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The Shape of Motion: Cinema and the Aesthetics of Movement develops a method for analyzing movement on screen by identifying patterns or shapes of motion-called "motion forms"-across a wide range of examples from the history of cinema. By examining a single motion form, each chapter rethinks persistent assumptions in film studies about cinema as a medium.

This completely revised second edition of the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters brings this go-to resource on the apostle Paul and his letters up to date with the latest scholarship.

Dieses Lexikon informiert in rund 200 Artikeln umfassend und allgemeinverständlich über die Welt des Adels. Es erklärt Adelstitel wie Baron, Fürst, Graf oder Herzog sowie den Unterschied zwischen Amtsadel und Geburtsadel, Hochadel und Niederadel. Es erläutert Bestimmungen des Adelsrechts und stellt große Dynastien wie die Hohenzollern oder die Wittelsbacher vor. Nicht zuletzt erfährt der Leser, wozu "Adel verpflichtet", warum adeliges Blut bla...

Die Vermittlung fundierter, praxisorientierter EM-Feldmesstechnik auf wissenschaftlicher Basis ist ein zentraler Aspekt des Buches. Die Grundlagen der Feldtheorie werden in leicht verständlicher Form und ohne "höhere" Mathematik in der für die Praxis notwendigen Tiefe anschaulich dargestellt. Ergänzend dazu empfehlen wir das E-Book von Martin Schauer "Feldreduzierung in Gebäuden". Behandelt werden u.a.: . Physik der EM-Felder, . Messung von...

A mystery and an unexpected love story set at the height of the Blitz, The Midnight News is the stunning new novel from Jo Baker, Sunday Times bestselling author of Longbourn

Trade Makes States highlights how trade and the circulation of goods are central to Somali societies, economies and politics. Drawing on multi-site research from across East Africa''s Somali-inhabited economic space--which includes areas of Kenya, Djibouti, Uganda and Ethiopia--this volume highlights the interconnection between trade and state-building after state collapse. It scrutinises the ''politics of circulation'' between competing publi...

The remarkable life of champion Beryl Burton, one of the greatest cyclists of all time

Winner of the 2022 OIV AWARD 2022 in the History category From its introduction to British society in the mid-17th century champagne has been a wine of elite celebration and hedonism. Champagne in Britain, 1800-1914 is the first book for over a century to study this iconic drink in Britain. Following the British wine market from 1800 to 1914, Harding shows how champagne was consumed by, branded for and marketed to British society. Not only ...

How do our senses help us to understand the world? This question, which preoccupied Enlightenment thinkers in Western Europe, also emerged as a key theme in depictions of animals in eighteenth-century art. This book examines the ways in which painters, sculptors, porcelain modelers, and other decorative designers portrayed animals as sensing subjects who physically confirmed the value of material experience. The independent agency of animals w...

Carrie Manning's illuminating book examines how policies to limit taxation at state and local levels in the US have direct and lasting consequences for equity, accountability, and ultimately for democracy.

Ward's most complex and brilliant book yet' - GUARDIAN'A darkly moving and heartfelt exploration of obsession' - DAILY EXPRESSWriters are monsters. We eat everything we see...In a windswept cottage overlooking the sea, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood companions and the shadowy figure of the Daggerman, who stalked the New England town where they spent their summers. Of a horror that has fo...

The stunning new literary thriller from the bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street and Sundial

What caused the Covid-19 pandemic, a natural spillover event or an accident in a Wuhan laboratory? Were the mitigation measures imposed by many governments - such as lockdowns and mask-wearing mandates - based on scientific evidence, or rather aimed at curtailing civil liberties and disrupting economic activities, under the secret maneuvering of a global cabal of politicians and financiers? And were Covid-19 vaccines effective in curbing the s...

What caused the Covid-19 pandemic, a natural spillover event or an accident in a Wuhan laboratory? Were the mitigation measures imposed by many governments - such as lockdowns and mask-wearing mandates - based on scientific evidence, or rather aimed at curtailing civil liberties and disrupting economic activities, under the secret maneuvering of a global cabal of politicians and financiers? And were Covid-19 vaccines effective in curbing the s...

Scottish zoologist D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's visionary ideas in On Growth and Form continue to evolve a century after its publication, aligning it with current developments in art and science. Practitioners, theorists, and historians from art, science, and design reflect on his ongoing influence. Overall, the anthology links evolutionary theory to form generation in both scientific and cultural domains. It offers a close look at the ways cel...

Die Vermittlung fundierter, praxisorientierter EM-Feldmesstechnik auf wissenschaftlicher Basis ist ein zentraler Aspekt des Buches. Die Grundlagen der Feldtheorie werden in leicht verständlicher Form und ohne "höhere" Mathematik in der für die Praxis notwendigen Tiefe anschaulich dargestellt. Ergänzend dazu empfehlen wir das E-Book von Martin Schauer "Feldreduzierung in Gebäuden". Behandelt werden u.a. - Physik der EM-Felder, - Messung von Ve...

Musical Director and arranger David Loud, a legendary Broadway talent, recounts his wildly entertaining and deeply poignant trek through the wilderness of his childhood and the edge-of-your-seat drama of a career on, in, under, and around Broadway for decades. He reveals his struggle against the ravages of Parkinson's and triumphs repeatedly. This memoir is also a remarkable love letter to music. Loud is the 'Ted Lasso' of the theater business...

Bewährte und neue Elemente ergänzen sich in der Reihe Mathe.Logo - Bayern - neu: Bewährt: Doppelseitenprinzip schafft Übersichtlichkeit. Die einzelnen Kapitel sind klar strukturiert: Entdecken, Verstehen (Merkwissen), Nachgefragt und Aufgaben Vermischte Aufgaben am Ende des Kapitels dienen der Wiederholung und Vernetzung. Fächerverbindendes, Historisches, ... findet auf den Themenseiten Platz. Die Seiten "Das kann ich!" dienen de...

Taking seriously Jacques Lacan's claim that 'the unconscious is politics', this volume proposes a new understanding of political power, interrogating the assumption that contemporary capitalism functions by tapping into forms of unconscious enjoyment, rather than providing transcendental conditions for the articulation of political meanings and desires. Whether we're aware of it or not, political communication today targets the audience's l...

An open and insightful investigation at how contemporary racial hierarchies are determined by wealth and economics, and how this is reflected in today's economic hierarchies.