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Nolan's Dream

Author : Janice Ramos Tingley
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525506463
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Nolan's Dream written by Janice Ramos Tingley and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nolan is adored by his family and full of joy at home, but one thing sets him apart from the rest of the children in his neighborhood: his misshapen hands. The only places where he feels comfortable are the pool and a beautiful spot named Point Moon Ray. Sean has so much trouble reading that he wants to drop out of school. His father, a fisherman, wants to help him but doesn’t know how. When Nolan and Sean meet by chance, they succeed in teaching each other and their families that no matter what, life’s challenges need to be understood—not ignored—and can be overcome. Nolan’s Dream is a charming story about the importance of perseverance in the lives of two children with different disabilities. Richly illustrated by the author, Nolan’s Dream blends the power of love and determination with the courage and optimism of children who are coping with “being different.” Readers of all ages will appreciate this tale about the search for friendship and acceptance by an author who knows firsthand what it means to “be different” in a world where being like everyone else usually means an easier transition from childhood to adolescence and beyond.

Dinosaur Dream

Author : Dennis Nolan
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9780606063234
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Dinosaur Dream written by Dennis Nolan and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After reading about dinosaurs and then falling asleep, Wilbur sees a baby apatosaurus outside his bedroom and travels backwards through time to return it to its Jurassic time period.

Sea of Dreams

Author : Dennis Nolan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596434708
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Sea of Dreams written by Dennis Nolan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wordless picture book featuring a sandcastle that takes on a life of its own.

Inception and Philosophy

Author : David Kyle Johnson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118072634
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Inception and Philosophy written by David Kyle Johnson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosophical look at the movie Inception and its brilliant metaphysical puzzles Is the top still spinning? Was it all a dream? In the world of Christopher Nolan's four-time Academy Award-winning movie, people can share one another's dreams and alter their beliefs and thoughts. Inception is a metaphysical heist film that raises more questions than it answers: Can we know what is real? Can you be held morally responsible for what you do in dreams? What is the nature of dreams, and what do they tell us about the boundaries of "self" and "other"? From Plato to Aristotle and from Descartes to Hume, Inception and Philosophy draws from important philosophical minds to shed new light on the movie's captivating themes, including the one that everyone talks about: did the top fall down (and does it even matter)? Explores the movie's key questions and themes, including how we can tell if we're dreaming or awake, how to make sense of a paradox, and whether or not inception is possible Gives new insights into the nature of free will, time, dreams, and the unconscious mind Discusses different interpretations of the film, and whether or not philosophy can help shed light on which is the "right one" Deepens your understanding of the movie's multi-layered plot and dream-infiltrating characters, including Dom Cobb, Arthur, Mal, Ariadne, Eames, Saito, and Yusuf An essential companion for every dedicated Inception fan, this book will enrich your experience of the Inception universe and its complex dreamscape.

Inception

Author : Christopher Nolan
Publisher : Insight Editions
ISBN 13 : 1608870154
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Inception written by Christopher Nolan and published by Insight Editions. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man, highly skilled in entering people's dreams to extract secret information, is offered a chance to implant an idea in another man's head, a practice known as inception.

The Cinema of Christopher Nolan

Author : Jacqueline Furby
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023185076X
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Cinema of Christopher Nolan written by Jacqueline Furby and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past fifteen years, writer, producer and director Christopher Nolan has emerged from the margins of independent British cinema to become one of the most commercially successful directors in Hollywood. From Following (1998) to Interstellar (2014), Christopher Nolan's films explore philosophical concerns by experimenting with nonlinear storytelling while also working within classical Hollywood narrative and genre frameworks. Contextualizing and closely reading each of his films, this collection examines the director's play with memory, time, trauma, masculinity, and identity, and considers the function of music and video games and the effect of IMAX on his work.

The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan

Author : Jason T. Eberl
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498513530
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan written by Jason T. Eberl and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film, Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities and complex, thought-provoking plotlines his audience anticipates. The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan collects sixteen essays, written by professional philosophers and film theorists, discussing themes such as self-identity and self-destruction, moral choice and moral doubt, the nature of truth and its value, whether we can trust our perceptions of what’s “real,” the political psychology of heroes and villains, and what it means to be a “viewer” of Nolan’s films. Whether his protagonists are squashing themselves like a bug, struggling to create an identity and moral purpose for themselves, suffering from their own duplicitous plots, donning a mask that both strikes fear and reveals their true nature, or having to weigh the lives of those they love against the greater good, there are no simple solutions to the questions Nolan’s films provoke; exploring these questions yields its own reward.

When Brains Dream: Understanding the Science and Mystery of Our Dreaming Minds

Author : Antonio Zadra
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324002840
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book When Brains Dream: Understanding the Science and Mystery of Our Dreaming Minds written by Antonio Zadra and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A truly comprehensive, scientifically rigorous and utterly fascinating account of when, how, and why we dream. Put simply, When Brains Dream is the essential guide to dreaming." —Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. Why do we dream? Do dreams hold psychological meaning or are they merely the reflection of random brain activity? What purpose do dreams serve? When Brains Dream addresses these core questions about dreams while illuminating the most up-to-date science in the field. Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, it debunks common myths that we only dream in REM sleep, for example—while acknowledging the mysteries that persist around both the science and experience of dreaming. Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold bring together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings to propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP—Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities. By detailing this model’s workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams, from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams. When Brains Dream reveals recent discoveries about the sleeping brain and the many ways in which dreams are psychologically, and neurologically, meaningful experiences; explores a host of dream-related disorders; and explains how dreams can facilitate creativity and be a source of personal insight. Making an eloquent and engaging case for why the human brain needs to dream, When Brains Dream offers compelling answers to age-old questions about the mysteries of sleep.

The Nolan Variations

Author : Tom Shone
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0525655336
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book The Nolan Variations written by Tom Shone and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at Christopher Nolan, considered to be the most profound, commercially successful director at work today, written with his full cooperation. A rare, revelatory portrait, "as close as you're ever going to get to the Escher drawing that is Christopher Nolan's remarkable brain" (Sam Mendes). In chapters structured by themes and motifs ("Time"; "Chaos"; "Dreams"), Shone offers an unprecedented intimate view of the director. Shone explores Nolan's thoughts on his influences, his vision, his enigmatic childhood past--and his movies, from plots and emotion to identity and perception, including his latest blockbuster, the action-thriller/spy-fi Tenet ("Big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable"--Variety). Filled with the director's never-before-seen photographs, storyboards, and scene sketches, here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. "Fabulous: intelligent, illuminating, rigorous, and highly readable. The very model of what a filmmaking study should be. Essential reading for anyone who cares about Nolan or about film for that matter."--Neal Gabler, author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood and Walt Disney, The Biography

A Critical Companion to Christopher Nolan

Author : Claire Parkinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 179365252X
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book A Critical Companion to Christopher Nolan written by Claire Parkinson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Critical Companion to Christopher Nolan provides a wide-ranging exploration of Christopher Nolan's films, practices, and collaborations. From a range of critical perspectives, this volume examines Nolan's body of work, explores its industrial and economic contexts, and interrogates the director's auteur status. This volume contributes to the scholarly debates on Nolan and includes original essays that examine all his films including his short films. It is structured into three sections that deal broadly with themes of narrative and time; collaborations and relationships; and ideology, politics, and genre. The authors of the sixteen chapters include established Nolan scholars as well as academics with expertise in approaches and perspectives germane to the study of Nolan's body of work. To these ends, the chapters employ intersectional, feminist, political, ideological, narrative, economic, aesthetic, genre, and auteur analysis in addition to perspectives from star theory, short film theory, performance studies, fan studies, adaptation studies, musicology, and media industry studies.

The Fictional Christopher Nolan

Author : Todd McGowan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292742789
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Fictional Christopher Nolan written by Todd McGowan and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of the role of fiction in the films of Christopher Nolan is “unassumingly brilliant and surgically incisive” (Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society). From Memento and Insomnia to the Batman films, The Prestige, and Inception, lies play a central role in every Christopher Nolan film. Characters in the films constantly find themselves deceived by others and are often caught up in a vast web of deceit that transcends any individual lies. The formal structure of a typical Nolan film deceives spectators about the events that occur and the motivations of the characters. While Nolan’s films do not abandon the idea of truth altogether, they show us how truth must emerge out of the lie if it is not to lead us entirely astray. The Fictional Christopher Nolan discovers in Nolan’s films an exploration of the role that fiction plays in leading to truth. Through close readings of all the films through Inception, Todd McGowan demonstrates that the fiction or the lie comes before the truth, and this priority forces us to reassess our ways of thinking about the nature of truth. Indeed, McGowan argues that Nolan’s films reveal the ethical and political importance of creating fictions and even of lying. Nolan is the first filmmaker to devote himself entirely to the fictionality of the medium, and McGowan discloses how Nolan uses its tendency to deceive as the basis for a new kind of philosophical filmmaking, aligning Nolan’s films with Hegel’s philosophy. “The most important work to date on Christopher Nolan. . . . [A] thrill to read.” —Hugh S. Manon, Associate Professor and Director of Screen Studies, Clark University

Christopher Nolan

Author : Darren Mooney
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476674809
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Christopher Nolan written by Darren Mooney and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Nolan is one of the defining directors of the 21st century. Few of his contemporaries can compete in terms of critical and commercial success, let alone cultural impact. His films have a rare ability to transcend audience expectations, appealing to both casual moviegoers and dyed-in-the-wool cineastes. Nolan's work ranges from gritty crime thrillers (Memento, Insomnia) to spectacular blockbusters (the Dark Knight trilogy, Inception). They have taken audiences from the depths of space (Interstellar) to the harsh realities of war (Dunkirk). And they have pushed the boundaries of the possible in modern movie making. This critical history covers his complete filmography, tracing his career from film student to indie darling to Oscar-nominated auteur.

The Nolan Variations

Author : Tom Shone
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0525655328
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults

Author : Kendall Haven
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313078688
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book 100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults written by Kendall Haven and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-05-15 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the career histories of successful 20th century scientists, this exciting resource offers students fascinating reads, a wonderful research tool, and tips to launching a science career. They'll learn about Robert Ballard, the oceanographer who discovered the Titanic; Annie Wauneka, who eradicated TB among the Navajo; and Chien-Shiung Wu, a physicist who worked on the Manhattan project. They will also find information about many Nobel Prize winners and such familiar personalities as Sally Ride, Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, Jacques Cousteau, Dian Fossey, and Margaret Mead. Physical, earth, and life sciences are represented, with a focus on contemporary North Americans. Descriptions of each scientist's most important contributions and biographical sketches are accompanied by words of advice to today's students who wish to establish a science career. Photos of some of the scientists illustrate the text, and lists for further reading are included.

Christopher Nolan

Author : Robbie B. H. Goh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350139998
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Christopher Nolan written by Robbie B. H. Goh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Nolan is the writer and director of Hollywood blockbusters like The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, and also of arthouse films like Memento and Inception. Underlying his staggering commercial success however, is a darker sensibility that questions the veracity of human knowledge, the allure of appearance over reality and the latent disorder in contemporary society. This appreciation of the sinister owes a huge debt to philosophy and especially modern thinkers like Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud and Jacques Derrida. Taking a thematic approach to Nolan's oeuvre, Robbie Goh examines how the director's postmodern inclinations manifest themselves in non-linearity, causal agnosticism, the threat of social anarchy and the frequent use of the mise en abyme, while running counter to these are narratives of heroism, moral responsibility and the dignity of human choice. For Goh, Nolan is a 'reluctant postmodernist'. His films reflect the cynicism of the modern world, but with their representation of heroic moral triumphs, they also resist it.

The Celluloid Diary

Author : Brandon X
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1698713495
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Celluloid Diary written by Brandon X and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I can talk all day about film. To write about it, and to share what films inspire me, frighten me, and entice me is an honor. Film is my favorite form of literature. I've seen more movies than I can remember. 'Letterboxd' gave me an outlet to express my love for cinema. I'm so happy and proud to be able to express and publish my thoughts on some of the many movies I've seen and love. This is 'The Celluloid Diary: A 'Letterboxd' Guide to Film'.

The Political Christopher Nolan

Author : Jesse Russell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666906204
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book The Political Christopher Nolan written by Jesse Russell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his films, Christopher Nolan champions the Anglo-American Neo-Liberal world order. Nestled within this order, his characters are free to undergo their ludic creation of little worlds of selfhood.