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Zero Tolerance & Just Greed/ Not Lust
Theres murder and stock market shenanigans continually taking place in sports-crazy Honey Oaks, Texas. Curiously enough, the athletic programs of Honey Oaks High are where the crimes that keep citizen-investigator Clayfour Peterson and Feaster County Sheriff Dalton Gumby looking for perps originate, first at the Honey Oaks Bumblebee football stadium in Zero Tolerance and then at the Honey Oaks High Gymnasium in Just Greed/Not Lust. Two stories in one cover, set two years apart with a continuing group of characters makes for some exciting reading, especially for those wanting a taste of Texas and the people, events and items that make it a unique state to live in, if not read about.
Doctor Zhivago
The multiple award-winning Doctor Zhivago (1965) is one of America's finest films of all time. Ian Christie contextualizes the film as an epic Russian love story and a Cold War classic, charts its production and reception, including the contribution of designer John Box, and discusses the unique history of the Bruce Pasternak novel it is based on.
Sociocultural Aspects of Translating and Interpreting
Translation Studies has recently been searching for connections with Cultural Studies and Sociology. This volume brings together a range of ways in which the disciplines can be related, particularly with respect to research methodologies. The key aspects covered are the agents behind translation, the social histories revealed by translations, the perceived roles and values of translators in social contexts, the hidden power relations structuring publication contexts, and the need to review basic concepts of the way social and cultural systems work. Special importance is placed on Community Interpreting as a field of social complexity, the lessons of which can be applied in many other areas. The volume studies translators and interpreters working in a wide range of contexts, ranging from censorship in East Germany to English translations in Gujarat. Major contributions are made by Agnès Whitfield, Daniel Gagnon, Franz Pöchhacker, Michaela Wolf, Pekka Kujamäki and Rita Kothari, with an extensive introduction on methodology by Anthony Pym.
The American Herd Book
To which is prefixed a concise history of English and American Short horns, compiled from the best authorities.
The Voodoo Doll
On the beautiful Carolina coast Kimberly Marshall's world came crashing down when she discovered a voodoo doll made in her image in the bottom drawer of her husband's desk.
Beyond the Epic
Two-time Academy Award winner Sir David Lean (1908–1991) was one of the most prominent directors of the twentieth century, responsible for the classics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). British-born Lean asserted himself in Hollywood as a major filmmaker with his epic storytelling and panoramic visions of history, but he started out as a talented film editor and director in Great Britain. As a result, he brought an art-house mentality to blockbuster films. Combining elements of biography and film criticism, Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean uses screenplays and production histories to assess Lean's body of work. Autho...
