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Frank Capra

Interviews

By: Frank Capra

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Few Hollywood directors had a higher profile in the 1930s than Frank Capra (1897-1991). He served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and of the Screen Directors Guild. He won three Academy Awards as best director and was widely acclaimed as the man most responsible for making Columbia Pictures a success. This popularity was established and sustained by films that spoke to and for the times--It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Meet John Doe, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. These replicated the nation's hopes and dreams for a national community. He worked with some of the brightest stars in Hollywood--James Stewart, Clark Gable, Jean Arthur, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Donna Reed, and Ann-Margret. Capra's interviews express his connection to the national audience and explore his own story. He was a Sicilian immigrant boy who survived rough-and-tumble beginnings to become Hollywood's most bankable director. In reflecting on his life, almost every one of his films was a parable of acclaim verging on disaster. He spent much of the 1940s in uniform while making films for the War Department. Although Capra was an optimist, World War II and his series of Why We Fight films called his legendary optimism into question. His postwar film It's a Wonderful Life (1946) gave an answer to those questions with an astonishing directness Capra never equaled again. In 1971 he published his autobiography, The Name Above the Title. Many of the interviews collected here come from this period when, as an elder statesman of motion picture art and history, he reflected on his long career. The interviews portray the Capra legend vividly and demonstrate why the warm relations between Capra and his audiences continue to inspire acclaim and admiration.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1578066174

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9781578066179

The Name Above the Title

An Autobiography

By: Frank Capra

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The Name Above the Title

An Autobiography

By: Frank Capra

The famous writer, director, and producer of films recalls his experiences in the motion picture industry

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Vintage

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0394712056

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Frank Capra

Interviews

By: Frank Capra

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Interviews

By: Frank Capra

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It's a Wonderful Life

Screenplay

By: Frances Goodrich,Albert Hackett,Frank Capra,Philip Van Doren Stern

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It's a Wonderful Life

Screenplay

By: Frances Goodrich,Albert Hackett,Frank Capra,Philip Van Doren Stern

Offers the original screenplay for Frank Capra's 1946 film, including camera shots and instructions

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St Martins Press

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0312439113

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Coming to Critical Engagement

An Autoethnographic Exploration

By: Frank A. Fear

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Coming to Critical Engagement

An Autoethnographic Exploration

By: Frank A. Fear

Engagement is the label increasingly embraced by higher education to describe activities associated with serving the public interest. What had been viewed previously as service to, extension of, and outreach from is now engagement with as faculty members, students, and staff collaborate with partners in community affairs. This book describes how members of a faculty learning community have come to understand engagement as both intellectual endeavor and scholarly practice at the interface between academy and citizenry. Coming to Critical Engagement argues that the academy has a moral imperative to participate deliberately and consistently in democratic and systemic discourse with the public.

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University Press of America

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0761834702

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9780761834700

Intrinsic Sustainable Development

Epistemes, Science, Business and Sustainability

By: Frank Birkin,Thomas Polesie

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Intrinsic Sustainable Development

Epistemes, Science, Business and Sustainability

By: Frank Birkin,Thomas Polesie

Sustainable development sets the agenda for the 21st century. Human technological capability and needs mean that nature is and will be challenged and damaged in many ways. This book offers a solution to sustainable development problems.

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World Scientific

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9814365009

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Every Step a Struggle

Interviews with Seven Who Shaped the African-American Image in Movies

By: Frank Manchel

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Every Step a Struggle

Interviews with Seven Who Shaped the African-American Image in Movies

By: Frank Manchel

“This fascinating collection of interviews is ‘must reading’ for anyone interested in the cultural politics of race in America. A unique historical resource.” —Denise Youngblood, author of Cinematic Cold War This book pays tribute to the sacrifices and achievements of seven individuals who made difficult and controversial choices to ensure that black Americans shared in the evolution of the nation’s cultural heritage. Transcriptions and analyses of never-before-published uncensored conversations with Lorenzo Tucker, Lillian Gish, King Vidor, Clarence Muse, Woody Strode, Charles Gordone, and Frederick Douglass O’Neal reveal many of the reasons and rationalizations behind a racist screen imagery in the first three-quarters of the twentieth century. This primary source, replete with pictures, documentation, and extensive annotations, recounts through the words of important participants what happened to many film pioneers when a new generation of African-Americans rebelled against the nation’s stereotyped film imagery. “The author has taken a unique approach and may have even created a new genre of writing: theinterview embellished with scholarly commentary. It is a fascinating experiment . . . This book belongs in every research library and in all public libraries from mid-size to large cities. It fills in lacunae between existing studies.” —Peter C. Rollins, Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of Film & History

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New Acdemia+ORM

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1955835055

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9781955835053

Evolution of Consciousness

The Philosophy of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Evolutionary Transformation Unfolding Within Us

By: Vincent Frank Bedogne

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Evolution of Consciousness

The Philosophy of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Evolutionary Transformation Unfolding Within Us

By: Vincent Frank Bedogne

From the "alpha" to the "omega," Pierre Teilhard de Chardin offers an evolution-of-consciousness paradigm of the universe and a triumphant vision of humankind and its future. Guided by a "creative process" that motivated Teilhard, Vincent Frank Bedogne aims to unite matter with consciousness, science with spirituality. He looks beyond Darwin and the big bang; beyond traditional ideas of God, religion, and the human role in existence. As he does, we realize that the universe is crossing the most profound threshold in its evolution since the dawn of reflective thought a thousand lifetimes ago; and, like the threshold to reflection, this blossom of transcendence is unfolding within us. The book philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin would have written had he lived another fifty years.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725244489

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9781725244481

Film Study

An Analytical Bibliography

By: Frank Manchel

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Film Study

An Analytical Bibliography

By: Frank Manchel

The four volumes of Film Study include a fresh approach to each of the basic categories in the original edition. Volume one examines the film as film; volume two focuses on the thematic approach to film; volume three draws on the history of film; and volume four contains extensive appendices listing film distributors, sources, and historical information as well as an index of authors, titles, and film personalities.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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083863186X

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9780838631867

The Manager's Guide to Systems Practice

Making Sense of Complex Problems

By: Frank Stowell,Christine Welch

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The Manager's Guide to Systems Practice

Making Sense of Complex Problems

By: Frank Stowell,Christine Welch

This book is an ideal resource on the subject of systems practice for busy managers whose time is scarce. It provides a rapid introduction to straightforward, yet powerful ideas that enable users to address real world problems. Systems theory and practice is predominantly a framework for thinking about the World, in which holistic views are maintained. In this respect it contrasts with some familiar techniques of management science, in which problem situations are broken down into their constituent parts with resultant loss of coherence.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118345622

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9781118345627

Born in the USA

A Story of Japanese America, 1889-1947

By: Frank Chin

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Born in the USA

A Story of Japanese America, 1889-1947

By: Frank Chin

A history of the Japanese American saga, this text details the lives of first and second generation Japanese Americans before World War II with images drawn from interviews, songs, novels and newspaper articles.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742518523

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9780742518520

Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Deh Luran Plain

An Early Village Sequence from Khuzistan, Iran

By: Frank Hole,Kent V. Flannery,James A. Neely

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Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Deh Luran Plain

An Early Village Sequence from Khuzistan, Iran

By: Frank Hole,Kent V. Flannery,James A. Neely

In the early 1960s, archaeologists Frank Hole, Kent V. Flannery, and James A. Neely surveyed the prehistoric mounds in Deh Luran and then excavated at two sites: Ali Kosh and Tepe Sabz. The researchers found evidence that the sites dated to between 7500 and 3500 BC, during which time the residents domesticated plants and animals. This volume, published in 1969, was the first in the Museum’s Memoir series—designed for data-rich, heavily illustrated archaeological monographs.

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U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

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1949098478

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9781949098471

Cinema Ann Arbor

How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture

By: Frank Uhle

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Cinema Ann Arbor

How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture

By: Frank Uhle

A fascinating journey into the DIY spirit of a highly influential film community

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University of Michigan Press

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0472133470

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9780472133475

Popular Film and Television Comedy

By: Frank Krutnik,Steve Neale

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Popular Film and Television Comedy

By: Frank Krutnik,Steve Neale

Steve Neale and Frank Krutnik take as their starting point the remarkable diversity of comedy's forms and modes - feature-length narratives, sketches and shorts, sit-com and variety, slapstick and romance. Relating this diversity to the variety of comedy's basic conventions - from happy endings to the presence of gags and the involvement of humour and laughter - they seek both to explain the nature of these forms and conventions and to relate them to their institutional contexts. They propose that all forms and modes of the comic involve deviations from aesthetic and cultural conventions and norms, and, to demonstrate this, they discuss a wide range of programmes and films, from Blackadder to Bringing up Baby, from City Limits to Blind Date, from the Roadrunner cartoons to Bless this House and The Two Ronnies. Comedies looked at in particular detail include: the classic slapstick films of Keaton, Lloyd, and Chaplin; Hollywood's 'screwball' comedies of the 1930s and 1940s; Monty Python, Hancock, and Steptoe and Son. The authors also relate their discussion to radio comedy.

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Routledge

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1134946856

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9781134946853

Leading Men

The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era

By: Frank Miller

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Leading Men

The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era

By: Frank Miller

Tough, sophisticated, witty, and handsomefrom Rudolph Valentino to Buster Keaton, Cary Grant to Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart to Steve McQueen, each of the actors featured in this book brought a magnetic presence to the screen and made a powerful and enduring mark on film history. Produced by Turner Classic Movies, this stylish and definitive guide as the inside scoop and off-the-record reveals of fifty unforgettable actors and is also the focus of an on-air film festival on the channel. The lives and accomplishments of each actor are celebrated in an insightful career overview, accompanied by an annotated list of essential films, filmographies, behind the scenes facts, Academy Award wins and nominations. Full of surprising trivia, film stills, posters, and stunning photos, Leading Men pays tribute to the most charismatic, enduring, and elegant actors of the silver screenan essential resource for movie buffs and pop-culture enthusiasts alike.

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Chronicle Books

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0811854671

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9780811854672

Art in Cinema

Documents Toward a History of the Film Society

By: Scott MacDonald,Frank Stauffacher

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Art in Cinema

Documents Toward a History of the Film Society

By: Scott MacDonald,Frank Stauffacher

Fascinating documentation of one of the most important film societies in American history.

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Temple University Press

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1592134270

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9781592134274

Robert Altman

In the American Grain

By: Frank Caso

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Robert Altman

In the American Grain

By: Frank Caso

Known as an iconoclast and maverick, film director Robert Altman has consistently pushed against the boundaries of genre. From refashioning film noir in The Long Goodbye, the western in McCabe & Mrs. Miller, the psychological drama in Images, science fiction in Quintet, and the romantic comedy in A Perfect Couple, he has always tested the limits of what film can and should do. In this book, Frank Caso examines the development of Altman’s artistic method from his earliest days in industrial film to his work in television and feature films. Altman is one of those directors whose films audiences can easily recognize, but what exactly are the distinctive elements that have become his signature? Caso identifies more than twenty such elements in Altman’s style, tracing some—such as his use of free-hand cameras and engagement with Christian imagery—to the beginning of his career. Caso also examines Altman’s unsettling mix of offbeat comedic tone with a predominance of violence, murder, and death, showing how their counterpointing effects rendered his films at once naturalistic and otherworldly. Exploring these and other aspects of the Altmanesque style, Caso maps the innovations that have made Altman a master filmmaker. Enriched with illustration throughout, Robert Altman will appeal to fans of this distinctive American auteur or anyone interested in ground-breaking cinema.

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Reaktion Books

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1780235526

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9781780235523

The Dead Celebrity Cookbook Presents Christmas in Tinseltown

Celebrity Recipes and Hollywood Memories from Six Feet Under the Mistletoe

By: Frank DeCaro

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The Dead Celebrity Cookbook Presents Christmas in Tinseltown

Celebrity Recipes and Hollywood Memories from Six Feet Under the Mistletoe

By: Frank DeCaro

The toast of Christmas past is back and not a moment too soon! In The Dead Celebrity Christmas Cookbook, Frank DeCaro serves up culinary delights from Edmund Gwenn's Christmas Cup to Bing Crosby's Sugar Cookies and celebrates the best of the season's movies, TV specials, and music. Recipes from such late luminaries as Natalie Wood, Judy Garland, Burl Ives, Dinah Shore, and even Boris Karloff are featured in chapters saluting fabulous amusements like Miracle on 34th Street, Meet Me in St. Louis, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Plus recipes from singers like Eartha Kitt ("Santa Baby"), Elvis Presley ("Blue Christmas"), and John Lennon ("Happy Xmas (War is Over)") celebrate the best holiday platters.

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Simon and Schuster

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0757317014

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9780757317019

William Rufus

By: Frank Barlow

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William Rufus

By: Frank Barlow

William II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror and England’s king for only 13 years (1087–1100) before he was mysteriously assassinated. In this vivid biography, here updated and reissued with a new preface, Frank Barlow reveals an unconventional, flamboyant William Rufus—a far more attractive and interesting monarch than previously believed. Weaving an intimate account of the life of the king into the wider history of Anglo-Norman government, Barlow shows how William confirmed royal power in England, restored the ducal rights in France, and consolidated the Norman conquest. A boisterous man, William had many friends and none of the cold cruelty of most medieval monarchs. He was famous for his generosity and courage and generally known to be homosexual. Licentious, eccentric, and outrageous, his court was attacked at the time by Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, and later by censorious historians. This highly readable account of William Rufus and his brief but important reign is an essential volume for readers with an interest in Anglo-Saxon and medieval history or in the lives of extraordinary monarchs.

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Yale University Press

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0300147716

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9780300147711

Strategic Production Networks

By: Li Zheng,Frank Possel-Dölken

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Strategic Production Networks

By: Li Zheng,Frank Possel-Dölken

Implementing co-operative production networks to secure and foster future competitiveness on the global market is a major strategic target for many small- and medium-sized enterprises. The text starts begins with a look at strategic management before moving onto operational product development and operations execution, and in doing so provides a detailed overview of the different key issues of setting up strategic production networks. Management concepts, the required information technology as well as best practices are introduced and discussed by leading researchers from Germany, Switzerland and China. The book is ideally suited for managers responsible for setting up global or regional co-operative production networks as well as researchers and students.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540248129

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9783540248125

American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood

By: Frank Javier Garcia Berumen

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American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood

By: Frank Javier Garcia Berumen

Images from movies and film have had a powerful influence in how Native Americans are seen. In many cases, they have been represented as violent, uncivilized, and an impediment to progress and civilization. This book analyzes the representation of Native Americans in cinematic images from the 1890s to the present day, deconstructing key films in each decade. This book also addresses efforts by Native Americans to improve and have a part in their filmic representations, including mini-biographies of important indigenous filmmakers and performers.

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McFarland

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1476678138

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9781476678139

A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man

By: Frank Vincent,Steven Prigge

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A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man

By: Frank Vincent,Steven Prigge

These days, it’s harder than ever to know how to act like a real man. We’re not talking about the touchy-feely, ultra-sensitive, emotion-sharing, not-afraid-to-cry version of manhood that Oprah and Dr. Phil have been spouting for years. We’re talking about the though, smart, confident, charming, classy, all-around good fella that upholds the true ideal of what is known as “a man’s man.” Now, renowned actor and true-life man’s man Frank Vincent, famed for his unforgettable tough-guy roles in such classic films as Raging Bull, Goodfellas and HBO’s The Sopranos, is going to show how any man can be all that he can be in love, work, play, and life. Everything you need to know is covered here, including, getting the best women by being the best man, dressing like a champ and taking on the world, winning big money and big respect in Las Vegas, selecting, smoking, and savoring a great cigar, and much more. If you want to learn how to be a man’s man, you gotta learn from a man’s man. And with the great Frank Vincent vouching for you, you’ll be on your way to getting everything you ever wanted outta life.

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Penguin

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1440623694

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9781440623691

On the Way

My Life and Times

By: Frank Denius

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On the Way

My Life and Times

By: Frank Denius

Frank Denius was not yet twenty-one when he fought his way across Europe and was awarded four Silver Stars, a Presidential Unit Citation, and two Purple Hearts. On the Way describes Denius’s formative experiences during World War II in gripping detail and will cause any reader to wonder how he or she might have held up under similar pressure. The powerful opening chapters are followed by a detailed account of Denius’s life and career after the war, assembled into a first-person memoir from conversations between Denius and Thomas Hatfield, and published by the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Discharged from the army in October 1945, Denius enrolled at the University of Texas within a week. He is a lifelong supporter of the university: as part of the Texas Exes, as a donor to numerous academic programs, and as a fan of Longhorn football. Former UT football coach Mack Brown liked to say, “Frank has been to more practices than I have.” Denius graduated from the University of Texas School of Law and joined one of Austin’s leading law firms in the late 1940s. Denius recounts how Texas operated in Lyndon Johnson’s prime, observes power plays in the Texas energy industry, and describes his role in building a regional university into a global leader.

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University of Texas Press

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1953480195

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9781953480194

Ken Wilber

Thought as Passion

By: Frank Visser

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Ken Wilber

Thought as Passion

By: Frank Visser

This is the definitive guide to the life and work of Ken Wilber, widely regarded as the most comprehensive and passionate philosopher of our times. In this long overdue exploration of Wilber's life and work, Frank Visser not only outlines the theories of this profound thinker, but also uncovers his personal life, showing how his experiences influenced and shaped his writing. Wilber's impressive body of work, including nineteen books in more than thirty languages, brings together science and religion, philosophy, art, culture, East and West, and places them within the all-encompassing perspective of evolution. Visser's book follows Wilber's four distinct phases as he reveals not only the story behind Wilber's writing, but also the man behind the ideas. In recounting the course of Wilber's life and the motives that led him to the subjects he has written so much about, Visser uncovers the intricacies of one of the world's most important intellectuals. Included in this indispensable resource is a complete bibliography of Wilber's work.

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0791486451

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