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Nice Try, Jane Sinner
by Lianne OelkeIt’s Kind of a Funny Story meets Daria in the darkly hilarious tale of a teen’s attempt to remake her public image and restore inner peace through reality TV. The only thing 17-year-old Jane Sinner hates more than failure is pity. After a personal crisis and her subsequent expulsion from high school, she’s going nowhere fast. Jane’s well-meaning parents push her to attend a high school completion program at the nearby Elbow River Community College, and she agrees, on one condition: she gets to move out. Jane tackles her housing problem by signing up for House of Orange, a student-run reality show that is basically Big Brother, but for Elbow River Students. <P><P> Living away from home, the chance to win a car (used, but whatever), and a campus full of people who don't know what she did in high school… what more could she want? Okay, maybe a family that understands why she’d rather turn to Freud than Jesus to make sense of her life, but she'll settle for fifteen minutes in the proverbial spotlight. As House of Orange grows from a low-budget web series to a local TV show with fans and shoddy T-shirts, Jane finally has the chance to let her cynical, competitive nature thrive. She'll use her growing fan base, and whatever Intro to Psychology can teach her, to prove to the world—or at least viewers of substandard TV—that she has what it takes to win.
Niche Tactics: Generative Relationships Between Architecture and Site
by Caroline O'DonnellNiche Tactics aligns architecture's relationship with site with its ecological analogue: the relationship between an organism and its environment.Bracketed between texts on giraffe morphology, ecological perception, ugliness, and hopeful monsters, architectural case studies investigate historical moments when relationships between architecture and site were productively intertwined, from the anomalous city designs of Francesco de Marchi in the sixteenth century to Le Corbusier’s near eradication of context in his Plan Voisin in the twentieth century to the more recent contextualist movements. Extensively illustrated with 140 drawings and photographs, Niche Tactics considers how attention to site might create a generative language for architecture today.
Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director
by Patrick McgilliganFrom award-winning biographer Patrick McGilligan comes an eye-opening life of the troubled filmmaker behind Rebel Without a Cause. Nicholas Ray spent the glory years of his career creating films that were dark, emotionally charged, and haunted by social misfits and bruised young people consumed by private anguish-from his career-defining debut, They Live by Night (1948), to his enduring masterwork, Rebel Without a Cause (1955); from the noir thriller In a Lonely Place (1950), pairing his second wife, the blond bombshell Gloria Grahame, with Humphrey Bogart, to cult pictures like Johnny Guitar (1954) and Bigger Than Life (1956). Yet his work on-screen is more than matched by the passions and struggles of his personal story-one of the most dramatic lives of any major Hollywood filmmaker. In Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director, Patrick McGilligan offers a revelatory biography of Ray, a man whose troubled life was marked by creative peaks and valleys alike. As a young man, Ray personified the rambling spirit of twentieth-century America, learning from luminaries like Thornton Wilder and Frank Lloyd Wright; mingling with future legends like Elia Kazan, Joseph Losey, and John Houseman; and carousing with musicians like Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie. Notoriously self-destructive but irresistibly alluring-to men and women alike-Ray empathized with the broken and misunderstood, a talent that allowed him to create characters of true complexity on-screen. His youthful association with radical politics nearly killed his nascent film career-until a secret agreement to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities saved him. His tumultuous second marriage, to Grahame, was shattered after Ray found her in bed with his teenage son from his first marriage. He romanced stars and starlets, including Marilyn Monroe, Shelley Winters, Joan Crawford, and the teenage Natalie Wood, but never enjoyed a stable home life. The triumph of Rebel Without a Cause, his masterpiece of teenage angst, led to a burgeoning partnership with James Dean, but Dean's untimely death devastated the filmmaker, who fell into a spiral of drinking and drug addiction. Less than a decade later, Ray's career was effectively over . . . until the adoration of European critics, and a frantic last-ditch burst of creativity, nearly restored him to glory before his tragic early death in 1979. Meticulously detailed and compulsively readable, this new biography reconstructs the tortuous journey of one of the most enduringly fascinating figures in American film.
Nichols and May: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)
by Robert E. KapsisIn the late 1950s, Mike Nichols (1931–2014) and Elaine May (b. 1932) soared to superstar status as a sketch comedy duo in live shows and television. After their 1962 breakup, both went on to long and distinguished careers in other areas of show business—mostly separately, but sporadically together again. In Nichols and May: Interviews, twenty-seven interviews and profiles ranging over more than five decades tell their stories in their own words. Nichols quickly became an A-list stage and film director, while May, like many women in her field, often found herself thwarted in her attempts to make her distinctive voice heard in projects she could control herself. Yet, in recent years, Nichols’s work as a filmmaker has been perhaps unfairly devalued, while May’s accomplishments, particularly as a screenwriter and director, have become more appreciated, leading to her present widespread acceptance as a groundbreaking female artist and a creative genius of and for our time. Nichols gave numerous interviews during his career, and editor Robert E. Kapsis culled hundreds of potential selections to include in this volume the most revealing and those that focus on his filmmaking career. May, however, was a reluctant interview subject at best. She often subverted the whole interview process, producing instead a hilarious parody or even a comedy sketch—with or without the cooperation of the sometimes-oblivious interviewer. With its contrasting selection of interviews conventional and oddball, this volume is an important contribution to the study of the careers of Nichols and May.
Nicholson: A Biography
by Marc EliotTHE GROUNDBREAKING NEW BIOGRAPHY OF A MAN WITH ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND FASCINATING CAREERS--AND LIVES--IN HOLLYWOOD. For five decades, Jack Nicholson has been part of film history. With twelve Oscar nominations to his credit and legendary roles in films like Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Terms of Endearment, The Shining, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Nicholson creates original, memorable characters like no other actor of his generation. And his personal life has been no less of an adventure--Nicholson has always been at the center of the Hollywood elite and has courted some of the most famous and beautiful women in the world. Relying on years of extensive research and interviews with insiders who know Nicholson best, acclaimed biographer Marc Eliot sheds new light on Nicholson's life on and off the screen. From Nicholson's working class childhood in New Jersey, where family secrets threatened to tear his family apart, to raucous nights on the town with Warren Beatty and tumultuous relationships with starlets like Michelle Phillips, Anjelica Huston, and Lara Flynn Boyle, to movie sets working with such legendary directors and costars as Dennis Hopper, Stanley Kubrick, Meryl Streep, and Roman Polanski, Eliot paints a sweeping picture of the breadth of Nicholson's fifty-year career in film, as well as an intimate portrait of his personal life. Equally at home on the bookshelves of serious film historians and fans of compulsively readable Hollywood biographies, Nicholson is both a comprehensive tribute to a film legend and an entertaining look at a truly remarkable life.
Nichtmenschliche Ästhetik: Kuratieren jenseits des Menschlichen (Cultural Animal Studies #18)
by Jessica UllrichDer Band verbindet aktuelle Diskurse um nichtmenschliche oder mehr-als-menschliche Akteure in ästhetischen Prozessen mit der derzeit virulenten Debatte um „Care“ bzw. Fürsorgeethik in der Kunst. Gefragt wird nach den Bedingungen, Modi und Konsequenzen einer nichtmenschlichen Ästhetik und danach, in welcher Form Tiere, Pflanzen, Pilze, Mikroben, Bakterien, Maschinen oder künstliche Intelligenzen im Rahmen von Kunstwerken handeln. Die Beiträge beleuchten, wie Künstler*innen mit nichtmenschlichen Entitäten im Rahmen von performativen oder installativen Kunstwerken interagieren und wie sie füreinander sorgen und füreinander verantwortlich sind.
Nick Robinson's Beginning Origami: An Origami Master Shows You how to Fold 20 Captivating Models (Downloadable Video Included)
by Nick Robinson Araldo De LucaCreate fun and adorable origami projects in a few minutes with the origami papers and simple instructions in this easy origami ebook!Learning the Japanese art of paper folding enables you to make enchanting 3D origami objects from simple pieces of paper. World-renowned origami artist and author Nick Robinson's goal is to make this art available to everyone! His philosophy is that each fold has to be carefully executed and the finished model must be elegant, thoughtful and clean. This ebook presents 20 of Robinson's original designs along with easy step-by-step instructions for beginners.Join the millions of people around the globe who enjoy folding origami and learn how to make the following delightful objects: A tiny reptilian dinosaur that is actually cute! A serene and stately Buddhas Head sculpture Two charming Snails in Love who snuggle An decorative paper box ideal for tiny gifts and much more! The detailed 64-page origami book explains everything and free downloadable video instructions are also included.
Nicolas Poussin (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts #7)
by Anthony BluntA landmark account of the work, thought, and life of the seventeenth-century French painterIn this book, Anthony Blunt presents a rich account of the paintings, life, and development of the great seventeenth-century French classicist Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), addressing the artist’s entire oeuvre alongside his theory of art. Blunt shows why Poussin holds a central place in the great French humanist line that produced Racine, Molière, Voltaire, the Parnassians, and Mallarmé. At the same time, he examines how Poussin looks back to Raphael and ancient Rome, while pointing forward to Ingres, Cézanne, the Cubists, and Picasso.
Nicollet Island
by Rushika February Hage Christopher HageAbove St. Anthony Falls, in the middle of the Mississippi River, hidden in the heart of Minneapolis, lies Wita Waste, the beautiful island. Named Wita Waste by Dakota Indians, it is known now as Nicollet Island, the only inhabited island in the Mississippi. Over the centuries, it has been a sacred birthing place, at the center of the lumber and flour-milling industries that built Minneapolis, and involved in the collapse of the Eastman tunnel, which almost doomed those industries. One of Minneapolis's largest fires, the great conflagration of 1893, started there. It has been the home of pioneers, veterans, elite barons of the Gilded Age, Roman Catholic monks, hippies, artists, vagrants, and donkeys. Many of their houses still remain, preserving Minneapolis's architectural heritage. Nicollet Island has been at the center of numerous controversies ranging from its original land claim to proposals to locate the state capitol there, to, more recently, the threatened demolition of its historic houses. Nicollet Island is the history of Minnesota in miniature, and its tale is one of beauty, romance, disaster, and conflict.
Nido de piratas: La fascinante historia del diario Pueblo (1965-1984)
by Jesús Fernández ÚbedaLas extraordinarias andanzas del diario Pueblo que, entre 1965 y 1984, congregó a las mayores leyendas del periodismo. «Aprendí el oficio en aquel asombroso nido de piratas que este magnífico libro de Jesús Fernández Úbeda, que sin duda habría sido uno de los nuestros, rescata del olvido».Arturo Pérez-Reverte, en el prólogo«En el pan, como hermanos; en la información, como gitanos». Nido de piratas es una historia del diario Pueblo, que comienza en 1964, cuando el periódico de los sindicatos verticales se traslada al número 73 de la madrileña calle de las Huertas. Bajo la batuta de Emilio Romero, y con una tirada de más de doscientos mil ejemplares, se encuentra en la cima del éxito. Entre whiskys, partidas de póker y una nube de humo de tabaco negro, se oye el inconfundible repiqueteo de las teclas de las Olivettis. Los reporteros y fotógrafos que se pelean por las exclusivas se cuentan por decenas. Y están dispuestos a todo. Así lo recuerdan en este libro muchos de los que por allí pasaron. Desde Arturo Pérez-Reverte hasta Rosa Villacastín, Carmen Rigalt, Raúl del Pozo, Julia Navarro (y su padre, Felipe Navarro, Yale) o Andrés Aberasturi. Pero también otros -abogados, curas, fotógrafos, peluqueros, etc.-, testigos directos de esa manera salvaje y apasionante de hacer periodismo.Pueblo, herido de muerte tras la salida de Romero, reacciona de forma tardía al golpe de Estado de Tejero, y sufre un fuerte recorte de plantilla y pérdidas millonarias. Aquel transatlántico en proceso de desguace se hunde irremediablemente. Esa parte de la historia, por desgracia, no parece tan ajena. Sus puertas cierran de forma definitiva en 1984, cuando el Gobierno de Felipe González termina de ejecutar el plan de Suárez de acabar con la prensa pública. Y, con él, desaparece una manera única, voraz y trepidante de entender el oficio. Críticas:«No es sólo el retrato de una forma de hacer periodismo que ya no existe, sino también de una forma de vivir que está desapareciendo a marchas forzadas».Enrique Bunbury «Un libro apasionante que refleja la vida de unos bucaneros, lo peor de cada casa, que se mataban por aparecer en primera página».Raúl del Pozo «Para casi todos los que conocían Pueblo, trabajar allí era como vivir una segunda infancia feliz».José María García«Llegué a colaborar unas cuantas veces en el inefable diario Pueblo que mi admirado Jesús Úbeda ha estudiado a la perfección en este libro ejemplar, a la vez una crónica de aquel filibusterismo periodístico que hoy añoramos tanto y un trabajo bien concebido y mejor rematado».Luis Alberto de Cuenca
Nielsen's Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color
by Kay NielsenAlong with Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, Kay (pronounced "kigh") Nielsen was one of a triumvirate of great artists from the golden age of illustration. Known for his soft yet ornate pastels and a splendid use of various design elements, the Danish-American artist became famous for his memorable illustrations of stories by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, as well as the Nordic fables recounted in East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon and the tales collected in In Powder and Crinoline. This enchanting compilation of 59 full-color illustrations draws upon Nielsen's images from scores of beloved tales, from the nasty characters in "Rumpelstiltskin" to the mysterious and magical figures in "The Blue Belt," "The Hardy Tin Soldier," "The Nightingale," "The Real Princess," "Hansel and Gretel," "Snowdrop," and many more. Certain to delight fans of fairy tales, this dazzling collection will also thrill lovers of fine art, as well as Nielsen admirers.
Nietzsche in Hollywood: Images of the Übermensch in Early American Cinema (SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema)
by Matthew RukgaberNietzsche in Hollywood offers a compelling and startling history of Hollywood film in which the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his idea of the Übermensch looms large. Though Nietzsche's philosophy was attacked as egoistic and a sociopathic version of Darwinism in films from the 1910s, it undergoes a series of cinematic and philosophical transformations in the 1920s and 1930s under the eye and pen of some of the most significant names in early Hollywood, including Erich von Stroheim, Josef von Sternberg, Ben Hecht, Howard Hawks, and Ernst Lubitsch. In addition to establishing historical connections between Nietzsche's philosophy and these filmmakers, the book provides philosophical readings of many Hollywood films through the lens of the Nietzschean ideas of "perspectivism" and the critique of morality. Offering a new history of classic Hollywood films as well as a new approach to film philosophy, Nietzsche in Hollywood reveals a reading of the philosopher in American culture that has largely been ignored.
Night At The Museum: A Junior Novelization
by Thomas Lennon Robert Ben Garant Leslie GoldmanHere is a novelized version of the new hit comedy film released by Foxtudios in December '06. It's an expanded version of Milan Trenc's picture storybook for children, "The Night at the Museum", which was first published by Barron's several seasons ago. On his very first night at work, the nightguard at New York's Museum of Natural History begins to see the museum's exhibits come to life. He tells his son about the many strange things he sees each night. At first reluctant to believe his father's fanciful tales, the son begins to see Dad in a new light when he, too, spends a night at the museum. He discovers that his father's amazing world is real. The film's unusual and entertaining story, starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, and Dick Van Dyke, is faithfully recreated in this funny and fanciful novelization for young readers.
Night Music
by Jenn Marie ThorneMusic has always been Ruby's first love. But has it ever loved her back?Slip behind the scenes of the classical music world one hot, anything-can-happen, New York City summer."Delightful...Hits all the right notes." --Mackenzi Lee, author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and VirtueRuby has always been Ruby Chertok: future classical pianist and daughter of renowned composer Martin Chertok. But after her horrendous audition for the prestigious music school where her father is on faculty, it's clear that music has publicly dumped her. Now Ruby is suddenly just . . . Ruby. And who is that again? All she knows is that she wants away from the world of classical music for good. Oscar is a wunderkind, a musical genius. Just ask any of the 1.8 million people who've watched him conduct on YouTube--or hey, just ask Oscar. But while he might be the type who'd name himself when asked about his favorite composer and somehow make you love him more for it, Oscar is not the type to jeopardize his chance to study under the great Martin Chertok--not for a crush. He's all too aware of how the ultra-privileged world of classical music might interpret a black guy like him falling for his benefactor's white daughter.But as the New York City summer heats up, so does the spark between Ruby and Oscar. Soon their connection crackles with the same alive, uncontainable energy as the city itself. Can two people still figuring themselves out figure out how to be together? Or will the world make the choice for them?"Seriously swoony...I loved it." --Rachel Hawkins, author of Royals"Sweet and intense...[An] engrossing romance with a social conscience." --Kirkus"Dreamy." --Bustle"Utterly romantic." --Tanaz Bhathena, author of A Girl Like That"Full of heart and humor. It crackles with energy." --Kelly Loy Gilbert, author of Picture Us in the Light"Timely and romantic." --Publishers Weekly"Beautiful, heartfelt, aware, and raw." --Lauren Gibaldi, author of This Tiny Perfect World"Thoughtful, nuanced." --Booklist
Night Of The Living Dead: Behind The Scenes Of The Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever
by Joe Kane Phantom of the Movies"They're coming to get you, Barbara. . ." These five words unleashed a terrifying movie classic on an unsuspecting public in 1968, stunning audiences with endless nightmares. George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead raised the bar for onscreen violence. Moviegoers were bludgeoned with horrific scenes of zombies blood-feasting on human body parts. Nothing was taboo. A six-year-old child nibbling on her daddy's arm! Plunging a garden tool into her mother's heart! More blood spewed onscreen than ever before! And yet, people returned for more--in hordes. The zombie movie phenomenon had officially been spawned. This is the true story of the flesh-eating classic that started it all.Special Features * Dozens of photos too shocking to be seen until now * Stomach-churning details behind the groundbreaking FX * Compelling, revealing interviews with cast and crew * The legacy of Night of the Living Dead for today's horror directors"George Romero's zombies. He influenced a whole culture." --John Carpenter "A new standard for horror." --Variety "It's nice to see Joe Kane -- aka The Phantom of the Movies -- emerge from the video aisles with another book. . . it's a goodie. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE MOST TERRIFYING HORROR MOVIE EVER covers George Romero's 1968 classic from idea to influence." --Bookgasm.com
Night Passages: Philosophy, Literature, and Film
by Elisabeth BronfenIn the beginning was the night. All light, shapes, language, and subjective consciousness, as well as the world and art depicting them, emerged from this formless chaos. In fantasy, we seek to return to this original darkness. Particularly in literature, visual representations, and film, the night resiliently resurfaces from the margins of the knowable, acting as a stage and state of mind in which exceptional perceptions, discoveries, and decisions play out.Elisabeth Bronfen investigates the nocturnal spaces in which extraordinary events unfold, and casts a critical eye into the darkness that enables the irrational exploration of desire, transformation, ecstasy, transgression, spiritual illumination, and moral choice. She begins with an analysis of classical myths depicting the creation of the world and then moves through night scenes in Shakespeare and Milton, Gothic novels and novellas, Hegel's romantic philosophy, and Freud's psychoanalysis. Bronfen also demonstrates how modern works of literature and film, particularly film noir, can convey that piece of night the modern subject carries within. From Mozart's "Queen of the Night" to Virginia Woolf 's oscillation between day and night, life and death, and chaos and aesthetic form, Bronfen renders something visible, conceivable, and comprehensible from the dark realms of the unknown.
Night Photography and Light Painting: Finding Your Way in the Dark
by Lance KeimigLance Keimig, one of the premier experts on night photography, has put together a comprehensive reference that will show you ways to capture images you never thought possible. This new edition of Night Photography presents the practical techniques of shooting at night alongside theory and history, illustrated with clear, concise examples, and charts and stunning images. From urban night photography to photographing the landscape by starlight or moonlight, from painting your subject with light to creating a subject with light, this book provides a complete guide to digital night photography and light painting.
Night Sky Photography: From First Principles to Professional Results
by Adam WoodworthWhen the night sky transforms terrestrial landscapes into otherworldly works of art, you need to know the professional techniques for capturing your own nocturnal masterpieces. This complete course combines the classic beauty of landscapes with the vast, exotic universe of astrophotography, using tried-and-tested methods that guarantee stellar results. You'll learn what gear you need and how to make the most of it; clever tricks for squeezing out every drop of image quality from a pitch-black scene; and straightforward post-production workflows to create compelling compositions of the cosmos.
Night Sky Photography: From First Principles to Professional Results
by Adam WoodworthWhen the night sky transforms terrestrial landscapes into otherworldly works of art, you need to know the professional techniques for capturing your own nocturnal masterpieces. This complete course combines the classic beauty of landscapes with the vast, exotic universe of astrophotography, using tried-and-tested methods that guarantee stellar results. You'll learn what gear you need and how to make the most of it; clever tricks for squeezing out every drop of image quality from a pitch-black scene; and straightforward post-production workflows to create compelling compositions of the cosmos.
Night Vision Processing and Understanding
by Lianfa Bai Jing Han Jiang YueThis book systematically analyses the latest insights into night vision imaging processing and perceptual understanding as well as related theories and methods. The algorithm model and hardware system provided can be used as the reference basis for the general design, algorithm design and hardware design of photoelectric systems. Focusing on the differences in the imaging environment, target characteristics, and imaging methods, this book discusses multi-spectral and video data, and investigates a variety of information mining and perceptual understanding algorithms. It also assesses different processing methods for multiple types of scenes and targets.Taking into account the needs of scientists and technicians engaged in night vision optoelectronic imaging detection research, the book incorporates the latest international technical methods. The content fully reflects the technical significance and dynamics of the new field of night vision. The eight chapters cover topics including multispectral imaging, Hadamard transform spectrometry; dimensionality reduction, data mining, data analysis, feature classification, feature learning; computer vision, image understanding, target recognition, object detection and colorization algorithms, which reflect the main areas of research in artificial intelligence in night vision.The book enables readers to grasp the novelty and practicality of the field and to develop their ability to connect theory with real-world applications. It also provides the necessary foundation to allow them to conduct research in the field and adapt to new technological developments in the future.
Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration
by Troy PaivaThe acclaimed night photographer and urban explorer captures the mystery and beauty of modern ruins across the American West. From airplane graveyards to defunct shopping malls and the remains of old military equipment, the industrial progress of the twentieth century has left its haunting mark on America&’s western landscape. In Night Vision, Troy Paiva delves into the contemporary ruins hidden among the cities, deserts, and hills of California to reveal their melancholy majesty. Paiva&’s light-painted night photography produces fascinating images that are documentarian yet playfully surrealist. As in his other collections—including Lost America, Night Salvage, and Junkyard Nights—Night Vision offers a deep dive into a rarely glimpsed side of Americana.
Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop
by Alan HessFinally! A resource that sheds light on the unique challenges of night and low-light photographyWith their unique sets of challenges, night and low-light photography are often touted as some of the most difficult and frustrating genres of digital photography. This much-needed guide demystifies any murky topics provides you with all the information you need to know from choosing the right gear and camera settings to how to best edit your photos in post-production. Renowned photographer Alan Hess shares techniques and indispensable tips that he has garnered from years of experience.Helpful projects and full-color stunning photos in each chapter serve to educate and inspire, while assignments at the end of every chapter encourage you to practice your skills and upload your photos to a website so you can share and receive critiques.Details best practices for taking portraits, landscapes, and action shots in night or low lightFeatures specific coverage of concert photography and low-light event photographyAnswers the most frequent questions that photographers face while tackling this challenging techniquePacked with invaluable advice and instruction, Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop doesn?t leave you in the dark.
Night and Low-Light Techniques for Digital Photography
by Peter CopeThe techniques illustrated in this handbook inspire photographers to take photographs when they would otherwise put their camera away-in low-light and nighttime situations. A comprehensive discussion of color and tone teaches photographers how to change their overall perceptions in low-light environments and adjust their exposure settings and filters to suit a variety of light levels. The most adverse lighting situations are covered, such as floodlit cityscapes, lightning, sunsets, stage shows, and fireworks. Tips on taking advantage of the digital environment's ability to manipulate and enhance low-light images both during and after the photo shoot are offered and technical information on both cameras and the latest software is discussed.
Night at the Museum: Larry's Friends and Foes (I Can Read! #Level 2)
by Catherine HapkaLarry Daley ran his own company. But he missed his old job at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. Larry was once the night guard there. Larry also missed the statues in the exhibits. He knew their secret: A magic Egyptian tablet brought them to life each night!
Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream
by Mark OsteenClassic film noir offers more than pesky private eyes and beautiful bad girls—it explores the quest for the not-so-attainable American dream.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLDesperate young lovers on the lam (They Live by Night), a cynical con man making a fortune as a mentalist (Nightmare Alley), a penniless pregnant girl mistaken for a wealthy heiress (No Man of Her Own), a wounded veteran who has forgotten his own name (Somewhere in the Night)—this gallery of film noir characters challenges the stereotypes of the wise-cracking detective and the alluring femme fatale. Despite their differences, they all have something in common: a belief in self-reinvention. Nightmare Alley is a thorough examination of how film noir disputes this notion at the heart of the American Dream.Central to many of these films, Mark Osteen argues, is the story of an individual trying, by dint of hard work or, more often, illicit enterprises, to overcome his or her origins and achieve material success. In the wake of World War II, the noir genre tested the dream of upward mobility and the ideas of individualism, liberty, equality, and free enterprise that accompany it.Employing an impressive array of theoretical perspectives (including psychoanalysis, art history, feminism, and music theory) and combining close reading with original primary source research, Nightmare Alley proves both the diversity of classic noir and its potency. This provocative and wide-ranging study revises and refreshes our understanding of noir's characters, themes, and cultural significance.