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The ArtsFebruary 2019Bertrand Tavernier
by Lynn Anthony Higgins
Bertrand Tavernier is widely recognized as the leading French filmmaker of his generation. Both a consummate artist and a controversial public figure, he is a passionate advocate for social causes and also a tireless defender of world cinema in general and the French cinematic heritage in particular. Lynn Higgins' book offers a guided tour through Tavernier's oeuvre, taking into account both its prodigious diversity and its unifying themes. It explores his use of genre and adaptation, his work with actors and his affection for characters, his treatment of France's colonial history, his explorations of the powers of art and the complexities of intergenerational relations, both among fictional characters and within French cinema history. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly book about Tavernier. Original and lively, sophisticated and engaging, the book will appeal to anyone interested in film studies, gender studies, and French cultural studies including academics, students, cinema enthusiasts, and Tavernier fans.
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January 2024Bright Falls 2. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail
by Ashley Herring Blake, Moon Notes, Franca Fritz, Heinrich Koop
Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit Was sich liebt, das neckt sich – spicy Romcom für alle Bright Falls TikTok-Fans. Für die Interior Designerin Astrid Parker ist Versagen keine Option. Seit sie sich vor einem Jahr von ihrem Verlobten getrennt hat, konzentriert sie sich voll und ganz auf ihre Karriere. Als Pru Everwood sie bittet, die Renovierung des „Everwood Inn“ zu übernehmen, die auch noch in der Heimwerker-Show „Innside America“ ausgestrahlt werden soll, zögert Astrid keine Sekunde und stürzt sich in die Arbeit. Allerdings hat sie nicht mit Jordan Everwood gerechnet, Prus Enkelin, die als Schreinerin die Renovierung des Lokals leitet. Pru und Jordan geraten ständig aneinander und stehen der Arbeit des jeweils anderen, wo es nur geht, im Wege. Für die Produzent:innen der Reality-Show sind die beiden Frauen bestes Entertainment. Doch dann muss Astrid entscheiden: Wie weit ist sie bereit, für ihre Karriere zu gehen? Erfüllt sie weiter die Erwartungen der anderen oder beginnt sie endlich ein Leben, das nur sie glücklich macht? Zurück in Bright Falls: Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail – Band 2 der TikTok-Sensation. Rekord-Aufsteiger im US-amerikanischen BookTok-Ranking: die „Bright Falls“-Stories von Ashley Herring Blake. Finde deine Liebe in Bright Falls und erlebe das Abenteuer deines Lebens! Queer, romantisch, charmant und prickelnd: Frauen lieben Frauen – pures New Adult Lesevergnügen nicht nur für die LGBTQI+ Community. Für alle, die Romance Novels im Stil von Alice Oseman und Casey McQuiston lieben. Genial ausgestattet in der Erstauflage: Softcover mit Klappen, trendig illustriertem Buchschnitt und coolem Lesezeichen zum Abtrennen.
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July 2023Bright Falls 1. Delilah Green Doesn't Care
by Ashley Herring Blake, Moon Notes, Franca Fritz, Heinrich Koop
Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit Dieser TikTok-Hit erobert sämtliche Herzen im Sturm: Ein New Adult Roman – smart, spicy, queer und einfach unwiderstehlich. Jetzt auch auf Deutsch. Delilah Green hat sich geschworen, nie wieder nach Bright Falls zurückzukehren. Mittlerweile lebt sie in New York, ihre Karriere als Fotografin nimmt langsam Fahrt auf, und ihr Bett ist niemals leer. Als ihre Stiefschwester Astrid sie mit einem dicken Scheck lockt, ihre Hochzeit zu fotografieren, wirft Delilah ihre Vorsätze über Bord und macht sich auf in das verfluchte Städtchen, das sie einst ihr Zuhause nannte. Bei den Hochzeitsvorbereitungen trifft sie auf Claire Sutherland, eine von Astrids hochnäsigen Freundinnen. Dabei stellt Delilah fest, dass doch nicht alles so unattraktiv ist in Bright Falls, wie zunächst gedacht… Das alles ist so herzerwärmend und witzig, dass wir sicher sind: Bright Falls lässt nicht nur Delilah, sondern auch dich nicht mehr los. Bright Falls 1. Delilah Green Doesn't Care: Von zweiten Chancen und diversen Formen der Liebe. Dein Must-Read mit über 5 Millionen Views auf TikTok in den USA. Die LGBTQI+ Rom-Com der amerikanischen Bestsellerautorin Ashley Herring Blake. So cool: Liebesgeschichte zwischen zwei Frauen mit viel Humor und noch mehr Spice. Freu dich auf New York und eine Kleinstadt, alte Freunde und ganz neue Gefühle. Young und New Adult Bücher ab 16 Jahren Welcome to Bright Falls! Der Reihen-Auftakt der queer-romantischen Komödie startete in den USA auf BookTok als absoluter Hit. Kein Wunder, so viel Romance und Diversity zugleich wirst auch du lieben. Band 1: Bright Falls 1. Delilah Green Doesn't Care Band 2: Bright Falls 2. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail
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September 2024Bright Falls 3. Iris Kelly doesn't date
by Ashley Herring Blake, Moon Notes, Franca Fritz, Heinrich Koop
Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit Fake Dating vom Feinsten – humorvoll und prickelnd! Um Iris Kelly herum sind alle verliebt. Und sie freut sich für jeden von ihnen. Wirklich. Schließlich hat sie ja eine Karriere als Romance-Autorin gemacht. Leider sind ihr dabei die Ideen fürs Dating ausgegangen. Ein Abend in einer Bar mit einer sexy Fremden namens Stevie entwickelt sich zum schlimmsten One-Night-Stand, den Iris je hatte. Um sich abzulenken, bewirbt sie sich bei einer Theatergruppe - und trifft dort Stevie wieder. Diese bittet Iris, ihre Freundin zu spielen. Iris willigt skeptisch ein. Während die beiden so tun, als seien sie ein Paar, fängt es zwischen ihnen gewaltig zu knistern an. Und bald geht es nur noch darum, wer den ersten Schritt macht... Die prickelnde RomCom lässt die Herzen von New-Adult-Fans ab 16 Jahren höher schlagen. Der dritte Band der „Bright Falls“-Reihe von Ashley Herring Blake erzählt eine witzige und gefühlvolle LGBTQIA+-Story mit dem beliebten Trope „Fake Dating“. Eine smarte und humorvolle Romance über die Liebe zwischen zwei Frauen, die Leser*innen begeistern wird. Iris Kelly doesn't date: Band 3 der erfolgreichen Reihe „Bright Falls“ Gefühle, Liebe und LGBTQIA+: Eine prickelnde Romantic Comedy für Leser*innen ab 16 Jahren. Voll im Trend: Humorvolle Gay Romance mit dem beliebten Trope „Fake Dating“. Witzig und gefühlvoll: Eine New-Adult-Romance über die Wendungen des Lebens und die Magie der Liebe. Die TikTok-Sensation: Band 3 der „Bright Falls“-Reihe von der amerikanischen Bestsellerautorin Ashley Herring Blake, die einen TikTok-Hype ausgelöst hat. Genial ausgestattet in der Erstauflage: Softcover mit Klappen, trendig illustriertem Buchschnitt und coolem Lesezeichen zum Abtrennen. Die Romance für junge Frauen erzählt eine witzige und gefühlvolle LGBTQIA+-Geschichte über Iris Kelly und ihren desaströsen One-Night-Stand. Eine spicy RomCom für alle Fans von Alice Oseman und Casey McQuiston, die beweist, dass die Liebe oft dort zu finden ist, wo man sie am wenigsten erwartet.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017Britain in China
by Robert Bickers
This is a study of Britain's presence in China both at its peak, and during its inter-war dissolution in the face of assertive Chinese nationalism and declining British diplomatic support. Using archival materials from China and records in Britain and the United States, the author paints a portrait of the traders, missionaries, businessmen, diplomats and settlers who constituted "Britain-in-China", challenging our understanding of British imperialism there. Bickers argues that the British presence in China was dominated by urban settlers whose primary allegiance lay not with any grand imperial design, but with their own communities and precarious livelihoods. This brought them into conflict not only with the Chinese population, but with the British imperial government. The book also analyzes the formation and maintenance of settler identities, and then investigates how the British state and its allies brought an end to the reign of freelance, settler imperialism on the China coast. At the same time, other British sectors, missionary and business, renegotiated their own relationship with their Chinese markets and the Chinese state and distanced themselves from the settler British.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2025Revolution in China and Russia
Reorganizing empires into nation states
by Luyang Zhou
Most scholars believe that China's nationality policy, like that of other socialist states, imitated the Soviet nationality model, a system which has been termed an "affirmative action empire." This book offers two contributions to the literature which run counter to this convention. First, it argues that the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Soviet Union (USSR) were different; while the PRC was aimed to build an ideal-typical nation-state, the USSR was an open union of nation-states that was only temporarily confined to a physical territory. Second, while scholars who have noted this difference attribute it to contextual factors, such as ethnic structure, geopolitical status, and Russia's intervention into the Chinese Revolution, this book contends that context shaped the Sino-Soviet difference, yet it did not determine it. Rather, there was significant leeway between the implications of the contextual factors, and what the policy-designers ultimately established. This book probes who held agency, and how these individuals bridged this gap.
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The ArtsJuly 2024Public information films
British government film units, 1928–52
by Alan Harding
In the years after the First World War the British government had to adapt its communication policy to connect with the new mass electorate. This book examines the government's own Film Units and their slow development of the Public Information Film. By reviewing the entire film catalogue produced by the Empire Marketing Board, the General Post Office and Crown Film Units, particular themes are identified which not only reflect the demands of the Units' sponsors but also the anxieties and concerns of the 1930s and 1940s. The impact of the films is explored through the contemporary reaction of the audiences to them. By the time the Crown Film Unit was closed in 1952 a style of Public Information Film had been developed and continued into the 1970s.
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceOctober 2023Conceptualising China through translation
by James St André
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The ArtsJanuary 2019The films of Luc Besson
Master of spectacle
by Susan Hayward, Philip Powrie
This fascinating collection looks at the career and films of Luc Besson, one of the most acclaimed figures in international cinema. Contributions have been assembled from all over the world, and their different approaches reflect this geographical diversity. Films covered range from Besson's first feature, La Dernier Combat, to the international blockbusters The Fifth Element and Joan of Arc. The essays range from looking at costume design to musical scores, and the final chapter offers a transcript of a previously unpublished interview with the man himself. He is the only French director to have crossed over successfully during the 1990s into the blockbuster spectacular we associate with Hollywood cinema and yet this is only the second book in English on this major international director. The films of Luc Besson will make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the career and films of the 'master of spectacle'.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Reframing difference
Beur and banlieue filmmaking in France
by Carrie Tarr
Reframing difference is the first major study of two overlapping strands of contemporary French cinema, cinema beur (films by young directors of Maghrebi immigrant origin) and cinema de banlieue (films set in France's disadvantaged outer-city estates). Carrie Tarr's insightful account draws on a wide range of films, from directors such as Mehdi Charef, Mathieu Kassovitz and Djamel Bensalah. Her analyses compare the work of male and female, majority and minority film-makers, and emphasise the significance of authorship in the representation of gender and ethnicity. Foregrounding such issues as the quest for identity, the negotiation of space and the recourse to memory and history, she argues that these films challenge and reframe the symbolic spaces of French culture, addressing issues of ethnicity and difference which are central to today's debates about what it means to be French. This timely book is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between cinema and citizenship in a multicultural society.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2025Understanding baby loss
by Kate Reed, Julie Ellis, Elspeth Whitby
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September 2024Sangua-Clan 2. Blood Rival
by Darcy Crimson, Moon Notes
Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit Ein Vampir liebt seinen Jäger… Während des entscheidenden Kampfes in den Katakomben Neapels ist es den Vampirjägern gelungen, ein Mitglied des verfeindeten Clans gefangen zu nehmen. Ausgerechnet Luc, der seine Schwester vor vielen Jahren an die bluthungrigen Sangua verloren hat, soll den rebellischen Gefangenen Cas beaufsichtigen und dessen Willen brechen. Doch je mehr Zeit die beiden miteinander verbringen, desto deutlicher wird, dass sie nicht so grundverschieden sind, wie zunächst gedacht. Luc beginnt zum ersten Mal an den Motiven der Jäger zu zweifeln und sieht in seinem Gegenüber mehr als bloß eine Bestie. Zwischen den beiden entwickelt sich eine zarte Liebe, die sie um jeden Preis geheim halten müssen. Aber ist ihre Zuneigung stark genug, um ihre Verschiedenheiten zu überwinden? Band 2 der mitreißenden Fantasy-Reihe „Blood Rival“ rund um Vampire in der Unterwelt von Neapel überzeugt mit viel Tempo, queeren Charakteren und jeder Menge Spice! Der LGBTQIA+-Roman mit dem beliebten Trope „Enemies-to-Lovers“ erzählt die prickelnde Romance zwischen zwei schwulen Protagonisten – einem Vampir und seinem Jäger, die sich erst bis aufs Blut hassen. Ein Must-Read für Leser*innen ab 16 Jahren, die Vampire und queere Bücher lieben. Blood Rival: Eine spicy LGBTQIA+-Romantasy Fantasy trifft LGBTQIA+: Eine fesselnde Vampire Romance voller Spice, Magie und Blutjägern in der faszinierenden Unterwelt Neapels für New Adult Fans ab 16 Jahren. Voll angesagt: Die packende Romantasy mit dem beliebten Trope „Enemies-to-Lovers“ feiert die Vielfalt der Liebe in all ihren Formen. Spicy: Prickelnde Romance mit starken und queeren Charakteren, die über sich hinauswachsen und den Mut finden, für ihre Liebe einzustehen. Fesselnd erzählt: Der Pageturner von Darcy Crimson entführt die Leser*innen in die düstere und mystische Atmosphäre Neapels. Trendig ausgestattet in der Erstauflage: Softcover mit Klappen, trendig illustriertem Buchschnitt und coolem Lesezeichen zum Abtrennen. Die queere Romantasy steckt voller Emotionen, Spannung und Liebe. Eine fesselnde Lektüre für Fans der Crave-Reihe von Tracy Wolff und junge Leser*innen ab 16 Jahren, die sich für Vampire Romance und LGBTQIA+-Geschichten begeistern!
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June 2022Ruby Fairygale - Der verbotene Zauber (Band 5)
by Kira Gembri
Ruby Fairygale – The Forbidden Spell (Vol. 5) An exciting feel-good fantasy – come and enter Ruby's world! Ruby Fairygale lives with her grandma on a small stormy island near the coast of Ireland, where they look after animals. But they have a big secret: they know about the magical mythical creatures on the island and they help them whenever they are ill.What happens in Volume 5:Since Noah has been away at boarding school in California, Ruby misses him a lot. Patch Island just isn't the same without him. When Noah doesn't check in for a long time, Ruby is concerned that something has happened to him. The fairy Felicity helps her to use a secret spell to create portals to places outside Ireland. But the forbidden spell goes wrong and when they finally get to California, Noah no longer remembers who Ruby is. The night elf Nocturno put a spell on Noah to make him forget everything magical, because he wants to strictly separate the fairy and human worlds.Ruby tries to free Noah from the spell, but Nocturno attacks her. They are saved by the High Council, and it is decided that the portals will be sealed and Noah, who regains his memories, is allowed to return to Patch Island.• Trend location Ireland & fairies• Feel-good fantasy for kids• Strong female protagonist• Bestselling series, selected for "Shoot the Book" at Cannes Film Festival 2021
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January 2010Der geheime Garten. Mit einem Vorwort von Sophie Dahl
Arena Kinderbuch-Klassiker
by Hodgson Burnett, Frances / Einleitung von Dahl, Sophie
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The ArtsOctober 2024Mexican muralist, international Marxist
David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1941–74
by Curtis Swope
David Alfaro Siqueiros was perhaps the most important communist painter of the twentieth century. This book, the first sustained engagement with Siqueiros's work in the English language, focuses on the artist's late murals, which are both aesthetically innovative and politically provocative. It places Siqueiros in an international context, revealing that the dogmatism he has been charged with was in reality a complex phenomenon. It provided a foundation for - rather than an obstacle to - his efforts to create an art embedded in the day-to-day concerns and theoretical debates of the world-wide mass movement he saw himself as a part of.
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The ArtsJune 2021Contemporary Spanish cinema and genre
by Jay Beck, Vicente Rodríguez Ortega
This volume is the first English-language collection exclusively dedicated to the study of genre in relation to Spanish cinema. Providing a variety of critical perspectives, the collection gives the reader a thorough account of the relationship between Spanish cinema and genre, drawing on case studies of several of the most remarkable Spanish films in recent years. The book analyses the significant changes in the aesthetics, production and reception of Spanish film from 1990 onwards. It brings together European and North American scholars to establish a critical dialogue on the topics under discussion, while providing multiple perspectives on the concepts of national cinemas and genre theory. In recent years film scholarship has attempted to negotiate the tension between the nationally specific and the internationally ubiquitous, discussing how globalisation has influenced film making and surrounding cultural practice. These broader social concerns have prompted scholars to emphasise a redefinition of national cinemas beyond strict national boundaries and to pay attention to the transnational character of any national site of film production and reception. This collection provides a thorough investigation of contemporary Spanish cinema within a transnational framework, by positing cinematic genres as the meeting spaces between a variety of diverse forces that necessarily operate within but also across territorial spaces. Paying close attention to the specifics of the Spanish cinematic and social panorama, the essays investigate the transnational economic, cultural and aesthetic forces at play in shaping Spanish film genres today.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Contemporary Spanish cinema and genre
by Jay Beck, Vicente Rodríguez Ortega
This volume is the first English-language collection exclusively dedicated to the study of genre in relation to Spanish cinema. Providing a variety of critical perspectives, the collection gives the reader a thorough account of the relationship between Spanish cinema and genre, drawing on case studies of several of the most remarkable Spanish films in recent years. The book analyses the significant changes in the aesthetics, production and reception of Spanish film from 1990 onwards. It brings together European and North American scholars to establish a critical dialogue on the topics under discussion, while providing multiple perspectives on the concepts of national cinemas and genre theory. In recent years film scholarship has attempted to negotiate the tension between the nationally specific and the internationally ubiquitous, discussing how globalisation has influenced film making and surrounding cultural practice. These broader social concerns have prompted scholars to emphasise a redefinition of national cinemas beyond strict national boundaries and to pay attention to the transnational character of any national site of film production and reception. This collection provides a thorough investigation of contemporary Spanish cinema within a transnational framework, by positing cinematic genres as the meeting spaces between a variety of diverse forces that necessarily operate within but also across territorial spaces. Paying close attention to the specifics of the Spanish cinematic and social panorama, the essays investigate the transnational economic, cultural and aesthetic forces at play in shaping Spanish film genres today.
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June 1985Ich, Kaiser von China
Ein Selbstporträt des Kangxi-Kaisers. Aus dem Englischen von Stefan B. Polter
by Jonathan D. Spence, Stefan B. Polter
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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureJune 2024Round our way
Sam Hanna's visual legacy
by Heather Nicholson
Sam Hanna (1903-96), a pioneering filmmaker from Burnley, Lancashire, was dubbed the 'Lowry of filmmaking' by BBC broadcaster Brian Redhead in the 1980s. The well-meant label stuck, even though it misses the variety of Hanna's remarkable output. Hanna's intimate glimpses into the lives of strangers enable us to imagine the possible stories that lie behind the images. Away from mid-century exponents of documentary filmmaking and photography, Hanna shows us humanity and a microcosm of a world in change, where his subjects are caught up in issues far beyond their grasp that we, as onlookers years later, encounter and see afresh. Written and curated by historian Heather Norris Nicholson, Round our way combines stills, essays and archive photography to document Hanna's unique visual record on film, particularly in northern England, but also further afield, during decades of profound change.
