This book considers how architectural landmarks, imagined buildings and urban landscapes take part in the production of meaning in contemporary Argentine cinema. From the iconic Buenos Aires Obelisk to the Hilton International Hotel, the shopping center to the café and the Le Corbusier-designed Curutchet House to the gated community, architecture in these films evokes the political. Tracing architecture’s expression through six films produced since the 1990s—Pizza birra faso, ...

Opening in 1969 in New England, I KNOW WHERE I AM WHEN I’M FALLING is as rich in relationships as the colours and textures of the time.Ruby Lambert, is the eldest daughter in the eccentric Lambert family who get caught up in the life of Angus Aleshire, a charming, smart and athletic boy who they try to help and who shares Ruby’s unconventional bent and love of the piano. Ruby and Angus fall in love but Angus has a dark side. His boyish charms start to wear thin losing him family and friend...

NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATEDThe bestselling business playbook for turbocharging any organization, updated for modern audiences with new and never-before-seen materialEvery single day 3,076 businesses shut their doors. But what if you could create the finest, most profitable and best-run version of your business without wasting precious dollars on a thousand different strategies? When The Ultimate Sales Machine first published in 2007,...

NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATEDThe bestselling business playbook for turbocharging any organization, updated for modern audiences with new and never-before-seen materialEvery single day 3,076 businesses shut their doors. But what if you could create the finest, most profitable and best-run version of your business without wasting precious dollars on a thousand different strategies? When The Ultimate Sales Machine first published in 2007,...

Cinematic Landscape and Emerging Identities in Contemporary Latin American Film offers a series of perspectives, produced from a diverse array of aesthetic and theoretical approaches, that build on previous studies about cinematic landscape and space while addressing it from a regional perspective. This book explores how contemporary Latin American filmmakers have included, created, or transformed different types of landscapes in their works. The chapters highlight the centrality ...

Screening Minors in Latin American Cinema is the first volume to delve into the construction of children's subjectivity and agency in Latin American film, and addresses such questions as: How and to what extent do films express the point of view of the child? How do plots and film practices represent children’s subjectivity and agency? Childhood studies has demonstrated the importance of examining the lives of children. Building on those insights, together with current research from film s...

Beneath the Skin: A Comprehensive Guide to Skin Health and DiseasesDelve into the fascinating world of skin health and uncover the secrets to achieving a radiant, healthy complexion with "Beneath the Skin," a comprehensive guide tailored to empower you with knowledge and practical strategies for maintaining optimal skin health.Embark on a journey of discovery as renowned dermatologist Eleanor Holmes meticulously guides you through the intricacies of skin care, unraveling th...

Es war zu grotesk! Wie versteinert standen Sherlock Holmes und ich da. Auch Lestrade schien – trotz seiner langen Dienstjahre bei Scotland Yard – wie unfähig, etwas zu tun. Der fahle Mond brach sich einen Weg durch die Wolkendecke und gab dem Szenario noch einen grausigeren, unheimlicheren Ausdruck, als die Polizeilaternen es vermochten. "Herr des Himmels!", hauchte ich. "Wer tut so was?" Meine Stimme schien nicht mir zu gehören. Ich vernahm nur Holmes schnaufenden Atem. Den Kopf in den Na...

Long considered ground zero for global climate change in the United States, Florida presents the perfect case study for disaster risk and prevention. Building on the idea that disasters are produced by historical and contemporary social processes as well as natural phenomena, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Florida’s public and private sector development policies. Contrib...

"Da ist Lestrade!", rief Sherlock Holmes aus. Direkt am Marble Arch stand der Scotland-Yard-Inspektor und schwenkte eine Laterne. "Na, der scheint es ja eilig zu haben, Sie zu sehen", brummte ich verwundert. Lestrade kannte ich eigentlich meist eher überheblich. Nur im äußersten Notfall wandte er sich an meinen Freund. Holmes bedeutete dem Kutscher durch zweimaliges Klopfen an das Wagendach, anzuhalten. Die Räder knirschten im Sand des Straßenrandes. Der kleine Inspektor lief auf uns zu, a...

Sherlock Holmes - Aus den Tagebüchern von Dr. Watson. Eine neue Kriminalgeschichten nach Motiven von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. "Es ist einfach ungeheuerlich, wie Sie die junge Dame behandelt haben!" Aufgebracht schlug ich mit der flachen Hand auf den Esstisch. Sherlock Holmes lag halb in seinem Ohrensessel. Er angelte mit der rechten Hand nach der Times, die achtlos auf dem Boden lag. "Du meine Güte, Watson! Soll ich mich um ein paar Vögel kümmern, die vom Himmel fallen? Bin ich so tief gesu...

Sherlock Holmes - Aus den Tagebüchern von Dr. Watson. Eine neue Kriminalgeschichten nach Motiven von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Was tut sich unter der beschaulichen Decke eines kleinen Dorfes? Wurde wirklich der Satan beschworen? Flüche beunruhigen die Bewohner und man munkelt viel über den Pfarrer. War es wirklich der Höllenfürst, der die Totenglocke der Kirche in Bewegung gesetzt hat? Der Bürgermeister schwört jeden Eid darauf. Was Sherlock Holmes dann aufdeckt, ist noch unglaublicher...