![]() AKC Dog Agility Training Tunnel with Collapsed Chute $59.99 * 10' Overall Length, 3' Tunnel & 7' Chute * Folds up small and springs into action when ready to use * 6 stakes included * Open ended tunnel & collapsible chute tunnel ![]() Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame ( Buda as sharm foru rikht ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ] $24.99 Great Britain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Farsi ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),English ( Subtitles ),WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access,SYNOPSIS: This remarkable and beautifully shot Iranian film explores the fundamentalist Muslim Taliban regime through the eyes of children; too young to fully understand it but old enough to feel its impact on their lives. Baktay is a six-year-old Afghan girl with a strong desire to read and attend school, something which only boys are encouraged to do. Whilst her mother is away Baktay steals her lipstick to use as a pencil, and trades stolen eggs for a notebook. She then heads off to school, on a dangerous route which takes her into the 'play area' of a group of wild boys playing war games. What follows is a skillfully handled contrast between the innocence of youth and the brutality of the grown-up world that they are imitating. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Berlin International Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival, ![]() Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed $18.00 This (excellent) book comes with two sets of images: 1) maps of the places where the different societies mentioned lived (Easter Island, Australia, Greenland, China, etc.) and 2) Sets of plates with 40 or so additional photos. The maps are included in the Kindle edition, although they don't look too god. The screen resolution is too small, so they look very, very blurry and the text in the maps is utterly unreadable. I uploaded a couple of screen grabs so you can judge for yourselves. Can anyone read the names of those tiny little islands? Thank God we have Google Earth. As for the plates mentioned in the text, well, they ain't there at all. That's a sloppy digitalizing job, Penguin. ![]() San Francisco, April 18, 1906. The West's most colorful city was just beginning to stir, that soft spring morning 50 years ago, when suddenly the earth buckled under it. As shocked San Franciscans swarmed into the streets, buildings collapsed, pavings gaped open, water mains broke - and one of history's most awful fires swept the stunned and reeling city. Here is a brilliant re-creation of that time of trial and triumph. by Robert O'brien. ..... 1956 Collier's Magazine Picture, A5193A. $15.99 This Item is an original 2 page Magazine picture, taken from a vintage magazine of the year indicated. The picture is suitable for framing and displaying in your home or office. The scan of this item was taken through plastic film, however it is an accurate representation of the item. The nominal size is 21.0 inches by 14 inches. |
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