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Street Smart

The New York of Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee

By: Richard A. Blake

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Street Smart

The New York of Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee

By: Richard A. Blake

New York has appeared in more movies than Michael Caine, and the resulting overfamiliarity to moviegoers poses a problem for critics and filmmakers alike. Audiences often mistake the New York image of skyscrapers and bright lights for the real thing, when in fact the City is a network of clearly defined villages, each with a unique personality. Standard film depictions of New Yorkers as a rush-hour mass of undifferentiated humanity obscure the connections formed between people and places in the City's diverse neighborhoods. Street Smart examines the cultural influences of New York's neighborhoods on the work of four quintessentially New York filmmakers: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee. The City's heterogeneous economic and ethnic districts, where people live, work, shop, worship, and go to school, often bear little relation to the image of New York City created by the movies. To these directors, their home city is as tangible as the smell of fried onions in the stairwell of an apartment building, and it is this New York, not the bustling, glittery illusion portrayed in earlier films, that shapes their sensibilities and receives expression in their films. Richard A. Blake shows how the Jewish enclaves on Manhattan's Lower East Side profoundly influence Sidney Lumet's most noted characters as they struggle to form and maintain their identities under challenging circumstances. Both Woody Allen's light comedies and his more serious cinematic fare reflect the director's origins in the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn and the displacement he felt after relocating to Manhattan. Martin Scorsese's upbringing on Elizabeth Street in Manhattan's Little Italy resonates in his gritty portraits of urban modernity. Blake also looks at the films of Spike Lee, whose adolescence in Fort Greene, a socioeconomically diverse Brooklyn neighborhood, exposed him to widely ranging views that add depth to his complicated treatises on power, culture, and race. Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee's individual identities were shaped by their neighborhoods, and in turn, their life experiences have shaped their artistic vision. In Street Smart, Richard A. Blake examines the critical influence of "place" on the films of four of America's most accomplished contemporary filmmakers.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813187648

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Astrochemistry

By: Olivia Harper Wilkins,Geoffrey A. Blake

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Astrochemistry

By: Olivia Harper Wilkins,Geoffrey A. Blake

The answers to some of the most fundamental questions in science lie between the stars, in molecular clouds that serve as celestial laboratories. Disentangling the chemistries in extraterrestrial environments can provide clues about how planets form and shed light on problems in terrestrial chemistry that are difficult to investigate in the lab, and even the origins of life. Astrochemistry takes you on a tour of the molecular universe through time and space, starting with the emergence of matter about 13.8 billion years ago. From there, the tour visits the interstellar medium, with an emphasis on molecular clouds where stars are born. It then goes through different evolutionary stages of stars and planets – and the chemistry that emerges alongside them – before ending in our own solar system, where you will learn about chemical delivery by objects such as comets and meteorites.

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245

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American Chemical Society

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0841299129

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9780841299122

Poetry For You

By: Dowega A. Blake

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Poetry For You

By: Dowega A. Blake

I ate from the forbidden apple, and I am now permanently marked. Despondent to love in the physical realm, transparent to love in the spiritual world. Trying to find my way back to the garden that spit me out, for my abominable acts. Fallen like Cain, I press on seeking redemption although I ́ve already been found. I quite often feel bound to the memoirs of false liberties and the shackles of deception. Fear was both my enemy, lover and friend, and it kept me closer than words on paper, kept me locked...rather, trapped in its destructive layer, watching over me, guarding me - not wanting me to see... "The reality...of who God intended me to be." By Survive

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450006531

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9781450006538

Special Ed

By: Edward A. Blake

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Special Ed

By: Edward A. Blake

An overweight young woman, newly widowed, with a child to support, decides to try her luck with the Internet, hoping to find love yet again. After a series of failed relationships, she finally meets that "SOMEONE SPECIAL." However, her "SOMEONE SPECIAL" turns into her worst nightmare

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1434393615

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9781434393616

England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth-Century Fiction

By: A. Blake,L. Gandhi,S. Thomas

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England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth-Century Fiction

By: A. Blake,L. Gandhi,S. Thomas

Much attention has focused on the imperial gaze at colonised peoples, cultures, and lands. But, during and after the British Empire, what have writers from those cultures made of England, the English, and issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and desire when they have travelled, expatriated, or emigrated to England? This question is addressed through studies of the domestic novel and the Bildungsroman , and through essays on Mansfield, Rhys, Stead, Emecheta, Lessing, Naipaul, Emecheta, Rushdie and Dabydeen.

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Springer

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0230599273

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9780230599277

The African Origins of Rhetoric

By: Cecil A. Blake

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The African Origins of Rhetoric

By: Cecil A. Blake

Through a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the "darkness metaphor" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of Ptah-hotep and core African ethical principles (Maat) and engages rhetorical scholarship within the wider discourse of African development. In so doing, he establishes a direct relationship between rhetoric and development studies in non-western societies and highlights the prospect for applying such principles to ameliorating the development malaise of the continent.

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0415997712

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9780415997713

Union with Christ

Last Adam and Seed of Abraham

By: A. Blake White

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Union with Christ

Last Adam and Seed of Abraham

By: A. Blake White

To be "in Christ" means everything! To be a Christian is to be in Christ. This is why Paul could say in 2 Corinthians 12:2 that he knew a man "in Christ." He could have said, "I know a Christian." In Romans 16:7, Paul says that Andronicus and Junia were "in Christ" before he was. In other words, they were Christians before he was. Christians are those who are "in the Messiah.

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1928965423

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9781928965428

Abide in Him

A Theological Interpretation of John's First Letter

By: A. Blake White

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Abide in Him

A Theological Interpretation of John's First Letter

By: A. Blake White

Most commentary-like books teach you about the text. This one teaches you about Christ. Blake White leads you to think about how John's letter should impact your love for the Savior and His people. He also gives clarity to some notoriously obscure statements. Bring this book alongside every reading and study of First John.

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1928965407

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9781928965404

Theological Foundations for New Covenant Ethics

By: A. Blake White

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Theological Foundations for New Covenant Ethics

By: A. Blake White

What is Christian Ethics? Christian ethics is about "life under the lordship of Christ." In Luke 6:46, Jesus said, "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord, ' and not do what I tell you?" Ethics is about kingdom living. Why Study Christian Ethics? The first reason, as with the reason for all we do, is to glorify God. First Corinthians 10:31 famously says, "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." Second, we should study Christian ethics to be biblical. The Bible is full of moral teaching A third reason is to help us live distinctly Christian lives in a fallen world. We are the people of the living God. We should be different. A fourth reason the study of ethics is important is because of the nature of saving faith. A fifth reason to study ethics is to develop a moral imagination. A sixth and final reason to study ethics is mission. More reasons could be listed for why ethics is worth studying, but if you are reading this book you probably don't need any more!

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1928965555

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The Newness of the New Covenant

By: A. Blake White

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The Newness of the New Covenant

By: A. Blake White

How one puts the canon together is extremely important. Entire denominations are formed based on differing views of how the Old Testament relates to the New. The two most common theological systems dealing with the relationship of the testaments are Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology, but there have been many revisions of each in the last fifty years. Classic Dispensationalism has largely fallen off the map, thanks in large part to the work of George Eldon Ladd (who built off of the insights of Geerhardus Vos and others), while Progressive Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology are still thriving in their various circles. This book will come from a New Covenant Theological perspective. By a brief look at the progressive covenantal framework of the Old Testament, and a closer look at several key texts in the Gospels, Paul, and Hebrews, this book will seek to show that the new covenant is fundamentally and radically new.

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192896527X

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What Is New Covenant Theology? an Introduction

By: A. Blake White

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What Is New Covenant Theology? an Introduction

By: A. Blake White

New Covenant Theology is a developing system of theol-ogy that seeks to let the Bible inform our theology. This sounds basic, and almost all systems of theology claim that their system is based upon the Bible. As I hope to show you, New Covenant Theology is the system of theology that al-lows the Bible to have the "final say" most consistently. Whereas Dispensationalism stands on presuppositions pro-vided by its beloved Scofield Bible and Covenant Theology stands on presuppositions provided by its cherished West-minster Confession, New Covenant Theology does not have any outside document that must be imposed on the text of Scripture. It strives to let the Sacred Text speak on its own terms.

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Dealing with the Truth

By: Linda A. Blake

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Dealing with the Truth

By: Linda A. Blake

I guess life has so many surprises we just can't keep up. Michelle, Diane, and Vivian met at work and became great friends. They worked hard to succeed at their jobs. For the most part, they were kept happy by their husbands who gave them everything they could to keep them happy. But, just as it was, they always wanted more. At least, Diane and Vivian did. They planned a vacation to have a chance of getting away from the same routine: raising children, husbands, and working their asses off to prove they have a real life. Damon, Adrian, and Graham are the devoted husbands, or so we want to believe. I guess they wanted something else also. These men were womanizers and they knew they could do what they wanted, because they always took care of home first, until things blew up in every bodies' face.

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1462690629

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Book's by A. Blake

Street Smart

Street Smart

Astrochemistry

Astrochemistry

Poetry For You

Poetry For You

Special Ed

Special Ed

England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth-Century Fiction

England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth-Century Fiction

The African Origins of Rhetoric

The African Origins of Rhetoric

Union with Christ

Union with Christ

Abide in Him

Abide in Him

Theological Foundations for New Covenant Ethics

Theological Foundations for New Covenant Ethics

The Newness of the New Covenant

The Newness of the New Covenant

What Is New Covenant Theology? an Introduction

What Is New Covenant Theology? an Introduction

Dealing with the Truth

Dealing with the Truth

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