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George Lucas by Brian Jay Jones is the first comprehensive telling of the story of the iconic filmmaker and the building of his film empire, as well as of his enormous impact on cinema. At once a biography, a business manual, and a film history,George Lucas will, for...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2016-12-06
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Have you ever prepared a speech until you knew it by heart and then found out that, when the moment arrives, the surprise and uniqueness of hic et nunc are inevitable? No matter how much you prepare a text, it will need improvisation to be used on a stage or in the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-11-24
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The complete, uncensored history of the award-winningThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as told by its correspondents, writers, and host. For almost seventeen years,The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political...
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Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2016-11-22
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When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone...
Inspired by the original Hogwart’s textbook...
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Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
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2016-11-18
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In dieser Studie stellt der Autor Fausts Werdegang vom Gelehrten zum Ökonomen, Landesplaner und Unternehmer dar und zeigt durch die innovative «geographische Deutung» des fünften Akts, inwiefern durch Fausts Neulandgewinnung eine blühende Kulturlandschaft hat entstehen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-11-07
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Life and leadership lessons from the Special Forces, from the stars of Channel 4 series SAS: Who Dares Wins - including Sunday Times bestselling author of FIRST MAN: LEADING FROM THE FRONT, Ant MiddletonAre you up to the challenge of SAS leadership? Only the best will...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2016-11-03
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Enjoy the taste of the cult classic TV series Twin Peaks with more than 100 recipes inspired by the show's scenes and characters - including Maple Ham Pancakes, Coffee Donuts, Icelandic Hangikjot, Percolator Fish Supper and Chocolate Chestnut Log. Along the way you'll...
Editeur :
Mitchell Beazley
Parution :
2016-11-03
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This book reveals the hitherto critically disregarded ludic elements in popular American comedy films, building on and expanding the theories developed by Johan Huizinga in his classic study Homo Ludens (1938) and Roger Caillois in Les jeux et les hommes (1958). To...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-10-25
Collection :
Second Language Learning and Teaching
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A Companion to American Indie Film features a comprehensive collection of newly commissioned essays that represent a state-of-the-art resource for understanding key aspects of the field of indie films produced in the United States. Takes a comprehensive and fresh new...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-10-19
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors
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A myth-busting, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping and fun-filled expedition through the world of Game of Thrones.Do dragons actually exist? Is it possible to crush a person's head with your bare hands?What really happened when royal families interbreed? How does wildfire win...
Editeur :
Coronet
Parution :
2016-09-22
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The «Western» embodies many of the stereotypes of masculinity: rugged, independent men in cowboy hats roam the barren landscapes of the American West, resolving conflicts with guns and tough talk. Where did these cowboys come from? What historical trends led to their...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-08-31
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How does the experience of travel transform culture over time? This question is at the heart of this book, which brings together two main areas of scholarship: the cultural analysis of German literature and film and the emerging field of mobilities studies, which places...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-08-05
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Intercultural Communication as a Clash of Civilizations argues that Al-Jazeera is not an agent of globalization, as is widely argued, but a tool used by the Qatari government to advance its political as well as Islamist goals. This book also maps the Western tendency to...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-08-05
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I heard the rustle again, too close and too real to ignore. I clutched the flashlight, stuck my head out of the mosquito net... and found myself face-to-face with a jaguar. Four travellers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest to find a...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2016-07-14
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The long-awaited follow-up to the perennially bestselling writers' guide Story, from the most sought-after expert in the art of storytelling.Robert McKee's popular writing workshops have earned him an international reputation.The list of alumni with Oscars runs off the...
Editeur :
Twelve
Parution :
2016-07-12
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It is just thirteen inches tall and weighs eight pounds, yet the Oscar has come to exert an hypnotic hold over film performers and audiences alike. This book uses the narrative story of an individual year as the basis of a much broader and historical canvas, to present...
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Abacus
Parution :
2016-07-07
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During the late 1920s and the 1930s, the Italian government sought various commercial and politically oriented solutions to cope with the advent of new sound technologies in cinema. The translation of foreign-language films became a recurrent topic of ongoing debates...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-06-16
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This is a biography of Laurence Olivier, the actor, director, impresario, founder of the National Theatre, Oscar-winning film star and the first peer in the history of the profession.
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2016-06-09
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A Companion to Russian Cinema provides an exhaustive and carefully organised guide to the cinema of pre-Revolutionary Russia, of the Soviet era, as well as post-Soviet Russian cinema, edited by one of the most established and knowledgeable scholars in Russian cinema...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-05-17
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas
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Die Beiträge untersuchen Landschaften wie Wüste, Steppe, Puszta, Nordpol oder Walachei, die den disanthropischen Topos vom «Ende der Welt» aufnehmen. Neuere Erzählungen, Reiseberichte und Filme zeigen die ambivalente Faszinationskraft der Unwirtlichkeit vornehmlich...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-05-13
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