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The First Christian Communities 32 - 380 CE Quiet Christians Visible Martyrs and Compelling Texts

The First Christian Communities 32 - 380 CE Quiet Christians Visible Martyrs and Compelling Texts

This concise history of how the Christian Church grew between 32 and 380 focuses on the anonymous Christians who formed diverse congregations as they guided their communities through the age of the Apostles violent martyrdoms and to the establishment of the Roman Church. Readers will understand why people converted to Christianity in the first three centuries and learn about the rich diversity of the early church as people interpreted the new religion in different ways. This book explores how Christian interactions with the Roman empire led to violent persecutions and martyrdoms and eventually the fourth-century establishment of the top-down Roman Church. Readers also become familiar with Christian texts during this period – some became Scripture and some were rejected but all were written to make sense of the Jewish and Christian experience in the Roman Empire. These written memories shaped the future of the church. It also explores how early Christian lives were shaped by the religious rituals and preaching of their new and changing faith. In addition maps illustrations and charts of Christian texts help tell this fascinating story. The First Christian Communities 32 - 380 CE is an accessible and valuable resource suitable for students working on Christian history and Roman and Late Antique social political and religious history as well as general readers who are interested in the origins of Christianity. | The First Christian Communities 32 - 380 CE Quiet Christians Visible Martyrs and Compelling Texts

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Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre Foreword by Ang Lee

Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre Foreword by Ang Lee

The second edition of this elegant and accessible primer offers a helpful reference and resource for directing actors in film television and theatre useful to directors actors and writers. Combining underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor's craft Lenore DeKoven discusses constructing the throughline; analyzing the script; character needs; the casting and rehearsal processes; as well as the actor and the camera. Distilling difficult concepts to their simplest form DeKoven explains how to accurately capture and portray human behavior on stage and screen offering creative solutions to issues she has encountered or anticipated after decades of experience. Excerpts from interviews with acclaimed actors offer insight into their work with directors what inspires them and what they really want from the director. This second edition incorporates the film Moonlight (2016 Barry Jenkins) for analysis of the directing concepts discussed. | Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre Foreword by Ang Lee

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British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries Volume 1

British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries Volume 1

Dick Leonard’s British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries surveys the lives and careers of all the 32 Prime Ministers from Sir Robert Walpole (1721–42) to Archibald Philip Primrose fifth Earl of Rosebery (1894–95) in 32 succinct informative and entertaining chapters. Bringing to life the political achievements and personal idiosyncrasies of Britain's rulers over the 18th and 19th centuries the author recounts the circumstances which took them to the pinnacle of British political life probes their political and personal strengths and weaknesses assesses their performance in office and asks what lasting influence they have had. Along the way Leonard entertains and informs revealing little-known facts about the private lives of each of the Prime Ministers such as who was suspected to be an illegitimate half-brother of George III who was assassinated in the House of Commons and who spent his evenings prowling the streets of London trying to reform prostitutes. This book can also form part of a two-volume set published by Routledge including the companion volume Modern British Prime Ministers from Balfour to Johnson. This book will be of key interest to scholars students and readers of British political history the Executive government and British politics. | British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries Volume 1

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The Multiplayer Classroom Game Plans

The Multiplayer Classroom Game Plans

The Multiplayer Classroom: Game Plans is a companion to The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game now in its second edition from CRC Press. This book covers four multiplayer classroom projects played in the real world in real time to teach and entertain. They were funded by grants or institutions collaborations between Lee Sheldon as writer/designer and subject matter experts in various fields. They are written to be accessible to anyone-designer educator or layperson-interested in game-based learning. The subjects are increasingly relevant in this day and age: physical fitness Mandarin cybersecurity and especially an online class exploring culture and identity on the internet that is unlike any online class you have ever seen. Read the annotated often-suspenseful stories of how each game with its unique challenges thrills and spills was built. Lee Sheldon began his writing career in television as a writer-producer eventually writing more than 200 shows ranging from Charlie’s Angels (writer) to Edge of Night (head writer) to Star Trek: The Next Generation (writer-producer). Having written and designed more than forty commercial and applied video games Lee spearheaded the first full writing for games concentration in North America at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the second writing concentration at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a regular lecturer and consultant on game design and writing in the United States and abroad. His most recent commercial game the award-winning The Lion’s Song is currently on Steam. For the past two years he consulted on an escape room in a box funded by NASA that gives visitors to hundreds of science museums and planetariums the opportunity to play colonizers on the moon. He is currently writing his second mystery novel. | The Multiplayer Classroom Game Plans

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Chinese Firms and the State in Transition Property Rights and Agency Problems in the Reform Era

Chinese Firms and the State in Transition Property Rights and Agency Problems in the Reform Era

This title was first published in 1992: In this volume Keun Lee has presented a throughly documented framework for understanding not only the progress and problems of China's past reform efforts but also the measures which must be undertaken if future initiatives are to lead to more beneficial results. The book draws from the literature of socialist enterprise models and Western agency and property rights discourse and focuses on the evaluation of reform efforts in Chinese state enterprises. | Chinese Firms and the State in Transition Property Rights and Agency Problems in the Reform Era

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A Practical Guide to Costumed Interpretation

A Practical Guide to Costumed Interpretation

A Practical Guide to Costumed Interpretation is just that – a book that takes you through the various stages of becoming an historical costumed interpreter. Jackie Lee has worked in this area of heritage interpretation for over twenty years and sets out what it takes to develop the persona for a character from the past. The methods she shares focus on first-person delivery of an historic character. Lee introduces the reader to two new methods she has developed that support character creation and delivery. The three realms highlight the importance of research and making the character believable and the crystal ball which enables the costumed interpreter to look into the future when the occasion demands it. The book is full of practical help on all aspects of the costumed interpreter’s craft including costume making and how to prepare personally for stepping out full of confidence ready to engage visitors of all ages. A Practical Guide to Costumed Interpretation is aimed at those interested in becoming costumed interpreters as well as those who wish to develop or revise their techniques. It will also be useful for students of museum practice and heritage interpretation considering costumed interpretation as a means of on-site delivery.

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Reading Assessment to Promote Equitable Learning An Empowering Approach for Grades K-5

Reading Assessment to Promote Equitable Learning An Empowering Approach for Grades K-5

Many standard reading assessment approaches fail to capture the strengths and needs of students from diverse sociocultural linguistic and academic backgrounds. From expert authors this book guides educators in planning and conducting meaningful equitable assessments that empower K-5 teachers and students inform responsive instruction and help to guard against bias. The book's holistic view of reading encompasses areas from text comprehension and constrained skills to building trusting relationships and promoting students’ agency. Twenty-eight assessment strategies are explained in step-by-step detail including helpful implementation examples and 32 reproducible forms that teachers can download and print in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. | Reading Assessment to Promote Equitable Learning An Empowering Approach for Grades K-5

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Aesthetic 3D Lighting History Theory and Application

Aesthetic 3D Lighting History Theory and Application

Aesthetic 3D Lighting: History Theory and Application delves into the history the theory and the practical and aesthetic application of lighting in the fine arts and 3D animation. In this book animation industry veteran and lighting expert Lee Lanier examines the importance of lighting and its ability to communicate information to the viewer. Lee examines the history of lighting as applied to the fine arts film photography and 3D animation. He discusses the use of light color light location and direction and light shadow types to recreate specific locations and to generate moods. He includes guides for successful lighting in 3D animation. Software-agnostic examples lead you through useful 3D lighting set-ups. Chapter-long case studies step you through more complex 3D lighting projects in Autodesk Maya. An accompanying eResource (www. routledge. com/9781138737570) features 3D model files scene files and texture bitmaps allowing you to practice the discussed techniques in Autodesk Maya and many other 3D programs. The lighting techniques covered in this book include: History of lighting as used in the fine arts The scientific mechanisms of light Light types and light application in 3D programs Light qualities including shadows variations Basic and advanced 3D lighting approaches 1- 2- 3-point naturalistic and stylistic lighting techniques Replication of real-world lighting scenarios and locations Overview of advanced 3D lighting and rendering systems | Aesthetic 3D Lighting History Theory and Application

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Magnyfycence A Moral Play

Magnyfycence A Moral Play

First published in 1906 this edition of Magnyfycence aimed to highlight the true significance of the play within both the canon of John Skelton’s work and English drama. Robert Lee Ramsay situates Magnyfycence as a morality play which functioned as a bridge between medieval miracle plays and the modern comedy. He demonstrates the text’s significance as the first example of a play by an English man of letters and our first example of a secular and literary rather than theological morality play. This edition features an extensive scholarly introduction exploring areas such as the staging versification sources and characterisation followed by the Middle-English text itself along with glosses. | Magnyfycence A Moral Play

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Educational Policy Narrative and Discourse

Educational Policy Narrative and Discourse

This collection of Allan Luke’s key writings on educational policy curriculum and school reform follows the development and use of critical discourse analyses to study educational policy and practice. Turning to a series of narrative analyses of the relationship between politics culture economics and education Luke‘s writings address the challenges of shifting from an academic and scientific critique of policy to ‘getting your hands dirty’ in the making of state educational policy. The volume includes international examples of policy formation for social justice and equity and closes with an auto-ethnographic view on policymaking and the need for increased critical sociological evidence-based educational reform. Together with its companion volume Critical Literacy Schooling and Social Justice: The Selected Works of Allan Luke this collection gathers Luke’s seminal key writings spanning the fields of education applied linguistics sociology and cultural studies for the benefit of scholars students teachers and teacher educators around the world. | Educational Policy Narrative and Discourse

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Fathers and Violence A Program to Change Behavior Improve Parenting and Heal Relationships

Fathers and Violence A Program to Change Behavior Improve Parenting and Heal Relationships

This highly accessible book presents a new approach to treating men who use violence against their partners and/or children. The Fathers for Change (F4C) program has a unique focus on fostering fathers' accountability and reflective functioning and repairing father–child relationships. Grounded in theory and research it addresses a key need for parents who want to stay together or coparent successfully in the aftermath of violence while prioritizing all family members' safety. Clinicians learn how to implement each component of F4C from assessment to individual-focused work to coparent and family sessions if appropriate. Illustrative case vignettes are featured throughout. An appendix provides 32 reproducible forms worksheets and handouts that can be downloaded (many in a fillable format) and printed as needed. | Fathers and Violence A Program to Change Behavior Improve Parenting and Heal Relationships

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Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century is the first definitive study of the use of digital scenography in Western opera production. The book begins by exploring digital scenography’s dramaturgical possibilities and establishes a critical framework for identifying and comparing the use of digital scenography across different digitally enhanced opera productions. The book then investigates the impacts and potential disruptions of digital scenography on opera’s longstanding production conventions both on and off the stage. Drawing on interviews with major industry practitioners including Paul Barritt Mark Grimmer Donald Holder Elaine J. McCarthy Luke Halls Wendall K. Harrington Finn Ross S. Katy Tucker and Victoria ‘Vita’ Tzykun author Caitlin Vincent identifies key correlations between the use of digital scenography in practice and subsequent impacts on creative hierarchies production design processes and organisational management. The book features detailed case studies of digitally enhanced productions premiered by Dutch National Opera Komische Oper Berlin Opéra de Lyon The Royal Opera Covent Garden San Francisco Opera Santa Fe Opera Thétre Royal de la Monnaie The Metropolitan Opera Victorian Opera and Washington National Opera.

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The Principles of Policy Thought A Philosophical Approach to Public Policy

The Principles of Policy Thought A Philosophical Approach to Public Policy

Policy thought integrates the “why” of political philosophy and the “how” of public policy formulation. Lee outlines five key principles for the development of policy thought: The Principle of Policy Statism The Principle of Policy Goodness The Principle of Policy Balance The Principle of Policy Practicality The Principle of Policy Humans: Interpenetrated Policy Humans with Non-humans Each principle is derived from a combination of Confucian and other East Asian philosophies as well as contemporary Western political philosophy. In combination they offer an innovative approach to formulating configuring and assessing public policy with ethics and efficacy. An essential guide to incorporating big picture philosophical questions into pragmatic policy for students practitioners and scholars of public policy and administration. | The Principles of Policy Thought A Philosophical Approach to Public Policy

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Stepping into Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Key Ingredients of Change

Stepping into Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Key Ingredients of Change

This volume makes Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) widely accessible to therapists of different orientations and to therapists in training. It provides clinicians with practical tools an experiential tour through case examples and simple guidance to step into EFT. An overview of the change events includes both client processes and therapist interventions moment-to-moment. 'In Stepping into Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Key Ingredients of Change each step and stage of EFT is laid out in a practical and theoretically simple manner that extends beyond what therapists need to do to helping therapists grasp what experiential therapy is providing moment-by-moment examples of how to engage clients emotionally and how to foster emotional engagement between partners. '- From the Foreword by S. Johnson and A. Lee | Stepping into Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Key Ingredients of Change

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The Definitive Guide to Addiction Interventions A Collective Strategy

The Definitive Guide to Addiction Interventions A Collective Strategy

Written for a broad audience of medical and behavioral healthcare professionals The Definitive Guide to Addiction Interventions: A Collective Strategy introduces clinicians to best practices in addiction interventions and bridges the gap between the theory and practice of successful intervention. Synthesizing decades of fieldwork Louise Stanger explores the framework for successful invitations to change what they look like in action and how to adjust approach by population and Lee Weber serves as editor. The authors summarize and compare intervention models in use today and explain the use of family mapping and individual portraiture as clinical tools. The text also teaches clinicians to troubleshoot common situations as they help move clients toward positive life decisions. Practical ready-to-use clinical tools follow the text in downloadable worksheet form. | The Definitive Guide to Addiction Interventions A Collective Strategy

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The Routledge Companion to Native American Literature

The Routledge Companion to Native American Literature

The Routledge Companion to Native American Literature engages the multiple scenes of tension — historical political cultural and aesthetic — that constitutes a problematic legacy in terms of community identity ethnicity gender and sexuality language and sovereignty in the study of Native American literature. This important and timely addition to the field provides context for issues that enter into Native American literary texts through allusions references and language use. The volume presents over forty essays by leading and emerging international scholars and analyses: regional cultural racial and sexual identities in Native American literature key historical moments from the earliest period of colonial contact to the present worldviews in relation to issues such as health spirituality animals and physical environments traditions of cultural creation that are key to understanding the styles allusions and language of Native American Literature the impact of differing literary forms of Native American literature. This collection provides a map of the critical issues central to the discipline as well as uncovering new perspectives and new directions for the development of the field. It supports academic study and also assists general readers who require a comprehensive yet manageable introduction to the contexts essential to approaching Native American Literature. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the past present and future of this literary culture. Contributors: Joseph Bauerkemper Susan Bernardin Susan Berry Brill de Ramírez Kirby Brown David J. Carlson Cari M. Carpenter Eric Cheyfitz Tova Cooper Alicia Cox Birgit Däwes Janet Fiskio Earl E. Fitz John Gamber Kathryn N. Gray Sarah Henzi Susannah Hopson Hsinya Huang Brian K. Hudson Bruce E. Johansen Judit Ágnes Kádár Amelia V. Katanski Susan Kollin Chris LaLonde A. Robert Lee Iping Liang Drew Lopenzina Brandy Nālani McDougall Deborah Madsen Diveena Seshetta Marcus Sabine N. Meyer Carol Miller David L. Moore Birgit Brander Rasmussen Mark Rifkin Kenneth M. Roemer Oliver Scheiding Lee Schweninger Stephanie A. Sellers Kathryn W. Shanley Leah Sneider David Stirrup Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. Tammy Wahpeconiah

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Poems from Korea From the Earliest Era to the Present

Poems from Korea From the Earliest Era to the Present

The Koreans according to the Chinese chronicles are ‘the people who enjoy singing and dancing’ and who regaled their gods with dance and song. Since then poetry has been an essential part of Korean life and has been regarded as the highest of the arts. In this first comprehensive anthology of Korean poetry in English first published in 1974 Peter Lee has selected and translated a wide variety of poems ranging from the Silla Dynasty in 57 BC to the middle of the twentieth century. The poems chosen reflect not only the native Korean tradition but also the great tradition of Chinese poetry. They often possess a deep lyrical quality many are rich in religious overtones or derive their beauty from contemplation of nature and through many of the poems runs the feeling of the closeness of Korean life to the earth. | Poems from Korea From the Earliest Era to the Present

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The Costumes of Burlesque 1866-2018

The Costumes of Burlesque 1866-2018

The Costumes of Burlesque: 1866-2018 is the first volume to inclusively document burlesque costume from its birth in the 1860’s through the global burlesque movement in 2018. This lushly illustrated book presents the history and development of this American art form by documenting the origins influencers and genuine articles that created its aesthetic. Showcases of legendary performers including Lydia Thompson Gypsy Rose Lee Sally Rand Bettie Page Kitten Natividad and Dita Von Teese demonstrate costume styles through the years. This guide gives readers a clear view of how burlesque costume looked and why. It teaches collectors burlesque performers and fans alike to recognize vintage pieces for what they are and to design their own costumes with inspiration from the originals. By including detailed costume documentation over 400 images and interviews with prominent costume designers such as Catherine D’Lish and Garo Sparo The Costumes of Burlesque brings 150 years of burlesque costume history to life. | The Costumes of Burlesque 1866-2018

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The Guide to Buddhist Counseling

The Guide to Buddhist Counseling

Buddhist concepts and practices have become increasingly popular and integrated into professional psychology. This book is the first to propose a theoretical orientation for counseling based on Early Buddhist teaching and introduce it to counseling professionals for use in mental health treatment and practice. Lee begins his book by outlining the essential concepts required to understand the Buddhist view of human nature and the world. He presents the Buddhist counseling model and suggests practices for the spiritual advancement of counselors including self-cultivation plans contemplative exercises and different types of meditation. Lastly he discusses how to apply the model in assessment conceptualization and intervention and uses several case examples to illustrate the actual process. As a go-to book in Buddhist counseling this book is a valuable resource for Buddhist chaplains counselors and mental health professionals interested in using Buddhism in their clinical practice as well as graduate students in religious studies and counseling. | The Guide to Buddhist Counseling

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On Photography A Philosophical Inquiry

On Photography A Philosophical Inquiry

What is photography? Is it a source of knowledge or an art? Many have said the former because it records the world automatically others the latter because it expresses human subjectivity. Can photography be both or must we choose? In On Photography: A Philosophical Inquiry Diarmuid Costello examines these fascinating questions and more drawing on images by Alfred Stieglitz Berenice Abbott Paul Strand Lee Friedlander James Welling and Wolfgang Tillmans among others and the writings of Elizabeth Eastlake Peter Henry Emerson Edward Weston Siegfried Kracauer André Bazin and Stanley Cavell. This sets the scene for the contemporary stand-off between sceptical and non-sceptical Orthodoxy in the work of Roger Scruton and Kendall Walton and a New Theory of Photography taking its cue from László Moholy-Nagy and Patrick Maynard. Written in a clear and engaging style On Photography is essential reading for anyone interested in the philosophy of photography aesthetics art and visual studies. | On Photography A Philosophical Inquiry

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Teaching Gender and Sexuality at School Letters to Teachers

Teaching Gender and Sexuality at School Letters to Teachers

In a set of compelling letters to teachers Tara Goldstein addresses a full range of issues facing lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students and families at elementary and secondary school. Goldstein talks to teachers about how they can support LGBTQ students and families by normalizing LGBTQ lives in the curriculum challenging homophobic and transphobic ideas and building an inclusive school culture that both expects and welcomes LGBTQ students and their families. Moving and energizing Teaching Gender and Sexuality at School provides readers with the knowledge and resources they need to create safer and more positive classrooms and discusses what it takes to build authentic trusting relationships with LGBTQ students and families. Includes The Unicorn Glossary by benjamin lee hicks the performed ethnography Snakes and Ladders by Tara Goldstein and the verbatim play Out at School by Tara Goldstein Jenny Salisbury and Pam Baer. | Teaching Gender and Sexuality at School Letters to Teachers

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The Routledge Handbook of Audiovisual Translation

The Routledge Handbook of Audiovisual Translation

The Routledge Handbook of Audiovisual Translation provides an accessible authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key modalities of audiovisual translation and the main theoretical frameworks research methods and themes that are driving research in this rapidly developing field. Divided in four parts this reference work consists of 32 state-of-the-art chapters from leading international scholars. The first part focuses on established and emerging audiovisual translation modalities explores the changing contexts in which they have been and continue to be used and examines how cultural and technological changes are directing their future trajectories. The second part delves into the interface between audiovisual translation and a range of theoretical models that have proved particularly productive in steering research in audiovisual translation studies. The third part surveys a selection of methodological approaches supporting traditional and innovative ways of interrogating audiovisual translation data. The final part addresses an array of themes pertaining to the place of audiovisual translation in society. This Handbook gives audiovisual translation studies the platform it needs to raise its profile within the Humanities research landscape and is key reading for all those engaged in the study and research of Audiovisual Translation within Translation studies.

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Intentional Leadership Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Intentional Leadership Getting to the Heart of the Matter

This book provides a framework for guiding leaders to shift from linear cause-effect thinking to an ecology of moral intentional leadership paying attention to how their actions are connected to others. Readers are encouraged to act in a determined deliberate way to lead their employees teams and organizations to success. The book is divided into three parts opening with a narrative review of leadership literature then discussing the activities of 11 leaders—including Pope Francis Barack Obama and Lee Kuan Yew—and developing a learning framework for real change. The author provides an enlightened democratic model of leadership helping readers to understand and utilize the core competencies of intentional leaders: interruption presence imagination and action. A user-friendly structure examples from diverse leaders and end-of-chapter summaries encourage students to engage and experiment with traditional research and alternative theories. This will be a useful tool for students of leadership and peace and conflict studies as well as practitioners and emerging leaders in the public private and not-for-profit sectors. | Intentional Leadership Getting to the Heart of the Matter

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Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers The Eye Behind the Lens

Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers The Eye Behind the Lens

Packed with gems of wisdom from the current 'masters of light’ this collection of conversations with twenty leading contemporary cinematographers provides invaluable insight into the art and craft of cinematography. Jacqueline Frost’s interviews provide unprecedented insight into the role as cinematographers discuss selecting projects the conceptual and creative thinking that goes into devising a visual strategy working with the script collaborating with leading directors such as Martin Scorcese Spike Lee and Ava DuVernay the impact of changing technology and offer advice for aspiring cinematographers. Interviews include Maryse Alberti John Bailey Robert Elswit Kirsten Johnson Kira Kelly Ellen Kuras Edward Lachman Matthew Libatique John Lindley Seamus McGarvey Reed Morano Polly Morgan Rachel Morrison Rodrigo Prieto Cynthia Pusheck Harris Savides Nancy Schrieber John Seale Sandi Sissel Dante Spinotti Salvatore Totino Amy Vincent and Mandy Walker. Filled with valuable information and advice for aspiring cinematographers directors and filmmakers this is essential reading for anyone interested in the art and craft of cinematography. | Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers The Eye Behind the Lens

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The Imperial Patronage of Labor Genre Paintings in Eighteenth-Century China

The Imperial Patronage of Labor Genre Paintings in Eighteenth-Century China

This book examines the agrarian labor genre paintings based on the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving that were commissioned by successive Chinese emperors. Furthermore this book analyzes the genre’s imagery as well as the poems in their historical context and explains how the paintings contributed to distinctively cosmopolitan Qing imagery that also drew upon European visual styles. Roslyn Lee Hammers contends that technologically-informed imagery was not merely didactic imagery to teach viewers how to grow rice or produce silk. The Qing emperors invested in paintings of labor to substantiate the permanence of the dynasty and to promote the well-being of the people under Manchu governance. The book includes English translations of the poems of the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving as well as other documents that have not been brought together in translation. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history Chinese history Chinese studies history of science and technology book history labor history and Qing history. | The Imperial Patronage of Labor Genre Paintings in Eighteenth-Century China

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