Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun, The Departed, The Aviator, Shutter Island: these are just a few of the critically acclaimed films, startling experimental works, and spectacular commercial blockbusters with which Martin Scorsese has forever enriched American cinema.
H.G. Wells, Modernity and the Movies (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies)
Everyone is familiar with H.G. Wells’s pioneering works of science fiction, The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man—but fewer realize how these works helped to technically develop the cinematic narrative. An appealing and accessible study aimed at the student of modernism and early cinema, H.G. Wells, Modernity, and the Movies reconsiders Well’s advancement of the cinematic narrative alongside the social and political impact of early media. Including rare illustrations from the original magazines which published Wells’s early work, this groundbreaking study will be of interest to anyone concerned with Wells, his work
How the Law Works is a refreshingly clear and reliable guide to today’s legal system. Offering interesting and comprehensive coverage, it makes sense of all the curious features of the law in day to day life and in current affairs.
How the Law Works is essential reading for anyone approaching law for the first time, or for anyone who is interested in an engaging introduction to the subject’s bigger picture.
Studying one of the key thinkers of the twentieth century, this new and welcome addition to the Critical Thinkers series examines the theories from Arendts three main works, offers explanations to the main claims of the works, and presents a guide to her philosophical, literary and cultural context.
Why do golf balls have dimples? How does an iPod turn binary digits into Bon Jovi? How do microwave ovens cook?
You don't need a science or engineering background to understand How Everything Works. All you need is an active curiosity about the extraordinary world all around you. Remarkably clear and always fascinating, How Everything Works is nothing short of a user's manual for our everyday world.
