Ian Smith

When a sheep cries "Cock-a-doodle-doo" to awaken the other animals, each responds with a surprising sound, while all wonder where the rooster has gone.

A Chronology of Film presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between technical innovations, social changes and artistic interventions. Organized around a central timeline that charts the development of film from the earliest moving images to the present-day blockbusters, it features key films, together with commentaries and contextual information about the social,...

This fascinating book explores 100 of the most compelling documentaries, each with the power to change our perceptions and raise awareness of the world around us. Every so often a documentary comes along with the power to change the way you think, to share alternative perspectives, to make you furious about injustice or warm your heart. Contained in this book are 100 documentaries that fulfil these criteria and astound viewers around the world; real-life...

Spencer Collins thinks his life at Harvard will be all about basketball and pre-med; hard workouts and grinding work in class. The friends he's made when he hits the storied ivy-clad campus from a very different life in urban Chicago are a happy bonus. But Spencer is about to be introduced to the most mysterious inner sanctum of the inner sanctum: to his surprise, he's in the running to be "punched" for one of Harvard's elite final clubs. The Delphic...

"This in-depth guide to 330 of the world's greatest stars from the silent era to the blockbusters of today contains entries featuring an insightful critique of a star's career, supported by infographic timelines and stunning photographs. Twenty feature articles focus on popular trends in cinema, from western heroes to femme fatales and movie clowns."--Publisher.

A guide to clean eating outlines a diet and exercise program for minimizing unhealthy processed foods as part of a lifestyle practice for weight loss, disease prevention, and overall better health, citing the importance of not eliminating food groups and meeting nutritional needs. Smith outlines a diet and exercise program for minimizing unhealthy processed foods. He emphasizes eating natural foods as part of a lifestyle practice for weight loss,...

"A Cadillac, a pistol, and a corpse make for another morning in Chicago. The body belongs to Walter Griffin, a prominent Black Chicagoan insider hailing from the city's West Side. He ascended to the upper echelons of the mayor's office only to meet his end in a watery grave at Wolf Point. Forensics finds his prints on the gun; it's ruled a suicide. But grizzled private investigator Ashe Cayne knows better. Griffin's children plead with a reluctant...

"Super Shred is a more intense, concentrated, shorter program that shares the system and principles of the #1 bestseller Shred. At four weeks, it's almost half the length of Shred and twice the intensity. There's always a customer looking for a diet who not only wants but must have faster, more dramatic results right away. All the same building blocks that have made Shred work for dieters are here: diet confusion, meal replacement, frequent meals...

"Hundreds of thousands have lost extraordinary amounts of weight on Dr. Ian Smith's SHRED programs, using his proven killer combo of diet confusion, meal spacing, meal replacement, and strategic snacking. Now, in Dr. Ian's first-ever cookbook, he's deliciously answering the question so many of those dieters have asked: 'Can I eat that on SHRED?'" -- From dust jacket.