John Singleton

John Singleton
Author: Craigh Barboza
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781604731156

Collected interviews with the director of Boys N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Four Brothers, and other films

Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice
Author: John Singleton
Publisher: Delta
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1993-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

At twenty-four John Singleton became the youngest filmmaker and only African American ever to be nominated for Best Director (and Best Screenplay) for Boyz N the Hood, his debut feature film. Only a year after receiving such sensational acclaim for that debut, Singleton has returned to the Hood. His new film, Poetic Justice, which stars Janet Jackson and features the poetry of Maya Angelou, gives voice to young African-American women.

A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley

A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley
Author: Jane Kamensky
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 557
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0393608611

"A stunning biography…[A] truly singular account of the American Revolution." —Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire Through an intimate narrative of the life of painter John Singleton Copley, award-winning historian Jane Kamensky reveals the world of the American Revolution, rife with divided loyalties and tangled sympathies. Famed today for his portraits of patriot leaders like Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, Copley is celebrated as one of America’s founding artists. But, married to the daughter of a tea merchant and seeking artistic approval from abroad, he could not sever his own ties with Great Britain. Rather, ambition took him to London just as the war began. His view from abroad as rich and fascinating as his harrowing experiences of patriotism in Boston, Copley’s refusal to choose sides cost him dearly. Yet to this day, his towering artistic legacy remains shared by America and Britain alike.

The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby

The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby
Author: John Singleton Mosby
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1917
Genre: History
ISBN:

"Colonel Mosby was a 'Virginian of the Virginians', educated at the State's University, and seemed destined to pass his life as an obscure Virginia attorney, when war brought him his opportunity for fame. The following pages contain the story of his life as private in the cavalry, as a scout, and as a leader as partisans"--Introduction.

Angel Blood

Angel Blood
Author: John Singleton
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2007-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0141320192

The nurses call this place the Bin. We have to get out. We have to run away before they hurt us for good. But there's no escaping Dr Dearly and his brutality � is there? Four extraordinary children face a terrifying ordeal. Their only hope is local hard-case Nail � but has he got what it takes to save them? Brutal, tender and unforgettable, Angel Blood creates its own extraordinary and brilliant world.

Band Theory and Electronic Properties of Solids

Band Theory and Electronic Properties of Solids
Author: John Singleton
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2001-08-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0191057460

This book provides an introduction to band theory and the electronic properties of materials at a level suitable for final-year undergraduates or first-year graduate students. It sets out to provide the vocabulary and quantum-mechanical training necessary to understand the electronic, optical and structural properties of the materials met in science and technology and describes some of the experimental techniques which are used to study band structure today. In order to leave space for recent developments, the Drude model and the introduction of quantum statistics are treated synoptically. However, Bloch's theorem and two tractable limits, a very weak periodic potential and the tight-binding model, are developed rigorously and in three dimensions. Having introduced the ideas of bands, effective masses and holes, semiconductor and metals are treated in some detail, along with the newer ideas of artificial structures such as super-lattices and quantum wells, layered organic substances and oxides. Some recent `hot topics' in research are covered, e.g. the fractional Quantum Hall Effect and nano-devices, which can be understood using the techniques developed in the book. In illustrating examples of e.g. the de Haas-van Alphen effect, the book focuses on recent experimental data, showing that the field is a vibrant and exciting one. References to many recent review articles are provided, so that the student can conduct research into a chosen topic at a deeper level. Several appendices treating topics such as phonons and crystal structure make the book self-contained introduction to the fundamentals of band theory and electronic properties in condensed matter physic today.

Copley and West in England 1775-1815

Copley and West in England 1775-1815
Author: Allen Staley
Publisher: Burlington Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-06-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781916237803

This beautifully and thoroughly illustrated book, which constitutes the first serious investigation of the relationship between Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley, will be of considerable interest to both British and American art historians, and appeal to art lovers from both countries.00The book begins with a brief prologue discussing the earliest of West?s depictions of recent historical events and of subjects set in America, painted prior to Copley?s arrival in England. It then follows the year-by-year evolution of Copley?s painting from 1775 to his death in 1815, with an underlying focus upon his ongoing give-and-take with West, and it ends with examination of hitherto little-known and unstudied major late paintings, from after 1800, by both artists.

Singo

Singo
Author: Gerald Louis Stone
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0732274222

Features the uncensored life story of John Singleton: his mates, his women, and his larrikin ways. Kerry Packer calls him one of the few men who he would trust with a handshake. Four of his ex-wives still think of him as the most charming, romantic man they will ever meet. Yet, he is also a figure of controversy. This work presents his biography.

John Singleton Copley

John Singleton Copley
Author: James Thomas Flexner
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 1993
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780823215232

****Reprint of the 1948 edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.), which is cited in BCL3; in 1939, a lesser version was published as part of Flexner's book America's Old Masters (The Viking Press). Biographical detail and astute art criticism are combined in this study of an exceptional self-taught artist who was born in Boston in 1738, and moved to London to escape the turmoil of the Revolution. Includes 32 full-page reproductions of Copley's paintings, some in color. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

John Singleton Copley

John Singleton Copley
Author: Carolyn J. Weekley
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1994
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780879351311

John Singleton Copley was described by family members as a quiet and retiring man possessing great powers of concentration. He was consumed with the idea of perfecting his art. He was also characterized as a tender and thoughtful man, one who supported a sizable family through his art commissions. Copley's contemporaries noted that his artistic success was achieved through great personal sacrifice and long hours of work.