A compelling look at the contemporary art and artists that are transforming Detroit's physical landscape.Detroit's unique and partly abandoned cityscape has scarred its image around the world for decades. But in the last several years journalists have begun to view the city through a different lens, focusing on the wide range of contemporary artists finding inspiration amid the emptiness and adding a more complex chapter to the story of a city long labeled as a hau...

Released in 2002, M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs was the director’s follow-up to The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, and his third collaboration with composer James Newton Howard. Well received by audiences and critics alike, the film was often cited by reviewers for its music. With its dependence on a single motive, the score is unique in Howard’s career, and one of his most effective and haunting works.In James Newton Howard’s Signs: A Film Score Guide, Erik Heine provides the first clo...

The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification, inequality, and social theory, this new edition includes a revised and updated editor's introduction and conclusion, along with five new chapters on race and gender from distinguished schola...

Based on the psychological tenet that it takes twenty-one days for a new behavior to become a habit, Erik Rees presents twenty-one daily principles for reminding readers of their individual importance.“Make your life count.” These four simple words spoken at the funeral of a four-month-old child haunted the author, hitting him like a ton of bricks and causing him to wonder if he was making his own life count. Contemplating what kind of legacy he would leave, he won...

Conan is a warrior, adventurer, thief and pirate, who comes from Cimmeria in the high north and finally becomes King of Aquilonia. His main attributes are his physical strengh, his courage and his barbaric code of honor. Conan was the first hero of the Sword and Sorcery. He is an iconic figure of the modern Fantasy, whose deeds got the basis of cinematic movies, comics and new stories. This volume contains the following of Robert E. Howards original works: Cimmeria, The Phoenix on the Swor...

Conan ist ein Krieger, Abenteurer, Dieb und Pirat, der aus Cimmerien im hohen Norden stammt und schließlich König von Aquilonien wird. Seine wesentlichen Merkmale sind seine körperliche Stärke, sein Mut und sein barbarischer Ehrenkodex. Conan war der erste Held der Sword and Sorcery. Er ist eine Ikone der modernen Fantasy, dessen Taten die Grundlage für Kinofilme, Comics und neue Geschichten bildeten. Dieser Band enthält die folgenden Originalwerke von Robert E. Howard: Cimmerien, Der Phön...

Drawing together the most up-to-date research from experts all across the world, the second edition of Computer Science Education offers the most up-to-date coverage available on this developing subject, ideal for building confidence of new pre-service and in-service educators teaching a new discipline. It provides an international overview of key concepts, pedagogical approaches and assessment practices.Highlights of the second edition include:- New sections on mac...