Arachnophobia (film) in 1999. The film was released on Blu-ray on September 25, 2012. VHS and DVD releases by Hollywood/Buena Vista Home Video curiously omit the original poster art's spider from their cover design, however the Blu-ray now reinstates it. Unusually, the video game version of "Arachnophobia" was also released in 1991, for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and DOS. There is also a novelization of "Arachnophobia" written by author Nicholas Edwards. A soundtrack album for the film, also called "Arachnophobia", was released in 1990. It included Trevor Jones's instrumental music from the film as well as dialogue excerpts and songs such
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting