Download or read book Bizarre Fotos written by Belier Press, Incorporated and published by . This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Talking Pictures written by Ransom Riggs and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the candid quirkiness of Awkward Family Photos and the confessional intimacy of PostSecret, Ransom Riggs's Talking Pictures is a haunting collection of antique found photographs—with evocative inscriptions that bring these lost personal moments to life—from the author of the New York Times bestselling illustrated novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Each image in Talking Pictures reveals a singular, frozen moment in a person’s life, be it joyful, quiet, or steeped in sorrow. Yet the book’s unique depth comes from the writing accompanying each photo: as with the caption revealing how one seemingly random snapshot of a dancing couple captured the first dance of their 40-year marriage, each successive inscription shines like a flashbulb illuminating a photograph’s particular context and lighting up our connection to the past.
Download or read book Mani s Pictures written by Zsuzsanna Gulácsi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of Manichaeism, Mani (216-274/277 CE), not only wrote down his teachings to prevent their adulteration, but also created a set of paintings—the Book of Pictures—to be used in the context of oral instruction. That pictorial handscroll and its later editions became canonical art for Mani's followers for a millennium afterwards. This richly illustrated study systematically explores the artistic culture of religious instruction of the Manichaeans based on textual and artistic evidence. It discusses the doctrinal themes (soteriology, prophetology, theology, and cosmology) depicted in Mani’s canonical pictures. Moreover, it identifies 10th-century fragments of canonical picture books, as well as select didactic images adapted to other, non-canonical art objects (murals, hanging scrolls, mortuary banners, and illuminated liturgical manuscripts) in Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China.
Download or read book Private Pictures written by Janina Struk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snapshots taken by American soldiers of Iraqi prisoners stripped naked, humiliated and tortured shocked the world in 2004 and more have followed from the conflict in Afghanistan, but whether the public have been horrified by the soldiers' conduct or the fact they have taken pictures has not been clear. In fact, as this remarkable book reveals and relates, soldiers have taken photographs of war and its atrocities for more than 100 years. But their pictures are private, intended mainly for the soldiers themselves, as mementoes or as attempts to make sense of the chaos, brutality and boredom of war. They can be gruesome or sociable, shocking or mundane and they are seldom regarded as serious contributions to a visual culture of war, which since 1939 has been dominated by professional war photography. But with the 21st-century shift to simple digital photography, transmission by the internet available to all, and a new 'citizen journalism', soldiers' pictures are acquiring a new resonance."Private Pictures" traces this unacknowledged genre of photography from the origins of popular photography in the Boer War through to the present day; it discusses how the images have been used and it asks: what effect might the wider appreciation of soldiers' pictures have on the popular perception of war?
Download or read book Bizarre The Pick of the World s Best Stories Articles and Pictures written by BIZARRE. and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deviations written by Gayle Rubin and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of writings by Gayle S. Rubin, an American theorist and activist in feminist, lesbian and gay, queer, and sexuality studies since the 1970s.
Download or read book Weird U S written by Mark Moran and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering all 50 states, "Weird U.S." takes an unconventional look at the oddities, outcasts, and just plain strange things to see or do in America.
Download or read book Culture Society and Sexuality written by Richard Parker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new and revised edition of Culture, Society and Sexuality brings together and makes accessible a broad and international selection of readings to provide insights into the social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of sexuality and relationships, and emerging discourses around sexual and reproductive rights. Clearly structured and presented, the book makes an extremely useful reference for students and researchers. Section one focuses on the social and cultural construction of sexuality as an emerging field of inquiry over the course of recent decades, and examines some of the most important theoretical insights and areas of investigation that have emerged as this field has developed. Section two links research on the construction of sexuality to a growing body of work on gender and sexuality in relation to a wide range of practical issues and contemporary social policy debates. It is an essential reader not only for students and researchers in these areas, but also for activists, health workers and service providers, who daily confront practical and policy issues related to sexuality, sexual health and sexual rights.
Download or read book Weird World written by Bradt Travel Guides and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled from over 300 winning photos from a reader competition in Wanderlust magazine, 'Weird World' documents the more outlandish observations from across the globe. From the signpost in a park in Chenddu, China, instructing passers' by to, 'Please do not feed the fishes with your private,' to Polygamy Porter, Kanab, Utah's specialty beer, ('why have just one?' asks the label), 'Weird World' celebrates the bizarre, the hilarious and the frankly unfortunate sights to be found on our very strange planet. Divided into six sections – people, food, transport, animals, art and just plain odd – it combines photographs and traveller anecdotes with a hilarious dose of roadsigns and menus. Wanderlust (circulation 37,000) is the UK's leading magazine for independent-minded and adventurous travellers. Celebrating 35 years of the unusual, Bradt Travel Guides is the UK's leading independent travel publisher.
Download or read book The Grotesque and the Unnatural written by and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bizarre Fotos written by Irving Klaw and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Creepiest Vintage Photos Ever Taken Volume 1 written by Wyatt Douglas and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are there so many creepy vintage photos? Were things just scarier in the "old days"? Collected together here are dozens of the creepiest vintage photos ever! Clowns, witches, dolls, and more!
Download or read book Twisted Image III written by Benjamin Granger and published by Booktango. This book was released on with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sad Wings of Providence written by James Harris and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the day of his grandmothers funeral, James Hahn falls victim to a life-threatening attack. As he learns of his recent inheritance, which holds much more than a mere dollar value, and the connection between this incident and a terrifying experience he had as a child, he wonders if he had this coming to him his whole life. James has seen things that no mortal should and his existence threatens the most evil of criminals... yet, despite their tormenting, he is left to live. James' demons, urges and doubt tangle him as he is thrown into a supernatural ring of terror, crime, and a parallel existence with Hell on earth. The stunning, yet unusual, Mika Bodkin toys with his mind as he travels across the globe to confront evil, amend the mistakes of his ancestors and fulfill a mission which he believes he is obligated... but, has he sealed the fate of the ones he loves? "Sad Wings Of Providence" a good vs. evil tale of faith, doubt, trust and deception. Question the possibilities ...
Download or read book Monster Trek written by Joe Gisondi and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bigfoot sightings have been reported in every state except Hawaii. Interest in this creature, which many believe to be as mythical as a leprechaun, is as strong today as ever, with the wildly popular show Finding Bigfoot persisting on the Animal Planet network and references to bigfoot appearing throughout popular culture. What is it about bigfoot that causes some people to devote a chunk of their lives to finding one? In Monster Trek, Joe Gisondi brings to life the celebrities in bigfoot culture: people such as Matt Moneymaker, Jeff Meldrum, and Cliff Barackman, who explore remote wooded areas of the country for weeks at a time and spend thousands of dollars on infrared imagers, cameras, and high-end camping equipment. Pursuing the answer to why these seekers of bigfoot do what they do, Gisondi brings to the reader their most interesting--and in many cases, harrowing--expeditions. Gisondi travels to eight locations across the country, trekking into swamps, mountains, state parks, and remote woods with people in search of bigfoot as well as fame, fortune, adventure, and shared camaraderie. Many of the people who look for bigfoot, however, go counter to stereotypes and include teachers, engineers, and bankers. Some are private and guarded about their explorations, seeking solitude during a deeply personal quest. While there are those who might arguably be labeled "crazy," Gisondi discovers that the bigfoot research network is far bigger and more diverse than he ever imagined.
Download or read book Imagery and Related Mnemonic Processes written by Mark A. McDaniel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific work on mnemonics and imagery conducted in the 1960s and early 1970s was directed at testing enthusiastic claims of the efficacy of memory tech niques developed by the ancient Greeks and further refined in the popular litera ture by "professional" mnemonists. The early research on imagery and mnemonics confirmed many of these claims and also illuminated the limitations of some techniques (e. g. , bizarre imagery). As such, these seminal studies clearly were valuable in providing a solid data base and, perhaps as important, making imagery and mnemonics acceptable research areas for experimental psycholo gists and educators. After this initial surge of work, however, it seemed that sub sequent contributions met with the attitude that "mnemonic techniques and imagery help memory, what else is new?" This attitude was not completely justi fied, however, given the theoretical insights from the work of such imagery and mnemonics pioneers as Gorden Bower, Allan Paivio, and William Rohwer. In the 1980s this claim is completely unjustified. Research on mnemonics and imagery has grown in exciting ways. Researchers are tapping the area's theoretical potential, both in terms of extending basic memory theories to account for the robust effects produced by mnemonic techniques and in terms of using explanations of mnemonic effects to understand basic memory processes. Individual differences in the use of imagery and mnemonic encoding activities are also being explored. This research has provided valuable information for basic memory theories (e. g.
Download or read book Despite Everything written by Aaron Cometbus and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2002 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected here are selections from the first twenty years of Cometbus, including the ultra-rare and embarrassing early issues, plus new intros, notes and a scrapbook. The ultimate zine in a world of millions. It's irregular, it's handmade, it's personal, it's portable, it's inspiring, it's challenging, it's unique, it's put out by a really cute boy (that's sorta important)' - Ben is Dead 'Cometbus is considered a classic in the subterranean world' - Time 'Could well be the best loved zine ever' - Bay Guardian'
