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Beyond the Epic

The Life and Films of David Lean

By: Gene Phillips

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Beyond the Epic

The Life and Films of David Lean

By: Gene Phillips

Two-time Academy Award winner Sir David Lean (1908–1991) was one of the most prominent directors of the twentieth century, responsible for the classics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). British-born Lean asserted himself in Hollywood as a major filmmaker with his epic storytelling and panoramic visions of history, but he started out as a talented film editor and director in Great Britain. As a result, he brought an art-house mentality to blockbuster films. Combining elements of biography and film criticism, Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean uses screenplays and production histories to assess Lean’s body of work. Author Gene D. Phillips interviews actors who worked with Lean and directors who knew him, and their comments reveal new details about the director’s life and career. Phillips also explores Lean’s lesser-studied films, such as The Passionate Friends (1949), Hobson’s Choice (1954), and Summertime (1955). The result is an in-depth examination of the director in cultural, historical, and cinematic contexts. Lean’s approach to filmmaking was far different than that of many of his contemporaries. He chose his films carefully and, as a result, directed only sixteen films in a period of more than forty years. Those films, however, have become some of the landmarks of motion-picture history. Lean is best known for his epics, but Phillips also focuses on Lean’s successful adaptations of famous works of literature, including retellings of plays such as Brief Encounter (1945) and novels such as Great Expectations (1946), Oliver Twist (1948), and A Passage to India (1984). From expansive studies of war and strife to some of literature’s greatest high comedies and domestic dramas, Lean imbued all of his films with his unique creative vision. Few directors can match Lean’s ability to combine narrative sweep and psychological detail, and Phillips goes beyond Lean’s epics to reveal this unifying characteristic in the director’s body of work. Beyond the Epic is a vital assessment of a great director’s artistic process and his place in the film industry.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813171555

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9780813171555

The Wizard Knight

(Comprising The Knight and The Wizard)

By: Gene Wolfe

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The Wizard Knight

(Comprising The Knight and The Wizard)

By: Gene Wolfe

“Gene Wolfe is the smartest, subtlest, most dangerous writer alive today, in genre or out of it. This book [is] important and wonderful.” —Neil Gaiman on The Knight A novel in two volumes, The Wizard Knight is in the rare company of works of fantasy like The Once and Future King, or The Wizard of Earthsea, that drink directly from the wellspring of myth. Now it appears in a single-volume edition for the first time. A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm consisting of seven levels of reality. Transformed by magic into a grown man of heroic proportions, he takes the name Sir Able of the High Heart and sets out on a quest to find the sword that has been promised to him, the blade that will help him fulfill his ambition to become a true hero—a true knight. Inside, however, Sir Able remains a boy, and he must grow in every sense to survive what lies ahead... “[Wolfe] should enjoy the same rapt attention we afford to Thomas Pynchon, Toni Morrison, and Cormac McCarthy.” —The Washington Post on The Knight “Wolfe’s version of Faerie is both allusive and elusive, beautiful and fatally glamorous.” —Tad Williams on The Knight With a new introduction by Yves Meynard, acclaimed author of The Book of Knights. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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912

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Tor Books

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1250791618

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9781250791610

Soldier of the Mist

By: Gene Wolfe

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Soldier of the Mist

By: Gene Wolfe

Latro, a mercenary soldier, lost his memory after a head wound and must continually rediscover his identity. However, he is now able to converse with supernatural creatures which is both a triumph and a danger.

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350

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Macmillan

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0312937342

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9780312937348

No Uncle Sam

The Forgotten of Bataan

By: Anton F. Bilek,Gene O'Connell

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No Uncle Sam

The Forgotten of Bataan

By: Anton F. Bilek,Gene O'Connell

This is Anton F. Bilek's story of his survival as a Japanese prisoner of war. He recounts the Death March that he and other Fil-American prisoners of war endured in Bataan after surrender, his imprisonment in the Philippines and Japan and his subsequent servitude in the Japanese coal mines.

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294

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Kent State University Press

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0873387686

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9780873387682

García Márquez

The Man and His Work

By: Gene H. Bell-Villada

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García Márquez

The Man and His Work

By: Gene H. Bell-Villada

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most influential writers of our time, with a unique literary creativity rooted in the history of his native Colombia. This is the first book of criticism to consider in detail the totality of Garcia Marquez's oeuvre.

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361

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807833517

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9780807833513

The Knight

Book One of The Wizard Knight

By: Gene Wolfe

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The Knight

Book One of The Wizard Knight

By: Gene Wolfe

Now in paperback--the first book in Wolfe's critically acclaimed two-volume epic fantasy, written in the Tolkien tradition, about a boy who learns about fighting, magic, love, and loyalty in a thrilling, coming-of-age story.

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548

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Macmillan

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0765347016

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9780765347015

"An Arch Rebel Like Myself"

Dan Showalter and the Civil War in California and Texas

By: Gene C. Armistead,Robert D. Arconti

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"An Arch Rebel Like Myself"

Dan Showalter and the Civil War in California and Texas

By: Gene C. Armistead,Robert D. Arconti

Dan Showalter was Speaker Pro Tem of the California State Assembly at the outbreak of the Civil War and the exemplar of treason in the Far West among the pro-Union press. He gained notoriety as the survivor of California's last political (and actual, fatal) duel, for his role in the display of a Confederate flag in Sacramento, and for his imprisonment after an armed confrontation with Union troops. Escaping to Texas, he distinguished himself in the Confederate service in naval battles and in pursuit of Comanche raiders. As commander of the 4th Arizona Cavalry, he helped recapture the Rio Grande Valley from the Union and defended Brownsville against a combined Union and Mexican force. Refusing to surrender at war's end, he fled to Mexico, where he died of a wound sustained in a drunken bar fight at age 35.

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247

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McFarland

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1476674612

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9781476674612

Classic Movie Fight Scenes

75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989

By: Gene Freese

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Classic Movie Fight Scenes

75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989

By: Gene Freese

Both brawls and elaborate martial arts have kept movie audiences on the edges of their seats since cinema began. But the filming of fight scenes has changed significantly through the years--mainly for the safety of the combatants--from improvised scuffles in the Silent Era to exquisitely choreographed and edited sequences involving actors, stuntmen and technical experts. Camera angles prevented many a broken nose. Examining more than 300 films--from The Spoilers (1914) to Road House (1989)--the author provides behind-the-scenes details on memorable melees starring such iconic tough-guys as John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Robert Mitchum, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan.

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343

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McFarland

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1476629358

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9781476629353

Horses and Mules in the Civil War

A Complete History with a Roster of More Than 700 War Horses

By: Gene C. Armistead

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Horses and Mules in the Civil War

A Complete History with a Roster of More Than 700 War Horses

By: Gene C. Armistead

Horses and mules served during the Civil War in greater number and suffered more casualties than the men of the Union and Confederate armies combined. Using firsthand accounts, this history addresses the many uses of equines during the war, the methods by which they were obtained, their costs, their suffering on the battlefields and roads, their consumption by soldiers, and such topics as racing and mounted music. The book is supplemented by accounts of the "Lightning Mule Brigade," the "Charge of the Mule Brigade," five appendices and 37 illustrations. More than 700 Civil War equines are identified and described with incidental information and identification of their masters.

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258

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McFarland

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1476602379

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9781476602370

Peace

By: Gene Wolfe

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Peace

By: Gene Wolfe

Mesmerizing sci-fi from the author the Denver Post calls "one of the literary giants of science fiction." The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living in a small midwestern town, reveals a miraculous dimension. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself.

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273

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Macmillan

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0312890338

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9780312890339

Inherit the Land

Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will

By: Gene Stowe

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Inherit the Land

Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will

By: Gene Stowe

In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie Ross, whose sister Sallie died in 1909, was the richest woman in Union County, North Carolina. Upon Maggie's death in 1920, her will bequeathed her estate to Bob Rosswho had grown up in the sisters' householdand his daughter Mittie Bell Houston. Mittie had also grown up with the well-to-do women, who had shown their affection for her by building a house for her and her husband. This house, along with eight hundred acres, hundreds of dollars in cash, and two of the white family's three gold watches went to Bob Ross and Houston. As soon as the contents of the will became known, more than one hundred of Maggie Ross's scandalized cousins sued to break the will, claiming that its bequest to black people proved that Maggie Ross was mentally incompetent. Revealing the details of this case and of the lives of the people involved in it, Gene Stowe presents a story that sheds light on and complicates our understanding of the Jim Crow South. Stowe's account of this famous court battle shows how specific individuals, both white and black, labored against the status quo of white superiority and ultimately won. An evocative portrait of an entire generation's sins, Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will hints at the possibility for color-blind justice in small-town North Carolina. Gene Stowe grew up in Monroe, North Carolina, and was a reporter for the Charlotte Observer for twelve years. He is head of the writing program of Trinity School at Greenlawn in South Bend, Indiana. Carl A. Sergio earned degrees in art design and psychology at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently working in Chicago while preparing to attend graduate school. Learn more about the author at http: //genestowe.blogspot.com/

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604730773

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9781604730777

Wild Bill Elliott

A Complete Filmography

By: Gene Blottner

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Wild Bill Elliott

A Complete Filmography

By: Gene Blottner

Wild Bill Elliott was a major western star. His screen persona met evil head-on and emerged victorious, bringing cheers from Saturday audiences. This book covers Elliott's entire career. It begins with a biographical sketch and then discusses each of his 78 starring roles as well as his more than 130 supporting roles. The film entries include studio, release date, alternate titles, cast and credit listings, songs, location filming, color, running time, source, story synopsis, notes and commentary, quotations from published reviews and a critical summation of the film. Appendices include Elliott's short films, TV and radio appearances and comic books.

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078646903X

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9780786469031

Book's by Gene Gallant

Beyond the Epic

Beyond the Epic

The Wizard Knight

The Wizard Knight

Soldier of the Mist

Soldier of the Mist

No Uncle Sam

No Uncle Sam

García Márquez

García Márquez

The Knight

The Knight

"An Arch Rebel Like Myself"

"An Arch Rebel Like Myself"

Classic Movie Fight Scenes

Classic Movie Fight Scenes

Horses and Mules in the Civil War

Horses and Mules in the Civil War

Peace

Peace

Inherit the Land

Inherit the Land

Wild Bill Elliott

Wild Bill Elliott

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