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View book details for Da Vinci's Ghost
Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically acclaimed historian Toby Lester tells the story of the worlds most iconic image, the Vitruvian Man, and sheds surprising new light on the artistry and scholarship of Leonardo da Vinci, one of historys most fascinating …
View book details for Into the Mystic
The Visionary and Ecstatic Roots of 1960s Rock and Roll
Explores the visionary, mystical, and ecstatic traditions that influenced the music of the 1960s Examines the visionary, spiritual, and mystical influences on the Grateful Dead, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the Incredible String Band, the Left …
View book details for The Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus Collection #1
Citizen Girl, Dedication, and Between You and Me
Three heartfelt stories from Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Nanny Diaries. Citizen GirlWorking in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty-four-year-old Girl …
View book details for Escaping Hitler
A Jewish Boy's Quest for Freedom and His Future
The story of a young boy who escaped Hitler and the Holocaustand lived happily ever after.Escaping Hitler is the true story, covering ninety years, of Gunter Stern who, at fourteen, when Adolf Hitler threatened his family, education, and future, resolved …
View book details for The Pot Book
A Complete Guide to Cannabis
Leading experts on the science, history, politics, medicine, and potential of Americas most popular recreational drug With contributions by Andrew Weil, Michael Pollan, Lester Grinspoon, Allen St. Pierre (NORML), Tommy Chong, and others Covers marijuanas physiological and psychological effects, its …
The Ashleys rule Miss Gamble's Preparatory School for Girls. They are gorgeous, rich, impeccably fashion forward, and, yes, all named Ashley. Lauren Page has gone to the same school with them her whole life, and the Ashleys, if forced to …
View book details for The Chapo Guide to Revolution
A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
Instant New York Times bestseller Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that. Tim Heidecker The creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyone who feels orphaned and alienatedpolitically, culturally, and economicallyby the lanyard-wearing …
View book details for Essential Oils for the Whole Body
The Dynamics of Topical Application and Absorption
A practical guide to the topical application of essential oils for physical and emotional health and healing Provides in-depth profiles of 15 essential oils that form a safe and effective tool kit for treating a broad range of ailments and …
Published when he was twenty-three years old, F. Scott Fitzgeralds debut novel, This Side of Paradise, established him as the golden boy of the dawning Jazz Age. As a chronicle of youth, no other literary work remains as revealingor as …
View book details for The Shamanic Odyssey
Homer, Tolkien, and the Visionary Experience
Reveals the striking parallels between indigenous cultures of the Americas and the ancient Homeric world as well as Tolkiens Middle Earth Explores the shamanic use of healing songs, psychoactive plants, and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey and …
View book details for The Witches' Ointment
The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic
An exploration of the historical origins of the witches ointment and medieval hallucinogenic drug practices based on the earliest sources Details how early modern theologians demonized psychedelic folk magic into witches ointments Shares dozens of psychoactive formulas and recipes gleaned …
View book details for The Good Fight
A Life in Liberal Politics
Former vice president Walter Mondale makes a passionate, timely argument for American liberalism in this revealing and momentous political memoir.For more than five decades in public life, Walter Mondale played a leading role in Americas movement for social changein civil …
From the author of Truth Be Told (formerly titled Are You Sleeping)now an Apple TV+ series of the same namecomes a thriller for the Instagram age (Amy Gentry, author of Good as Gone) for fans of Jessica Knoll and Caroline …
View book details for Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It)
A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of H
"You can't step in the same river twice.""Dogs bark at what they don't understand.""The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering."The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were …
Regional newspapers around the globe are fighting to survive in the face of challenges to their economic model, due to the constant influx of new technology. At the same time, while studies of the national press have created a continuous …
View book details for Guillermo del Toro
Film as Alchemic Art
A critical exploration of one of the most exciting, original and influential figures to emerge in contemporary film, Guillermo del Toro: Film as Alchemic Art is a major contribution to the analysis of Guillermo del Toro's cinematic output. It offers …
View book details for Movie Stunts & Special Effects
A Comprehensive Guide to Planning and Execution
Throughout film history, one of the fundamental fantasies portrayed on screen has been the kind of physical action few of us could ever experience in real life. The image of an 'every man' engaged in hand-to-hand, mortal combat, defending his …
View book details for Acoustic Territories, Second Edition
Sound Culture and Everyday Life
The revised edition of Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life offers an expansive reading of auditory life. It provides a careful consideration of the performative dynamics inherent to sounding and listening, and discusses how sound studies may illuminate understandings …
This interdisciplinary collection of case studies rethinks corporate patronage in the United States and reveals the central role corporations have played in shaping American culture. This volume offers new methodologies and models for the subject of corporate patronage, and contains …
Narrative Theory and Adaptation offers a concise introduction to narrative theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Spike Jonze's critically acclaimed 2002 film Adaptation. Understanding narrative theory is crucial to make sense of …
View book details for Selections from Ovid Heroides
An Edition for Intermediate Students
This is the first intermediate-student edition of a selection from Ovid's Heroides. Heroides VI, lines 1100 and 12764, and Heroides X, lines 176 and 11950 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately …
The newest volume in the Film Theory in Practice Series, Auteur Theory and My Son John offers a concise introduction to authorship and auteur theory in jargon-free language. The book goes on to show this theory can be deployed to …
View book details for Background Noise, Second Edition
Perspectives on Sound Art
Background Noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and performance. While chronological in its structure, Brandon LaBelle's book is informed by spatial thinking - …
Although Film Studies has successfully (re)turned attention to matters of style and interpretation, its sibling discipline has left the territory uncharted - until now. The question of how television operates on a stylistic level has been critically underexplored, despite being …
View book details for Content is King
News Media Management in the Digital Age
From the viewpoint of newspaper organizations the main competitive media has shrunk to only one, the internet. But the effect of this innovation has been devastating in capturing the vast majority of the advertising revenues on which newspapers have depended. …
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