Author: Cynthia J. Miller File Type: pdf Battlefields have traditionally been considered places where the spirits of the dead linger, and popular culture brings those thoughts to life. Supernatural tales of war told in print, on screen, and in other media depict angels, demons, and legions of the undead fighting againstor alongsidehuman soldiers. Ghostly war ships and phantom aircraft carry on their never-to-be-completed missions, and the spiritssometimes corpsesof dead soldiers return to confront the enemies who killed them, comrades who betrayed them, or leaders who sacrificed them.In Horrors of War The Undead on the Battlefield, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have assembled essays that explore the meaning and significance of these tales. Among the questions that the volume seeks to answer are How do supernatural stories engage with cultural attitudes toward war? In what ways do these stories reflect or challenge the popular memories of particular wars? How do they ask us to think again about battlefield heroism, military ethics, and the politics of sacrifice? Divided into four sections, chapters examine undead war stories in film (Carol for Another Christmas, The Devils Backbone), television (The Twilight Zone), literature (The Bloody Red Baron, Devils of D-Day), comics (Weird War Tales, The Haunted Tank), graphic novels (The War of the Trenches), and gaming (Call of Duty World at War). Featuring contributions from a diverse group of international scholars, these essays address such themes as monstrous enemies and enemies made monstrous, legacies and memories of war, and the war dead who refuse to rest. Drawing together stories from across wars, branches of service, and generations of soldiersand featuring more than fifty illustrationsHorrors of War will be of interest to scholars of film, popular culture, military history, and cultural history.

Author: Neil Weiss File Type: pdf Elementary Statistics is intended for a one-semester introductory statistics course. The purpose of this book is to help students grasp basic statistical concepts and techniques, and to present real-life opportunities for applying them. With advances in technology and new insights into the practice of teaching statistics, the fifth edition can now easily fit the organization and pace of various course syllabi and technologies in use. This book offers a flexible organization of content and has a more diversified emphasis on using technology such as Minitab, the TI-83 Plus graphing calculator, Excel, and the Internet to investigate statistical problems.

Author: Howard Hughes File Type: pdf Covering every Italian Spaghetti Western--mainly the good but also the bad and the ugly--this is an authoritative, entertaining and comprehensive companion to the implausible international fusion of producers, directors, actors and composers who created the mythical Spaghetti West under the most improbable circumstances. Sergio Leones Dollars Trilogy led the field but many more major Spaghetti Westerns were made by important directors, including Sergio Corbuccis Navajo Joe, Carlo Lizzanis The Hills Run Red, Duccio Tessaris A Pistol for Ringo. Combining analysis, information and lively anecdotes, this popular guide explores all of these films through the biographies and filmographies of key personnel, stories of the films making, their locations and sets, sources, musical scores, detailed cast information and many illustrations, including original posters and stills.ReviewHoward Hughes has written a well-researched, detailed, no-nonsense and above all enthusiastic guide to twenty of the best Italian Westerns from A Fistful of Dollars to My Name is Nobody. He has aimed for the heart, and unlike the bad guy in Fistful, he has hit it.--Christopher Frayling, author of Spaghetti WesternsBook DescriptionCovering every Italian Spaghetti Western--mainly the good but also the bad and the ugly--this is an authoritative, entertaining and comprehensive companion to the implausible international fusion of producers, directors, actors and composers who created the mythical Spaghetti West under the most improbable circumstances. Sergio Leones Dollars Trilogy led the field but many more major Spaghetti Westerns were made by important directors, including Sergio Corbuccis Navajo Joe, Carlo Lizzanis The Hills Run Red, Duccio Tessaris A Pistol for Ringo. Combining analysis, information and lively anecdotes, this popular guide explores all of these films through the biographies and filmographies of key personnel, stories of the films making, their locations and sets, sources, musical scores, detailed cast information and many illustrations, including original posters and stills.

Author: Eleanor Nesbitt File Type: pdf The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is ranked as the worlds fifth largest religion. However, events such as the verbal and physical attacks on Sikhs just after September 11 indicated that they were being mistaken for Muslims, and suggests that the raising of sufficient and appropriate awareness about Sikhism still needs to be addressed. This book is one of the first to introduce newcomers to Sikhisms meanings, beliefs, practices, rituals, and festivals. Eleanor Nesbitt highlights the key threads in the fascinating history, from the Gurus and the development of the Sikh appearance, to martyrdom and militarization in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the diaspora. She also examines the recent proliferation of Sikh lifestyles in todays news and entertainment media. This book is an essential guide to increasing understanding of the Sikh religion and culture.Review`This book on Sikhism is a little gem. Nesbitt writes beautifully and succinctly... There will be no excuse for not knowing something about Sikhism in the future. Carrie Mercer, Shap World Religions in Education About the AuthorEleanor Nesbitt is a specialist in ethnographic investigation of religio-cultural continuity and change in UK Hindu, Sikh, and ethnically diverse Christian communities. She lectures on Sikhism and is the author of 7 books, including Interfaith Pilgrims (Quaker Books, London) The Religious Lives of Sikh Children A Coventry Based Study (University of Leeds) (with Gopinder Kaur) Guru Nanak (Religious and Moral Education Press, Norwich) (with Robert Jackson) Hindu Children in Britain (Trentham, Stoke on Trent).