Michael Tobias Boeken

This ambitious book from author, producer and director Michael Tobias draws together the voices of 40 renowned documentary filmmakers from around the world. These contributors shed unique light on contemporary culture and aesthetics, the filmmaker's commitment to the documentary form, and the documentary production process from concept to marketplace. They also probe provocative What is reality in a documentary? Can and should there be objectivity in a documentary? What is the role of social advocacy in a documentary? How do new production technologies affect a documentary's message? This is the first book that brings together an international roster of documentary filmmakers to speak about the very heart and soul of their art. It should prove to be an invaluable guide for both professionals and students, and will appeal to general filmgoers as well.

Exploring the celestial landscapes of love, the poet crafts sensuous and haunting verses that reveal love as the essence of the human spirit. Through his unique perspective, he illustrates how love, even in its absence or distortion, serves as a means of escape from life's monotony, rekindling the wonder and vitality of youth.

Explore shattering ethical, political and practical quagmires in this gripping ecological thriller. A tense plot deals with devastating scientific, secret intelligence and geopolitical issues. “You alright, Professor?” Mal asked in a whisper. “Yeah, I’ll be alright.” World renowned ecologist, UCLA Professor David Lev, aged 84, has just begun a contemporary odyssey. From delivering a plenary address on climate change at the Rio+20 UN Summit, he must prevail on a journey through sub-zero hurricane-force gales, impenetrable bogs and twelve foot drifts of ice in the forests of Belarus. Along the way, Lev’s journey directs us to consider such profound questions as: Are we our Brother’s Keeper? What are the ethical limits of science? And, finally, at what price, glory? It is not only Lev’s story that is the key to this page-turner but also an account from the days of World War IIand the Holocaust, which hinges on survival. A constellation of richly nuanced, deeply drawn characters whose enmeshed lives and unique circumstances speak with resonance, melancholy, inspiration and unrelenting drama are all part of this complex and thought-provoking novel - including cutting-edge biochemist Dr Taman Chernichevsky. What has he discovered?

Ein nächtlicher Anruf reißt Tierschützer Jean-Baptiste Simon aus dem Schlaf. Im Hafen von Antwerpen ist ein Tier aus einem Container ausgebrochen, der an die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate adressiert war. Die Dockarbeiter geben alleunterschiedliche Beschreibungen. Nur in zwei Punkten sind sie sich einig: Das Tier war weiß. Und es hatte nur ein Horn, mitten auf der Stirn.