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Spectacular Narratives: Hollywood in the Age of the Blockbuster

Spectacular Narratives: Hollywood in the Age of the Blockbuster

Geoff King

Geoff King looks at the underexplored dynamic relationship between narrative and spectacle in contemporary Hollywood cinema.
American Independent Cinema

American Independent Cinema

Geoff King

cinema. Geoff. King. The independent sector has produced many of the most distinctive films to have appeared in the US in recent decades. From Stranger Than Paradise and sex, lies and videotape in the 1980s to The Blair Witch Project and ...
Leadocracy

Leadocracy

Geoff Smart

Then one day, Geoff received an unexpected message that changed how he saw the problem. Geoff was asked to help. His journey took him behind the scenes to work with other private sector leaders who had made the leap into government.
Geoff Wilson's Encyclopedia of Fishing Knots & Rigs

Geoff Wilson's Encyclopedia of Fishing Knots & Rigs

Geoff Wilson

The well-known expert on fishing knots and rigs, Geoff Wilson has released his all-new and completely revised edition. Geoff Wilson has a passion for knots and their correct tying. This passion inspired the original release of this book.
Geoff Wilson's Waterproof Book of Knots: Sports Fishing

Geoff Wilson's Waterproof Book of Knots: Sports Fishing

Geoff Wilson

Geoff Wilson has an undeniable passion for knots and their correct tying. It is this passion that has inspired the release of this series.
Science Fiction Cinema: From Outerspace to Cyberspace

Science Fiction Cinema: From Outerspace to Cyberspace

Geoff King

This book charts the dimensions of one of the most popular genres in the cinema.
New Hollywood Cinema: An Introduction

New Hollywood Cinema: An Introduction

Geoff King

This title looks at Hollywood from the Renaissance of the 1960s to the current dominance of the corporate blockbuster.
Indie 2.0: Change and Continuity in Contemporary American ...

Indie 2.0: Change and Continuity in Contemporary American ...

Geoff King

But, as this book demonstrates, plenty of distinctively indie productions continue to thrive, even in the face of difficult economic circumstances.
Modelling the F/A-18 Hornet

Modelling the F/A-18 Hornet

Geoff Coughlin

Geoff Coughlin. OSPREY Osprey Modelling | Modelling the F/A-18 HOrnet Geoff Coughlin Consultant editor Robert Oehler Osprey Modelling • 16 Modelling the F/ A18 Hornet Geoff Coughlin. Front Cover.
Screenplay: Cinema/videogames/interfaces

Screenplay: Cinema/videogames/interfaces

Geoff King

Hollywood film franchises are routinely translated into games, while some game titles, like the "Tomb Raider" series, move onto the big screen.
Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

Geoff King

From consideration of industrial factors such as funding and release strategy to the role of star performance and formal qualities including its low key narrative structure and impressionistic use of visual imagery and sound, this book - ...
Film Comedy

Film Comedy

Geoff King

With a foreword by Edward O. Wilson, this book brings together internationally known experts from the scientific, societal, and conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the problem of biodiversity loss: how to determine ...
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners

The Mammoth Book of One-Liners

Geoff Tibballs

A collection of 10,000 side-splitting one-line jokes arranged in categories from bestselling humour editor Geoff Tibballs.
Tomb Raiders and Space Invaders: Videogame Forms and Contexts

Tomb Raiders and Space Invaders: Videogame Forms and Contexts

Geoff King

The first in the field to focus on the key aspects of videogames themselves as a distinctive medium, this is a rich and original read for gamers as well as students and researchers of popular culture internationally, which reviews the ...
No-Balls and Googlies: A Cricket Companion

No-Balls and Googlies: A Cricket Companion

Geoff Tibballs

Or perhaps an England XI's first overseas tour was to the United States?From the leg glance to leg before, king pair to cover drive, and from the no-ball to the googly, this book is sure to entertain, inform and delight.
Who: The A Method for Hiring

Who: The A Method for Hiring

GEOFF SMART

In Who, Geoff Smart and Randy Street offer simple, easy-to-follow steps that will put the right people in place for optimal success. From the Hardcover edition.
Go Viral

Go Viral

Geoff Rodkey

Music videos, internet stars, and blackmail - join Claudia and Reese in the fourth hilarious TAPPER TWINS tale from author and scriptwriter, Geoff Rodkey.
Talent wird überschätzt: Welche Erfolgsfaktoren wirklich zählen

Talent wird überschätzt: Welche Erfolgsfaktoren wirklich zählen

Geoff Colvin

Kurzweilig erzählt Geoff Colvin von außergewöhnlichen Menschen und ihrem Weg zum Erfolg.
Conquest: The First Horseman

Conquest: The First Horseman

Geoff Martin

Balancing action with insight, Geoff Martin has written a counter-terrorist thriller that follows the fingers of international terrorism from the intelligence world of the Middle East to the heart of London.
Fear: The Friend of Exceptional People

Fear: The Friend of Exceptional People

Geoff Thompson

This work helps you to: understand your physical reactions to fear and how they can be used to your advantage; overcome the negative feelings that make you think you can't succeed; and, learn methods to defeat your fears with Geoff's unique ...
Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It

Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It

Geoff Dyer

From Amsterdam to Cambodia, from Rome to Indonesia, from New Orleans to Libya, and from Detroit to Ko Pha-Ngan, Geoff Dyer finds himself both floundering about in a sea of grievances and finding moments of transcendental calm.
American Independent Cinema: Indie, Indiewood and Beyond

American Independent Cinema: Indie, Indiewood and Beyond

Geoff King

More specifically this collection offers: an account of recent developments as well as reviewing, reassessing and revising a number of central positions, approaches and arguments relating to various parts of the independent and/or indie ...
Geoff Wilson's Complete Book of Fishing Knots and Rigs

Geoff Wilson's Complete Book of Fishing Knots and Rigs

Geoff Wilson

This is essential for all anglers regardless of the type of fishing they participate in.
Shapeshifter: Transform Your Life in 1 Day

Shapeshifter: Transform Your Life in 1 Day

Geoff Thompson

Do you believe that the world's leading lights are gifted from birth or even just plain lucky? In this groundbreaking guide, Geoff Thompson demonstrates that anyone with average ability and a strong desire can succeed in any chosen field.
The Gardener's Guide to Growing Fritillaries

The Gardener's Guide to Growing Fritillaries

Geoff Stebbings

Geoff Stebbings, Michael Jefferson-Brown, Kevin Pratt. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank all my friends who have helped me grow iris in the past, and especially those who have supplied photographic material for this book: Pauline  ...
Planet Hunter: Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths

Planet Hunter: Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths

Vicki O. Wittenstein

In this inspiring true story, winner of the American Institute of Physics Award, Geoff Marcy's love of space helped him overcome struggles in his studies until finally he became an astronomer.
The Charmed Circle of Ideology: A Critique of Laclau and ...

The Charmed Circle of Ideology: A Critique of Laclau and ...

Geoff Boucher

Geoff Boucher. Introduction. Critically. Mapping. the. Postmarxian. Field. Marxism is at the nadir of its fortunes. A new generation of militants and intellectuals is less likely to read Marx because they have resolved to struggle for a socialist ...
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

Geoff Dyer

Geoff Dyer. He bought a bottle of Ferrarela from a grocery shop and walked on, looking for a place to sit down. There were lots of places to sit, but he kept going until, utterly exhausted, he sat down by any old canal, not even a particularly ...
Geoff Wilson's Fishing Knots & Rigs

Geoff Wilson's Fishing Knots & Rigs

Geoff Wilson

This book will be an instant best seller and is attractively presented in a hard cover edition, ideal as a gift for the discerning angler wanting to expand their fishing knowledge.
Chronicles of Egg: New Lands

Chronicles of Egg: New Lands

Geoff Rodkey

. . Praise for Geoff Rodkey: 'This is a rip-roaring debut. It is Lemony Snicket meets Pirates of the Caribbean, with a sprinkling of Tom Sawyer for good measure.' - Rick Riordan, author of the bestselling PERCY JACKSON series.

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