Word: fictions
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...film is the main focus of the archive, which has about 9000 prints in its collection. Gardner, who was a non-fiction film-maker, ensured that the collection was extremely strong in its non-fiction films...
Today, as the film department in VES puts a strong emphasis on non-fiction films, this specialization is extremely helpful for Harvard film students...
...Then build a colossal tower 1 km (.62 miles) tall in the middle of it. The warm air from the greenhouse will rise through the tower as it would through a chimney, turning turbines and generating enough electricity to power 200,000 Australian homes. It may sound like science fiction, but the project is on track to get approved by the Australian government. If completed, the $800 million solar tower will be the tallest man-made structure in the world. INVENTOR Jorg Schlaich AVAILABILITY 2005 TO LEARN MORE www.enviromission.com.au
Speaking of tales of adventuresome little boys: Not only did little-known author Yann Martel, below, win Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction, but he is enjoying the good fortune of being embroiled in a literary feud, which should spike book sales even higher. Martel, a Canadian, won the Booker award for Life of Pi, the story of a shipwrecked boy who shares a lifeboat with a tiger. The book was released in the U.S. in June and ranks No. 23 on this week's New York Times best-seller list. In the Author's Note, Martel acknowledges...
...have changed in every degree. Now what my protagonists seek is peace of mind. To get there, they might have to fight a force, a strong force, sometimes an evil force." He adds: "I think stories are a kind of role model for society. That's the power of fiction...