Lord Crumwell’s Oddfellows Geniuses Mini Figures
Lord Crumwell’s Oddfellows Geniuses Mini Figures
Think you’re that smart to pass on this great set of the greatest intellectuals known in history? Look smart and fun at the same time with this set of Genius Collection 5-Pack Mini Figures. This 5-pack set includes the following figures: 1x Picasso, 1x Shakespeare, 1x Einstein, 1x Freud, and 1x Beethoven (Subject to change). Nearly twenty years ago, Lord Crumwell vanished from the face of the Earth. Soon after, his estate was mysteriously burnt to the ground. Thus began one of the great mysteries of our time. The fire revealed a secret chamber beneath the East Wing of Crumwell Manor. Found therein, were dozens of hand-written volumes entitled, ‘On The True Nature of History’. The shelves were lined with hundreds of tiny figurines. Above them was a plaque that read: ‘Oddfellows’.
Customer Review: Carolina’s opinion
I used to motivate people in a Business Meeting to Leave a Legacy…and those toy help me to create this message-
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Picasso and Dance - Le Train Bleu/Le Tricorne [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Love will take your pain away (1988) [VINYL]
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Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham and Gandhi 
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Customer Review: Best Overview of Similarities in Creative Lives
Many have written about creativity, but few have considered creativity in the context of a cognitive model. Professor Gardner has added greatly to my understanding of what creative people’s lives are like, by focusing on people from a variety of fields (from politics, to dance, to music, to physics, to poetry). A key lesson for me was that creativity can cause problems for the creative person. Having seen some of the bad habits outlined in this book, we can each see how we can become more creative and also avoid some of the pitfalls. Clearly, creativity can become an obsession, since it turns out to be so pleasurable to creative people. Creative people would clearly benefit from a series of questions that prompt them into considering the relevance and approriateness of their lives. I especially liked how Professor Gardner suggested what additional research should be done. I hope someone is working on these questions, now. I am a business person, and did not expect to learn much that would help in business. I was happily surprised to find that I did. An important lesson is that creative people need the right kind of emotional and social support in order to be most effective in not only creating more, but also in making their creations more useful for us all. I also recommend CREATIVITY IN CONTEXT and CORPORATE CREATIVITY, as good books for business people to read on the subject of creativity. But having read many dozens of books on creativity, I still recommend that you start with this one.
Customer Review: An interesting book examining the creative process.
I found this book to be a very interesting read. As a public educator, I a enjoy books that take me out of the framework or box that I view the learning process. Creative Minds made me examine and understand the creative process over a span of a lifetime and mentally note the types of blockers in the early lives of these extraordinary individuals. The book also emphasized for me the differing intelligences in the human race and the conditions necessary for creative breakthroughs. Creating Minds is an excellent reflective read for public educators
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal Customer Review: A Fascist Adventure!
The scene where the Carthaginian queen drinks the cup of poison has to be the most glamourous death scene in film. Eventhough it wasn’t made in Hollywood it probably defines the decadent/femme fatale motif that is Hollywood. It’s almost ritualized the way she takes up the cup — very Kenneth Anger and very Salome. The rest of the film is a sight as well. For students of history, political science or anyone with a fascination with fascism should watch this movie. The constant Roman salutes and brandishing of the fasces are absolute propoganda spectacle! Oh, and the elephants are actually getting butchered.
Customer Review: VICTORIAM AVT MORTEM
“Victory or death!” This is one of the principal themes of Carmine Gallone’s 1937 film: a superb work in which its collosal production is carried by a brilliant direction, a clever screenplay, a tight script, and good acting. The film is also unprecedented in terms of its incredible historical detail. Released in 1937 and backed by Mussolini’s government, this film was the most expensive Italian production of its time with 30,000 extras, 6,000 horses, and 50 elephants. The cinematography is excellent and parallels Reifenstalh’s contemporary works under the Nazi regime in Germany. Unlike German propaganda films of that time however, this film is rather unintrusive in terms of propaganda and carries no racist ideology such as with Goebbels’ films: the historical setting is simply conducive to fascist Italy’s ideology of restoring the nation to the level of its glorious Roman past as desired by Mussolini.
The film is presented from Scipio’s point of view and covers the last part of the Second Punic War where Hannibal retreats from Italy to Carthage with haste to defend his home and fight the final battle of Zama. Hannibal is presented as an honorable foe who, like Scipio, is bound to follow his destiny and serve his nation no matter what the cost. Political intrigue arises when Hasdrubal’s daughter, Queen Sophonisba, uses her seductive charms to coax her Numidian husband Syphax and his rival Massanisa to fight the Romans. The level of historical detail is probably the most faithful than any other film on Roman history. All of the clothing, architecture, military equipment and tactics are presented with exact accuracy. The legions are shown with the proper uniforms, armaments, and tactics of that period. The tactical maniple formations are shown as opposed to the cohort formations of the Late Republic. The quinquireme galleys were produced to exact scale and made fully functional: they also include the innovative hooked and swiveling boarding ramp (corvus) used during that time. The battle scene of Zama is the most impresive and graphic ever presented in a film on antiquity using 50 elephants and replicated at 1/10 the scale with 30,000 actors. The battle scene is extremely graphic even in comparison to modern films with some very violent close quarter combat. This is probably not a film for animal lovers as, unfortunately, some of the elephants were speared and butchered to add realism to the film: Mussolini felt that historical realism outweighed the lives of these poor animals. The English script, written and dubbed in 1937 by an American company, is also outstanding and as stoic as the speeches recited in Livy’s histories on the wars with Hannibal.
Some of the downsides of the film are antiquated acting techniques in which some of the actors are still using theatrical methods prevalent in silent films which don’t really work well with sound films. As a result, some scenes come out as over-dramatic, particularly in the minimal romantic subplots which are fortunately and short and sparing. Shortcomings aside, the lavish sets and cinematography are stunning and remained unmatched until later period films such as ‘Cleopatra’ and ‘Spartacus.’ As a matter of fact, one can see that both Mankievicz and Kubrick were heavily influenced by Gallone’s direction and camera work along with the grandiose sets in this film. This is simply an outstanding film that completely outclasses the later and atrocious ‘Hannibal’ with Victor Mature. This is an excellent film that is a fine addition to any film lover’s collection: particularly for those who are Roman history buffs or scholars of fascism and 20th century propaganda.
On a final note, contrary to the previous reviewer E.R. Curry’s claims, the Roman salute is anything but a fascist invention of the 20th century attributed to Ancient Rome. Jaques Louis David portrayed the Roman salute in his 1792 painting “The Oath of the Horatii” showing the legendary Roman Horatii brothers saluting their father with the Roman salute as they go to war. This painting was completed over 200 years before socialism, fascism, or film ever existed. Fascist ideology in principle seeks to apply the Roman concept of the dictator to modern times in which one’s full allegiance to the needs of the state is imperative above everything else. It is akin to Cincinnatus accepting his appointment as dictator and leaving his farm to fulfill his sworn patriotic duty no matter what the sacrifice may be. The Nazi or fascist salute is therefore a revivance of what was thought to be the original Roman salute as portrayed in David’s painting and other classicist or neo-classicist works of art. Although no one can be certain as to when the Roman salute came into existance and whether it was indeed Roman, it unquestionably came into being long before Mr. Curry claims to have been the case.
