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  • Humour

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Noël Carroll ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Humour has been discovered in every known human culture and thinkers have discussed it for over two thousand years. Humour can serve many functions; it can be used to relieve stress, to promote goodwill among strangers, to dissipate tension within a fractious group, to display intelligence, and some have even claimed that it improves health and fights sickness. In this Very Short Introduction Noel ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Deliquent Alien

    by Noel Carroll ...
    A rebellious young alien (Terrin) transmits herself to newly- discovered Earth to prove she is capable of interplanetary exploration. Able to assume any form for which she has DNA, she gathers two samples, one a canine and the other a beautiful young woman. She begins with the canine form, thinking this will allow her to move more easily among Earth's creatures. It appears to work as she wanders ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Philosophy of Art

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by Noël Carroll ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Philosophy of Art is a textbook for undergraduate students interested in the topic of philosophical aesthetics.It introduces the techniques of analytic philosophy as well as key topics such as the representational theory of art, formalism, neo-formalism, aesthetic theories of art, neo-Wittgensteinism, the Institutional Theory of Art. as well as historical approaches to the nature of art.Throughout ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Philosophy and the Moving Image

    by Noël Carroll ...
    Series series Thinking Art
    A wide-ranging, eclectic collection of essays on philosophy and the moving image by a pre-eminent philosopher of art This volume presents a selection of philosopher Noël Carroll's essays-several of which appear in print here for the first time-at the intersection of philosophy, film, and television. The volume begins with broad, foundational issues-what the moving image is, the nature of the ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Minerva's Night Out

    Philosophy, Pop Culture, and Moving Pictures

    by Noël Carroll ...
    Minerva’s Night Out presents series of essays by noted philosopher and motion picture and media theorist Noël Carroll that explore issues at the intersection of philosophy, motion pictures, and popular culture.Presents a wide-ranging series of essays that reflect on philosophical issues relating to modern film and popular cultureAuthored by one of the best known philosophers dealing with film and ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Engaging the Moving Image

    by Noel Carroll ...
    Series series Yale Series in the Philosophy and Theory
    Noël Carroll, a brilliant and provocative philosopher of film, has gathered in this book eighteen of his most recent essays on cinema and television-what Carroll calls moving images.” The essays discuss topics in philosophy, film theory, and film criticism.Drawing on concepts from cognitive psychology and analytic philosophy, Carroll examines a wide range of fascinating topics. These include film ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Never By Blood

    by Noel Carroll ...
    For Therese Elliott nightmare has gone beyond dream to gruesome reality. She is desperate in her need to know, not only what triggered the dream but why she finds it so impossible to let it go. And why she knows with a fatal certainty that, if it is not quickly sorted out, the Atlantis with her astronaut husband aboard will be sent crashing into the International Space Station. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Circle of Distrust

    by Noel Carroll ...
    A young engineer takes his company's top secret listening device out for a little fun, a lark that plummets him into the midst of a deadly conspiracy. In short order, he is embroiled in a circle of suspicion that has his company, the FBI, and a murderous Black Moslem group aimed against him. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Philosophy of Horror

    Or, Paradoxes of the Heart

    by Noel Carroll ...
    Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phenomenon. A fan and serious student of the horror genre, Carroll brings to bear his comprehensive knowledge of obscure and forgotten works, as well as of the horror masterpieces. ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • "If Only"

    by Noel Carroll ...
    `IF ONLY` Synopsis Liverpool 1990 Debbie Murphy is driving to work in the city of Liverpool, when she is involved in a serious car crash. She suffers major injuries including some brain damage. She is transferred to Addenbrokes Hospital in Cambridge as she is in need of specialist care for her brain injuries. She remains in a deep coma for a year. When she wakes up she is astonished to find that ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Long Reach Back

    by Noel Carroll ...
    About to be killed by drug runners intent on stealing her boat, a young woman spots a naked man floating in an empty ocean.An ancient astronaut awakening from a 40-thousand-year sleep has no idea who he is or why he is floating naked in a world of water. Chance brings him to combine forces with a young woman on a passing sailboat about to be murdered by Bahamian drug runners. Driven by separate ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Humour

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Noël Carroll ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Humour has been discovered in every known human culture and thinkers have discussed it for over two thousand years. Humour can serve many functions; it can be used to relieve stress, to promote goodwill among strangers, to dissipate tension within a fractious group, to display intelligence, and some have even claimed that it improves health and fights sickness. In this Very Short Introduction Noel ... Read more

    $7.99 USD