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Kubrick : An Odyssey

Af Robert P. Kolker (2024)

Summary: The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty years. Stanley Kubrick: An Odyssey fills that gap. It is based on access to the latest research, especially into his archive at the University of the Arts, London, and other papers as well as new interviews with family members and those who worked with him. It offers comprehensive and in-depth coverage of Kubrick's personal, private, public, and working life. We discuss not only the making of his films, but also about those he wanted but failed to make like Burning Secret, Napoleon, Aryan Papers, and A.I. We discover what he was doing when he was not making films. This biography will puncture a few myths about this allegedly reclusive filmmaker, who created some of the most important works of art of the twentieth century
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The Return of Inflation : Money and Capital in the 21st Century

Af Paul Mattick (2024)

Summary: Both a history and a contemporary analysis, an illuminating investigation of the defining economic concern of our time. The last year has seen the return of inflation as a preoccupation of political decision-makers, economists, and the general public. After two decades of wondering why inflation was so low, despite vast economic stimulus, economists were surprised by the recent surge in price increases. Despite disagreement about what exactly is happening in the economy, there is unanimity in one belief: slowing growth to control inflation. To focus on inflation's return, Paul Mattick looks at both the past and present, placing current events in the context of capitalism's history. Exploring the nature of money itself, he provides a concise, jargon-free understanding of recent inflation as well as official efforts to control it, illuminating the state of our contemporary economy
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The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe

Af Taylor McCall (2023)

Summary: A new history of the medieval illustrations that birthed modern anatomy. This book is the first history of medieval European anatomical images. Richly illustrated, The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe explores the many ways in which medieval surgeons, doctors, monks, and artists understood and depicted human anatomy. Taylor McCall refutes the common misconception that Renaissance artists and anatomists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Andreas Vesalius were the fathers of anatomy who performed the first human dissections. On the contrary, she argues that these Renaissance figures drew upon centuries of visual and written tradition in their works
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7A Gervase Fen Mystery

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Frequent Hearses

Af Edmund Crispin (2023)

Summary: As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. When young actress Gloria Scott throws herself from Waterloo Bridge, the news sends shockwaves through her film studio. Luckily Gervase Fen is in London to investigate. But when someone acts fast to cover up any evidence – removing all signs of Ms Scott's identity from her apartment and poisoning a suspicious cameraman – the truth is hard to find...
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Rebel Island : The incredible history of Taiwan

Af Jonathan Clements (2024)

Summary: The gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle — and the renewed threat of invasion by China. Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a 'ball of mud', Taiwan has a modern GDP larger than that of Sweden, in a land area smaller than Indiana. It is the last surviving enclave of the Republic of China, a lost colony of Japan, and claimed by Beijing as a rogue province — merely the latest chapters in its long history as a refuge for pirates, rebels, settlers, and outcasts. Jonathan Clements examines the unique conditions of Taiwan's archaeology and indigenous history, and its days as a Dutch and Spanish trading post. He delves into its periods as an independent kingdom, Chinese province, and short-lived republic, and the transformations wrought by 50 years as part of the Japanese Empire. He examines the traumatic effects of its role as a lifeboat in 1949 for two million refugees from Communism, and the conflicts emerging after the suspension of four decades of martial law, as its people debate issues of self-determination, independence, and home rule
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I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles : Women Secret Agents of the First World War

Af Rick Stroud (2024)

Summary: 'Fascinating' Kavita Puri, BBC History Magazine 'A fierce, intense picture of this aspect of the war . . . it will stay with me' Elizabeth Buchan, author of Two Women in Rome On the evening of 31 March 1916, a 23-year-old woman was led from her prison cell in occupied Brussels. She wore a long blue coat and walked 'like a soldier'. The chaplain asked if she would like a blindfold before her execution. 'I am not afraid of looking into the rifles,' she replied. 'I have been expecting this for a long time.' This is not a traditional history of the First World War. It is the untold story of the women of the resistance in Belgium and occupied France during that conflict. Rick Stroud describes how the actions of eight exceptionally brave women affected the course of the war. Before the Germans invaded, they were ordinary people: some, like Gabrielle Petit, were working-class; some, like Edith Cavell, were from the bourgeoisie; and some. like the Princess de Croÿ, were from the upper echelons of society. The youngest was only twenty-one. The women took enormous risks and produced extraordinary results: they established underground networks, transmitted coded information, carried out sabotage attacks and helped to repatriate Allied soldiers. What they did was dangerous and exhausting and the penalties were severe: three faced the firing squad. Recounting their heroism and their inevitable tragedies, I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles is an enthralling story, beautifully told. In revealing the inspiring work of these remarkable women, Rick Stroud will introduce you to an entirely new version of the 'war to end all wars'
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Essential Human Anatomy for Artists : A Complete Visual Guide to Drawing the Structures of the Living Form

Af Ken Goldman (2023)

Summary: Study human anatomy to translate nature into drawings that are both anatomically accurate and artistically beautiful. Essential Human Anatomy for Artists is an anatomy course in a book that's designed to offer you new tools to help you understand the connections between exterior forms and deeper structures. Along with demonstrations of key materials are in-depth discussions of the skeleton and the study of the muscles. The drawing demonstrations, which are based on a series of live model poses, are designed to help readers understand the various forms of the human body. Key information on movement and lighting is also included. For artists at every level of experience, Essential Human Anatomy for Artists allows you to learn to work freely and confidently with the human figure and use the information it provides to create an accurate visual impression . The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art. Also available from the series: Drawing the Head for Artists , Figure Drawing for Artists , Life Drawing for Artists , Drawing and Painting Botanicals for Artists , Dynamic Still Life for Artists , Landscape Painter's Workbook , Plein Air Techniques for Artists , and Sketching Techniques for Artists
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Blood on the Snow : The Russian Revolution 1914-1924

Af Robert Service (2023)

Summary: 'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh, author of The Third Reich 'This work of a lifetime presents high-octane, high-politcal drama' - Guardian In Blood on the Snow , Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution. For Service, the great unanswered question is how to reconcile the two vital narratives that underpin the extraordinary but troubled events of 1917. One puts the blame squarely on Tsar Nicholas II and on Alexander Kerensky's provisional government that deposed him. The other is the view from the bottom, that of the workers and peasants who wanted democratic socialism, not the Bolshevik dictatorship imposed by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and his successors. Service's vivid and revisionist account spans the period from the outbreak of the First World War to Lenin's death in 1924. In it, he reveals that key seeds of the revolution were sown by the Tsar's decision to join the war against Germany in 1914. He shows with brutal clarity how those events played out, eventually leading to the establishment of the totalitarian Soviet regime, which would endure for the next seven decades. Nicholas II, Kerensky and Lenin are to the fore, but Service enriches his narrative by drawing on little-known diaries of those such as the Vologda peasant Alexander Zamaraev, the NCO Alexei Shtukaturov and the Moscow accounts clerk Nikita Okunev. Through the testimony of these 'ordinary' people, Service traces the tortuous path that Russia took through war, revolution and civil war. 'This authoritative, detailed account shows how Lenin won control of Russia and caused untold misery . . . ' - The Times
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Silas Marner

Af George Eliot (2010)

Accusé d'avoir volé de l'argent à une petite congrégation calviniste, le tisserand Silas Marner s'en défend : cependant, un couteau de poche et la bourse retrouvée chez lui semblent prouver le contraire... Rejeté par sa promise, Silas quitte la ville, le cœur brisé. Quel avenir l'attend ?

Le roman, emblématique d'une Angleterre à l'aube de la révolution industrielle, a été adapté six fois pour le cinéma et deux fois pour la télévision. George Eliot est le pseudonyme de Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). Durant son enfance, elle reçoit une éducation très religieuse dont elle s'émancipe peu à peu lorsqu'elle rencontre le libre-penseur Charles Bray. Elle fait scandale à deux reprises, une première fois en affichant ouvertement son couple avec un homme marié, une seconde fois en se mariant avec un homme bien plus jeune qu'elle. Son œuvre, qui compte entre autres "Middlemarch" et "Daniel Deronda", est célèbre pour la fine analyse psychologique de ses personnages, que l'auteure situe toujours dans une Angleterre décrite avec la force de son écriture réaliste.

Silas Marner udstødes af den religiøse sekt, han tilhører, og flygter ud på landet, hvor han slår sig ned som væver i landsbyen Raveloe. Her lever han afsondret, og anses af landsbyens øvrige indbyggere for en særling.
En dag bryder hans verden sammen for ham, da hans sammensparede formue bliver stjålet fra ham. Men da han finder den forældreløse Eppie, hvis fader er ukendt og moderen død af kulde og druk en nytårsaften, beslutter han at tage hende til sig.

Silas Marner udstødes af den religiøse sekt, han tilhører, og flygter ud på landet, hvor han slår sig ned som væver i landsbyen Raveloe. Her lever han afsondret, og anses af landsbyens øvrige indbyggere for en særling.
En dag bryder hans verden sammen for ham, da hans sammensparede formue bliver stjålet fra ham. Men da han en nytårsaften finder han den forældreløse Eppie, hvis fader er ukendt og moderen død af kulde og druk, beslutter han at tage hende til sig, og det bliver hans livs vendepunkt.

Da Silas Marner udstødes af sin religiøse sekt, flygter han ud på landet og slår sig ned som væver i landsbyen Raveloe. Her lever han et afsondret liv indtil den dag, hvor hans sammensparede formue bliver stjålet, og hans verden bryder sammen. Da han finder den forældreløse pige Eppie, hvis far er ukendt og moren død af kulde og druk, beslutter han alligevel at tage hende til sig. Mødet med Eppie og beslutningen om at lade et andet menneske blive en del af sit liv bliver et vendepunkt for eneboeren.

slx George Eliot var et pseudonym for Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880). Hun er en af de betydeligste engelske romanforfattere fra den victorianske periode og har udover Silas Marner (1861, da. 1863) skrevet romanerne Adam Bede (1859, da. 1859-60), The Mill on the Floss (1860, da. Dorlcot Mølle, 1877, Møllen ved Floss, 1912), Romola (1863, da. 1885) samt hovedværket Middlemarch (1871-72, da. 1873).

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861) is de derde roman van George Eliot en haar persoonlijke favoriet. De verbitterde wever Silas Marner komt op zichzelf te wonen nadat hij vanwege onterechte beschuldigingen van diefstal door zijn gemeenschap verstoten wordt. Hij leeft alleen maar voor het geld en zijn werk, totdat zijn geld gestolen wordt en een wees per toeval zijn huis binnenvalt. Nu krijgt Silas de kans om zijn leven te veranderen. Silas‘ levensloop en die van Eppie, de wees die hij later adopteert, is verweven met die van Godfrey Cass, zoon van de landheer, die eveneens verstrikt is geraakt in zijn verleden. De Brit Mary Anne Evans (1819 – 1880), bekend onder haar pseudoniem George Eliot, was journalist, vertaler, schrijver en dichter. Ze is vooral bekend geworden door haar romans, waarvan ze er zeven schreef. Middlemarch (1871-72) is van die zeven ongetwijfeld de bekendste en wordt beschouwd als een hoogtepunt zo niet in de wereldliteratuur dan wel in de Victoriaanse literatuur. Haar romans zijn realistisch, psychologisch diepgaand en vaak gesitueerd in provinciaal Engeland.

"I think Silas Marner holds a higher place than any of the author's works," said Henry James of this classic George Eliot novel. When a little girl wanders into a random house one cold night, the lives of two different men are about to change dramatically. The house is owned by the town outsider, Silas Marner, and upon finding the girl’s mother dead in the snow, he decides to adopt her. Little does he know that the girl’s biological father is the rich Godfrey Cass, who now considers himself off the hook and free to marry the girl he loves. Published in 1862, Silas Marner is a simple and subtle story that explores the relationship between the individual and the community.
George Eliot (1819-1880) is the pseudonym of the female writer Mary Ann Evans. She chose a male pen name in order to separate her fiction from her other writing and so it would be judged more objectively. Her novel Middlemarch (1871) is considered one the greatest in the English language.
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Sink or Sit : One Couple's Journey of Answering God's Call to Step Out of the Boat

Af Jason Bilotti (2024)

Summary: Jason and Haley Bilotti's Sink or Sit will inspire and challenge readers to get out of their comfort zones and step into God's call, to stop sitting in place but to be willing to take risks, even if that means sinking while doing it. It's probably happened to you. You felt that nudge, an urge, from deep inside you, calling you out of your comfort zone. Calling to you to take a risk. You have felt that call from God, asking you to step out of the boat, to do something significant. Jason and Haley Bilotti each felt it—for years. But as they began to have children and their obligations with Chick-fil-A grew, they didn't see a way to answer the call of their hearts: to serve God through missions. When the opportunity presented itself for them to take separate missions trips, they learned just how creative God truly is. They began leading separate teams to Niger, in western Africa, and to serve the neediest of all, the children. Through their work with Schools for Niger, Africa, an organization the Bilottis and their business associates started, they found inroads to countless communities throughout Niger. Their work also led them to meet their future son, Rachid, a child they first sponsored and later adopted. Jason and Haley tell their touching story using alternating perspectives, while also bringing in their grown children to help tell it from their own points of view. In reading this book, you will sense their passion for serving the lost and forgotten, and you will feel the love they have for the people God has brought their way. The Bilottis' story, Sink or Sit , will both inspire and empower you to take your own leap. To get out of that boat. To trust that sinking is better than sitting
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Sneak Peek for Extinction

Af Douglas Preston (2024)

Summary: With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written an epic thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the very real effort to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other extinct megafauna from the Pleistocene Age. Download a FREE sneak peek today! Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators. As killings mount and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent presence at Erebus, bent not on resurrection—but extinction. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied
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Comedy Book : How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work

Af Jesse David Fox (2023)

Summary: One of NPR's Best Books of 2023. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vulture , Elle , Chicago Tribune , The Millions , and Lit Hub. " Comedy Book changes the way we talk about an art form that is more diverse and exciting than ever before." —Seth Meyers "Energetic and wise . . . Comedy Book is not the definitive history of the past three-plus decades. It's Fox's history, and better for it." — The New York Times Book Review From a beloved comedy critic, a wisecracking, heartfelt, and overdue chronicle of comedy's boom—and its magic. In Comedy Book , Jesse David Fox—the country's most definitive voice in comedy criticism and someone who, in his own words, enjoys comedy "maybe more than anyone on this planet"—tackles everything you need to know about comedy, an art form that has been under-considered throughout its history, even as it has ascended as a cultural force. Weaving together history and analysis, Fox unravels the genre's political legacy through an ode to Jon Stewart, interrogates the divide between highbrow and lowbrow via Adam Sandler, and unpacks how marginalized comics create spaces for their communities. Along the way, Fox covers topics ranging from comedy in the age of political correctness and Will Smith's slap, to the right wing's relationship with comedy, to comedy's ability to heal in the wake of tragedy. With memorable cameos from Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Ali Wong, Kate Berlant, and countless others, Comedy Book is an eye-opening education in how to engage with our most omnipresent art form, a riotous history of American pop culture, and a love letter to laughter

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