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    A Dagny Powers Mission™, #1

    Series Book 1 - A Dagny Powers Mission™
    The Dead Spy in Zurich:Alerted to a global danger by a former assassin turned friendly asset, Special Agent Dagny Powers must race against time and an unknown enemy to avoid a global technology meltdown that would use the Internet to deal a deadly blow to the West. Everything from our national power grid, water supplies and banking services to the cars we drive, the food we eat and the emergency ... Read more

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  • Moon Man #1

    Series Book 1 - Moon Man
    Superstar musician SCOTT "KID CUDI" MESCUDI makes his comics debut alongside Eisner Awardnominated co-writer KYLE HIGGINS (RADIANT BLACK) and breakout artist MARCO LOCATI in the extra-length first issue of the biggest book of 2024! Ramon is ready for a quiet life. Whatever went wrong on that failed moon mission, whatever happened in the missing minutes the cameras didn't capture, all he really ... Read more

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  • The Joy Experiments

    Reimagining Mid-sized Cities to Heal Our Divided Society

    A new perspective on developing shared joy in urban spaces.Our divided society is quickly reaching crisis level. We are no longer able to sustain social and economic prosperity nor ensure democracy. Fuelling this crisis is a growing sense of social isolation caused by the divisive nature of social media and the decline of infrastructure that used to bring communities together.But there is hope for ... Read more

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  • Arnheim for Film and Media Studies

    Edited by Scott Higgins ...
    Series series AFI Film Readers
    Rudolf Arnheim (1904-2007) was a pioneering figure in film studies, best known for his landmark book on silent cinema Film as Art. He ultimately became more famous as a scholar in the fields of art and art history, largely abandoning his theoretical work on cinema. However, his later aesthetic theories on form, perception and emotion should play an important role in contemporary film and media ... Read more

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  • Whiteness of the Whale

    Meditations on Place & Time

    by Scott Higgins ...
    On the heels of cult favorite Too Heavy to Become Sky, Scott Higgins delivers Whiteness of the Whale—a diary of madness and memory from the Covid fog. “The first time I read this book I felt a low electrical pulse flow through my brain. It’s almost a living thing that reveals a different side of itself each time one picks it up—it is unsettling. Beautiful words. Beautiful brain. I love this writer ... Read more

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  • Harnessing the Technicolor Rainbow

    Color Design in the 1930s

    by Scott Higgins ...
    Like Dorothy waking up over the rainbow in the Land of Oz, Hollywood discovered a vivid new world of color in the 1930s. The introduction of three-color Technicolor technology in 1932 gave filmmakers a powerful tool with which to guide viewers' attention, punctuate turning points, and express emotional subtext. Although many producers and filmmakers initially resisted the use of color, Technicolor ... Read more

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  • A Beautiful World

    Reframing Our Relation to Creation

    by Scott Higgins ...
    We live in an era in which humankind is having a devastating impact on the planet. The climate is changing, wild animal populations are being decimated, extinction rates are at an all-time high, and the oceans are acidifying.Should Christians care? In this short book and accompanying bible study guide we say "Yes". A beautiful world offers a much needed corrective to layers of theological ... Read more

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  • Matinee Melodrama

    Playing with Formula in the Sound Serial

    by Scott Higgins ...
    Long before Batman, Flash Gordon, or the Lone Ranger were the stars of their own TV shows, they had dedicated audiences watching their adventures each week. The difference was that this action took place on the big screen, in short adventure serials whose exciting cliffhangers compelled the young audience to return to the theater every seven days.Matinee Melodrama is the first book about the ... Read more

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  • Editing and Special/Visual Effects

    Series series Behind the Silver Screen Series
    Most moviegoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. We might even conceive of them as polar opposites, since effective film editing is often subtle and almost invisible, whereas special effects frequently call attention to themselves. Yet, film editors and visual effects artists have worked hand-in-hand from the dawn of cinema to the present day ... Read more

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  • The Way Hollywood Tells It

    Story and Style in Modern Movies

    Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? David Bordwell argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well, even in today’s bloated blockbusters. American filmmakers have created a durable tradition—one that we should not be ashamed to call artistic, and one that ... Read more

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  • How To Read a Film

    Movies, Media, and Beyond

    by James Monaco ...
    Monaco's book was an instant classic when it first came out, and with new sections in its anniversary edition, is more essential than ever. A landmark in media studies, it is unique in its sophisticated understanding of both the art and technology of film. Molly Haskell, criticWhen it was first published in 1977, HOW TO READ A FILM established itself as a genuine classic in film studies and has ... Read more

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