Daniel Morgan

“Late Godard and the Possibilities of Cinema is an exhilarating and extremely lucid analysis of the way Godard ‘thinks’ in, of, and through cinema. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of French culture, politics and theory, Morgan skillfully illustrates the complex relations between history, aesthetics, and nature in the director’s later works. Defying criticism of Godard’s alleged retreat from politics, this book provides compelling, detailed, and erudite analyses of his later films and illuminates the auteur’s political and aesthetic response to the so-called ‘death of cinema.’”— Mary Ann Doane, author of The Emergence of Cinematic Time: Modernity, Contingency, the Archive. “Daniel Morgan charts a sensible route into the impenetrable Jean-Luc Godard. Posing clear yet insistent questions, he burrows to the center of both parts of this book’s formidable title, finding in late Godard an aesthetic fusion that generates the light and heat of a trenchant and powerful political critique. Anyone who feels drawn or licensed to write about Godard should read Morgan before setting out.”—Dudley Andrew, author of What Cinema Is! “Daniel Morgan's Late Godard and the Possibilities of Cinema signals a major breakthrough in the international study of the cinema of Jean-Luc Godard. Reconciling the filmmaker's peculiarly Romantic sense of aesthetics —to which the book pays scrupulous, material attention—with the thorny political histories that Godard's cinema has always probed, Morgan gives us new, compelling, synthetic tools with which to understand an artist who is at once the most cryptic and the most sensuous of all living filmmakers.”—Adrian Martin, Monash University, co-editor of lolajournal.com

Late Godard and the Possibilities of Cinema

David Ryker

James Maddox is a hero.But that might not save him...The Federation don't like failure. Especially not when it involves the loss of a star carrier, and thousands of troops on board. They need someone to blame, and that someone is usually the newest, greenest recruit. Even if all Maddox did wrong was fall out of a burning spaceship onto a planet called Draven, recruit an army, blow up an enemy base and save the day...Still, the Mech Corps prizes the Academy track. Uniformity. Everything that 'Red' Maddox ain't. He'll never be the automaton they want him to be. He figures he's about to be ejected, or worse, court-martialled.But for once, he gets lucky. He's offered a gig in Special Ops. In the kind of unit where a soldier might make a name. Especially since it's run by a disgraced officer looking for redemption, and the motley crew from Draven.It's a second chance. But Red's about to discover that if the Corps was the frying pan, then Special Ops is definitely the fire...Soldier is the second book in the gripping Iron Legion series. If you haven't read Book One, Recruit, then hurry up already...

Soldier

Bruce Taylor

“An indispensable reference work for anyone studying either the U-boat campaign or WW2 at sea . . . copiously illustrated, fascinating—and harrowing.”—Navy News During the Second World War over 250 Allied warships from a dozen navies were sent to the bottom by German U-boats. This ground-breaking study provides a detailed analysis of every sinking for which source material survives from both the Allied and the German sides, resulting in detailed treatment of the fate of 110 vessels, with the remainder summarized in an extensive appendix. Uniquely, each entry is built around a specialist translation of the relevant segment of the war diary (log) of the U-boat in question, taken directly from the surviving originals—remarkably, this represents the first large-scale publication of the U-boat war diaries in any language. The book offers a wealth of new information, not only with respect to the circumstances of the sinkings from both the Allied and German perspectives, but also to the technical environment in which they lived as well as the fate of the crews. The entries include background details on the vessels concerned and the men involved, with a selection of rare and carefully chosen photos from archives and collections around the world. Each entry is itself a compelling narrative, but is backed with a list of sources consulted, including documents, published works and websites. A decade in the making, this is probably the most important book on the U-boat war to be published for many a year. “Offers significant new information on many of the most famous incidents.”—Maritime Advisor

A Complete Record of Warship Sinkings from Original Sources 1939–1945

U-Boat Attack Logs

The Lure of the Image shows how a close study of camera movement challenges key assumptions underlying a wide range of debates within cinema and media studies. Highlighting the shifting intersection of point of view and camera position, Daniel Morgan draws on a range of theoretical arguments and detailed analyses across cinemas to reimagine the relation between spectator and camera—and between camera and film world. With sustained accounts of how the camera moves in films by Fritz Lang, Guru Dutt, Max Ophuls, and Terrence Malick and in contemporary digital technologies, The Lure of the Image exposes the persistent fantasy that we move with the camera within the world of the film and examines the ways that filmmakers have exploited this fantasy. In so doing, Morgan provides a more flexible account of camera movement, one that enables a fuller understanding of the political and ethical stakes entailed by this key component of cinematic style.

Epistemic Fantasies of the Moving Camera

The Lure of the Image

Morgan, the Mail Robber; or, the Bandits of the Bush! With ... illustrations

During the Second World War over 250 Allied warships from a dozen navies were sent to the bottom by German U-boats. This ground-breaking study provides a detailed analysis of every sinking for which source material survives from both the Allied and the German sides, resulting in detailed treatment of the fate of 110 vessels, with the remainder summarised in an extensive appendix. Uniquely, each entry is built around a specialist translation of the relevant segment of the war diary (log) of the U-boat in question, taken directly from the surviving originals  remarkably, this represents the first large-scale publication of the U-boat war diaries in any language. The book offers a wealth of new information, not only with respect to the circumstances of the sinkings from both the Allied and German perspectives, but also to the technical environment in which they lived as well as the fate of the crews. The entries include background details on the vessels concerned and the men involved, with a selection of rare and carefully chosen photos from archives and collections around the world. Each entry is itself a compelling narrative, but is backed with a list of sources consulted, including documents, published works and websites. A decade in the making, this is probably the most important book on the U-boat war to be published for many a year

A Complete Record of Warship Sinkings from Original Sources 1939-1945

David Morgan

DISCOVERING LEADERSHIP... Never Pass Up A Good Crisis! I have known Dan for fifteen years and observed him in tough combat; he was invariably impressive. His brother, David, has also operated in dangerous environments, leading first responders in a host of tough missions. Their experiences and stories are not just compelling but full of insight for every generation at every level of responsibility. General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.), former commander of US Central Command and of US and coalition forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan In Chasing the White Rabbit, Dan and Dave remind us that leadership is about doing, not talking; about clarity, not confusion; and about focus, not chaos. They generously interweave their life experiences and insights, bringing military, commercial, and emergency responder insights and perspectives at every turn. I have known Dave for over ten years as a student, mentee, client, and friend, and at every turn he has exhibited wisdom, empathy, reliability, and compassion for everything that he undertakes that work ethic and character comes through loud and clear in this remarkable book. Andrew J. Sherman, senior partner, Jones Day and author of twenty-six books on business growth, governance, and entrepreneurship; adjunct professor, University of Maryland Smith School of Business and Georgetown University Law"

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