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Sounding the Modern Woman
From the beginning of the sound cinema era, singing actresses captivated Chinese audiences. In Sounding the Modern Woman, Jean Ma shows how their rise to stardom attests to the changing roles of women in urban modernity and the complex symbiosis between the film and music industries. The songstress—whether appearing as an opera actress, showgirl, revolutionary, or country lass—belongs to the lineage of the Chinese modern woman, and her forty year prevalence points to a distinctive gendering of lyrical expression in Chinese film. Ma guides readers through film history by way of the on and off-screen careers of many of the most compelling performers in Chinese film history, such as Zhou Xuan and Grace Chang, revealing the ways that national crises and Cold War conflict shaped their celebrity. As a bridge between the film cultures of prewar Shanghai and postwar Hong Kong, the songstress brings into view a dense web of connections linking these two periods and places that cut across the divides of war, national politics, and geography.
Under a Spell
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Rhinogydd - Ancient Routes and Old Roads
Jean Napier presents various aspects of the local history of the Rhinogydd mountains, an area littered with the remains of human habitation dating back centuries. We are led along drovers' routes, old coaching roads, derelict gold mines and ancient tombs, with striking photographs of a magnificent landscape.
Toward Logical Form
First Published in 1997. This book is devoted to an in-depth investigation of some of the properties of Logical Form (LF). The syntactic analyses argued for in this book are couched in terms of Chomsky’s Principles and Parameters approach prior to its most recent version known as “Minimalism” (Chomsky, 1995). However, the model of the syntax-semantics interface advocated in this book remains intact under minimalist assumptions, as the aspects of the syntactic representation known as LF investigated here have remained unaltered in the most recent version of generative syntax.
The Beloved Traitor
Frank L. Packard's novel, 'The Beloved Traitor,' is a captivating tale of love, betrayal, and redemption set against the backdrop of World War I. The book is intricately woven with suspense, mystery, and moral dilemmas as the protagonist navigates through a web of lies and deceit. Packard's writing style is both eloquent and engaging, drawing the reader into a world of intrigue and heart-wrenching decisions. The novel's literary context reflects the tumultuous period of war and the impact it had on individuals' lives and relationships. Packard masterfully balances the elements of romance and suspense to create a compelling narrative that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. Frank L. Pac...
The Greatest Crime Novels of Frank L. Packard (14 Titles in One Edition)
"The Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day, but at night he becomes The Gray Seal, a master thief and safe-breaker. "The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – The Gray Seal is back into the New York's underworld, after the woman he loves disappears. "Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue" – Jimmie Dale is back in the underworld of New York, and he is destined to find the criminal known as the Phantom. "Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder" – A friend of Jimmie Dale is found dead after receiving a mysterious blue envelope, and Jimmie is accused. "The Miracle Man" – Group of con artists have a plan to make millions using a faith healing fraud. "The Belovéd T...
FRANC L. PACKARD Ultimate Collection: 30+ Crime Novels, Murder Mysteries & Action Thrillers
This carefully crafted ebook: "FRANC L. PACKARD Ultimate Collection: 30+ Crime Novels, Murder Mysteries & Action Thrillers" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Jimmie Dale Mysteries The Adventures of Jimmie Dale The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder Other Novels The Miracle Man The Belovéd Traitor The Sin That Was His The Wire Devils From Now On The White Moll Pawned Doors of the Night The Four Stragglers The Red Ledger Short Stories On the Iron at Big Cloud Rafferty's Rule The Little Super "If a Man Die" Spitzer Shanley's Luck The Builder The Guardian of the Devil's Slide The B...
The Best Thriller Action Novels by Frank L. Packard
This unique and meticulously edited collection of thriller classics includes: Jimmie Dale Mysteries_x000D_ "The Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day, but at night he becomes The Gray Seal, a master thief and safe-breaker._x000D_ "The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – The Gray Seal is back into the New York's underworld, after the woman he loves disappears._x000D_ "Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue" – Jimmie Dale is back in the underworld of New York, and he is destined to find the criminal known as the Phantom._x000D_ "Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder" – A friend of Jimmie Dale is found dead after receiving a mysterious blue envelope, and Jimmie ...
The Disentanglers
The scene was a dusky shabby little room in Ryder Street. To such caves many repair whose days are passed, and whose food is consumed, in the clubs of the adjacent thoroughfare of cooperative palaces, Pall Mall. The furniture was battered and dingy; the sofa on which Logan sprawled had a certain historic interest: it was covered with cloth of horsehair, now seldom found by the amateur. A bookcase with glass doors held a crowd of books to which the amateur would at once have flown. They were in ‘boards’ of faded blue, and the paper labels bore alluring names: they were all First Editions of the most desirable kind. The bottles in the liqueur case were antique; a coat of arms, not undistin...
The Selected Works of Andrew Lang
When the learned first gave serious attention to popular ballads, from the time of Percy to that of Scott, they laboured under certain disabilities. The Comparative Method was scarcely understood, and was little practised. Editors were content to study the ballads of their own countryside, or, at most, of Great Britain. Teutonic and Northern parallels to our ballads were then adduced, as by Scott and Jamieson. It was later that the ballads of Europe, from the Faroes to Modern Greece, were compared with our own, with EuropeanMärchen, or children’s tales, and with the popular songs, dances, and traditions of classical and savage peoples. The results of this more recent comparison may be bri...
