Films On Ice

Author : Scott MacKenzie
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748694181

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A comprehensive study of films made in and about one of the world's most breathtaking landscapes - the ArcticThe first book to address the vast diversity of Northern circumpolar cinemas from a transnational perspective, Films on Ice: Cinemas of the Arctic presents the region as one of great and previously overlooked cinematic diversity. With chapters on polar explorer films, silent cinema, documentaries, ethnographic and indigenous film, gender and ecology, as well as Hollywood and the USSR's uses and abuses of the Arctic, this book provides a groundbreaking account of Arctic cinemas from 1898 to the present. Challenging dominant notions of the region in popular and political culture, it demonstrates how moving images (cinema, television, video, and digital media) have been central to the very definition of the Arctic since the end of the nineteenth century. Bringing together an international array of European, Russian, Nordic, and North American scholars, Films on Ice radically alters stereotypical views of the Arctic region, and therefore of film history itself.

Author : MacKenzie Scott MacKenzie
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474410403

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The first book to address the vast diversity of Northern circumpolar cinemas from a transnational perspective, Films on Ice: Cinemas of the Arctic presents the region as one of great and previously overlooked cinematic diversity.

Author : Terry T. McFadden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Cooling ponds
ISBN : MINN:31951D03547006X

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Ice Fog Suppression Using Reinforced Thin Chemical Films by Terry T. McFadden Pdf

Author : Ejnar Mikkelsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Alabama-expeditionen til Grønlands nordøstkyst
ISBN : 1586420577

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Two Against the Ice by Ejnar Mikkelsen Pdf

A classic tale of survival by an important figure in the history of Arctic exploration, this is the autobiography of a man who devoted his life to the Arctic. A veteran explorer, in 1910 he embarked upon an expedition with his friend Iver Iversen, in search of the diaries of the tragic Mylius and Erichsen expedition. For three years they suffered every calamity known to man, including starvation, frostbite, snow blindness, bear attacks and apocalyptic storms, with no hope of rescue. Yet they retained their sanity and humour by refusing to become as desolate as their surroundings.

Author : Rick Moody
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504027670

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The Ice Storm by Rick Moody Pdf

The national bestseller and basis for the Ang Lee film is a “powerful” novel of two troubled families during a blizzard in 1970s suburban Connecticut (Newsday). A potentially devastating blizzard approaches New Canaan, Connecticut, while internal forces of desire, frustration, and ennui threaten to tear apart two quintessentially affluent, suburban families. Elena Hood rightfully suspects her husband, Benjamin, is having an affair with neighbor Janey Williams, while Benjamin resents Elena and his mounting feelings of ineptitude. As the snow begins to fall, Benjamin and Elena, as well as Janey and her husband, attend a neighborhood “key party,” where they and other respectable suburbanites agree to go home with whomever’s keys they draw from a bowl. Meanwhile, the Hoods’ and Williams’s teenage children are caught up in their own experimentations with sex and drugs as they test the boundaries of their structured upbringing. With author Rick Moody’s sharp eye for the nuances of suburban life and allusions to 1970s America from Watergate to the Fantastic Four, the novel’s landscape is vivid and immersive. This timeless, unforgettable novel is a compassionate portrayal of flawed characters and reflects Rick Moody’s sharp eye for the contradictions of suburban life. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Rick Moody including rare images from the author’s personal collection.

Author : Karen Maitland
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141956893

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The Falcons of Fire and Ice by Karen Maitland Pdf

The Falcons of Fire and Ice by Karen Maitland, author of the hugely popular Company of Liars, is a powerful historical thriller which takes you right back to the darkest corners of the 16th century. Intelligently written and meticulously researched, it is a real treat for all fans of CJ Sansom and Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. 'A tour de force: dark and woven with the supernatural' Daily Mail 1564, Lisbon. The Inquisition displays its power and ruthlessly spreads fear. Heretics are tortured and burned. Any who oppose the Church's will realize that silence is preferable to a slow and agonizing death. Isabela, daughter of the Falconer at the Royal Court, is about to be caught in the Church's terrifying schemes. The slaughter of two of the King's precious white falcons sees her father arrested and imprisoned. As punishment he and his family will be killed unless the birds are replaced. Isabela, young and headstrong, decides that only she can save her father. These birds are impossibly rare, and she will have to travel far and into strange lands to find them to clear her father's name. It is a journey that will take her into a dark and dangerous world filled with menacing people driven by fearful beliefs. And, unfortunately for Isabela, the Church has sent a companion to ensure she never returns . . . Step back in time with Karen Maitland's Dark Tales and discover a world full of imagination in The Falcons of Fire and Ice - 'a thrilling horrible vision of the Dark Ages' Metro Karen Maitland travelled and worked in many parts of the United Kingdom before finally settling in the beautiful medieval city of Lincoln. She is the author of The White Room, Company of Liars, The Owl Killersand The Gallows Curse. The latter three titles are available as Penguin paperbacks.

Author : Bill Keenan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613218617

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Odd Man Rush by Bill Keenan Pdf

In his hilarious, gritty, and touching debut, Bill Keenan—a hockey star once on the fast-track to the NHL—tells of how he overcame multiple obstacles to find fulfillment and redemption in the strange world of European minor-league professional hockey. Keenan’s hockey obsession begins as a five-year-old on Lasker Rink in New York’s Central Park—“love at first stride,” as he calls it. He then becomes the youngest, and skinniest, player on the New York Bobcats, a Junior B hockey team. Later, after his hockey career at Harvard doesn’t end as planned—with a fat NHL contract—Keenan decides to play in the minor leagues in Europe, where the glamour of professional sports is decidedly lacking. Part fish-out-of-water travelogue, part coming-of-age memoir, Odd Man Rush will capture the interest of not just hockey fans, but also fans of good writing. Throughout, Keenan’s deep affection for the game shines through, even as he describes fans who steal players’ clothes from the locker room or toss empty beer cans onto the rink after games. Abusive fans, cold showers, long bus rides—nothing diminishes his love for the sport. “Because that’s the way it works with me and hockey. Even when it’s horrible, it’s wonderful.” Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Seerley Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Audio-visual education
ISBN : OSU:32435020201901

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U.S. Government Films for Public Educational Use - 1960 by Seerley Reid Pdf

Author : Salvador Jimenez Murguía
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442269064

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The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Films by Salvador Jimenez Murguía Pdf

From D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation in 1915 to the recent Get Out, audiences and critics alike have responded to racism in motion pictures for more than a century. Whether subtle or blatant, racially biased images and narratives erase minorities, perpetuate stereotypes, and keep alive practices of discrimination and marginalization. Even in the 21st century, the American film industry is not “color blind,” evidenced by films such as Babel (2006), A Better Life, (2011), and 12 Years a Slave (2013). The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Film documents one facet of racism in the film industry, wherein historically underrepresented peoples are misrepresented—through a lack of roles for actors of color, stereotyping, negative associations, and an absence of rich, nuanced characters. Offering insights and analysis from over seventy scholars, critics, and activists, the volume highlights issues such as: Hollywood’s diversity crisis White Savior films Magic Negro tropes The disconnect between screen images and lived realities of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asians A companion to the ever-growing field of race studies, this volume opens up a critical dialogue on an always timely issue. The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Film will appeal to scholars of cinema, race and ethnicity studies, and cultural history.

Author : Bapsi Sidhwa
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000-10-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789351181194

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Ice-Candy-Man by Bapsi Sidhwa Pdf

Now Filmed as 1947, a motion picture by Deepa Mehta Few novels have caught the turmoil of the Indian subcontinent during Partition with such immediacy, such wit and tragic power.

Author : Vladislav Sadtchenko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951P00693950P

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Structure and Reactivity of Thin D2O and H2O Ice Films by Vladislav Sadtchenko Pdf

Author : Whitley Strieber
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575101807

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The Day After Tomorrow by Whitley Strieber Pdf

The planet is warming up and as the ice caps melt, the great currents of the oceans shift and the Northern Hemisphere is plunged into a new ice age. One scientist has the key to turning back the clock of global warming. But as Western civilisation succumbs to blizzards and tidal waves and the population of the Northern hemisphere begins a mass exodus south, mankind's only saviour is making a lonely, terror-filled trip north. To a New York disappearing under snowdrifts hundreds of feet high. The city where his son was last heard of.

Author : Edna Ferber
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667623252

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Ice Palace by Edna Ferber Pdf

“Alaska is the real heroine here—with her advocates and her court attendants the members of the cast. There’s Chris Storm, native daughter, glamorous, colorful, with a story so incredible that it has to be taken on faith. Brought up by two grandfathers, she might well have been caught in the meshes of their friendship, their rivalry, their enmity. One grandfather, Thor Storm, had sought in Alaska in his youth that freedom of the frontier it still afforded—and stayed, victim of their lure, seeking through the weekly he published, to maintain that freedom. The other grandfather, Czar Kennedy, was High Mogul, big time operator, who had made his millions in Alaska, but who milked her and played in with the Outside—men from Seattle and San Francisco and Washington who stripped her of her riches for their own ends. Chris was brought up by the two of them, with Bridie Ballantyne providing the balance wheel, and Chris managed to survive and be a person in her own right.”—Kirkus Review

Author : James Douglas Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951P00503434W

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The Interactions of Stratospherically Abundant Compounds with Ultrathin Ice Films by James Douglas Graham Pdf

Author : James Schamus
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1557043094

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The Ice Storm by James Schamus Pdf

1999 Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay Award; Writers Guild Nominee. Contains 25 pages of film stills and scene notes by James Schamus.