The Femme Fatale Job

Author : Kat Simons
Publisher : T&D Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Femme Fatale Job by Kat Simons Pdf

No one saw her coming… After the last job for the dragon king, Myra vows never again. No more. But for Christopher, and for whatever these feelings developing between them might be… She can’t say no. Especially if the job involves a damsel in distress. Myra’s dragon shifter prince just can’t resist rescuing people in trouble. And when he needs a thief to do that, Myra happily jumps in. The job might be skirting the line between working for the dragon king and not working for the dragon king, but Myra willingly walks that line for Christopher. What starts out as a simple case of helping one woman rescue her career, though, quickly turns into something Myra never expected, something no one expected. A foe so deadly, so terrifying, that if they get this wrong, the entire island of Manhattan could burn. Pitting a magical thief and her dragon shifter prince against one of the most terrifying creatures on the planet… How can they possibly survive? By stealing something of course. Before everything goes up in flames. keywords: Romantasy, Paranormal Romance, Shapeshifter Romance, Shifter Romance, Dragon Shifter Romance, Urban fantasy, urban fantasy romance, heist fantasy, paranormal urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal fantasy, dark fantasy, horror fantasy, mystery fantasy, paranormal mystery, crime fiction, magic fantasy, witches and wizards, urban fantasy magic, dragons and myths, alternate history romance

Author : J. Grossman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230274983

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Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir by J. Grossman Pdf

In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the "femme fatale" figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain cultural obsessions with "bad" women.

Author : Richard Gilmore
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319398952

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Searching for Wisdom In Movies by Richard Gilmore Pdf

In this volume, Richard Gilmore explores film as a channel through which to engage in philosophical reflection and analyzes the relationship between philosophy and film. This book argues that philosophy and film can and should be used for the amelioration of life’s difficulties and the promotion of life’s boons. Gilmore identifies how philosophy and film complement and enrich one another and explores their relationship by connecting classic wisdom texts to significant movies. For example, the volume analyzes the Coen brothers’ films The Big Lebowski and A Serious Man in light of The Book of Job. Gilmore considers the ancient idea of philosophy as “spiritual exercise” and a way of life. The volume concludes by examining what the author labels “sublime conversations” as the highest expression of philosophy. The book identifies and dissects these conversations in movies directed by the likes of Robert Bresson, Yasujirō Ozu, Jean-Luc Godard, and Ingmar Bergman, among others.

Author : Marissa Chibás
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000411911

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Mythic Imagination and the Actor by Marissa Chibás Pdf

In Mythic Imagination and the Actor, Marissa Chibás draws on over three decades of experience as a Latinx actor, writer, filmmaker, and teacher to offer an approach to acting that embraces collective imagination, archetypal work, and the mythic. The book begins with a comparative analysis between method acting and mythic acting, encouraging actors to push past the limits of singular life experience and move to a realm where imagination and metaphor thrive. In the context of mythic acting, the book explores awareness work, solo performance creation, the power of archetypes, character building exercises, creating a body/text connection, and how to be the detective of your own process. Through this inclusive guide for a new age of diverse performers traversing gender, ability, culture, and race, readers are able to move beyond their limits to a deep engagement with the infinite possibilities of rich imagination. The final chapter empowers and motivates artists to live healthfully within the practice and create a personal artistic vision plan. Written for actors and students of acting, American Drama, and film and theatre studies, Mythic Imagination and the Actor provides practical exercises and prompts to unlock and interpret an actor’s deepest creative sources.

Author : Nicola Rehling
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781461633426

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Extra-Ordinary Men by Nicola Rehling Pdf

Extra-Ordinary Men analyzes popular cinematic representations of white heterosexual masculinity as the 'ordinary' form of male identity, one that enjoys considerable economic, social, political, and representational strength. Nicola Rehling argues that while this normative position affords white heterosexual masculinity ideological and political dominance, such 'ordinariness' also engenders the anxiety that it is a depthless, vacuous, and unstable identity. At a time when the neutrality of white heterosexual masculinity has been challenged by identity politics, this insightful volume offers lucid accounts of contemporary theoretical debates on masculinity in popular cinema, and explores the strategies deployed in popular films to reassert white heterosexual male hegemony through detailed readings of films as diverse as Fight Club, Boys Don't Cry, and The Matrix. Accessible to undergraduates, but also of interest to film scholars, the book makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of the ways in which popular film helps construct and maintain many unexamined assumptions about masculinity, gender, race, and sexuality.

Author : Jennifer Hedgecock
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781604975185

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The Femme Fatale in Victorian Literature by Jennifer Hedgecock Pdf

"examines the changing social and economic status of women from the 1860s through the 1880s, and rejects the stereotypical mid-Victorian femme fatale portrayed by conservative ideologues critiquing popular fiction by Wilkie Collins, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Honore de Balzac, and William Makepeace Thackeray. In these book reviews, the female protagonist is simply minimized to a dangerous woman. Refuting this one-dimensional characterization, this book argues that the femme fatale comes to represent the real-life struggles of the middle-class Victorian woman who overcomes major adversities such as poverty, abusive husbands, abandonment, single parenthood, limited job opportunities, the criminal underworld, and Victorian society's harsh invective against her." --publisher description.

Author : Kat Simons
Publisher : T&D Publishing
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dragon Thief by Kat Simons Pdf

One magic thief, one dragon shifter, and a whole lot of deadly mayhem… Myra has made many mistakes in her life. Breaking into a dragon king’s hoard… Not one of her most successful mistakes. As a thief with a touch of magic, though, she adores a good challenge. Unfortunately, the dragon king adores a good repayment for damages done. Not that she even stole anything! They caught her before she could. But no one argues with a dragon king. Do the job for him, or suffer the consequences. The job in question… Steal back the dragon king’s son. Myra never suspects when she reluctantly agrees to the king’s terms that the youngling she’s sent to rescue will turn out to be a sexy hunk of a dragon shifter whose deep voice and outstanding height push all her buttons. Or that her night will turn out so…interesting. Or that escaping his kidnappers will toss them into a deadly race against time. But Myra loves a good challenge. Especially an interesting one. Author’s Note: This story originally appeared in the collection, WHO STEALS A DRAGON, as the paranormal romance genre story. There have been minor changes to this story to fit in with the larger world of this new series. If you have read the story in WHO STEALS A DRAGON, this one has not been changed substantially enough for you to require re-reading it. You can jump right into Book Two in the series. keywords: Paranormal Romance; Shapeshifter Romance; Shifter Romance; Dragon Shifter Romance; Urban fantasy; urban fantasy romance; heist fantasy; paranormal urban fantasy; contemporary fantasy; paranormal fantasy; dark fantasy; horror fantasy; mystery fantasy; paranormal mystery; crime fiction; magic fantasy; witches and wizards; urban fantasy magic; dragons and myths; alternate history urban fantasy romance

Author : Kat Simons
Publisher : T&D Publishing
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Hourglass Through the Cats Eyes by Kat Simons Pdf

With time slipping away, saving the universe takes bravery…and cats. Learning to intermix her regular life with her new, destined life as a guardian of universal knowledge, Erica Randal studies hard, trains hard, and manages the two distinctly different parts of her day-to-day. She’s even getting used to her new cohort of cats, though the tension between her and the leader of her cats, Galahad, leaves her edgy. Getting used to the fact that Galahad has a human form, and that she finds that human form…compelling, makes their new living situation fraught. But even with that, Erica has accepted her new life, her new family. Accepted her fate. Even enjoys the training. What she really craves now, though… Her first chance to retrieve one of the books she and her aunt are fated to protect. So when the opportunity finally arises, Erica jumps at the chance. A retrieval that leads her and her cats into a dangerous desert adventure. A confrontation with deadly magic. And time running out for all of them… Author’s Note: This story is also published in the collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND JESTERS BELLS. keywords: Cat shifters, portal fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, magic fantasy, action and adventure, short story collections, demons and devils, witches and wizards, urban fantasy magic, magic and mayhem, monsters and demons, heroes and warriors, myths and legends, paranormal romance

Author : Kat Simons
Publisher : T&D Publishing
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Ting Ling by Kat Simons Pdf

Beware the noise behind the walls…And the dropped Cheetos Albert just wants some peace and quiet. Work and silence and no disturbances. Instead, a noise…a ringing noise in his apartment drives him to distraction. The noise even invades his dreams. When he realizes the ringing is coming from inside the walls, Albert really starts to worry. Anything could be behind that wall. Anything could be making that sound. Discovering the truth, however, proves more terrifying, and strange, than anything Albert could have expected. Author’s Note: This story is also published in the collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND JESTERS BELLS. keywords: Contemporary fantasy, paranormal, portal fantasy, short story, short story collections, action adventure, portal fantasy short stories, dark fantasy, horror, demon paranormal fantasy, alien invasion, humorous alien invasion,

Author : Andre Spicer,Helen Hanson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781118523711

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A Companion to Film Noir by Andre Spicer,Helen Hanson Pdf

An authoritative companion that offers a wide-ranging thematic survey of this enduringly popular cultural form and includes scholarship from both established and emerging scholars as well as analysis of film noir's influence on other media including television and graphic novels. Covers a wealth of new approaches to film noir and neo-noir that explore issues ranging from conceptualization to cross-media influences Features chapters exploring the wider ‘noir mediascape’ of television, graphic novels and radio Reflects the historical and geographical reach of film noir, from the 1920s to the present and in a variety of national cinemas Includes contributions from both established and emerging scholars

Author : Michael Spiropoulos
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1741156718

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Interview Skills that win the job by Michael Spiropoulos Pdf

A collection of simple techniques aimed at helping anyone answer even the trickiest interview questions as well as helpful tips on body language, what to wear, and how to conquer nerves.

Author : Linda Day,Carolyn Pressler
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664229108

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Engaging the Bible in a Gendered World by Linda Day,Carolyn Pressler Pdf

In highly accessible essays, the book covers the history, achievements, and cutting-edge questions in the area of gender and biblical scholarship, including violence and the Bible, female biblical God imagery, and sexuality."--Jacket.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Women
ISBN : STANFORD:36105219371163

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Resources in Women's Educational Equity by Anonim Pdf

Author : Misha Bell
Publisher : Mozaika Publications
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781631427114

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Femme Fatale-ish by Misha Bell Pdf

My name is Blue—insert a mood-related joke here—and I’m a femme fatale in training. My goal is to join the CIA. Unfortunately, I have a tiny issue with birds, and the closest I’ve come to my dream is working for a government agency that’s disturbingly up-to-speed on everyone’s sexts, rants in private Facebook groups, and secret family chocolate-chip cookie recipes. I know I’m a spy cliché, that agent who works at a desk but craves fieldwork. However, I have a plan: I’m going to infiltrate the secretive Hot Poker Club, where I’ve spotted a mysterious, sexy stranger who I’m convinced is a Russian spy. And once I'm in? All I have to do is seduce the presumed spy without falling for him, so I can expose his true identity and prove my femme fatale bona fides to the CIA. I never lose concentration at work, so that'll be an absolute breeze for me. Oh, and did I mention he's sexy? I’m doing it for my country, not my ovaries, I pinky swear. WARNING: Now that you’ve finished reading this, your device will self-destruct in five seconds. NOTE: This is a standalone, raunchy, slow-burn romantic comedy featuring a quirky, spy-movie-obsessed heroine, a scorching hot maybe-Russian, several terrifying tales about birds, and lots of text debates about the relative cuteness of animals. If any of the above is not your cup of tea, run far, far away. Otherwise, buckle up for a laugh-out-loud, feel-good ride.

Author : Andrew Beck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134439560

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Cultural Work by Andrew Beck Pdf

Cultural Work examines the conditions of the production of culture. It maps the changed character of work within the cultural and creative industries, examines the increasing diversity of cultural work and offers new methods for analysing and thinking about cultural workplaces. Studying television, popular music, performance art, radio, film production and live performance it offers occupational biographies, cultural histories, practitioners' evidence, considerations of the economic environment as well as new ways of observing and studying the cultural industries.