Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro. Histories of the Everyday, Paperback - Woojeong Joo

This book offers a new interpretation of Ozu Yasujiro's career, from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963, focusing on Ozu's depi...

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We know a lot about the directors and stars of Italian cinema's heyday, from Roberto Rossellini to Sophia Loren. But what do we know about the Ital...

Blood in the Streets investigates the various ways in which 1970s Italian crime films were embedded in their immediate cultural and political conte...

Mundane Methods brings together an exciting array of interdisiplinary approaches to researching the extra-ordinary everyday. Covering themes of mat...

Reducere. In Plain Sight reveals symbols of faith found in everyday surroundings. Through original photography and inspirational messages, Amy Bretall shares...

Reducere. A collection of household prayers that celebrates daily tasks such as making the bed and reading the newspaper while that examining their relations...

The mystery of the body in motion. The surprise of seeing what seems impossible. And the pure, joyful optimism of it all. Dancers Among Us presents...

A World History of Rubber helps readers understand and gain new insights into the social and cultural contexts of global production and consumption...

In this accessible guide, Jen Russell-Smith breaks down the barriers beginners face around sketching, and shows you how to begin with quick, loose ...

This book is a social history of popular history in Britain between the end of the First World War and the 1970s. It considers how ordinary people ...

Reducere. DescriptionSpread hygge happiness throughout your life.The Secret Joy of Hygge (HOO-gah) shows you how to make small changes to bring more warmth a...

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Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Ella Frances SandersNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 141 x 215 x 22Cover type: Paperba...

Contributor(s): Author: Paul SchraderWith a new introduction, acclaimed director and screenwriter Paul Schrader revisits and updates his contemplat...

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DescriptionWith 192+ illustrations, The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Inventions introduces readers to the fascinating, humorous, and often for...

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing CoAuthor(s): Frederick Christian BauerschmidtNumber of pages: 242Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 2...

DescriptionThe Elements of a Home reveals the fascinating stories behind more than 60 everyday household objects and furnishings. Brimming with amu...

Reducere. DescriptionIt's easy to disconnect when life moves fast. Practicing Mindfulness offers effective exercises and meditations to live every moment of ...

This original, field-changing collection explores the plasticity and unfinishedness of human subjects and lifeworlds, advancing the conceptual terr...

Observation is the most pervasive and fundamental practice of all the modern sciences, both natural and human. This collection offers an examinatio...

Abu Sa'id 'Abd al-Hayy Gardizi was an author and historian living in the mid-eleventh century at the height of the Turkish Ghazvanid dynasty.

Reducere. "Simply put, Harry Mathias has done it again. "The Death & Rebirth of Cinema" solidifies Mathias's standing as THE great translator of film-to-digi...

This books explores how qigong can be incorporated into yoga sequencing by covering key concepts and principles. It will allow yoga teachers to bec...

Reducere. Written in the 2nd century by the Greek historian Polybius, "The Histories" is a multi-volume work detailing many of the events, people, and ideas ...

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Remains of the Everyday traces the changing material culture and industrial ecology of China through the lens of recycling. Over the last century, ...

Reducere. Indian cinema completed a century in 2013. The centenary was marked by special events celebrating cinema over the last century. Books were written ...

Reducere. Healing Haunted Histories tackles the oldest and deepest injustices on the North American continent. Violations which inhabit every intersection of...

Reducere. Aparut in toamna lui 2016, romanul Kim Jiyeong, nascuta in 1982 a fost dublu premiat in Coreea, obtinand in 2017 Premiul Scriitori de azi si fiind ...

Winner of the Casa de las Am�rica Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino Jos� Maria, set a...

Publisher: University of Alberta PressNumber of pages: 512Publication date: 2002Dimensions: 244 x 173 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s)...

The Akunin Project is the first book to study the fiction and popular history of Grigorii Chkhartishvili, one of the most successful writers in pos...

The Advanced Level texts are the seventh and eighth in a five-level series developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and linguists of...

Reducere. One of the most notable novels of the year, hailed by both critics and K-pop stars alike, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 follows one woman's psychic deteri...

Through multiple perspectives from both sides of the border, the collected essays in These Ragged Edges argue that rapidly changing conditions alon...

A collection of first-person narratives from an international group of art historians, curators, artists and archivists. Fills a significant gap in...

This is an elegant, readable narrative of Nauru's imperial history that makes a compelling argument for the island's significance in the history of...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): John TaggIllustration(s): 40 black & whilte illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Keith DowmanIn Tibetan Buddhism, Mahamudra represents a perfected level of meditative realization: it is the inseparable un...

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Reducere. Chilean filmmaker Raoul Ruiz is the author of some 100 feature-length films, along with numerous plays and multi-media installations. In Poetics of...

Publisher: Fantasma Books, U.S.Author(s): Loris CurciIllustration(s): b/w photosPublication date: 1996Dimensions: 227 x 153 x 10Cover type: Paperba...

In Cinema, If You Please, Murray Pomerance explores our ways of watching film in light of socially organized forms of pleasure that date back to th...

Thames estuary native Crampton looks at the past and present of the key entrance/exit to Britain - the politics of the area, the shifting economic ...

DescriptionTim Cassedy's fascinating study examines the role that language played at the turn of the nineteenth century as a marker of one's identi...