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 Avoiding the Ageing Parent Trap: How to plan ahead and prevent legal andfamily issues by Brian Herd English | 2021 | ISBN: 1922488011 | 305 pages | EPUB | 0.71 Mb Informative and insightful, this is the essential family guide to preparing for ageing parents.  Atom Egoyan's 'The Adjuster' By Tom McSorley 2009 | 128 Pages | ISBN: 1442641169 | PDF | 2 MB One of Canada's pre-eminent auteur filmmakers, Atom Egoyan has been celebrated internationally, earning multiple awards from the prestigious Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals and an Academy Award nomination. One of his most accomplished and controversial early works, The Adjuster, is a dark drama about the complex and intense relationship between an insurance adjuster and his clients.In this accessible analysis, Tom McSorley traces the genesis, production, and reception of Egoyan's fourth feature film, from its Cannes Film Festival premiere to its North American commercial release. The book locates The Adjuster in the larger context of Canadian cinema history's peculiar and often troubled evolution, and offers a provocative interpretation of the film's unique analysis of the malaise of materialism in North American culture. Richly illustrated and featuring new interview material with Egoyan himself, this study in the Canadian Cinema series offers an insightful review of one of Atom Egoyan's most searching, unsettling films.  Christian Smith, "Atheist Overreach: What Atheism Can't Deliver" English | 2018 | pages: 169 | ISBN: 0190880929 | PDF | 1,1 mb In recent years atheism has become ever more visible, acceptable, and influential. Atheist apologists have become increasingly vociferous and confident in their claims: that a morality requiring benevolence towards all and universal human rights need not be grounded in religion; that modern  Another War Against The Jews: Zelenskyy Family in The Holocaust Again?: The Russia Ukraine War, What Putin Wants And How President Zelenskyy Have Fought Back In Defense of the Soviet Ukraine by Zac W. Billy English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09VHZWBPB | EPUB | 0.13 Mb This is actually another war against the Jews in the Soviet Ukraine. The untold story of the Russia-Ukraine war which originally emitted in mid-2014 and immediately progressed to a long impasse, with ordinary shelling and conflicts happening along the bleeding edge that isolates Russian and Ukrainian controlled line districts in the east. Russia began its full-scale military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since then, more than a hundred civilians have been killed and tens of thousands of Ukrainians have fled to neighboring nations including Poland, a NATO country where the U.S. armies are getting ready to offer help.  Angels and Entrepreneurs: A Lifestyle Formula for Starting Your Own Business and Riding the Rollercoaster of Entrepreneurship by Bob Schlegel English | March 8th, 2022 | ISBN: 1637581513 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 17.29 MB Wall Street Journal bestseller!  Analysing Popular Music: Image, Sound and Text By David Machin 2010 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1848600224 | PDF | 13 MB Popular music is far more than just songs we listen to; its meanings are also in album covers, lyrics, subcultures, voices and video soundscapes. Like language these elements can be used to communicate complex cultural ideas, values, concepts and identities. Analysing Popular Music is a lively look at the semiotic resources found in the sounds, visuals and words that comprise the 'code book' of popular music. It explains exactly how popular music comes to mean so much. Packed with examples, exercises and a glossary, this book provides the reader with the knowledge and skills they need to carry out their own analyses of songs, soundtracks, lyrics and album covers.  American Cinema of the 1920s: Themes and Variations By Lucy Fischer, Lucy Fischer, Angela Dalle Vacche, Jennifer M. Bean, Sumiko Higashi, Professor Michael Aronson, Professor Mark Anderson, Professor Sara Ross, Professor Gwenda Young, Professor Maureen Turim, Marcia Landy 2009 | 312 Pages | ISBN: 081354484X | PDF | 4 MB During the 1920s, sound revolutionized the motion picture industry and cinema continued as one of the most significant and popular forms of mass entertainment in the world. Film studios were transformed into major corporations, hiring a host of craftsmen and technicians including cinematographers, editors, screenwriters, and set designers. The birth of the star system supported the meteoric rise and celebrity status of actors including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, and Rudolph Valentino while black performers (relegated to "race films") appeared infrequently in mainstream movies. The classic Hollywood film style was perfected and significant film genres were established: the melodrama, western, historical epic, and romantic comedy, along with slapstick, science fiction, and fantasy.In ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1920s examines the film industry's continued growth and prosperity while focusing on important themes of the era.  America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry By Daniel Eagan 2009 | 832 Pages | ISBN: 0826429777 | PDF | 9 MB America's Film Legacy is a guide to the most significant films ever made in the United States. Unlike opinionated Top 100 and arbitrary Best of lists, these are the real thing: groundbreaking films that make up the backbone of American cinema. Some are well-known, such as Citizen Kane, The Jazz Singer, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Birth of a Nation, and Boyz n the Hood. Others are more obscure, such as Blacksmith Scene, The Blue Bird, The Docks of New York, Star Theatre, and A Bronx Morning. Daniel Eagan s beautifully written and authoritative book is for anyone who loves American movies and who wants to learn more about them.  Albert Maysles By Joe McElhaney 2009 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0252034295 | PDF | 3 MB Albert Maysles has created some of the most influential documentaries of the postwar period. Such films as Salesman, Gimme Shelter, and Grey Gardens continue to generate intense debate about the ethics and aesthetics of the documentary form. In this in-depth study, Joe McElhaney offers a novel understanding of the historical relevance of Maysles. By closely focusing on Maysles's expressive use of his camera, particularly in relation to the filming of the human figure, this book situates Maysles's films within not only documentary film history but film history in general, arguing for their broad-ranging importance to both narrative film and documentary cinema. Complete with an engaging interview with Maysles and a detailed comparison of the variant releases of his documentary on the Beatles (What's Happening: The Beatles in the U.S.A. and The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit), this work is a pivotal study of a significant filmmaker.  Zoltán Kékesi, "Agents of Liberations: Holocaust Memory in Contemporary Art and Documentary Film" English | 2015 | ISBN: 9633860660 | PDF | pages: 230 | 37.6 mb The book explores representations of the Holocaust in contemporary art practices. Through carefully selected art projects, the author illuminates the specific historical, cultural, and political circumstances that influence the way we speak―or do not speak―about the Holocaust. The book's international focus brings into view film projects made by key artists reflecting critically upon forms of Holocaust memory in a variety of geographical contexts. |
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