Books with author Christopher Niles

*** SECOND EDITION FEATURING NEW MATERIAL, NEW MOVIES, AND NEW REVIEWS! PUBLISHED MARCH 2013 *** So you want to be a film critic and review movies for a living? Veteran film critic Christopher Null teaches you, step by step, how to break into the business with the lessons he's learned from more than a decade in the industry. Five Stars! will teach you all you need to know! - Understand movie history and the mechanics of filmmaking - without the film snob jargon! - Learn how to write a review, step by step - Get into every movie for free and never pay to go to the movies again! - Get free DVDs - before anyone else! - Break into professional writing in newspapers, magazines, and online - Learn how to approach editors - from the experts themselves - Build an audience for your work - Interview celebrities and hang out with the stars! Five Stars! is the only book on the market that shows you exactly how to become a professional movie reviewer, step by step! It's an absolute must-read for any aspiring film critic! 264 pages - packed with essential information!

Radical environmental groups throughout the world, militantly committed to defending the ecology, are growing in size and influence. In this country, activists engage in ecological civil disobedience and "ecotage"-- the sabotaging of equipment to prevent ecological damage-- in the struggle to preserve wilderness lands. These ecoteurs have gone beyond traditional conservation concerns to a new philosophy-- Deep Ecology, or biocentrism-- that calls into question not only the wisdom, but the legitimacy of humanity's domination of nature. In "Green Rage", Christopher Manes has written a brilliant defense of radical environmentalism, challenging the ethics of modern industrial society and asserting the right of the natural world to blossom, evolve, and exist for its own sake.

*** SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED - PUBLISHED MARCH 2013 ***So you want to be a film critic and review movies for a living? Veteran film critic Christopher Null teaches you, step by step, how to break into the business with the lessons he's learned from more than a decade in the industry.FIVE STARS will teach you all you need to know!-Understand movie history and the mechanics of filmmaking -- without the film snob jargon!-Learn how to write a review, step by step-Get into every movie for free and never pay to go to the movies again!-Get free DVDs -- before anyone else!-Break into professional writing in newspapers, magazines, and online-Launch a movie review website, recruit staff, and start your own business as a critic-Learn how to approach editors -- from the experts themselves-Build an audience for your work-Interview celebrities and hang out with the stars!FIVE STARS is an absolute must-read for any aspiring film critic!

A richly detailed historical novel from master storyteller Nicholas Christopher that School Library Journal calls “[A] lush tale of music, magic, and intrigue”! Nicolò Zen is all alone in 1700s Venice, save for his clarinet, which a mysterious magician had enchanted, allowing its first player to perform expertly. Soon Nicolò is a famous virtuoso, wealthy beyond his dreams, but he can’t stop wondering if he earned the success himself—or what might happen if the spell were removed. And throughout it all, he continues to think about the girl he met in Venice, what she might be doing and if she’s safe from harm. With a guest appearance by composer Vivaldi, and brimming with fascinating period details, this is a compelling coming-of-age story full of universal themes and a love story that will conjure memories of Romeo and Juliet, perfect for teens who love stories set in other times, and a magician who dresses all in white and can be in two places at once. . . .

When two scientists develop the ability to go back in time, there is only one place for them to go to demonstrate their new technology.After they make a wager about whether or not the resurrection of Jesus really happened, the two set out to prove their theories. They soon learn that there are others who are interested in their technology, but not for a scientific purpose.But do they really understand the implications of their discovery - and what awaits them 2000 years in the past?Praise:★★★★★ - "I'm not a religious man. In fact I had no idea this was going to lead where it did, and I loved it. The best read of the year for me."★★★★★ - "What an exciting premise this laid out. It was a fascinating look into history and the effects of time travel. Incredible."

Violence in the media is a major topic of debate, and video games are often at the center of these debates. Are they too violent? Does playing a violent video game have any impact on a young person becoming violent themselves? Readers are encouraged to form their own answers to these challenging questions and to back them up with facts from the enlightening text. A detailed graphic organizer, vivid photographs, and helpful fact boxes are also included to guide readers as they explore the many facets of this controversial issue.

This Routledge Revival, first published in 1985, gives detailed attention to the bearing of literary theory on questions of truth, meaning and reference. On the one hand, deconstruction brings a vigilant awareness of the figural and narrative tropes that make up the discourse of philosophic reason. On the other it insists that argumentative rigour cannot be divorced from the kind of close reading that has come to characterize literary theory in its more advanced or speculative forms. This present-day ?contest of faculties? has large implications for philosophers and critics, many of whom will welcome the reissue of such a clear-headed statement of the impact of deconstruction.