This edition of the World Cinema Series is a guide to the films of legendary Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, from Reconstruction and The Travelling Players to The Beekeeper and The Dust of Time. ...więcej »
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Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro and Filip Miscevic seek to answer this question by arguing that...więcej »
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One of our most passionate and gifted actors, Al Pacino has been riveting audiences for decades with performances in everything from The Godfather to Angels in America to D...więcej »
A complete and fascinating chronicle of Beatles music and history, "Beatlesongs" details the growth, evolution, and dissolution of the most influential group of out time. Drawing together info...więcej »
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The classic situation comedy Bewitched chronicled the everyday lives of Samantha, a witch, and Darrin Stephens, her mortal husband, dramatizing the often-humorous troubles caused by their 'mixed...więcej »
Building the world's most secure and sterile facility is no mean feat. Taking 200 specialists, 700 construction workers, 18000 contract drawings all drawn by hands, 400 inventions, 12 years, and...więcej »
'strong'Master the Timeless Art of Glazing and Firing and Discover How to Effortlessly Craft Aesthetic Ceramic Pieces with This Comprehensive Guide'/strong''p'Have you ever looked at a decorativ...więcej »
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...There is, however, in art another kind of external similarity which is founded on a fundamental truth. When there is a similarity of inner tendency in the whole moral and spiritual atmo...więcej »
2014 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. An updated version of the Sadleir translation, with considerable re-transl...więcej »
In Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space James Gordon Williams reframes the nature and purpose of jazz improvisation to illuminate the cultural work being done by fi...więcej »
Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colors, and distorted perspectives are classic hallmarks of Expressionism, the twentieth century movement that prioritized emotion over objective reality. Though ...więcej »
When you take into consideration the factors i present in flipping houses for beginners, and combine them with the factors in your own life like your total assets, percentage of assets devoted t...więcej »
What does it mean to give life to movement? This book answers the question through an ethnographic study and history of the Silvestre Dance Technique, created by Brazilian master teacher, ...więcej »