History on Film/Film on History (Rosenstone Robert A.)(Paperback)

History on Film/Film on History (Rosenstone Robert A.)(Paperback)

History on Film/Film on History has established itself as a classic treatise on the historical film and its role in bringing the past to life. In the third edition of this widely acclaimed text, Robert A. Rosenstone argues that to leave history films out of the discussion of the meaning of the past

Comrades - Communism: A World History (Service Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Robert Service's critically acclaimed and compellingly readable history of world

Expressionism and Film (Kurtz Rudolf)(Paperback)

Expressionism and Film, originally published in German in 1926, is not only a classic of film history, but also an important work from the early phase of modern media history. Written with analytical brilliance and historical vision by a well-known contemporary of the expressionist movement, it

Personal History of David Copperfield (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Published alongside Armando Iannucci's new film, The Personal History of David Copperfield, starring Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Tilda Swinton and Ben Whishaw. Introduced by Armando

Green Flag - A History of Irish Nationalism (Kee Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Covering Irish history from the beginnings of Irish Nationalism through 1973, Robert Kee's treatment ranges from the Protestant Plantations through Wolfe Tone and the Great Famine to the founding of the Fenian Movement and the Irish Free State. His authoritative and comprehensive history is

A Short History of the United States (Remini Robert V.)(Paperback)

A much-needed, concise history of the United States of America by National Book Award winner Robert V. ReminiThis accessible and lively volume contains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth, and development of the American nation. Beginning with the earliest travelers to

History and Philosophy of the Humanities: An Introduction (Leezenberg Michiel)(Paperback)

The humanities include disciplines as diverse as literary theory, linguistics, history, film studies, theology, and philosophy. Do these various fields of study have anything in common that distinguishes them from, say, physics or sociology? The tripartite division between the natural sciences, the

A History of Film Music (Cooke Mervyn)(Paperback)

This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dominant Hollywood practices but also offering an international perspective by including case studies of the national cinemas of the UK,

A History of Modern Sudan (Collins Robert O.)(Paperback)

Sudan's modern history has been consumed by revolution and civil war. The country attracted international attention in the 1990s as a breeding ground of Islamist terrorism and recently tensions between the prosperous centre and the periphery, between north and south, have exploded in Darfur. In his

Black Awakening In Capitalist America: An Analytical History (Allen Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A Colorful History of Popular Delusions (Bartholomew Robert E.)(Paperback)

This eclectic history of unusual crowd behavior describes a rich assortment of mass phenomena ranging from the amusing and quirky to the shocking and deplorable. What do fads, crazes, manias, urban legends, moral panics, riots, stampedes, and other mass expressions of emotion have in common? By

Army Wings: A History of Army Air Observation Flying, 1914-1960 (Jackson Robert)(Paperback)

Art - A Visual History (Cumming Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A-Z of Stockport - Places-People-History (Nicholls Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Explore the Greater Manchester town of Stockport in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and

Film Noir: A Very Short Introduction (Naremore James)(Paperback)

Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50s -- shadowy, black-and-white pictures about private eyes, femme fatales, outlaw lovers, criminal heists, corrupt

The Natural History of Edward Lear, New Edition (Peck Robert McCracken)(Paperback)

A beautifully illustrated exploration of Edward Lear's little-known career as a natural-history artist--now in a new expanded paperback edition Edward Lear (1812-1888) is best known today for his witty limericks and endearing nonsense verse. But the celebrated author of 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat'

Asian Britain: A Photographic History (Nasta Susheila)(Paperback)

This extraordinary photographic history draws upon culture, film, music, the military, business, the suffragist movement and the different phases of historic settlement of Asian migrants from the subcontinent, the Caribbeanand East Africa. Asian Britain vividly charts Britain's process of coming to

China: A History - A History (Tanner Harold M.)(Paperback / softback)

Leaves in a Holocaust Wind (Robert Dawson)(Paperback)

The Holocaust, the final solution for Jews, is infamous in history. Robert Dawsons Leaves in a Holocaust Wind is the story of another community that suffered in the Holocaust: the Gypsies. Told by Demeter Fox and Zuzzi, Leaves in a Holocaust Wind follows their journey to freedom in the German

A Dictionary of Narratology (Revised Edition) (Prince Gerald)(Paperback)

History, literature, religion, myth, film, psychology, theory, and daily conversation all rely heavily on narrative. Cutting across many disciplines, narratology describes and analyzes the language of narrative with its regularly recurring patterns, deeply established conventions for transmission,

Half in Love (Cartwright Justin)(Paperback / softback)

A novel about politics, film, history and, above all, love by Booker Prize nominated author Justin

Gramophone, Film, Typewriter (Kittler Friedrich A.)(Paperback)

Part technological history of the emergent new media in the late 19th century, part theoretical discussion of the responses to these media-including texts by Rilke, Kafka, and Heidegger, as well as elaborations by Edison, Bell, Turing, and other innovators-this book analyzes this momentous shift

Penguin History of Modern Russia - From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century, Fifth Edition (Service Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Musical Meaning: Toward a Critical History (Kramer Lawrence)(Paperback)

Ranging widely over classical music, jazz, popular music, and film and television music, Musical Meaning uncovers the historical importance of asking about meaning in the lived experience of musical works, styles, and performances. Lawrence Kramer has been a pivotal figure in the development of new