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  • The Bondian Cold War

    The Transnational Legacy of a Cultural Icon

    Edited by Martin D. Brown, Ronald J. Granieri, Muriel Blaive ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Espionage and Culture
    James Bond, Ian Fleming’s irrepressible and ubiquitous ‘spy,’ is often understood as a Cold Warrior, but James Bond’s Cold War diverged from the actual global conflict in subtle but significant ways.That tension between the real and fictional provides perspectives into Cold War culture transcending ideological and geopolitical divides. The Bondiverse is complex and multi-textual, including novels, ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Perceptions of Society in Communist Europe

    Regime Archives and Popular Opinion

    Edited by Dr. Muriel Blaive ...
    Drawing on archival sources from Czechoslovakia, Poland, East Germany, Romania and Bulgaria, Perceptions of Society in Communist Europe considers whether and to what extent communist regimes cared about popular opinion, how they obtained their information, and how it helped them implement and maintain their rule.Contrary to popular belief, communist regimes sought to legitimise their domination ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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  • Voodoo Histories

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  • Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

    The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed

    by Mike Ripley ...
    WINNER OF THE HRF KEATING AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION CRIME BOOK 2018An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an empire, her thrillers helped save the world. With a foreword by Lee Child.When Ian Fleming dismissed his books in a 1956 letter to Raymond Chandler ... Read more

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  • The History of Cinema

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Cinema was the first, and is arguably still the greatest, of the industrialized art forms that came to dominate the cultural life of the twentieth century. Today, it continues to adapt and grow as new technologies and viewing platforms become available, and remains an integral cultural and aesthetic entertainment experience for people the world over. Cinema developed against the backdrop of the ... Read more

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  • A New History of Documentary Film

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    by Betsy A. McLane ...
    A New History of Documentary Film, Second Edition offers a much-needed resource, considering the very rapid changes taking place within documentary media. Building upon the best-selling 2005 edition, Betsy McLane keeps the same chronological examination, factual reliability, ease of use and accessible prose style as before, while also weaving three new threads - Experimental Documentary, Visual ... Read more

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  • On Nineteen Eighty-Four

    A Biography of George Orwell's Masterpiece

    by D.J. Taylor ...
    Series series Books About Books
    The essential backstory to the creation and meaning of one of the most important novels of the twentieth century—and now the twenty-first.Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell's 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about ... Read more

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  • Historical Dictionary of Ian Fleming's World of Intelligence

    Fact and Fiction

    by Mr. Nigel West ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
    Twelve novels and nine short stories define one of the most extraordinary fictional characters of all time, creating the basis for the most successful movie series in cinematographic history, watched by more than half the world's population. The single person probably more responsible than any other for glamorizing the murky world of espionage is Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, who himself ... Read more

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  • The Documentary Handbook

    by Peter Lee-Wright ...
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    'The Documentary Handbook is mandatory reading for those who want a critical understanding of the place of factual formats in today’s exploding television and media industry, as well as expert guidance in complex craft skills in order to fully participate. The practical advice and wisdom here is second to none.' – Tony Steyger, Principal Lecturer, Southampton Solent University, UKThe Documentary ... Read more

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