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Golden Horrors

An Illustrated Critical Filmography of Terror Cinema, 1931-1939

By: Bryan Senn

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Golden Horrors

An Illustrated Critical Filmography of Terror Cinema, 1931-1939

By: Bryan Senn

From the grindhouse oddities to major studio releases, this work details 46 horror films released during the genre's golden era. Each entry includes cast and credits, a plot synopsis, in-depth critical analysis, contemporary reviews, time of release, brief biographies of the principal cast and crew, and a production history. Apart from the 46 main entries, 71 additional "borderline horrors" are examined and critiqued in an appendix.

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McFarland

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1476610894

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9781476610894

A Glance of Tawau in the Sixties

Land Below the Wind

By: Bryan Paul Lai

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A Glance of Tawau in the Sixties

Land Below the Wind

By: Bryan Paul Lai

My main point of writing this book is to depict all the happenings in Tawau from 1963 during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, the youth movement in Tawau, the Jaycees, and how I was involved working toward my career till I retired in 1998.

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295

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Partridge Publishing Singapore

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1482830825

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9781482830828

Understanding China

A Guide to China's Culture, Economy, and Political Structure

By: John Bryan Starr

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Understanding China

A Guide to China's Culture, Economy, and Political Structure

By: John Bryan Starr

The purpose of Understanding China is to enable any reader to ask and even answer such questions as: What is the capacity of China's political system to deal successfully with the principal problems confronting the nation today - the inflammatory Taiwan issue, the future of Hong Kong, the maintenance of economic growth while the global political climate seems to be changing, the management of an orderly succession in the political leadership? Indeed, how will China be governed?

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450

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Macmillan

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0809094886

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9780809094882

Mummy Movies

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Bryan Senn

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Mummy Movies

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Bryan Senn

In 1932, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, introduced another icon to the classic monster pantheon, beginning a journey down the cinematic Nile that has yet to reach its end. Over the past century, movie mummies have met everyone from Abbott and Costello to Tom Cruise, not to mention a myriad of fellow monsters. Horrifying and mysterious, the mummy comes from a different time with uncommon knowledge and unique motivation, offering the lure of the exotic as well as the terrors of the dark. From obscure no-budgeters to Hollywood blockbusters, the mummy has featured in films from all over the globe, including Brazil, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, and even its fictional home country of Egypt--with each film bringing its own cultural sensibilities. Movie mummies have taken the form of teenagers, superheroes, dwarves, kung fu fighters, Satanists, cannibals and even mummies from outer space. Some can fly, some are sexy, some are scary and some are hilarious, and mummies quickly moved beyond horror cinema and into science fiction, comedy, romance, sexploitation and cartoons. From the Universal classics to the Aztec Mummy series, from Hammer's versions to Mexico's Guanajuato variations, this first-ever comprehensive guide to mummy movies offers in-depth production histories and critical analyses for every feature-length iteration of bandaged horror.

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McFarland

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1476650527

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Disorders of Consciousness, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

By: G. Bryan Young

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Disorders of Consciousness, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

By: G. Bryan Young

This issue of Neurologic Clinics addresses the cognitive impact of various forms of brain injury.

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389

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455712434

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9781455712434

Duke University

An Architectural Tour

By: John M. Bryan

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Duke University

An Architectural Tour

By: John M. Bryan

Duke University was officially founded in 1924. Until 1950 it was designed primarily by Julian Abele, one of the few professional African-American architects working in the United States at that time. The campus architecture is best known for its medieval-style Gothic buildings, notably Duke Chapel.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568982283

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9781568982281

Architecture From the Outside In

Selected Essays by Robert Gutman

By: Robert Gutman,Dana Cuff,Bryan Bell

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Architecture From the Outside In

Selected Essays by Robert Gutman

By: Robert Gutman,Dana Cuff,Bryan Bell

This work is organized into five sections (practices, buildings and projects, architecture and sociology, housing, and architectural education) with 14 essays/articles by Gutman, each preceded by a brief introduction setting the context in which it was written.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568988966

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9781568988962

Systemic Vulnerability and Sustainable Economic Growth

Skills and Upgrading in Southeast Asia

By: Bryan K. Ritchie

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Systemic Vulnerability and Sustainable Economic Growth

Skills and Upgrading in Southeast Asia

By: Bryan K. Ritchie

For many developing countries economic growth is an elusive quest. Both economists and policy-makers have long known that issues such as education, investment and infrastructure are necessary ingredients for development and yet only a very small number of countries seem to be able to come up with the right mix of these ingredients. Bryan Ritchie demonstrates how political relationships among government, business, academic and labor leaders create different incentives for economic actors to make key decisions to promote economic upgrading and sustainable development. He reveals how these decisions affect matters such as bureaucratic structures, the language of education, a focus on technology and innovation, and the inclusion of labor in business strategy. These shape the institutional structures that in turn create the foundation of government policy. The policies, and the political relationships that form around them, can be beneficial or detrimental to the economic development of the country. This insightful study shows how the level of systemic vulnerability, which is a combination of resource endowments, domestic conflict and external military security, determines which forms they take. Systemic Vulnerability and Sustainable Economic Growth will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers of political science, economics – development economics particularly – and Asian studies. Policy-makers will find invaluable insights such as how government bodies can successfully incorporate actors from the private sector. The book will also appeal to business leaders wishing to know why policy-makers act the way they do.

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265

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1849807132

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9781849807135

Dams and Development in China

The Moral Economy of Water and Power

By: Bryan Tilt

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Dams and Development in China

The Moral Economy of Water and Power

By: Bryan Tilt

China is home to half of the world's large dams and adds dozens more each year. The benefits are considerable: dams deliver hydropower, provide reliable irrigation water, protect people and farmland against flooding, and produce hydroelectricity in a nation with a seeimingly insatiable appetite for energy. As hydropower responds to a larger share of energy demand, dams may also help to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels, welcome news in a country where air and water pollution have become dire and greenhouse gas emissions are the highest in the world. Yet the advantages of dams come at a high cost for river ecosystems and for the social and economic well-being of local people, who face displacement and farmland loss. This book examines the array of water-management decisions faced by Chinese leaders and their consequences for local communities. Focusing on the southwestern province of Yunnan—a major hub for hydropower development in China—which encompasses one of the world's most biodiverse temperate ecosystems and one of China's most ethnically and culturally rich regions, Bryan Tilt takes the reader from the halls of decision-making power in Beijing to Yunnan's rural villages. In the process, he examines the contrasting values of government agencies, hydropower corporations, NGOs, and local communities and explores how these values are linked to longstanding cultural norms about what is right, proper, and just. He also considers the various strategies these groups use to influence water-resource policy, including advocacy, petitioning, and public protest. Drawing on a decade of research, he offers his insights on whether the world's most populous nation will adopt greater transparency, increased scientific collaboration, and broader public participation as it continues to grow economically.

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Columbia University Press

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023153826X

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9780231538268

Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education

A Guide for Academic Leaders

By: Laura Koppes Bryan,Cheryl A. Wilson

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Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education

A Guide for Academic Leaders

By: Laura Koppes Bryan,Cheryl A. Wilson

Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education provides strategies to implement beneficial work-life policies in colleges and universities. As compared to the corporate sector, higher education institutions have been slow to implement policies aimed at fostering diversity and a healthy work-life balance, which can result in lower morale, job satisfaction, and productivity, and causes poor recruitment and retention. Based on extensive research, this book argues that an effective organizational culture is one in which managers and supervisors recognize that professional and personal lives are not mutually exclusive. With concrete guidelines, recommendations, techniques, and additional resources throughout, this book outlines best practices for creating a beneficial work-life culture on campus, and documents cases of supportive department chairs and administrators. A necessary guide for higher education leaders, this book will inform administrators about how they can foster positive work-life cultures in their departments and institutions.

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Routledge

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1136312242

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9781136312243

Black Boy O'Connor

By: Bryan O'Connor

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Black Boy O'Connor

By: Bryan O'Connor

This is a story of a young black boy with an unmistakable Irish surname, who takes you on a journey of the first half of his life, living and growing up in a totally white middle-class neighbourhood. When he starts school, he finds he is still the only black face; this doesn't change throughout all of his school years. The story passes from early years to teenage years, and into young adult life. The story begins with his earliest childhood memory as a three-year-old. Then it goes on to describe why his dad is his first hero, for whom this book was written. Still in short trousers, he goes on a trip overseas and talks of the place his parents call 'home', a thousand miles away from the place where he was born in Dulwich, London, England. The black boy is determined to have fun. He is preoccupied, like any other boy approaching teenage years, with music, cars, and girls. This is all that is important and his priority. That same boy is now reaching manhood, he is still having fun, but has strengthened those teenage priorities of music, cars, and girls. He is a young man, working for a living now and paying his own way. His philosophy has not changed: more music, faster cars, and older women.

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Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

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1682354784

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Book's by Bryan James Leong

Golden Horrors

Golden Horrors

A Glance of Tawau in the Sixties

A Glance of Tawau in the Sixties

Understanding China

Understanding China

Mummy Movies

Mummy Movies

Disorders of Consciousness, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

Disorders of Consciousness, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

Duke University

Duke University

Architecture From the Outside In

Architecture From the Outside In

Systemic Vulnerability and Sustainable Economic Growth

Systemic Vulnerability and Sustainable Economic Growth

Dams and Development in China

Dams and Development in China

Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education

Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education

Black Boy O'Connor

Black Boy O'Connor

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