One of them true-blue old-school martial arts films that boasts impressively staged action sequences and some surprisingly elegant artistic touches! At a time when the hopes and dreams of every martial arts movie junkie seem to rise and fall with the coming and going of a Donnie Yen movie, the pedigree behind ‘Once Upon A Time in Shanghai’ reads like a wish come true.
A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive.
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The new August 2014 issue of CAR magazine is out now – and we’re celebrating 50 years of great hot hatchbacks. Yes, it’s half a century since Paddy Hopkirk’s Mini Cooper S blasted on to the scene winning the 1964 Monte Carlo rally, sparking a whole generation of pocket rockets. We look at the genesis of the breed, from the pioneering Minis, Autobianchis and Simcas of the 1960s and 70s, to the seminal Golf GTI and tearaways of the ’80s and ‘90s. Plus we group test the nine best hot hatches of today to see which is the winner. Elsewhere in the issue:
The best apps for iPhone, iPad and Android plus group tests and features. The first magazine of its kind, Apps Magazine will be dedicated to matching the incredible demand for the latest and greatest App Store products with expert buying advice for a broad range of readers. With reviews of apps from all categories, as well as group tests, features and tutorials, Apps Magazine is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to download any of the 250,000 apps currently available.
Hosting her HBO adult special, adult-film star Katie Morgan scores straight A’s in this fun, fact-filled sex romp. Katie Morgan asks the viewer light-hearted multiple-choice questions about sexual behavior and then provides the answers, many of which are illustrated with film clips.
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The UFC returns to New Jersey with their mid-range Fight Night series, this time featuring a main event with hometown hero Jim Miller against top lightweight Donald Cerrone.
From Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, to Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes, to the top economic thought leaders of today, The Economics Book is the essential reference for students and anyone else with an interest in how economies work. Easy-to-follow graphics, succinct quotations, and thoroughly accessible text throw light on the applications of economics, making them relatable through everyday examples and concerns. Employing DK’s trademark visual approach, The Economics Book takes a frequently confusing subject and makes sense of it, clearly highlighting both historically important and emerging ideas in this critical field of science.
BRAINWORKS shows the fascinating brain functions that affect the human experience every day and shares easy-to-digest science concerning the how and the why behind those functions. Legendary illusionist David Copperfield adds a revealing foreword about the ways brain science has helped him create magic — and a career.
In The Story of English in 100 Words, an entertaining history of the world’s most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word—‘roe’—was written down on the femur of a roe deer in the fifth century. Featuring ancient words (‘loaf’), cutting edge terms that relfect our world (‘twittersphere’), indispensible words that shape our tongue (‘and’, ‘what’), fanciful words (‘fopdoodle’) and even obscene expressions (the “c word”…), David Crystal takes readers on a tour of the winding byways of our language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising.
