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Author : Alice Satori
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465345671
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book The Blood Diamond And the Girl Named Mikiei written by Alice Satori and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Trace Murillo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737068303
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (683 download)
Download or read book A Girl Named Carmen Winstead written by Trace Murillo and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were the meanest girls in school?And all she wanted was a friend?But as the new girl, Carmen expects some teasing and bullying?But what she wasn't expecting was the downright evil she received.As the newest target of Somerdale's high most popular girls, Carmen Winstead finds herself alone, unhappy, and prone to dark thoughts. Maybe that's why Carmen's presence in town seems to have awakened something dark and sinister that has been hidden in Somerdale for a very long time.Befriended by another of the town's outcast Willa Dalton, Carmen soon finds herself summoning up the courage to face her bullies. But when the pranks and teasing go too far, Carmen soon becomes intimately familiar with the town's darkness. But the cost of living in darkness is higher than Carmen can imagine - as she discovers when a detective Samantha Kerr and Mac Talbot gets drawn into the pursuit of a darkness that has threatened to strike from beyond the grave. The result is a bloody trail of revenge that threatens to tear the entire town apart.From the author of The Patient in Room 432 A GIRL NAMED CARMEN WINSTEAD is Book 1 from the URBAN LEGEND COLLECTION by Trace Murillo. A terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. A powerful, revealing, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil no matter what mask it wears.Sometimes growing up can be deadly.
Author : Fleur Cowles
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847843955
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
Download or read book The Best of Flair written by Fleur Cowles and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly sought-after volume detailing one of the most influential magazines of the twentieth century is now back in print at a newly affordable price. In 1950, Fleur Cowles established what would become one of the most important and talked about magazines ever created. Critically lauded for its sharp mix of clothes, literature, art, travel, decor, theater, and humor, Flair made publishing history with its combination of eclectic editorial content and lavish production quality. Recalled as "the first magazine that became an art form," The Best of Flair is a compilation of the magazine’s best content as chosen by the woman who created it. Along with its distinctive production values, Flair also features interviews and contributions from some of the most noted artists and celebrities of the past fifty years, including Lucian Freud, Jean Cocteau, Tallulah Bankhead, Saul Steinberg, Salvador Dalí, Simone de Beauvoir, Walker Evans, James Michener, Ogden Nash, Gypsy Rose Lee, Clare Boothe Luce, George Bernard Shaw, John O’Hara, Margaret Mead, and Tennessee Williams. Now, more than ten years after this book was first published by Rizzoli, and more than fifty years after the magazine ceased publication, this facsimile edition offers the same ingenious bookmaking of its predecessor, including multiple gatefolds with die-cuts, booklets, and accordion folder leaflets.
Author : Tom Mes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Agitator written by Tom Mes and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This work] examines all the director's ground-breaking films in-depth, revealing a provocative but remarkably consistent body of work"--Back cover.
Author : Aliza S. Wong
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442269049
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Spaghetti Westerns written by Aliza S. Wong and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the silent days of cinema, Westerns have been one of the most popular genres, not just in the United States but around the world. International filmmakers have been so taken by westerns that many directors have produced versions of their own, despite lacking access to the American West. Nowhere has the Western been more embraced outside of the United States than Italy. In the 1960s, as Hollywood heroes like John Wayne and Randolph Scott were aging, Italian filmmakers were revitalizing the western, securing younger American actors for their productions and also making stars of homegrown talent. Movies directed and produced by Italians have been branded “spaghetti westerns”—a genre that boastsseveral hundred films. In Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer’s Guide, Aliza S. Wong identifies the most significant westerns all’italiana produced as well as the individuals who significantly contributed to the genre. The author profiles such American actors as Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef; composers including Ennio Morricone and Carlo Rustichelli; and, of course, directors like Sergio Corbucci and Sergio Leone. The most memorable movies of the genre are also examined, includingCompañeros, Django; A Fistful of Dollars; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; and They Call Me Trinity. In addition to citing pivotal films and filmmakers, this volume also highlights other relevant aspects of the genre, including popular shooting locations, subgenres like the Zapata western, and the films and filmmakers who were inspired by the spaghetti western, including Quentin Tarantino, Richard Rodriguez, and Takashi Miike. An introduction to a unique homage of American cinema, Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer’s Guide allows fans and scholars alike to learn more about a genre that continues to fascinate audiences.
Author : Michael T. Roper
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462804616
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Memories of My Gay Brothers written by Michael T. Roper and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-03-20 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I could never have imagined what the future had in store for me and my Castro Street friends when I began a memory book in 1985. This is my memoir of more than ninety people I knew in San Francisco who died of AIDS. It was the decimation of a thriving culture in just over a decade. Who cares? We all should.
Author : Dina Siegel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387959602
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (879 download)
Download or read book The Mazzel Ritual written by Dina Siegel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-08-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The academic study of diamonds is as multi-faceted as the precious stones themselves. Mineralogists and geographers have written about them, as have historians and economists and students of art and fashion. They each shine their light on a different aspect of this source of luminous radiance. But who would venture to describe the entire complicated worldwide system starting in the diamond mines and ending with the consumers of Western metropolises? In The Mazzel Ritual: Culture, Customs and Crime in the Diamond Trade, Russian-Israeli cultural anthropologist and criminologist Dina Siegel follows the route of a diamond from the mines of Africa to the shops of Europe and the United States, as it passes through countless hands and places and is smuggled, stolen, cut, polished, sold, exchanged and, finally, worn as jewelry. In the course of this long and exciting journey, a wide range of people face all sorts of risks and criminality, as well as various moral and ethical judgments. Siegel describes the range of ethnic groups that are active in the diamond trade and the culture and customs that are specific to this business. She analyses the dangers and threats to the industry and aims to uncover the strategies and tactics to deal with them. Finally, this story of risk, trust and crime examines the vulnerability of diamond production and distribution to illicit and criminal activities. This book is about the diamond business itself as well as about those involved in it. It tells the story of people who simply cannot stay away from this expensive and alluring commodity.
Author : Jacob Olupona
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814762409
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book African Immigrant Religions in America written by Jacob Olupona and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African immigration to North America has been rapidly increasing. Yet, little has been written about this significant group of immigrants and the particular religious traditions that they are transplanting on our shores, as scholars continue largely to focus instead on immigrants from Europe and Asia. African Immigrant Religions in America focuses on new understandings and insights concerning the presence and relevance of African immigrant religious communities in the United States. It explores the profound significance of religion in the lives of immigrants and the relevance of these growing communities for U.S. social life. It describes key social and historical aspects of African immigrant religion in the U.S. and builds a conceptual framework for theory and analysis. The volume broadens our understandings of the ways in which new immigration is changing the face of Christianity in the U.S. and adds needed breadth to the study of the black church, incorporating the experiences of African immigrant religious communities in America.
Author : Fred Marafono
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1848849761
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)
Download or read book From SAS to Blood Diamond Wars written by Fred Marafono and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece. A young Athenian aristocrat, he came to prominence during the Peloponnesian War (429-404 BC) between Sparta and Athens. Flamboyant, charismatic (and wealthy), this close associate of Socrates persuaded the Athenians to attempt to stand up to the Spartans on land as part of an alliance he was instrumental in bringing together. Although this led to defeat at the Battle of Mantinea in 418 BC, his prestige remained high. He was also a prime mover in Athens' next big strategic gambit, the Sicilian Expedition of 415 BC, for which he was elected as one of the leaders. Shortly after arrival in Sicily, however, he was recalled to face charges of sacrilege allegedly committed during his pre-expedition reveling. Jumping ship on the return journey, he defected to the Spartans.Alcibiades soon ingratiated himself with the Spartans, encouraging them to aid the Sicilians (ultimately resulting in the utter destruction of the Athenian expedition) and to keep year-round pressure on the Athenians. He then seems to have overstepped the bounds of hospitality by sleeping with the Spartan queen and was soon on the run again. He then played a devious and dangerous game of shifting loyalties between Sparta, Athens and Persia. He had a hand in engineering the overthrow of democracy at Athens in favor of an oligarchy, which allowed him to return from exile, though he then opposed the increasingly-extreme excesses of that regime. For a time he looked to have restored Athens' fortunes in the war, but went into exile again after being held responsible for the defeat of one of his subordinates in a naval battle. This time he took refuge with the Persians, but as they were now allied to the Spartans, the cuckolded King Agis of Sparta was able to arrange his assassination by Persian agents.There has been no full length biography of this colorful and important character for twenty years. Professor Rhodes brings the authority of an internationally recognized expert in the field, ensuring that this will be a truly significant addition to the literature on Classical Greece.
Author : Elizabeth Heffelfinger
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781433105951
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Visual Difference written by Elizabeth Heffelfinger and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2011 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, no text exists that focuses exclusively on the concept of postcolonial film as a framework for identifying films produced within and outside of various formerly colonized nations, nor is there a scholarly text that addresses pedagogical issues about and frameworks for teaching such films. This book borrows from and respects various forms of categorization - intercultural, global, third, and accented - while simultaneously seeking to make manifest an alternate space of signification. What feels like a mainstream approach is pedagogically necessary in terms of access, both financial and physical, to the films discussed herein, given that this text proposes models for teaching these works at the university and secondary levels. The focus of this work is therefore twofold: to provide the methodology to read and teach postcolonial film, and also to provide analyses in which scholars and teachers can explore the ways that the films examined herein work to further and complicate our understanding of «postcolonial» as a fraught and evolving theoretical stance.
Author : Randy Shilts
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312241353
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (413 download)
Download or read book And The Band Played on written by Randy Shilts and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-04-09 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigative account of the medical, sexual, and scientific questions surrounding the spread of AIDS across the country.
Author : Fleur Cowles
Publisher : London : F. Muller
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bloody Precedent written by Fleur Cowles and published by London : F. Muller. This book was released on 1952 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fleur Cowles
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book She Made Friends and Kept Them written by Fleur Cowles and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Fleur Cowles brings to her warm and wide-armed book is a sense of generosity, and embraceable quality that is uniquely hers. "Fleur Cowles sits you down beside her far-flung friends--royal and regular--and provides delicious moments that are the sidebars of history."--Liz Carpenter.
Author : Greg Campbell
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465029922
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Blood Diamonds written by Greg Campbell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over. Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how the diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry - institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel - have allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies. These repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global. Updated with a new epilogue.
Author : Thomas Weisser
Publisher : Berkley Trade
ISBN 13 : 9781572972285
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (722 download)
Download or read book Asian Cult Cinema written by Thomas Weisser and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes hundreds of writings and reviews of cinemas as well as a director filmography.
Author : Mark Keating
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1444727877
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)
Download or read book Blood Diamond: A Pirate Devlin Novel written by Mark Keating and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each Devlin novel is a standalone adventure. In BLOOD DIAMOND the fearles pirate captain Devlin is invited to London by the Prince of Wales, no less, and offered an amnesty if he will carry out a daring crime. Devlin is tasked with going to Paris to steal the biggest, most valuable diamond ever found - the Pitt Diamond - now in the possession of the French Prince Regent. Set against the unsure frenzy of speculation known as the South Sea Bubble, with action and suspense on the filthy streets and great palaces of London and Paris, not to mention an epic confrontation with the French navy in the English Channel, BLOOD DIAMOND is sthe most exciting novel yet in the Devlin series.
