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- England, my England [videorecording] / by Kitanov, Stefan,1961-; Bluett, Mike.; Osborne, John,1929-1994.(CARDINAL)151497; Wood, Charles,1932-; Palmer, Tony,1941-(CARDINAL)132292; Ball, Michael,1962-; Callow, Simon,1949-(CARDINAL)352621; Young, Nina,1966-; Front, Rebecca.; Redgrave, Corin.; Speed, Lucy,1976-; Dean, Letitia,1967-; Shrapnel, John.(CARDINAL)327000; Stephens, Robert,1931-1995.(CARDINAL)843735; Melvin, Murray,1932-; Rigby, Terence.; Woodthorpe, Peter.; Fortune, John,1939-2013.; Michie, Edward.; Kenwright, Bill,1945-; Graham, Susan,1960-; Varcoe, Stephen.; Dawson, Lynne.; Argenta, Nancy.; Bowman, James.; Chance, Michael,1955-; Agnew, Paul.; Harvey, Peter,1958-; Thomas, David,1943-; Johnston, Robert(Tenor); Shaw, Teresa.; Smith, Jennifer(Soprano); Gardiner, John Eliot.(CARDINAL)517651; Isolde Films Ltd.; Channel Four (Great Britain)(CARDINAL)190938; NVC Arts (Firm); RFF International (Firm); Voiceprint Records.; Monteverdi Choir.; English Baroque Soloists.;
Conductor, John Eliot Gardiner.Michael Ball, Simon Callow, Nina Young, Rebecca Front, Corin Redgrave, Lucy Speed, Letitia Dean, John Shrapnel, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin, Terence Rigby, Peter Woodthorpe, John Fortune, Edward Michie, Bill Kenwright.Featuring: Monteverdi Choir ; English Baroque Soloists ; singers: Susan Graham, Stephen Varcoe, Lynne Dawson, Nancy Argenta, James Bowman, Michael Chance, Pau Agnew, Peter Harvey, David Thomas, Robert Johnston, Teresa Shaw, Jennifer Smith.Rated PG: Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers.NTSC.Dramatization of the life of Henry Purcell especially regarding his relationship with Charles II.- Subjects: Feature films.; Biographical films.; Musical films.; Historical films.; Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685; Composers;
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- First steps : how upright walking made us human / by DeSilva, Jeremy,1976-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-324) and index.Introduction -- The origin of upright walking. How we walk ; T. rex, the Carolina Butcher, and the first bipeds ; "How the human stood upright" and other just-so stories about bipedalism ; Lucy's ancestors ; Ardi and the River Gods -- Becoming human. Ancient footprints ; Many ways to walk a mile ; Hominins on the move ; Migration to Middle Earth -- Walk of life. Baby steps ; Birth and bipedalism ; Gait differences and what they mean ; Myokines and the cost of immobility ; Why walking helps us think ; Of ostrich feet and knee replacements -- Conclusion: The emphatic ape.Humans are the only mammals to walk on two rather than four legs, a locomotion known as bipedalism. This has its drawbacks: giving birth is more difficult; our running speed is much slower than that of other animals; and we suffer ailments from hernias to scoliosis. DeSilva explores how unusual and extraordinary this seemingly everyday ability is-- and shows how upright walking is a gateway to many of the other attributes that make us human. -- adapted from jacket- Subjects: Bipedalism.; Human beings; Human evolution.;
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