wyszukanych pozycji: 71
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Waving the Flag: Constructing a National Cinema in Britain
ISBN: 9780198742296 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What does it mean to talk about a "national" cinema? To what extent can British cinema, dominated for so many years by Hollywood, be considered a national cinema? Andrew Higson investigates these questions from a historical point of view. Challenging the received wisdoms of British cinema history, and combining detailed analyses of film texts from the early 1920s to the 1940s with studies of industrial and cultural contexts, Waving the Flag is an impressive and wide-ranging survey of the concept of national cinema.
What does it mean to talk about a "national" cinema? To what extent can British cinema, dominated for so many years by Hollywood, be considered a nati...
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230,12 zł |
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Dissolving Views: Key Writings on British Cinema
ISBN: 9781474290647 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. British cinema has been far richer and more diverse than is generally recognized, as this collection of key writings on British film culture - from the conversion to sound in the late 1920s to the 1990s - testifies. Dissolving Views brings together a number of important and influential essays and the light they throw on 70 or so years of British cinema history makes this volume a vital, provocative and highly informative collection.
British cinema has been far richer and more diverse than is generally recognized, as this collection of key writings on British film culture - from th...
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565,09 zł |
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'Film Europe' and 'Film America': Cinema, Commerce and Cultural Exchange 1920-1939
ISBN: 9780859895453 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A volume of specially-commissioned essays dealing with the attempts to create a pan-European film production movement in the 1920s and 1930s, and the reactions of the American film industry to these plans to rival its hegemony. The book has an impressive array of top scholars from both America and Europe, including Thomas Elsaesser, Kristin Thompson and Ginette Vincendeau, as well as essays by some younger scholars who have recently completed new archival research. It also includes a number of primary documents selected by the contributors to illuminate their arguments and provide a stimulus...
A volume of specially-commissioned essays dealing with the attempts to create a pan-European film production movement in the 1920s and 1930s, and the ...
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385,29 zł |
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Dead (Revised)
ISBN: 9781484721452 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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45,12 zł |
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Film England: Culturally English Filmmaking Since the 1990s
ISBN: 9781848854543 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In a film business increasingly transnational in its production arrangements and global in its scope, what space is there for culturally English filmmaking? In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Higson demonstrates how a variety of Englishnesses have appeared on screen since 1990, and surveys the genres and production modes that have captured those representations. He looks at the industrial circumstances of the film business in the UK, government film policy and the emergence of the UK Film Council. He examines several contemporary ""English"" dramas that embody the transnationalism of... In a film business increasingly transnational in its production arrangements and global in its scope, what space is there for culturally English fi... |
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128,37 zł |
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Young Bond: By Royal Command
ISBN: 9780141343600 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched. He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will bring bloodshed and carnage to his school - and his country. Life for James Bond will never be the same again.
Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But James is under surveillance; his ...
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40,88 zł |
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The Sacrifice (The Enemy Book 4)
ISBN: 9780141336138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The sickness destroyed everyone over the age of 14. All across London diseased adults are waiting, hungry predators with rotten flesh and ravaged minds. Small Sam and his unlikely ally, The Kid, have survived. They're safe with Ed and his friends at the Tower of London, but Sam is desperate to find his sister. Their search for Ella means Sam and The Kid must cross the forbidden zone. And what awaits them there is more terrifying than any of the horror they've suffered so far.
The sickness destroyed everyone over the age of 14. All across London diseased adults are waiting, hungry predators with rotten flesh and ravaged mind...
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45,99 zł |
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Macrocycles: Construction, Chemistry and Nanotechnology Applications
ISBN: 9780470714621 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Macrocyclic molecules contain rings made up of seven or more atoms. They are interesting because they provide building blocks for synthesizing precise two or three dimensional structures - an important goal in nanotechnology. For example, they can be used to develop nanosized reaction vessels, cages, switches and shuttles, and have potential as components in molecular computers. They also have applications as catalysts and sensors.
Macrocycles: Construction, Chemistry and Nanotechnology Applications is an essential introduction this important class of molecules and... Macrocyclic molecules contain rings made up of seven or more atoms. They are interesting because they provide building blocks for synthesizing precise...
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783,81 zł |
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Stories in Rhyme
ISBN: 9781524661397 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Most people are familiar with that old English idiom: Most people are familiar with that old English idiom: |
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134,11 zł |
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Young and Innocent? Young and Innocent? Young and Innocent?: The Cinema in Britain, 1896-1930 the Cinema in Britain, 1896-1930 the Cinema in Britain,
ISBN: 9780859897174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book brings together the study of silent cinema and the study of British cinema, both of which have seen some of the most exciting developments in Film Studies in recent years. The result is a comprehensive survey of one of the most important periods of film history. Most of the acknowledged experts on this period are represented joined by several new voices. Together they chart the development of cinema in Britain from its beginnings in the 1890s to the conversion to sound in the lates 1920s. From these accounts the youthful British cinema emerges as far from innocent. On the contrary,...
This book brings together the study of silent cinema and the study of British cinema, both of which have seen some of the most exciting developments i...
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141,27 zł |
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The End (The Enemy Book 7)
ISBN: 9780141362144 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. It all comes to an end in the final book in The Enemy series The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets - Crazed and hungry. Sickos swarm the streets of London. Gathered in the centre of the city, they lie in wait. The survivors have one final epic battle to overcome. Together they must work out a plan of attack and end the grown-ups reign of terror before it's too late. The end is coming.
It all comes to an end in the final book in The Enemy series The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged...
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40,88 zł |
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The Missing Fridge
ISBN: 9781491050576 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When Micky and Kana discover their fridge has gone missing they are naturally quite baffled. With the help of their curious friends from the Tottenham Marshes they invent a number of apparently stupid explanations for the loss of the fridge - but these bizarrely are to come true. The fridge returns - it is a walk-in model which leads into a surreal kingdom and a spectacular ending. ###### A remarkable fusion of Charles Dickens, Withnail and I, John Pilger, William Blake and much more besides. Absurdly funny, breathtaking in scope, originality and imagination, supremely accomplished and...
When Micky and Kana discover their fridge has gone missing they are naturally quite baffled. With the help of their curious friends from the Tottenham...
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42,24 zł |
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English Heritage, English Cinema
ISBN: 9780199259021 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Costume dramas such as Chariots of Fire, A Room with a View, Sense and Sensibility, and Shakespeare in Love were vital to the success of British cinema in the 1980s and 1990s. This is the first book-length study of these important films, and the debate about their politics and their meanings, and about their relationship to the heritage industry. It maps the extent of the production trend, and looks in detail at the commercial context in which the films were funded, marketed and exhibited, in both the UK and the USA. There are also extensive case studies of two key films, Howard's End and...
Costume dramas such as Chariots of Fire, A Room with a View, Sense and Sensibility, and Shakespeare in Love were vital to the success of British cinem...
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273,98 zł |
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Happy Now
ISBN: 9780349144856 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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45,99 zł |
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Young Bond: Blood Fever
ISBN: 9780141343389 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. James Bond has discovered danger. Now it's come looking for him. An Eton boy's family disappears at sea. James uncovers a shadowy society operating in a hidden corner of the school. And far from England, in the bandit-infested interior of Sardinia, a sinister Italian count has built himself a mountain fortress. Is there a connection? Young Bond is about to find out - and face a lethal group of villains beneath the burning Mediterranean sun.
James Bond has discovered danger. Now it's come looking for him. An Eton boy's family disappears at sea. James uncovers a shadowy society operating in...
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40,88 zł |
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The Dead (The Enemy Book 2)
ISBN: 9780141325033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of 14. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit.
A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of 14. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew ar...
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45,99 zł |
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More Tales From Behind the Counter: How Much for a Little Screw? Books 2 & 3 in one volume
ISBN: 9781542641210 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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57,90 zł |
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The Enemy
ISBN: 9780141325019 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Charlie Higson's The Enemy is the first in a jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens. Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly zombie virus and now the kids must keep themselves alive. When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician - every adult fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive. Now there are rumours of a safe place to hide. And so a gang of children begin their quest across London, where all through the city - down alleyways, in deserted...
Charlie Higson's The Enemy is the first in a jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens. Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly ...
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45,99 zł |
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How Much for a Little Screw?: Tales from Behind the Counter
ISBN: 9781503096974 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Based on true stories ...
Strippers, grippers, knickers, knockers, nippers, nipples and ballcocks. You can buy anything in the local hardware shop-well almost. It's the legendary Aladdin's cave with fixes for everything from a leaking pipe, a shattered groyne, a wobbly bladder (-er, that should be ladder) to a broken heart. And some remedies are not so easy to find, such as the cure for a case of the potentially lethal bad HED. But in the provincial town of Little Sniffingham the predators are looming like scheming forces of evil, determined to pillage and plunder the town... Based on true stories ...
Strippers, grippers, knickers, knockers, nippers, nipples and ballcocks. You can buy anything in the local hardwar... |
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58,02 zł |
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The Fallen (The Enemy Book 5)
ISBN: 9780141336152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across London and made it to the Natural History Museum alive - just. But the fight will never end while the Enemy lives, unless there's another way. . . The kids at the museum are looking for a cure. All they need are medical supplies. To get them means a journey down unknown roads. Roads where not only crazed, hungry sickos hide in the shadows. SUDDENLY IT'S NOT SO CLEAR WHO - OR WHAT - THEY'RE FIGHTING.
First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They...
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45,99 zł |