These essays trace the "femme fatale" across literature, visual culture and cinema, exploring the ways in which fatal femininity has been imagined in different cultural contexts and historical epochs, and moving from mythical women such as Eve, Medusa and the Sirens via historical figures such as Mata Hari to fatal women in contemporary cinema.
These essays trace the "femme fatale" across literature, visual culture and cinema, exploring the ways in which fatal femininity has been imagined in ...
Hackers can steal your money, control your car, access your secret files. What if one had a grip on your beating heart? Whatever. Clint's got his own problems. With his company in chaos, only a bottle of scotch tempers his misery. But his apathy will cost others their lives. A plea from the President of the United States doesn't shake his despondence. Not even an ultimatum from Beth. But the Washington elite won't let Clint rest until they get answers. Will Clint rise above his mounting despair and help the CIA catch a cyber killer?
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Hackers can steal your money, control your car, access your secret files. What if one had a grip on your beating heart? Whatever. Clint...
Can kidnapping a sick woman alter the course of a nation? After stepping off the corporate treadmill, Clint finds love to last a lifetime in Beth, who is recovering from kidney failure. When she blows off their date and misses her dialysis session, Clint suspects she's been kidnapped. In spite of the mounting evidence, her family refuses to call the police. They have their reasons, but without routine dialysis, Beth won't survive. While Clint pursues every lead to find her. Beth's dilemma draws the attention of spy trackers at the CIA investigating a computer system...
Can kidnapping a sick woman alter the course of a nation? After stepping off the corporate treadmill, Clint finds love to last a lifeti...
The technical crafts of sound in classical Hollywood cinema have, until recently, remained largely `unsung' by histories of the studio era. Yet film sound - voice, music and sound effects - is a crucial aspect of film style and has been key to engaging and holding audiences since the transition to sound by Hollywood's major studios in 1929.
The technical crafts of sound in classical Hollywood cinema have, until recently, remained largely `unsung' by histories of the studio era. Yet film s...
