The Films of Mike Leigh is the first critical study of one of the most important and eccentric directors of British independent filmmaking. Although active since 1971, Leigh has only come to the attention of an international audience in the 1990s through films such as Secrets and Lies, and Career Girls. Like Robert Altman and John Cassevetes, Leigh works improvisationally, beginning with a small group of actors around whom he builds his films during months of private rehearsal. The script is written during this process. Ray Carney examines Leigh’s working method and films in the intellectual and social contexts in which they were created. He argues that Leigh cannot be simply considered within the British realist tradition of Osborne and Loach. All of Leigh’s major box office successes, including Naked, Life is Sweet and High Hopes, are analyzed, interpreted, and shown to be among the finest examples of cinema.
Beautiful Simply beautiful Lisa's words touch the heart, mind and spirit. Her thoughts provoke waves of sentiment that wash over the soul and give us moments upon which there can be true reflection on our lives. -Dr. Anthony D. Andrews, Jr. Lisa Ray has penned some very powerful, inspirational poems. You can tell that she is a person who truly walks with God. To know her is to love her. Her personality jumps out of the pages of these thought provoking poems. A must read for someone who is looking for some inspiration and/or spiritual guidance -Corey Pegues (Award winning Author, Once A Cop - The Street, The Law, Two Worlds, One Man)
This is the second edition of 'Things I Learned from My Grandmother about Leadership and Life.' a no-nonsense guide to leading and managing, based on the country philosophy of the author's grandmother. The only leadership book you're likely to ever need.
Phantom of the Seven Stars, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Planet Stories was one of the better known Golden Age science fiction magazines. It was in its pages that Philip K. Dick first appeared. Planet Stories specialized in Space Opera and Sword and Sorcery fiction. Collected here in this massive edition are 19 stories from its pages totaling more than five hundred pages. If you enjoyed this book, you'll want to search on "Positronic Publishing Super Pack" and check out all our other Super Packs Included here are: Phantom Out of Time by Nelson S. Bond Thralls of the Endless Night by Leigh Brackett War-Gods of the Void by Henry Kuttner Expedition to Pluto by Fletcher Pratt and Laurence Manning World of Mockery by Sam Moskowitz Prison Planet by Bob Tucker Message From Mars by Clifford D. Simak Stranger from Space by Hannes Bok Venus Enslaved by Manly Wade Wellman Phantom of the Seven Stars by Ray Cummings The Star Mouse by Fredric Brown Assignment on Venus by Carl Jacobi Grifters' Asteroid by H. L. Gold Asteroid of the Damned by Dirk Wylie The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long he Planet That Time Forgot by Donald A. Wollheim Prey of the Space Falcon by Wilbur S. Peacock Quest of Thig by Basil Wells The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury
Planet Stories was one of the better known Golden Age science fiction magazines. It was in its pages that Philip K. Dick first appeared. Planet Stories specialized in Space Opera and Sword and Sorcery fiction. Collected here in this massive edition are 19 stories from its pages totaling more than five hundred pages. If you enjoyed this book, you'll want to search on "Positronic Publishing Super Pack" and check out all our other Super Packs Included here are: Phantom Out of Time by Nelson S. Bond Thralls of the Endless Night by Leigh Brackett War-Gods of the Void by Henry Kuttner Expedition to Pluto by Fletcher Pratt and Laurence Manning World of Mockery by Sam Moskowitz Prison Planet by Bob Tucker Message From Mars by Clifford D. Simak Stranger from Space by Hannes Bok Venus Enslaved by Manly Wade Wellman Phantom of the Seven Stars by Ray Cummings The Star Mouse by Fredric Brown Assignment on Venus by Carl Jacobi Grifters' Asteroid by H. L. Gold Asteroid of the Damned by Dirk Wylie The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long he Planet That Time Forgot by Donald A. Wollheim Prey of the Space Falcon by Wilbur S. Peacock Quest of Thig by Basil Wells The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury
The Global Warming - Time Stories, Seeds of Sorrow and Seeds of Hope are about now and the coming future. Both of these stories are about awakening the Hero that lies within. The first story is sad but with contained hope. The second one contains possibilities as yet not completely realized. Not only must the generation of this age fully wake to the problems that confront us in a Global Warming and its causes, but to what must become the collective responsibility and common direction of humankind, to prepare for the future while working in the present - now. There is hope, but it must be bold, a hope that will empower and enable us to confront the seen and unseen difficulties that lie ahead. All over the world people dream, wish and hope for a new future, with new possibilities, for a real human race. Those seeds of hope are sown, they've taken root already, but now unfortunately 'Time' overtakes us, so we are in need of a mass cultivation of seeds of hope, everywhere, in many directions simultaneously for this story to continue, the Human story. We know our story is not over yet, but we are the last generation that can still do something for the future of our children and humanity. There's a Hero that lies in you,
All the short story-poems relate to Global Warming, but in this project mainly to the social effects coming from the same connected causes. You will hear two voices in this book, one of them is yours. 'Seeds of Needs' is about how we, as people, of our countries, of our world, as mums and dads are being prevented and held back from achieving the needed changes to save our planet from policies and actions that block any progress towards a more democratic and social care in our world. This book is about how everybody everywhere, desires and needs social change; so it's about the voice of the 99% of humanity. But to be fair and bring a little balance, we include equal space to the voice of the 1%: the makers and controllers of policies that rule our world. Nothing except strong directed human emotion, personal and collective, will produce enough energy and impulse to affect and maintain a change in our social and world circumstance - in the time we need it most. This book is about this emotion. We've been informed by our own scientists that our planet 'speed heats', and that climate change is already under way. We've also been told that unless we have dramatic social change within our societies and turn away from capitalism and its destructive variations, then it will be civilization collapse. The people in charge of world policies obviously know what's in store. They have seemingly decided on a certain course of action; sadly a world democratic socialism and livable planet is obviously not the choice they made. Instead they have opted for more of the same. You could say our planet is a school; this is a live math's test. We're failing it. And in our case the school closes down. We have less than a generation to re-sit the test and to not fail so dramatically, so that our kids and theirs may have some form of livable future. The fire's at the door, but the party's loud. It seems the controllers of power and policy will not change: they're enjoying the party life too much. They're in charge of the party, the food, the drinks, the entertainment, the security; they're having a ball. And they like to party 24-7-365, they don't want to stop. The main problem, to repeat, for it needs repeating: time runs out, less than a generation to implement the needed changes. This is it, the fire's at the door, but the party's loud. So, wanna be a Hero in an Age of Change? If so, that would be good; our world needs you and needs you now.
