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Sonorous voice, shaven head, enigmatic good looks - Yul Brynner was among the most distinctive, charismatic performers of his era. He was a circus acrobat, nude model, cabaret performer and television director before opting to pursue a career in acting. His rise to stardom in the '50s was nothing short of meteoric: a Tony Award for his stage role in The King and I, and an Oscar for its screen equivalent, sealed his reputation as one of the most hotly sought stars in the business. The Ten Commandments, Anastasia, The Brothers Karamazov, The Magnificent Seven, Taras Bulba and Westworld are just some of the highlights of a career which spanned three decades and forty films. Brynner acted alongs...
Anthony Perkins is best known for playing Norman Bates in Psycho. Its notoriety and success ensured he remained one of filmdom's most recognisable faces for the rest of his life... and beyond. Yet there were those (Perkins included) who felt he never truly shook the screen persona of the knife-wielding, mother-obsessed, cross-dressing psychopath, and he was often labelled on the strength of his most notorious role - thus giving a distorted view of a career which spanned four decades and almost sixty movies. In More Than A Psycho: The Complete Films Of Anthony Perkins, Dawn and Jonathon Dabell take a closer look at the actor's entire body of work. Their book provides cast and crew details, an extensive image gallery, background information and considered critical analysis for every title. Perkins was, they argue, more than just a prominent screen villain - his talent and versatility went much further, his wider oeuvre encompassing everything from romance to comedy, war to western, musical to sci-fi. With a foreword by highly regarded film and pop culture historian Paul Talbot, this is the essential guide to the career of Anthony Perkins.
Issue 1 of Cinema of the '70s Magazine examines movies made between 1970 and 1979. Containing an array of articles written by established professionals and knowledgeable amateurs, this publication offers in-depth articles, light reviews and informative overviews on an eclectic range of topics. The inaugural edition features a study of Kelly's Heroes by John Harrison; a look at the collaborative efforts of Clint Eastwood and Don Siegel by James Cadman; an insightful examination of the two Poseidon Adventure movies by Steven West; a detailed overview of the Hammer films of the decade by Ian Taylor; John H. Foote's argument why Francis Ford Coppola should be labelled the most important filmmaker of the decade; and a thorough exploration of Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze by John Allen Small. We also have exclusive interviews with British actress Judy Matheson and Oscar-nominated star Candy Clark... and much more besides! The colour version contains an extensive gallery of images throughout, all vibrantly complementing the text. What are you waiting for - welcome to the edgiest, grittiest, grooviest and most exciting decade of cinema - the Cinema of the '70s! Enjoy!
This is Issue 3 of Cinema of the '70s, a magazine dedicated to movies from the grooviest, grittiest decade of cinema. Our third edition contains 100 pages and features pieces by professional writers like John Harrison, Brian J. Robb, David Michael Brown, John H. Foote and others. The full contents are: Nosferatu the Vampyre by Rachel Bellwoar; Superman the Movie by Martin Dallard; The Night Porter by Ian Taylor; Watership Down by Eric McNaughton; Hal Ashby - Greatest Forgotten Filmmaker of the Seventies? by John H. Foote; Rabid Dogs by David Flack; Quadrophenia by David Michael Brown; Exclusive Interview with Franc Roddam; What's Up Doc? - Peter Bogdanovich and the 1970s Screwball Comedy Rev...
Super-spy Paul Chavasse – one of Jack Higgins’s most extraordinary heroes – embarks on a mission to Albania, only to find himself at the centre of a deadly double-cross, fighting for his life.
Principles of Optimal Design puts the concept of optimal design on a rigorous foundation and demonstrates the intimate relationship between the mathematical model that describes a design and the solution methods that optimize it. Since the first edition was published, computers have become ever more powerful, design engineers are tackling more complex systems, and the term optimization is now routinely used to denote a design process with increased speed and quality. This second edition takes account of these developments and brings the original text thoroughly up to date. The book now includes a discussion of trust region and convex approximation algorithms. A new chapter focuses on how to construct optimal design models. Three new case studies illustrate the creation of optimization models. The final chapter on optimization practice has been expanded to include computation of derivatives, interpretation of algorithmic results, and selection of algorithms and software. Both students and practising engineers will find this book a valuable resource for design project work.
Travel back to the future with dozens of 1980s favorites Before the internet, in the days of Rubik's Cubes, the Iran-Contra scandal, and Wall Street's booms and busts, movies captured the spirit of our times. Now you can revisit those great films with LIFE Movies of the 1980s, packed with glowing photos and behind-the-scenes stories from the pages of Life magazine.
From ‘Abbadabba’ to ‘Z-Cars’, this remarkable dictionary records the rich vocabulary that has evolved over the past century and a half, as part of the complex, stratified, multi-faceted and changing culture of Liverpool. The roots/routes, meanings and histories of the words of Liverpool are presented in a concise, clear and accessible format.
Nancy, Bess, and George are enrolled in a summer program called Park Pals to learn about birds, trees, and even bugs. But when a rare bird escapes from the park aviary, and one of the boys in the group brags that he'll be the one to find it, the girls rise to the challenge.
Dr Newton Barlow has everything a theoretical physicist could ask for - a glittering career both in the lab and on television, a beautiful wife, and best of all, the opportunity to promote his rock-solid certainty that supernatural and religious beliefs are nothing but complete and utter hokum. But Barlow is about to take a tumble. Mired in accusations of fraud, incompetence and malpractice, Newton is cast out from the scientific establishment and ejected from the family home. With his life in tatters, he descends into a wine-sodden wilderness. Then, after three lost years, Barlow is suddenly approached by his old mentor and fellow sceptic Dr Sixsmith with an extraordinary proposition, an of...