Julia Knight

Viking raiders destroyed Wilda's home. She witnessed the murder of her mother and would have been killed herself if it weren't for the Viking boy Einar, who saved her from his ruthless brother. The blood and murder left Wilda cold and shorn of feeling. Eight years later, the heathens return for Wilda. As a captive in the Viking village, she finds protection and silent comfort in the man who once gallantly saved her. Einar has been cursed to silence by his brother. With the dark net of his brother's power cast over their village, silence is a small price to pay for his family's safety. But Einar is immediately drawn to Wilda, and the need to protect her from his brother awakens his Viking courage. Can Einar break his brother's curse in time to save the village and the woman he loves? 69,000 words

The Viking's Sacrifice

"Vocho and Kacha are champion duelists: a brother and sister known for the finest swordplay in the city of Reyes. Or at least they used to be--until they were thrown out of the Duelist's Guild. As a last resort, they turn reluctant highwaymen. But when they pick the wrong carriage to rob, their simple plans to win back fame and fortune go south fast"--Page 4 of cover.

Swords and Scoundrels

Hilde is shunned for her strange looks and ability to dream the future, both unwelcome gifts of the half-kyrbodan blood that flows in her veins. One of those dreams summons the legendary mage, Ilfayne, a tortured man driven by demons as cruel as her own. The only man who doesnt recoil from her. Condemned to four thousand years of loneliness and regret, Ilfayne finds a rare thing in Hilde: a friend. Just as he gathers the courage to reveal the tender feelings he thought hed lost, her kyrbodan blood forces her to bond with a man of her own race. To deny the bond means she could die. Either way, she is lost to him. Now llfaynes oldest enemy has resurfaced, one who will stop at nothing to destroy him. Including targeting their greatest vulnerabilitiesIlfaynes hidden love for Hilde, and Hildes guilt-wracked conscience. Holding the lives of two men in her hands, Hilde is faced with a terrible and deadly choice. Loyaltyor love.

Ilfayne's Bane

Peter Thomas

From Hollywood blockbusters to art films, distributors play an important role in getting films in front of audiences and thus in shaping the nature of film culture. Of central concern to "Reaching Audiences" are the distribution practices developed to counter Hollywood s dominance of the marketplace, designed to ensure audiences have access to a more diverse moving image culture. Through a series of case studies, the book tracks the inventive distribution and exhibition initiatives developed over the last forty years by small companies on the periphery of the United Kingdom s film industry practices now being replicated by a new generation of digital distributors. Although largely invisible to outsiders, the importance of distribution networks is widely recognized in the industry, and this book is a key contribution to our understanding of the role they play."

Distribution and Promotion of Alternative Moving Image

Reaching Audiences

Legends and Liars is the second book in the Duelist's trilogy -- a fast-paced adventure from one of the most exciting new talents in fantasy. Vocho and Kacha are brother and sister, and between them they've got quite a reputation. They were once know for the finest swordplay in the city of Reyes. The only problem is, ever since they were thrown out of the Duelist's Guild for accidentally killing a man they were sworn to protect, it seems everyone wants them dead. Including a dark magician whose plans they recently thwarted. . . Now Vocho and Kacha are in the midst of an uneasy truce, not sure whether to trust each other, or anyone else for that matter. What's more, the sinister magician is rumored to have returned. Now he knows who was behind the failure of his last plan, he's determined to put a stop to Vocho and Kacha permanently. And this time, the flash of steel may not be enough to save them.

Legends and Liars

Das große Fantasy-Abenteuer um die "Gilde der Duellanten" geht weiter: Die Geschwister Vocho und Kacha stehen in dem Ruf, die besten Schwertkämpfer von Reyes zu sein. Doch seit sie die Pläne des dunklen Magiers Sabates vereitelt haben, scheint es so, als sei ihnen die ganze Welt auf den Fersen - und es ist mehr als ungewiss, ob die Schnelligkeit ihrer Klingen diesmal ausreichen wird, um sie zu retten ... "Legenden und Lügner" ist der zweite Band in Julia Knights Trilogie "Die Gilde der Duellanten", in der sie die atemberaubende Geschichte ihrer Helden Vocho und Kacha atmosphärisch dicht, mit einem Augenzwinkern und einer Prise Romantik fortsetzt.

Frieden ist für Feiglinge

Legenden und Lügner

Vocho and Kacha are brother and sister, and between them they've got quite a reputation. They were once known for the finest swordplay in the city of Reyes. The only problem is, ever since they were thrown out of the Duellist's Guild for accidentally killing a man they were sworn to protect, it seems everyone wants them dead. Including a dark magician whose plans they recently scuppered . . . Now Vocho and Kacha are in the midst of an uneasy truce, not sure whether to trust each other, or anyone else for that matter. What's more, the sinister magician is rumoured to have returned. Now he knows who was behind the failure of his last plan, he's determined to put a stop to Vocho and Kacha permanently. And this time, the flash of steel may not be enough to save them.

The Duellists: Book Two

There were virtually no women film directors in germany until the 1970s. today there are proportionally more than in any other film-making country6, and their work has been extremely influential. Directors like Margarethe von Trotta, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Ulrike Ottinger and Helke Sander have made a huge contribution to feminist film culture, but until now critical consideration of New German Cinema in Britain and the United States has focused almost exclusively on male directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Wim Wenders. In Women and the New German Cinema Julia Knight examines how restrictive social, economic and institutional conditions have compounded the neglect of the new women directors. Rejecting the traditional auteur approach, she explores the principal characteristics of women's film-making in the 1970s and 1980s, in particular the role of the women's movement, the concern with the notion of a 'feminine aesthetic', women's entry into the mainstream, and the emergence of a so-called post-feminist cinema. This timely and comprehensive study will be essential reading for everyone concerned with contemporary cinema and feminism.

Women and the New German Cinema

Christine Gledhill

Research into and around women's participation in cinematic history has enjoyed dynamic growth over the past decade. A broadening of scope and interests encompasses not only different kinds of filmmaking--mainstream fiction, experimental, and documentary--but also practices--publicity, journalism, distribution and exhibition--seldom explored in the past. Cutting-edge and inclusive, Doing Women's Film History ventures into topics in the United States and Europe while also moving beyond to explore the influence of women on the cinemas of India, Chile, Turkey, Russia, and Australia. Contributors grapple with historiographic questions that cover film history from the pioneering era to the present day. Yet the writers also address the very mission of practicing scholarship. Essays explore essential issues like identifying women's participation in their cinema cultures, locating previously unconsidered sources of evidence, developing methodologies and analytical concepts to reveal the impact of gender on film production, distribution and reception, and reframing film history to accommodate new questions and approaches. Contributors include: Kay Armatage, Eylem Atakav, Karina Aveyard, Canan Balan, Cécile Chich, Monica Dall'Asta, Eliza Anna Delveroudi, Jane M. Gaines, Christine Gledhill, Julia Knight, Neepa Majumdar, Michele Leigh, Luke McKernan, Debashree Mukherjee, Giuliana Muscio, Katarzyna Paszkiewicz, Rashmi Sawhney, Elizabeth Ramirez Soto, Sarah Street, and Kimberly Tomadjoglou.

Reframing Cinemas, Past and Future

Doing Women's Film History

Comprising a discussion of 'Alice in the Cities', 'The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant', 'Heimat' and 'The American Friend', Julia Knight's study examines the American dominance of German film, the framework of European art cinema and how German cinema engages with contemporary German reality.

Images of a Generation

New German Cinema

Schwertduelle, Wortgefechte und eine Prise Romantik - Julia Knight stürzt ihre Helden in atemberaubendem Tempo in immer neue, verwegene Abenteuer. Der erste Roman der Fantasy-Trilogie "Die Gilde der Duellanten" spielt in einer Welt, die an die der drei Musketiere erinnert. Doch statt für Ehre und Gerechtigkeit zu kämpfen, müssen Kacha und ihr jüngerer Bruder Vocho sich seit kurzem als Wegelagerer durchschlagen. Obwohl sie als die Besten ihres Faches gelten, wurden sie aus der Gilde ausgestoßen – durch Vochos Schuld. Als sich die Geschwister beim nächtlichen Überfall auf eine Kutsche einem Magier und einer Truhe mit geheimen Dokumenten gegenübersehen, geraten sie mitten hinein in eine tödliche Intrige. Hilfe naht ausgerechnet in Form von Dom, dem aufgeblasenen Sohn eines Grundbesitzers, der ein Auge auf Kacha geworfen hat ...

Sterben ist für Anfänger

Schwerter und Schwindler

Privateer Van Gast thrills in capturing treasure; delights in pulling off elaborate scams; and has an outrageous reputation with the ladies. But there is only one woman for him: fellow privateer Josie—seductive, brave and unpredictable. He's hoping to make their relationship permanent, until he raids the wrong ship. Now slavers are stalking him, his crew is verging on mutiny and Josie has disappeared. When she reappears with a new mark wanting Van Gast's help running the ten ruby trick con, he senses trouble. It seems like Josie has joined up with mage-bound slavers to turn him over to their Master. Van Gast is about to take the biggest risk of all—and find out the true meaning of trust and betrayal. 102,400 words

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