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Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in 1930s Britain

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THE AGE OF THE DREAM PALACE / Cinema and Society in 1930s Britain / JEFFREY RICHARDS / This edition pu

11/23/2009
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Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in...

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An extract from Jennifer Stuller's forthcoming book, Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors, published on 30 November 2009: / From Wonder Woman to Buffy Summers, Emma Peel to Sydney Bristow, Charlie's Angels to The Powerpuff Girls, Superwomen are more than just love interests or sidekicks who ...

11/23/2009
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Horror Zone: The Cultural Experience of Contemporary Horr...

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The first chapter from the forthcoming Horror Zone, edited by Ian Conrich. Horror Zone will be published on 30 November 2009: / In his landmark Introduction to the American Horror Film, Robin Wood noted that horror "has consistently been one of the most popular and, at the same time, the most disr...

11/23/2009
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Empires at War: A Short History of Modern Asia Since Worl...

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An extract from Empires at War from Francis Pike, published on 30 November 2009: / The global balance of power has shifted. With 4 billion people, two-thirds of the world's population, a huge land-mass and the fastest-growing economies, Asia is the major geopolitical power bloc. Empires at War is ...

11/23/2009
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Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of America's Intellig...

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An extract from Scott Ritter's book Iraq Confidential, new in paperback: / As the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq peters out in failure, the historical debate is just beginning. How were we so misled in to such a disastrous war? What were its real goals? What did it achieve? Former UN Weapons...

11/23/2009
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La Grande Illusion: French Film Guide

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An extract from La Grande Illusion by Martin O'Shaughnessy, part of the I.B.Tauris Ciné-file French Film Guides: / Directed by the great Jean Renoir, 'La Grande Illusion' (1937) is the finest of all anti-war films and a cinematic masterwork. Other films oppose war by showing its horror. Renoir's f...

11/23/2009
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Rififi: Fench Film Guide

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An extract from Rififi by Alastair Phillips - part of the I.B.Tauris Ciné-file French Film Guides: / 'Du rififi chez les hommes' (1955), directed by the exiled American film director Jules Dassin, recounts the nail-biting tale of a Parisian gangster heist gone wrong. Famed for its extended dialog ...

11/23/2009
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Triumph of a Time Lord: Regenerating 'Doctor Who' in the ...

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A preview of Matt Hills' forthcoming book Triumph of a Time Lord, published on 30th November 2009. / Before Saturday March 26th 2005, 'Doctor Who' had been off the air as a regular, new TV series for more than fifteen years; until a production team led by Russell T. Davies re-imagined the programm...

11/09/2009
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Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Grea...

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An extract from Stagecoach to Tombstone, by Howard Hughes. / This is the true story of the American West on film, through its shooting stars and the directors who shot them...Howard Hughes explores the Western, running from John Ford's "Stagecoach" to the revisionary "Tombstone". Writing with pa...

11/06/2009
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Once Upon a Time in the Italian West

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An extract from Once Upon a Time in the Italian West, by Howard Hughes. / The ideal popular guide to the key Spaghetti Westerns - mainly the good but also the bad and the ugly - this is an authoritative, entertaining and comprehensive companion to the films that created the mythical Spaghetti West...

11/06/2009
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Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' Guide to Great Crime Movies

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An extract from Crime Wave, by Howard Hughes. / Crime movies inhabit dark and desperate worlds, yet they account for many of Hollywood's most triumphant successes. In full acknowledgement of this achievement, "Crime Wave" offers an authoritative and informative, stimulating and entertaining guid...

11/06/2009
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Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood

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An extract from Aim for the Heart, by Howard Hughes. / Clint Eastwood is one of the world's most popular action stars, who has matured into a fine American producer-director. Entertaining, illuminating and packed with information, up to and including "The Changeling", this is the first book to ...

11/06/2009
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Politics: Antiquity and Its Legacy

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Free extract of Politics: Antiquity and Its Legacy by Kostas Vlassopoulos, published by I.B.Tauris. Part of the new series Ancients and Moderns. / Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization which 'gave' the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation fr...

11/04/2009
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Slavery: Antiquity and Its Legacy

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Free extract of Slavery: Antiquity and Its Legacy by Page duBois, published by I.B.Tauris. Part of the new series Ancients and Moderns. / Why, if modern society abominates slavery, does what antiquity thought about serfdom matter today? Page DuBois shows that slavery, far from being extinct, is ...

11/04/2009
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Slavery: Antiquity and Its Legacy

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Free extract of Slavery: Antiquity and Its Legacy by Page duBois, published by I.B.Tauris. Part of the new series Ancients and Moderns. / Why, if modern society abominates slavery, does what antiquity thought about serfdom matter today? Page DuBois shows that slavery, far from being extinct, is ...

11/03/2009
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