Author: Michael Balfour
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: power, tides, germany
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1992-08-20
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0415067871
ISBN-13: 9780415067874
In Germany - The Tides of Power, Michael Balfour sets out to explain the factors which have shaped the German social, political and economic character. Tracing the movement of power from the Middle Ages onwards, he seeks to lead the reader to an understanding of modern Germany - why Germany precipitated, and lost, two major wars this century; how the astonishing growth of wealth over the last half-century was achieved; the meaning behind the recent unification of Germany. As German economic expansion continues into the 1990’s, Professor Balfour discusses the power held by this technologi
Author: Amy C. Balfour
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Keywords: encounter, angeles, los, planet, lonely
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-10-01
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 1741792908
ISBN-13: 9781741792904
What Will Your Los Angeles Encounter Be?Hunting for handbags and dodging the paparazzi on Robertson BlvdAn ocean view and pumpkin-spice pancakes on the sunny patio at Uncle Bill’sMarveling at Judy Garland’s tiny foot next to yours at Grauman’s Chinese TheatreEscaping from Disneyland’s manic energy on the Haunted Mansion rideA Venice Beach stroll through sun-loving palms, oiled chests, bongo drummers and jewelry vendorsShooting Chinese herb whisky with the regulars at a Los Feliz opium den-style barDiscover Twice the City in Half the TimeFull-color pull-out map and detai
Author: Michael Balfour
Publisher: Intellect Ltd
Keywords: practice, theory, prison, theatre
Number of Pages: 206
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1841500666
ISBN-13: 9781841500669
From role-plays with street gangs in the USA to Beckett in Brixton; from opera productions with sex offenders to psychodrama with psychopaths, the book will discuss, analyse and reflect on theoretical notions and practical applications of theatre for and with the incarcerated.Theatre in Prison is a collection of thirteen international essays exploring the rich diversity of innovative drama works in prisons. The book includes an introduction that will present a contextualisation of the prison theatre field. Thereafter, leading practitioners and academics will explore key aspects of practice &en
Author: Michael Balfour
Publisher: Berghahn Book
Keywords: extremis, performance, war, theatre
Number of Pages: 189
Published: 2001-11-01
List price: $22.50
ISBN-10: 1571814973
ISBN-13: 9781571814975
One evening in 1934, on the River Arno in Florence, an air squadron, an infantry, a cavalry brigade, fifty trucks, four field and machine gun batteries, ten field radio stations, and six photoelectric units presented a piece of theatre. One of eleven extraordinary essays in Theatre and War describes this mass spectacle in which two thousand amateur actors performed before an audience of twenty thousand. The authors of this volume assess the function of theatre in times of world crisis, exploring themes of Fascist aesthetic propaganda in Italy and Germany, of theatre re-education programmes in
Authors:Atom Egoyan, Ian Balfour,
Publisher: The MIT Pre
Keywords: city, alphabet, film, foreignness, subtitles
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0262050781
ISBN-13: 9780262050784
"Every film is a foreign film," Atom Egoyan and Ian Balfour tell us in their introduction to Subtitles. How, then, to translate the experience of filmwhich, as Egoyan says, makes us "feel outside and inside at the same time"? Taking subtitles as their point of departure, the thirty-two contributors to this unique collection consider translation, foreignness, and otherness in film culture. Their discussions range from the mechanics and aesthetics of subtitles themselves to the xenophobic reaction to translation to subtitles as a metaphor for the distance and intimacy of film. The essays, inte
Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Keywords: bronze, balfour, palestine, england, sword, bible
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1984-02-12
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0345314271
ISBN-13: 9780345314277
With the lucidity and vividness that characterize all her work, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian, Barbara Tuchman, explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state--and to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today."Barbara Tuchman is a wise and witty writer, a shrewd observer with a lively command of high drama."PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Author: Thelma Balfour
Publisher: Fireside
Keywords: guide, zodiac, american, african, sun, signs, black
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1996-04-02
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0684812096
ISBN-13: 9780684812090
Finally, a Guide to the Zodiac About Us and For Us! If you love following your sun sign but never seem to feel what you read is directed toward you, wait no more. Here’s a guide to the zodiac that will make you say, "Wow, that’s me!" From the fiery Arian to the charismatic Aquarian, you’ll find examples of yourself, friends, loved ones, and even your children in this down-to-earth guide. No more cosmic adventures into your planets! Now here’s a book that tells you the real deal about you and those special people in your life. You’ll gain an insight into that pra
