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'From the outset, the social space of the essay is involved with the text's readers to the degree that conversation is implied - more or less intimate, even argumentative. The essay will often have originated in conversation, or the conversations of groups gathered around an event. Its long form may both contain and measure the extended time of face-to-face conversation or imply that extent; in this it will differ from social media, email and instant messages. These forms are often both dynamic and distanced, with the immediate energy of in-the-moment exchanges. The essays collected here, though, hope for the pleasure of extended conversation, both in their content and in the critical participation of their readers.'Celebrated poet, novelist and critic Ian Wedde's third collection of essays follows How to Be Nowhere: Essays and Texts 1971 - 1994 and Making Ends Meet: Essays & Talks 1992 - 2004, and ranges widely through Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific ocean, and the libraries and museums of the world. Artists considered in depth and often from multiple perspectives include Bill Culbert, Ralph Hotere, Tony Fomison, Judy Millar, Peter Black, Anne Noble, Yuk King Tan, Elizabeth Thomson and Gordon Walters, while writers including Allen Curnow and Russell Haley are remembered.

Containing the most extensive listing of movies available on home video and DVD - more than 29,000 in all -€“ and a multitude of cross-referencing within its seven primary indexes and two guides, each new edition includes 1,000 new movies, expanded indexing, a fresh new introduction and more of the beloved categories. •Videos A-Z features full plot summary and review. • Indexes include Category, Kibbles and Series, Awards, Director, Writer, Cinematographer, and Composer. • Also Video Sources Guide and Web Site Guide. •More than 1000 new movies covered, plus new subject categories including Atlantis, The Beat Generation, Chain Gangs, Fast Zombies, Moonshiners, and more. • New Kibbles lists include films that were Adapted from Young Adult Literature and Adapted from Children's Literature; Books to Film lists for Ann Rule, Booth tarkington, and Upton Sinclair; recurring characters such as Peter Pan, Sam Spade, and Hannibal Lecter, as well as additions to the Screen Teams and Director/Star lists.

The Video Source Book continues its comprehensive coverage of the wide universe of video offerings with more than 170,000 programs on video, encompassing such categories as Movies and Entertainment, Instructional, Business and Vocational Training, Fine Arts, and Children's and Educational videos. All listings are arranged alphabetically by title. Each entry provides a description of the program and information on obtaining the title. Six indexes help speed research. Published twice a year.