In this edited collection of narrative-based, critically situated essays, each contributor explores how class has affected his/her personal and academic lives. The collection is divided into three sections: i) narratives that critique the meritocracy; ii) narratives that trace the effects of middle class cultural capital on relatively new academics from the working class, and; iii) narratives that explore the effects of class on longtime academics from the working class. The effect of the ...

Can John Jordan find and identify the remains of a vulnerable young woman murdered and buried in the unforgiving North Florida swamps while being targeted by a South Florida hitman?In the swamps of North Florida, Remington James' camera captured the best of nature and the worst of humanity, and it cost him his life.Three years later, his widow turns to the one man who can answer her questions and solve the mystery of his murder—John...

The Sisterhood: a group of women bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Now their male allies, the Men of the Sisterhood, have formed a top-secret organization of their own, with the same goal of helping the helpless and righting the wrongs of the world . . .Loyalty is a way of life for the Sisterhood and their significant others. When lawyer Lizzie Fox’s husband, Cosmo Cricket, is left critically injured after being shot by an unknown assailant, the men of BOLO Cons...

Michael Collins was shot dead in an ambush at Béal na mBláth, Co Cork, on 22 August 1922. The manner of his death and the identity of his killer have been the source of intense speculation and controversy ever since.In this book Meda Ryan solves the mystery. Drawing on eye-witness testimony never before published, she painstakingly reconstructs, in minute-by-minute detail, the last four days of Michael Collins’s life and follows, mile-by-mile, his fatal journey through his home cou...

Das neue Handbuch zum Versammlungsrecht stellt alle rechtlichen Aspekte des Versammlungsrechts dar. Von den verfassungsrechtlichen Grundlagen über die verwaltungsrechtlichen Voraussetzungen und Eingriffsmöglichkeiten, den Rechtsschutz, die zivilrechtlichen Rechte und Pflichten aller Beteiligten einer Versammlung bis zum Straf- und Ordnungswidrigkeitenrecht erläutert das Handbuch fundiert und praxistauglich die für Versammlungen bedeutsamen Vorschriften. Das Handbuch wurde von ausgewiesenen...

Master Shots gives filmmakers the techniques they need to execute complex, original shots on any budget.

This is the ChineseSimplified version. Dialogue scenes are the most important moments in your film, but most directors get them wrong. If you block your scenes well, you do more than capture the basic scene; you echo the meaning, emotion, and drama of every moment. That is never more important than with dialogue. Whatever your budget, there is an exciting way to capture dialogue. It is a tragedy that so many directors are happy to open a scene with a moving master shot, and then just settl...

The unbelievable insider stories of how they ‘got the shot’!Cinematic Immunity tells the story of New York City's movie industry from the crew members who created the sets, lit the scenes, and shot the film. Focused on the golden age (1950-1990) of New York filmmaking, Cinematic Immunity covers On the Waterfront through The Sopranos.The East Coast film industry, thousands of miles from the Los Angeles executives, existed by its ow...

A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. It concentrates on the 'storytelling' school of filmmaking, utilizing the work of the great stylists who established the versatile vocabulary of technique that has dominated the movies since 1915. This graphic approach includes comparisons of style by interpreting a 'model script', created for the book, in storyboard form.

A gripping spy thriller with a deserved reputation. Philip sees an announcement in 'The Times' from an old school friend who has instructed the newspaper to publish only if they don’t hear from him. This sets a trail running through Europe, with much of the action taking place on the Austro-Hungarian border. The Kremlin, defectors, agitators and the People’s Court set the background to a very realistic story that could well have happened …

Recreate the action and drama of 17th Century warfare on your tabletop with The Pikeman's Lament. Start by creating your Officer – is he a natural leader raised from the ranks, the youngest son of a noble family, or an old veteran who has seen too many battles? As you campaign, your Officer will win honour and gain promotion, acquiring traits that may help lead his men to victory. Before each skirmish, your Officer must raise his Company from a wide range of unit options – should ...

Der 26. Band der Darmstädter Beiträge zur Neuen Musik versammelt Vorträge und Texte der Ferienkurse der Jahre 2021 und 2023. Beitragende sind u. a. Mark Andre, Malin Bång, Sarah Nemtsov, Matthew Shlomowitz, Steven Takasugi und Jennifer Walshe.