Creature Discomforts

Author : Susan Conant
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307569332

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Creature Discomforts by Susan Conant Pdf

A hike in the woods has memorable consequences for dog writer Holly Winter in this latest of Susan Conant's Dog Lover's Mysteries. When Holly Winter awakens, battered and bruised, clinging to a boulder on the side of a cliff, she doesn't even recognize her own beloved malamutes, Rowdy and Kimi, much less remember their names--or her own. She does, however, realize they're her dogs, and that she is--to put it mildly--a "dog person." And she vaguely remembers hearing a sinister voice from above. Putting clues together, she discovers that she is in Acadia National Park, on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and that she's the guest of one Gabrielle Beamon, a most attractive and charming woman, whom Holly doesn't recognize at all. When it is discovered that there was another fall, this one fatal, at approximately the same time and close to the same place as Holly's, she begins to fear for her own safety. In fact, she has all she can do to figure out what's going on without giving away her own loss of memory. You'll be licking your chops with glee as the dog fanciers in Conant's eclectic and eccentric group of characters once more prove themselves smarter and more resourceful in every way than their more anthropocentric counterparts. From the Hardcover edition.

Author : Slava Greenberg
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253064523

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Animated Film and Disability by Slava Greenberg Pdf

While many live-action films portray disability as a spectacle, "crip animation" (a genre of animated films that celebrates disabled people's lived experiences) uses a variety of techniques like clay animation, puppets, pixilation, and computer-generated animation to represent the inner worlds of people with disabilities. Crip animation has the potential to challenge the ableist gaze and immerse viewers in an alternative bodily experience. In Animated Film and Disability, Slava Greenberg analyzes over 30 animated works about disabilities, including Rocks in My Pockets, An Eyeful of Sound, and A Shift in Perception. He considers the ableism of live-action cinematography, the involvement of filmmakers with disabilities in the production process, and the evocation of the spectators' senses of sight and hearing, consequently subverting traditional spectatorship and listenership hierarchies. In addition, Greenberg explores physical and sensory accessibility in theaters and suggests new ways to accommodate cinematic screenings. Offering an introduction to disability studies and crip theory for film, media, and animation scholars, Animated Film and Disability demonstrates that crip animation has the power to breach the spectator's comfort, evoking awareness of their own bodies and, in certain cases, their social privileges.

Author : Catalin Brylla,Helen Hughes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137598943

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Documentary and Disability by Catalin Brylla,Helen Hughes Pdf

This edited collection of contributions from media scholars, film practitioners and film historians connects the vibrant fields of documentary and disability studies. Documentary film has not only played an historical role in the social construction of disability but continues to be a strong force for expression, inclusion and activism. Offering essays on the interpretation and conception of a wide variety of documentary formats, Documentary and Disability reveals a rich set of resources on subjects as diverse as Thomas Quasthoff’s opera performances, Tourette syndrome in the developing world, queer approaches to sexual functionality, Channel 4 disability sports broadcasting, the political meaning of cochlear implant activation, and Christoph’s Schlingensief’s celebrated Freakstars 3000.

Author : C. R. Yeager
Publisher : Christopher Yeager
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0977066215

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Breakfast at Noon by C. R. Yeager Pdf

Like a casualty of the Salem witch trials, the Sandwich Generation is feeling squeezed to death. C.R. Yeager skewers a kebab of aggravations in this satirical celebration of mid-life—ranging from childhood legacy to the marital dynamic, fashion victimhood, and the not-so-simple art of living on a slab. Written with a dyslexic's appreciation of the absurd, Breakfast at Noon is a cracked valentine to the process of surviving the inevitable.

Author : Dr. Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D.
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998-03-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780312871796

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Lisa and David / Jordi / Little Ralphie and the Creature by Dr. Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D. Pdf

Drawing on more than thirty years' experience as a practicing psychiatrist, Dr. Rubin shows the reader the heartrending and hope-filled stories of emotionally disturbed children as they struggle to make it through each day. Along with two classic stories in the literature of psychology, Lisa and David and Jordi, Dr. Rubin has now added Little Ralphie and the Creature. Together they demonstrate the power of love and its ability to heal. Meet these four extraordinary young people as they search for a place and time in the world where is it safe to be themselves. David: Extremely intelligent, with extraordinary abilities in math, physics, and chess. He is passionately interested in clocks. He cannot bear to be touched, is petrified of germs and human contact. Suffers overwhelming panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive behavior. Lisa: A schizophrenic who must constantly speak in singsong rhymes to avoid losing herself to Muriel--her moody, brooding, scowling, silent other self. Jordi: Schizophrenic, with autistic tendencies. He's afraid of garbage cans, all garbage cans, because he believes them to be ears. Ears that will hear him. Only his "jiggler"--a doorknob tied to a long string--can offer him any comfort or protection. Little Ralphie: Actue schizophrenic reaction--catatonic type. Ralphie hides in alternate realties to escape his unbearable pain. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Barry Purves
Publisher : AVA Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9782940373734

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Basics Animation 04: Stop-motion by Barry Purves Pdf

Basics Animation- Stop-motion by Barry Purves explores how all the elements of film-making - camera work, design, colour, lighting, editing, music and storytelling - come together in this unique art form. The author is passionate about this medium and his talent and experience have made this book an immediate hit in the world of animation. Students of animation will learn to recognize the particular types of movement, characters and stories that typify stop-motion. The book is packed with tips and suggestions to help you get the most out of your stop-motion films, accompanied by illustrations and case studies demonstrating how film-making masters through the years have used it in feature films, short films and television.

Author : T. Duren Jones
Publisher : WordFire +ORM
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781614756576

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Trail Mix by T. Duren Jones Pdf

Going hiking? Don’t forget to pack these bite-sized, mostly true stories from the wilderness, featuring those who survived the author’s adventures. T. Duren Jones loves hiking wilderness trails. He gets out as often as he can, and enjoys taking friends and family on his explorations. Most of those who have joined his adventures still talk to him. He has hiked hundreds of trails in the American West, has summited all of the fifty-four Colorado 14,000 ft. peaks (now on his second round with his granddaughter), and has trekked the nearly 500 miles of the Colorado Trail’s twenty-eight segments from Denver to Durango. Once he’s done with one checklist, he on to the next—this guy is nuts! This book is a follow-up to Tales from the Trails, this time with new stories presented in bite-sized pieces. Snack on a few at a time, but you might not want to put it down and end up eating, er, reading, the whole package in one sitting. As with his previous book, Trail Mix is part adventure, part travelogue, part motivational encouragement, part cautionary tale, and part stand-up comedy (at least the author thinks so). Trail Mix is for anyone who loves spending time in the outdoors, who wishes they could be outdoors more, or who simply enjoys reading about nuts who spend time in the great outdoors. The author hopes by sharing these adventures—and misadventures—that the readers will be inspired to go out and discover their own stories.

Author : Cornelis Stoffel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : English language
ISBN : UIUC:30112062363475

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Studies in English, Written and Spoken by Cornelis Stoffel Pdf

Author : Robert Manns
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04
Category : American drama
ISBN : 9780595349708

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BOYS WILL BE BOYS and FIVE ONE-ACT PLAYS by Robert Manns Pdf

With the loosening of constraints on what may be discussed and portrayed in plays dealing with homosexuality, similar relaxation should be expected for heterosexual works. Within the bounds of good taste, of course. And taste, like time, alters. Hopefully, the time is now. *** In an age of miniaturization, the one-act play should find itself at home. People do attend concertized etudes, most often for the piano, and that is precisely what a one-act play is--an etude. Sometimes it's a character study, others a piece of action, still others a complete little story, and several strung together selectively can make a program.

Author : Jon Cohen
Publisher : Wonder Wheel Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781838119928

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Asking For Trouble by Jon Cohen Pdf

It’s only natural to ask people what they think of your ideas. After all, you can’t launch, create or do something of value if you’re not interested in the opinions of your intended audience. Trouble is, the asking doesn’t always help. Learning the lessons from a lifetime of listening, Jon Cohen reveals why you can’t trust what people say and explains why their answers will often lead you astray. Drawing on an extraordinary array of entertaining and inspiring examples, Jon demonstrates how to ask better, listen harder and get closer to the truth. This book will transform your ability to understand what people think, enabling you to develop more imaginative ideas, braver public policy and compelling marketing communications. ASKING FOR TROUBLE IS YOUR INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO ASKING PEOPLE WHAT THEY THINK ______________________________ INSPIRING AND FUNNY! Rita Clifton CBE Incredibly usable and wonderfully readable. A tremendous book. Adam Martin, Managing Director of Tesco Hospitality Enjoyable, provocative and rewarding. Buy this book immediately. Dan Hulse, Chief Strategy Officer, St Lukes

Author : Nichola Dobson,Annabelle Honess Roe,Amy Ratelle,Caroline Ruddell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501332630

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The Animation Studies Reader by Nichola Dobson,Annabelle Honess Roe,Amy Ratelle,Caroline Ruddell Pdf

The Animation Studies Reader brings together both key writings within animation studies and new material in emerging areas of the field. The collection provides readers with seminal texts that ground animation studies within the contexts of theory and aesthetics, form and genre, and issues of representation. The first section collates key readings on animation theory, on how we might conceptualise animation, and on some of the fundamental qualities of animation. New material is also introduced in this section specifically addressing questions raised by the nature, style and materiality of animation. The second section outlines some of the main forms that animation takes, which includes discussions of genre. Although this section cannot be exhaustive, the material chosen is particularly useful as it provides samples of analysis that can illuminate some of the issues the first section of the book raises. The third section focuses on issues of representation and how the medium of animation might have an impact on how bodies, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity are represented. These representations can only be read through an understanding of the questions that the first two sections of the book raise; we can only decode these representations if we take into account form and genre, and theoretical conceptualisations such as visual pleasure, spectacle, the uncanny, realism etc.

Author : Tim Hollis
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0811732665

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Glass Bottom Boats & Mermaid Tails by Tim Hollis Pdf

Quintessential roadside book recounts how Florida's natural wonders were first developed as tourist attractions.

Author : Bruce Ellis Benson,Norman Wirzba
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780823265015

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Being-in-Creation by Bruce Ellis Benson,Norman Wirzba Pdf

What is the proper relationship between human beings and the more-than-human world? This philosophical question, which underlies vast environmental crises, forces us to investigate the tension between our extraordinary powers, which seem to set us apart from nature, even above it, and our thoroughgoing ordinariness, as revealed by the evolutionary history we share with all life. The contributors to this volume ask us to consider whether the anxiety of unheimlichkeit, which in one form or another absorbed so much of twentieth-century philosophy, might reveal not our homelessness in the cosmos but a need for a fundamental belongingness and implacement in it.

Author : Ron Bates
Publisher : Zonderkidz
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780310735526

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How to Make Friends and Monsters by Ron Bates Pdf

Howard Boward, a 13-year-old boy-genius with a chip on his shoulder is too smart for his own good. He has troubles making friends—possibly because he complains so much. Until one day a science experiment goes haywire, and Howard creates a best friend for himself—Franklin—who also happens to be a monster. Creating Franklin was an accident, not like Howard was playing God or anything—or so Howard tells himself. Franklin and Howard are having so much fun, Howard decides to create more “friends,” using DNA from kids at school. Only, these friends aren’t quite as friendly. Soon there’s a major mess and Howard has to sort it all out before the monsters destroy their human counterparts. But terminating the monsters proves harder than he imagined. They didn’t choose to be monsters; they can’t go against their innate nature. Howard finds himself facing consequences for playing God. Getting rid of the monsters means learning to tame his own inner beast, and Howard begins to understand the meaning of free will and true friendship

Author : Peter S. Alagona
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520397880

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The Accidental Ecosystem by Peter S. Alagona Pdf

One of Smithsonian Magazine's Favorite Books of 2022 With wildlife thriving in cities, we have the opportunity to create vibrant urban ecosystems that serve both people and animals. The Accidental Ecosystem tells the story of how cities across the United States went from having little wildlife to filling, dramatically and unexpectedly, with wild creatures. Today, many of these cities have more large and charismatic wild animals living in them than at any time in at least the past 150 years. Why have so many cities--the most artificial and human-dominated of all Earth's ecosystems--grown rich with wildlife, even as wildlife has declined in most of the rest of the world? And what does this paradox mean for people, wildlife, and nature on our increasingly urban planet? The Accidental Ecosystem is the first book to explain this phenomenon from a deep historical perspective, and its focus includes a broad range of species and cities. Cities covered include New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Austin, Miami, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Digging into the natural history of cities and unpacking our conception of what it means to be wild, this book provides fascinating context for why animals are thriving more in cities than outside of them. Author Peter S. Alagona argues that the proliferation of animals in cities is largely the unintended result of human decisions that were made for reasons having little to do with the wild creatures themselves. Considering what it means to live in diverse, multispecies communities and exploring how human and nonhuman members of communities might thrive together, Alagona goes beyond the tension between those who embrace the surge in urban wildlife and those who think of animals as invasive or as public safety hazards. The Accidental Ecosystem calls on readers to reimagine interspecies coexistence in shared habitats, as well as policies that are based on just, humane, and sustainable approaches.