What is the relationship between cinema and spectator? That is the central question for film theory, and renowned film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Malte Hagener use this question to guide students through all of the major film theories – from the classical period to today – in this insightful, engaging book. Every kind of cinema (and film theory) imagines an ideal spectator, and then imagines a certain relationship between the mind and body of that spectator and the screen. Using seven distinctive configurations of spectator and screen that move progressively from ‘exterior’ to ‘interior’ relationships, the authors retrace the most important stages of film theory from 1945 to the present, from neo-realist and modernist theories to psychoanalytic, ‘apparatus’, phenomenological and cognitivist theories.

Essays and images that map art's new sonic cosmos, illustrated in color throughout. This milestone volume maps fifty years of artists' engagement with sound. Since the beginning of the new millennium, numerous historical and critical works have established sound art as an artistic genre in its own right, with an accepted genealogy that begins with Futurism, Dada, and Fluxus, as well as disciplinary classifications that effectively restrict artistic practice to particular tools and venues. This book, companion volume to a massive exhibition at ZKM | Karlsruhe, goes beyond these established disciplinary divides to chart the evolution and the full potential of sound as a medium of art. The book begins with an extensive overview by volume editor Peter Weibel that considers the history of sound as media art, examining work by visual artists, composers, musicians, and architects alike. Subsequent essays examine sound experiments in antiquity, sonification of art and science, and internet-based sound art. Contributors then survey the global field of sound art research and practice, in essays that describe the past, present, and future of sound art in Germany, Japan, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Canada, Turkey, Australia, and Scandinavia. The texts are accompanied by an extensive photographic documentation of the ZKM exhibition. Texts by Achille Bonito Oliva, Dmitry Bulatov, Germano Celant, Seth Cluett, Christoph Cox, Julia Gerlach, Ryo Ikeshiro und/and Atau Tanaka, Caleb Kelly, Brandon LaBelle, Christof Migone, László Moholy-Nagy, Daniel Muzyczuk, Tony Myatt, Irene Noy, Giuliano Obici, Carsten Seiffarth und/and Bernd Schulz, Başak Şenova, Linnea Semmerling, Morten Søndergaard, Alexandra Supper, David Toop und/and Adam Parkinson, Peter Weibel, Dajuin Yao, Siegfried Zielinski

At the beginning of The Writer's Journey, Christopher Vogler asserts that "all stories consist of a few common structural elements found universally in myths, fairy tales, dreams, and movies." Some may be hard-pressed to accept this idea (and will wonder how storytellers from Homer to Shakespeare to Robert Altman might respond to the proposition). Others may imagine that since Vogler uses movies like the Star Wars trilogy and The Lion King to defend his mythological philosophy, he is, unwittingly, listing the reasons why Hollywood films of the last 20 years have been so unimaginative. But there's no doubt that Vogler's notion, based on psychological writings by Carl Jung and the mythmaking philosophy of Joseph Campbell, has been profoundly influential. Many screenwriters have used Vogler's volume to understand why certain scenarios sell, and to discover a blueprint for creating mythic stories of their own. Now in its second edition, The Writer's Journey sets forth archetypes common in what Vogler calls "the hero's journey," the mythic structure that he claims all stories follow. In the book's first section, he lists the different kinds of typological characters who appear in stories. In the second, he discusses the stages of the journey through which the hero generally passes. The final, supplementary portion of the book explains in detail how films like Titanic and The Full Monty follow the patterns he has outlined. This new 4th edition adds 30% new material

She thinks we’re devils. I know we are. Feared and revered, we’ve earned our place to shepherd the sheep. Harbor the secrets until she comes along and threatens our foundation. We could ruin her or use her. Either way, she’s ours, whether she knows it or not, even if it's forbidden. Nova Devlin I thought I knew who I was, where I came from, but my life is turned upside down when a stranger knocks on my door with promises that seem too good to be true. I should have run like hell and never looked back, but it’s too late now. I’m enrolled at Cadieux College where secrets and deception line the walls and the founding family’s rule without question. They all think I’ll be easy to use, to control, but I’m nobody’s puppet. Made in Malice is the first book in the Corrupt Credence series. A dark college romance with mature content for adult readers.

Avery Jordan wants nothing more than peace in her life and to leave the demons of the past behind. But when her friend returns to New Orleans after nearly becoming the victim of a serial killer, she finds that peace is the last thing she’ll have for a very long time. The new bodyguard now accompanying them everywhere is her exact opposite, and each time their paths cross, former Special Agent Ellis Brooks proves he knows exactly how to get under her skin. Ellis Brooks is a man with retribution in his heart. After an encounter with a killer known only as the Black Dahlia left his partner dead, he thought he could walk away from the Bureau for good. Yet, when he’s offered a chance to atone for his past failures, he can’t refuse. Taking the job of bodyguard for the Black Dahlia’s missed target, he quickly finds the only problem with his plan is the vivacious blonde constantly in his way. And when Avery’s stories don’t add up, Ellis’s distrustful nature gets the better of him. The deeper he digs, the more he discovers her link to an unspeakable darkness that threatens them both.

La storia delle donne italiane ha nella Resistenza e nell’esperienza della guerra partigiana uno dei suoi punti nodali, forse il più importante. Benedetta Tobagi la ricostruisce facendo ricorso a tutti i suoi quello di storica, di intellettuale civile, di scrittrice. La Resistenza delle donne è prima di tutto un libro di storie, di traiettorie esistenziali, di tragedie, di speranze e rinascite, di vite. Da quella della «brava moglie» che decide di imbracciare le armi per affermare un’identità che vada oltre le etichette, alla ragazza che cerca (e trova) il riscatto da un’esistenza di miseria e violenza, da chi nell’aiuto ai combattenti vive una sorta di inedita maternità, a chi nella guerra cerca vendetta e chi invece si sente impegnata in una «guerra alla guerra», dalle studentesse che si imbarcano in una grande avventura (inclusa un’inedita libertà nel vivere il proprio corpo e a volte persino il sesso), alle lavoratrici per cui la lotta al fascismo è la naturale prosecuzione della lotta di classe. Tobagi racconta queste storie facendo parlare le fotografie che ha incontrato in decine di archivi storici. Ne viene fuori quasi un album di famiglia della Repubblica, ma in cui sono rimesse al loro posto le pagine strappate, o le pagine che vedono protagoniste le donne. Un libro che possiede il rigore della ricostruzione storica, ma anche una straordinaria passione civile che fa muovere le vicende raccontate sullo sfondo dei problemi di qual è il ruolo delle donne, come affermare la propria identità in una società patriarcale, qual è l’intersezione tra libertà politiche, di classe e di genere, qual è il rapporto tra resistenza civile e armata, tra la scelta, o la necessità, di combattere e il desiderio di pace?

She thinks we’re devils. I know we are. Feared and revered, we’ve earned our place to shepherd the sheep. Harbor the secrets until she comes along and threatens our foundation. We could ruin her or use her. Either way, she’s ours, whether she knows it or not, even if it's forbidden. Nova Devlin I thought I knew who I was, where I came from, but my life is turned upside down when a stranger knocks on my door with promises that seem too good to be true. I should have run like hell and never looked back, but it’s too late now. I’m enrolled at Cadieux College where secrets and deception line the walls and the founding family’s rule without question. They all think I’ll be easy to use, to control, but I’m nobody’s puppet. Made in Malice is the first book in the Corrupt Credence series. A dark college romance with mature content for adult readers.

Il Monte Bianco, il Rosa, certamente il Cervino. E poi il Bernina, il Campanile Basso e le Tre Cime. Dalle Alpi Marittime fino alle Alpi Giulie, percorreremo 1300 chilometri da ovest fino a est, dal Tirreno all'Adriatico, in 30 vette iconiche e 30 valli, ognuna ricca di storie esemplari ed emozionanti. Ognuno di noi ha una sua vetta preferita sulle possono essere le guglie affilate delle Dolomiti o le bianche cime dei massicci occidentali, il Sassolungo o il Cervino, le Tofane o il Monviso. Enrico Camanni ci accompagna in un viaggio straordinario attraverso l'arco alpino con la passione di chi ha dedicato una vita a esplorare, studiare e amare le nostre montagne. Ogni capitolo, ogni cima, è l'occasione per un'immersione nella storia, nella geologia, nelle leggende e nelle tradizioni e, intrecciandosapientemente racconto naturalistico e memoria storica, scoperte scientifiche e avventure umane, restituisce al lettore non solo la grandezza paesaggistica ma anche il ruolo cruciale nella cultura europea. Se fino all'Ottocento la storia delle Alpi è stata prevalentemente storia di valli e valligiani, tutto cambia con l'arrivo dei viaggiatori e degli alpinisti di città, spinti dalla sete di conoscenza e dal desiderio di conquista. Dalla civiltà della valle si passa alla moda della vetta. Alla stoica convivenza con i rigori della montagna subentrano la conquista delle cime e lo sfruttamento dei paesaggi e delle risorse idriche. Le Alpi cambiano significati e destini, e il passaggio avviene in un tempo troppo breve per essere compreso dai pochi decenni, il soffio di una generazione. Un libro che si rivolge tanto agli appassionati di montagna quanto a chi desidera scoprire il fascino di un territorio unico al mondo. Ogni vetta e ogni valle diventano una finestra sulla complessità e la bellezza dell'universo alpino, invitandoci a guardare con occhi nuovi questi custodi silenziosi della nostra storia.  

A Dark Why Choose Romance. One wannabe writer from Brooklyn. Three insanely hot billionaires. One very indecent proposal. West Archer, Ezekiel Cavanagh, and Xander King. AKA The Unholy Trinity. Ruthless. Ambitious. Intimidating. With dark tastes and even darker desires, they’ve been searching for the perfect woman to fit into their unique lifestyle for over a decade. But despite their best efforts, none have made it past three months. Believing they’re destined to never find the one, they swear to stop looking. Until they meet Lily. There’s something about Lily Sloane, something that captivates all three of them. For the first time ever, it seems like they may have truly found the perfect fit. But as we all know, there is such a thing as too good to be true. Lily Sloane isn’t the penniless girl from Brooklyn they think she is. And with a past full of secrets and lies that she’s trying to escape, the unholy trinity might have bitten off more than they can chew. When trust is broken, is there any way back? The Perfect Fit is a dark why-choose MMFM romance with lots of angst, emotion, betrayal, and enough heat to melt your kindle. This book contains grumpy/sunshine, sword crossing, an epic grovel, and a HEA. Content warnings include: CNC, knife play, blood play, primal play.