Mark Minervini

Dan Zanger

Mark Ritchie (II)

David Ryan

A Roundtable Interview with Super Traders

Momentum Masters

Fiction. A giant elk is trapped inside the yard of a family of teenaged boys while their tyrannical father gradually shrinks to the size of a doll. A World War II veteran living at a Laurel Canyon ranch in the late '60s faces the threat of changing times and a disturbing, soon to be famous, cult at the next ranch over. A former Olympic contender, after an injury leaves him with a glass eye, takes work as a security guard at the mansion of a ruthless CEO. A child who discovers the scene of a bizarre and unexplained crash in Roswell, New Mexico, fashions the rest of his life through the lens of what he found there...With language at turns diamond sharp and stone blunt, the thirteen stories of David Ryan's dark and edgy debut, ANIMALS IN MOTION, map the existence of their characters through the uncharted world of the psyche. The animals that mysteriously appear suggest a leveling, a weave of human experience with that of the natural world. A landscape alive in the space between thought and impulse, where present circumstances are ruled by memories of the past, and where conscious reality is trumped by greater truths of the imagination. ANIMALS IN MOTION presents an often surreal yet consistently beautiful tapestry of American despair and hope."There is not a word wasted in this powerful debut collection. I think that David Ryan has set a course that will influence many other writers, anyone who values language that is taut and precise, characters whose response to their ruin is, in effect, 'Bring it on, and important concerns that claim a reader's attention in the most persuasive ways possible."--Amy Hempel "David Ryan's collection ANIMALS IN MOTION is whip-smart and stunning. Stark, lyrical, and unsettling, these stories resonate with the grit of Denis Johnson and Raymond Carver and help us imagine new possibilities for the short story form."--Joe Meno"David Ryan is a 21st century Steinbeck. His stories are contemplations on the restless soul, lost and meandering through a wilderness of casinos, glass box office buildings, baggage claims, and KFC. The world of ANIMALS IN MOTION is stark and brutal, but teeming with humanity, wit, heart, and spirit. The complexity beneath Ryan's bare-bones prose puts ANIMALS IN MOTION on the shelf of books to be read again and again."--Julia Slavin "ANIMALS IN MOTION is a revelatory collection, full of gripping stories set in the borderland between reality and dream. David Ryan is a tough-minded but deceptively lyrical writer, with an engagingly dark sensibility."--Tom Perrotta "The stories in David Ryan's debut collection tack nimbly between terrible unease and terrible beauty. He's a diabolical craftsman. You wouldn't trust him for a minute, except you find you have no choice."--Owen King"From the first page of ANIMALS IN MOTION one is immersed in the precisionist's world, filled with startling light, stunning events, exquisitely captured moments--a haunting world of which the reader has a particularly wide-angled view. Story after story Ryan works his unique magic, showing us a world as mystifying as it is mundane. This recognition, that the ordinary is very strange indeed, is at the heart of these quiet but searing stories. ANIMALS IN MOTION is a marvel."--Frederick Barthelme"A debut collection of stories--one of the best in recent memory--that finds psychological acuity within characters who are unreflective or even impenetrable. Ryan has plainly been honing his craft, because the 13 tales here are the work of a writer who knows exactly what he's doing--and challenges the reader to figure out how he's doing it. Not that the stories are difficult or experimental, but they often seem to begin at a point where nothing is clear--who the protagonist is, what the situation is, where the tale is headed--and then they unfold as consciousness might, not in a linear fashion but making revelations through association or omission; those revelations might be clearer to the reader than to the characters. In 'The Canyon, ' one of the last holdouts among Laurel Canyon ranchers of the late 1960s finds himself caught between a group of catatonic hippies (who may well be the Manson Family) and aggressive developers; the taciturn protagonist draws on what he learned in the war, that '[i]t's too easy to cross certain lines.' 'The Good Life' is a miniature marvel, one paragraph that lasts barely more than a page but is a fully formed story nonetheless--one of many here about characters failing to establish a connection. The narrator meets a former classmate and eventually realizes she's mistaken him for someone she knew better. 'I no longer understood who she was talking to, ' he says as it dawns on him that her "good life" is a drug dealer's mirage. 'At Night' illuminates the unsettling relationship between a potentially dangerous voyeur and the waitress he stalks: 'In her unwitting world, he is God, ' the disturbed man thinks. Two of the best and most ambitious stories, 'The Bull Elk' and 'Fidelity, ' defy plot summary; as with most of these tales, relating what happens wouldn't really tell how they work. As the title suggests, there are animals throughout these stories, with the human ones as inscrutable as any."--KIRKUS starred review

Animals in Motion: Stories

John Dumbrell

The essays in this book offer a series of perspectives on connections and parallels between the Vietnam War and the 2003 invasion of, and current conflict in, Iraq.

Tactics, Lessons, Legacies and Ghosts

Vietnam in Iraq

Each chapter consists of an article about the artist's work, selected by the artist and an interview of the artist by David Ryan.

Dialogues with Twelve Contemporary Abstract Painters

Talking Painting

You are now entering the second of 'The Seven Worlds' in David Stuart Ryan's poetry series. 'The Conjunction of the Sun and Moon' explores the relationship of man and woman in startling images, poems and themes.As with his previous book, 'The Sphere of the Moon Goddess', picture and text are intimately related and create a satisfying whole describing the poetic experience, you cannot help but be taken out of the everyday into the mysterious realms that these poems inhabit.It is as much a work of art as a poetry collection. The vivid intense colours of the original illustrations take on a life of their own, by turnsother worldly, erotic, elusive, beautiful and intriguing.You will appreciate this book for the ultra realistic depictions of love in all its many phases,from soaring hope to plunging despair.But be warned, this is a no holds barred encounteryou are about to enter. You suddenly confront life face to face, and that can be disturbing as well as inspiring.Poet David Stuart Ryan, a US award winning writer in the 'All Nations Poetry Competition' takes you out and beyond your previous boundaries.Some journeys change you forever.

Book Two of 'the Seven Worlds'

The Conjunction of the Sun and Moon

Patrick Kiely

This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day, offering a deeper context to the current conflict. Using a range of innovative methods to interrogate US foreign policy, ideology and culture, the book provides a broad set of reflections on past, present and future implications of US-Iraqi relations, and especially the strategic implications for US policy-making. In doing so, it examines several key aspects of relationship such as: the 1958 Iraqi Revolution; the impact of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War; the impact of the Nixon Doctrine on the regional balance of power; US attempts at rapprochement during the 1980s; the 1990-91 Gulf War; and, finally, sanctions and inspections. Analysis of the contemporary Iraq crisis sets US plans against the ‘reality’ they faced in the country, and explores both attempts to bring security to Iraq, and the implications of failure.

Policy-making, Intervention and Regional Politics

America and Iraq

Matthew Sorrento

David Fincher's Zodiac, the first book-length study of the critically acclaimed 2007 release, offers various critical approaches to the film ranging from early influences, studies in genre and narrative, and media analysis including cinema history, game theory, musicology, and extensions in television studies.

Cinema of Investigation And (Mis)Interpretation

David Fincher's Zodiac

﻿ British author and essayist George Orwell shot to fame with two iconic novels: the anti–Stalinist satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. A few years after his death in 1950, the CIA bankrolled screen adaptations of both novels as Cold War propaganda. Orwell’s depiction of a totalitarian police state captivated the media in the 1980s. Today, mounting anxieties about digital surveillance and globalization have made him a hot property in Hollywood. Drawing on interviews with actors, writers, directors and producers, this book presents the first comprehensive study of Orwell on film and television. Beginning with CBS’s 1953 live production of Nineteen Eighty-Four that mirrored the McCarthy witch hunts, the author covers 20 wide-ranging adaptations, documentaries and biopics, including two lost BBC dramatizations from 1965.

Adaptations, Documentaries and Docudramas on Film and Television

George Orwell on Screen

Throwing a ball for a game of chase is an enjoyable and rewarding experience for many owners and their dogs. For other owners canine chase behaviour turns into a nightmare when their dog chases cyclists, cars or sheep. When their dogs choose what to chase it can compromise owners financially, cause the target severe injury or even death, and threaten the life of the dog. A good trainer or behaviour counsellor needs to be able to address inappropriate predatory chase behaviour swiftly and effectively. This book looks at the reasons for the problem, the more effective solutions and how to alter the behaviour.

"Stop!": How to Control Predatory Chasing in Dogs

The Gentle Art of Wandering

Cinema of Investigation and (Mis)Interpretation

British author and essayist George Orwell shot to fame with two iconic novels: the anti-Stalinist satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. A few years after his death in 1950, the CIA bankrolled screen adaptations of both novels as Cold War propaganda. Orwell's depiction of a totalitarian police state captivated the media in the 1980s. Today, mounting anxieties about digital surveillance and globalization have made him a hot property in Hollywood. Drawing on interviews with actors, writers, directors and producers, this book presents the first comprehensive study of Orwell on film and television. Beginning with CBS's 1953 live production of Nineteen Eighty-Four that mirrored the McCarthy witch hunts, the author covers 20 wide-ranging adaptations, documentaries and biopics, including two lost BBC dramatizations from 1965.

Thomas 'Buck' Whaley was one of the greatest adventurers in Irish history. In 1788 he made an extraordinary 10-month journey from Dublin to Jerusalem for a wager of £15,000, equivalent to several million today. Nearly shipwrecked in the Sea of Crete, he almost died of plague in Constantinople, narrowly avoided a pirate attack, was waylaid by bandits, and met an infamous Ottoman governor known as 'the Butcher'. On his return, he became an overnight celebrity before suffering a catastrophic series of gambling losses that exiled him first to continental Europe (where he attempted to rescue Louis XVI from the guillotine) and then to the Isle of Man. When he died aged 34 in 1800 he had squandered an astronomical £400,000 (around 100 million) 'without ever purchasing or acquiring contentment or one hour's true happiness'. In his lifetime, Ireland was about to erupt in rebellion; France was on the brink of bloody revolution; and the Ottoman Empire was creaking at the seams. Whaley lit up this volatile world like a fast-burning candle but retained his ability to recognise the absurdity of his own actions and the world around him. Buck Whaley tells the full story of his remarkable life and adventures for the first time.

Ireland’s Greatest Adventurer

Buck Whaley

David Fitzgerald

John M. Thompson

Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan: Taken together, these conflicts are the key to understanding more than a half century of American military history. In addition, they have shaped, in profound ways, the culture and politics of the United States—as well as the nations in which they have been fought. This volume brings together international experts on American history and foreign affairs to assess the cumulative impact of the United States’ often halting and conflicted attempts to end wars. It offers essential perspectives on the Cold War and post-9/11 eras and explores the troubling implications of the American tendency to fight wars without end.

How the United States Ends Wars

Not Even Past

Michael Patrick Cullinane

John Quincy Adams warned Americans not to search abroad for monsters to destroy, yet such figures have frequently habituated the discourses of U.S. foreign policy. This collection of essays focuses on counter-identities in American consciousness to explain how foreign policies and the discourse surrounding them develop. Whether it is the seemingly ubiquitous evil of Hitler during World War II or the more complicated perceptions of communism throughout the Cold War, these essays illuminate the cultural contexts that constructed rival identities. The authors challenge our understanding of “others,” looking at early applications of the concept in the eighteenth century to recent twenty-first century conflicts, establishing how this phenomenon is central to decision making through centuries of conflict.

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Other

The Irish Hellfire Clubs

Blasphemers and Blackguards

It has been a long time in the making but now the illustrated poems of David Stuart Ryan are being made available, just as they were created on a year long overland journey to India and then return to London.The poems and original illustrations in vivid entrancing colours reveal the full magic and mystery of the East as you join the poet on his travels to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Kashmir,Varanasi, Bihar, Mumbai and Goa in India.The 120 pictures in the book bring the poemsunforgettably alive as you visit the strange and mysterious places the poet selects to set down in the book which accompanies him, and which is faithfully reproduced now using the latest computer technologies.'The Sphere of the Moon Goddess' is your introduction to 'The Seven Worlds' that this US prize-winning poet reveals in the course of his travels.'The Sphere of the Moon Goddess' begins a journey that will take you into the mysteries of life, not least from the influences of India which permeate this first book in 'The Seven Worlds'.Extraordinary discoveries await you.

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