Sculpting in Time: Tarkovsky The Great Russian Filmmaker Discusses His Art

Tarkovsky, who died in exile in 1986, was considered by some Western film critics to be one of Russia's foremost latter-day filmmakers. Tarkovsky elaborates in much detail on his theory of filmmaking, including editing, music, film acting, and what he calls "rhythm," which he considers the dominant factor. In Sculpting in Time, Andrey Tarkovsky has left his artistic testament, a remarkable revelation of both his life and work. He sets down his thoughts and his memories, revealing for the first time the original inspirations for his extraordinary films.

Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society

Starred Review. Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything) presents a remarkable collection of essays celebrating the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Society of London and its many contributions to science. Society members have included such illustrious names as Darwin, Newton, Leibniz, and Francis Bacon, to name a few. The volume's 23 contributors are both uniformly excellent and remarkable for their diversity.

What a Life! Beginner

What A Life! Stories of Amazing People, an engaging reader for high beginning students of English, focuses on the lives of 24 fascinating people from around the world and across history. These biographies -- surprising and always intriguing -- explore the accomplishments and uniqueness of each individual. Students will be inspired by these people's lives and their remarkable contributions to our world. Each unit of What A Life! features prereading, vocabulary, comprehension, discussion, and writing exercises.

Protagonist Eugene Debs Hartke, West Point graduate, Vietnam vet, college professor, educator of the disabled and the illiterate, is awaiting trial for a crime initially unspecified. Until this time, Hartke has diligently and good-naturedly participated in whatever was expected of him, including involvement in the evacuation of American personnel from Saigon. At one point, however, he calculates the remarkable fact that he has killed exactly as many people as he has had sex with, a coincidence that causes him to doubt his atheism.

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Culture, Language and Personality: Selected Essays by Edward Sapir

Edward Sapir was one of those men, rare among scientists and scholars, who are spoken of by their colleagues in terms of genius. His writings on frontier problems in cultural anthropology, psychology, and linguistics are outstanding for their provocative insights and remarkable control of factual data.