Julian: 1621 books

Location shooting has always been a vital counterpart to soundstage production, and at times, the primary form of Hollywood filmmaking. But until now, the industrial and artistic development of this production practice has been scattered across the margins of larger American film histories. Hollywood...

The French call them 'the Dark Years'... This definitive new history of Occupied France explores the myths and realities of four of the most divisive years in French history. Taking in ordinary people's experiences of defeat, collaboration, resistance, and liberation, it uncovers the conflicting memories...

This book treats wandering as a "phenomenon, as no one has yet explained why the word "Wanderer" suddenly gained new significance and prominence in the poetry of Goethe and the German and English Romantics, especially if one extends this enquiry of any use of the verbs "to wander" and "wandern."

To appreciate the life of the Italian immigrant enclave from the great heart of the Italian migration to its settlement in America requires that one come to know how these immigrants saw their communities as colonies of the mother country. Edited with extraordinary skill, Italoamericana: The Literature...

Around 2,000 jokes, puns and poems of cringe-worthy silliness - and one piece of advice: • If at first you don’t succeed … forget skydiving. Dad jokes at their very worst - dive in, cringe and, above all, be amused. But if you have wondered about these questions: • What would happen if there...

Organized so that the reader moves from the simplest type of design to more complex ones, the authors introduce five different kinds of ANOVA techniques and explain which design//analysis is appropriate to answer specific questions.

How did we find ourselves in a "post-truth" world of "alternative facts"? And can we get out of it? A Short History of Truth sets out to answer these questions by looking at the complex history of truth and falsehood. It identifies ten types of supposed truth and explains how easily...

Go Into the exit and test of time and see what the end is like for those who stare at death in it's face. A Double Stage (4) liver and kidney failure survivor shares his true story on the fight for his life, in the hopes of helping others in their moments of need. To show them that they are not alone...

A full-length critical study of Arthur Ransome's twelve ‘Swallows and Amazons’ novels, aimed at both the general reader and undergraduate and postgraduate students of children’s literature.

First published in 1936, this volume contains six of the Halley Stewart Lectures – originally founded "For Research towards the Christian Ideal in All Social Life" – by some of the greatest of English scientists of the mid-20th century, each a leading authority in his respective field:...

Exam board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Religious Studies First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2017 Target success in OCR A Level Religious Studies with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical...

Somewhat hastily, to get this book finished in time for Halloween and All Saints / Souls Day I have assembled these poems, stories and essays to fit the occasion. One section is devoted to the appearances of the word "be" in Hamlet in a comparison that throws light on that most famous quotation...

The concept of strange coincidences is a relatively recent development, historically speaking. Before the "age of reason" all things were thought to be in concert with the will of God, Fate or Providence. Poetic language, which relies so heavily on the accidental features of words, entered...

The key aim of this volume is to demonstrate ways in which an understanding of history can be used to inform present-day transport and mobility policies. This is not to say that history repeats itself, or that every contemporary transport dilemma has an historical counterpart: rather, the contributors...