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Not so Long Ago, Not so Far Away

Author : Ratna Pande
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 164587592X
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Not so Long Ago, Not so Far Away written by Ratna Pande and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming collection of short stories from towns within India, possibly from a place near yours and about someone familiar.... The sisters in Benares, whose fate led them to different cities, one to mercurial heights of stardom and the other to the depths of misfortune. Now, thirteen years later, they are back in the same city where they started; will the ghats change the course of their lives? Sethji had been an astute and successful diamond merchant, and his grandson’s passion for “paper money” or stocks was wiping the family fortunes. Ironically, he learnt the most valuable lesson of his life from the old, toothless, homeless, flower seller. Too late or just in time? Where was the property, which the whole family was searching for, hidden? Who was the mysterious old man that Raghu had seen from the train? Will Anirban get away with murder? Why was Priyanka dreaming of her dead daughter’s blue stilettos? Will the women in Kumaon save the trees by “hugging them?” Would the ghosts who lived in the library let the young couple in love live happily ever after? Find the answers to these and many more…. These fourteen delightful tales may end with a twist, but they bring with them the powerful lessons of Hope!

Auschwitz

Author : Luis Ferreiro
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0789213311
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Auschwitz written by Luis Ferreiro and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells a story to shake the conscience of the world. It is the catalogue of the first-ever traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.1 million people—mostly Jews, but also non-Jewish Poles, Roma, and others—lost their lives. More than 280 objects and images from the exhibition are illustrated herein. Drawn from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and other collections around the world, they range from the intimate (such as victims’ family snapshots and personal belongings) to the immense (an actual surviving barrack from the Auschwitz III–Monowitz satellite camp); all are eloquent in their testimony. An authoritative yet accessible text weaves the stories behind these artifacts into an encompassing history of Auschwitz—from a Polish town at the crossroads of Europe, to the dark center of the Holocaust, to a powerful site of remembrance. Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away. is an essential volume for everyone who is interested in history and its lessons.

A Galaxy Not So Far Away

Author : Glenn Kenny
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1466892633
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book A Galaxy Not So Far Away written by Glenn Kenny and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling collection of original essays by some of America's most notable young writers on the cultural impact of the Star Wars films A Galaxy Not So Far Away is the first ever exploration of the innumerable ways the Star Wars films have forever altered our cultural and artistic landscape. Edited by Glenn Kenny, a senior editor and critic at Premiere magazine, this singular collection allows some of the nation's most acclaimed writers to anatomize, criticize, celebrate, and sometimes simply riff on the prismatic aftereffects of an unparalleled American phenomenon. Jonathan Lethem writes of the summer he saw Star Wars twenty-one times as his mother lay dying of cancer. Neal Pollack chips in with the putative memoir of a certain young man having problems with his father, written in the voice of Holden Caulfield. Erika Krouse ponders the code of the Jedi Knight and its relation to her own pursuit of the martial arts. New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell meditates upon the mysterious figure Lando Calrissian. A classic assemblage of pop writing at its best, A Galaxy Not So Far Away is a book for everyone who loves Star Wars films and seeks to understand just what it is about these films that has so enchanted an entire generation of filmgoers.

Identity Politics in George Lucas' Star Wars

Author : John C. McDowell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147662450X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Identity Politics in George Lucas' Star Wars written by John C. McDowell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Lucas spoke about the didactic role of cinema and about his own work being presented through the "moral megaphone" of the film industry. A considerable body of scholarship on the six-part Star Wars series argues (unconvincingly) that the franchise promoted neo-conservatism in American culture from the late 1970s onward. But there is much in Lucas' grand space opera to suggest something more ideologically complex is going on. This book challenges the view of the saga as an unambiguously violent text exemplifying reactionary politics, and discusses the films' identity politics with regard to race and gender.

LI:FE! Locked In : Flitting Everywhere!

Author : Ratna Pande
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1636069592
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book LI:FE! Locked In : Flitting Everywhere! written by Ratna Pande and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 – When the year throws two lemons at you, what do you do? Think of what you can make. A sweet sorbet to comfort you on a hot, summer afternoon? A spicy pickle to relish with a meal? Or would you cut it into bits, sprinkle spicy salt on it and keep in your pocket to lick it and to share it with friends? This year, like a ‘gondhoraj nimbu’, is uniquely fragrant, pungent and sharp, exceptional if you slow down to savour it and, in spite of the thorns, very humbling in life experiences. Scripted in this book are the tales of men and women who struggled, partied, connived, loved, laughed, fought and cried but eventually emerged as winners, with hope and positivity, during the time they faced an adversity, be it a virus or a war. Will the old man hang himself? Who is the young Krishna who had come to help? Who has stolen the emerald necklace? And was Madam killed for that? A masterpiece painting is replaced in a party. Was it by the guests, friends or invitees? Will Shankar ever find his home with a promise of peace? How much must the migrant couple walk to reach the village? Will they get help? The queen is betrayed by her kin-men. What’s the price of escape? Crisis in mid-air. Can the air hostess trust the men she thinks are brave? A teenage girl’s diary of 1971, living with war and the enemy versus the invisible one. Life, like 2020, tests us. The secret is to stop to smell the flowers and smile at those around. In your story of being handed lemons, remember to add a dash of lime to make the cocktail tangy! Enjoy reading the stories, each set in a different mood and locale. While the lockdown may keep us indoors, our can thoughts fly freely everywhere!

Not So Long Ago

Author : Mike Moran
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1783060328
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Not So Long Ago written by Mike Moran and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not So Long Ago is a collection of short stories set in a Sussex town in the 1960s. The interlocking themes are of chance meetings and changing lives and all stories cluster around one group of characters Here we read about Jos’s and Annette’s meeting at the swimming club, which ignites a long relationship. Melissa and Fred collide when she knocks him over while riding her bike and both stumble towards a relationship. Alfredo and Maria meet at school and stay together, despite arguments. Chris, artistic with wealthy parents, falls for Dora, but on seeing her in a pub is beaten up by her boyfriend. By the end, all the characters have progressed in life and in relationships. This new collection will appeal to readers who want stories that engage them, are prepared for sudden plot twists and enjoy a nostalgic 60s setting. Not So Long Ago offers readers the narrative intensity of the short story with the character development associated with a novel.

The Politics of Big Fantasy

Author : John C. McDowell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786474882
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Big Fantasy written by John C. McDowell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing critical attention to a particular set of science fiction and fantasy films--Larry and Andy Wachowski's The Matrix, George Lucas' Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon's Avengers--this book utilizes a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also examining any resistant and complicating turns or byways the films may provide. What they all have in common ideologically is that they--or at least the genres they belong to--tend to be regarded as belonging to politically conservative frames of sociocultural reference. With the Star Wars saga, however, this idea is shown to be superficial and weak.

Interpreting Star Wars

Author : Miles Booy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501364731
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Interpreting Star Wars written by Miles Booy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon its initial release in 1977, many critics regarded Star Wars as a childish retort to the mature American cinema of the seventies. Though full of sound and fury, some felt that it signified nothing. Four decades later, the significations are multiple as interpretations of the film's strange imagery and metaphoric potential continue to pile up. Interpreting Star Wars analyses and contextualises the dominant trends in Star Wars interpretation from the earliest reviews, through Lucasfilm's attempts to use its position as copyright holder to promote a single meaning, to the 21st century where the internet has rendered such authorial control impossible and new entries to the canon present new twists on old hopes.

Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Author : Emily Strand
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 164889755X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away written by Emily Strand and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Star Wars' is a global phenomenon that in 2022 celebrated its 45th year of transmedia storytelling, and it has never been more successful than it is today. More 'Star Wars' works than ever are currently available or in simultaneous development, including live-action and animated series, novels, comics, and merchandise, as well as the feature films for which the franchise is best known. 'Star Wars' fandom is worldwide, time-tested, and growing; academic interest in the franchise, both inside and outside of the classroom, is high. This accessible and multidisciplinary anthology covers topics across the full history of the franchise. With a range of essays by authors whose disciplines run from culture and religious studies to film, feminism, and philology, 'Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away' speaks to academics in the field, students in the classroom, and anyone looking to broaden their understanding and deepen their appreciation for 'Star Wars'.

Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films

Author : Carl Silvio
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476611068
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films written by Carl Silvio and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Released in May 1977, the original Star Wars movie inaugurated the age of the movie blockbuster. It also redefined the use of cinematic special effects, creating a new textual universe that now stretches through three decades, two trilogies and generations of fascinated viewers. The body of critical analysis that has developed from this epic focuses primarily on the Star Wars universe as a contemporary myth. However, like any fiction, it must also be viewed—and consequently analyzed—as a product of the culture which created it. The essays in this book analyze the Star Wars trilogies as a culturally and historically specific phenomenon. Moving away from the traditional myth-based criticism of the films, the essayists employ a cultural studies model to examine how this phenomenon intersects with social formations such as economics, technology, race and gender. Critical approaches are varied and include political and economic analysis informed by feminism, contemporary race theory, Marxism, new media studies and post-humanism. Among the topics covered are the connections between the trilogies and our own cultural landscape; the problematic issues of race and gender; and the thematic implications of Lucas’ presentation of technology. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

McLuhan’s Galaxies: Science Fiction Film Aesthetics in Light of Marshall McLuhan’s Thought

Author : Artur Skweres
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030041042
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book McLuhan’s Galaxies: Science Fiction Film Aesthetics in Light of Marshall McLuhan’s Thought written by Artur Skweres and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book uses observations made by Marshall McLuhan to analyze the aesthetics of science fiction films, treating them as visual metaphors or probes into the new reality dominated by electronic media: - it considers the relations between the senses and sensuality in Blade Runner, the visually-tactile character of the film, and the status of replicants as humanity’s new clothes; - it analyzes the mixture of Eastern and Western aesthetics in Star Wars, analyzing Darth Vader as a combination of the literate and the tribal mindset; - it discusses the failure of visual society presented in the Terminator and Alien franchises, the rekindling of horror vacui, tribalism, and the desire to obliterate the past as a result of the simultaneity of the acoustic space; - finally, the book discusses the Matrix trilogy and Avatar as being deeply related in terms of the growing importance of tactility, easternization, tribalization, as well as connectivity and the implosion of human civilization.

Voice

Author : Scott Damian
Publisher : Behler Publications, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1933016841
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Voice written by Scott Damian and published by Behler Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emotional account of how successful actor and producer Scott Damian overcame stuttering while still coping with its psychological effects.

American Film Now

Author : James Monaco
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Film Now written by James Monaco and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Far Away and Long Ago

Author : William Henry Hudson
Publisher : New York, Dutton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Far Away and Long Ago written by William Henry Hudson and published by New York, Dutton. This book was released on 1918 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Galaxy Not So Far Away

Author : Glenn Kenny
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805070745
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book A Galaxy Not So Far Away written by Glenn Kenny and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-09-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of original essays by young writers considers the cultural impact of the Star Wars films, from a young man's repeated viewings during the summer his mother died to a young woman's comparison of Jedi teachings to the martial arts.

Far Far Away

Author : Tom McNeal
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375896988
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Far Far Away written by Tom McNeal and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Award Finalist An Edgar Award Finalist A California Book Award Gold Medal Winner A dark, contemporary fairy tale in the tradition of Neil Gaiman. Jeremy Johnson Johnson hears voices. Or, specifically, one voice: the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of The Brothers Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next. But Jacob can't protect Jeremy from everything. When coltish, copper-haired Ginger Boultinghouse takes a bite of a cake so delicious it’s rumored to be bewitched, she falls in love with the first person she sees: Jeremy. In any other place, this would be a turn for the better for Jeremy, but not in Never Better, where the Finder of Occasions—whose identity and evil intentions nobody knows—is watching and waiting, waiting and watching. . . And as anyone familiar with the Brothers Grimm know, not all fairy tales have happy endings. Veteran writer Tom McNeal has crafted a young adult novel at once grim(m) and hopeful, full of twists, and perfect for fans of contemporary fairy tales like Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Holly Black's Doll Bones. The recipient of five starred reviews, Publishers Weekly called Far Far Away "inventive and deeply poignant."

House of Darkness House of Light

Author : Andrea Perron
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1491829907
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book House of Darkness House of Light written by Andrea Perron and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Perron family purchased the Arnold Estate, located just beyond the village of Harrisville, Rhode Island, in 1970. They soon found out that the house was a portal to the past and a passage to the future