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Health Security Intelligence introduces readers to the world of
health security, to threats like COVID-19, and to the many other
incarnations of global health security threats and their
implications for intelligence and national security. Disease
outbreaks like COVID-19 have not historically been considered a
national security matter. While disease outbreaks among troops have
always been a concern, it was the potential that arose in the first
half of the twentieth century to systematically design biological
weapons and to develop these at an industrial scale, that initially
drew the attention of security, defence and intelligence
communities to biology and medical science. This book charts the
evolution of public health and biosecurity threats from those early
days, tracing how perceptions of these threats have expanded from
deliberately introduced disease outbreaks to also incorporate
natural disease outbreaks, the unintended consequences of research,
laboratory accidents, and the convergence of emerging technologies.
This spectrum of threats has led to an expansion of the
stakeholders, tools and sources involved in intelligence gathering
and threat assessments. This edited volume is a landmark in efforts
to develop a multidisciplinary, empirically informed, and
policy-relevant approach to intelligence-academia engagement in
global health security that serves both the intelligence community
and scholars from a broad range of disciplines. The chapters in
this book were originally published as a special issue of the
journal, Intelligence and National Security.
Soon after film came into existence, the term epic was used to
describe productions that were lengthy, spectacular, live with
action, and often filmed in exotic locales with large casts and
staggering budgets. The effort and extravagance needed to mount an
epic film paid off handsomely at the box office, for the genre
became an immediate favorite with audiences. Epic films survived
the tribulations of two world wars and the Depression and have
retained the basic characteristics of size and glamour for more
than a hundred years. Length was, and still is, one of the traits
of the epic, though monolithic three- to four-hour spectacles like
Gone with the Wind (1939) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) have been
replaced today by such franchises as the Harry Potter films and the
Lord of the Rings trilogy. Although the form has evolved during
many decades of existence, its central elements have been retained,
refined, and modernized to suit the tastes of every new generation.
The Encyclopedia of Epic Films identifies, describes, and analyzes
those films that meet the criteria of the epic sweeping drama,
panoramic landscapes, lengthy adventure sequences, and, in many
cases, casts of thousands. This volume looks at the wide variety of
epics produced over the last century from the silent spectacles of
D. W. Griffith and biblical melodramas of Cecil B. DeMille to the
historical dramas of David Lean and rollercoaster thrillers of
Steven Spielberg. Each entry contains: .Major personnel behind the
camera, including directors and screenwriters .Cast and character
listings .Plot summary .Analysis .Academy Award wins and
nominations .DVD and Blu-ray availability .Resources for further
study This volume also includes appendixes of foreign epics,
superhero spectaculars, and epics produced for television, along
with a list of all the directors in the book. Despite a lack of
overall critical recognition and respect as a genre, the epic
remains a favorite of audiences, and this book pays homage to a
form of mass entertainment that continues to fill movie theaters.
The Encyclopedia of Epic Films will be of interest to academics and
scholars, as well as any fan of films made on a grand scale."
Ingrid Bergman was not only an incomparable beauty but one of the
finest actresses of cinema's Golden Age. She made her start in
modest productions in Sweden before Hollywood beckoned and soon
became one of filmdom's brightest stars. She appeared in many
acclaimed films including Casablanca, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and
Gaslight. While her personal life was briefly tainted by an affair
and a consequent falling out with the American public, Bergman was
eventually able to return to Hollywood, and eventually earned two
of her three Academy Awards. In The Essential Films of Ingrid
Bergman, Constantine Santas and James Wilson look at the most
notable performances of the award-winning actress's career. From
her early work in Swedish films to her final role in the
mini-series A Woman called Golda, this book analyzes the entirety
of Bergman's on-screen career, paying special attention to those
aspects of her acting that made her stand out most-her undeniable
range of emotion, her stunning vulnerability, and her indisputable
beauty. Among the films discussed in this volume are Casablanca,
Gaslight, Spellbound, The Bells of St. Mary's, Notorious,
Indiscreet, and Murder on the Orient Express. This volume looks at
each of Bergman's most significant films, covering nearly five
decades of film making, from Swedish productions to her final
films. Each entry provides production history, plot summaries, film
highlights, and major award details. Highlighting more than twenty
productions, The Essential Films of Ingrid Bergman is a must-have
for every fan of the legendary actress.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Used to describe both binary systems and optical doubles, the term
'double star' has been familiar to astronomers since the
seventeenth century. This book, first published in 1879, outlines
the history of their study, and describes the methods and equipment
needed in order to observe the fascinating phenomenon. Written for
non-specialists by Fellows of the Royal Society Edward Crossley
(1841-1904), Joseph Gledhill (1837-1906) and James M. Wilson
(1836-1931), the catalogue of over 1,200 double stars appears
beside detailed notes and does not assume mathematical expertise.
Also offered are a fully worked example of how to find the orbit of
a binary star, and illustrations of telescopes, observatories, and
even custom-made observation chairs. This reissue includes the
supplement with corrections and notes published in 1880. A standard
reference text in the late nineteenth century, the work remains a
resources for students and scholars of the history of astronomy.
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