A study of the impact of film and mass culture on drama after World War II.In Theater after Film, Martin Harries argues that after 1945, as cinema became omnipresent in popular culture, theater had to respond to cinema's hegemony. Theater couldn't break that hegemony, but it could provide a zone of contestation. Theater made film's domination of the cultural field visible through hyperbole, refusal, and other strategies, thereby unsettling its power. Postwa...

Can looking at disaster and mass death destroy us? Forgetting Lot’s Wife provides a theory and a fragmentary history of destructive spectatorship in the twentieth century. Its subject is the notion that the sight of historical catastrophe can destroy the spectator. The fragments of this history all lead back to the story of Lot’s wife: looking back at the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, she turns into a pillar of salt. This biblical story of punishment and transformation, ...

An ingenious, masterfully written novel, Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter.A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname—Buffalo Bill—is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. ...

Een kogel treft eindelijk zijn doelwit, bijna een decennia nadat hij is afgevuurdLAPD-rechercheur Harry Bosch moet alle registers opentrekken wanneer een man overlijdt aan de gevolgen van een verdwaalde kogel negen jaar eerder. Een zaak waarin het lijk nog vers is, maar alle verdere bewijzen ontbreken.Bosch en zijn nieuwe partner, de onervaren Lucia Soto, moeten de politiek zeer gevoelige zaak oplossen, terwijl er alleen maar zeer verouderde informatie is. ...

***This ebook edition does not contain the photo insert that appears in the print edition.***Clara and David Harris were married on Valentine's Day. Young and in love, they developed a thriving dental business, built a half-million-dollar mansion, and raised the perfect family. Then whispers of an affair between David and his beautiful secretary drifted through their exclusive Houston social circle. A private detective confirmed the rumors. When Clara saw her husban...

«Hay una conspiración, Harry Potter. Una conspiración para hacer que este año sucedan las cosas más terribles en el Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechicería.»El verano de Harry Potter ha incluido el peor cumpleaños de su vida, unos presagios muy poco halagüeños por parte de un elfo doméstico llamado Dobby y ser rescatado de casa de los Dursleys por su amigo Ron Weasley en un coche mágico volador. Cuando regresa al Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechicería para cursar su...

"A superbly written biography" of the legendary Admiral who commanded the Allied Pacific Fleet during WWII (Carlo D'Este, author of Eisenhower and Patton).Chester Nimitz was an admiral's Admiral, considered by many to be the greatest naval leader of the last century. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Nimitz assembled the forces, selected the leaders, and—as commander of all US and Allied air, land, and sea forces in the Pacific Ocean—led the charge...

Vuelve al lugar donde empezó todo para el detective de la policía de Los Ángeles Harry Bosch, protagonista de la serie Bosch de Amazon Prime, en su primer caso El eco negro, un thriller apasionante y lleno de acción.Harry Bosch, detective de la Policía de Los Ángeles, ha sido siempre un solitario.Hijo de una prostituta asesinada, fue criado en orfanatos y quedó luego marcado por la dura experiencia de Vietnam. Ahora, un caso rutinario de muerte por sobredosis le devuelve a ...

«Habrá tres pruebas, espaciadas en el curso escolar, que medirán a los campeones en muchos aspectos diferentes: sus habilidades mágicas, su osadía, sus dotes de deducción y, por supuesto, su capacidad para sortear el peligro.»El Torneo de los Tres Magos se va a celebrar en Hogwarts. Solo los magos mayores de diecisiete años pueden participar, pero eso no impide a Harry fantasear con la posibilidad de ganar la competición. Tiempo después, en Halloween, el Cáliz de F...

About the BookMeet Brick, the grumpiest, scruffiest, and most cantankerous pug you’ll ever love. He’s old, he’s ugly, and he has opinions—mostly about birds, horses, and any dog bed in his line of sight. But behind his crooked snout and unimpressed glare lies a tale of epic proportions.When a casual remark spirals into a full-blown origin story, you’ll find yourself whisked into the whimsical, utterly unpredictable world of Harry Potter and the Tale of ...

A crimefighter with mysterious powers hunts a deadly cult in a brilliant collaboration by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, and more.Investigative reporter Nora Hesper spends her nights cloaked in shadows. As Indigo, she's become an urban myth, a brutal vigilante who can forge darkness into weapons and travel across the city by slipping from one patch of shadow to another. Her primary focus both as Nora and as Indigo has become a murderous crim...

A reissue of the classic 1980 biography of England's King Henry VIII."This historical biography reads like the liveliest fiction. Erickson's portraits of Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell, and Anne Boleyn are carefully drawn-and utterly fascinating." — Chicago TribuneSt. Martin's Griffin is proud to reissue acclaimed biographer Carolly Erickson's lives of the Tudor monarchs.In this full-scale po...