Oscar S Great Adventure

Oscar the owl is the wisest creature of the forest, and he'll need plenty of wisdom to outsmart the evil crow, Hector, who kidnaps his brother and terrorizes the creatures of nearby Woodmont. With the help of friends, Oscar sets out to free his brother and undo Hector's evil plan to rule the forest. Can Oscar defeat Hector and his book of magic spells? The creatures of Woodmont are counting on him.

Clement and Oscar are two young rats on a gap year. Having done nothing but play computer games for months, a bored Clement comes up with an idea for an adventure! Borrowing an uncle's boat the two rats set sail to New York. A perilous journey ensues. Crossing the great Atlantic Ocean, they encounter sharks, whales, severe storms, and even a stowaway! Their lives change in ways they could never imagine, and the trip becomes more than just a holiday! Tested beyond their limits, relying on each other, how far can they go? And can they stop?

Great Adventures in Florida explores the exciting, alternative travel adventures Florida has to offer and shows you where to experience them. When vacations fail to recharge or refresh you, and the family becomes restless with the same old routine, then follow M. Timothy O'Keefe to exotic, thrilling, and surprising adventures in the Sunshine State. This wonderful book includes such adventures as spending a night at an underwater hotel, drifting in a hot-air balloon, and swimming with the mermaids of Crystal River. From the calm to the exciting, there are more than twenty-five adventures to choose from. If you ignore the possibilities of adventure, are you really living? (6 x 9, 288 pages, b&w photos, map)

When Oscar the Oyster finds a funny piece of sand in his mouth that just won't wash away, he relies on his friends to give him a fin. As the sand grows in scale, however, his buddies must put their gills together to help poor, shell-shocked Oscar. Join Oscar and a cast of cuddly ocean creatures as they journey across the sea and discover the beauty that can often be found in life's greatest challenges.

It is just thirteen inches tall and weighs eight pounds, yet the Oscar has come to exert an hypnotic hold over film performers and audiences alike. This book uses the narrative story of an individual year as the basis of a much broader and historical canvas, to present a portrait of the film world today, and its personalities, finances and power-struggles. It also includes detailed lists of Oscar facts and figures, winners and losers. The author's other books include best-selling biographies of Prince Charles and Laurence Olivier.

In the first half of the twentieth century, Theodor Adorno wrote about the 'culture industry'. For Adorno, culture too along with the products of factory labour was increasingly becoming a commodity. Now, in what they call the 'global culture industry', Scott Lash and Celia Lury argue that Adorno's worst nightmares have come true. Their new book tells the compelling story of how material objects such as watches and sportswear have become powerful cultural symbols, and how the production of symbols, in the form of globally recognized brands, has now become a central goal of capitalism. Global Culture Industry provides an empirically and theoretically rich examination of the ways in which these objects - from Nike shoes to Toy Story, from global football to conceptual art - metamorphose and move across national borders. This book is set to become a dialectic of enlightenment for the age of globalization. It will be essential reading for students and scholars across the social sciences.