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The Suspense Thriller

Author : Charles Derry
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786462407
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Suspense Thriller written by Charles Derry and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive study of one of the most popular genres in the cinema. From a perspective sympathetic to popular culture, this study analyzes a large number of primarily American and European films by a variety of distinguished directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Chabrol, John Frankenheimer, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Costa-Gavras. Indispensable to anyone interested in understanding how suspense thrillers work and what they mean, this book provides insightful analysis of hundreds of memorable films, while at the same time working as a virtual how-to manual for anyone trying to write a Hitchcock-like thriller. The first section of the book is primarily theoretical. It offers a bibliographical survey and then explains why we so profoundly enjoy these suspenseful films of murder and intrigue. A chapter on "Thrills: or, How Objects and Empty Spaces Compete to Threaten Us" explores the psychological concept of the thrill and relates it to the psyche of the spectator. To what extent does the suspense thriller represent a symbolic and vicarious experience of danger? A chapter on "Suspense That Makes the Spectator Take a Breath" explores the crucial narrative concept of suspense and relates it to the psychological mechanisms of anxiety incited in the spectator. Why do we like to be scared? A final theoretical chapter offers a dynamic definition of the suspense thriller derived in part from Edgar Allan Poe and based primarily on content analysis. The second section of the book is more of an historical survey and devotes one chapter to each of the suspense thriller's primary sub-genres. These chapters provide close readings of more than 150 major films and detailed analysis of the suspense thriller's conventions, themes, and recurrent iconography. Sub-genres include The Postman Always Rings Twice, Body Heat, The Manchurian Candidate, The China Syndrome, Missing, The Passenger, Spellbound, Obsession, Marathon Man and Blue Velvet. A final chapter explores areas for further research and offers concluding insights.

Psychology

Author : Frank J. Bruno
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471323624
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Psychology written by Frank J. Bruno and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-11-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A complete course, from brain biology to abnormal psychology * Hundreds of questions and many review tests * Key concepts and terms defined and explained Master key concepts. Answer challenging questions. Prepare for exams. Learn at your own pace. What are the two basic psychological dimensions of emotions? How do you define abnormal behavior? Is extrasensory perception real? What is Viktor Frankl known for? With Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide, you'll discover the answers to these questions and many more. Frank Bruno explains all the major psychological theories and terms in this book, covering perception, motivation, thinking, personality, sensation, intelligence, research methods, and much more. He presents the foundations of psychology and the biology of behavior; explores how children develop into adults and the psychological factors that make us individuals; and examines various mental disorders and the types of therapy used to treat them. The step-by-step, Q&A format of Psychology makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview of the topic. Like the other popular Self-Teaching Guides, Psychology allows you to build gradually on what you have learned-at your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who seeks a greater understanding of human behavior.

New York Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1983-05-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

It

Author : Joseph Roach
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472069361
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (693 download)

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Download or read book It written by Joseph Roach and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2007-04-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty and engaging exploration of the elusive quality of charm, animal magnetism, or charisma possessed by extraordinarily interesting people through the ages

A Thrill to Remember

Author : Lori Wilde
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1426821107
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book A Thrill to Remember written by Lori Wilde and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time to live a little, Meggie Scofield decides at the town'smasquerade party. Have a red-hot fling. Do the wild thing. Andthe masked stranger she meets that hot and steamy night is theperfect way to begin. This guy is sex-on-legs—and Meggie'sdetermined to go out on a limb! As the last bachelor up for grabs in chilly Bear Creek, Alaska,Caleb Greenleaf has been fending off women for months. Butthis gorgeous masked one is different, he senses. She sends histemperature—and libido—soaring out of control. It's a nighthe'll never forget. A thrilling experience he definitelywants to repeat.But Caleb's delight soon turns to shock when he discovers she'snone other than his nemesis—and sexy neighbor—Meggie Scofield. And she has no idea!

Alternative Projections

Author : David E. James
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 086196909X
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Alternative Projections written by David E. James and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers discussing Los Angeles’s role in avant-garde, experimental, and minority filmmaking. Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980 is a groundbreaking anthology that features papers from a conference and series of film screenings on postwar avant-garde filmmaking in Los Angeles sponsored by Filmforum, the Getty Foundation, and the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, together with newly-commissioned essays, an account of the screening series, reprints of historical documents by and about experimental filmmakers in the region, and other rare photographs and ephemera. The resulting diverse and multi-voiced collection is of great importance, not simply for its relevance to Los Angeles, but also for its general discoveries and projections about alternative cinemas. “Alternative Projections provides a useful corollary and often a corrective to what has become a somewhat unilateral approach to experimental cinema in the period taken up here.” —Millennium Film Journal “[T]here are enough examples of ingenuity and achievement contained in this volume to unite a new generation of independent artists, exhibitors, and audiences in maintaining a viable outlet for cinematic creativity in Los Angeles.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

How to Write a Thriller

Author : Patrick Quinlan
Publisher : Patrick Quinlan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Write a Thriller written by Patrick Quinlan and published by Patrick Quinlan. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you feeling frustrated with your writing? Get HOW TO WRITE A THRILLER, and you will: - Learn to write a page-turning thriller just like the pros do. - Save yourself YEARS of trial and error. - Write with confidence, because you know exactly what you’re doing. When you buy HOW TO WRITE A THRILLER, here's what you're going to get: - a process for structuring and writing a thriller, that I have used again and again to consistently write page turners, and which has guided the creation of some of the bestselling novels of the past 50 years; - a step-by-step breakdown of how this process works (with a slew of examples), and how to make it work for you; - a shortcut used widely within the publishing and film industries, and which you can use to quickly and easily brainstorm ideas for saleable novels; - how to create so much suspense, it forces the reader to keep turning pages late into the night (despite the fact that they have to work in the morning), and how you can accomplish this effect; - how to hook readers from the very first page, and never lose their attention; - how to develop realistic characters, and the traits that some of the most popular and enduring characters in history have in common; About the author: Patrick Quinlan is the author of more than 30 books and ebooks, written under his own name and (at last count) three pen names. He has been an Amazon, iTunes, Los Angeles Times, London Times and USA Today bestselling author. Books he has written have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and been translated into at least ten languages. His novel SMOKED was optioned for film three times. A spy novel he wrote under a pen name, which was given away free as part of a promotion, was the most downloaded ebook in the English language on Christmas Day, 2015. Patrick is the co-author, with legendary movie star Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, The Hitcher) of Rutger’s autobiography, ALL THOSE MOMENTS. Patrick will teach you everything he knows. Praise for Patrick Quinlan's writing: "Tarantino-esque novel about the past catching up with an ex-criminal turned children’s toymaker, and by extension with his young girlfriend Lola. Lots of villains and violent deaths plus likeable characters and some quirky humour. The first chapter – in which Lola busts her way out of a thoroughly nasty rape scenario with karate-kicking panache – would hook anyone." -- The Bookseller (UK) "Graphic action and exhilarating chases ensue as Quinlan's characters play cat-and-mouse through Portland,...makes one hope that Smoke hasn't quit the life entirely. Lola is a fierce delight." -- Publishers Weekly "A fast and furious thriller notable for a vintage collection of really rotten bad guys. Characters to care about, even the no-goods. Readers may be bearing early witness to the arrival of a major talent." -- Kirkus Reviews "SMOKED should absorb any fan of Bruckheimer blockbusters and everything else that goes boom." -- Entertainment Weekly "A fast-paced thriller...the story moves at warp speed, capped by a cinematic chase...before ending in spectacular fashion." -- Los Angeles Times

Bird Dream

Author : Matt Higgins
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143127462
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Bird Dream written by Matt Higgins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heart-stopping narrative of risk and courage, Bird Dream tells the story of the remarkable men and women who pioneered the latest advances in aerial exploration--from skydiving to BASE jumping to wingsuit flying--and made history with their daring.

The Man Who Never Returned

Author : Peter Quinn
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 153150082X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Never Returned written by Peter Quinn and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Quinn’s The Man Who Never Returned is a noir-ish, stylized detective narrative set in 1950s New York. It follows Fintan, a retired detective turned private investigator who has been given the job of finding Judge Crater, who just went missing in 1930. Based on a real story, it is quite an intriguing tale that was even more so for people living at the time. The famous missing-person case is comparable to the Amelia Earhart missing-person case, though it could have been an even more interesting one. It was alleged that the missing judge may have had information about underhanded dealings in the New York judiciary. It was believed that if such information came to light, Franklin D. Roosevelt, then governor of New York, would have had a hard time becoming the president of the United States. There were also rumors that the judge, who was a known ladies’ man, had either decided to disappear or had fallen afoul of the mafia. Featuring hardboiled characters and a beautiful re-creation of New York from the ’50s, it is quite a compelling read.

The Speed Handbook

Author : Enda Duffy
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822392372
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Speed Handbook written by Enda Duffy and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speed, the sensation one gets when driving fast, was described by Aldous Huxley as the single new pleasure invented by modernity. The Speed Handbook is a virtuoso exploration of Huxley’s claim. Enda Duffy shows how the experience of speed has always been political and how it has affected nearly all aspects of modern culture. Primarily a result of the mass-produced automobile, the experience of speed became the quintessential way for individuals to experience modernity, to feel modernity in their bones. Duffy plunges full-throttle into speed’s “adrenaline aesthetics,” offering deft readings of works ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, through J. G. Ballard’s Crash, to the cautionary consumerism of Ralph Nader. He describes how speed changed understandings of space, distance, chance, and violence; how the experience of speed was commodified in the dawning era of mass consumption; and how society was incited to abhor slowness and desire speed. He examines how people were trained by new media such as the cinema to see, hear, and sense speed, and how speed, demanded of the efficient assembly-line worker, was given back to that worker as the chief thrill of leisure. Assessing speed’s political implications, Duffy considers how speed pleasure was offered to citizens based on criteria including their ability to pay and their gender, and how speed quickly became something to be patrolled by governments. Drawing on novels, news reports, photography, advertising, and much more, Duffy provides a breakneck tour through the cultural dynamics of speed.

Olympic Act

Author : Bill Gross
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595004202
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Olympic Act written by Bill Gross and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olympic Act is a fictional account about a CIA agent who becomes the action officer in a counter terrorism program involving biological warfare attacks against NATO and other United States interests. For the most part, the book is a first person description as though the agent was relating his actions, and his qualifications and background, to the reader. The action portion of Olympic Act is based wholly in a contemporary setting; involving the current (1999-2000) geo-political scene as it exists in the Trans-Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. The book delves into national and international political aspirations and problems; and it cites many of the inter-actions found in that environment. It specifically addresses the Russian Federation and its wants and needs to restore itself to a position of prominence and power, under Valdimir Putin. It shows interactions between the Russian Federation and the European Union; and it addresses the effects of rising Islamic political power throughout the Middle East.

Working for the clampdown

Author : Colin Coulter
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526114232
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Working for the clampdown written by Colin Coulter and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a range of writers from different academic disciplines and different locations to provide an engaging and accessible critical exploration of one of the most revered and reviled bands in the history of popular music. The essays collated here locate The Clash in their own explosive cultural moment of punk's year zero and examine how the group speaks from beyond the grave to the uncanny parallels of other moments of social and political crisis. In addition, the collection considers the impact of the band in a range of different geopolitical contexts, with various contributors exploring what the band meant in settings as diverse as Italy, England, Northern Ireland, Australia and the United States. The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the most influential bands ever to have graced a stage.

The Psychosocial Interior of the Family

Author : Gerald Handel
Publisher : AldineTransaction
ISBN 13 : 9780202304939
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Psychosocial Interior of the Family written by Gerald Handel and published by AldineTransaction. This book was released on 1994 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-awaited fourth edition has the same goal as the preceding editions: to understand families in terms of the kinds of interaction through which family life is constructed. The changes in the family as an institution have influenced these processes, just as they have influenced the ways we understand and write about them. But even in these "postmodern" circumstances, an underlying premise of the volume is that two partners establish a family because they have selected each other as distinctively meaningful to one another. They will affirm, modify, elaborate, or retreat from various aspects of the relationship through interaction over time and in changing circumstances. This volume contains the best available interdisciplinary work on the social psychology of the family. More than half of the selections are new to this edition, which incorporates a variety of theoretical and research perspectives that provide the reader with a range of authoritative and up-to-date sources on the family and interpersonal relations. The newer forms of family organization that have emerged in the more recent literature - specifically, single-parent families, stepfamilies, and families of gay and lesbian domestic partners - are included. Authors have been drawn from a variety of disciplines, including sociology, communication, family studies, human development, psychology, anthropology, and social work.

General Ecology

Author : Erich Hörl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350014710
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book General Ecology written by Erich Hörl and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecology has become one of the most urgent and lively fields in both the humanities and sciences. In a dramatic widening of scope beyond its original concern with the coexistence of living organisms within a natural environment, it is now recognized that there are ecologies of mind, information, sensation, perception, power, participation, media, behavior, belonging, values, the social, the political... a thousand ecologies. This proliferation is not simply a metaphorical extension of the figurative potential of natural ecology: rather, it reflects the thoroughgoing imbrication of natural and technological elements in the constitution of the contemporary environments we inhabit, the rise of a cybernetic natural state, with its corresponding mode of power. Hence this ecology of ecologies initiates and demands that we go beyond the specificity of any particular ecology: a general thinking of ecology which may also constitute an ecological transformation of thought itself is required. In this ambitious and radical new volume of writings, some of the most exciting contemporary thinkers in the field take on the task of revealing and theorizing the extent of the ecologization of existence as the effect of our contemporary sociotechnological condition: together, they bring out the complexity and urgency of the challenge of ecological thought-one we cannot avoid if we want to ask and indeed have a chance of affecting what forms of life, agency, modes of existence, human or otherwise, will participate-and how-in this planet's future.

Treating Psychological Trauma and PTSD

Author : John P. Wilson
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1462506097
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Treating Psychological Trauma and PTSD written by John P. Wilson and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents an innovative psychobiological framework for understanding and treating PTSD. A major emphasis is the need to reformulate diagnostic criteria and treatment goals to reflect emerging knowledge about the complex pathways by which trauma disrupts people's lives. Within a holistic, organismic framework, the editors identify 65 PTSD symptoms contained within five (rather than the traditional three) symptom clusters, and spell out 80 target objectives for treatment. Expert contributors then provide detailed presentations of core therapeutic approaches, including acute posttraumatic interventions, cognitive-behavioral approaches, pharmacotherapy, group psychotherapy, and psychodynamic techniques, as well as approaches to working with specific populations, including children, refugees, and the dually diagnosed. The concluding section reviews and synthesizes all case material presented, examining which symptoms are addressed by each of the core approaches, which treatment goals are met, and which clients can most effectively be helped. Combining cutting-edge theoretical exposition with clear-cut recommendations for practice, this is an ideal resource for clinicians, students, and researchers.

Expressive and Creative Arts Methods for Trauma Survivors

Author : Lois J. Carey
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1843103869
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Expressive and Creative Arts Methods for Trauma Survivors written by Lois J. Carey and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on detailed case studies and a growing body of evidence of the benefits of non-verbal therapies, the contributors - all leading practitioners in their fields - provide an overview of creative therapies that tap into sensate aspects of the brain not always reached by verbal therapy alone.

Fun & Games & Higher Education

Author : Randle W. Nelsen
Publisher : Between the Lines
ISBN 13 : 1926662091
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Fun & Games & Higher Education written by Randle W. Nelsen and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 2010-12-08 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun & Games & Higher Education ranges from Wayne's World to hot-rodding, from automobility to the popular phenomenon know as the tailgate party, from German sociologist George Simmel to Canadian Media Guru Marshall McLuhan—all in the interests in exploring North American obsession with play, and particularly the intersection between education, work, and leisure.