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Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture
Movie audiences seem drawn, almost compelled, toward tales of the horrific and the repulsive Partly because horror continues to evolve radically--every time the genre is deemed dead, it seems to come up with another twist--it remains one of the most often-dissected genres. Here, author Kendall Phillips selects ten of the most popular and influential horror films--including Dracula, Night of the Living Dead, Halloween, The Silence of the Lambs, and Scream, each of which has become a film landmark and spawned countless imitators, and all having implications that transcend their cinematic influence and achievement. By tracing the production history, contemporary audience response, and lasting cultural influence of each picture, Phillips offers a unique new approach to thinking about popular attraction to horror films, and the ways in which they reflect both cultural and individual fears. Though stylistically and thematically very different, all of these movies have scared millions of eager moviegoers. This book tries to figure out why..
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Into the Light: The Projected Image in American Art, 1964-1977 (Whitney Museum of American Art Books)
A Whitney Museum of American Art Publication By transforming the traditionally static viewing space into an active participatory field experiments with the moving image dramatically expanded the parameters of modern art in the 1960s and '70s. But due to their ephemeral nature, many such classic installation works, while remembered, have not been widely witnessed. Into the Light accompanies the Whitney Museum of American Art's re-creation of 19 landmark film, video, and slide installations from this prescient era. Along with new color and duotone photographs of reconstructed installations by Michael Heizer, Dan Graham, Bruce Nauman, and Andy Warhol, among others, this volume includes previously unpublished diagrams and other documentation from the period. Each project is described in detail and situated in both a cinematic and art historical context.
110 illustrations, 40 in full color, 70 in duotone, 192 pages, 8 x 101/2".
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Virtual Assistant - The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA
Virtual Assistant - The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA sets the stage for starting, operating, and growing a successful and PROFITABLE virtual assistant business. This book has already helped thousands of administrative assistants, word processors, and other office professionals realize their dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. The book covers all the business nuts and bolts including business and financial planning, pricing your services, billing, and setting up your business. Plus, it offers information on creating your web site, daily operational procedures and most importantly, how and where to find clients. Discover how to put your existing skills to work for clients around the globe and apply them across many different industries. Still working full time? You can still do it! We'll show you how to ease into your practice while working full-time AND continuing to care for your family. Along with their personal experiences, the authors also include recommendations from virtual assistants across the land. These are the real pros that are now running successful businesses. You will find their suggestions in the "In Their Own Words" section at the end of each chapter and featured throughout the book. This will enable you to see how others are making their businesses successful and provide you with a blueprint on how to do the same with yours. Cited as a "must have tool" for the VA industry, Virtual Assistant - The Series is currently used as training material for VA courses including: Virtual Assistance U, an online training center for virtual professionals; Red Deer College's VA Certification Program (in Canada); and other higher level learning organizations and colleges who are recognizing the potential for growth and continued education in the VA industry. .
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The isthmian routes. A brief description of each projected route, and of those now existing, showing the capacity of their harbors, the comparative advantages ... York to San Francisco. By Captain Seymour
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Lancelot: A Fortran Package for Large-Scale Nonlinear Optimization (Release A) (Springer Series in Computational Mathematics)
This book, which is concerned with algorithms for solving large-scale non-linear optimization problems, is the only complete source of documentation for the software package Lancelot and will mainly be used as a manual in conjunction with the software package. However, it is not only a reference to the input format but also to the underlying algorithms. It is the first publication of this kind for large-scale general non-linear problems. Numerous figures and tables enhance its usefulness to both novices and experts. In addition, it also gives valuable guidance to future designers of related software..
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A treatise on the cycloid and all forms of cycloid curves: and on the use of such curves in dealing with the motions of planets, comets, &c. and of matter projected from the sun.
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Projected Cities: Cinema and Urban Space (LOCATIONS)
In their depiction of the city, movies carry a multiplicity of means through which to reveal elements of culture, architecture, and history Projected Cities surveys the connections between cinematic images and cities, with particular focus on the urban cinema cultures of Europe and Japan. It explores urban film imagery at moments of turmoil and experimentation, and assesses the impact of contemporary media culture on the movie. Projected Cities is an illuminating examination of urban and cinema history, and will appeal to all readers engaged with the city, film, and contemporary culture. The Times (London) has praised Stephen Barber’s work as "brilliant and profound." .
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