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Random House USA Inc A Minecraft Movie Official Coloring Book
Book SynopsisColor in your favorite scenes from the upcoming Minecraft movie.
£13.59
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Star Wars The Acolyte Visual Guide
Book SynopsisPablo Hidalgo has been writing professionally about Star Wars since 1995. In 2000, he joined Lucasfilm to become a full-time Star Wars authority, first as a StarWars.com writer, and now as a creative executive in story development. He has written or co-written several authoritative Star Wars reference books, including DK's best-selling Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Visual Dictionary, Star Wars: Rogue One The Ultimate Visual Guide, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary. He lives in San Francisco.
£17.00
Rowman & Littlefield The Permanent Holdout
Book SynopsisKnown for albums like Late for the Sky, The Pretender, and Running on Empty, Jackson Browne was a master of capturing the counterculture ethos of the late 1960s and 70s. This book dives deeply into his music, long career, and activism within the context of American life, revealing a remarkable musician still fueled by ideals of love and peace.
£23.75
Lexington Books The Bad Bunny Enigma
Book SynopsisFew artists in recent years have had Bad Bunny's impact on the music industry, popular culture, mainstream and underground aesthetics, and the economies tied to each of these realms. A remarkable anomaly by any measure, Bad Bunny's embodiment of extremity comes through in his gender-fluid style, Afro-Caribbean aesthetics, sexually explicit lyrics, and vibrant critiques of colonial politics. As a Puerto Rican colonial subject himself, he has consistently amplified the voices of oppressed groups, while also championing marginalized communities impacted by the effects of colonialism and conservatism, in Puerto Rico and elsewhere. This collection, the first comprehensive publication focused on the Bad Bunny phenomenon, puts the artist, his work, and activism into conversation with various contexts relevant to culture, society, representation, identity, and politics. Bringing together a cadre of scholars some supporters, others detractors the collection offers a balanced transdisciplinary look at his work and its influence on intersectional resistance struggles. Part critique, part celebration, the chapters contained within question whether his influence signifies a cultural shift or a flash in the pan. Consequently, this collection aims to understand Bad Bunny as a multifaceted signifier whose meanings evolve depending on the generational, geographical, and sociopolitical perspectives framing the enigma.
£79.20
Columbia University Press Hollywoods Censor Joseph I. Breen and the
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDoherty writes with such wit and verve, bringing the past to life... a very entertaining read. Publishers Weekly Compelling, colorful, insightful, and nearly encyclopedic in detail, this book seems destined to become the definitive scholarly biography of Breen. Highly recommended. Library Journal [An] entertaining and rigorous biography of Breen. -- Ada Calhoun New York Times Book Review A fascinating read for anyone interested in American film history. -- Carol O'Sullivan Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [An] authoritative, entertaining, unexpectedly unnerving biography. -- Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times [A] brilliant and absorbing new book. -- Gerald Peary The Phoenix Hollywood's Censor is a stinging portrait of a cultural strongman who made it his business to baby his fellow citizens. -- Dennis Drabelle Washington Post Written with controlled exuberance, and much wit. -- Scott Eyman Palm Beach Post A pleasure to read. -- Rob Hardy Commercial Dispatch An exemplary biography... Highly recommended. CHOICETable of ContentsOpening Credits Prologue: Hollywood, 1954 1. The Victorian Irishman 2. Bluenoses Against the Screen 3. Hollywood Shot to Pieces 4. The Breen Office 5. Decoding Classical Hollywood Cinema 6. Confessional 7. Intermission at RKO 8. At War with the Breen Office 9. In His Sacerdotalism 10. "Our Semitic Brethren" 11. Social Problems, Existential Dilemmas, and Outsized Anatomies 12. Invasion of the Art Films 13. Amending the Ten Commandments 14. Not the Breen Office 15. Final Cut: Joseph I. Breen and the Auteur Theory Appendix: The Production Code Notes Film Index Index
£25.50
Columbia University Press Weimar Cinema
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWeimar Cinema is the volume on this fascinating era of international film history. -- Gerd Gemunden Bookforum A super collection of essays about sixteen dynamite flicks. 944 Los Angeles This superb collection... [is] an excellent overview of the critical frameworks of German film studies... Essential. Choice A well-constructed and welcome introduction to a number of classics. -- Philipp Stiasny German History Weimar Cinema will prove equally useful to teachers of undergraduates as to those engaging in ongoing scholarly research into this fascinating period in German filmhistory. -- Ian Roberts Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television With its detailed filmography and intelligently organized index, this work could easily serve as the primary textbook for a survey of Weimar film. -- Glenn R. Cuomo German Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Suggestion, Hypnosis, and Crime: Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), by Stefan Andriopoulos 2. Of Monsters and Magicians: Paul Wegener's The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920), by Noah Isenberg 3. Movies, Money, and Mystique, by Christian Rogowski 4. No End to Nosferatu (1922), by Thomas Elsaesser 5. Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922): Grand Enunciator of the Weimar Era, by Tom Gunning 6. Who Gets the Last Laugh? Old Age and Generational Change in F. W. Murnau's The Last Laugh (1924), by Sabine Hake 7. Inflation and Devaluation: Gender, Space, and Economics in G. W. Pabst's The Joyless Street (1925), by Sara F. Hall 8. Tradition as Intellectual Montage: F. W. Murnau's Faust (1926), by Matt Erlin 9. Metropolis (1927): City, Cinema, Modernity, by Anton Kaes 10. Berlin, Symphony of a Great City (1927): City, Image, Sound, by Nora M. Alter 11. Surface Sheen and Charged Bodies: Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), by Margaret McCarthy 12. The Bearable Lightness of Being: People on Sunday (1930), by Lutz Koepnick 13. National Cinemas / International Film Culture: The Blue Angel (1930) in Multiple Language Versions, by Patrice Petro 14. Coming Out of the Uniform: Political and Sexual Emancipation in Leontine Sagan's Madchen in Uniform (1931), by Richard W. McCormick 15. Fritz Lang's M (1931): An Open Case, by Todd Herzog 16. Whose Revolution? The Subject of Kuhle Wampe (1932), by Marc Silberman Filmography Contributors Index
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Columbia University Press Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan . . . and Beyond
Book SynopsisThis edition contains all chapters from the original 1986 edition plus critical analyses of the films of Martin Scorcese and Michael Cimino, a political assault on the films of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, and in in-depth meditation on Brian De Palma.Trade ReviewHollywood from Vietnam to Reagan... and Beyond is one of the most impressive demonstrations by a film critic that 'to be political is to avoid the trivial.'... Wood's writing is rich, eloquent, and illuminating. If our culture is indeed facing the possibility of imminent extinction, his is an essential contribution to it. Film Comment "Extremely valuable... Offers the first large-scale interpretation of a period of Hollywood (and independent) filmmaking that presents the serious moral, psychological, and historical issues at stake." American Film New to this edition are Wood's gutsy defenses of My Best Friend's Wedding and Heaven's Gate, discussions of Hollywood today and teen party pictures like American Pie, and an essay on Day of the Dead... recommended. Library Journal Wood's commentary-blending scholarly insight with a personal tone, knowledgeable about theory but not obscure, always interested in gender and sexuality but not overwhelmed by that interest-will engage students at all levels of preparation in film studies. Choice Robin Wood is a serious and important writer, and this is a serious and important book... [A] wonderful collection of essays. Film InternationalTable of ContentsPrologue 2003 1. Cards on the Table 2. The Chase: Flashback, 1965 3. Smart-Ass and Cutie-Pie: Notes Toward the Evaluation of Altman (1975) 4. The Incoherent Text: Narrative in the 70s 5. The American Nightmare: Horror in the 70s 6. Normality and Monsters: The Films of Larry Cohen and George Romero 7. Brian De Palma: The Politics of Castration 8. Papering the Cracks: Fantasy and Ideology in the Reagan Era 9. Horror in the 80s 10. Images and Women 11. From Buddies to Lovers 12. Two Films by Martin Scorsese 13. Two Films by Michael Cimino 14. Day of the Dead: The Woman's Nightmare 15. On and Around My Best Friend's Wedding 16. Teens, Parties, and Rollercoasters: A Genre of the 90s 17. Hollywood Today: Is an Oppositional Cinema Possible? Bibliography Index
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Chronicle Books Studio Ghibli Ponyo 30 Postcards
Book Synopsis Dive into the wonderful world of Ponyo>, Studio Ghibli’s beloved animated film about a friendship between a boy and a magical goldfish, with this collection of postcards to keep or send.Featuring 30 final frames from the film—all hand-drawn and gorgeously detailed—these postcards are a must-have for animation fans of all ages. © 2008 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMT
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Penguin Young Readers Star Wars The Acolyte Visual Guide
£18.23
Columbia University Press Rasa
Book SynopsisThe third book in a trilogy that includes Seeing the Divine and Hearing the Divine, this book articulates the religious sensibility underlying the traditional performing arts and examines the relationships between the arts and religion in India today.Trade ReviewThis volume is a gem that deserves wide distribution. It is destined to become a classic contribution to the literature on Hinduism and Indian civilization. Choice It thoughtfully explores an aesthetic of great depth and elegance. Dance Magazine This book is clear and accessible for the introductory reader. -- Mythili Kumar Asian Theatre Journal As a writer on dance, Schwartz really shines. -- Martha Ann Selby, University of Texas at Austin Journal of Asian Studies [Rasa] should prove a valuable classroom tool as well as a necessary addition to college libraries. -- Constantina Rhodes Bailly Hindu Studies Recommended to all those needing a sympathetic and intelligent introduction to the Indian performance arts and their appreciation. -- Edwin Gerow Journal of the American Oriental SocietyTable of ContentsPreface Transliteration and Romanization A Taste of Things to Come RASA in Theory: Text and Context A. Etymological Ingredients B. Sources of Inspiration C. A Written Recipe for the Arts D. Influences and Implications RASA in Practice: Drama, Dance, Music A. All The Stage Is But a World B. Dance As Mystery Bharata Natyam Shringara Rasa: What Love Has to Do With It Kathakali Kathak C. Good Taste In Music Transformations In Time And Space Glossary Bibliography
£19.80
Columbia University Press The Vampire Film
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book provides a perfect introduction to the vampire subgenre that does not completely abandon historiography whilst vouching for a more organic thematic arrangement. Essential reading for vampire cinephiles and horror aficionados alike. -- Xavier Aldana Reyes The Gothic Imagination The Vampire Film is certain to provide a novel, penetrating look through the layers of meaning surrounding the bloodsucking undead. Rue Morgue The Vampire Film is well written and engaging. Jeffrey Weinstock has provided both scholars and general readers with yet another useful tool with which to hunt the vampire. -- Jim Holte Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts This timely book on the vampire film highlights the continued attraction of the genre. -- Juliette Wood FolkloreTable of ContentsIntroduction: Vampire Cinema 1. Vampire Sex 2. Vampire Technology 3. Vampire Otherness Coda: Vampirising Genre Filmography Bibliography Index
£16.19
Columbia University Press Queer Cinema
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis volume brings wonderful clarity to a complex field. In a historical framework with international perspective, the book explores an impressive breadth of representative films in their often controversial political, theoretical and aesthetic debates. And through all this, it certainly makes these readings about saucy daddies and friends of Dorothy a great pleasure. -- Randalll Halle, University of Pittsburgh This short book will be a boon for film scholars looking to quickly survey and learn about the history of queer cinema... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The Origins of Queer Cinema: Schoolgirls, Vampires and Cross-Dressers 2. Camp: Where Art Meets Trash 3. Stonewall and the Positive Identification Figure 4. New Queer Cinema: A New Aesthetic Language 5. Gay Cowboys, Fabulous Femmes and Global Queers Conclusion Notes Filmography Bibliography Index
£17.09
Columbia University Press Action Movies
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis smart, short introduction to the action film tackles the history, aesthetics and politics of an American genre that remains both extraordinarily visible and yet unexplored. It provides readers with a deftly argued account of the genre's distinctive aesthetic and its complex involvement in cultural themes of trauma, violence, and redemption. -- Yvonne Tasker, University of East Anglia A good source for better understanding action cinema, its evolution, and connection with the real world. Film MattersTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. The War at Home 2. The Hyperbolic Body 3. The End of Ideology 4. The Return Filmography Bibliography Index
£16.19
Columbia University Press The Watchdog That Didnt Bark The Financial
Book SynopsisHow mainstream business news failed its readers and what it means for the future of the profession.Trade ReviewThe Watchdog That Didn't Bark, given its in-depth analysis across the landscape, steeped in history, and Starkman's keen understanding of the business of journalism, can stand as a potentially enduring case study of what went wrong and why. -- Alec Klein, director of the Medill Justice Project and award-winning investigative reporter formerly with the Washington Post Starkman is literally a reporter's reporter. As such, he gets to the bottom of the story of how the U.S. business press could miss the most important economic implosion of the past eighty years until it was too late, and he does so with prose that is intelligent, engaging, and erudite. I recommend The Watchdog without reservation. -- Eric Alterman, Brooklyn College, and media columnist, The Nation Here is the missing piece in the financial-crisis mystery: how did our vaunted business-journalism sector manage to miss the problem with mortgage-backed investments? The answer, as Dean Starkman shows us in this amazing autopsy, is that the business outweighs the journalism and that it is getting worse, not better, as we go forward. -- Thomas Frank, author of Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right Journalism was complicit in the predation and corruption that brought down world financial markets and wrecked the lives of millions. Obsessed with shallow scoops, giddy from the laughing gas of access, financial journalists abjectly failed to connect dots, and left abusive, reckless, and criminal corporations free to drag the global economy into the abyss. Dean Starkman is the author we have been waiting for to tell this story. He not only puts forward a keen, subtle, and fair account of the journalistic default, he names names. -- Todd Gitlin, author of Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives With American journalism at sea, here comes a navigator who really knows its mission, the riptides it is facing, and the ports it must reach. Starkman tells it all with the heart, clarity, and dry wit that redeem business journalism even while showing how it lost its anchor and compass. -- Jim Sleeper, former editor and columnist at Newsday and the New York Daily News Journalists did not miss the subprime lending that spun into the devastating financial collapse of 2008. Excellent reporting was available, from the Financial Times to the Los Angeles Times to a small alternative publication, Southern Exposure. Yet Dean Starkman shows that even reporters who were on top of things buried the lead: the story was not new financial instruments, risky investments, or high-pressured Wall Street. The story was corruption. There were old-fashioned, greedy villains. Old-fashioned moralizing was called for. It would have had the advantage of being both true and fascinating. So how did so many fine journalists miss the big story? Read Starkman's powerful and disturbing analysis of how business journalism came to write for an audience of investors, not citizens. You may not share his every judgment, but this account has the advantage of being both true and fascinating. -- Michael Schudson, Columbia Journalism School, author of The Power of News As fair and balanced as a solar-plexus punch can be. Kirkus Reviews Starkman provides keen analysis of how the media failed in its mission at a crucial time for the U.S. economy. Booklist Compelling... Starkman offers an excellent and clear theoretical explanation for some of the problems with watchdog journalism generally. International Journal of Communication Detailed and fully satisfying... Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books The Watchdog That Didn't Bark adds greatly to our understanding of business journalism and the country's most recent financial meltdown. Starkman writes that it is intended for lay readers, but journalism students and historians will find much value here as well. H-NetTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Access and Accountability 1. Ida Tarbell, Muckraking, and the Rise of Accountability Reporting 2. Access and Messenger Boys: The Roots of Business News and the Birth of the Wall Street Journal 3. Kilgore's Revolution at the Wall Street Journal: Rise of the Great Story 4. Muckraking Goes Mainstream: Democratizing Financial and Technical Knowledge 5. CNBCization: Insiders, Access, and the Return of the Messenger Boy 6. Subprime Rises in the 1990s: Journalism and Regulation Fight Back 7. Muckraking the Banks, 2000-2003: A Last Gasp for Journalism and Regulation 8. Three Journalism Outsiders Unearth the Looming Mortgage Crisis 9. The Watchdog That Didn't Bark: The Disappearance of Accountability Reporting and the Mortgage Frenzy, 2004-2006 10. Digitism, Corporatism, and the Future of Journalism: As the Hamster Wheel Turns Notes Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Chow Chop Suey Food and the Chinese American
Book SynopsisA food history that illuminates a community’s struggle for survival.Trade ReviewChow Chop Suey is an eye-opener, a book that will give everyone a deep appreciation of the exquisite skill required to produce authentic Chinese food and the sweep of history that brought Chinese cooking to America. Anne Mendelson's prodigious research has given us a highly respectful, insightful, refreshing, wonderfully written, and utterly compelling account of the role and plight of Chinese restaurant workers in this country. I learned something new on every page. -- Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University and author of Soda Politics Well-written and impeccably researched, Chow Chop Suey is a beautiful ode both to the history of Chinese Americans and the intriguing ways in which China's rich food culture continues to take root here and flourish. Anne Mendelson's section on Chinese American cookbook writers is nothing less than a classic, for she brings sense and order to a long overlooked field with her customary clear perspective and dry wit. Mendelson is one of my favorite food writers and I'd expect nothing less, but this time she's outdone herself. -- Carolyn Phillips, author of All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China and The Dim Sum Field Guide There are other accounts of the American enthusiasm for Chinese food and the simultaneous persecution of Chinese immigrants. What makes Anne Mendelson's Chow Chop Suey unique is how it integrates cooking styles with American and Chinese cultural contrasts. Mendelson never loses sight of the food and how Chinese restaurants and American "experts" of various sorts shaped a cuisine that was both exotic and irresistible. No one has discussed in such a fascinating and authoritative way the American misunderstanding of basic Chinese culinary principles, the importance of a few key cookbooks and restaurants, and the gradual awakening of American palates to something resembling actual Chinese food in the postwar decades. Fun to read, judicious, and above all authoritative. -- Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination Chow Chop Suey is a well-written and insightful guide to the Chinese food scene in America. In a field full of myths, Anne Mendelson's book is accurate and detailed. A delightful read! -- Eugene N. Anderson, author of, Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China Anne Mendelson brings together political and culinary history, showing that it was by inventing quasi-Chinese dishes that titillated American palates that Cantonese immigrants found a way to survive anti-Asia persecution. Gripping, authoritative, and timely. -- Rachel Laudan, author of Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History A deeply researched look at the history of Chinese food in the U.S. I'll be dipping into it for years. Wall Street Journal A timely and nuanced reminder that Chinese-American identity has long been conflated with Chinese food. -- Peter Ho Davies Times Literary Supplement Anne Mendelson writes like the engaged scholar she is, with dry wit and easy, uncompromising erudition... [Chow Chop Suey] is full of wonder. New York Times A solid choice for readers interested in Chinese immigration and U.S.-China history, as well as those curious about American foodways and culinary culture. Library JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Romanization and Terminology Introduction Prologue: A Stroke of the Pen Part I 1. Origins: The Toisan-California Pipeline 2. The Culinary "Language" Barrier 3. "Celestials" on Gold Mountain 4. The Road to Chinatown Part II 5. The Birth of Chinese American Cuisine 6. Change, Interchange, and the First Successful "Translators" 7. White America Rediscovers Chinese Cuisine 8. An Advancement of Learning 9. The First Age of Race-Blind Immigration Postscript: What Might Have Been Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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Quercus Publishing 50 Film Ideas You Really Need to Know
Book SynopsisMaster the ideas that have shaped the world of film today. In a series of 50 accessible essays, Helen O'Hara introduces and explains the central ideas, eras and genres of film, beginning with the invention of cinema to the theories and genres that have emerged and evolved since. From concepts such as the mise-en-scène and special effects to Queer Film Theory and the #MeToo movement, 50 Film Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important tenets of film and cinema history
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Bierke Publishing On Africa
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Bloomsbury Publishing USA Lata Mangeshkar My Favourites Vol. 2
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Melbourne Books You Dont Need a Weatherman
Book SynopsisPerfectfor both the long-time Bob Dylan fan and for bemused family and friends unable tounderstand the devotion, this book explains what singer-songwriter Bob Dylanhas achieved over his 60-year career and why he has acquired such a cultfollowing.
£22.52
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Shakespeare and Stanislavsky
Book SynopsisThis book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavsky to Shakespeare.Shakespeare and Stanislavsky provides a guide for actors, acting students, directors and teachers who want to apply the work of influential theatre practitioner, Stanislavsky, to the process of rehearsing and workshopping Shakespeare's play texts. Acting tutor and director, Annie Tyson, makes applying Stanislavsky's methods to Shakespeare simple and accessible. She rejects and dispels the myth held by some that Stanislavsky and Shakespeare are incompatible, showing instead how the Shakespearean text offers clues to specific acting choices that are intricately connected to action and character. Drawing on years of acting, directing and teaching experience at the Drama Centre London and RADA, Tyson's guide is full of practical tips and humour. This guide also includes a series of inte
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC High Concept Don Simpson and the Hollywood
Book SynopsisUsing the life and career of Don Simpson as a point of departure, this work takes readers on a journey inside the Hollywood of the 1980s and 90s. This is a tale of the rise of the key players and how the Don Simpson way became the Hollywood way.
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Faber Music & Decca Records What Happened To The Heart
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Abrams Godzilla The First 70 Years
Book SynopsisAn epic celebration of Godzilla's 70th anniversary, exploring every aspect of the King of Monsters' creation, design, and evolution in Toho Studios' films and TV series from 1954 to the presentGodzilla: The First 70 Years is a narrative and visual history of Japan's King of the Monsters, chronicling the triumphs, challenges, and meaning of seven decades of city-trashing, kaiju-smashing mayhem. It is also a tribute to Godzilla's creators and costarsthe filmmakers, special-effects wizards, cast members, even the stuntmen inside the monster suitand an appreciation of the behind-the-scenes artistry involved in bringing Godzilla to cinematic life, then and now. Exclusive behind-the-scenes photography, production materials, posters, and lobby cards showcase: The Showa Era films (19541975) The Heisei Era films (19841995) The Millennium Series (19992004) Animated works Shin Godzilla (Japan's Picture of the Year, 2016) Academy Awardwinning 2023 box office phenomenon Godzilla Minus One E
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Polity Press The Magic of Silence Caspar David Friedrichs
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Octopus Publishing Group Cest la Vie
Book SynopsisFollow the misadventures of Ian Moore as he chronicles the charming and chaotic escapades of his family and their eccentric assembly of animals, on their continued search for serenity in rural FranceAfter six years in the idyllic Loire Valley, comedian Ian Moore, his family and his ever-expanding menagerie are beginning to feel like they''re on the cusp of the peace and tranquillity they hoped for when they moved from dreary Crawley to la belle France. Their grand project, a writing school called Les Champs Créatifs, is finally complete - only, nobody''s signed up.Natalie and the boys must contend with the ever-colourful locals, including a Sicilian faith healer, threatening hunters and the Christmas Pudding Man, and Ian must test his mod mettle against two new additions to the animal family - a pair of disappearing goats. With stresses, strains and animal poo mounting up, la famille Moore have their work cut out - but they''re determined to give it their best shot!
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Little, Brown Book Group Lulu I Dont Want To Fight
Book SynopsisThis is the remarkable memoir of the small girl (5 foot 1 inch tall) with the huge voice. At the age of 15, in 1964, Lulu - born Marie Lawrie in Glasgow - was already a star with her international hit song ''Shout''. At 18 she stole hearts as an English schoolgirl to Sidney Poitier''s teacher with the movie hit ''To Sir With Love''. At 21, she married a Bee Gee, Maurice Gibb, and tied as winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with ''Boom-Bang-a-Bang''. Yet in 1993 she reached No.1 with ''Relight My Fire'' (with Take That). Nearly forty years at the top of the showbiz tree, Lulu has never been afraid to experiment with new trends, and her book reflects the daring that took a girl from a Glasgow tenement to international stardom - as ''To Sir With Love'' says, ''from crayons to perfume''.I DON''T WANT TO FIGHT (the title of a song Lulu wrote and Tina Turner recorded) is the devastatingly candid autobiography of a singer who has never shirked from facing anything.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Chinatown
Book SynopsisMichael Eaton is a screenwriter and playwright based in Nottingham, UK. His screen credits include Fellow Traveller, Signs and Wonders, Shoot to Kill and Why Lockerbie?, and he is the author of Our Friends in the North in the BFI TV Classics series. In 1999 Eaton was awarded MBE for services to film in the New Year's Honours List.
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Omnibus Press So It Started There
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Chicago Review Press Lowdown
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Faber & Faber The Unfinished Harauld Hughes
Book Synopsis''So funny Nabokov meets Spinal Tap.'' STEPHEN MERCHANT''Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.'' TIM KEY''Absolutely miraculous.'' JESSE EISENBERG''A brain-swirlingly funny quest.'' ROBERT POPPERRichard Ayoade's fictional quest to rescue Harauld Hughes the almost mythical mid-century playwright from obscurity.The gifted filmmaker, corduroy activist and amateur dentist, Richard Ayoade, first chanced upon a copy of The Two-Hander Trilogy by Harauld Hughes in a second-hand bookshop. At first startled by his uncanny resemblance to the author's photo, he opened the volume and was electrified. Terse, aggressive, and elliptical, what was true of Ayoade was also true of Hughes's writing, which encompassed stage, screen, and some of the shortest poems ever published.Ayoade embarked on a documentary, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes, to understand the unfathomable collapse of Hughes's final film O Bedlam! O Bedlam!, taking us deep inside the mind of the most furious British writer since the Boer War.This is the story of the story of that quest.Readers love The Unfinished Harauld Hughes:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Buy it, it''s hilarious.''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Intelligent humour at its best.''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Terrific, funny, nuts!''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''I was snorting with laughter.''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Very clever, very funny.''
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Little, Brown Book Group Ballerina Body Dancing and Eating Your Way to a
Book SynopsisIn her first health and fitness book, celebrated ballerina Misty Copeland shows you how to find the motivation to get healthier and stronger, and how to refine the body you were born with to be lean, strong and flexible, with step-by-step advice, meal plans, workout routines and words of inspiration.Misty offers her own time-tested, ballet-inspired movements that are perfect for women who want to lengthen and strengthen, but don''t want to run a marathon or lift weights. She also demonstrates the floor exercises that helped maintain her own ballerina body while recovering from an injury.Misty''s eating plan focuses on vegetables, fruits, plant fats, animal proteins and beneficial oils - all of which keep her energetic and in top shape. With simple and delicious recipes for Granola, Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad, Quick Salsa Chili, and even a Ballerina Smoothie, you''ll be satisfied and happy while getting leaner.To keep you motivated, Misty gives tips and wor
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Bonnier Books Ltd Cocktails with George and Martha
Book Synopsis'Well-researched ... I was fascinated' Roger Lewis, Daily MailFrom its debut in 1962, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural lightning rod. The play transpires over one long, boozy night, laying bare the lies, compromises, and scalding love that have sustained a middle-aged couple through decades of marriage. It scandalised critics but magnetised audiences. Then, Hollywood took a colossal gamble on Albee's sophisticated play and won. Co-starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the sensational 1966 film won five Oscars. How this scorching play became a movie classic-surviving censorship attempts, its creators' inexperience, and its stars' own tumultuous marriage, is one of the most riveting stories in all of cinema. Acclaimed author Philip Gefter traces Woolf from its hushed origins in Greenwich Village, through its tormented production process, to its explosion onto scree
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Running Press Star Trek LightUp Starship Enterprise
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Danann Media Publishing Limited Oasis Dont Look Back
Book SynopsisThis is the incredible story of Oasis in a lavishly illustrated hardback edition. With over 70 million albums sold worldwide, a place in the Guinness Book of Records for achieving 22 consecutive Top Ten singles including such classics as Wonderwall' , Champagne Supernova' , ' Rock n Roll Star' and Don' t Look Back in Anger' - plus a bulging treasure chest of over 30 BRIT, MTV, NME and Q Awards - Oasis were one of the greatest, most successful rock n' roll bands ever to come out of the UK. Formed in Manchester in 1991, by the middle of that decade Oasis had become the defining musical act for a generation and the undisputed kings of Britpop' - their popularity peaking in August 1996 when they played to 250,000 people over two nights at the legendary Knebworth concerts. Over 20 years on, the warring Gallagher brothers continue to enthral although it' s almost a decade since they split. Combining stunning images by top music photographers with a warts-and-all account of what really went on, Dont Look Back' pays tribute to the phenomenon that were Oasis.
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Danann Media Publishing Limited Mwah Dua Lipa
Book SynopsisThis lavishly illustrated biography tells the story of Dua Lipa who has gone from viral sensation to Grammy award-winning global superstar. In just a few years the British/Kosovan singer-songwriter has established herself as the doyenne of ? dark pop? with a succession of upbeat catchy hit tracks with dark lyrics and undertones. She? s also the queen of collaboration, sought after for her vocals and creative input by the industry? s leading and most dynamic artists, producers and DJs including Cal- vin Harris, Mark Ronson and Diplo as well as long-established legends of earlier eras such as artists Chris Martin and Elton John. Dua Lipa released her self-titled debut album featuring the hit singles, ? Be the One? , ? IDGAF? , ? Hotter Than Hell? and her first UK #1 single ? New Rules? . Her acclaimed fol- low up album, Future Nostalgia, consolidated her status as she continued to provide the soundtrack to the lives of young women the world over with more hit songs includ- ing One Kiss, Levitating, Physical and Don? t Start Now. Every song is a bop and, with her signature disco/pop and R&B sound. She is the real deal - a legitimate pop sensation and this is her story so far.
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Oneworld Publications City of Night Birds
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Rush
Book SynopsisRush: Album by Album, from rock journalist and Rush authority Martin Popoff, pays tribute to the band's discography by moderating frank, entertaining conversations about all 20 of Rush's studio albums.Trade ReviewAnother strength is that these conversations really make the reader want to go back and revisit the lesser-loved albums, with a closer eye to detail than maybe was afforded before. Wrap it all up in a nice hardcover package with lots of fun eye candy, and this is an extremely enjoyable package, one of Popoff’s best books as of late (and he's been on a roll) * Bravewords.com *No stone is left unturned with what we learn here, from instrumentation the band used, to what was happening ‘behind-the-scenes’ with Rush and its record companies, to what songs were played on subsequent tours and how the fans felt about those set lists. * ShortAndSweetNYC.com *It is not just the words that make this such a winner. The book layout is killer with loads of rare pics of the band, as well as photographs of cool ass memorabilia and album art. Rating: A * Classic Rock Revisited *
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Warner I Got Rhythm
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Columbia University Press The Kitchen as Laboratory
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBehind today's celebrity chefs and starred restaurants is a mostly unsung army of dedicated food and science lovers working to uncover the scientific principles that make our modern gastronomical marvels possible. In offering thirty-three highly readable and often amusing essays by warriors in this multinational kitchen army, the editors of this anthology have accomplished the great service of filling a much-needed gap in the public's understanding and appreciation of twenty-first-century culinary 'magic.' Where else can one have fun pondering the acoustics of crunchy foods or the texture of an ice cream that stretches like a rubber band? -- Robert Wolke, former Washington Post food columnist and author of What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained The editors of The Kitchen as Laboratory provide not just intimate and fascinating anecdotal insights but also the scientific principles that inspired them. They have created a new altar for chefs and gourmands to worship: the poetry of science. -- Will Goldfarb, creator of Willpowder, Experimental Cuisine Collective The Kitchen as Laboratory provides good perspective on the scientific approach to cooking while reflecting the interests and passions of each essay's author. Readers are likely to come away with a lot of new ideas to use in the kitchen, as well as some recognition of the breadth of contemporary applications of science in the kitchen. -- Peter Barham, author of The Science of Cooking The Kitchen as Laboratory is not only an in-depth study of many areas of food science, but also an entertaining read. For someone like me, who relishes understanding more about cooking from the inside out, it's heartening to see this area of literature expanded. -- Chef Wylie Dufresne, wd~50 Nothing is more difficult to master in the world than science itself. The Kitchen as Laboratory creates a beautiful synergy between food and science while amazingly representing difficult concepts in colloquial language. It is a powerful book. -- Chef Jose Andres, James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef Cesar Vega, Job Ubbink, and Erik van der Linden have assembled a complete document that seamlessly bridges the inherent connection of the science of cooking and the art of cooking. They have created a testament to the fact that precise understanding and open minded observation are invaluable tools for creative cooking. Kitchen as Laboratory: Reflections on the Science of Food and Cooking is a thought provoking, insightful and approachable resource for professional chefs and home cooks alike. -- Maxime Bilet, head chef for recipe research and development at The Cooking Lab, co-author of Modernist Cuisine serious and substantive anthology -- Harold McGee Nature Refreshingly, the Kitchen conveys simple and attainable advice... Scientist Engaging, thought-provoking and accessible Yum.fi Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Case for Science Inspired by the Kitchen, by Cesar Vega, Job Ubbink, and Erik van der Linden 1. The Science of a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, by Jennifer Kimmel 2. Sound Appeal, by Malcolm Povey 3. Mediterranean Sponge Cake, by Cristina de Lorenzo and Sergio Laguarda 4. Spherification: Faux Caviar and Skinless Ravioli, by Cesar Vega and Pere Castells 5. Konjac Dondurma: Designing a Sustainable and Stretchable "Fox Testicle" Ice Cream, by Arielle Johnson, Kent Kirshenbaum, and Anne E. McBride 6. Stretchy Textures in the Kitchen: Insights from Salep Dondurma, by Tim J. Foster 7. Moussaka as an Introduction to Food Chemistry, by Christos Ritzoulis 8. The Sticky Science of Malaysian Dodol, by Alias A. Karim and Rajeev Bhat 9. The Perfect Cookie Dough, by Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot 10. To Bloom or Not to Bloom, by Amelia Frazier and Richard Hartel 11. Bacon: The Slice of Life, by Timothy Knight 12. Scandinavian "Sushi": The Raw Story, by Pia Snitkjaer and Louise M. Mortensen 13. Maximizing Food Flavor by Speeding Up the Maillard Reaction, by Martin Lersch 14. Lighten Up! The Role of Gases in the Culinary Experience, by Matt Golding 15. The Meringue Concept and Its Variations, by Peter Wierenga, Helen Hofstede, Erik van der Linden, Sidney Schutte, and Jonnie Boer 16. Why Does Cold Milk Foam Better? Into the Nature of Milk Foam, by Julia Maldonado-Valderrama, Peter J. Wilde, and Maria J. Galvez-Ruiz 17. Ice Cream Unlimited: The Possibilities of Ingredient Pairing, by Elke Scholten and Miriam Peters 18. Egg Yolk: A Library of Textures, by Cesar Vega 19. Ketchup as Tasty Soft Matter: The Case of Xanthan Gum, by Thomas Vilgis 20. Taste and Mouthfeel of Soups and Sauces, by John R. Mitchell 21. Playing with Sound: Crispy Crusts, by Paula Varela and Susana Fiszman 22. Baked Alaska and Frozen Florida: On the Physics of Heat Transfer, by Adam Burbidge 23. On Superb Crackling Duck Skin: An Homage to Nicholas Kurti, by Christopher Young and Nathan Myhrvold 24. Sweet Physics: Sugar, Sugar Blends, and Sugar Glasses, by Natalie Russ and Thomas Vilgis 25. Coffee, Please, but No Bitters, by Jan Groenewold and Eke Marien 26. Turning Waste into Wealth: On Bones, Stocks, and Sauce Reductions, by Job Ubbink 27. Restructuring Pig Trotters: Fine Chemistry Supporting the Creative Culinary Process, by Jorge Ruiz and Julia Calvarro 28. Innovate: Old World Pizza Crust with New World Ingredients, by Thomas M. Tongue Jr. 29. Eating Is Believing, by Line Holler Mielby and Michael Bom Frost 30. Molecular Gastronomy Is a Scientific Activity, by Herve This 31. The Pleasure of Eating: The Integration of Multiple Senses, by Juan-Carlos Arboleya, Daniel Lasa, Oswaldo Oliva, Javier Vergara, and Andoni Luis-Aduriz 32. On the Fallacy of Cooking from Scratch, by Cesar Vega and David J. McClements 33. Science and Cooking: Looking Beyond the Trends a Personal, Practical Approach, by Michael Laiskonis Contributors Index
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Oxford University Press Inc La La Land
Book SynopsisIn this Oxford Guide to Film Musicals, author Hannah Lewis gives readers fascinating new insights into the development, style, and reception of the 2016 film musical La La Land. Directed by Damien Chazelle with music by Justin Hurwitz, the film tells the story of a romance between an aspiring actress and jazz pianist as the two pursue their dreams in Los Angeles. It uses a vintage form to tell a modern story and its blend of nostalgia and realism made it an instant classic even as it prompted a range of critical and audience responses. Drawing on extensive personal interviews with director Damien Chazelle, composer Justin Hurwitz, choreographer Mandy Moore, and lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the book explores La La Land''s aesthetic approach to the film musical genre, particularly its engagement with and subversion of the classic Hollywood musical''s stylistic and narrative expectations. Lewis offers readers ways of listening to the film''s depiction of jazz, focusing especially on how race and genre intersect in its narrative. She also reveals new insights into the film''s reception, showing how the critical response from its premiere to its place at the Academy Awards reflected broader cultural expectations and understandings of the film musical and its continued appeal for twenty-first century audiences. By exploring the range of stylistic and cultural debates that La La Land prompted, this book gives readers new ways of thinking about the film musical genre''s enduring and evolving place in contemporary American culture.
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HarperCollins Publishers Say Everything
Book SynopsisUnfiltered and uncensored, actress Ione Skye's memoir is a wild ride of Hollywood thrills, confessions, and desire, as well as a deeply meditative and lyrical reflections of a messy, sexy, unapologetically unconventional life.In 1987, sixteen-year-old Ione Skye landed the breakout role of Diane Court, the dream girl who inspires John Cusack's iconic boombox serenade in the hit Cameron Crowe film, Say Anything. While Skye seemed perfectly typecast as an aloof valedictorian, her reality was much messier.The love child of a magnetic '60s It Girl and the folk-singing legend Donovan, Skye chased her absent father's approval throughout her life. Wounded by his rejection, she sought warmth through infatuations and affairs with the brightest lights in her pathKeanu Reeves, River Phoenix, Matthew Perry, John Cusack, and Robert Downey, Jr., as well as '90s bad girls like Jenny Shimizu, Ingrid Casares, and Alice Temple. On the heels of a toxic teen relationship with the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Ant
£18.70
Hal Leonard Corporation The Hal Leonard Classical Guitar Method
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Unbound Best Summed Up
Book SynopsisSince 2016, podcasting legend Jeff Cannata has delighted The Filmcast listeners with show-stopping movie reviews in poetic form. Now, lovers of the silver screen can enjoy reels of these laugh-out-loud limericks in Best Summed Up: a must-have quiz compendium for cinephiles.From applauding filmmaking mastery in box office sell-outs to damning dismissals of action big hitters that have missed the mark, Cannata critiques every genre of contemporary film and unpicks all must-see releases from 2018 to 2024 with his signature wit and wisdom.The challenge is simple: readers must identify the film described by each verse in five, delightfully moreish levels of brain-teasing poems. So grab some popcorn and see if you can achieve award-winning status of your own by completing the ultimate test for movie buffs.I guess my thoughts on ______ are best summed up in the form of a limerick...
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Orion Publishing Co Watts C According to The Rolling Stones
Book Synopsis''The definitive story of the Rolling Stones'' HEATIn this remarkable book, the Stones themselves reveal the story behind the legend, getting right to the heart of what makes the group tick. It''s the band''s-eye view of their history, punctuated by pithy comments on album and single releases, on memorable performances and on the ups and downs of their private world, and also includes stunning illustrations, many from their own personal archives. The book begins with their roots and what brought them together. It then charts their rise from playing in tiny clubs to their success as ''the greatest rock ''n'' roll band in the world''. They describe how their music has evolved and how it has changed their lives.''It wasn''t so much a question of being a wizard on the guitar. You also had to be quite a magician to live with the Stones'' Ronnie WoodTrade Review'Their often blunt recollections make fo ra hugely entertaining slice of rock 'n' roll history. As producer Don Was puts it:"whatever else is happening in the world, you can always count on the Rolling Stones to show up and play the shit out of 'Satisfaction'". Amen to that'. -- Simon Beckett Observer
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Headline Publishing Group Bravemouth Living with Billy Connolly
Book SynopsisSequel to the 'book of the year' million-copy bestseller, BILLY, and reissued to coincide with the ITV tie-in, BILLY CONNOLLY: JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLDTrade Review'[A] frank and funny portrait of the endearing Scottish beastie' * Daily Telegraph *'Stephenson has produced another entertaining and insightful book about the Big Yin' * Express *'An entertaining, vivid and intimate portrait of Billy, which is candid enough to remind you why you wouldn't want to be married to the loveable madman' * Australian Women's Weekly *
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Headline Publishing Group Different Country Same State On The Road With
Book Synopsis213 performances, 58 countries, 15 months. James Blunt''s ''All the Lost Souls'' international tour was one of the greatest pop marathons of all time.Journalist and family friend Peter Hardy joined James and his band on their exhilarating and exhausting journey around the world, hoping to discover the man behind the music. From the tour bus to the dressing rooms, from the stage to the after-show parties, travelling with James gave ''Weird Uncle Peter'' an access-all-areas pass to his life on tour.A warts-and-all account of lost guitars, adoring fans, ludicrous bar bills and very, very late nights, this is an honest, amusing and insightful look at the mad world of celebrity and the inside story of James himself, both in front of the crowds and behind closed doors.DIFFERENT COUNTRY, SAME STATE is a frank exploration of one man''s journey, his passion for music and his passion for life.Trade Review'This uproarious account by the grizzled former foreign correspondent and old family friend...will raise a few eyebrows' * Daily Telegraph *
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Warner Pentatonic Khancepts
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£19.35
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Paul Yandell Second to the Best
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