Author: Julia Golding
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761453772
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Mallins Wood is home to the last surviving gorgon, and Col's mother, the gorgon's supernatural Companion, is determined to save it from encroaching development--even to the point of endangering Col and his best friend Connie, the most powerful Companion alive.
Author: Paul Coates
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521384095
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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This interdisciplinary study of recurrent themes in German cinema as it has developed since the early twentieth century focuses on pertinent films of the pre- and post-World War II eras. The author explores the nature of expressionism, which is generally agreed to have ended with the advent of sound, and its persistence in the styles of such modern masters of film noir as Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman. In considering the possibility of homologies between the necessary silence of pre-sound cinema and the widespread modernist aspiration to an aesthetic of silence, Coates relates theories of the sublime, the uncanny, and the monstrous to his subject. He also reflects upon problems of representability and the morality of representation of events that took place during the Nazi era.
Author: R. A. Hayden
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543429742
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
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Uncertainty grips the Silver Guards as they struggle with the path forward. Though they managed to survive the hunt for Marcus Alios father and his wicked allies, the young mercenaries from the kingdom of Casta must pick up where they left off, now allied with the Firefist Clan and a host of freed slaves. Before them lies a challenge unlike any they have faced in their lives as they must decide the outcome for not only the future of the Silver Guard but the fate of those under their care. To do so will involve the unraveling of magical mysteries far beyond their experience and unknown evils.
Author: Stephen R. Wilk
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019988773X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Medusa, the Gorgon, who turns those who gaze upon her to stone, is one of the most popular and enduring figures of Greek mythology. Long after many other figures from Greek myth have been forgotten, she continues to live in popular culture. In this fascinating study of the legend of Medusa, Stephen R. Wilk begins by refamiliarizing readers with the story through ancient authors and classical artwork, then looks at the interpretations that have been given of the meaning of the myth through the years. A new and original interpretation of the myth is offered, based upon astronomical phenomena. The use of the gorgoneion, the Face of the Gorgon, on shields and on roofing tiles is examined in light of parallels from around the world, and a unique interpretation of the reality behind the gorgoneion is suggested. Finally, the history of the Gorgon since tlassical times is explored, culminating in the modern use of Medusa as a symbol of Female Rage and Female Creativity.
Author: Julia Golding
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761453710
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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"Originally published in the UK by Oxford University Press, 2006."
Author: Joe Kelleher
Publisher: Northcote House Pub Limited
ISBN: 0746307896
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 97
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In his lucid critical study Joe Kelleher brings Tony Harrison's diverse output together under coherent themes, from his early published verse The Loiners (1970), to his accomplished translation and adaptation of The Oresteia (1981), through to his recent work for stage and television including The Shadow of Hiroshima (1995).
Author: Arthur Holland Michel
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544971663
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 341
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The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on American citizens Eyes in the Sky is the authoritative account of how the Pentagon secretly developed a godlike surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, and how it is now being used to watch us in our own backyards. Whereas a regular aerial camera can only capture a small patch of ground at any given time, this system—and its most powerful iteration, Gorgon Stare—allow operators to track thousands of moving targets at once, both forwards and backwards in time, across whole city-sized areas. When fused with big-data analysis techniques, this network can be used to watch everything simultaneously, and perhaps even predict attacks before they happen. In battle, Gorgon Stare and other systems like it have saved countless lives, but when this technology is deployed over American cities—as it already has been, extensively and largely in secret—it has the potential to become the most nightmarishly powerful visual surveillance system ever built. While it may well solve serious crimes and even help ease the traffic along your morning commute, it could also enable far more sinister and dangerous intrusions into our lives. This is closed-circuit television on steroids. Facebook in the heavens. Drawing on extensive access within the Pentagon and in the companies and government labs that developed these devices, Eyes in the Sky reveals how a top-secret team of mad scientists brought Gorgon Stare into existence, how it has come to pose an unprecedented threat to our privacy and freedom, and how we might still capitalize on its great promise while avoiding its many perils.
Author: Karen Ruth Brooks
Publisher: Lothian Children's Books
ISBN: 9780734404541
Category : Australian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Cassandra Klein accidently drags her friend and Deputy Principal into the fantastical world of Morphea.
Author: Tony Harrison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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In these new poems, Tony Harrison confronts the unspeakable terrors of the twentieth century. The title poem is the text of his new BBC film poem, The Gaze of the Gorgon, which takes the terrifying creature of legend who turns men to stone as a metaphor for the horrors unleashed in modern warfare. In other poems, such as The Mother of the Muses and the Sonnets for August 1945, Harrison forges his own response to these dark times through the element of fire, seeking - in the source of terror itself - the heart of eloquence and celebratory love. The book includes his powerful Gulf War poems which the Sunday Times called 'mordant masterpieces' and the Times Literary Supplement 'fierce and sardonic'. Winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award.
Author: William Williamson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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