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        TinyFolds is dedicated to providing a quality language education. Based on our experience and expertise, we have recently released an emergent reading readiness program for young children, called RollingPin. It is grounded in pre-literacy storytelling and experiential, creative play-based learning.

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        February 2022

        Nicht okay ist auch okay

        Eine Anleitung zum Wohlbefinden

        by Tina Rae

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        The Arts
        November 2011

        Real and Reel

        The education of a film critic

        by Brian McFarlane

        From a little before ten years of age Brian McFarlane became addicted to stories told on the screen, and the mere fact that he had difficulty in getting to see the films he wanted - or any for that matter - only made them seem more alluring. But it wasn't just seeing the films that mattered: he also wanted, and quite soon needed, to be writing about them and these obsessions have been part of his life for the next sixty-odd years. Real and reel is a light-hearted and but deeply felt account of a lifetime's addiction. It is one particular writer and critic's story, but it will strike sparks among many others. Though many other interests have kept Brian McFarlane's life lively, nothing else has exerted such a long-standing grip on the author's imagination as film. Editor of the Encyclopaedia of British Cinema, co-editor of Manchester University Press's British Film Makers series, and author of over a dozen critical works on film and adaptation, Brian McFarlane's autobiographical Real and reel can also be read as a biography of the subject of Film Studies itself. ;

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2006

        British representations of the Spanish Civil War

        by Brian Shelmerdine

        This book looks at the reception of the Spanish Civil War in British popular culture, and how supporters of both sides in Britain used the rhetoric and imagery of the conflict to bolster support for their respective causes in the arena of British public opinion. Brian Shelmerdine finds that traditional notions of Spain as a country of bullfighting, bandits and flamenco were pervasive and were significant in shaping wider UK government policy towards Spain. He carefully assesses the different political perceptions of the 1930s Spanish scene, the role of the Catholic Church, the depiction of the two sides in terms of class, race and ethnicity, humanitarian appeals, and the plight of the Basques. The book is fluently written, and should make fascinating and entertaining reading for scholars of British society and culture in the twentieth century, as well as those investigating international impact of the Spanish Civil War. ;

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        Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
        June 2024

        Round our way

        Sam Hanna's visual legacy

        by Heather Nicholson

        Sam Hanna (1903-96), a pioneering filmmaker from Burnley, Lancashire, was dubbed the 'Lowry of filmmaking' by BBC broadcaster Brian Redhead in the 1980s. The well-meant label stuck, even though it misses the variety of Hanna's remarkable output. Hanna's intimate glimpses into the lives of strangers enable us to imagine the possible stories that lie behind the images. Away from mid-century exponents of documentary filmmaking and photography, Hanna shows us humanity and a microcosm of a world in change, where his subjects are caught up in issues far beyond their grasp that we, as onlookers years later, encounter and see afresh. Written and curated by historian Heather Norris Nicholson, Round our way combines stills, essays and archive photography to document Hanna's unique visual record on film, particularly in northern England, but also further afield, during decades of profound change.

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        Film theory & criticism
        February 2014

        The Encyclopedia of British Film

        Fourth edition

        by Edited by Brian McFarlane

        With well over 6,300 articles, including over 500 new entries, this fourth edition of The Encyclopedia of British Film is a fully updated invaluable reference guide to the British film industry. It is the most authoritative volume yet, stretching from the inception of the industry to the present day, with detailed listings of the producers, directors, actors and studios behind a century or so of great British cinema. Brian McFarlane's meticulously researched guide is the definitive companion for anyone interested in the world of film. Previous editions have sold many thousands of copies and this fourth edition will be an essential work of reference for enthusiasts interested in the history of British cinema, and for universities and libraries.

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        Health & Personal Development

        A Husband with ASD, What To Do?

        A Training Course for Thoses Who Have a Partner with Autism

        by Els Blijd-Hoogewys, Anja Talboom

        Because of their problems with social interaction it is often presumed that people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) cannot have romantic relationships. This is not true; adults with ASD are certainly capable of having long-term relationships. Although some partners are satisfied with their relationship, there are also some who experience problems caused by ASD. Both, the partner with, as the partner without ASD, can feel unhappy and misunderstood in the relationship. This is where this book can be of help. This unique 10 step psychoeducational program helps women, whose partner suffers from an autism spectrum disorder, to understand the condition as well as their partner better. This book also offers tips for daily life that can help improve the relationship between the partners and giving the women more time to herself.   Target Group: partners of people with autism, therapists.

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        April 2022

        Tinissima -- Künstlerin und Rebellin

        Die Romanbiografie der unvergleichlichen Tina Modotti

        by Elena Poniatowska

        Liebe, Kunst und politische Untergrundarbeit prägen das kurze leidenschaftliche Leben der Tina Modotti (1896-1942). Als Tochter italienischer Einwanderer kommt sie 1913 nach San Francisco, wo sie als »exotische Schönheit« in Theater und Stummfilm auftritt. Sie erlebt die Atmosphäre geistiger und sexueller Befreiung in den dortigen Künstlerkreisen, lernt Edward Weston kennen – einen der großen Fotografen dieses Jahrhunderts, wird sein Modell und seine begeisterte Schülerin. Zwischen ihnen beginnt eine Liebesbeziehung, die sie nach Mexico führt. Ihr Haus wird Treffpunkt mexikanischer und ausländischer Künstler, unter ihnen Frida Kahlo und Diego Rivera. In diesen bewegten Jahren lebt Tina die Fülle ihrer künstlerischen und persönlichen Leidenschaften, sie erfährt bewundernde Anerkennung als Frau und Künstlerin und steht im Austausch mit den interessantesten Gestalten im brodelnden Mexiko der zwanziger Jahre. Und wie viele ihrer Künstlerfreunde, engagiert sie sich auf Seiten der revolutionären Linken – bis im Januar 1929 ihr Liebhaber, der Politemigrant Julio Antonio Mella, auf offener Straße erschossen – und Tina des Mordes verdächtigt wird …

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        July 2011

        Bratkartoffeln für Tina Turner

        Meine wilden Jahre als Backstage-Köchin

        by Stumpf, Brenda

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        September 2013

        Tina oder über die Unsterblichkeit

        by Arno Schmidt, Eberhard Schlotter, Eberhard Schlotter

        Nicht nur Homer kannte sich aus mit der Unterwelt. Auch Arno Schmidt, knapp 3000 Jahre später, hat seinen Lesern zu einem Blick ins Jenseitige verholfen. Sein Elysium liegt geradewegs unter Darmstadt, und wie bei Homer im Hades wollen auch die Seelen in Schmidts Erzählung, allesamt mehr oder weniger bekannte Dichter, nichts wie weg. Leider steht dieser Sehnsucht der im Diesseits so hartnäckig angestrebte Ruhm im Weg. Denn es gilt die Regel: »Jeder ist so lange zum Leben hier unten verdammt, wie sein Name noch akustisch oder optisch auf Erden oben erscheint.« Der Maler und Graphiker Eberhard Schlotter hat die so witzige wie bitterböse Satire auf den Dichtertraum von der Unsterblichkeit mit 25 Radierungen illustriert. Und Text wie Bild lassen keinen Zweifel: Nicht die Unsterblichkeit kann das Ziel sein, sondern das gnädige Vergessen: »endlich in Ruhe tot sein«!

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