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Book Better Web Typography for a Better Web  Second Edition

Download or read book Better Web Typography for a Better Web Second Edition written by Matej Latin and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Better Web Typography for a Better Web is a book based on a top-rated online course explaining typography to people who build web sites-web designers and web developers. The author, Matej Latin, takes complex concepts such as vertical rhythm, modular scale and page composition, and explains them in an easy-to-understand way. The content of the book is accompanied by live code examples and the readers go through a process of designing and building an example website as they go through the book. This is a new typography book for a new medium, the rules haven't changed much, everything else has.

Book The Infinite Library and Other Stories

Download or read book The Infinite Library and Other Stories written by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A commanding force for Southeast Asian speculative fiction, THE INFINITE LIBRARY AND OTHER STORIES reimagines the pasts, presents, and futures of Filipinos and the world around them. This first North American edition features a never-before-anthologized story. "Fantastic and lyrical, like glimpses into the infinite potential of the universe."-Ken Liu, author of THE PAPER MENAGERIE AND OTHER STORIES Shortlisted for the 2018 International Rubery Book Award. Making his North American debut, Victor Fernando R. Ocampo in The Infinite Library and Other Stories shows why Southeast Asian speculative fiction is a force to be reckoned with. From a mysteriously timeless interior of a map shop to a space elevator thousands of miles away from the metropole, these 18 stories masterfully straddle manifold layers of Filipino history, identity, and mythology, reconstructing the past and conjuring new futures for the nation and region at large. Ocampo's transnational consciousness brilliantly navigates class, colonialism, and gender in formal experimentations of winning ingenuity. Threaded by the motif of libraries and books, this deliciously enigmatic and labyrinthine collection showcases the infinite power of imagination to mend and make anew.

Book Trauma Cinema

    Book Details:
  • Author : Janet Walker
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2023-11-10
  • ISBN : 0520937937
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Trauma Cinema written by Janet Walker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trauma Cinema focuses on a new breed of documentary films and videos that adopt catastrophe as their subject matter and trauma as their aesthetic. Incorporating oral testimony, home-movie footage, and documentary reenactment, these documentaries express the havoc trauma wreaks on history and memory. Janet Walker uses incest and the Holocaust as a double thematic focus and fiction films as a point of comparison. Her astute and original examination considers the Hollywood classic Kings Row and the television movie Sybil in relation to vanguard nonfiction works, including Errol Morris's Mr. Death, Lynn Hershman's video diaries, and the chilling genealogy of incest, Just, Melvin. Both incest and the Holocaust have also been featured in contemporary psychological literature on trauma and memory. The author employs theories of post traumatic stress disorder and histories of the so-called memory wars to illuminate the amnesias, fantasies, and mistakes in memory that must be taken into account, along with corroborated evidence, if we are to understand how personal and public historical meaning is made. Janet Walker’s engrossing narrative demonstrates that the past does not come down to us purely and simply through eyewitness accounts and tangible artifacts. Her incisive analysis exposes the frailty of memory in the face of disquieting events while her joint consideration of trauma cinema and psychological theorizing radically reconstructs the roadblocks at the intersection of catastrophe, memory, and historical representation.

Book The Horrors of Trauma in Cinema

Download or read book The Horrors of Trauma in Cinema written by Michael Elm and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the multifaceted depiction and staging of historical and social traumata as the result of extreme violence within national contexts. It focuses on Israeli-Palestinian, German and (US) American film, and reaches out to cinematic traditions from other countries like France, Great Britain and the former USSR. International and interdisciplinary scholars analyze both mainstream and avant-garde movies and documentaries premiering from the 1960s to the present. From transnational and cross-genre perspectives, they query the modes of representation – regarding narration, dramaturgy, aesthetics, mise-en-scène, iconology, lighting, cinematography, editing and sound – held by film as a medium to visualize shattering experiences of violence and their traumatic encoding in individuals, collectives, bodies and psyches. This anthology uniquely traces horror aesthetics and trajectories as a way to reenact, echo and question the perpetual loops of trauma in film cultures. The contributors examine the discursive transfer between historical traumata necessarily transmitted in a medialized and conceptualized form, the changing landscape of (clinical) trauma theory, the filmic depiction and language of trauma, and the official memory politics and hegemonic national-identity constructions.

Book Subterranean Cities

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Lawrence Pike
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780801472565
  • Pages : 380 pages

Download or read book Subterranean Cities written by David Lawrence Pike and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New life underground -- Modern necropolis -- Charon's bark -- Urban apocalypse.

Book Magic of the Modest

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  • Author : R C Perez
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-05-28
  • ISBN : 9781777633400
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Magic of the Modest written by R C Perez and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this debut collection of poetry, r.c. perez takes us into a journey of pain, hope, acceptance, and love-one that is all too familiar to anyone who has had a bit of experience in life. Divided into four chapters, magic of the modest is about all the magic we find in everyday things. It is the author's aspiration that through this book, readers will realize that there is magic in carrying on, in looking forward to things, in letting it be, and in loving with all one's being.

Book A Dangerous Fiction

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  • Author : Barbara Rogan
  • Publisher : Penguin Group
  • Release : 2014-07-29
  • ISBN : 0143125656
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book A Dangerous Fiction written by Barbara Rogan and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a glamorous literary agent falls prey to a violent stalker, she discovers that the publishing biz can really be murder, for fans of The Spellman Files and Maisie Dobbs “Suspenseful . . . Barbara Rogan cleverly explores . . . our capacity for self-deception and weaves it into an absorbing mystery that keeps its secret until the very end.” —NPR Jo Donovan always manages to come out on top. Originally from the backwoods of Appalachia, she forged a hard path to elegant lunches and parties among New York City’s literati. At thirty-five, she’s the widow of the renowned novelist (and notorious playboy) Hugo Donovan, the owner of one of the best literary agencies in town, and is one of the most sought-after agents in the business. But all this is about to fall apart, as a would-be client turns stalker, a hack shops around a proposal for an unauthorized tell-all biography of Hugo, and a handsome old flame shows up without warning. Both a seasoned author and a former literary agent herself, Barbara Rogan knows the publishing world from all angles. Fans of Lisa Lutz and Jaqueline Winspear will adore Jo Donovan and Rogan’s wickedly sharp tale that skewers the dangerous fictions we read—and the dangerous fictions we tell ourselves.

Book Isang Pelikula

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  • Author : Jaret Co
  • Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
  • Release : 2016-10-27
  • ISBN : 6210100236
  • Pages : 641 pages

Download or read book Isang Pelikula written by Jaret Co and published by Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halintulad ng kuwento ng buhay ng naging kaibigang masahista sa baywalk, nakipagsapalarang mamuhay mag-isa ni Jaret sa pag-aasam na matakasan ang lagim ng mga bangungot at hilera ng mga trahedyang gumugupo sa kanyang pagkasino. Sa daigdig na ito ng mga gising na malayo sa mahiwagang babaeng wagas niyang sinisinta, maliligaw sa landas niya o siya sa kanila silang mga nilalang na makatutulong sa kanyang makabuo ng kuwento - isang contortionist sex freak, mga birhen at lagalag, filmmaker na mahilig sa mga pahiwatig, at silang bigla na lamang nililindol, namamatay at tumatagos sa pader.Samantalang sa mundo ng mga nananaginip, isang binatang makata ang sumusulat ng isang journal ng mga bangungot habang nasa bingit ng bangin. At kasabay ng sandaling maisilang ang isang butas na kuwentong magpapalutang-lutang sa kawalan na magbubunga ng paghahalo ng kung ano ang totoo sa guniguni at ang gising sa himbing ay ang pagkaunawang silang pinangyaring magbuklod kailanma'y hindi na mapaghihiwalay.

Book Slow Cinema

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tiago de Luca
  • Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
  • Release : 2015-12-31
  • ISBN : 0748696059
  • Pages : 539 pages

Download or read book Slow Cinema written by Tiago de Luca and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focused on a body of films bound together through a cinematic aesthetic of slowness, this book is a pioneering effort to situate, theorise and map out slow cinema within contemporary global film production and across world cinema history.

Book HEAT

    Book Details:
  • Author : Khairani Barokka
  • Publisher : Buku Fixi
  • Release : 2016-03-30
  • ISBN : 9670954398
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book HEAT written by Khairani Barokka and published by Buku Fixi. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HEAT is part of a threesome of Southeast Asian urban anthologies. The other two are called FLESH and TRASH. You’ll find plenty of heat in this collection of stories, gathered from six different Southeast Asian nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore. As part of our selection process, we’ve tried to select the more unexpected, thoughtful and risk-taking from the available pool of writing, forging from them a compendium of twisted, tender visions of our region. Writers: Gabriela Lee, Zed Adam Idris, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Rewat Panpipat (translated by Marcel Barang), Nikki Alfar, Joseph Ng, O Thiam Chin, Christine V. Lao, Alexander Marcos Osias, Catalina Rembuyan, Hồn Du Mục, Maf Deparis & Ivery del Campo, Diyana Mohamad, Peter Zaragoza Mayshle, Lee Ee Leen, Zedeck Siew, Bonnie Etherington and Julie Koh. (Fixi Novo) (Buku Fixi)

Book FLESH

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cassandra Khaw
  • Publisher : Buku Fixi
  • Release : 2016-03-30
  • ISBN : 9670954401
  • Pages : 211 pages

Download or read book FLESH written by Cassandra Khaw and published by Buku Fixi. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FLESH is part of a threesome of Southeast Asian urban anthologies. The other two are called HEAT and TRASH. In this anthology we’ve brought together the works of writers from all over Southeast Asia, exploring what it is like to be flesh in this urban environment, a situation akin to that of the tightly-fitted cellular bodies that make up organs. And from organs, bodies, people, echoes, cities ... on to galaxies. The sex, of course, is present. Writers: Teo Yi Han, Sokunthary Svay, Simon Rowe, Terence Toh,Tina Sim, Yeyet Soriano, Bridgette Ann Rebuca, Ari Abraham, Kate Osias, Nin Harris, Justine Anjanique P. Jordan, Shamala Hinrichsen, Damyanti Biswas, Kenneth Yu, Verena Tay, Joelyn Alexandra, EK Gonzales, Eve Shi and Benjanun Sriduangkaew. (Fixi Novo) (Buku Fixi)

Book TRASH

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  • Author : Dean Francis Alfar
  • Publisher : Buku Fixi
  • Release : 2016-03-29
  • ISBN : 967095441X
  • Pages : 221 pages

Download or read book TRASH written by Dean Francis Alfar and published by Buku Fixi. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRASH is part of a threesome of Southeast Asian urban anthologies. The other two are called HEAT and FLESH. It features stories about Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. The writers have sorted through the ‘trash’ and found things that can be valued as still useful, things that deserve to be salvaged, and recycled, or reused, but they also point unflinchingly at structures, strictures, and modes of thought that have clearly served their time and must be discarded. Writers: Zedeck Siew, Raymond G. Falgui, Lyana Shah, Dipika Mukherjee, Timothy Marsh, Richard Calayeg Cornelio, Ted Mahsun, Eliza Vitri Handayani, Michael Aaron Gomez, Tilon Sagulu, Alexander Marcos Osias, Nin Harris, Francis Paolo Quina, M. SHANmughalingam and Victor Fernando R. Ocampo (Fixi Novo) (Buku Fixi)

Book Seekers of Spirits

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  • Author : Jude Ortega
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9789715428644
  • Pages : 155 pages

Download or read book Seekers of Spirits written by Jude Ortega and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Switch

    Book Details:
  • Author : Blake O.
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2021-06-29
  • ISBN : 6218163857
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book The Switch written by Blake O. and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mountainous province of Ratchaburi, Thailand, Alex is eagerly waiting for his sixteenth birthday cake to be delivered to his doorstep. The bell rings, and he meets Zander, his twin whom he did not know existed. Four years later, Alex is a budding actor, and Zander is the backing vocals of a rising band. On the fateful night of their twenty-second birthday, an eclipse occurs, and the twins inexplicably switch bodies. While trying to undo the cosmic glitch, they try to fill each other’s shoes and at the same time maintain their relationships. Alex’s boyfriend, Lance, tries to figure his heart out as he realizes Alex is Zander’s twin, with whom he shared a meaningful past. Zander’s best friend, Finn, may or may not have a clue, and he may or may not be helplessly in love with Alex since the first time they met. After sixteen years of being separated, the twins are almost strangers. The switch stirs their lives, and maybe before they find their way back to their bodies, they need to find each other first. Trigger Warning: This novel contains graphic language and content, lots of swearing, mentions of previous suicide attempts and ideations, sexual content, and references to mental illness and eating disorder. Reader discretion is advised.

Book The Woman Destroyed

    Book Details:
  • Author : Simone De Beauvoir
  • Publisher : Pantheon
  • Release : 2013-01-09
  • ISBN : 0307832171
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book The Woman Destroyed written by Simone De Beauvoir and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most influential thinkers of her generation draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises in these three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times). Suffused with de Beauvoir’s remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best. Includes "The Age of Discretion," "The Monologue," and "The Woman Destroyed." "Witty, immensely adroit...These three women are believable individuals presented with a wry mixture of sympathy and exasperation." —The Atlantic

Book Alain Ducasse Nature

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  • Author : Alain Ducasse
  • Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
  • Release : 2012-02-21
  • ISBN : 0847838404
  • Pages : 362 pages

Download or read book Alain Ducasse Nature written by Alain Ducasse and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse challenges the clichéd image of French food as complicated and heavy. Here he goes back to basics and rediscovers the pleasures of simple French food based on healthy, locally sourced ingredients that are in season, without the fat and without the fuss. The book features charming line drawings and mouthwatering food photography by one of France’s most acclaimed food photographers. Sidebars and asides containing useful snippets of Ducasse’s experience and advice are peppered throughout. With over 190 simple yet sublime dishes, Ducasse highlights a wide range of flavor combinations in which vegetables, fruits, and grains take pride of place, while animal protein is used sparingly for flavor. Ducasse casts aside preconceived notions of French food to reveal its essence—seasonal produce, fresh flavors, and hearty, healthy dishes meant to be shared with friends and family.