In 1900, Paris had no skyscrapers, no tourist helicopters, no drones. Yet well before aviation made aerial views more accessible, those who sought such vantages had countless options available to them. They could take in the vista from an observation ride, see a painting of the view from Notre-Dame, or overlook a miniature model city. In Aeroscopics, Patrick Ellis offers a history of the view from above, written from below. Richly illustrated and premised upon extensive archival w...

Remnants of early films often have a story to tell.As material artifacts, these film fragments are central to cinema history, perhaps more than ever in our digital age of easy copying and sharing. If a digital copy is previewed before preservation or is shared with a researcher outside the purview of a film archive, knowledge about how the artifact was collected, circulated, and repurposed threatens to become obscured. When the question of origin is overlooked, the story can be los...

In a world of stupidity, the smart person is king. This may not be reality in this world, but that does not mean we cannot make it a reality. This book, this bible, is designed to make ignorant people smarter and to make intelligent people think. It is designed to make everyone see the world from a different point of view. It is designed to give a voice to those who want to say something but cannot. It is designed to make you laugh, make you mad, make you scream and make you change the wor...