Download or read book Buzzing Lights written by Tanja-Tiziana and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade-long documentary photo series capturing the faded and glorious remains of 20th-century neon signs across North America.
Download or read book Buzz written by Jeffrey Spivak and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2011 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Depression was defined by poverty and despair, but visionary American filmmaker Busby Berkeley (1895-1976) managed to divert the public's attention away from the economic crash with some of the most iconic movies of all time. Known for his kaleidoscopic dance numbers featuring multitudes of performers in extravagant costumes, his musicals provided a brief respite for an audience whose reality was hard and bitter. Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley is a revealing study of the director, drawing from interviews with his colleagues, newspaper and legal records, and Berkeley's own unpublished memoirs to uncover the life of a Hollywood legend renowned for his talent and creativity. Jeffrey Spivak examines how Berkeley's career evolved from creating musical numbers for other directors in films such as 42nd Street (1933) and Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) to directing his own pictures, such as Strike up the Band (1940) and The Gang's All Here (1943). Though Berkeley claimed he was no choreographer, his movies revitalized the public's waning interest in musical pictures. While other popular filmmakers advertised their works specifically as nonmusical, Berkeley embraced his niche, eventually becoming the premier dance director of his time. However, the happy face Berkeley presented publicly did not necessarily reflect his life. Offstage and away from the set, the director met with scandal, and his fondness for liquor and women was well known. In September 1935, he was involved in a car accident that left three people dead and four others severely injured. Accused of driving under the influence, he was put on trial for second-degree murder. The accident significantly changed the nature of his stardom.
Download or read book The Buzz written by David Freemantle and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 tips & techniques to create a Buzz that delivers world-class customer service.
Download or read book Digital Filmmaking written by Peter Shaner and published by Mercury Learning and Information. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first book in the series is designed to introduce the techniques used in digital filmmaking. It is aimed at anyone who has an interest in telling stories with pictures and sound and won't assume any familiarity with equipment or concepts. In addition to the basics of shooting and editing, different story forms will be introduced from documentary and live events through fictional narratives. Each of the topics will be covered in enough depth to allow someone with a camera and a computer to begin creating visual projects they can be proud of. This book is applicable to all novices or as an introduction to digital filmmaking classes. The book should also be a gateway to the series of books designed to impart greater sophistication in all areas of filmmaking.
Download or read book Slash written by Vivian Gray and published by E-Book Publishing World Inc.. This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slash is book 1 of the Savage Hearts MC trilogy. Books 2 and 3, Slash and Burn and Slash and Dominate are available everywhere now! I sold him my innocence. I just never thought he'd claim it like this. Brutal. Savage. Reckless. Wild. But there's no denying the truth: The bad boy owns me now. ERIN I'm in over my head. It just got out of control. And before I could stop it, things were happening that I was powerless to stop. I was on stage, barely dressed, while strange men offered cash bounties that made my jaw drop. Then a voice came out of the back that cut through the chaos and froze my blood in my veins. He said he'd own me… Whatever the cost. And that's when this nightmare truly began. Because the man who bought me is the devil incarnate. Slash is a bona fide killer, a ruthless biker bad boy with the ink and leather to match. His motorcycle roars like some demon from below. And those eyes… So hungry. So cruel. From the moment the door shut and we were alone together, I knew that this could end only one way: With me on my knees, begging the bad boy to own me. SLASH There are enough bodies in my past to fill a morgue. Enough blood on my hands that I'll never truly be rid of it. I've sinned, I've killed, I've broken people and left them to suffer in the darkness and the silence. But it was all for the club. All of it – everything I've ever done – was in the name of the Savage Hearts MC. Until now. This time, my sins are for me and me alone. Because when I saw the girl on the stage, I knew I couldn't rest until I'd made her mine. Every woman in my past was nothing more than a toy to me. But Erin… She lit a fire I didn't know I had. It won't be enough to use her and throw her aside. I need to take her senseless, then put her on the back of my chopper and ride into the sunset. F**k all this chaos. F**k all this war. I'll brand this woman and put my baby in her so the whole damn world knows to keep their filthy hands off. But the underworld where I've spent my whole life isn't so eager to let us escape. There are men here who would love to see my head on a spike. Along with the heads of everyone I've ever cared about. And when they find out about the girl I've brought into my home… They know I'm vulnerable now. That's when they come for us. So be it. Let them. I'm ready for one final war. And I'll slay them all to protect what's mine.
Download or read book Freerunner written by David Trifunov and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 14-year-old Patrick and his mother leave their small town for the city. Out of boredom and frustration, he steals a pair of headphones. When he's caught, the police officer, Constable Jack, is willing to get the charges dropped if Patrick trains with him in parkour for twelve weeks. While Patrick trains extra hard he develops a crush on Parker and a rivalry with Jayden. When the tension with Jayden reaches new heights, Constable Jack decides they'll settle the score in a competition. But they aren't just fighting for best individual — there's also the prize for best club at stake. That means Patrick and Jayden will have to learn to work together.
Download or read book Naked Seeing written by Christopher Hatchell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism is in many ways a visual tradition, with its well-known practices of visualization, its visual arts, its epistemological writings that discuss the act of seeing, and its literature filled with images and metaphors of light. Some Buddhist traditions are also visionary, advocating practices by which meditators seek visions that arise before their eyes. Naked Seeing investigates such practices in the context of two major esoteric traditions, the Wheel of Time (Kalacakra) and the Great Perfection (Dzogchen). Both of these experimented with sensory deprivation, and developed yogas involving long periods of dwelling in dark rooms or gazing at the open sky. These produced unusual experiences of seeing, which were used to pursue some of the classic Buddhist questions about appearances, emptiness, and the nature of reality. Along the way, these practices gave rise to provocative ideas and suggested that, rather than being apprehended through internal insight, religious truths might also be seen in the exterior world-realized through the gateway of the eyes. Christopher Hatchell presents the intellectual and literary histories of these practices, and also explores the meditative techniques and physiology that underlie their distinctive visionary experiences. The book also offers for the first time complete English translations of three major Tibetan texts on visionary practice: a Kalacakra treatise by Yumo Mikyo Dorj , The Lamp Illuminating Emptiness, a Nyingma Great Perfection work called The Tantra of the Blazing Lamps, and a B n Great Perfection work called Advice on the Six Lamps, along with a detailed commentary on this by Drugom Gyalwa Yungdrung.
Download or read book Friday Night Lights written by H. G. Bissinger and published by Random House. This book was released on 2005 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return once again to the enduring account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high school football team in Texas history.
Download or read book Missouri UFO s and Extraterrestrials written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores our fascination with UFOs and how scientists are looking for the truth and explains some hoaxes, myths and bad science.
Download or read book Buzz at My Window written by Randy Newell and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come along on one child's incredible adventure as his typical evening becomes anything but typical that both he and the reader will never forget!
Download or read book Supreme Court written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snatched written by Pete Hautman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Pete Hautman and Mary Logue comes a lively mystery series. When high school student Alicia Camden suddenly disappears, the small town of Bloodwater is in shock. And it’s up to Roni Delicata, reporter for the school newspaper The Bloodwater Pump, and her brilliant sidekick, Brian Bain, to figure out what’s going on. With suspects all around them and suspicions high, Roni and Brian risk their lives -- and a few groundings from their parents -- to get to the bottom of things. But can they find Alicia and solve the mystery before it’s too late? Full of suspense and humor, readers will love to watch the hilarious relationship between Roni and Brian as they save the day.
Download or read book The Forever Bridge written by T. Greenwood and published by Kensington. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I loved The Forever Bridge from its first beautiful sentence to its breathtaking final one.” —Ann Hood With eloquent prose and lush imagery, T. Greenwood creates a heartfelt story of reconciliation and forgiveness, and of the deep, often unexpected connections that can bring you home. Sylvie can hardly bear to remember how normal her family was two years ago. All of that changed on the night an oncoming vehicle forced their car over the edge of a covered bridge into the river. With horrible swiftness, Sylvie’s young son was gone, her husband lost his legs, and she was left with shattering blame and grief. Eleven-year-old Ruby misses her little brother, too. But she also misses the mother who has become a recluse in their old home while Ruby and her dad try to piece themselves back together. Amid all the uncertainty in her life, Ruby becomes obsessed with bridges, drawing inspiration from the strength and purpose that underlies their grace. During one momentous week, as Hurricane Irene bears down on their small Vermont town and a pregnant teenager with a devastating secret gradually draws Sylvie back into the world, Ruby and her mother will have a chance to span the gap between them again.
Download or read book Demonic Carnival written by A.E. Santana and published by 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers beware the rides may take your arms! You are traveling into a dark and humorous place. We start you off with light, soft stories, but be warned. You will find yourself falling into the ever darker, gorier, and more demonic stories with each passing story. From heartwarming endings to feeling like you just walked out of the Carnival Port-a-potty into another dimension - this collection will leave your mind spinning. The Fried Food stall, the Ferris Wheel, and even that carnival themed hotel in Vegas... all of it will never be the same for you after your visit to the Demonic Carnival. Remember... First Ticket’s Free...
Download or read book The Academy written by David Poyer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With high ethical stakes and a suspenseful past-and-present narrative, The Academy is David Poyer's capstone novel in the Dan Lenson series. In his final tour of duty after a remarkable career at sea, Dan Lenson is appointed Superintendent of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He begins at a difficult time: Congress is cutting military budgets in the wake of the devastating world war with China, calls for radical reform are upending traditions, and Dan himself faces legal jeopardy for his actions during the war. And when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast, Dan must fight to rescue the Academy itself. Parallel to this narrative runs the dramatic story of Dan's years as a first class midshipman, 40 years ago. An Academy classmate commits suicide, and Dan is drawn into the investigation. The decisions he makes will affect his entire career and shape how he comes to lead troops in battle and at peace.
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Download or read book Singing with the Mountains written by William Sherman and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating story of a Sufi community that sought the revelation of God. In the Afghan highlands of the sixteenth century, the messianic community known as the Roshaniyya not only desired to find God’s word and to abide by it but also attempted to practice God’s word and to develop techniques of language intended to render their own tongues as the organs of continuous revelation. As their critics would contend, however, the Roshaniyya attempted to make language do something that language should not do—infuse the semiotic with the divine. Their story thus ends in a tower of skulls, the proliferation of heresiographies that detailed the sins of the Roshaniyya, and new formations of “Afghan” identity. In Singing with the Mountains, William E. B. Sherman finds something extraordinary about the Roshaniyya, not least because the first known literary use of vernacular Pashto occurs in an eclectic, Roshani imitation of the Qur’an. The story of the Roshaniyya exemplifies a religious culture of linguistic experimentation. In the example of the Roshaniyya, we discover a set of questions and anxieties about the capacities of language that pervaded Sufi orders, imperial courts, groups of wandering ascetics, and scholastic networks throughout Central and South Asia. In telling this tale, Sherman asks the following questions: How can we make language shimmer with divine truth? How can letters grant sovereign power and form new “ethnic” identities and ways of belonging? How can rhyme bend our conceptions of time so that the prophetic past comes to inhabit the now of our collective moment? By analyzing the ways in which the Roshaniyya answered these types of questions—and the ways in which their answers were eventually rejected as heresies—this book offers new insight into the imaginations of religious actors in the late medieval and early modern Persianate worlds.
