Martin Winkler: 7 books

We are deluged daily with health and scientific information from the internet, newspapers, and other media. What is missing from this hubbub is the basic scientific principles that underlie the functioning of our bodies, our cells and the physical world around us. This book guides the reader through...

Get in shape with exercise that's fat-blasting, portable, and fun RopeSport is the revolutionary fitness program people across the country are using to get fit, lose weight, and have a great time doing it. Now you can, too! If you want a high-energy, low-impact way to tone your...

Martin M. Winkler argues for a new approach to various creative affinities between ancient verbal and modern visual narratives. He examines screen adaptations of classical epic, tragedy, comedy, myth, and history, exploring, for example, how ancient rhetorical principles regarding the emotions apply...

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Kidscape, the national charity that works to challenge and prevent bullying, this book offers readers an insight into a collection of innovative projects currently running in schools to promote inclusion, tolerance and kindness. From a gay role model to a...

Arminius the Liberator deals with the complex modern reception of Arminius the Cheruscan, commonly called Hermann. Arminius inflicted one of their most devastating defeats on the Romans in the year 9 A.D. by annihilating three legions under the command of Quintilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg...

Apollo was the ancient god of light and the divine patron of the arts. He is therefore a fitting metaphor for cinematography, which is the modern art of writing with moving light. This book interprets films as visual texts and provides the first systematic theoretical and practical demonstration of...

Weltenbaum, Lebensbaum, Weltesche – Yggdrasil hat viele Namen im Laufe der Jahrhunderte erhalten. Und Legenden, eine fantastischer als die andere, haben sich in und um ihn abgespielt. Ist die Geschichte um Thor und die Midgardschlange wirklich so abgelaufen? Was macht Nidhögg, falls er nicht gerade...