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Feature-length fiction movies were an important instrument of propaganda during Romania’s communist regime. As cinema was financed exclusively and controlled by the state between 1948 and 1989, motion pictures were used to convey socialist policies—of course, packaged as fictional drama—to make ideological or regulatory information more easily accepted by society. One of the messages intended to be conveyed in this way was that although the state was looking after the welfare of all citizens, especially the young, families often undermined this effort by neglecting their children, who would end up becoming delinquents. If, on one hand, rules and laws were effective means to control individuals’ actions, on the other hand, motion pictures proved to be a powerful tool to shape consciousness and to induce certain beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours. Films dealing with certain cases of juvenile delinquency, or which brought before the public the stories of crimes, large or small, are also part of this line of prevention and the construction of civic behaviour. In this paper, to explore how the anti-crime message was constructed and what ideas were conveyed, I have set out to analyse three such film productions, from different periods of the communist regime, each of them featuring as a main character a young person who had slipped into deviant behaviour.

Two cubs, a wolf and a lion, are rescued by a young woman, Alma, who hides them to ensure they are not separated.

One hundred fifty years later, Jules Verne's epic novel of science and adventure is just as thrilling as when it was first published  A dirty slip of parchment falls from the pages of an ancient manuscript. Deciphered by the indefatigable Otto Liedenbrock, professor of geology, and his reluctant nephew, Axel, the parchment's coded message is a wild assertion made by a medieval alchemist: Inside a volcano in Iceland is a passageway to the center of the earth. Impossible, says Axel—the temperature of the earth's core is far too high for any human being to go near it. That is one theory, the professor replies. Two days later, they embark on a journey so fantastic it will alter the very meaning of history.     First published in 1864, Journey to the Center of the Earth is a cornerstone of science fiction and one of the greatest stories ever told. This ebook edition contains the classic Ward Lock & Co. translation of 1877, one of the first English-language versions faithful to the original French.   This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

A 10-year-old boy is separated from his parents and lands on a wild and unexplored planet following the destruction of their spaceship.

Fans of police fiction are mourning the recent passing of Evan Hunter, who penned the sprawling 87th Precinct series under the pen name Ed McBain. Indeed, one of his greatest cultural contributions remains his first best-selling novel, The Blackboard Jungle, which riveted postwar Americans with its depiction of classroom chaos in an urban public school. As Golub discusses, despite the fact that Hunter's novel tackled a range of pressing educational problems, The Blackboard Jungle, along with the successful film it inspired, has survived in the memories of Americans as above all a story about juvenile delinquency.

A teenage Marine endures the horrific brutalities of the Bataan Death March and a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines in this intense historical novel.

The indictment can be viewed as either stingy on details or elegant in its simplicity. Each of the 42 counts lists a stock sale [Joe Nacchio] made between January and May 2001 and fits on a single line across the page. There are also about five pages that allege Nacchio was aware of Qwest's downward trajectory at the time of these trades. In June, attorneys representing Nacchio against a Securities and Exchange Commission civil action argued that he was guilty only of being optimistic about his company, or maybe even engaging in a little \"puffery.\" Nacchio was famous for puffery, particularly when it came to questions about his performance and pay. Nacchio's employment contract at Qwest gave him virtually unfettered use of the company jets. Qwest even paid for air travel for his family between New Jersey, where Nacchio kept his home, and Denver, where he worked.