Kunst & Kultur

This perceptive, entertaining book celebrates a century of genre films, everything from comedies and musicals to war pictures, sports sagas, horror movies, science fiction, and film noir. Richly illustrated, it moves with ease from analysis of theme and style to consideration of historical context, social significance, and production background. Film historian James Stratton writes in a vivid, conversational style that will appeal to students, film buffs, and general readers. One of the book's special features is that it brings fresh insight to such familiar titles as Swing Time, Gilda, Air Force One, and Batman Begins while introducing readers to lesser-known, equally rewarding treasures like Five Came Back, The Hitch-Hiker, Prime Cut, Eight Below, and Let Me In. Panoramic in scope, this highly informative account weighs the contributions of stars, directors, writers, cinematographers, and all the various other studio artists and technicians who have shaped the film genres still popular today. James Stratton has written several books about films and filmmakers and lives in southern California.

"Twelve Good Musicians" by Sir Frederick Bridge is a splendid painting that showcases the writer's insights into the lives and contributions of twelve prominent musicians. Bridge, a prominent English organist, composer, and conductor, offers a series of biographical sketches that highlight the achievements and affects of these musicians on the arena of classical tune. The book features a various selection of musicians from special ancient periods and genres, providing a complete evaluate of their artistic accomplishments. Bridge's writing displays a deep appreciation for the people he profiles, exploring now not most effective their musical capabilities but additionally their personal backgrounds, struggles, and the cultural contexts in which they thrived. Bridge's selection of "Twelve Good Musicians" encompasses more than a few composers and performers, allowing readers to gain a nuanced know-how of the evolution of musical expression. The book is characterized by its informative yet attractive narrative style, making it reachable to each song enthusiasts and popular readers interested in the lives of outstanding figures. Through "Twelve Good Musicians," Sir Frederick Bridge contributes to the broader appreciation of classical tune, presenting a nicely-rounded exploration of the lives and legacies of key figures within the musical canon.

Short stories, a few poems. From true stories of a biographical nature to whole cloth made of yarn spun from golden unicorn foal mane trimmings

A SUPERB NEW AMERICAN VERSION.Of the many translations of Chekhov's THREE SISTERS for the English-speaking world, this one is very likely the Funniest.The footnotes alone are a useful and humorous compendium of notes and anecdotes.A DEFINITIVE NEW VERSION OF CHEKHOV'S VAUDEVILLE."Chekhov wrote Three Sisters in Yalta, and then rewrote it in early autumn in Moscow. He spent two to three days on each act, but there were significant breaks between the acts. With complete sincerity he said that he had written a VAUDEVILLE, and was taken aback at our amusement of this definition of Three Sisters..." - these words were written in 1917 by Nemirovich-Danchenko, co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre (MAT) along with Stanislavski. "Given the ensemble playing, the friendliness of the performance, and maturity of form, Three Sisters was always seen in the theatre as the best of the Chekhov productions."

The shorter version of this book contains 14 photographs and 14 stories about the flowers and their locations from my travels. This expanded version contains the same 14 photos and stories but adds about thirty more pages of flowers for true floral lovers. I've wandered around the world for my entire adult life. Along the way, my best memories are the people I meet along my pathway. But, in this book, I focus on some of the beautiful flowers that have also grown up along my way. Each flower is beautiful, but they also come with stories that I've also shared.

Ky liber eshte perkushtim personal poetik. Poezite jane ndjenja shpirti dhe dashurie per babain e shtrenjte...

Musical S.T.E.M. is a five-week curriculum to help students discover the harmony between piano, science, technology, engineering, and math.Whether you're a piano teacher looking for new ways to engage your students or planning a piano camp or after-school program, this curriculum is packed with easy-to-implement piano and S.T.E.M. activities tested for ease, simplicity, and maximum impact.We've included videos and links to additional resources, experiments, music samples, and games to make preparation easy and class time interactive and fun.Through hands-on activities and experiments, students will learn about the physics of sound, patterns in music and math, and the technology used to create new instruments.By the end of our five-week curriculum, your students will have a newfound appreciation for the harmony between piano and science. They'll have developed new skills in music and S.T.E.M. and have had a blast doing it.Get ready to hear your students say, "Wow!" as they discover the exciting world of Musical S.T.E.M.

Viola didn't survive the shipwreck.This is what happens to Shakespeare's original text of TWELFTH NIGHT when its heroine, its 'beating heart,' is marauding through it as a ZOMBIE.WARNING: Let all who read this know that Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is a masterful comedy from the greatest English playwright of all time, perhaps Shakespeare's finest comedy, which Twelfth Night of the Living Dead does not intend to modernize or (belches) improve. However,When it strikes you that the original text can and does survive as one-by-one its characters are turning into zombies... And when it becomes clear that the sheer self-involvement of some characters transcends all need for earthly dialogue... And when one of the characters has been famously threatening revenge for more than 400 years... ...it seems like a worthwhile endeavor to massacre (not just cut) Shakespeare's text in order to see the silly creature-feature 'show within the show.' "If music be the FOOD of LOVE," Slay On.

This unique book of photography is filled with pictures of clouds, with whimsical drawings superimposed onto them.Who, as a child, has stared up at the clouds, trying to see the shapes in them? This book brings those images to life.What started as a hobby, is now a collection of photographs meant to spark the imagination of the reader; to encourage people to never fully grow up, and to continue to see the shapes in the sky.

Gary Friedman es el autor más vendido, conocido por sus completísimos libros sobre las cámaras Sony, escritos en un lenguaje accesible para todos. Su nuevo libro sobre la Sony Alpha 6700 aborda todas las funciones de cada menú de la cámara, y lo explica con el estilo accesible y didáctico que ha hecho famoso al Sr. Friedman.Entre las nuevas características que se tratan, podemos encontrar:* Encuadre automático * Uso de la Toma Log y las LUTs* La nueva app "Creators' App"* Transmisión USB * Explicación de todas las funciones de vídeo * Cómo extraer imágenes de nuestra cámara aunque esté apagada Y muchas otras.

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Tauchen Sie ein in die intime Welt von "Ein Mensch - ein Hocker - eine Geschichte", einem revolutionären Projekt, das die Essenz von Schönheit und Authentizität auf eine einzigartige Weise einfängt. "Nackt und echt auf dem Hocker" öffnet die Tür zu den Geschichten von Menschen in ihrer fast ungeschminkten Pracht, jenseits von gesellschaftlichen Schönheitsdiktaten.In diesem besonderen Magazin teile ich gemeinsam mit 26 anderen mutigen Persönlichkeiten meine eigene bewegende Geschichte. Hier geht es nicht nur um die äußere Erscheinung, sondern um den kraftvollen Ausdruck der eigenen Persönlichkeit, ¿ mit all den kleinen Macken und Besonderheiten, die das Leben so einzigartig machen. In einer Welt, in der Perfektion oft überbewertet wird, setzen wir ein starkes Zeichen für Selbstliebe und Authentizität.Ja, alle Menschen sind hier nackt, und dennoch ist dieses Magazin weit entfernt von einem Aktmagazin. Es ist eine Hommage an die Schönheit der menschlichen Seele, eingefangen in Momenten purer Echtheit. Die meisten Teilnehmer haben zu ihrer Geschichte einen persönlichen Gegenstand mitgebracht, der symbolisch für ihre Lebensreise steht.Auf das Präsentieren von Brüsten oder Geschlechtsmerkmalen wurde bewusst verzichtet. Es geht nicht um bloße Enthüllung, sondern um das tiefe Eintauchen in die individuellen Lebensgeschichten. Begleiten Sie uns auf einer Reise durch die Vielfalt menschlicher Geschichten, erzählt von Menschen, die sich auf den Hocker gesetzt haben, um ihr wahres Ich zu zeigen. Dieses Magazin ist mehr als nur eine Sammlung von Bildern; es ist ein berührendes Erlebnis, das die Definition von Schönheit neu schreibt und die Seele tief berührt. Willkommen in einer Welt, in der jeder Hocker eine Geschichte erzählt

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Die sagenhaften Unwägbarkeiten des Erziehungsalltags: Thomas Kausch erzählt witzig und selbstironisch, mit welchen Tricks, Finten und (manchmal sogar) Notlügen er den eigenen Nachwuchs durchs Abitur gebracht hat. Wie er sich im Kindergarten hauptsächlich mit den Läusen auf dem Kopf seiner Tochter herumschlagen musste, die sie sich aber immerhin vom Sohn eines Regierungssprechers geholt hatte. Wie er schon in der Grundschule als Elternsprecher mit mehr oder weniger großem Erfolg um die Noten seiner Tochter pokerte und am Ende der Schullaufbahn mit dem Abitur auch er eine große Prüfung zu bestehen hatte. Für alle Eltern, die nur noch mit Humor durch den Erziehungsalltag kommen.

The Glitter. The THEATRICS. The EXCESS. The Music.The true story of the gender-bending artists who changed rock and roll.Simon Reynolds has been hailed as ?the foremost popular music critic of this era? (Times Literary Supplement [UK]), ?unassailable? (New York Times), and ?the most provocative pop music writer of his generation? (Boston Globe). Now, the acclaimed author of Rip It Up and Start Again and Retromania delivers the definitive cultural history of glam and glitter rock, celebrating its outlandish fashion and outrageous stars and tracking its vibrant legacy in contemporary pop.Reacting against the drab, denim-clad long-hair bands of the hippie era, glam rock was the first true teenage rampage of the Seventies. Pioneered by David Bowie, Alice Cooper, T. Rex, New York Dolls and Roxy Music, this new look and sound reveled in artifice and spectacle over earnestness and authenticity. In Shock and Awe, Simon Reynolds takes you on a deeply researched and wildly entertaining cultural tour through the glam explosion?a period defined by glitzy costumes and alien makeup, thrilling music, and larger-than-life personas. Shock and Awe offers a fresh look at the glam phenomenon, placing it the context of the era's social upheaval and political disillusion. Probing the genre's major themes?fame, androgyny, decadence, apocalypse?Reynolds traces glam's influence as it reverberates across subsequent decades, from art-pop aesthetes like Kate Bush, Prince and Morrissey in the Eighties to contemporary pop icons such as Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé. Shock and Awe reveals how the original glam artists' obsessions and provocations continue to ripple through our culture today.

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We were taken to the services in Doncaster old church, which was destroyed by fire many years afterwards. Though not yet in my teens, I had an intense delight in architecture, and deeply enjoyed the noble old building, one of the finest of its class in England. Our pew was in the west gallery, not far from the organ, and from it we had a good view of the interior. The effect of the music was very strong upon me, as the instrument was a fine one, and I was fully alive to the influence of music and architecture in combination. The two arts go together far better than architecture and painting; for music seems to make architecture alive, as it rolls along the aisles and under the lofty vaults.

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Issue 2 of EASTERN HEROES FILM FRENZY is a SHOGUN ASSASSIN SPECIAL EDITION, boasting an all-new Lone Wolf and Cub cover illustration by comic book artist Russell Fox!SHOGUN ASSASSIN (1980) is a cult favourite that is famous for its vivid, blood-spraying carnage, impeccable use of voice-overs, gorgeous cinematography, fascinating feudal Japanese setting, lethal wooden perambulator, and thrilling electronic score!The SHOGUN ASSASSIN features include...VOICE OF THE WOLF CUBAn interview with Gibran Evans: the voice of Daigor¿!MASTER OF POSTERSA chat with poster artist superstar Jim Evans! He speaks about creating movie & rock posters, and he describes how he helped to bring SHOGUN ASSASSIN to the screen! Jim also shares an exclusive anecdote linking SHOGUN ASSASSIN with a certain Arnold Schwarzenegger movie...MANGAA lowdown on the utterly brilliant LONE WOLF AND CUB comics!MAGNIFICENT MEMORABILIASuper-collector Hector Martinez shows us his mouth-watering SHOGUN ASSASSIN collection of goodies!SHOGUN ASSASSIN OVERVIEWA look at what makes the film so bloody good!LIGHTNING DISCS OF DEATHSHOGUN ASSASSIN and LONE WOLF AND CUB Blu-rays, DVDs, and box sets are reviewed and rated!Also in this issue...GODZILLA - KING OF THE KAIJUA 16-page dive into the cinematic world of the monster king! BRUCEPLOITATIONDavid Gregory, director of the amazing documentary ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE, helps celebrate the upcoming release of a Severin Films Bruceploitation boxset by sharing some fine poster images, plus some quotes from Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Dragon Lee, and Bruce Liang: the cool, legendary Bruceploitation actors that appear in David's film!FILM REVIEWSLoads of reviews of movies from Japan, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, and the Philippines, plus a look at a whole herd of Chinese creature features too!GIANT MONSTERS POSTER GALLERYA truly astounding selection of movie posters illustrated by the late, great, uber-talented Japanese artist Noriyoshi Ohrai!