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The Fruit Machine

Author : Thomas Waugh
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822380943
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Fruit Machine written by Thomas Waugh and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twenty years, film critic, teacher, activist, and fan Thomas Waugh has been writing about queer movies. As a member of the Jump Cut collective and contributor to the Toronto-based gay newspaper the Body Politic, he emerged in the late 1970s as a pioneer in gay film theory and criticism, and over the next two decades solidified his reputation as one of the most important and influential gay film critics. The Fruit Machine—a collection of Waugh’s reviews and articles originally published in gay community tabloids, academic journals, and anthologies—charts the emergence and maturation of Waugh’s critical sensibilities while lending an important historical perspective to the growth of film theory and criticism as well as queer moviemaking. In this wide-ranging anthology Waugh touches on some of the great films of the gay canon, from Taxi zum Klo to Kiss of the Spider Woman. He also discusses obscure guilty pleasures like Born a Man . . . Let Me Die a Woman, unexpectedly rich movies like Porky’s and Caligula, filmmakers such as Fassbinder and Eisenstein, and film personalities from Montgomery Clift to Patty Duke. Emerging from the gay liberation movement of the 1970s, Waugh traverses crises from censorship to AIDS, tackling mainstream potboilers along with art movies, documentaries, and avant-garde erotic videos. In these personal perspectives on the evolving cinematic landscape, his words oscillate from anger and passion to wry wit and irony. With fifty-nine rare film stills and personal photographs and an introduction by celebrated gay filmmaker John Greyson, this volume demonstrates that the movie camera has been the fruit machine par excellence.

Nudge, Nudge

Author : Guy Bellamy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780552120890
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Nudge, Nudge written by Guy Bellamy and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Adolescent Gambling

Author : Mark Griffiths
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415058346
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (583 download)

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Download or read book Adolescent Gambling written by Mark Griffiths and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Griffiths has carried out extensive research into why some adolescents get hooked on gambling, how they gamble and what can be done about it. In this book he provides an overview of adolescent gambling worldwide.

Pennies from Heaven

Author : Kris Sinclair
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1409207293
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Pennies from Heaven written by Kris Sinclair and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While clutching the handgun inside the pocket of his grey overcoat, it began to dawn upon Harry there would be no response to the knocks he had made on the front door of the flat. He began to wonder how he would face Frederick without the money. Harry turned from the door and made his way to the top of the stairs. From where he stood, the second floor was beyond his view. He glanced down at his shoes that now glistened in the dim light of the corridor before taking the first step down the stairs.

The Canadian War on Queers

Author : Gary Kinsman
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774859024
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian War on Queers written by Gary Kinsman and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1950s to the late 1990s, agents of the state spied on, interrogated, and harassed gays and lesbians in Canada, employing social ideologies and other practices to construct their targets as threats to society. Based on official security documents and interviews with gays, lesbians, civil servants, and high-ranking officials, this path-breaking book discloses acts of state repression and forms of resistance that raise questions about just whose national security was being protected. Passionate and personalized, this account of how the state used the ideology of national security to wage war on its own people offers ways of understanding, and resisting, contemporary conflicts such as the "war on terror."

This is Improbable

Author : Marc Abrahams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780741146
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book This is Improbable written by Marc Abrahams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laugh out loud and then think seriously about these outlandish scientific studies Marc Abrahams, the mind behind the internationally renowned Ig Nobel Prizes, is on a mission: to gather the bizarre, the questionable, the brilliant, the downright funny, the profound – everything improbable – from the annals of science research. What’s the best way to slice a ham sandwich, mathematically? What makes Bobs look especially Bob-like? Is the right or left ear better at discerning lies? Could mice be outfitted with parachutes to kill tree snakes?

Gentlemen of Bacongo

Author : Daniele Tamagni
Publisher : Trolley Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen of Bacongo written by Daniele Tamagni and published by Trolley Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: "This book provides a fascinating insight to the vibrant street style of the "Sapeurs", the elegant and immaculately dressed dandies from the heart of the Congo. The Sapeurs today belong to 'Le SAPE' (Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes, or the Society of Tastemakers and Elegant people) - one of the world's most exclusive clubs. Members have their own code of honour, codes of professional conduct and strict notions of morality. It is a world within a world within a city. Designer brands of suits and accessories are of the utmost importance to Sapeurs - Pierre Cardin, Roberto Cavalli, Dior, Fendi, Gaultier, Gucci, Issey Miyake, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Versace, Yohji Yamamoto - are their patron saints. Unlike some US hip-hop gangs who are dressed in similar fine threads, there is no bloodshed here - here your clothes do all the fighting for you, otherwise you are not fit to be called a Sapeur. The result is a unique and inspiring style, that has captured the imagination of people all over the world - the sapeurs are now truly the kings of elegance"-- Publisher's web site.

THE SOCIOLOGY OF GAMBLING

Author : Mikal Aasved
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 : 0398084122
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book THE SOCIOLOGY OF GAMBLING written by Mikal Aasved and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second in a series of books intended to review and evaluate the most popular and influential explanations for gambling and the many research studies that have been conducted to confirm or refute them. This book focuses on the contributions of specialists in the social sciences, most of whom are convinced that gambling is a consequence of the social or subcultural environment in which the gambler lives. To further the understanding of why people gamble, investigators went to places where gambling occurred and spent time among and interacted with the gamblers. Some attended Gamblers Anonymous meetings and others became participant observers in gambling establishments by becoming employed as roulette croupiers or card dealers. Topics covered include the gambler’s point of view, the researcher’s point of view, social structure, economics, statistical tests of earlier ideas, special populations, ‘‘armchair’’ theories, gambling and the public, problem correlates, and risk factors. In addition, a critique of the qualitative and quantitative studies involving survey research methods and interview research methods is given that provides theoretical explanations for why people gamble. Numerous results from geographical surveys are provided, as well as tables that examine the research of problem gambling.

Addictions and Problem Drug Use

Author : Michael Bloor
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781853024382
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Addictions and Problem Drug Use written by Michael Bloor and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews recent research into the nature and effects of addiction and considers the usefulness of policies which aim to prevent it. The contributors focus on topics such as smoking, alcoholism, gambling and injecting drug use, examining treatment and the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programmes. Such programmes include services for steroid users, needle exchange provision, and social workers' intervention in alcoholism. The reasons why people turn to substance abuse are explored as well as the real effects on health along with other subjects of importance to social workers such as the estimation of drug misuse prevalence. There is also discussion of government policy on drugs in Britain and Holland.

Billboard

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1961-03-06 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

Pub Companies

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business and Enterprise Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215530134
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Pub Companies written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business and Enterprise Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HC 1183-i, session 2007-08

Contemporary Psychiatry

Author : Fritz Henn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642595197
Total Pages : 2231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Psychiatry written by Fritz Henn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 2231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German version of this work has a long tradition, and this fourth edition is the first to see an English version. Its main feature is the international approach regarding both authors and topics. The four internationally renowned editors were able to acquire the leading specialists for each field as contributors to the book. No less than 120 authors, half of them from non-German speaking countries, ensure an extremely high standard and that cross-cultural aspects are considered. Another major feature is that the book presents the evidence such that it may be examined from at least four different entry points -- via basic disciplines of psychiatric knowledge about groups defined by demographic criteria. Detailed linkages to other chapters allow the inclusion of neighbouring disciplines, such as the neurosciences and molecular biology. Contemporary Psychiatry is also unique in including chapters on psychiatric disorders caused by catastrophes, disasters etc. -- aspects totally neglected by normal textbooks. While this book gives an overall view of the state of the art of psychiatric knowledge, it even goes so far as to suggest future perspectives.

Top 50 Most Influential Gay Movies Of All Time

Author : Jason Shaw
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1471086453
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Top 50 Most Influential Gay Movies Of All Time written by Jason Shaw and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful fully comprehensive guide to the most influential gay movies of all time! exhaustively researched, each film is presented with a full plot synopsis, honest and frank review and reader comments. This is an exceptional book, full of insight, entertainment and knowledge. A must for any film buff or cinema goer!

Materiality of Cooperation

Author : Sebastian Gießmann
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3658394684
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (583 download)

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Download or read book Materiality of Cooperation written by Sebastian Gießmann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume investigates the socio-material dimension and media practices of cooperation – before, during and beyond situations. Cooperation is understood as reciprocal interplay operating with or without consensus, in co-presence or absence of the involved actors in distributed situations. Artefacts, bodies, texts and infrastructures are the media that make cooperation possible. They enable and configure reciprocal accomplishments – and are themselves created through media practices in cooperative situations.

The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2054 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 2054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Marching to the Freedom Dream

Author :
Publisher : Trolley Press
ISBN 13 : 9781907112478
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Marching to the Freedom Dream written by and published by Trolley Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marching To The Freedom Dream presents American photojournalist Dan Budniks significant body of work documenting three seminal marches of the civil rights movement. It is published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and precedes the 50th anniversaries of the Selma-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act in 2015. An introduction to the book is written by prolific civil rights activist, Harry Belafonte.

A Gambling Guide

Author : Nicolae Sfetcu
Publisher : Nicolae Sfetcu
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 975 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Gambling Guide written by Nicolae Sfetcu and published by Nicolae Sfetcu. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gambling as a betting action – wagering money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money or material goods. A guide about what is gambling (with a special section for online gambling), casino games with both beatable casino games (poker , blackjack, video poker with progressive jackpot, pai gow poker, sports betting, horse racing – parimutuel, slot machines and other gambling machines) and unbeatable casino games (baccarat, craps, roulette, keno, casino war, faro, pachinko, sic bo, let it ride, 3-card poker, 4-card poker, red dog, Caribbean stud poker, etc.), and non-casino gambling games (bingo, lottery, mahjong, backgammon, bridge, etc.). Fixed-odds gambling in sports is also present in this book with horse racing, greyhound racing, football (particularly association football, American football and rugby), golf, tennis, cricket, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, snooker, motor sports, boxing, darts, cross-country skiing and biathlon. Please, don’t forget to take a look to the legality of the gambling and online gambling, as well as to the articles, warnings and links dedicated to the gambling addiction. Extreme cases of problem gambling may cross over into the realm of mental disorders.