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Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) was long considered one of the most typically French as well as one of the most successful of the opera composers of the 19th century. He studied under Cherubini, and it was not long before his opera-comique "La Bergere Chateleine" (1820), established him as an operatic composer. This title tells his story. Editor(s): Letellier, Robert Ignatius. Num Pages: 299 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 291 x 208 x 20. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Number of pages
- 299
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781443829663
- ISBN
- 9781443829663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 31.52
€ 52.99
€ 31.52
Hardback. The scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non-musical' films. It brings together chapters that are concerned with the relationship between performance, music and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Conrich, Ian; Tincknell, Estella. Series: Music and the Moving Image. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; AV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623440
- ISBN
- 9780748623440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.66€ 130.72
€ 136.66
€ 130.72
Hardback. This respected history of British television drama is an indispensable guide to key developments in the field since 1930. Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition includes new case studies and illustrations, fresh material on the beginnings of British television drama and a substantial new chapter which brings the history up to 2014. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844576241
- ISBN
- 9781844576241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 101.01
€ 112.89
€ 101.01
Book. .
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Europe Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785582172
- ISBN
- 9781785582172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.56
€ 20.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. Kenneth Clark's Civilisation (1969), was a landmark documentary series, pioneering the 'presenter as hero' model. Jonathan Conlin draws on interviews with the original crew and archival research to reveal a series that combined scepticism towards traditional ideas of progress with an inclusive approach to its audience. Series: BFI TV Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844572700
- ISBN
- 9781844572700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.63
€ 32.99
€ 27.63
Paperback. Demonstrates the ways in which third wave feminist television studies approaches and illuminates mainstream TV. This work looks at the contradictions and reciprocities between feminism and television. It offers a discussion of what television has to offer feminist fan. Editor(s): Johnson, Merri Lisa. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845112462
- ISBN
- 9781845112462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.90
€ 33.99
€ 28.90
Hardcover. Under-researched and often forgotten, documentary film-making in Hong Kong includes a thriving independent documentary film movement, a large archive of documentaries made by the colonial film units, and a number of classic British Official Films. In this book, case studies from all three categories are examined, including The Battle of Shanghai. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664696
- ISBN
- 9780748664696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 106.95
€ 102.99
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Companions. 440 pages. Editor(s): Blizek, William L. Originally published: The Continuum companion to religion and film. London; New York: Continuum, c2009. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: APFA; HRA. Dimension: 167 x 233 x 33. Weight: 692.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441107961
- ISBN
- 9781441107961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.26
€ 54.99
€ 46.26
Paperback. Beautiful and talented, versatile and charismatic, Elizabeth Robins was one of the foremost actresses of her day. Yet, this enduring character was also an active and lifelong feminist. This biography examines Elizabeth's historical identity and provides a study of the social culture surrounding a woman who lived a life in the spotlight. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752440286
- ISBN
- 9780752440286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.29
€ 6.29
Hardback. Argues that cinema provides an ideal opportunity to engage with ideas of temporal flow and change. This book traces the operation of duration in cinema, and argues that temporality should be a central concern of film scholarship. It is suitable for students and scholars in Film Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466. 240 pages. Argues that cinema provides an ideal opportunity to engage with ideas of temporal flow and change. This book traces the operation of duration in cinema, and argues that temporality should be a central concern of film scholarship. It is suitable for students and scholars in Film Studies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APFA. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 17. Weight: 466.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643462
- ISBN
- 9780748643462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.03
€ 106.95
€ 102.03
Hardback. Historian Joshua First explores the politics and aesthetics of Ukrainian Poetic Cinema during the Soviet 1960s-70s. Series: KINO: The Russian and Soviet Cinema Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780765549
- ISBN
- 9781780765549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.60€ 126.76
€ 142.60
€ 126.76
Hardback. Deals with Lebanese cinema and its links with politics and national identity. This book examines how Lebanon is imagined in such films as Jocelyn Saab's "Once Upon a Time, Beirut", Ghassan Salhab's "Terra Incognita", and Ziad Doueiri's "West Beirut". Series: Tauris World Cinema Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBL; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845116279
- ISBN
- 9781845116279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.72€ 115.36
€ 130.72
€ 115.36
Hardback. Exploring the impact of travel on Arab cinema, Kay Dickinson reveals how the cinemas of Syria, Palestine and Dubai have been shaped by the history and politics of international circulation. This compelling book offers fresh insights into film, mobility and the Middle East. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; APF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 1. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844577859
- ISBN
- 9781844577859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 95.86
€ 106.95
€ 95.86
Hardback. This text attempts to go deeper than the imagery and address some of the general concerns of the cross-cultural representation and self-representation of the Balkans in the media. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, notes, filmography, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVW; APF; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851708485
- ISBN
- 9780851708485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 104.73
€ 118.84
€ 104.73
Hardback. Created as a companion volume to a major history of colour in British Cinema (also by Sarah Street), British Colour Cinema is a book based on a series of unique interviews conducted by Sarah Street and Elizabeth I Watkins with practitioners who worked in the UK with Technicolor and/or Eastmancolor during the 1930s-1950s. Editor(s): Street, Sarah; Brown, Simon; Watkins, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844574148
- ISBN
- 9781844574148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 94.96
€ 106.95
€ 94.96
Hardback. A few days after 9/11, US Vice-President Dick Cheney invoked the need for the USA to work 'the dark side' in its global 'War on Terror'. Covering a diverse spectrum of 21st century cinema, this books deals with documentary or fictional representations of atrocity such as state-sanctioned torture, genocide, enforced disappearance, and apartheid. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642632
- ISBN
- 9780748642632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.37
€ 106.95
€ 102.37
Book. BIC Classification: AVRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 304 x 4. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Pap/Psc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495005626
- ISBN
- 9781495005626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.42
€ 16.99
€ 14.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; AV; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474406895
- ISBN
- 9781474406895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.92
€ 106.95
€ 102.92
Hardcover. First monographic survey dedicated to performance, video, photography and installation artist Kevin Schmidt. Perhaps best known for his performance expeditions and interventions into the natural world, this book charts Schmidt's ongoing body of work addressing the tensions between man and nature, performance and document and indoors and outdoors. Num Pages: 160 pages, 106. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 230. .
- Publisher
- Black Dog Publishing London UK United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910433768
- ISBN
- 9781910433768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.31
€ 42.99
€ 40.31
Paperback. In early September 1051, the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" recorded that 'the French had built a castle', the first Norman castle in England. This work looks at the history behind the building of the castle and the man who built it, the Norman soldier Osbern. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMKL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752447971
- ISBN
- 9780752447971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Hardback. An overview of 20th and 21st-century film noir and fatalist film practice from 1945 onwards. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623990
- ISBN
- 9780748623990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 108.53
€ 112.89
€ 108.53
Paperback. Kathleen Ferrier was one of the greatest lyric contralto of the twentieth century. This book charts her life from her beginnings as a telephone operator in Blackburn, to the height of international fame as one of the world's leading concert artists. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845886288
- ISBN
- 9781845886288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.46
€ 19.46
Hardback. El Sistema - "the system" - is a music education phenomenon. Since its inception 40 years ago, over a million Venezuelan children from many different socio-economic backgrounds have participated in its mission of "social change through music". Num Pages: 300 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVS; JNU; YQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785580055
- ISBN
- 9781785580055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Hardcover. Focusing on films from 1998 onwards, this title analyses the development of LGBTQ filmmaking and filmwatching in Spain and places this within the wider cultural context. It investigates how these films are distributed and how audiences react to them. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APF; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748665860
- ISBN
- 9780748665860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 106.95
€ 102.99