tender Mercies to X-Men--the authors identify and explore key biblical themes like forgiveness, faith, and repentance. An enthusiastic guide for the individual movie lover or small group, this resource contains production notes and film synopses, relevant Scripture texts, theological reflection, recommended video clips, discussion questions, and more. It will deepen your fervor for film and for God.
Growing numbers of church leaders are discovering that many films are able to impact viewers with gospel truths almost as well as a good sermon. Ed McNulty, a former pastor and longtime reviewer of films, offers this guide to help church leaders enter into dialogue with contemporary films. McNulty carefully crafts a theology of movies and then provides practical suggestions for creating and leading movie discussions with groups. In addition, he provides people from all across the theological spectrum with a framework to understand whether the overall message of a film outweighs concerns over profanity, violence, or sex in the film. He concludes by introducing twenty-seven films and including provocative questions about each that will prepare leaders to assemble and facilitate a group. Popular films explored include The Color Purple; Crash; Hotel Rwanda; The Matrix; Million Dollar Baby; O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Shawshank Redemption.
Operations Research using open-source tools is a book that is affordable to everyone and uses tools that do not cost you anything. For less than $50, you can begin to learn and apply operations research, which includes analytics, predictive modeling, mathematical optimization and simulation. Plus there are ample examples and exercise incorporating the use of SCILAB, LPSolve and R. In fact, all the graphs and plot in the book were generated with SCILAB and R. Code is provided for every example and solutions are available at the authors website. The book covers the typical topics in a one or two semester upper division undergrad program or can be used in a graduate level course.
Isolated, they are vulnerable. Working together, they might just survive. Stranded on an alien space station at the edge of the Solar System, Dr Dana Sinclair has never felt so alone in her life. While she and her fellow travellers wait for a spaceship to take them on the rest of their journey to the aliens' home planet, first the remaining Saa'ar on board then her superior, the chief Medical Officer all die mysteriously. The health and welfare of the remaining humans is now her responsibility. Will she discover the truth behind their deaths in time? Ethan O'Reilly, a disabled war hero and second in charge of the mission may be able to help, but can she trust him?
"Epic" films, those concerned with monumental events and larger-than-life characters, cover the period from the Creation to the A.D. 1200s and have been churned out by Hollywood and overseas studios since the dawn of filmmaking. Cecil B. DeMille, a master of the genre, hit upon the perfect mixture of sex, splendor, and the sacred to lure audiences to his epic productions. The 355 film entries include casts and credits, plot synopsis, and narratives on the making of the films. There are 190 photographs in this editon.
In Unit Operations, Ian Bogost argues that similar principles underlie both literary theory and computation, proposing a literary-technical theory that can be used to analyze particular videogames. Moreover, this approach can be applied beyond videogames: Bogost suggests that any medium—from videogames to poetry, literature, cinema, or art—can be read as a configurative system of discrete, interlocking units of meaning, and he illustrates this method of analysis with examples from all these fields. The marriage of literary theory and information technology, he argues, will help humanists take technology more seriously and hep technologists better understand software and videogames as cul...