Charlie Keil's Books

Early American Cinema in Transition

Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 1907–1913

By: Charlie Keil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Early American Cinema in Transition

Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 1907–1913

By: Charlie Keil

The period 1907–1913 marks a crucial transitional moment in American cinema. As moving picture shows changed from mere novelty to an increasingly popular entertainment, fledgling studios responded with longer running times and more complex storytelling. A growing trade press and changing production procedures also influenced filmmaking. In Early American Cinema in Transition, Charlie Keil looks at a broad cross-section of fiction films to examine the formal changes in cinema of this period and the ways that filmmakers developed narrative techniques to suit the fifteen-minute, one-reel format. Keil outlines the kinds of narratives that proved most suitable for a single reel’s duration, the particular demands that time and space exerted on this early form of film narration, and the ways filmmakers employed the unique features of a primarily visual medium to craft stories that would appeal to an audience numbering in the millions. He underscores his analysis with a detailed look at six films: The Boy Detective; The Forgotten Watch; Rose O’Salem-Town; Cupid’s Monkey Wrench; Belle Boyd, A Confederate Spy; and Suspense.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

029917364X

ISBN 13

9780299173647

What Makes Us Human: How Minds Develop through Social Interactions

By: Jeremy Carpendale,Charlie Lewis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

What Makes Us Human: How Minds Develop through Social Interactions

By: Jeremy Carpendale,Charlie Lewis

How do you go from a bunch of cells to something that can think?" This question, asked by the 9-year-old son of one of the authors, speaks to a puzzle that lies at the heart of this book. How are we as humans able to explore such questions about our own origins, the workings of our mind, and more? In this fascinating volume, developmental psychologists Jeremy Carpendale and Charlie Lewis delve into how such human capacities for reflection and self-awareness pinpoint a crucial facet of human intelligence that sets us apart from closely related species and artificial intelligence. Richly illustrated with examples, including questions and anecdotes from their own children, they bring theories and research on children’s development alive. The accessible prose shepherds readers through scientific and philosophical debates, translating complex theories and concepts for psychologists and non-psychologists alike. What Makes Us Human is a compelling introduction to current debates about the processes through which minds are constructed within relationships. Challenging claims that aspects of thinking are inborn, Jeremy Carpendale and Charlie Lewis provide a relationally grounded way of understanding human development by showing how the uniquely human capacities of language, thinking, and morality develop in children through social processes. They explain the emergence of communication within the rich network of relationships in which babies develop. Language is an extension of this earlier communication, gradually also becoming a tool for thinking that can be applied to understanding others and morality. Learning more about the development of what is right in front of us, such as babies’ actions developing into communicative gestures, leads to both greater appreciation of the children in our lives and a grasp of what makes us human. This book will be of interest to anyone curious about the nature of language, thinking, and morality, including students, parents, teachers, and professionals working with children.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

332

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000284107

ISBN 13

9781000284102

Children's Early Understanding of Mind

Origins and Development

By: Charlie Lewis,Peter Mitchell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Children's Early Understanding of Mind

Origins and Development

By: Charlie Lewis,Peter Mitchell

A major feature of human intelligence is that it allows us to contemplate mental life. Such an understanding is vital in enabling us to function effectively in social groups. This book examines the origins of this aspect of human intelligence. The five sections attempt firstly, to place human development within an evolutionary context, focusing on the possibility of innate components of understanding. The second aim of the book is to examine the roles of early perception, pretence and communication as precursor skills in the development of a grasp of mental states. Thirdly, attention is given to the possibility that children know a good deal more about the mind than is apparent from many studies designed to probe their abilities. Taken together, the chapters in this book mark a new focus within a 'theory of mind' movement, examining a group of skills in infancy and early childhood which culminate towards the end of the preschool period in a more mature understanding of one's and others' mental states. Drawing together researchers from diverse theoretical positions, the aim is to work towards a coherent and unified account of this fundamental human abiity. This book will be of central relevance to psychologists and those in related disciplines, particularly education and philosophy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

510

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317775228

ISBN 13

9781317775225

The Sound of the City

The Rise of Rock and Roll

By: Charlie Gillett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Sound of the City

The Rise of Rock and Roll

By: Charlie Gillett

Charlie Gillett, a British journalist, loves the music, and his passion is evident throughout The Sound of the City. Yet the greatest strength of the book is the way Gillett tracks the resistance of the music industry to early rock-and-roll, which was followed (needless to say) by a frantic rush to engulf and devour it. When first published The Sound of the City was hailed as having 'never been bettered as the definitive history of rock' (Guardian). Now the classic history of rock and roll, has been revised and updated with over 75 historic archive photos. The text has been substantially revised to include newly discovered information and it is now 'the one essential work about the history of rock n' roll' (Jon Landau in Rolling Stone).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

545

Publisher

Souvenir Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0285640240

ISBN 13

9780285640245

Dementia and Social Inclusion

Marginalised Groups and Marginalised Areas of Dementia Research, Care and Practice

By: Anthea Innes,Carole Archibald,Charlie Murphy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dementia and Social Inclusion

Marginalised Groups and Marginalised Areas of Dementia Research, Care and Practice

By: Anthea Innes,Carole Archibald,Charlie Murphy

Examining important issues in dementia research and care that are often neglected, the contributors to this book provide fresh perspectives on current practice. The authors put dementia care into a socio-cultural framework, highlighting the impact of social change on dementia care over the last two decades and challenging current stereotypes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

290

Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1843101742

ISBN 13

9781843101741

The Development of Children’s Thinking

Its Social and Communicative Foundations

By: Jeremy Carpendale,Charlie Lewis,Ulrich Muller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Development of Children’s Thinking

Its Social and Communicative Foundations

By: Jeremy Carpendale,Charlie Lewis,Ulrich Muller

The Development of Children’s Thinking offers undergraduate and graduate students in psychology and other disciplines an introduction to several core areas of developmental psychology. It examines recent empirical research within the context of longstanding theoretical debates. In particular, it shows how a grasp of classic theories within developmental psychology is vital for a grasp of new areas of research such as cognitive neuroscience that have impacted on our understanding of how children develop. The focus of this book will be on infancy and childhood, and it looks at: Theories and context of development How developmental psychology attempts to reconcile influences of nature and nurture Communication in infancy as a precursor to later thinking Language development in primates and young children Cognitive and social development, including the child’s understanding of the mind How studies of moral reasoning reflect upon our understanding of development

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

611

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

1473952956

ISBN 13

9781473952959

Spoil Island

Reading the Makeshift Archipelago

By: Charlie Hailey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Spoil Island

Reading the Makeshift Archipelago

By: Charlie Hailey

Is there an allure of spoiled places? Spoil islands are overlooked places that combine dirt with paradise, waste-land with “brave new world,” and wildness with human intervention. Although they are mundane products of dredging, these islands form an uninvestigated archipelago that demonstrates the potential value and contested re-valuation of landscapes of waste. To explore these islands, Spoil Island: Reading the Makeshift Archipelago navigates a course along the U.S. east coast, moving from New York City to Florida. Along the way, a general populace squats, picnics, and reflects on the islands, while other forces are also at work. New York City parks commissioner Robert Moses first deplores then adopts Hoffman and Swinburne Islands, UN Secretary General U Thant meditates on the East River’s Belmont Island, businessman John D. MacArthur rejects the purchase of Peanut Island, artist Christo surrounds Miami’s spoil islands, Key Westers debate the futures of two spoil islands that mark their sunset view, and artist Robert Smithson augments this archipelago materially and conceptually. Historical and contemporary stories highlight each island’s often contradictory ecologies that pair nature with infrastructure, public concerns with private development, rationalized urbanism with artistic impulse, and order with disorder. Spoil islands put you in places you normally wouldn’t—and perhaps shouldn’t—be. To examine these marginalized topographies is to understand emergent concerns of twenty-first-century place-making, public space, and natural and artificial infrastructure. Today, spoil islands constitute an unprecedented public commons, where human agency and nature are inextricably linked. Spoil Island will be of interest to anyone working in the areas of architecture, cultural history, cultural geography, environmental studies, or environmental philosophy. Linking the islands with their environmental aesthetics, Charlie Hailey provides a lively and critical topography of places that play a part in current events and local situations with global implications.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

338

Publisher

Lexington Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0739173073

ISBN 13

9780739173077

Early American Cinema in Transition

Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 1907–1913

By: Charlie Keil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Early American Cinema in Transition

Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 1907–1913

By: Charlie Keil

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

321

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Pres

Published Date

ISBN 10

0299173631

ISBN 13

9780299173630

Charlie Small 4:The Daredevil Desperados of Destiny

By: Charlie Small

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Charlie Small 4:The Daredevil Desperados of Destiny

By: Charlie Small

The fourth amazing, astonishing, all-action adventure journal of Charlie Small! Having escaped the clutches of the evil Puppet Master, Charlie joins Wild Bob France’s gang, the Daredevil Desperados of Destiny, whose sole aim is to get rid of the outrageous outlaw Horatio Ham and his band of hired gunslingers. Charlie, aka the Lariat Kid, brings down Ham’s posse of gunslingers, takes part in a daring bank raid, is caught up in a ferocious gunfight, lands up in jail, and is about to be sacrificed to the Great Bird of Death. Will Charlie escape? Will Ham be defeated? Only by reading Charlie’s extraordinary diaries will you find out!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

David Fickling Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0307792900

ISBN 13

9780307792907

More Letters from Woody Woodchuck

By: Charlie Costello

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

More Letters from Woody Woodchuck

By: Charlie Costello

Woody and his friends adventures continue in More Letters From Woody Woodchuck. As Old Grandpas letters continue, there is sure to be trouble brewing, and joyous celebrations. Find out what happens when the mischievous Willie Weasel disobeys his mother and ends up with a jelly jar stuck on his nose! And will there be any more weddings to celebrate? Find the answers inside! Enjoyand happy reading!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

138

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1504958225

ISBN 13

9781504958226

Ramblings

By: Charlie James Brown

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ramblings

By: Charlie James Brown

Ramblings is a lifelong dream of unveiling my philosophy, thoughts, perceptions, and opinions to the general public at large. “Naked and unafraid,” to make a twist on the name of a popular survivalist series, probably describes it best. With all my protective walls at long last eradicated and the drawbridge down, I invite one and all into my innermost sanctum never before revealed to ramble about and possibly find some insight that might help them smooth the road th

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

180

Publisher

Fulton Books, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1633386015

ISBN 13

9781633386013

Book's by Charlie Keil

Early American Cinema in Transition

Early American Cinema in Transition

What Makes Us Human: How Minds Develop through Social Interactions

What Makes Us Human: How Minds Develop through Social Interactions

Children's Early Understanding of Mind

Children's Early Understanding of Mind

The Sound of the City

The Sound of the City

Dementia and Social Inclusion

Dementia and Social Inclusion

The Development of Children’s Thinking

The Development of Children’s Thinking

Spoil Island

Spoil Island

Early American Cinema in Transition

Early American Cinema in Transition

Charlie Small 4:The Daredevil Desperados of Destiny

Charlie Small 4:The Daredevil Desperados of Destiny

More Letters from Woody Woodchuck

More Letters from Woody Woodchuck

Ramblings

Ramblings

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email