Download or read book Regarding the real written by Des O'Rawe and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regarding the real develops an original approach to documentary film, focusing on its aesthetic relations to visual arts such as animation, assemblage, photography, painting and architecture. Throughout, the book considers the work of figures whose preferred film language is associative and fragmentary, and for whom the documentary is an endlessly open form; an unstable expressive phenomenon that cannot help but interrogate its own narratives and intentions. Combining close analysis with cultural history, the book re-assesses the influence of the modern arts in subverting structures of realism typically associated with the documentary. In the course of its discussion, it charts a fascinating path that leads from Len Lye to Hiroshi Teshigahara, and includes along the way figures such as Joseph Cornell, Johan van der Keuken, William Klein, Jean-Luc Godard, Jonas Mekas and Raymond Depardon.
Download or read book Building New Pathways to Peace written by Noriko Kawamura and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese and American scholars explore new, multidisciplinary ways of thinking about peace and how to achieve it. Noriko Kawamura is associate professor of history at Washington State University. Yoichiro Murakami and Shin Chiba teach at the International Christian University in Tokyo.
Download or read book Promised to the Crown written by Aimie K. Runyan and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This debut historical novel tells the story of three bold, young women in 1667 who answered Louis XIV’s call to help France settle the New World. They are known as the filles du roi, or “King’s Daughters” —young women who leave prosperous France for an uncertain future across the Atlantic. Their duty is to marry and bring forth a new generation of loyal citizens. Each prospective bride has her reason for leaving—poverty, family rejection, a broken engagement. Despite their different backgrounds, Rose, Nicole, and Elisabeth all believe that marriage to a stranger is their best, perhaps only, chance of happiness. Once in Quebec, Elisabeth quickly accepts baker Gilbert Beaumont, who wants a business partner as well as a wife. Nicole, a farmer’s daughter from Rouen, marries a charming officer who promises comfort and security. Scarred by her traumatic past, Rose decides to take holy vows rather than marry. Yet no matter how carefully she chooses, each will be tested by hardship and heartbreaking loss—and sustained by the strength found in their uncommon friendship, and the precarious freedom offered by their new home. Praise for Promised to the Crown “An engaging, engrossing debut.” —Greer Macallister, USA Today bestselling author of The Magician’s Lie “An absorbing adventure with heart.” —Jennifer Laam, author of The Secret Daughter of the Tsar "An unforgettable saga of strength and sisterhood, one that will stay with you long after the final page.”--Anne Girard, author of Platinum Doll “A heart-wrenching and timeless tale of friendship, love, and hope that skillfully blends history and romance to educate, entertain, and inspire.”--Pam Jenoff, author of Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
Download or read book French Kissmas written by Cathy Hapka and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Nicole Larson, the Christmas season in Paris is more than just a romantic interlude—it’s also a homecoming. Nic studied abroad in Paris a year ago, and is back in town with her friend Annike to spend Christmas and New Year’s in the City of Light. Of course, now that Nic is there, the chemistry she once had with Parisian hottie Luc instantly reignites. But why fuel a romance that has only three weeks to survive? Nic would rather spend time with her new buddy Mike . . . until it becomes clear that Mike is also interested in being more than just friends. With a backdrop of twinkling lights on the Champs-Elysées and Parisian Christmas carols, it’s going to be difficult for Nic to deny the romance around her. . . .
Download or read book A Convenient Wife written by Sara Wood and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millionaire Blake Bellamie's just discoveredhe's not the legitimate heir to Cranford, thegrand estate that is everything to him. Nicole Vaseux is the rightful owner. The attractionbetween her and Blake is instant and so beginsa passionate affair that culminates with awhirlwind marriage proposal! But it's only after she's accepted that Nicolediscovers the truth about Blake's paternity. Has she just agreed to become aconvenient wife?
Download or read book Murder in Marseille written by Susan Kiernan-Lewis and published by Susan Kiernan-Lewis. This book was released on 2019-07-13 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bouillabaisse to betrayal… …and the beautiful city that is home to both When the dead body of one of Marseille’s most corrupt politicians is found stuffed in Maggie’s car trunk it creates a bubbling stew of deception, betrayal and revenge. Is there a connection between the victim and Maggie? Her family? Or is this a message for Laurent as a result of his nefarious history of crime and misdeeds? Even worse, a devastating family secret that Laurent and Maggie have spent the last twelve years hiding is shockingly revealed to the world, putting everything they have—as well as everyone they love—in immediate jeopardy. This heart-stopping thrill ride takes you through the menacing back streets of Marseille in Maggie’s determined trajectory toward the truth—and the truly evil—behind it.
Download or read book Guide to Rebuilding Governance in Stability Operations written by Derick W. Brinkerhoff and published by Strategic Studies Institute. This book was released on 2009 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is designed to further U.S. military understanding of the critical nation-state building role that U.S. forces play during stability operations. It focuses on the military's role in rebuilding and establishing a functional, effective, and legitimate nation-state; one that can assure security and stability for its citizens, defend its borders, deliver services effectively for its populace, and is responsible and accountable to its citizens. It provides a comprehensive approach to planning and implementing a program to rebuild governance by U.S. peacekeeping forces during stability operations. Recognizing that the extent of U.S. Government and military involvement is determined by the mandate, the mission, the level of resources and most importantly, the host country context, this guide provides options and trade-offs for U.S. forces in executing these operations.
Download or read book Gender and Citizenship in Transitional Justice written by Sanne Weber and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through two Colombian case studies, Sanne Weber identifies the ways in which conflict experiences are defined by structures of gender inequality, and how these could be transformed in the post-conflict context. The author reveals that current, apparently gender-sensitive, transitional justice (TJ) and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) laws and policies ultimately undermine rather than transform gender equality and, consequently, weaken the chances of achieving holistic and durable peace. To overcome this, Weber offers an innovative approach to TJ and DDR that places gendered citizenship as both the starting point and the continued driving force of post-conflict reconstruction.
Download or read book Conflict and Fragility Armed Violence Reduction Enabling Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-02 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, 740 000 people die as a result of armed violence. This publication will help the international community to understand the dynamics of armed violence and outlines what can be done to reduce it.
Download or read book The Guardian s Honor and The Rancher s Unexpected Baby written by Marta Perry and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The family he didn’t know he needed The Guardian’s Honor by Marta Perry Coast Guard officer Adam Bodine finally finds his long-vanished great-uncle. But the elderly man has adopted some new kin—single mother Cathy Norwood and her little boy, who has a disability. Though his heartstrings are tugged by their plight, Adam knows he doesn’t deserve Cathy and her son in his life—not with his past. Can one big extended family teach Adam something about love and honor? FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! The Rancher’s Unexpected Baby by Jill Lynn After his marriage ended, Gage Frasier vowed he’d never remarry or have children—but now he’s guardian of an orphaned baby boy. Thankfully, his friend’s sweet sister, Emma Wilder, offers to nanny while Gage seeks a more suitable family for the child. But soon, Gage finds himself bonding with his new son…and with Emma. Parenthood surprised Gage, but will love sneak up on him, too?
Download or read book Encore Tricolore Nouvelle 2 Student Book written by Sylvia Honnor and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2001 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This course features: a rigorous and comprehensive approach to grammar progression, with clear explanations and extensive practice ; motivating and challenging topics and tasks, set in authentic contexts, to enable students to reach their full potential ; clear and attractively designed pages, with humorous and stimulating artwork ; user-friendly vocabulary and grammar reference sections to encourage independent learning ; and end of unit summaries to provide a clear learning framework.
Download or read book Statebuilding written by Timothy Sisk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After civil wars end, what can sustain peace in the long-term? In particular, how can outsiders facilitate durable conflict-managing institutions through statebuilding - a process that historically has been the outcome of bloody struggles to establish the state's authority over warlords, traditional authorities, and lawless territories? In this book, Timothy Sisk explores international efforts to help the world’s most fragile post-civil war countries today build viable states that can provide for security and deliver the basic services essential for development. Tracing the historical roots of statebuilding to the present day, he demonstrates how the United Nations, leading powers, and well-meaning donors have engaged in statebuilding as a strategic approach to peacebuilding after war. Their efforts are informed by three key objectives: to enhance security by preventing war recurrence and fostering community and human security; to promote development through state provision of essential services such as water, sanitation, and education; to enhance human rights and democracy, reflecting the liberal international order that reaffirms the principles of democracy and human rights, . Improving governance, alongside the state's ability to integrate social differences and manage conflicts over resources, identity, and national priorities, is essential for long-term peace. Whether the global statebuilding enterprise can succeed in creating a world of peaceful, well-governed, development-focused states is unclear. But the book concludes with a road map toward a better global regime to enable peacebuilding and development-oriented statebuilding into the 21st century.
Download or read book A Season for That written by Steve Hoffman and published by Crown. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this poignant, delicious memoir, American tax preparer and food writer Steve Hoffman tells the story of how he and his family move to the French countryside, where the locals upend everything he knows about food, wine, and learning how to belong. Steve Hoffman is a perfectly comfortable middle-aged Minnesotan man who has always been desperately, pretentiously in love with France, more specifically with the idea of France. To follow that love, he and his family move, nearly at random, to the small, rural, scratchy-hot village of Autignac in the south of the country, and he immediately thinks he’s made a terrible mistake. Life here is not holding your cigarette chest-high while walking to the café and pulling off the trick of pretending to be Parisian, it’s getting into fights with your wife because you won’t break character and introduce your very American family to the locals, who can smell you and your perfect city-French from a mile away. But through cooking what the local grocer tells him to cook, he feels more of this place. A neighbor leads him into the world of winemaking, where he learns not as a pedantic oenophile, but bodily, as a grape picker and winemaker’s apprentice. Along the way, he lets go of the abstract ideas he’d held about France, discovering instead the beauty of a culture that is one with its landscape, and of becoming one with that culture.
Download or read book The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman written by Мольер (Жан-Батист Поклен) and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Global Promise of Federalism written by Grace Skogstad and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book honours the legacy of Richard Simeon, one of the most prominent federalist scholars in the world and a long time member of the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto
Download or read book The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman written by Molière and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman" by Molière. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
