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Three classic films starring comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy. In 'The Dancing Masters' (1943), Stan (Laurel) and Ollie
(Hardy) are owners of a dance school, but are evicted for
non-payment of rent. To raise money, Ollie tries an insurance scam
which involves inflicting injuries on Stan, but the inept pair soon
find themselves mixed up with local gangsters. Watch out for
appearances by long-running Marx Brothers' foil Margaret Dumont and
a youthful Robert Mitchum. In 'A-haunting We Will Go' (1942),
Laurel and Hardy unknowingly offer to help a bunch of crooks
smuggle a wanted man past the police in a coffin. Unfortunately,
the casket gets mixed up with one used by a stage musician, leading
to a comic chase. Finally, in 'The Bullfighters' (1945), Stan and
Ollie are two detectives looking for a female criminal in Mexico.
Stan gets mistaken for a famous matador and is forced to show his
prowess in the bullring.
The ultimate guide to stage fighting technique and basic swordplay,
this book covers everything an actor must do to give a dynamic and
convincing performance as a stage combatant. "[This book] is more
than a manual... A necessity! Richard Lane's concepts are
vital...'Why' and 'When' are explained and make 'How' easier to
understand and execute...Read this, pay heed and you will avoid sin
and suffering...I raise my sword on high and salute you, Richard.
Well done!" -Oscar F. Kolombatovich, former Fencing Master,
Metropolitan Opera, New York, and Executive Secretary, Historical
Fencing Society
Digital Humanities is rapidly evolving as a significant approach
to/method of teaching, learning and research across the humanities.
This is a first-stop book for people interested in getting to grips
with digital humanities whether as a student or a professor. The
book offers a practical guide to the area as well as offering
reflection on the main objectives and processes, including:
Accessible introductions of the basics of Digital Humanities
through to more complex ideas A wide range of topics from feminist
Digital Humanities, digital journal publishing, gaming, text
encoding, project management and pedagogy Contextualised case
studies Resources for starting Digital Humanities such as links,
training materials and exercises Doing Digital Humanities looks at
the practicalities of how digital research and creation can enhance
both learning and research and offers an approachable way into this
complex, yet essential topic.
This book provides an accessible introduction to, and overview of,
the digital humanities, one of the fastest growing areas of
literary studies. Lane takes a unique approach by focusing on the
technologies and the new environment in which the digital
humanities largely takes place: the digital laboratory. The book
provides a brief history of DH, explores and explains the
methodologies of past and current DH projects, and offers resources
such as detailed case studies and bibliographies. Further, the
focus on the digital laboratory space reveals affiliations with the
types of research that have traditionally taken place in the
sciences, as well as convergences with other fast-growing research
spaces, namely innovation labs, fabrication labs, maker spaces,
digital media labs, and change labs. The volume highlights the
profound transformation of literary studies that is underway, one
in which the adoption of powerful technology - and concomitantly
being situated within a laboratory environment - is leading to an
important re-engagement in the arts and humanities, and a renewed
understanding of literary studies in the digital age, as well as a
return to large-scale financial investment in humanistic research.
It will be useful to students and teachers, as well as
administrators and managers in charge of research infrastructure
and funding decisions who need an accessible overview of this
technological transformation in the humanities. Combining useful
detail and an overview of the field, the book will offers
accessible entry into this rapidly growing field.
The carbon markets are in the middle of a fundamental crisis - a
crisis marked by collapsing prices, fleeing actors, and ever
increasing greenhouse gas levels. Yet carbon trading remains at the
heart of global attempts to respond to climate change. Not only
this, but markets continue to proliferate - particularly in the
Global South. The Politics of Carbon Markets helps to make sense of
this paradox and brings two urgently needed insights to the
analysis of carbon markets. First, the markets must be understood
in relation to the politics involved in their development,
maintenance and opposition. Second, this politics is multiform and
pervasive. Implementation of new techniques and measuring tools,
policy development and contestation, and the structuring context of
institutional settings and macro-social forces all involve a
variety of political actors and create new forms of political
agency. The contributions study the total extent of the carbon
markets, from their prehistory to their contemporary expansion and
wider impacts. This wide-ranging political perspective on the
carbon markets is invaluable to those studying and interested in
ecological markets, climate change governance and environmental
politics.
'Reading Walter Benjamin' explores the persistence of absolute in
Benjamin's work by sketching-out the relationship between philosphy
and theology apparent in his diverse writings, from the early
youth-movement essays to the later books, essays and fragments. The
book examines Benjamin from two main perspectives: a
history-of-ideas approach situating Benjamin in relation to the new
German-Jewish thinking at the turn of the twentieth-century, as
well as the German youth movements, Surrealism and the
'Georgekreis'; and a conceptual approach examining more critical
issues in relation to Benjamin and Kant, modern aesthetics and
narrative order. Chapters cover: 'Kulturpessimismus' and the new
thinking; metaphysics of youth: Wyneken and 'Rausch'; history:
surreal Messianism; Goethe and the 'Georgekreis'; Kant's
experience; casting the work of art; disrupting textual order; and
exile and the time of crisis. The book uses new translations of
Benjamin's essays, fragments and his 'Arcades Project', and makes
substantial reference to previously untranslated material. Lane's
text allows the non-specialist entry into complex areas of critical
theory, simultaneously offering original readings of Benjamin and
twentieth-century arts and literature. -- .
Today's beleaguered yet expanding carbon market represents a type
of relationship between economy and ecology scarcely imaginable
forty years ago. This collection brings together a comprehensive
array of perspectives to critically scrutinise the development and
on-going maintenance of this global carbon market. The book's
contributors recognise that the market itself, as well as the
notion of the environment that it instantiates, is highly political
and contested; thus the chapters investigate the market system and
its insertion into and influence on climate and environmental
governance within the global political economy. The book does this
by analysing the routines, institutions, techniques and
technologies established or refuted through practices of social and
material negotiation. As well as an examination of the carbon
market from a political perspective, the book includes
contributions that equally interrogate what politics means, does
and requires within climate and environmental governance. The book
is organised into three sections.The first section investigates the
political developments, technical arrangements and contextualising
factors that lead up to the implementation of the carbon markets.
The second section interrogates the social, political, material,
technical and technological details of the carbon markets, as well
as the relationship and connections between these details and the
broader political economics/ecologic context. The final section
asks what the political impacts and consequences of the markets
are, what they mean for the climate governance regime and how they
impact on the broader capitalist systems.
This book provides an accessible introduction to, and overview of,
the digital humanities, one of the fastest growing areas of
literary studies. Lane takes a unique approach by focusing on the
technologies and the new environment in which the digital
humanities largely takes place: the digital laboratory. The book
provides a brief history of DH, explores and explains the
methodologies of past and current DH projects, and offers resources
such as detailed case studies and bibliographies. Further, the
focus on the digital laboratory space reveals affiliations with the
types of research that have traditionally taken place in the
sciences, as well as convergences with other fast-growing research
spaces, namely innovation labs, fabrication labs, maker spaces,
digital media labs, and change labs. The volume highlights the
profound transformation of literary studies that is underway, one
in which the adoption of powerful technology - and concomitantly
being situated within a laboratory environment - is leading to an
important re-engagement in the arts and humanities, and a renewed
understanding of literary studies in the digital age, as well as a
return to large-scale financial investment in humanistic research.
It will be useful to students and teachers, as well as
administrators and managers in charge of research infrastructure
and funding decisions who need an accessible overview of this
technological transformation in the humanities. Combining useful
detail and an overview of the field, the book will offers
accessible entry into this rapidly growing field.
Digital Humanities is rapidly evolving as a significant approach
to/method of teaching, learning and research across the humanities.
This is a first-stop book for people interested in getting to grips
with digital humanities whether as a student or a professor. The
book offers a practical guide to the area as well as offering
reflection on the main objectives and processes, including:
Accessible introductions of the basics of Digital Humanities
through to more complex ideas A wide range of topics from feminist
Digital Humanities, digital journal publishing, gaming, text
encoding, project management and pedagogy Contextualised case
studies Resources for starting Digital Humanities such as links,
training materials and exercises Doing Digital Humanities looks at
the practicalities of how digital research and creation can enhance
both learning and research and offers an approachable way into this
complex, yet essential topic.
Global Literary Theory: An Anthology comprises a selection of
classic, must-read essays alongside contemporary and global
extracts, providing an engaging and timely overview of literary
theory. The volume is thoroughly introduced in the General
Introduction and Part Introductions and each piece is
contextualized within the wider sphere of global theory. Each part
also includes annotated suggestions for further reading to help the
reader navigate the extensive literature on each topic.The volume
engages with the "internationalizing" of the curriculum as well as
the globalization of literature and theory. Alongside these key
themes, the volume also extends its coverage to include: The core
topics and theorists from formalism and structuralism to
postmodernism and deconstruction Digital humanities and humanities
computing and their relevance to globalization and literary theory
The religious turn in literary theory and philosophy New
textualities such as auto/biography, travel writing and
ecocriticism Oppositional texts which "write back" against the
canon In addition, the book's Companion Website features an
interactive world map incorporating biographies of every theorist
in the book, as well as biographies of additional influential
theorists. Crucially, this anthology shows that ethnic,
postcolonial studies and globalization are not simply niche areas
of literary study but are of concern across the contemporary
humanities and that new voices are always emerging, and being
discovered, from around the globe. As such, this volume offers a
refocusing of essential literary theory, extending the canon in
line with ongoing debates concerning contemporary cultural and
geographic borders.
Global Literary Theory: An Anthology comprises a selection of
classic, must-read essays alongside contemporary and global
extracts, providing an engaging and timely overview of literary
theory. The volume is thoroughly introduced in the General
Introduction and Part Introductions and each piece is
contextualized within the wider sphere of global theory. Each part
also includes annotated suggestions for further reading to help the
reader navigate the extensive literature on each topic.The volume
engages with the "internationalizing" of the curriculum as well as
the globalization of literature and theory.
Alongside these key themes, the volume also extends its coverage
to include:
- The core topics and theorists from formalism and structuralism
to postmodernism and deconstruction
- Digital humanities and humanities computing and their relevance
to globalization and literary theory
- The religious turn in literary theory and philosophy
- New textualities such as auto/biography, travel writing and
ecocriticism
- Oppositional texts which "write back" against the canon
In addition, the book's Companion Website features an
interactive world map incorporating biographies of every theorist
in the book, as well as biographies of additional influential
theorists.
Crucially, this anthology shows that ethnic, postcolonial
studies and globalization are not simply niche areas of literary
study but are of concern across the contemporary humanities and
that new voices are always emerging, and being discovered, from
around the globe. As such, this volume offers a refocusing of
essential literary theory, extending the canon in line with ongoing
debates concerning contemporary cultural and geographic
borders.
The fourth edition of the Dictionary of Veterinary Nursing is a
must-have, highly practical source of information for student and
qualified veterinary nurses and for anyone working in animal care.
Covering all companion animals, equine, poultry and exotic patients
this is the only dictionary written specifically for veterinary
nurses that covers all aspects of the veterinary nursing
curriculum. This new edition has been thoroughly updated and
expanded to ensure all the information you require can be easily
accessed. Presents over 5000 concise but detailed definitions. 27
useful appendices provide a quick reference source for frequently
needed data. Line diagrams aid learning and understanding. More
than 250 new definitions covering new diseases, chickens, rabbits,
other exotics, jurisprudence and complementary therapy. Expanded
international coverage includes Australian and American diseases.
Increased focus on business terms gives insight into the running of
a veterinary practice. 11 new appendices including fluid therapy
calculations, common fluids and their uses, rabbit and horse breeds
and coat colours, vaccination schedules for chickens, urine
crystals, reporting adverse drug reactions, general principles of
toxic agents, poisons and toxins, quarantine regulations, action to
take for lost/found animals.
The Brutus Conspiracy is a page-turning story intertwined with
aviation, history and law. It will entertain you with
edge-of-your-seat flying scenes, struggling romance, intriguing air
crash investigation, courtroom drama, ethical dilemmas and many
surprises. In this mystery thriller, Becky Langevin, a talented
young air crash investigator, must set aside her emotions to find
and interpret clues to explain two plane crashes that occurred
fourteen years apart. In one, Becky's father piloted the jet that
crashed killing a U.S. senator and four prominent businessmen.
Federal investigators attributed the crash to her dead father. In
the second, federal investigators concluded that two hotshot
Massachusetts trial lawyers were killed because the attorneys were
intoxicated when one of them piloted the plane into the ground. To
uncover what really happened in the two crashes, Becky befriends
two of the adult children of the plane crash victims. As they
investigate, people Becky comes in contact with are murdered.
Someone tries to kill Becky and her friends. Becky must choose
between protecting innocent lives and uncovering a conspiracy so
extensive that it could undermine everything she, and you, ever
believed in.
Although so many Christians live in multiracial and multicultural
communities, many Christian churches do not reflect the diversity
of their communities. Sunday morning worship remains racially
divided. Multiracial Church Dynamics offers a straightforward
examination of the topic. The strategies to move from uniracial to
multiracial churches are relevant to a broad audience in the
Christian community, pastors and laity alike. The specificity of
the topic and the author's clear viewpoint all contribute to a
clearly presented controlling idea, one that readers will
understand and appreciate. Bishop William H. Willimon writes in the
foreword: "Richard Stryker is not content simply to lament the sad
state of the church to obey Christ's commands and to embody the
reach and the richness of his salvation in our life together. In
this book he offers specific, tested, practical help for pastors
and church leaders who want their congregations to grow and to be
all that God intends."
Forged from Chaos is the inspiring story of a young pastor and
peace activist living in a tragic time in his countrys history. It
is a weaving of stories of real people and real events in a country
torn by civil strife and civil war. Despite the tragic nature of
the war, Stryker invites us to lift up hope and pursue peace. His
ethical and social reflections are profound. This is a must read
for anyone needing inspiration to face the challenges of daily life
or seeking to understand contemporary Liberia. First published in
2003, this version includes an Afterword on 2011 Liberia.
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Arabian Nights (DVD)
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1940s adventure in which two brothers become rivals when they fall
for the same woman. Kamar (Leif Erikson), brother of Haroun
al-Rashid (Jon Hall), the Caliph who rules over Baghdad, encounters
circus dancer Scheherazade (Maria Montez) and soon falls for her.
With a prophecy predicting that Scheherazade will become queen,
Kamar attempts to overthrow Haroun and claim the throne for
himself. His plot forces the ruler to go on the run and take
shelter among the circus troupe. When Haroun meets the dancer for
himself the two fall in love. Kamar later shows up to claim
Scheherazade's hand in marriage and the situation is further
complicated by Grand Vizier Nadan (Edgar Barrier) who has his own
plans to usurp the Caliph. The brothers fight for both the throne
and the woman they love in a final battle that will determine the
victor.
Title: Memoir of R. L. Freer, Archdeacon of Hereford]; Extracts of
Speeches; Diary of Journey to America, etc. In Memoriam. Compiled
by his widow, H. F., i.e. H. Freer.] F.P.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
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recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection
includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The
collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from
some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written
for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any
curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages
past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes
song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was
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F., H; Freer, Richard Lane; 1866. 8 . 12272.h.6.
Large Barns, No Barns and 21st Century Greed intertwines the
theological wisdom of the ages with the challenges of present
reality, low wages and gigantic gap between the superrich and the
poor. Are the teachings of Jesus regarding wealth relevant for our
time? Dr. Stryker answers with an unequivocal yes Those living
well, not so well and the poor will have something to take away
from reading this fresh look at the "story of the rich fool." This
is an insightful book, dealing with both social change and changes
in the lifestyle of the individual.
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,
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