Familiar Face

Familiar Face
Author: Michael DeForge
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781770463875

In a thoroughly modernized, constantly updating society, where can true connection be found? The bodies of citizens and the infrastructure surrounding them is constantly updating. People can’t recognize themselves in old pictures, and they wake up in apartments of completely different sizes and shapes. Commuter routes radically differ day to day. The citizens struggle with adaptability as updates happen too quickly, and the changes are far too radical to be intuitive. There is no way to resist—the updates are enacted by a nameless, faceless force. The narrator of Familiar Face works in the government’s department of complaints, reading through citizens’ reports of the issues they’ve had with the system updates. The job isn’t to fix anything but rather to be the sole human sounding board, a comfort in a system so decidedly impersonal. These complaints aren’t mere bug reports—they can be anything: existential, petty, just plain heartbreaking. Michael DeForge’s ability to find the humanity and emotional truth within the outlandish bureaucracy of everyday life is unparalleled. The signatures of his work—a vibrant color palette, surreal designs, and a self-aware sense of humor—enliven an often bleak technocratic future. Familiar Face is a masterful and deeply funny exploration of how we define our sense of self, and how we cope when so much of life is out of our control.

Familiar Faces, Hidden Lives

Familiar Faces, Hidden Lives
Author: Howard Brown
Publisher: Mariner Books
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1989
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780156301206

The first American public official to announce his homosexuality draws on his own experiences and those of acquaintances and colleagues to reveal the truth about the lives of homosexual men in modern society

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Author: Edna Buchanan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2004-05-25
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1416578927

This classic by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author is her nonfiction masterpiece--a tale of life and death on Miami's streets, which she covered for 18 years for "The Miami Herald." Reissue.

Face Recognition

Face Recognition
Author: Sam S. Rakover
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2001
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9789027251510

Annotation In 1997, Rakover (U. of Haifa) and Cahlon (Oakland U, Michigan) won an award from the Minister of Internal Security of the State of Israel for developing the Catch model for face recognition. Since then they have proposed the law of Face Recognition by Similarity. Here they describe the computer and mathematical research they have conducted and some of their results. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Perceptual Learning

Perceptual Learning
Author: Manfred Fahle
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780262062213

Perceptual learning is the specific and relatively permanent modification of perception and behaviour following sensory experience. This book presents advances made during the 1990s in this rapidly growing field.

Familiar Faces in Unfamiliar Places

Familiar Faces in Unfamiliar Places
Author: Arianne Ishaya
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781453567456

This book traces the ups and downs in the regional history of California with particular focus on the Assyrian Immigrants who settled the area of Turlock-Modesto back in 1911. It tells the story of a people who dared to leave the familiar behind and embrace the unknown. Together with other early non-Assyrian pioneers, they developed the area from sand dunes to a town of vineyards and orchards. It is the story of ordinary people with extraordinary experiences. The detailed family histories take the reader to the world at large from where the members of this dispersed refugee nation have come together to form the Turlock-Modesto colony in the heartland of California. It contains poignant accounts of a people who started out with modest beginnings; but whether they came as penniless hopefuls in search of farmland, or traumatized refugees from the Middle East, they worked hard and were able to establish themselves as a stable and even well-to-do part of the Turlock-Modesto community. Changes in the history of this immigrant enclave are traced in the context of the economic and political upheavals in the Middle East where the refugees came from as well as the economic boom and bust cycles in the central California valley. This book records the mutual interaction between the region and its inhabitants. The town shaped the structure of the community as a whole as much as the community shaped the character of the town.

Your Face Looks Familiar--

Your Face Looks Familiar--
Author: Michael Bofshever
Publisher: Heinemann Drama
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Michael Bofshever shows how you can be a successful working actor without either having to become a Star or live the life of a struggling artist.

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Face Processing

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Face Processing
Author: Nancy Kanwisher
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2000
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780863776144

This special issue showcases new findings from many investigators in this field in studies that use a wide range of experimental techniques including brain imaging, ERPs, patient studies, and single-unit recording in monkeys.

Character Kings 2: Hollywood's Familiar Faces Discuss the Art & Business of Acting

Character Kings 2: Hollywood's Familiar Faces Discuss the Art & Business of Acting
Author: Scott Voisin
Publisher: BearManor Media
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2015-05-02
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

Character Kings 2 continues to examine the careers of the busiest men in Hollywood, featuring 15 all-new interviews with the industry's most recognizable actors. Filled with behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the making of movies and TV shows, tips on how to prepare for auditions, the techniques that bring a character to life and the secrets to earning a living in a highly competitive industry, Character Kings 2 offers more instructive lessons about the art and business of acting. "For those of us who live and breathe the movies, Character Kings 2 is a must-read that weaves a fascinating overview of what it takes to be a successful working actor in Hollywood." -- David Del Valle, Films In Review "Scott Voisin draws terrific insights from an impressive assortment of our finest character actors, managing to deepen a movie lover's appreciation of these phenomenal talents. The book is a revelation for all fans of great acting." -- Jamey DuVall, host of Movie Geeks United! "Character actors are a prized species in Hollywood, and Scott Voisin's book selects the cream of today's crop. The actors regale us with some marvelous stories of blood, sweat and fate." -- Tim Lucas, editor of Video Watchdog "Scott Voisin's Character Kings book series is full of lessons for the filmmaking artist and fan; from its rare perspective on the profession to the survival of the actors who are as important to a movie as its stars." -- John Huff, CultMachine.com "These interviews should be inspiring to everyone who takes their creative life seriously." -- Movies Made Me (Joseph Maddrey)