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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
€ 31.60

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

€ 136.35
€ 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

€ 112.39
€ 101.01

Book. .
Publisher
Hal Leonard Europe Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785582172
ISBN
9781785582172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 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
€ 27.83

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

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

€ 106.71
€ 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

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

€ 106.71
€ 102.83

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

€ 141.96
€ 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

€ 130.13
€ 116.28

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

€ 106.47
€ 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

€ 118.30
€ 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

€ 106.47
€ 95.71

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

€ 106.71
€ 102.37

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

€ 106.47
€ 102.92

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

€ 112.64
€ 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

€ 20.99
€ 19.60

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

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

€ 106.71
€ 102.99

Paperback. The first full-length study of Wong Kar-wai.Teo has produced a robust, well-researched book, ably exploring Wong's thematic strands Series: World Directors. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
191
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844570294
ISBN
9781844570294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.05

Paperback. In a world, in which camcorders and CCTV are witness to our every move and Big Brother and The Blair Witch Project are phenomenally popular and widely imitated, the divide between reality and liction has become increasingly blurred. Series: Understanding the Moving Image S. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 176 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844570621
ISBN
9781844570621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.17

Paperback. For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. Assembling his writings on music, this title combines autobiography, history, musical analysis, and political commentary to recall the sounds, people, times, and places he's encountered. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 426 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
426
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265820
ISBN
9780520265820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Hardback. Editor(s): Halligan, Benjamin; Fairclough-Isaacs, Kirsty; Edgar, Robert; Spelman, Nicola. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 mono images. BIC Classification: AV; JFD; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 649.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628925548
ISBN
9781628925548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.62
€ 158.19

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