Books by Linda Williams

In this sophisticated examination of the HBO serial drama that aired from 2002 until 2008, Linda Williams, a leading film scholar and authority on the interplay between film, melodrama, and issues of race, suggests what exactly it is that makes The Wire so good. She argues that its narrative power derives from its genre, popular melodrama.

For many years, kisses were the only sexual acts to be seen in mainstream American movies. This title investigates how sex acts have been represented on screen for more than a century and, just as important, how we have watched and experienced those representations.

Die Bände der Navi-Septa-Trilogie sind einmalig. Sobald die Leser/-innen versuchen, die Erfahrung einiger Protagonisten nachzuvollziehen und den abgesteckten Instruktionen folgen, können sie die freudvollen Veränderung in ihrem Bewusstseins selbst erfahren. Als Teil des feinstofflichen Systems, das dem menschlichen Sein zu Grunde liegt, repräsentieren die sieben Schlüssel die Qualitäten der sieben subtilen Energiezentren. Sie helfen den jungen Helden auf ihrer epischen Reise aus dem von Dämonen beherrschten Teletsia in das geheime Land Sasrar und ermöglichen es ihnen gleichzeitig, mehr über sich selbst zu erfahren. Viele haben die Erfahrung des Erwachens bereits gemacht und halfen dabei, die Idee mit dem ersten Teil der Trilogie in die Praxis umzusetzen. Kinder (ab 10 Jahren) werden die spannend und flott geschriebenen Bücher als mitreißende Abenteuergeschichten lesen und Jugendliche die eingewebten zarten Romanzen genießen. Die Erwachsenen erkennen zweifelsohne die Satire und die spontane Weisheit in den allegorischen Geschichten.

Book 2 in the absorbing fantasy-trilogy from Linda Williams. 'There are problems in Daish Shaktay. The young man who should be king there is called Rajay Ghiry. He's an awesome freedom fighter, and his enemies can't catch him - so far. They call him the Mountain Mouse.' Asha, Lee and Ahren are now eighteen. They have spent two years in Sasrar learning subtle wisdom, and how to awaken the inner Tree of Life. The boys have learnt how to fight, to enable them to fulfil their vow to free their country. But first, as part of their training, they must help the Mountain Mouse - the charismatic Rajay Ghiry - regain his kingdom. But nothing goes quite as planned, especially for the ever unpredictable, irrepressible Asha.

The second edition of this bestseller includes new material now part of introductory chemistry curricula and national subject tests such as ACT, SAT, and AP Chemistry.

A self-teaching guide for anyone interested in nanotechnology and the many biological, chemical, physical, environmental and political aspects of the developing science.

The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, and they exert a disturbing influence on Americans' understanding of race. This work explores how these images took root.

In this study, the author moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does - as a genre with a history, as a specific cinematic form, and as part of contemporary discourse on sexuality.