Focusing on Bernard Herrmann's score for Vertigo, this study explores its vital role in shaping the film's narrative and influencing interpretations. It highlights the eleven-year collaboration between Herrmann and Hitchcock, emphasizing the score's significance as one of Herrmann's masterpieces. The analysis traces Herrmann's career development up to 1958, offering insights into his musical style. Additionally, the examination is grounded in a detailed study of Herrmann's autograph score, providing explicit information about the music's structure.
Since medieval times, the mystical tradition of Kabbalah was restricted to qualified men over forty—because it was believed that only the most mature and pious could grasp its complexity and profound, life-changing implications. More recently, Kabbalah nearly disappeared—as most of its practitioners perished in the Holocaust. Now this powerful spiritual tradition, after centuries of secrecy and near-extinction, is explained clearly in this book by one of its most prominent teachers.Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? These questions have fueled Kabbalists for nearly a millennium. Rabbi David A. Cooper is the first to bring this obscure and difficult tradition to a mainstream audience in a way that gently leads us to the heart of the subject, showing us how to transform profound teachings into a meaningful personal experience—and appreciate fully this great mystical process we know as God.
David E. Cooper explores our relationship to nature and asks how it can be shaped into an appropriate one which contributes to the good of people's lives as a whole. The author explains how a yearning for convergence with nature is rooted in Daoist philosophy and explores the implications for our practical engagement with natural environments.
The book critiques the prevailing ideology of egalitarianism in educational policy in Britain and the USA, highlighting the inherent conflicts between this ideology and the pursuit of educational excellence. David E Cooper identifies key principles obscured by confusion and argues for the preservation of educational standards over the use of education as a means to achieve social equality. He specifically addresses the complexities surrounding concepts like 'equal opportunities', 'social mix', and 'reverse discrimination', emphasizing the need for clarity in educational discussions.
A robotic child named Kasih is at the center of a project aimed at uncovering her hidden secrets. As she becomes entangled in this investigation, she also finds herself caught in a war that poses a grave threat to humanity and her own existence. The narrative explores themes of identity, the implications of technology, and the struggle for survival in a conflict that challenges the very essence of what it means to be alive.
Stand-up comedian and Hollywood box-office hit Kevin Hart keeps the laughs coming in an illustrated middle-grade novel about a boy who has big dreams of making a blockbuster superhero film. Perfect for readers of James Patterson's Middle School series and Lincoln Peirce's Big Nate series. Marcus is NOT happy to be stuck in after-school film class . . . until he realizes he can turn the story of the cartoon superhero he’s been drawing for years into an actual MOVIE! There’s just one problem: he has no idea what he’s doing. So he’ll need help, from his friends, his teachers, Sierra, the strong-willed classmate with creative dreams of her own, even Tyrell, the local bully who’d be a perfect movie villain if he weren’t too terrifying to talk to. Making this movie won’t be easy. But as Marcus discovers, nothing great ever is—and if you want your dream to come true, you’ve got to put in the hustle to make it happen. Comedy superstar Kevin Hart teams up with award-winning author Geoff Rodkey and lauded illustrator David Cooper for a hilarious, illustrated, and inspiring story about bringing your creative goals to life and never giving up, even when nothing’s going your way.
Covering an extensive range of topics, from Daoism to Debussy, Cooper does a great job of conveying some deep and difficult philosophical ideas about the meaning of life in an engaging manner - and of showing, moreover, how those ideas bear upon the practical question of how we should live our lives. .
