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Marc Raymond
A fresh look at the director’s career.
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Marc Raymond Strauss
Alfred Hitchcock called the silent the purest form of cinema, and the ten silent films he directed between 1925 and 1929 reveal the young director’s mature artistry. This work discovers…
This book explores the classical aesthetic framework for dance that Arlene Croce established and provides an interpretative analysis of the biographical, professional and historical elements that contributed to the context…
Often glossed over by scholars and Hitchcock aficionados, the nine films in this book - Juno and the Paycock , The Skin Game , Waltzes from Vienna , Jamaica Inn…
Focusing on onscreen objects in Alfred Hitchcock’s films, this study examines the staircases, eyeglasses, lamps, doors, candles, cigarettes, buildings, monuments, statues and dozens of other props the director treated as…
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One of the few studies covering both Broadway and Hollywood musicals, this book explores most of the most famous musicals of the past two centuries, along with many others. Presented…
Marc Raymond Strauss,Myron Howard Nadel
This Guide provides the reader with a chronological survey of contemporary dance. It is studded with references to Internet sources to satisfy readers who may not have access to live…
Myron Howard Nadel,Marc Raymond Strauss
This newly revised edition includes five new chapters and an extensive, annotated appendix of film and Internet resources giving helpful suggestions for viewing that will enhance the dance experience. –Publisher.
Raymond Queneau
Collects the best of the author’s shorter prose that span his career and include short stories, an uncompleted novel, melancholic and absurd essays, occasionally baffling ‘Texticles’, a pastiche of Alice…
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Implementing and Working with the Youth Criminal Justice Act across Canada provides the first comprehensive, province-by-province analysis of how each Canadian jurisdiction has implemented the Act in accordance with its…
Marc le Maire,Raymond Chabaud,Guy Herve
The study of a single well-chosen substance, here aspartate transcarb amylase, can provide an excellent basis for a laboratory course. The student is introduced to a variety of scientific ideas…
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Particle Physics: Ideas and Recent Developments, Cargese, France, July 26-August 7, 1999
Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cargese, France, August 5-17, 1996
Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cargese, France, August 1-13, 1994
This book showcases a large variety of multiple criteria decision applications (MCDAs), presenting them in a coherent framework provided by the methodology chapters and the comments accompanying each case study.
Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cargese, France, July 20-August 1, 1992
This volume offers readable summaries, elaborations, and explanations of his sometimes complex and demanding theories of film.
The love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad as the traditions themselves. Skies of Parchment…
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