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The publication of "On the Origin of Species" in 1859 was the culmination of more than 20 years of work by Charles Darwin, and the ideas he presented in it would lead to a fundamental change in the way we think about life on earth. Evolution was controversial at the time and now, as the bicentenary of Darwin's birth approaches in 2009, it remains the subject of bitter argument. As revolutionary as the theory was, it did not come out of thin ai...

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Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. A thorough introduction to the many aspects of the complex and controversial phenomenon of globalisation, this straightforward little book shows how globalised culture, econom...

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. Sonic, Mario, PlayStation--these terms are now part of the cultural lexicon. It isn't uncommon to find a video game console lurking under televisions, but at the same time, th...

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Fully up-to-date with all the latest info, and published to coincide with the 2005 Oscar ceremony.

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Gnosticism is the name given to various religious schools that proliferated in the first centuries after Christ, nearly becoming the dominant form of Christianity, but was eventually branded as heretical by the emerging Christian church. The long and diverse history of Gnosticism is recounted here, as well as reasons for its continued relevance today. Although some Gnostic beliefs are close to mainstream Christianity, others examined here incl...

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. This completely unauthorized guide to the Oscars explains how the Academy Awards can help us to understand the history of Hollywood. In a decade-by-decade account, it details ...

Clint Eastwood has been Hollywood's most consistently successful male star since the golden days of the studio era. He has established himself as a respected director whose work includes at least two of the great western films of the last quarter century, one an Oscar winner, as well as a number of deeply personal works which hardly fit the mode of the action hero. This book analyses all of Eastwood's films as director and includes information...

Europe: a continent - yet also an idea. Now, as the European Union increasingly assumes control of the interests and issues of its members, Europe is closer than ever to being one entity, although that path is, as ever, fraught with problems and crises. Gordon Kerr provides an overview the history of this great and troubled continent.

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. In this volume Don Shiach encapsulates the peaks of the British film achievement from the beginning of the sound era to the first decade of the 21st century. The giant figures...

A meticulously selected dissection of 'the monster' in celluloid, from the creepy talons of Max Schreck in 1922's "Nosferatu" to the Tokyo-stomping "Godzilla", to the present day. Contains unique filmmaker interviews, including Greg McLean, Bong Joon-ho, John Carpenter and Larry Cohen.

A fat guy with a deep voice who drank a lot of sherry? An unreliable filmmaker who always went over time and over budget? One of the most innovative storytellers of the century? He was all of this and more. Welles shocked Broadway with his all-black voodoo version of "Macbeth, " challenged the government with his production of "The Cradle Will Rock, " terrified the nation with his spoof radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds, " and then at ...