A mechanical watch does not use batteries or electricity. It is powered entirely by the raw kinetic energy of a tightly coiled steel ribbon (the mainspring). If you attached hands directly to this spring, they would spin wildly out of control until the spring unwound in seconds. The genius that forces this violent energy to release in perfect, measurable ticks is the Escapement. This book breaks down the absolute heart of mechanical horology. The escapement is an ingenious, microscopic bra...

'Cooper was heroic, of course, in his own mind as much as in his scripts. He was manly, tall, ruggedly handsome. He was a man for a fight.'On screen he was the ultimate all-American hero: lean, laconic and masculine, a lone sheriff battling his enemies in High Noon, or a tough individualist in The Fountainhead. Off screen he bedded a host of leading ladies and carefully honed his image, making hundreds of movies and winning two Oscars in the process. Acclaimed fil...

"Cooper was heroic, of course, in his own mind as much as in his scripts. He was manly, tall, ruggedly handsome. He was a man for a fight."On screen Gary Cooper was the ultimate all-American hero: lean, laconic, and masculine, a lone sheriff battling his enemies in High Noon, or a tough individualist in The Fountainhead. Off-screen he bedded a host of leading ladies and carefully honed his image, making hundreds of movies and winning two Oscars in the process. The ...

Nombreux sont les acteurs de western, mais rares ceux qui furent de vrais cow-boys. Gary Cooper aurait pu se vanter de l’avoir été dans sa jeunesse, mais il était de tempérament modeste. L’inoubliable interprète du Train sifflera trois fois et de L’Homme de l’Ouest ne s’est d’ailleurs pas illustré dans ce seul genre : de la comédie sentimentale au film de guerre, de l’aventure exotique à la parodie, il a apporté son aura naturelle à tous les genres qu’il a touchés, toujou...

Lenny è un vero vagabondo delle nevi, uno ski bum, come li chiamano. Conosce dei posti sulle Alpi dove la neve è incredibilmente luminosa e pura. Posti vuoti pieni di vita vera. Come ogni ski bum, autentici avventurieri dello spirito, fugge di continuo e ha nello sguardo l’espressione avida e inquieta di quelli che vivono soltanto per qualcosa che non c’è, che è sempre più in alto… verso le nevi perenni. Lenny è americano, uno di quegli americani che non si curano della guerra del Vietnam,...

This value-priced reissue of Alice Cooper at 75 (2023) celebrates the godfather of shock rock with expert commentary, hundreds of images, and an illustrated timeline.Pythons, guillotines, stage blood…with his concoction of vaudeville, horror film tropes, and three-chord rock ’n’ roll, Alice Cooper invented a genre. Let veteran rock journalist Gary Graff and Detroit rock writer Gary Graff be your guide to Cooper’s extraordinary career through the lens of

Breaking Free from Limerence: A Guide to Managing Obsessive Love .Discover the power of five alternative healing modalities to manage limerence and take control of your life. This short, practical guide is written by a fellow sufferer who understands the devastating effects of limerence. This obsessive form of love can last for decades, causing compulsive thoughts and fantasies, along with emotional pain that can paralyze a person's life. With simple tools and hand...

An account of the decades-long friendship between the iconic author and the famed actor, with photos included.In the autumn of 1940, two icons of American culture met in Sun Valley, Idaho—writer Ernest Hemingway and actor Gary Cooper. Although "Hem" was known as brash, larger-than-life, and hard-drinking and "Coop" as courteous, non-confrontational, and taciturn, the two became good friends. And though they would see each other over the years in Hollywood, Cuba, New...

Attraverso squarci della vita e della carriera di due grandi interpreti statunitensi, Gary Cooper e Cary Grant, si traccia in queste pagine uno spaccato della realtà cinematografica hollywoodiana, che conobbe la sua epoca d’oro nella prima metà del XX secolo. L’assonanza dei nomi di entrambi gli interpreti contrassegnò l’indiscusso successo da essi raggiunto con il loro straordinario e impareggiabile lavoro cinematografico. Un appassionante confronto storico-culturale e artistico-biografic...

This book delves into the life and works of Gary Cooper, one of the most iconic and influential actors in the history of American cinema. Spanning his career from the early silent films of the 1920s to his final years in the 1960s, the narrative explores how Cooper's performances shaped the image of the American hero in Hollywood. Through an in-depth analysis of his roles in the Western genre, his portrayal of moral complexity, and his embodiment of American ideals such as individualism, i...

"I CONSIDER MYSELF THE LUCKIEST MAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH."On July 4, 1939, baseball great Lou Gehrig delivered what has been called "baseball's Gettysburg Address" at Yankee Stadium and gave a speech that included the phrase that would become legendary. He died two years later and his fiery widow, Eleanor, wanted nothing more than to keep his memory alive. With her forceful will, she and the irascible producer Samuel Goldwyn quickly agreed to make a film based o...

The achievements of the democratic constitutional order have long been associated with the sovereign nation-state. Civic nationalist assumptions hold that social solidarity and social plurality are compatible, offering a path to guarantees of individual rights, social justice, and tolerance for minority voices. Yet today, challenges to the liberal-democratic sovereign nation-state are proliferating on all levels, from multinational corporations and international institutions to populist na...