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My Battery Is Low and It Is Getting Dark

Auteure: Stephen Leigh , Jacey Bedford , John G. Hartness , José Pablo Iriarte , Alethea Kontis , Merc Fenn Wolfmoor , Kari Sperring , Edward Willett , Dana Berube , Anthony Lowe , Brian Hugenbruch , William Leisner , Alexander Gideon , Chris Kocher

Nombre de pages: 296

A military attack drone turned shepherd. A train on the London Underground evolving into something new and wondrous. A troupe of robotic actors struggling to find meaning when the audience has disappeared. Explore the myriad ideas of what happens when out-of-date and abandoned technologies are given a second life—one that takes them in a new direction, far outside their intended programming and beyond their original purpose. My Battery Is Low And It Is Getting Dark features fourteen stories of quiet hope, heartbreak, creation, and death from fantasy and science fiction authors Dana Berube, Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, Jacey Bedford, Anthony Lowe, Chris Kocher, Brian Hugenbruch, William Leisner, José Pablo Iriarte, Alethea Kontis, Kari Sperring, Edward Willett, John G. Hartness, Alexander Gideon, and Stephen Leigh. You may never look at your smart speaker the same way again.

Wish Upon a Stray: A Wish Novel

Auteure: Yamile Saied Méndez

Nombre de pages: 199

A heartwarming and authentic immigration story about a stray dog, the power of music, and celebrating old traditions along with new beginnings, by Pura Belpre Award-winning author Yamile Saied Mendez. Maria Emilia's life turns upside-down when she and her family immigrate from Argentina to the US. How can she make new friends when simply speaking English all day is exhausting? Luckily, she has the company of a stray dog in the neighborhood, who happens to look and act just like her beloved pet cat back home. Eventually, it turns out the pup isn't a stray after all -- she belongs to Maria Emilia's new neighbor, Donovan. In order to spend more time with the dog (who totally isn't her reincarnated cat... right?), she agrees to sing in Donovan's band. But can Emilia find her new voice without losing herself?

Revue noire

Nombre de pages: 284

Dark Secrets & Sweet Kisses

Auteure: Agnes Canestri

Nombre de pages: 450

Searching for the truth was all fun and games...until protecting their hearts became the real challenge... Nurse Carmen Rossi is a natural-born helper, ready to give a hand to whoever is in need. So, she was happy to organize her cousin’s wedding and make it the biggest event the small town of Cirella had ever seen. And while she did that, she could definitely solve the mystery of who hurt her patient’s nephew. But she wasn’t prepared to work with a real cop on the case…and she certainly wasn’t ready for her attraction to him… Detective Emiliano Segatti lives for his job, but right now, he could use a break from it. Still, when the star witness in his case against an infamous mafia boss escapes custody, his plans for a mellow vacation in Cirella are ruined. To catch the fugitive, Emiliano will need to stake out those who helped the police catch the guy in the first place—which leads him to Carmen. Helping the woman in her sleuthing adventure is only an excuse to shadow her, yet the more time Emiliano spends with Carmen, the more he realizes that protecting her isn't the real challenge. Ignoring his untimely feelings for her, however, is. As the investigation turns...

We Are Not Alone in the Dark

Auteure: Ryan Hoyt

Nombre de pages: 183

Light pierces through darkness. Fear freezes him in place. The night visitors have arrived. At fifteen, Bryan's list of worries includes school, bullies, girls, and drama with his friends. That's not where it ends. An abusive felon father, a mother who disappears into her work to avoid dealing with trauma, and the family farm falling into neglect. There is something worse, though. Something that comes only at night. As everything in his life unravels around him, Bryan must rely on his friends to help him survive for another day. But when even his closest friendships seem fleeting, Bryan finds himself trapped. Abandoned. His world has closed in around him. Another night is coming. Only one thing is certain to Bryan, even if nobody believes him: He is not alone in the dark. *** We Are Not Alone in the Dark is a coming-of-age horror novel with mature themes and language, not intended for young readers. Trigger warnings include bullying, trauma, and child & domestic abuse. Please read with discretion.

The Killer Family

Auteure: David L Preston

Nombre de pages: 289

A Mafia Family. A Drug Cartel. A Bloody War for Revenge. When the Gulf Cartel sends a brutal message to New Orleans’ underworld by killing the teenage son of a powerful mob boss, retaliation is swift and merciless. The Martello crime family enlists the deadly Mordeauxs—an unassuming family with a lethal skillset—to wipe out the cartel’s leader and his entire bloodline. As violence erupts across the city, two NOPD detectives must untangle a web of deception before the streets are flooded with more blood. But in this war of loyalty and vengeance, justice is never black and white. The Killer Family is a gripping mafia crime thriller packed with action, dark family secrets, and high-stakes revenge. If you love intense, fast-paced crime fiction, this novel will keep you hooked until the final bullet.

Dark Corridor

Auteure: Denise Robins

Nombre de pages: 206

A captivating love story from the 100-million copy bestselling Queen of Romance - originally published in 1974 and now available for the first time in eBook. Corisande Gilroy is engaged to the most wonderful man in the world – handsome, debonair Martin. But when Corrie meets him at the hotel in Madeira for a holiday, he isn’t there. His room is empty, his suitcase only half unpacked – it is as if he vanished into thin air. There is no trace of him despite all the efforts of the local police. Faced with this mystery, Corrie is plunged into an agony of love and fear. Has she lost Martin to the dark corridor that has haunted her dreams?

Moving Beyond Boundaries (Vol. 2)

Auteure: Carole Boyce-davies , Molara Ogundipe-leslie

Nombre de pages: 344

v. 1. International dimensions of Black women's writing -- . v. 2. Black women's diasporas

Revised and Updated Edition

Auteure: Steven J. Phillips , Patricia Wentworth Comus

Nombre de pages: 676

"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish, 4th Edition

Auteure: John B. Butt , John Butt , Carmen Benjamin

Nombre de pages: 616

This text provides a comprehensive guide to the forms and structures of the Spanish spoken and written in Spain and Latin America. Examples have been introduced, drawing on contemporary Spanish and Latin American usage.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas

Auteure: Ernest Preston Edwards

Nombre de pages: 292

More than a thousand species of birds occur in Mexico and in the adjacent countries of Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Of these birds, a unique mixture of temperate-zone and tropical species, less than half are found in the United States, and many cross the border only a short distance into the southwestern states. This practical field guide contains detailed annotations for easy identification of all of Mexico's regular species. The descriptions include the English, Spanish, and Latin names; a general range statement for each bird, along with its specific occurrences in the region; its typical habitat(s) and abundance; and its physical characteristics, including size and plumage. Excellent color plates with drawings of over 850 species make this the most fully illustrated guide to the region. Published by the author in 1972 and 1989, this convenient take-along guide is now totally revised, updated, and re-designed to provide handy assistance and enjoyment to professional ornithologists and amateur birders alike.

Hair's How

Auteure: Hair's How

Nombre de pages: 121

This colorful photo book of captivating make up step-by-steps - is a new project presented by Hair’s How and artistic duo Lepier. It includes a variety of 50 different looks created with the artistry of make up in mind. Adapted and tailored to everyday life, you won't find any over-the-top looks, only truly wearable looks for everyday women. In fact, most of the women featured here are ordinary beauties rather than professional models. Text in English, German, Spanish & French.

Active Measures

Auteure: Marc Cameron

Nombre de pages: 343

OLD ENEMIES NEVER DIE Cuba and the United States are in talks to normalize relations, something the old guard on the Communist-controlled island has vowed to stop—by any means necessary. Zayda de la Guardia, a rogue general in the Cuban security services, has gotten his hands on a nuclear weapon left over from the Cold War. He plans to launch it on Miami, an attack that could kill millions. There’s just one thing standing in his way: special agent Jericho Quinn and his team have traveled undercover to Cuba to unravel de la Guardia’s plot before it ignites a nuclear holocaust. Thrown into a secret prison, pursued by assassins, and trapped on the tiny island during one of the worst hurricanes of the century, Quinn and his crew must survive a trial by fire to prevent an international confrontation that would make the Cuban Missile Crisis look like a fist fight. Praise for Marc Cameron’s Open Carry “Cameron, who has nearly three decades in law enforcement and a stint as a U.S. Marshal, keeps all the plot points delicately balanced and at the same time creates sympathetic heroes, depraved villains, and nail-biting action. Readers will eagerly await his next.” —Publishers...

The Darkness and the Thunder

Auteure: Stewart Binns

Nombre de pages: 527

The second in Stewart Binns' acclaimed Great War Series, The Darkness and the Thunder is a sweeping story of war following five families through the terrifying conditions of the Western Front, the slaughter of Gallipoli and the heartbreak of those left at home. 'The book on the conflict remembered 100 years on' Jon Wise, Sunday Sport -1915- The Western Front is a wasteland of barbed wire, shell craters and mud-filled trenches. Winston Churchill, searching for a solution to the stalemate, commits the Allies to a disastrous Gallipoli campaign. As men on both sides die in droves, miners and mill-workers work tirelessly for the war effort while families confront the broken bodies of returning soldiers. Nurses, soldiers, politicians, factory-workers and children - all are torn apart by war, and for husbands and sons, mothers and wives, the old way of life is vanishing. *** Praise for Stewart Binns: 'Anyone with even a vague interest in Britain and the Great War should read The Shadow of War' Celia Sandys, granddaughter of Winston Churchill 'Stewart Binns has produced a real page-turner, a truly stunning adventure story' Alastair Campbell 'A fascinating mix of fact, legend and fiction . ...

Ceremonies of the Sarum Missal

Auteure: Richard Urquhart

Nombre de pages: 329

R.J. Urquhart provides the first systematic description of the ceremonial of the Sarum Mass in 500 years. Using a variety of sources, and tracing the Sarum rite and its occasional use from the Act of Supremacy through to modern times, Urquhart has compiled a volume that offers the best possible reconstruction and overview of these profoundly beautiful rites from the liturgical treasury of the Church. Urquhart considers Sarum in the light of Pope Benedict XVI's groundbreaking apostolic constitution, Anglicanorum Coetibus, and how this has reopened the question of the catholicity of part of the Anglican patrimony. He also considers the impact of Pope Benedict's Summorum Pontificum and its proposition that what was sacred for earlier generations remains sacred now, arguing that this supremely pastoral teaching calls for a more profound and detailed study of the rite. Urquhart covers all aspects of the ritual, beginning with an outline of the vessels, books and vestments and then moving on to outline both Low and High Mass, special forms, processions and blessings, and the ritual year. Appendices cover the role of the laity, and offer an Ordo Missae with simple rubrics.

Pansies, violas, and violets, by C. Jordan [and others].

Auteure: Pansies

Nombre de pages: 120

What the Owl Saw

Auteure: Gerald W. Mcfarland

Nombre de pages: 295

The second volume in the Buenaventura Series and the sequel to The Brujo’s Way, opens in December 1705 with a terrifying nightmare that fills Don Carlos Buenaventura, a powerful brujo in his sixth life, with dread. Feeling the need to strengthen his brujo powers, always weakened by town life, he rides out into the wild mountain landscapes around Santa Fe in order to practice his sorcerer’s technique of transforming himself into hawks and owls. Transformations are exhilarating, but they do not dispel his sense of an impending menace. In addition, as he tells his friend Inéz de Recalde, whom he has rescued from a difficult past and to whom he has declared his love, he is impatient to move forward in his quest for wisdom on what he calls the Unknown Way. Into this picture comes a trio of itinerant entertainers, a magician and two women dancers, who offer an ambiguous promise. Can they lead him to deeper realms of consciousness, or are they agents of his enemy, the evil sorcerer Don Malvolio? The magician and his alluring companions introduce Carlos to dances that transport him into ecstatic mind states, but he remains uncertain about what master they serve. Despite the risk of...

Policing the Revolution

Auteure: Rebecca Hanson

Nombre de pages: 281

Since the mid-2000s Venezuela has been ranked one of the most violent countries in the world as homicides and police violence skyrocketed. Much has been written about the country's turn to Chavismo but scholarship has ignored what will perhaps be the revolution's most important legacy: how Chavista policies transformed coercive power and the security landscape. In Policing the Revolution, Rebecca Hanson provides the first in-depth analysis of policing and security policies during the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, focusing on the experiences of three groups: police officers, police reformers, and residents of neighborhoods most affected by violence. Drawing on ethnographic, interview, and survey research collected over ten years, she analyzes how security policies within the context of the pink tide and later turn to authoritarianism contributed to the expansion of lateral violence and the pluralization of non-state violent actors. Far from the always-already authoritarian project proposed by many scholars and pundits, Hanson shows that the Bolivarian Revolution was defined by highly contested and contrasting visions of security that resulted in a fragmented and inconsistent...

Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Auteure: Academia Brasileira De Ciências

Nombre de pages: 698

Life in Debt

Auteure: Clara Han

Nombre de pages: 298

“Life in Debt will become, I predict, one of the classic ethnographies in the anthropological study of state violence, community responses, and the moral life of the global poor. Relating economic and political debt, financial and psychological depression, and caregiving by ordinary people and by social institutions, Clara Han maps our brave new world just about as illuminatingly as it has been done. A remarkable achievement.” -Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University “In this highly sophisticated take on the ironies of neoliberal social reforms, the corporate sector, consumer culture, and chronic underemployment, nothing can be read literally. Han transforms underclass urban ethnography in Latin America by bringing readers directly into the intimate flow of relationships, experiences, and emotions in family life on the margins of Santiago, Chile." -Kay Warren, Director, Pembroke Center, Brown University. "People-centered, movingly written, and analytically probing, Life in Debt deals with both the human costs and the changing structures of power driven by contemporary dynamics of neoliberalism. Combining a deep and nuanced understanding of Chile's history with a longitudinal and ...

Forestfall

Auteure: Lyndall Clipstone

Nombre de pages: 303

The stunning sequel to Lyndall Clipstone's Lakesedge, for fans of Naomi Novik's Uprooted and Brigid Kemmerer's A Curse So Dark and Lonely At the lake's edge, I made my promise. In the forest, I will fall. The curse that haunted Lakesedge Estate has been broken, but at great cost. Violeta Graceling has sacrificed herself to end the Corruption. To escape death, Leta makes a desperate bargain with the Lord Under, one that sees her living at his side in the land of the dead. And though he claims to have given her all he promised, Leta knows this world of souls and mists hides many secrets. When she discovers she is still bound to Rowan, Leta goes to drastic lengths to reforge their connection. But her search for answers, and a path back home, will see her drawn into even more dangerous bargains, and struggling to resist the allure of a new, dark, power.

Butterflies of West Africa

Auteure: Torben Larsen

Nombre de pages: 595

This book attempts to summarize all that is known about the nearly 1,500 butterfly species known from West Africa, the fifteen countries that stretch from Senegal and Mauritania on the Atlantic to Nigeria and Niger in the east, touching also on the extreme western parts of Cameroun (Mauritania, The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Bénin, Nigeria, and Niger). It is the result of more than ten years of intensive personal research. The fauna of West Africa accounts for well over a third of all butterflies in the Afrotropical biogeographical region, and about one in twelve of all butterflies known worldwide. Just 30 years ago the area covered was believed to have just about 1,000 species. The aims and objectives of the book are: 1) To describe and illustrate all West African butterflies in such a way that most can be identified by non-specialists. Nearly all species are illustrated in colour on the 125 plates, many of which have never been adequately figured before. There are numerous illustrations of genitalia in difficult groups of Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae. 2) To give their distribution over the...

Fiesta Moon

Auteure: Linda Windsor

Nombre de pages: 270

Dear Reader, are you ready for more moonstruck madness? Mix a sassy senorita, an incorrigible Don Juan, and a haunted hacienda, and you get page-turning intrigue and romance. When American social worker Corinne Diaz arrives at a remote mountain village to volunteer at a local orphanage, she thinks it's a slice of Mexican heaven...until Mark Madison shows up. Saved once again from the clink by his brother, the engineer promises to stay sober and fly right. Battling the kindling chemistry between them, the stubborn opposites are determined to dispel an old superstition threatening the new orphanage. As the dilemma becomes more sinister, things get hotter than a basket of habaneros. Little do Corinne and Mark realize that while they work to save the project-and their lives-the Mexicalli moon is working on them. Sometimes an added pinch of faith can make just about anything possible! Enjoy the lift of laugher, Linda Windsor

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish

Auteure: John B. Butt , Carmen Benjamin , Moreira-rodriguez Antonia

Nombre de pages: 812

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish is a comprehensive, cohesive and clear guide to the forms and structures of Spanish as it is written and spoken today in Spain and Latin-America. It includes clear descriptions of all the main grammatical phenomena of Spanish, and their use, illustrated by numerous examples of contemporary Spanish, both Peninsular and Latin-American, formal and informal. Fully revised and updated, the sixth edition is even more relevant to students and teachers of Spanish. The sixth edition includes: • new chapters, providing more detail and examples of key areas of Spanish grammar; • an increased number of Mexican examples to reflect the growing interest in this country’s variety of Spanish; • new information for readers studying Spanish and French together; • a glossary of grammatical terms including English translations of Spanish terms. The combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage is invaluable for learners at level B2–C2 of the Common European Framework for Languages, and Intermediate High–Advanced High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.

Universal commercial correspondence in six languages

Auteure: Heinrich Bos I. Brutzer

Nombre de pages: 684

A Verse from Babylon

Auteure: Jeannelle M. Ferreira

Nombre de pages: 150

This novel follows the trauma of a Jewish family living in the Vilna area during the late 1930's. Their struggles to survive, fight and escape the horrors of this time are vividly portrayed.

Black Book of Arabia

Auteure: Hend Al Qassemi

Nombre de pages: 257

Discover a collection of short stories that will plunge you into the personal lives of a whole range of men and women - everyone from princesses to paupers and from sultans to sorcerers. You'll meet a princess whose best friend literally tries to steal her wedding, right down to her bridal shoes; a bride who mysteriously goes blind on her wedding day; a woman whose romantic Parisian honeymoon proves too good to be true; and a jealous wife who lures her husband into falling in love with another woman. These candid stories – sometimes moving, sometimes funny, and always entertaining and surprising – will resonate with readers round the world.

Havana Fever

Auteure: Leonardo Padura

Nombre de pages: 290

Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The return of Mario Conde.

The Garden

Nombre de pages: 668

Gnostic Rosicrucian Kabalah

Auteure: Daath Gnosis , Arnoldo Krumm-heller

Nombre de pages: 342

This is the first known English translation of the third of a series of correspondence courses that were given to Spanish language students throughout the Americas. Arnoldo Krumm-Heller (Huiracocha) sent this class to the subscribers of his ""Revista Rosa Cruz"" [Rose Cross Magazine] beginning in 1936. These classes were part of the Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua (F.R.A.) curriculum, an organization Krumm-Heller founded in 1927. ""All the works of the renowned Krumm-Heller (Huiracocha) are wells of Initiatic wisdom that very few have comprehended..."" - from 'GEMINI' in the "Zodiacal Course" by Samael Aun Weor. This books has 2 main sections: 1) ""Aryan-Egyptian Course of Kabalah"" by Krumm-Heller (Huiracocha) 2) Editor's Appendix with a summary of the correspondences given by the Author related to each Tarot card; a translation of 'Franco-Egyptian' Tarot descriptions which appear to have influenced Krumm-Heller; as well as extracts of articles from his 'Rose Cross Magazine' on relevant topics.

Deconstructing Dreamscapes of Femininity

Auteure: Lisa Pavlik-malone

Nombre de pages: 120

This book explores the cognitive inter-dynamics of two overarching dimensions of human consciousness, referred to as This World and The Otherworld, respectively. Together, these dimensions may create, for any developing girl, a more-or-less unique experience of the archetype referred to here as Lolita, in the Mist. This “mist” may be a vital detail of Lolita imagery for an individual girl feeling protected enough to explore her budding sexuality in This World that is conjured, to a significant degree, through The Otherworld dimension. Indeed, such imagery may be a part of what dreaming experienced in waking life is made of. The book will be of interest to scholars and other researchers interested in how visual and social perceptual processes, principally through film imagery, might create a more phenomenological experience of the archetype through the interplay between This World and The Otherworld, as each exists within all of us.

Phoenix

Auteure: Daccari Buchelli

Nombre de pages: 390

No power is greater than the one you’re willing to sacrifice. Princess Violetta Flame lives her life according to rule, but those rules require her to pay a heavy price. Haunted by a devastating loss, she longs for freedom. When a handsome ruler takes a special interest in her, she senses greater things lie ahead, but behind the handsome façade lies a dark secret – one that can usurp her efforts and cast her back into the life she detested. The throne was never promised to Emperor Ryore Frost, but now that he has ultimate power, his world is filled with possibilities. Citizens bow at his feet, but their fleeting adoration is no match for his obsession with the young Flame Princess. As his feelings for the staunchly independent princess grow, a new threat emerges, bent on undermining his efforts and betraying his sensibilities. When past tragedies, malevolent behaviour, and strong wills collide, which will reign supreme?

Botanologia, the English Herbal, Or History of Plants, Adorn'd with Figures

Auteure: William Salmon

Nombre de pages: 758

African Violet Magazine

Nombre de pages: 948

Lakesedge

Auteure: Lyndall Clipstone

Nombre de pages: 300

A stunningly written, lush dark fantasy perfect for fans of A Curse So Dark and Lonely and Uprooted. There are monsters in the world. Violeta Graceling has spent her life in an isolated cottage, trying to protect herself and her beloved younger brother Arien from their adoptive mother's twisted cruelty. A cruelty driven by the mysterious shadows that unwillingly spill from Arien's hands, spelling dark magic and an even darker underworld. To escape means taking a position at the haunted estate of Rowan Sylvanan—the so-called "Monster of Lakesedge"—who comes seeking Arien's dark magic. The monster who, it is whispered, stalks the halls of his manor and the shores of the blackened, cursed lake. Yet as Violeta investigates Lakesedge's tragic history, she discovers that its prickly, standoffish lord is far from a monster, but an orphaned boy not much older than she is. As their friendship blossoms, Violeta learns the tragic truth of Rowan's curse and his fateful bargain with the Lord Under. To save Lakesedge, she must make a bargain of her own with the fiendish being who rules over the world Below.

A Beauty Unbroken

Auteure: Deborah Russo

Nombre de pages: 301

A Beauty Unbroken is a story of sorrow and despair, tragedy and loss, of intrigue and passion full of remarkable courage, love, and resilience. It happens in the majestic mountains and cliffs of Southern Italy in the Campania Region with views of the Bay of Naples, Sorrento, Positano, and the Mediterranean Sea. Born in 1948, thirteen-year-old Violetta Yanonne, a smart, noncompliant, and sassy Italian Catholic girl, lives on a farm with her grandparents and single mother in Benevento, Italy. While longing to be loved, she's a dreamer in search to know who her father is. Violetta has a belligerent mistrust of adults who insist she marry young, be a dutiful wife, and ignore her passion for a college degree and a career. Having been exposed to the effects of lies and deception, scandals, pedophilia, rape, and murder, Violetta is skeptical of the Catholic Church and its patriarchal teachings. In her discontent, she takes to the mountains and sea. She follows her intuition, feeling its presence deep within her heart. Determined to leave her home country for a better life, Violetta avoids a committed relationship with Julius, who is in love with her, even though they have a deep love for ...

The Hawai'i Garden

Auteure: Horace F. Clay , James C. Hubbard

Nombre de pages: 317

Hawaii is the home of the world's greatest collection of tropical and subtropical plants. The Islands' benign and varied microclimates have accepted plants from many different places, ranging from the humid jungle rain forests to arid deserts, and from seacoasts sprayed with salt to mountainsides of almost Andean heights. With the enormous variety of plants that have made Hawaii one great botanical garden, comes also a great curiosity and search for knowledge about them. This volume features more than 100 striking plants, grown for their colorful or exotic flowers and foliage. All of these exotics have proved successful for the amateur gardener in Hawaii, including several unusual new varieties and cultivars, only recently made available commercially. Among these are the Hawaiian butterfly anthurium, the jewel of Burma ginger, ice-blue calathea, and a rare ginger from Tahiti.

"Music, Sound, and Silence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer "

Auteure: Janetk. Halfyard

Nombre de pages: 298

The intense and continuing popularity of the long-running television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) has long been matched by the range and depth of the academic critical response. This volume, the first devoted to the show's imaginative and widely varied use of music, sound, and silence, helps to develop an increasingly important and inadequately covered area of research - the many roles of music in contemporary television. In addressing this significant gap, this book provides an exemplary overview of the functions of music and sound in the interpretation of a television show. This is done through analyses that focus on scoring and source music, the title theme, the music production process, the critically acclaimed musical episode (voted number 13 in Channel Four's One Hundred Greatest Musicals), the symbolic and dramatic use of silence, and the popular reception of the show by its international fan base. In keeping with contemporary trends in the study of popular musics, a variety of critical approaches are taken from musicology, cultural studies, and media and communication studies, specifically employing critique, musical analysis, industry studies, and...