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iPhone-Fotografie für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Mark HemmingsSie besitzen ein iPhone, machen gerne Bilder damit, sind mit den Ergebnissen aber nicht immer zufrieden? Dann hilft Ihnen dieses Buch. Marks Hemmings erklärt Ihnen, wie Sie mit einfachen Techniken professionell aussehende Fotos schießen. Er erläutert dabei unter anderem, was Sie bei Landschaftsbildern, Porträts und Action-Aufnahmen beachten sollten. Er geht auf Kameraeinstellungen ein, bringt Ihnen die Bearbeitungs-App näher, zeigt Ihnen wie Sie Bilder teilen, organisiert speichern und vieles mehr. So lernen Sie die Möglichkeiten Ihres iPhones zu nutzen.
iPhone Game Development: Developing 2D & 3D games in Objective-C (Animal Guide)
by Paul Zirkle Joe HogueWhat do you need to know to create a game for the iPhone? Even if you've already built some iPhone applications, developing games using iPhone's gestural interface and limited screen layout requires new skills. With iPhone Game Development, you get everything from game development basics and iPhone programming fundamentals to guidelines for dealing with special graphics and audio needs, creating in-game physics, and much more.Loaded with descriptive examples and clear explanations, this book helps you learn the technical design issues particular to the iPhone and iPod Touch, and suggests ways to maximize performance in different types of games. You also get plug-in classes to compensate for the areas where the iPhone's game programming support is weak.Learn how to develop iPhone games that provide engaging user experiencesBecome familiar with Objective-C and the Xcode suite of toolsLearn what it takes to adapt the iPhone interface to gamesCreate a robust, scalable framework for a game appUnderstand the requirements for implementing 2D and 3D graphicsLearn how to add music and audio effects, as well as menus and controlsGet instructions for publishing your game to the App Store
The iPhone Photographer
by Michael FagansThe iPhone camera is a sophisticated device. It has compelled millions of people worldwide to take a new or renewed interest in photography. Let’s face it: most of us now have a tiny yet highly competent camera in a pocket or purse at all times these days, and we use it to grab shots of people, places, and things more and more often as the technology improves-and you know what? We’re largely pleased with those captures. If you’re a SERIOUS photographer, you may be wondering just how much mileage you can get out of your "simple,” ever-ready iPhone camera. Well, the answer may surprise you. In this book, Michael Fagans deconstructs photos taken in 60 scenarios-with a diverse array of subjects, in changing lighting conditions, in places that present unique challenges-showing you how to use solid, traditional photographic techniques to create great shots. Yes, Fagans will teach you the basics of creating a great photo. But there’s far more: He’ll show you that an iPhone, with the aid of apps, can mimic looks achieved by vintage cameras, a range of lenses, and countless filters. In this book, Fagans teaches you how to use free and low-cost apps and Instagram options to create (or, rather, re-create) beloved vintage-photo effects that you’d achieve with the Holga (a plastic vintage camera known for its unexpected lens distortion) and medium-format-camera looks. You’ll learn how to choose and use digital lenses, filters, and effects-and combine and re-combine them-to intensify color and contrast, de-saturate color, introduce lens aberrations, play with the grain and color cast in the image, and much, much more. What to emulate the look of vintage film stock to create a photo with an aged, time-worn feel? No problem. Want to introduce a little focusing inaccuracy for effect? Easily done. Want to do these things AND use traditional, professional artificial lighting sources (think a large softbox), a professional image-editing platform (Photoshop), and really refine your message while pulling out all the stops? Fagans shows you how. The deconstruction of the images in this book makes it worth the price of admission. Still, however, there is far more: Fagans is a photographer’s photographer. The book is peppered with inspiring quotes from Ansel Adams, Minor White, and countless other photographic visionaries that speak to the heart of photography.
iPhone Photography For Dummies
by Mark HemmingsMove beyond simple point-and-shoot photos Get pro results from your iPhone 11 or older iPhone Discover simple edits that enhance your images Create beautiful photos with an iPhone The majority of the 1 trillion photos shot each year are taken with a smartphone camera. The combination of ease of use, quick results, and high image quality combines to help iPhone users create brilliant photos anywhere and anytime. In this book, iPhone photography expert Mark Hemmings shares his deep experience and insight on creating top-quality images with an iPhone. Whether you're using a multi-lens iPhone 11 or an older model, you'll discover the shooting and editing techniques that get stunning results. Inside... Optimize your settings Create landscape images Capture action shots Shoot portraits Master the selfie Select an editing app Share and organize images
iPhone Photography & Video For Dummies
by Angelo MichelettiGet the most out of your iPhone's camera and video capabilities with this full-color reference!The iPhone's integrated camera is ideal for snapshots and video on the go. Written by a professional photographer and Mac expert, this handy, full-color guide shows you how to get the most out of your iPhone camera's capabilities. Packed with easy-to-understand coverage on how to shoot and edit great photos and video, this For Dummies book is here to help you take advantage of even the most impromptu photo opportunity.Walks you through the exciting capabilities of the iPhone's integrated cameraShows you how to get the most from the iPhone's functionalityReviews the best iPhone applications for improving and enhancing your photos and acquiring must-have iPhone photography accessoriesExplains how to set up photos, use available lighting, enhance photos digitally, and share photosiPhone Photography For Dummies features fun and friendly tips and helpful advice on accessories so that you can make your good iPhone photos and video great.
iPhone User Interface Cookbook
by Cameron BangaWritten in a cookbook style, this book offers solutions using a recipe based approach. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by an analysis of what was done in each task and other useful information. The cookbook approach means you can dive into whatever recipes you want in no particular order. The iPhone Interface Cookbook is written from the ground up for people who are new to iOS or application interface design in general. Each chapter discusses the reasoning and design strategy behind critical interface components, as well as how to best integrate each into any iPhone or iPad application. Detailed and straight-forward recipes help give guidance and build understanding far beyond what is offered through Apple's Human Interface Guidelines.
iPhoneography
by Michael ClawsonThe iPhone and related touch devices have revolutionized personal communication, networking, mobile productivity, and so much more. One of the iPhone's most significant contributions to modern culture has been its impact on photography. It's the camera that's with us all the time, and its ready availability and growing technical capability mean we're snapping more high-quality images and video than ever before. Beyond simply documenting the details of our lives, iPhoneography and touch devices are now shaping a new artistic movement that's connected to a more real sense of touch and interaction that produces art in a very real and natural way. Creating on the iPhone and touch devices is an emotional, tactile, artistic experience that's very different from older methods of shooting and editing digital images. With INSPIRING TOUCH: HOW IPHONEOGRAPHY IS CHANGING THE WAY WE CREATE, you will explore these new techniques, applications, and attitudes and learn to create your own creative images.
iPhoto: 2014 release, covers iPhoto 9.5 for Mac and 2.0 for iOS 7
by David Pogue Lesa SniderThis new edition covers iPhoto 9.5 for Mac and iPhoto 2.0 for iOS.Whether you're on a Mac or iOS device, iPhoto now makes it easier than ever to organize, edit, publish, print, and share your photos--but neither version of the program offers a manual to help you get going. Fortunately, David Pogue and Lesa Snider offer a clear and objective guide to iPhoto in this witty, authoritative book.The important stuff you need to knowOrganize your collection. Group your pictures by events, albums, people, or places.Sharpen your editing skills. Use all of iPhoto's editing options, whether you're on a Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.Dive into new features. Learn about the enhanced mapping system, new slideshow themes, and streamlined printing.Compare your photos. View multiple shots side by side to determine which is best.Share your shots online. Post photos on iCloud or Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, and other social sites.Keep web journals. Create snazzy, customizable online scrapbook pages.Create projects. Have fun building slideshows, gift books, calendars, and cards.
iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual (Missing Manual)
by David Pogue J. D. BiersdorferWith iPhoto '09, Apple's popular photo organizer and editing program is better than ever. Unfortunately, intuitive as it may be, iPhoto still has the power to confuse anyone who uses it. That's why more people rely on our Missing Manual than any other iPhoto resource. Author and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue provides clear and objective guidance on every iPhoto feature, including new tools such as face recognition, place recognition based on GPS data, themed slideshows, online sharing, enhanced editing, and travel maps. You'll find step-by-step instructions, along with many undocumented tips and tricks. With iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual, you will: Get a course in picture-taking and digital cameras -- how to buy and use a digital camera, how to compose brilliant photos in various situations Import, organize, and file your photos -- and learn how to search and edit them Create slideshows, photo books, calendars, and greeting cards, and either make or order prints Share photos on websites or by email, and turn photos into screensavers or desktop pictures Learn to manage your Photo Libraries, use plug-ins, and get photos to and from camera phones There's much more in this comprehensive guide. Discover today why iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual is the top-selling iPhoto book.
iPhoto '09 For Dummies
by Angelo MichelettiiPhoto '09 is packed with cool photo-editing features, and iPhoto '09 For Dummies is your fast track to using every one. You'll learn to clean up and enhance your photos, print them or upload them to a sharing site online, create cool projects, protect and secure your pictures, and make photography more fun than ever. This full-color guide shows you how, and even helps you shoot future photos with an eye to iPhoto's capabilities.There's an easy exercise to get you started and plenty of beautiful full-color photos to show you the results you can achieve. You'll learn your way around the interface, what's new, and how to set preferences.Discover how to create a well-organized, maintainable archive so you can find photosImport and export photos from various sources, including card readersManage any import problemsOrganize your collection using facial recognition and GPS technologyCrop, rotate, and enhance your imagesUse a histogram and improve exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, and moreSet up a MobileMe gallery, send photos to Facebook or Flickr, make prints, and burn CDsGet tips for successfully e-mailing your pictures and for printing your photos at homeCreate photo greeting cards, calendars, or a travel book with maps that show where you took your picturesiPhoto '09 For Dummies even tells about cool add-ons and ideas for iPhoto. Learn to make all your photos the best they can be.
iPhoto '11: The Missing Manual (The\missing Manual Ser.)
by David Pogue Lesa SniderWith better ways to get your photos online and new options for creating printed projects, iPhoto '11 makes it easier than ever to transfer photos from a digital camera, organize them, and publish, print, or share them in maps--but there's still no printed manual for the program. Fortunately, David Pogue and Lesa Snider team up in this witty, authoritative book that should have been in the box. Organize your collection. Discover all of the options for grouping your pictures--by events, in albums, or based on who's in the photo or where it was taken. Sharpen your editing skills. Learn how to use iPhoto's beefed-up editing options, including its Photoshop-like adjustments panel. Share images online. Get your photos to everyone on your list by publishing them to Flickr, Facebook, and MobileMe. Dive into creative projects. Have fun building slideshows (with music), gift books, calendars, and cards.
iPhoto '11 Portable Genius
by Brad MiserWhat serious fans need to take full advantage of iPhoto Part of the incredibly popular iLife suite that comes loaded on every Mac, iPhoto is the standard for digital photo management and editing programs. This smart and clever guide gives iPhoto users the inside track on the key skills, tools and shortcuts to accomplish every task iPhoto can do, including some hidden gems that most users miss. It helps maximize the key features of the newest version so Mac users can get the most from their systems. iPhoto is part of the iLife digital lifestyle suite that is pre-installed on every new Mac; this guide helps Mac users take full advantage of its features Packed with facts, secrets, tips, and techniques to help you manage and edit your digital photos more effectively Includes key information that can save you time and hassle and uncovers facts you might not discover just by using the software Authoritative but down-to-earth, this small book is big on expert advice that helps you discover and make the most of every feature of iPhoto.
iPod: The Missing Manual, Tenth Edition
by J. D. Biersdorfer<p>Get the complete scoop the latest line of iPods and the most recent version of iTunes with the guide that outshines them all—<i>iPod: The Missing Manual</i>. Teeming with high-quality color graphics, this books helps you manage your media, play back music, videos, and photo slideshows, and keep your calendars and contacts up-to-date. Whether you have a brand-new iPod or an old favorite, this book provides expert guidance on all the amazing things you can do.</p>
iPod: The Missing Manual, Eleventh Edition
by J. D. Biersdorfer David PogueApple’s iPods continue to set the bar for media players, with bold new features like the Touch’s supersized screen and Siri voice control. But iPods still lack a guide to all their features. That’s where this full-color book comes in. It shows you how to play music, movies, and slideshows; shoot photos and videos; and navigate Apple's redesigned iTunes media-management program.The important stuff you need to know:Fill it up. Load your iPod with music, photos, movies, TV shows, games, ebooks, and podcasts.Manage your stuff. Download media and apps from the iTunes and App Stores, then organize your collection.Tackle the Touch. Send email and instant messages, make FaceTime calls, and shoot photos and HD video with the Touch's 5-megapixel camera.Go wireless. Use the Touch’s new iOS 6 software to sync content wirelessly.Relish the Nano. Enjoy video and photos on the Nano’s new big screen, and chart your workouts with the Nike+ pedometer.Master the Shuffle and Classic. Get mucho music on the little Shuffle, and use the Classic’s giant hard drive to tote around your audio and video collections.Pump it up. Blast iPod tunes through your home and car stereo.
iPod: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue J. D. BiersdorferApple's iPod still has the world hooked on portable music, pictures, videos, movies, and more, but one thing it doesn't have is a manual that helps you can get the most out this amazing device. That's where this book comes in. Get the complete scoop on the latest line of iPods and the latest version of iTunes with the guide that outshines them all -- iPod: The Missing Manual. The 9th edition is as useful, satisfying, and reliable as its subject. Teeming with high-quality color graphics, each page helps you accomplish a specific task -- everything from managing your media and installing and browsing iTunes to keeping calendars and contacts. Whether you have a brand-new iPod or an old favorite, this book provides crystal-clear explanations and expert guidance on all of the things you can do: Fill 'er up. Load your Nano, Touch, Classic, or Shuffle with music, movies, and photos, and learn how to play it all back. Tour the Touch. Surf the Web, use web-based email, collect iPhone apps, play games, and more. Share music and movies. Copy music between computers with Home Sharing, beam playlists around the house, and whisk your Nano's videos to YouTube. iTunes, tuned up. Pick-and-choose which music, movies, and photos to sync; create instant playlists with Genius Mix; and auto-rename "Untitled" tracks. iPod power. Create Genius playlists on your iPod, shoot movies on your Nano, use the Nano's FM radio and pedometer, and add voice memos to your Touch. Shop the iTunes Store. Find what you're looking for in a snap, whether it's music, movies, apps, lyrics, or liner notes.
Ipswich: No. 1-6 (Images of America)
by Ipswich Historical Society William M. VarrellFounded in 1634, Ipswich is one of the oldest towns in America. It currently has more First Period houses still lived in than any other community in the United States. It was originally the home of Colonial governors, renowned furniture makers, sea captains, and the Heard family, who were giants in the China trade. Added to the early settlers were immigrant millworkers and millionaires who built summer mansions. As nearby towns with broader rivers and deeper harbors became commercial successes, Ipswich went into decline. It was this "hibernation" that enabled Ipswich to maintain its earliest homes, spectacular scenery, and local charm.Through more than two hundred vintage images, Ipswich takes the reader on an exciting journey through the history of this unique town. It presents the town's creative artists, the lives and occupations of its everyday citizens, beautiful landscapes, the mills and the country stores, and the ships and shipwrecks that met the Ipswich coast.
Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words
by Michael OwenThe man behind some of the most memorable lyrics in the Great American Songbook steps from behind his brother’s shadow. The first lyricist to win the Pulitzer Prize, Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) has been hailed as one of the masters of the Great American Songbook, a period which covers songs written largely for Broadway and Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1950s. Now, in the first full-length biography devoted to his life, Michael Owen brings Ira out at last from the long shadow cast by his younger and more famous brother George. Drawing on extensive archival sources and often using Ira’s own words, Owen has crafted a rich portrait of the modest man who penned the words to many of America’s best-loved songs, like “Fascinating Rhythm,” “Embraceable You,” and “They Can’t Take That Away from Me.” These fruits of Ira’s lyric genius sprang from the simplest of seeds: a hand-drawn weekly created for a cousin, an amateur newspaper co-written with friend and future lyricist Yip Harburg, columns in the school papers at Townsend Harris High School and, later, City College of New York. The details of his early literary efforts demonstrate both his developing ambition and the early signs of his talent. But while the road to becoming a successful lyricist was neither short nor smooth, it did lead Ira to the greatest creative partnership of his life. George and Ira Gershwin collaborated on a string of hit Broadway shows in the 1920s and 1930s that resulted in popular and financial success and spawned a long string of songs that have become classics. Owen offers fascinating glimpses of their creative process, drawing on Ira’s diaries and other contemporary sources, as well as the close relationship between the two brothers. Hollywood soon beckons and the brothers head west to California to work in the movie business. Greater fame and fortune seem right around the corner. George Gershwin died in a Los Angeles hospital in July 1937. He was only 38 years old. His death marked a stark dividing line in Ira’s life, and from that point on much of his time and energy was devoted to the management of his brother’s estate and the care of his legacy. Accustomed to living in his brother’s shadow, it now threatened to overwhelm him. He worked to balance all the administrative tasks with a new series of collaborations with composers like Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern, Harry Warren, and Harold Arlen. Ira’s last Broadway work was in 1946, and several films and a book project—a collection of his lyrics with the stories behind them—occupied his later years along with the ongoing management of George’s affairs. Ira Gershwin’s work with George left an enduring mark on American culture, as recognized by the Library of Congress in 2007 when it established the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which has been awarded to artists like Paul Simon, Carole King, Tony Bennett, Paul McCartney, and Elton John. In Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words, Michael Owen brings the publicity shy lyricist into the spotlight he deserves.
Ira Township
by Paul Torney Gail Zabowski Richard Gonyeau Bob Mack Lynn LyonIn 1679, French explorer Fr. Louis Hennepin planted a cross on the shore of Anchor Bay beside Michigan's Lake St. Clair. There, Ira Township was incorporated on March 11, 1837, and the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church was founded. A settlement called Anchorville, for Anchor Bay, formed around the church. Down the road was another community, first called Swan Creek and later known as Fair Haven. Ira Township was once the nexus for the Interurban Railroad, had one of the first oxen-driven railroads in the state, and has one of the oldest Little League baseball organizations in the country. Shipbuilding has long been a major industry of the area, and the winter carnival known as Shantytown attracts hundreds of ice fishermen to Ira each winter.
Iran and the Deccan: Persianate Art, Culture, and Talent in Circulation, 1400–1700
by Keelan OvertonIn the early 1400s, Iranian elites began migrating to the Deccan plateau of southern India. Lured to the region for many reasons, these poets, traders, statesmen, and artists of all kinds left an indelible mark on the Islamic sultanates that ruled the Deccan until the late seventeenth century. The result was the creation of a robust transregional Persianate network linking such distant cities as Bidar and Shiraz, Bijapur and Isfahan, and Golconda and Mashhad.Iran and the Deccan explores the circulation of art, culture, and talent between Iran and the Deccan over a three-hundred-year period. Its interdisciplinary contributions consider the factors that prompted migration, the physical and intellectual poles of connectivity between the two regions, and processes of adaptation and response. Placing the Deccan at the center of Indo-Persian and early modern global history, Iran and the Deccan reveals how mobility, liminality, and cultural translation nuance the traditional methods and boundaries of the humanities.
Iranian Cinema in a Global Context: Policy, Politics, and Form (Routledge Advances in Film Studies)
by Peter Decherney Blake AtwoodIranian films have been the subject of much critical and scholarly attention over the past several decades, and Iranian filmmakers are mainstays of international film festivals. Yet most of the attention has been focused on a small segment of Iranian film production: auteurist art cinema. Iranian Cinema in a Global Context, on the other hand, takes account of the wide range of Iranian cinema, from popular youth films to low budget underground films. The volume also reassesses the global circulation of Iranian art cinema, looking at its reception at international festivals, in university curricula, and at the Academy Awards. A final theme of the volume explores the intersection between politics and film, with essays on post-Khatami reform influences, representations of ineffective drug policies, and the representation of Jewish characters in Iranian film. Taken together, the essays in this volume present a new definition of the field of Iranian film studies, one that engages global media flows, transmedia interaction, and a heterogeneous Iranian national cinema.
Iranian National Cinema: The Interaction of Policy, Genre, Funding and Reception (Iranian Studies)
by Anne Demy-GeroeThis book examines transformations in the production and domestic and international reception of Iranian cinema between 2000 and 2013 through the intersection of the political markers – the presidential terms of Reformist president Mohammad Khatami and his successor, the conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – and filmic markers, particularly Jafar Panahi’s The Circle (2000) and Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly (2009). Through extensive field and media research, the book considers the interaction of a range of factors including government policy, Iranian national cinema genres and categories, intended audience, funding source, and domestic and international reception, to demonstrate the interplay between filmmakers and the government over these two successive presidencies. While the impact of politics on Iranian filmmaking has been widely examined, this work argues for a more nuanced understanding of politics in and of the Iranian cinema than has generally been previously acknowledged. Drawing on both personal experience as a juror at the Fajr International Film festival and interviews with significant filmmakers, producers, actors and other industry insiders, including senior bureaucrats and politicians, the volume is a key resource for anyone interested in politics and Iranian cinema.
Ireland, Memory and Performing the Historical Imagination
by Christopher Collins Mary P. CaulfieldThis book explores the performance of Irish collective memories and forgotten histories. It proposes an alternative and more comprehensive criterion of Irish theatre practices. These practices can be defined as the 'rejected', contested and undervalued plays and performativities that are integral to Ireland's political and cultural landscapes.
Irene Rice Pereira: Her Paintings and Philosophy
by Karen A. BearorArtist Irene Rice Pereira was a significant figure in the New York art world of the 1930s and 1940s, who shared an interest in Jungianism with the better-known Abstract Expressionists and with various women artists and writers seeking "archetypal" imagery. Yet her artistic philosophy and innovative imagery elude easy classification with her artistic contemporaries. In consequence, her work is rarely included in studies of the period and is almost unknown to the general public. This first intellectual history of the artist and her work seeks to change that. Karen A. Bearor thoroughly re-creates the artistic and philosophical milieu that nourished Pereira's work. She examines the options available to Pereira as a woman artist in the first half of the twentieth century and explores how she used those options to contribute to the development of modernism in the United States. Bearor traces Pereira's interest in the ideas of major thinkers of the period--among them, Spengler, Jung, Einstein, Cassirer, and Dewey--and shows how Pereira incorporated their ideas into her art. And she demonstrates how Pereira's quest to understand something of the nature of ultimate reality led her from an early utopianism to a later interest in spiritualism and the occult. This lively intellectual history amplifies our knowledge of a time of creative ferment in American art and society. It will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in the modernist period.
Irene Strange's Curious Crochet Creatures: Amazing Amigurumi Patterns for Wonderfully Weird Animals
by Irene StrangeStuffed toy crochet patterns like you've never seen before ; weird and wonderful creatures in crochet! Irene Strange is bored of bunnies and has had enough of elephants. It's not that they're not cute, but with the amazing biodiversity on our planet, isn't it time we started celebrating ; and crocheting ; some of life's more unusual creatures? In this extraordinary collection, crochet designer Irene Strange opens our eyes to the wonders of nature with amigurumi patterns for odd and unexpected animals that you won't find in other books. Think an aardvark can't be adorable? Think again! In this book you'll meet 16 rather curious creatures. You'll create furry tummies, spiky backs, scaly tails, and feathery necks. Some have long dangly legs, some have swirly tails, and some have features that baffle us all! But however strange, all the creatures included are surprisingly squishable when created in crochet. Remarkable Mammals ; Aardvark, Echidna, Slender Loris, Orangutan, Wombat Surreal Sea Life ; Puffer Fish, Lobster, Narwhal, Octopus, Leafy Sea Dragon Bizarre Birds and Irregular Reptiles ; Cassowary, Flamingo, Hoopoe, Chameleon, Crocodile, Mary River Turtle All of the projects in this book are made in amigurumi style, characterised by a smooth all-over single crochet texture, worked in a continuous spiral. You will learn how to crochet in the round and how to shape with increasing and decreasing, adding different effects through combination of yarns or stitches, and how combining materials and embellishments can bring out the personality in the strangest things. With easy crochet techniques and step-by-step instructions, this book will delight crocheters and animal lovers alike, and give you a fresh cohort of amazing crochet animals to hug.
Ireneusz Iredynski: Selected One-Act Plays for Radio
by Kevin WindleThis vibrant anthology of radio plays features works by one of Poland's 'angry young men' playwrights. Ireneusz Iredynski made his début in literature as a Polish 'angry young man' in the late 1950s. He moved with great versatility from verse to stage plays, film-scripts and plays for radio. While some of the plays in this collection seem to present a bleak view of life, they show a gentler side of Iredynski. Here it is people's dreams rather than their worst nightmares that are explored. In these plays, situations are kept simple and the theatrical technique is spare and economical, but yet, the playwright demonstrates an unfailing theatrical flair and shows himself a master of dramatic tension and the final unexpected twist.