Download or read book Suspicious River written by Laura Kasischke and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Those who like Joyce Carol Oates will love this” dark novel of psychological suspense by the author of Mind of Winter and The Life Before Her Eyes (Kirkus Reviews). A married motel receptionist in a bleak Michigan town, Leila Murray has slipped into the habit of trading sex with strangers for money. When she meets a drifter who alternately sweet-talks and physically abuses her, it might be the wakeup call that dissuades her from a life of prostitution. Instead, she allows him to become her pimp. In this chilling, “beautifully written page-turner” (Booklist), we follow Leila’s life as she spirals out of control—and learn the darkness in her past that drives her—in “an exploration of the legacy of abuse and violence [and] an amazing first novel” (The Boston Globe). “[An] extremely powerful debut . . . Profoundly disturbing but also resonant with hope and rebirth.” —Los Angeles Times
Download or read book One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema written by George Melnyk and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melnyk argues passionately that Canadian cinema has never been a singular entity, but has continued to speak in the languages and in the voices of Canada's diverse population.
Download or read book The Gendered Screen written by Brenda Austin-Smith and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first major study of Canadian women filmmakers since the groundbreaking Gendering the Nation (1999). The Gendered Screen updates the subject with discussions of important filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta, Anne Wheeler, Mina Shum, Lynne Stopkewich, Léa Pool, and Patricia Rozema, whose careers have produced major bodies of work. It also introduces critical studies of newer filmmakers such as Andrea Dorfman and Sylvia Hamilton and new media video artists. Feminist scholars are re-examining the ways in which authorship, nationality, and gender interconnect. Contributors to this volume emphasize a diverse feminist study of film that is open, inclusive, and self-critical. Issues of hybridity and transnationality as well as race and sexual orientation challenge older forms of discourse on national cinema. Essays address the transnational filmmaker, the queer filmmaker, the feminist filmmaker, the documentarist, and the video artist—just some of the diverse identities of Canadian women filmmakers working in both commercial and art cinema today.
Download or read book The Young the Restless and the Dead written by George Melnyk and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Young, the Restless, and the Dead captures the spirit of Canadian filmmakers through interviews with the most accomplished and dynamic of yesterday’s, today’s, and tomorrow’s film greats. Funny, provocative, and enlightening, the filmmakers reflect on their careers and explore with the interviewers the issues that challenge them. This book features an interview with a late director (Jean-Claude Lauzon) whose work is recognized in the canon as outstanding; interviews with filmmakers who are accomplished in their fields and have to their credit a sizeable body of work (Blake Corbet, Andrew Currie, Brent Carlson, Guy Maddin, Lynne Stopkewich, Anne Wheeler, Gary Burns, and Mina Shum); and an interview with a young director new to the field (Michael Dowse). Together these players in the Canadian film scene capture the energy, success, and tribulations of a fascinating cultural industry. The Young, the Restless, and the Dead is the first volume in a series of interviews with key cultural creators in the field of cinema. It seeks to bring to a wide audience the insights and emotions, the trials and achievements of significant figures in Canadian film. George Melnyk talks about The Young, the Restless, and the Dead with Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald. Read the interview online.
Download or read book Dreaming in the Rain written by David Spaner and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vancouver is now North America’s third largest center for film and television production, recently witnessing the filming of Halle Berry’s Catwoman and Will Smith’s I, Robot, among others. But Vancouver has been hosting filmmakers for years, coming into its own in the early 1970s when Robert Altman, Warren Beatty and Julie Christie made McCabe and Mrs. Miller and Mike Nichols, Jack Nicholson and Candice Bergen filmed Carnal Knowlege. Dreaming in the Rain tells the story of how Vancouver became North by Northwest, from its early days as a Hollywood studio backlot to its becoming home to a vibrant indigenous scene that is among the most acclaimed, provocative, independent filmmaking communities anywhere. But with Hollywood’s growing concern over “runaway” productions, Vancouver’s growing filmmaking scene is wrought with controversy. The city’s American-based film industry is powerful enough to inspire loathing and threats from Hollywood. Along with tracing the art and commerce of Vancouver filmmaking, Vancouver Province movie critic David Spaner brings to life the flamboyant film personalities who left their marks. From visitors like Errol Flynn and Robert Altman, to local heroes such as The Matrix’s Carrie Anne Moss, who grew up in Vancouver, and Kissed star Molly Parker and director Lynne Stopkewich, vital players in the groundbreaking Vancouver indie scene. Includes more than 40 black and white photographs. “. . . [Spaner] has . . . scrupulous attention to detail and an obvious curiosity and passion for both Vancouver and its film industry.”—Entertainment Today David Spaner is a movie critic for the Vancouver Province.
Download or read book Great Canadian Film Directors written by George Melnyk and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2007-06-15 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film directors articulate creative visions that provide insights into national cultures. 18 essays highlight Canada's prominent Anglophone and Francophone filmmakers.
Download or read book A Suspicious River written by Laura Kasischke and published by Christian Bourgois Editeur. This book was released on 1999 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Le Swan Motel, de l'autre côté de la rue, était propre et frais - draps amidonnés, moquette beige, serviettes de toilette blanches et décentes que nous envoyions deux fois par semaine à Ottawa City, pour les faire laver, dans un camion plein de sacs-poubelles en plastique vert olive. Derrière le motel, la Suspicious River roulait ses flots noirs, mais l'eau semblait propre, et des cygnes se rassemblaient sur la pelouse du motel, comme un groupe de vieilles femmes riches et de vedettes de cinéma qui viendraient prendre le thé, et ils s'étiraient en couinant sur les rives boueuses du fleuve. " Et pourtant dans cette vie calme et tranquille du Michigan débutent ou resurgissent les histoires les plus angoissantes et les plus tragiques : l'auteur, poétesse connue, a, dans ce premier roman, imaginé un monde et un ton qui rappellent le grand Hopper et les meilleurs cinéastes américains actuels. Mais surtout elle fait du lecteur un voyeur fasciné, véritable héros de cette entreprise.
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Download or read book Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s written by David Lawrence Pike and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making a significant advance in the study of the film industry of the period, Canadian Cinema since the 1980s is also an ideal text for students, researchers, and Canadian film enthusiasts.
Download or read book Wise Her Still Too written by Tiffany Buckner and published by Anointed Fire. This book was released on with total page 823 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisdom is free, but most women won't accept her when she's handed to them. So, wisdom has to come in another form called Experience. Experience may seem unmerciful, unyielding and unapologetic, but her assignment is clear: Teach the women of GOD to reject sin so they will be acceptable to GOD. Wise Her Still Too is a compilation of more than 25 stories geared at teaching women through the experiences of other women.
Download or read book Cold Vengeance Ryland St Clair Book 3 written by Nancy Mehl and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a renowned crime podcaster vanishes without a trace, former FBI behavioral analysts turned private investigators River Ryland and Tony St. Clair are called upon to track her down. As they wade through the evidence she left behind, they unearth a startling connection--she may have discovered the existence of an unknown killer, and he will stop at nothing to carry out a deadly plan. As the pair delves deeper, they soon find themselves the targets of a relentless enemy determined to silence them. With their lives--and hearts--on the line, can they confront the evil that threatens them before it consumes them both? Nancy Mehl presents pulse-pounding suspense with . . . "A little of everything . . . plenty of intrigue, dangerous moments, deadly scenarios, and romance."--The AR Critique on Cold Threat "Plot twists you won't see coming."--Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author on Cold Pursuit
Download or read book Michigan in the Novel 1816 1996 written by and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michigan in the Novel records 1,735 novels published from 1816 through 1996 that are set wholly or partially in the state of Michigan. Consulting literally thousands of novels and visiting scores of libraries, Robert Beasecker spent more than twenty years researching this exhaustive bibliography. Works included are mainstream fiction, mystery and romance novels, juveniles, religious tracts, dime novels, and other marginal or popular genre literature. Omitted are short stories, poetry, drama, screenplays and pageants, and serially published novels with no subsequent separate publication. Through its six indexes, Michigan in the Novel provides literary and cultural access to Michigan novels, classifying novels by to title, series, setting, chronology, subject and genre, and Michigan imprints. Intended to serve as a guide for students, teachers, scholars, and readers to explore Michigan's vast, varied, and rich literary landscape, Michigan in the Novel is the most expansive compilation of its kind.
Download or read book Alpha and the Moon written by harukiko and published by SuperNovel(HK)Co.,Limited. This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Rosecliff founder’s day celebration continues on, all Lana wanted to do was enjoy her time with her friends and get closer to her crush like everyone else. But her life is anything but normal as trouble seems to follow her everywhere she goes. From a dangerous case of mistaken identity to an elaborate scheme brewing deep inside the forest, Lana's mundane life has turned upside down in a blink of an eye. Through the hectic mess her life has become, the one person there by her side is none other than the alpha werewolf himself, River Attwood. But he too has his own problems and one of them is Lana Danley herself.
Download or read book David Livingstone written by Sam Wellman and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For challenge and encouragement in your Christian life, read the life stories of the Heroes of the Faith. The novelized biographies of this series are inspiring and easy-to-read, ideal for Christians of any age or background. In David Livingstone, you’ll get to know the Scottish explorer who carried the gospel to the heart of nineteenth-century Africa—and gained worldwide fame as the man who introduced Victoria Falls to the outside world. Appropriate for readers from junior high through adult, helpful for believers of any background, these biographies encourage greater Christian commitment through the example of heroes like David Livingstone.
Download or read book Cold Pursuit Ryland St Clair Book 1 written by Nancy Mehl and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Guaranteed to captivate with plot twists you won't see coming."--Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author "This story is sure to leave you breathless from the thrill of the ride. Hold on tight, it's about to get exhilarating!"--Lynette Eason, bestselling and award-winning author of the Extreme Measures series "Cold Pursuit sucked me in from the first riveting page and pulled me deeper into an intricate, danger-filled plot."--Elizabeth Goddard, bestselling author of Cold Light of Day Ex-FBI profiler River Ryland still suffers from PTSD after a case went horribly wrong. Needing a fresh start, she moves to St. Louis to be near her ailing mother and opens a private investigation firm with her friend and former FBI partner, Tony St. Clair. They're soon approached by a grieving mother who wants them to find out what happened to her teenaged son, who disappeared four years ago. River knows there's almost no hope the boy is still alive, but his mother needs closure, and River and Tony need a case, no matter how cold it might be. But as they follow the boy's trail, which gets more complicated at every turn, they find themselves in the path of a murderer determined to punish anyone who gets in his way. As River and Tony race to stop him before he kills again, an even more dangerous threat emerges, stirring up the past that haunts River and plotting an end to her future.
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