The British Film Industry in 25 Careers: The Mavericks, Visionaries and Outsiders Who Shaped British Cinema (Macnab Geoffrey)(Paperback)

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers: The Mavericks, Visionaries and Outsiders Who Shaped British Cinema (Macnab Geoffrey)(Paperback)

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against considerable odds, have become successful producers, distributors, writers, directors, editors, costume

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers: The Mavericks, Visionaries and Outsiders Who Shaped British Cinema (Macnab Geoffrey)(Pevná vazba)

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against considerable odds, have become successful producers, distributors, writers, directors, editors, costume

Stairways to Heaven: Rebuilding the British Film Industry (Macnab Geoffrey)(Paperback)

What has brought about the transformation of the British film industry over the last few decades, to the beginnings of what is arguably a new golden era?In the mid-1980s the industry was in a parlous state. The number of films produced in the UK was tiny. Cinema attendance had dipped to an all-time

Movie Workers, 1: The Women Who Made British Cinema (Bell Melanie)(Paperback)

After the advent of sound, women in the British film industry formed an essential corps of below-the-line workers, laboring in positions from animation artist to negative cutter to costume designer. Melanie Bell maps the work of these women decade-by-decade, examining their far-ranging economic and

Black Film British Cinema II (Nwonka Clive)(Paperback)

The politics of race in British screen culture over the last 30 years vis-a-vis the institutional, textual, cultural and political shifts that have occurred during this period. Black Film British Cinema II considers the politics of blackness in contemporary British cinema and visual practice. This

Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film (Hutchings Peter)(Paperback)

The second edition of Peter Hutchings's landmark work on British horror cinema, featuring later writings by Hutchings and a new introduction by film historian Johnny

Generals - Ten British Commanders who Shaped the World (Urban Mark)(Paperback / softback)

In Turbulent Skies: British Aviation Successes and Setbacks - 1945-1975 (Reese Peter)(Paperback)

Exploring the successes and setbacks for the British aviation industry from

Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire (Rice Tom)(Paperback)

Films for the Colonies examines the British Government's use of film across its vast Empire from the 1920s until widespread independence in the 1960s. Central to this work was the Colonial Film Unit, which produced, distributed, and, through its network of mobile cinemas, exhibited instructional

What Were You Thinking? (Stannard Julian)(Paperback / softback)

A new collection by one of the very few mavericks in contemporary British poetry, a flaneur who observes the absurdity of life and brings this to the page with both heartbreak and humour. The poems in this new collection are grouped into three main sections: 'Happiness', 'The Street of Perfect

Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film (Hutchings Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The second edition of Peter Hutchings's landmark work on British horror cinema, featuring later writings by Hutchings and a new introduction by film historian Johnny

Picturing Home: Domestic Life and Modernity in 1940s British Film (Price Hollie)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores how home was pictured in the 'golden age' of British cinema. Drawing on a wide range of evidence to explore the depiction of domestic life in popular culture, it resituates feature films from the 1940s in relation to narratives of domestic, suburban modernity and the middlebrow

British Gothic Cinema (Forshaw B.)(Pevná vazba)

Barry Forshaw celebrates with enthusiasm the British horror film and its fascination for macabre cinema. A definitive study of the genre, British Gothic Cinema discusses the flowering of the field, with every key film discussed from its beginnings in the 1940s through to the 21st

Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema (Farmer Richard)(Paperback)

Half a century on, the fascination with the 1960s continues to generate strong intellectual and emotional responses - both positive and negative - and this is no less true in the arena of film. Making substantial use of a range of new and underexplored archive resources that provide a wealth of new

Cinema and the Cultural Cold War (Lee Sangjoon)(Paperback)

Cinema and the Cultural Cold War explores the ways in which postwar Asian cinema was shaped by transnational collaborations and competitions between newly independent and colonial states at the height of Cold War politics. Sangjoon Lee adopts a simultaneously global and regional approach when

British Civic Society at the End of Empire: Decolonisation, Globalisation, and International Responsibility (Bocking-Welch Anna)(Paperback)

The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain's imperial past have shaped how the British public interact with the outside world. This book shows how the international activities of civic associations in the 1960s can help us to understand the impact of decolonisation on the British public's

British Queer Cinema(Paperback / softback)

Drawing together a range of essays, this is the history of lesbian, gay and queer representation in British cinema. From the early years of 'Pre-Gay, through the post-war gay liberation, and the 'post-AIDS' queer generations, it provides an historical perspective on queer cinema. It is for students

China Station: The British Military in the Middle Kingdom, 1839-1997 (Felton Mark)(Paperback)

The author, who lives in Shanghai, sets out to demonstrate that the British military has been at the forefront of many of the great changes that have swept China over the last two centuries.He devotes chapters to the various wars, military adventures and rebellions that regularly punctuated

Level 3: Canterbury Tales (Chaucer Geoffrey)(Paperback)

Classic / British English 'We'll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now, put up your hands if you agree.' The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story

Two and Bed (Various)(Paperback)

'Jim Cartwright is one of the mavericks of British theatre' Daily Telegraph Two: 'A sharp, salty, quickfire evocation of the surface gaiety and underlying melancholia of English pub life.' The Guardian Bed: 'It's insights into the twilight world of old age are remarkable, Cartwright's ode to sleep

The Imperial Nation: Citizens and Subjects in the British, French, Spanish, and American Empires (Fradera Josep)(Paperback)

How the legacy of monarchical empires shaped Britain, France, Spain, and the United States as they became liberal entities Historians view the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as a turning point when imperial monarchies collapsed and modern nations emerged. Treating this pivotal

To Meet in Hell - Bergen-Belsen, the British Officer Who Liberated It, and the Jewish Girl He Saved (Lerner Bernice)(Pevná vazba)

The story of the British officer who was first to arrive at Bergen-Belsen, and the life of one of the many he saved from

Leyland Atlanteans: The Twilight Years (Wilde Howard)(Paperback)

From its launch in 1958, the Leyland Atlantean played a pivotal role in the British bus industry. The first double-deck bus in the UK to offer the now commonplace layout of front entrance and rear engine, the Atlantean enjoyed an uninterrupted production run of nearly thirty years, with examples

Dictionary of British Sign Language - Compiled by the British Deaf Association(Paperback / softback)

British Sign Language (B.S.L.) is the visual gestural language of the Deaf community in Britain and is the first or preferred language of over 70,000 people. This is the first major B.S.L./English Dictionary to be