Are celebrities being replaced by doubles, doppelgängers and even clones? Does this explain the stranger behaviour and changing styles and personalties of some celebrities? Are the doubles being controlled by unknown secret forces? Who are these celebrities and why are they being replaced? Hopefully some answers will be provided in this book. The celebrities discussed include Miley Cyrus, Elvis, Paul McCartney, Britney Spears and many others.

Over the last five years, a cycle of films has emerged addressing the ongoing Iraq conflict. Some became well-known and one of them, The Hurt Locker, won a string of Oscars. But many others disappeared into obscurity. What is it about these films that led Variety to dub them a 'toxic genre'?Martin Barker analyses the production and reception of these recent Iraq war films. Among the issues he examines are the borrowing of soldiers' YouTube styles of self-representation to generate ...

Pick Me Up! A Little Book That Might Help. How I hit rock bottom and the journey out of it.

Everybody analyses films. Ordinary viewers, chatting on the way home afterwards. Reviewers, telling us just enough to tempt or put off. Critics, 'situating' films for us. Moralists, hunting for the (harmful) message. So what exactly is it that film academics do that's different?Martin Barker and Thomas Austin provide a jargon-free, accessible and student-friendly introduction to film analysis. They begin with a discussion about audience and a detailed case-study on four conflicting...

Game of Thrones was an international sensation, and has been looked at from many different angles. But to date there has been little research into its audiences: who they were, how they engaged with and responded to it. This book presents the findings of a major international research project that garnered more than 10,000 responses to an innovative 'qualiquantitative' questionnaire. Among its findings are: a new way of understanding the place and role of favourite characters in a...

"Reading Into Cultural Studies" revisits a selection of key texts central to the formation of cultural studies as a discipline and as a project. These texts address questions of power, ideology and the possibilities and limits of resistance. Each of the eleven essays in the collection renews an early study in one area of cultural investigation, bringing such seminal texts as "Subculture" by Dick Hebdige, "Loving With a Vengeance" by Tania Modleski and "Bond and Beyond" by Tony Bennett back...

Do you feel like you are good at making to-do lists, but then it is very hard for you to stick to them? Do you think you often give up something, as soon as there is an obstacle or discomfort? Do the majority of people consider you reliable or not? If you want to learn more about self-discipline, then you need to keep reading...This includes two books: - Daily Self-Discipline: practical exercises to strengthen your willpower and overcome procrastination by creating atomic habits - Overcome...

Do you feel like you are always rushing to complete your to-do list and you never have enough time to do what you enjoy the most? Do you wonder how some successful people are always on point with their schedule without losing their mental health? Then you need to keep reading...In 2018, Harvard Business Review analyzed in detail how CEOs spend their time. The research shows that the business owners of reference work every day an average of 9.7 hours, which is far less than one would expect...

Do you feel like you constantly need approval from other people and you feel bad if your efforts are not recognized? Would you accept anything and do everything in order to preserve your relationship? Are you afraid of being alone or feeling not valued? Then you need to keep reading...- Codependency: Healthy detachments strategies to break the patterns. Discover how to stop struggling with codependent relationships, obsessive jealousy, and narcissistic abuse - Narcissistic Relationship: Di...

Een ijzersterke politiethriller voor de fans van M.J. Arlidge en Karin SlaughterZe is de bestverkopende misdaadauteur ter wereld. Nu is ze zelf een moordverdachte.NYPD-rechercheur Declan Shaw krijgt om 21.42 uur een telefoontje van zijn luitenant: Hoe snel kan je bij 211 Central Park West zijn? Het Beresfordgebouw.Voor appartement 18a wordt Shaw gebriefd door zijn partner. De vrouw belde het alarmnummer om een inbraak te melden – en de moord op haar man. Ze vuurde e...

De enige geautoriseerde Dracula-thriller: kom erachter waarom Bram Stoker Dracula heeft geschrevenWaar te beginnen? Er is zo veel te vertellen en veel te weinig tijd, maar ik weet wanneer alles is veranderd. We waren nog maar kinderen: ik zeven, Matilda acht. Het begon zo onschuldig, met een beetje afluisteren. Maar tegen het einde van die week was ik genezen, was onze dierbare Ellen verdwenen en was een heel gezin dood.Ierland, 1854. Bram Stoker,...

Barker & Patterson blijken een ijzersterk schrijversduo: van De kustmoorden, Oorverdovend en Jeugdzonde werden ruim 60.000 exemplaren verkochtHollows Bend, New Hampshire, is een pittoresk stadje in New England waar weekendtoeristen samenkomen om naar herfstbladeren te kijken en te ontbijten bij Stairway Diner. Het misdaadcijfer – nul – is een punt van trots voor sheriff Ellie Pritchett.Dan duikt er een jonge vreemdelinge op en beginnen de problemen zich op...