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Screen Classics eBook Series

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  • Dalton Trumbo

    Blacklisted Hollywood Radical

    by Larry Ceplair, Christopher Trumbo ...
    Series series Screen Classics
    "Trumbo emerges from this well-rounded biography as a larger-than-life figure, not unlike the characters he scripted for the screen." — Publishers WeeklyJames Dalton Trumbo is widely recognized as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior ... Read more

    12,29 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hollywood Motion Picture Blacklist

    Seventy-Five Years Later

    by Larry Ceplair ...
    Series series Screen Classics
    Seventy-five years ago, the Hollywood blacklist ruined lives, stifled creativity, and sent waves of proscription and censorship throughout United States culture. When the Hollywood Ten refused to answer the questions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities about their membership in the Communist Party, they were sentenced to prison, the five who were under contract were fired by their ... Read more

    25,22 €

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  • Memory Man

    by David Baldacci ...
    Series Book 1 - Memory Man Series
    This #1 New York Times bestseller introduces Amos Decker, a gifted police detective with a perfect memory who must solve a mystery he wishes he could forget: his family's murder.Amos Decker's life changed forever—twice.The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to play in the NFL. But his career ended before it had a ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • History of the Russian Revolution

    by Leon Trotsky ...
    During the first two months of 1917 Russia was still a Romanov monarchy. Eight months later the Bolsheviks stood at the helm. They were little known to anybody when the year began, and their leaders were still under indictment for state treason when they came to power. You will not find another such sharp turn in history especially if you remember that it involves a nation of 150 million people. ... Read more

    25,22 €

  • The State and Revolution

    by Vladimir Lenin ...
    Translated by Robert Service ...
    In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed masterwork The State and Revolution. This powerfully argued book offers both the rationale for the new regime and a wealth of ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Salvador Allende

    Revolutionary Democrat

    by Victor Figueroa Clark ...
    Series series Revolutionary Lives
    This is a political biography of one of the 20th century’s most emblematic left-wing figures - Salvador Allende, who was president of Chile until he was ousted by General Pinochet in a US-supported coup in 1973.Victor Figueroa Clark guides us through Allende's life and political project, answering some of the most frequently asked questions. Was he a revolutionary or a reformist? A bureaucrat or ... Read more

    10,06 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Demand the Impossible!

    A Radical Manifesto

    by Bill Ayers ...
    The insurgent activist and educator shares a vital rally cry for today's movement-makers in "a manifesto that should be read by everyone" (Angela Y. Davis).In an era defined by mass incarceration, endless war, economic crisis, catastrophic environmental destruction, and a political system offering more of the same, radical social transformation has never been more urgent—or seemed more remote. ... Read more

    10,17 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A World to Win

    Contemporary Social Movements and Counter-Hegemony

    Edited by William K. Carroll, Kanchan Sarker ...
    In this time of economic, ecological and social crises, a diverse array of collective movements carry the possibilities of deep democratization and alternative futures. A World to Win brings these movements alive as agents of history-in-the-making. It situates Quebec student strikers, Indigenous resistance and resurgence, Occupy, workers, migrant, feminist and queer movements and many others in ... Read more

    6,14 €

  • Reading 'Capital' Today

    Marx after 150 Years

    Edited by Ingo Schmidt, Carlo Fanelli ...
    Recent years have seen a surge of interest in Marxian political economy and especially Marx's great work Capital. 150 years after the book's original publication, are there readings of Capital that can help us find new pathways to progressive or revolutionary change?In this wide-ranging new volume, leading thinkers reflect on Capital's legacy, its limitations and its continuing relevance for today ... Read more

    13,13 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rocliffe Notes

    A Professional Approach For Screenwriters and Writer-Directors

    by Farah Abushwesha ...
    Rocliffe Notes is a compendium for screenwriters and filmmakers which brings together tips and opinions from over 140 film and TV industry professionals, and provides a step-by-step, common-sense guide on how writers and writer-directors can best present themselves to the industry. Including insider insights from award-winning industry players, it details their habits, writing processes, daily ... Read more

    12,82 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Changing Media, Changing China

    Edited by Susan L. Shirk ...
    Thirty years ago, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made a fateful decision: to allow newspapers, magazines, television, and radio stations to compete in the marketplace instead of being financed exclusively by the government. The political and social implications of that decision are still unfolding as the Chinese government, media, and public adapt to the new information environment. Edited by ... Read more

    21,93 €

  • Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012

    Geopolitical, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Shifts

    by Tomas Kavaliauskas ...
    Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012: Geopolitical, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Shifts by Tomas Kavaliauskas, is an in-depth study of the transformations in Central Europe in the years since the fall of Communism. Using a comparative analysis of geopolitical, ethical, cultural, and socioeconomic shifts, this essential text investigates postcommunist countries including Estonia, ... Read more

    43,13 €