Beyond the Epic - The Life and Films of David Lean
Two-time Academy Award winner Sir David Lean (1908--1991) was one of the most prominent directors of the twentieth century, responsible for the classics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). British-born Lean asserted himself in Hollywood as a major filmmaker with his epic storytelling and panoramic visions of history, but he started out as a talented film editor and director in Great Britain. As a result, he brought an art-house mentality to blockbuster films.
They were four extroardinary women who read minds, healed bodies, diverted disasters, foretold the future--and became pariahs in their own land. A talented, elite cadre, they stepped out of the everyday human race...to enter their own!
Well-known author Watts Humphrey offers keen insight into the special challenge of identifying, motivating, and organizing creative technical people, and the opportunities involved in managing these people. Written for project leaders and managers, Managing Technical People delivers advice on how best to deal with the particulars of leading talented, technically minded people through project cycles. Author explains his methods for becoming a better project leader, recognizing and recruiting talented people for the right job, and effectively managing those people through the software product cycle.
No. Magazine is a quarterly cultural documentation of people and popular culture. Through a series of interconnected profiles No. inspires and collaborates with some of the world’s most talented artists and agitators. Film, fashion, design, photography, art and literature are presented through the eyes of the visionaries responsible for bringing them to life.
Gifted and Talented Children 4-11: Understanding and supporting their development
Can you recognize and tell the difference between gifted and talented children? Do you know how to provide the support they need?
Responding directly to current thinking in education, this book raises practitioners' expectations, and shows you how to identify children in your class as gifted and talented.
