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Anne of Green Gables

A Musical

By: Norman Campbell,Donald Harron,L. M. Montgomery

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Anne of Green Gables

A Musical

By: Norman Campbell,Donald Harron,L. M. Montgomery

Anne Shirley, a feisty, red-haired orphan who arrives unexpectedly in the small community of Avonlea to the Cuthburts, who were expecting a boy to help on their farm, Green Gables. The story follows the precocious and imaginative Anne as she captures the hearts and minds of the small farming community - and her new-found family - simply by the virtue of her own pluck and personality. This original, glorious adaptation - now firmly embedded in Canadian national culture and musical theatre canon - continues to enrapture audiences across the world with its rich score and a rare, affecting story for all ages."--Publisher.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573680027

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9780573680021

Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams

The Story of Black Hollywood

By: Donald Bogle

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Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams

The Story of Black Hollywood

By: Donald Bogle

In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them. Through interviews and the personal recollections of Hollywood luminaries, Bogle pieces together a remarkable history that remains largely obscure to this day. We discover that Black Hollywood was a place distinct from the studio-system-dominated Tinseltown–a world unto itself, with unique rules and social hierarchy. It had its own talent scouts and media, its own watering holes, elegant hotels, and fashionable nightspots, and of course its own glamorous and brilliant personalities. Along with famous actors including Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Hattie McDaniel (whose home was among Hollywood’s most exquisite), and, later, the stunningly beautiful Lena Horne and the fabulously gifted Sammy Davis, Jr., we meet the likes of heartthrob James Edwards, whose promising career was derailed by whispers of an affair with Lana Turner, and the mysterious Madame Sul-Te-Wan, who shared a close lifelong friendship with pioneering director D. W. Griffith. But Bogle also looks at other members of the black community–from the white stars’ black servants, who had their own money and prestige, to gossip columnists, hairstylists, and architects–and at the world that grew up around them along Central Avenue, the Harlem of the West. In the tradition of Hortense Powdermaker’s classic Hollywood: The Dream Factory and Neal Gabler’s An Empire of Their Own, in Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle re-creates a vanished world that left an indelible mark on Hollywood–and on all of America.

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One World

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0307514935

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9780307514936

Women in War Films

From Helpless Heroine to G.I. Jane

By: Ralph Donald,Karen MacDonald

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Women in War Films

From Helpless Heroine to G.I. Jane

By: Ralph Donald,Karen MacDonald

War has been depicted in cinema for more than a century, from early silent films to more recent blockbusters such as Saving Private Ryan and Lone Survivor. Most war films, especially combat films, are about men engaged in battle. But while Hollywood has reinforced the cultural stereotype of war as a man’s job, women have not been completely invisible in many of these films, whether waiting for their men to return home or standing shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts on the battlefield. In Women in War Films: From Helpless Heroine to G.I. Jane, Ralph Donald and Karen MacDonald examine the representations of females in war throughout the history of film. They identify various types of women portrayed in these films, from home-front wives and daughters supporting their loved ones from afar to nurses and doctors stationed near the front lines of combat. The authors also look at depictions of foreign females who comfort homesick soldiers, ordinary women who unexpectedly encounter the enemy, female spies, and modern enlistees taking on roles traditionally reserved for men. Through these representations, the authors explore what war films say about the culture that created them and the social construction of reality that these films assert. The book covers an array of war films distributed in the United States, including Hearts of the World, Wings, Mata Hari, Mrs. Miniver, Casablanca, Cry “Havoc,”Since You Went Away, The Best Years of Our Lives, From Here to Eternity, The Americanization of Emily, M*A*S*H, Coming Home, Courage under Fire, G.I. Jane, and Zero Dark Thirty. Featuring an extensive filmography, Women in War Films will appeal to scholars of gender studies, history, and film, as well as to readers interested in the evolving portrayals of females in military-related cinema.

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345

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442234474

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9781442234475

Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema

By: Christophe P. Jacobs,Donald McCaffrey

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Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema

By: Christophe P. Jacobs,Donald McCaffrey

The latest offering from the Reference Guides to the World's Cinema series, this critical survey of key films, actors, directors, and screenwriters during the silent era of the American cinema offers a broad-ranging portrait of the motion picture production of silent film. Detailed but concise alphabetical entries include over 100 film titles and 150 personnel. An introductory chapter explores the early growth of the new silent medium while the final chapter of this encyclopedic study examines the sophistication of the silent cinema. These two chapters outline film history from its beginnings until the perfection of synchronized sound, and reflect upon the themes and techniques established with the silent cinema that continued into the sound era through modern times. The annotated entries, alphabetically arranged by film title or personnel, include brief bibliographies and filmographies. An appendix lists secondary but important movies and their creators. Film and popular culture scholars will appreciate the vast amount of information that has been culled from various sources and that builds upon the increased studies and research of the past ten years.

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381

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313032173

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9780313032172

Honoré Jaxon

Prairie Visionary

By: Donald B. Smith

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Honoré Jaxon

Prairie Visionary

By: Donald B. Smith

Born in 1861 to a Methodist family, William Henry Jackson grew up in Ontario before moving to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where he sympathized with the Métis and became personal secretary to Louis Riel. After the Métis defeat a Regina court committed the young English Canadian idealist to the lunatic asylum at Lower Fort Garry. He eventually escaped to the United States, joined the labour union movement, and renounced his race. Self-identifying as Métis, he changed his name to the French-sounding “Honoré Jaxon” and devoted the remainder of his life to fighting for the working class and the Indigenous peoples of North America. In Honoré Jaxon, Donald B. Smith draws on extensive archival research and interviews with family members to present a definitive biography of this complex political man. The book follows Jaxon into the 1940s, where his life mission became the establishment of a library for the First Nations in Saskatchewan, collecting as many books, newspapers, and pamphlets relating to the Métis people as possible. In 1951, at age ninety, he was evicted from his apartment and his library discarded to the New York City dump. In poor health and broken in spirit, he died one month later. Heavily illustrated, Honoré Jaxon recounts the complicated story of a young English Canadian who imagined a society in which English and French, Indigenous and Métis would be equals.

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268

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University of Toronto Press

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1487550170

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9781487550172

Eye on the Sky

Lick Observatory's First Century

By: Donald E. Osterbrock,John R. Gustafson,W.J. Shiloh Unruh

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Eye on the Sky

Lick Observatory's First Century

By: Donald E. Osterbrock,John R. Gustafson,W.J. Shiloh Unruh

The world's first mountain-top observatory and America's first big-science research center, Lick Observatory exemplifies astronomy's dramatic development in the past century. A dedicated Confederate naval officer and his jack-of-all-trades foreman used the bequest of a miserly California eccentric to transform an isolated mountain peak into the world's premier research observatory. Its first staff included a director from West Point and three of the outstanding astronomers of their time. Since its dedication in 1888, Lick Observatory has been the site of many of the most important discoveries in astronomy. Eye on the Sky presents Lick Observatory from the point of view of the people who breathed life into its giant telescopes. Their community was both constant and constantly transformed, shaped by workers famous and unknown who made it their home. The authors also explain in terms anyone can understand the laboratory advances that were adapted to telescopes to make them more powerful, and the conceptual breakthroughs that discoveries at the telescope helped bring about. The men and women who went to the top of Mount Hamilton in search of greater knowledge of the skies helped to change our conception of the universe and our place in it . They were people with personal and political lives as well as scientific careers, and their story illuminates a time and a place where foundations were laid for the discoveries of the next century.

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325

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Univ of California Press

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0520268695

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9780520268692

A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U. S. A.

By: Donald Whyte

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A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U. S. A.

By: Donald Whyte

Covers emigration from Scotland to England and Wales from around the 19th century onwards.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806348178

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9780806348179

Writing Well

By: Donald Hall,Sven Birkerts

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Writing Well

By: Donald Hall,Sven Birkerts

Co-authored by two esteemed writers, "Writing Well," is a beautifully-written and thoroughly readable guide to the craft of writing prose. This concise, lively text covers all aspects of writing but is best known for its signature chapters on words, sentences, and paragraphs. Going beyond the basics of composition, the text teaches originality and elegance in writing encouraging students to develop their own written voice. Sample student papers including several works-in-progress - allow students to learn the writing process through the work of their peers. A brief handbook section rounds out the coverage.

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436

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Good Year Books

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0673469166

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9780673469168

Anne of Green Gables

A Musical

By: Norman Campbell,Donald Harron,L. M. Montgomery

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Anne of Green Gables

A Musical

By: Norman Campbell,Donald Harron,L. M. Montgomery

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0573680027

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When the Center Held

Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency

By: Donald Rumsfeld

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When the Center Held

Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency

By: Donald Rumsfeld

“A personal look behind the scenes” (Publishers Weekly) of the presidency of Gerald Ford as seen through the eyes of Donald Rumsfeld—New York Times bestselling author and Ford’s former Secretary of Defense, Chief of Staff, and longtime personal confidant. In the wake of Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, it seemed the United States was coming apart. America had experienced a decade of horrifying assassinations; the unprecedented resignation of first a vice president and then a president of the United States; intense cultural and social change; and a new mood of cynicism sweeping the country—a mood that, in some ways, lingers today. Into that divided atmosphere stepped an unexpected, unelected, and largely unknown American—Gerald R. Ford. In contrast to every other individual who had ever occupied the Oval Office, he had never appeared on any ballot either for the presidency or the vice presidency. Ford simply and humbly performed his duty to the best of his considerable ability. By the end of his 895 days as president, he would in fact have restored balance to our country, steadied the ship of state, and led his fellow Americans out of the national trauma of Watergate. And yet, Gerald Ford remains one of the least studied and least understood individuals to have held the office of the President of the United States. In turn, his legacy also remains severely underappreciated. In When the Center Held, Ford’s Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld candidly shares his personal observations of the man himself, providing a sweeping examination of his crucial years in office. It is a rare and fascinating look behind the closed doors of the Oval Office, including never-before-seen photos, memos, and anecdotes, from a unique insider’s perspective—“engrossing and informative” (Kirkus Reviews) reading for any fan of presidential history.

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Free Press

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1501172948

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9781501172946

For the Record

From Wall Street to Washington

By: Donald T. Regan

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For the Record

From Wall Street to Washington

By: Donald T. Regan

A memoir by the former Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury during the Reagan Administration who was forced to resign during the Iran-Contra debacle.

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San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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0151639663

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9780151639663

Donald Rumsfeld

Speaking Out for America

By: Donald Rumsfeld,Lee Crane

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Donald Rumsfeld

Speaking Out for America

By: Donald Rumsfeld,Lee Crane

Donald Rumsfeld is one of the most valuable assets of his country. He quickly organized the military to fight the unconventional war on terrorism and claimed victory after victory. Here are his defining statements.

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1414504810

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Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams

Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams

Women in War Films

Women in War Films

Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema

Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema

Honoré Jaxon

Honoré Jaxon

Eye on the Sky

Eye on the Sky

A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U. S. A.

A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U. S. A.

Writing Well

Writing Well

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

When the Center Held

When the Center Held

For the Record

For the Record

Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld

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