The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era, Paperback - Thomas Schatz

In The Genius of the System, Thomas Schatz recalls Hollywood's Golden Age from the 1920s until the dawn of television in the late 1940s, when quali...

Reducere. DescriptionAt a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's t...

The Genius of the Vikings, Paperback

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Reducere. DescriptionHollywood history is more than just colorful. It's dripping with red.As World War II ends, a new boogieman emerges: the Red Menace. When...

The Middle Ages were a period of tremendous cultural and scientific advancement in the Islamic Empire—ideas and inventions that shaped our world. D...

DescriptionCinematics Storyboard Workshop is for any artist who wants to learn how to create professional, production-ready storyboards for film, a...

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Reducere. It isn't easy to be a phage. First, what is a phage? A phage is a virus that infects Bacteria. To succeed, a phage must encounter, recognize, and e...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Genius of Egypt is the incredible story of the world's first multi-faceted genius, Imhotep, and his amazing adventure from humble st...

DescriptionThe Genius of Egypt is the incredible story of the world's first multi-faceted genius, Imhotep, and his amazing adventure from humble st...

Reducere. Describes twelve qualities of genius--including curiosity, sensitivity, inventiveness, imagination, and joy--and includes dozens of suggested activ...

Reducere. Lean Filmmaking is an explosion of creativity, turning conventional wisdom upside down to vigorously shake out obsolete ideas revered by the tradit...

During the first year of the first Waldorf school, Rudolf Steiner agreed to give a science course to the teachers, which was to be on the nature of...

This is the first complete biography of James Hutton, the father of modern geology, who was also a man of immensely wide-ranging intellectual achie...

Reducere. DescriptionHollywood, 1939: When Tinseltown begins to woo wunderkind Orson Welles, he stashes himself at the Chateau Marmont until he's ready to ma...

The first full-colour reproduction of the entire Durer fight book that has ever been published.Publisher: Greenhill BooksAuthor(s): Daniel JaquetIl...

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Reducere. DescriptionSummer, 1936: Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell's first novel, takes the world by storm. Everyone in Hollywood knows Civil War pictu...

DescriptionImmanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century's greatest works of social...

Reducere. "You've got to help me, " Marisol cried. "My brother is innocent "With those words, the North Hollywood Detective Club officially begins as teen su...

The definitive biography of Michael Jackson, a "vivid...gripping...authoritative account of a world-changing force of nature" (Rolling Stone), cele...

DescriptionAlthough the biography of Prophet Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH), has been the subject of many studies, books, references, and comme...

Reducere. DescriptionGary Giddins has been called "the best jazz writer in America today" (Esquire). Louis Armstrong has been called the most influential jaz...

DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Victorian Era, then keep reading...When Queen Victoria stepped onto the throne of...

The definitive bio of the most celebrated figure in Jamaican reggae, Lee Scratch PerryPublisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): David KatzNumber of ...

Reducere. Images of Apartheid: Filmmaking on the Fringe in the Old South Africa is an exploration of the low budget, black-action cinema that emerged in Sout...

A visionary, Band was also at the vanguard of the transition to home video and streaming, making and distributing direct-to-video movies long befor...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Michael (film director, UK) WinterbottomNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 251 x ...

Peter Ralston's exceptionally lucid trilogy on the nature of human consciousness culminates here in The Genius of Being, a book of deep contemplati...

Reducere. An in-depth guide for engaging with anxiety--not as an affliction, but as an essential source of foresight, intuition, and energy for completing yo...

Trend Following Mindset brings to life the timeless conversations between Tom Basso and Michael Covell - Tom shares with Michael his deep wisdom on...

Discover the transformational power of yogic meditation--a practice that goes beyond mindfulness to help you access your innate "inner genius" and ...

Publisher: Whitechapel GalleryIllustration(s): 200 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 301 x 276 x 37Co...

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Reducere. A groundbreaking manifesto decoding the phenomenon of genius through the life of Jesus of Nazareth, revealing the untapped potential within every h...

Drawing on Ralph Ellison's recently published 'unfinished' novel, newly released archival materials, and unpublished correspondence, Parrish provid...

A building that is not just a brilliant work of architecture in its own right but that also provides an inspiring, tailor-made environment in which...

DescriptionTwenty-First-Century Hollywood looks into the contexts of studio film production in the new century in order to understand what shapes t...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Victorian Era, then keep reading...When Queen Victoria stepped onto the throne of Great Brit...

In what has become the era of the mass shooting, we are routinely taken to scenes of terrible violence. Often neglected, however, is the long after...

From Prince's superstardom to studio seclusion, this second book in the Prince Studio Sessions series chronicles the years immediately following th...

Pre-Code Hollywood explores the fascinating period in American motion picture history from 1930 to 1934 when the commandments of the Production Cod...

Cinema of Actuality analyzes Japanese avant-garde filmmakers' struggle to radicalize cinema in light of the intensifying politics of spectacle and ...

A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twent...

DescriptionA story of mercy, miracles, and melody--and above all else: love.During the Great Depression, Fred Allen is born poor and hungry in the ...

Reducere. System is a heavily illustrated science fiction story about a gifted protege who emerges as an unlikely symbol of hope when an attempt to reverse e...