Leigh Bardugo

Lauren Fortgang

Fred Berman

Elizabeth Evans

Roger Clark

Jay Snyder

Kevin T. Collins

Peter Ganim

Brandon Rubin

Crooked Kingdom

Jim Mortimore

Allan Adams

Provides descriptions of the weapons, spaceships, technology, organizations, and alien races encountered in the popular science fiction television series

Babylon 5 Security Manual

Stanislaw Pomorski

Ferdinand J.M. Feldbrugge

The disappearance of the USSR as a superpower, to be replaced by the Russian Federation and a host of new states, has had wide-ranging consequences in the field of law. The establishment of market economies and the need to set up institutional frameworks to foster the rule of law have precipitated comprehensive domestic law reforms in the countries concerned. The major focus of the present work, however, is on the metamorphosis of the network of international law relations, brought about by the fundamental change in the political and constitutional climate and the emergence of numerous new actors. Apart from the relations between states as the classical province of international law, the impact of international law on national legal orders has acquired overwhelming importance and the successor states of the Soviet Union have not escaped the effect of this development. Some of the most urgent questions thrown up by these developments are analyzed by a team of leading legal specialists from the Russian Federation, North America, and Western Europe.

Essays in honor of George Ginsburgs

International and National Law in Russia and Eastern Europe

Nana

L'Assommoir

Emile Zola

Keith McDonald

A critical study of the work of the Mexican director and producer Guillermo del Toro.

Film as Alchemic Art

Guillermo Del Toro

A critical exploration of one of the most exciting, original and influential figures to emerge in contemporary film, Guillermo del Toro: Film as Alchemic Art is a major contribution to the analysis of Guillermo del Toro's cinematic output. It offers an in-depth discussion of del Toro's oeuvre and investigates key ideas, recurrent motifs and subtle links between his movies. The book explores the sources that del Toro draws upon and transforms in the creation of his rich and complex body of work. These include the literary, artistic and cinematic influences on films such as Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Cronos and Mimic, and the director's engagement with comic book culture in his two Hellboy films, Blade II and Pacific Rim. As well as offering extensive close textual analysis, the authors also consider del Toro's considerable impact on wider popular culture, including a discussion of his role as producer, ambassador for 'geek' culture and figurehead in new international cinema.

Guillermo del Toro

Roger Clark

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