An interdisciplinary collection offering a survey of adaptation of literary texts across media including animation, film, TV, fan fiction, biopics & music video. It investigates both 'classic' & contemporary texts by British & American authors, from Jane Austen, Edgar Allen Poe & Charles Dickens to Bret Easton Ellis, & P D James. ...

Adaptation provides an alternative for resource planning, especially for bandwidth allocation/reallocation in wireless multimedia networks, where bandwidth is a scarce resource. In response to the above demand for next generation wireless & mobile communication systems, this book provides a reference of findings in the relevant technical fields. ...

The impacts of climate change are already being felt. This book argues that without care, adaptive actions can deny the deeper political & cultural roots that call for significant change in social & political relations if human vulnerability to climate change associated risk is to be reduced. ...

Based on a long-term study begun in 1939 exploring the human life cycle, this work provides an analysis of individual differences in coping with stress in life. The author presents a clearly defined scheme of "adaptive mechanisms" that are rated mature, immature, neurotic or psychotic. ...

Two popular comedies directed by Spike Jonze & written by Charlie Kaufman. In ' Adaptation' (2003), Nicolas Cage stars as screenwriter Charlie Kaufman who is struggling to adapt Susan Orlean's book ' The Orchid Thief' for the big screen. Riding high on the success of his hit ' Being John Malkovich', Kaufman finds himself in much demand around Hollywood. But this doesn't make the task of adapting Orlean's (Meryl Streep) book about orchid hunter John Laroche (Chris Cooper) any easier. In fact, the troubled writer finds himself in so much trouble that he calls on his clueless twin brother, Donald (Cage), for help. In ' Being John Malkovich' (1999) Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is unappreciated as a puppeteer & bored with his ten-year marriage. When he takes a job in an office, he discovers a portal into the mind of actor John Malkovich. To his amazement, he then finds that he is able to occupy & control Malkovich's body. But when he shares his discovery with his wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz) it leads to all kinds of trouble. ...

Turning a 250-page novel or a two-&-a-half-hour stage play into a 90-minute film means leaving out much of the original & changing most of what's left. This title addresses the issues of choosing your source & type of adaptation, whether a liberal appropriation, a free-flowing intersection, a variation or a faithful translation. ...

Provides a comprehensive resource & learning tool for the field of aquatics. This book is a resource for providing safe, effective & successful aquatics participation to individuals requiring adaptations to environment, equipment, instructional strategies, skill techniques & teaching methods. ...