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Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama

By: Louis Bayman

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Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama

By: Louis Bayman

Italian cinemas after the war were filled by audiences who had come to watch domestically-produced films of passion and pathos. These highly emotional and consciously theatrical melodramas posed moral questions with stylish flair, redefining popular ways of feeling about romance, family, gender, class, Catholicism, Italy, and feeling itself. The Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama argues for the centrality of melodrama to Italian culture. It uncovers a wealth of films rarely discussed before including family melodramas, the crime stories of neorealismo popolare and opera films, and provides interpretive frameworks that position them in wider debates on aesthetics and society. The book also considers the well-established topics of realism and arthouse auteurism, and re-thinks film history by investigating the presence of melodrama in neorealism and post-war modernism. It places film within its broader cultural context to trace the connections of canonical melodramatists like Visconti and Matarazzo to traditions of opera, the musical theatre of the sceneggiata, visual arts, and magazines. In so doing it seeks to capture the artistry and emotional experiences found within a truly popular form.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474402879

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Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 2

By: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne,Louis Charles Bombled

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Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 2

By: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne,Louis Charles Bombled

This memoirs of Antoine de Bourrienne are a work which, for deep interest, excitement, and amusement, can scarcely be paralleled by any of the numerous and excellent memoirs for which the large Napoleonic literature is so justly celebrated. In this book de Bourienne shows us the hero of Marengo and Austerlitz in his night-gown and slippers, with a 'trait de plume' he, in a hundred instances, places the real man before us, with all his personal and private habits ! Complete the book a rich and beautiful collection of color plates realized by the French artist Louis Charle Bombled for the Las Cases Memorial of Saint’Hélène, the other great and famous byography of Napoleon! 2nd volume of four.

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8896519152

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Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 1

By: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne,Louis Charles Bombled

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Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 1

By: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne,Louis Charles Bombled

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8896519144

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Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 3

By: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne,Louis Charles Bombled

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Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 3

By: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne,Louis Charles Bombled

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8896519187

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A Tickey on a Train Track

By: Louis Du Toit

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A Tickey on a Train Track

By: Louis Du Toit

The events leading up to the promulgation of the apartheid laws in South Africa often raised huge concern, perhaps more so where the color lines merged. Blacks, being confined mostly to homelands and Bantustans, were regarded as a rarity in many communities. In one such community, the laws meant being suspicious even of your neighbours if they had darker complexions. A young woman with exceptional abilities but of mixed breed found herself close to, but on the wrong side, of the color line. Church interference and scandalous gossip increased when it became known that she was living with two white men. On regular visits with his father to collect oysters, a young white boy made her acquaintance. Over the years, a strong bond develops. Unfortunately, life-shattering events completely beyond their control overtake them.

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Partridge Africa

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1482802570

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Markheim

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

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Markheim

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Due uomini, un delitto, l’improvvisa esitazione dell’assassino che, dopo la morte della vittima, in maniera analoga a quanto avviene nel Cuore rivelatore di Edgar Allan Poe, vede la propria coscienza ripartirsi in due, dando forma a qualcosa che «non appartiene né alla terra né a Dio».

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Leone Editore

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8892968203

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Unchaining God

By: Louis D Van Niekerk

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Unchaining God

By: Louis D Van Niekerk

Who or what is God? This question has perplexed humanity for as long as we have walked upright. For the first time in history when we ask this question, both science and religion answer. This conversion of disciplines is essentially the arrival point after reading this biographically-orientated journey. You will journey with the author through theology, quantum physics and spirituality; be exposed to some new thoughts about God; most likely challenge your own concept of God and hopefully realize that unchaining God is the only way to discover God for yourself.

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Lulu.com

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0620444304

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9780620444309

The Italian Comedy

By: Pierre Louis Duchartre

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The Italian Comedy

By: Pierre Louis Duchartre

Illustrated history of the beginnings, growth and influence of the commedia dell’ arte. Describes improvisations, staging, marks, scenarios, acting troupes, and origins.

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Courier Corporation

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0486138526

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9780486138527

Italian Horror Film Directors

By: Louis Paul

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Italian Horror Film Directors

By: Louis Paul

There is no cinema with such effect as that of the hallucinatory Italian horror film. From Riccardo Freda's I Vampiri in 1956 to Il Cartaio in 2004, this work recounts the origins of the genre, celebrates at length ten of its auteurs, and discusses the noteworthy films of many others associated with the genre. The directors discussed in detail are Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Mario Bava, Ruggero Deodato, Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi, Antonio Margheriti, Aristide Massaccesi, Bruno Mattei, and Michele Soavi. Each chapter includes a biography, a detailed career account, discussion of influences both literary and cinematic, commentary on the films, with plots and production details, and an exhaustive filmography. A second section contains short discussions and selected filmographies of other important horror directors. The work concludes with a chapter on the future of Italian horror and an appendix of important horror films by directors other than the 50 profiled. Stills, posters, and behind-the-scenes shots illustrate the book.

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McFarland

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0786487496

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Last of the Breed (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)

A Novel

By: Louis L'Amour

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Last of the Breed (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)

A Novel

By: Louis L'Amour

“For sheer adventure L’Amour is in top form.”—Kirkus Reviews Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L’Amour’s hallmark. It is the compelling story of U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient skills of his Indian forebears to survive the vast Siberian wilderness. Only one route lies open to Mack: the path of his ancestors, overland to the Bering Strait and across the sea to America. But in pursuit is a legendary tracker, the Yakut native Alekhin, who knows every square foot of the icy frontier—and who knows that to trap his quarry he must think like a Sioux. Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author’s more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volumes 1, Beau L’Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L’Amour’s never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. These exciting publications will be followed by Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volume 2. Additionally, many beloved classics will be rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.

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498

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Bantam

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0593129954

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9780593129951

Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

By: Peter N. Miller,Francois Louis

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Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

By: Peter N. Miller,Francois Louis

This book is a project in comparative history, but along two distinct axes, one historical and the other historiographical. Its purpose is to constructively juxtapose the early modern European and Chinese approaches to historical study that have been called "antiquarian." As an exercise in historical recovery, the essays in this volume amass new information about the range of antiquarian-type scholarship on the past, on nature, and on peoples undertaken at either end of the Eurasian landmass between 1500 and 1800. As a historiographical project, the book challenges the received---and often very much under conceptualized---use of the term "antiquarian" in both European and Chinese contexts. Readers will not only learn more about the range of European and Chinese scholarship on the past---and especially the material past---but they will also be able to integrate some of the historiographical observations and corrections into new ways of conceiving of the history of historical scholarship in Europe since the Renaissance, and to reflect on the impact of these European terms on Chinese approaches to the Chinese past. This comparison is a two-way street, with the European tradition clarified by knowledge of Chinese practices, and Chinese approaches better understood when placed alongside the European ones.

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436

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University of Michigan Press

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047202826X

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9780472028269

The Republic of Gupta

A Story of State Capture

By: Pieter-Louis Myburgh

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The Republic of Gupta

A Story of State Capture

By: Pieter-Louis Myburgh

What was Ajay Gupta doing on Thabo Mbeki's ‘secret’ advisory council? Did the Guptas play a role in Jacob Zuma's rise to power? How did the Guptas capture South African cricket? What is their interest in the controversial nuclear procurement deal? What influence have they had in the hiring and firing of cabinet ministers? The Guptas rose to national infamy when a commercial airliner packed with guests for a family wedding was allowed to land at Air Force Base Waterkloof in 2013, sparking an onslaught of public outrage. Since then, they have become embroiled in allegations of state capture, of dishing out cabinet posts to officials who would do their bidding, and of benefiting from lucrative state contracts and dubious loans. The Republic of Gupta investigates what the Gupta brothers were up to during Thabo Mbeki’s presidency and how they got into the inner circle of President Jacob Zuma. It shines new light on their controversial ventures in computers, cricket, newspapers and TV news, and coal and uranium mining. And it explores their exposure by public protector Thuli Madonsela, their conflict with finance minister Pravin Gordhan, and the real reasons behind the cabinet reshuffle of March 2017. Pieter-Louis Myburgh delves deeper than ever before into the Guptas’ business dealings and their links to prominent South African politicians, and explains how one family managed to transform an entire country into the Republic of Gupta.

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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177609090X

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9781776090907

La porta del Sire di Malétroit/The Sire de Malétroit’s door

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

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La porta del Sire di Malétroit/The Sire de Malétroit’s door

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

1429. Denis de Baulieu, un giovane cavaliere, giunge in una cittadina sconosciuta dove, per evitare una ronda notturna, entra nella porta aperta di un palazzo. Una volta entrato, però, non riesce più a uscire: è caduto nella trappola che l’enigmatico padrone di casa, il Sire di Malétroit, ha escogitato per un cavaliere che aveva osato corteggiare sua figlia. Rinchiuso con la ragazza, Denis dovrà scegliere se accettare un matrimonio imposto o morire.

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Leone Editore

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8892967991

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Focus on Probability Theory

By: Louis R. Velle

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Focus on Probability Theory

By: Louis R. Velle

Probability theory is the mathematical theory of random (non-deterministic) phenomena. This book presents the latest research in the field.

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Nova Publishers

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1594544743

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9781594544743

Il trafugatore di salme

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

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Il trafugatore di salme

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Fettes studia medicina a Edimburgo e lavora e riceve ospitalità dall’anatomista mister K. Fettes è incaricato di ricevere i corpi portati per la dissezione. In un’occasione, Fettes identifica il corpo di una donna che conosceva, ed è convinto che sia stata uccisa. Ma un altro studente, Macfarlane, lo convince a non denunciare l’accaduto, perché sarebbero entrambi implicati nel crimine.

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Leone Editore

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8892968211

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9788892968219

Future Primal

How Our Wilderness Origins Show Us the Way Forward

By: Louis G. Herman

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Future Primal

How Our Wilderness Origins Show Us the Way Forward

By: Louis G. Herman

To address global political unrest and ecological collapse, political science professor Herman presents ways to incorporate the wisdom of the hunter-gatherer culture of the San Bushmen of southern Africa into modern Western culture"--

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New World Library

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1608681157

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Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama

Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama

Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 2

Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 2

Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 1

Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 1

Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 3

Napoleon - An illustrated life Vol. 3

A Tickey on a Train Track

A Tickey on a Train Track

Markheim

Markheim

Unchaining God

Unchaining God

The Italian Comedy

The Italian Comedy

Italian Horror Film Directors

Italian Horror Film Directors

Last of the Breed (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)

Last of the Breed (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)

Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

The Republic of Gupta

The Republic of Gupta

La porta del Sire di Malétroit/The Sire de Malétroit’s door

La porta del Sire di Malétroit/The Sire de Malétroit’s door

Focus on Probability Theory

Focus on Probability Theory

Il trafugatore di salme

Il trafugatore di salme

Future Primal

Future Primal

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