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Cathedrals of Kudzu

A Personal Landscape of the South

By: Hal Crowther

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Cathedrals of Kudzu

A Personal Landscape of the South

By: Hal Crowther

In these essays, one of the most influential Southern journalists of his generation sorts out a whole warehouse of Southern idiosyncrasy and iconography, including the Southern belle, Faulkner, James Dickey, Stonewall Jackson, Cormac McCarthy, guns, dogs, fathers, trees, George Wallace, Elvis, Doc Watson, the decline of poetry, and the return of chain gangs.

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LSU Press

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0807127884

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9780807127889

Lbj's Texas White House

"Our Heart's Home"

By: Hal Rothman

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Lbj's Texas White House

"Our Heart's Home"

By: Hal Rothman

It is a story of the relationship between power and place in American culture."--BOOK JACKET.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1585441414

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9781585441419

Military Comedy Films

A Critical Survey and Filmography of Hollywood Releases Since 1918

By: Hal Erickson

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Military Comedy Films

A Critical Survey and Filmography of Hollywood Releases Since 1918

By: Hal Erickson

Beginning with Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms, released in America near the end of World War I, the military comedy film has been one of Hollywood's most durable genres. This generously illustrated history examines over 225 Army, Navy and Marine-related comedies produced between 1918 and 2009, including the abundance of laughspinners released during World War II in the wake of Abbott and Costello's phenomenally successful Buck Privates (1941), and the many lighthearted service films of the immediate postwar era, among them Mister Roberts (1955) and No Time for Sergeants (1958). Also included are discussions of such subgenres as silent films (The General), military-academy farces (Brother Rat), women in uniform (Private Benjamin), misfits making good (Stripes), anti-war comedies (MASH), and fact-based films (The Men Who Stare at Goats). A closing filmography is included in this richly detailed volume.

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McFarland

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0786492678

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9780786492671

Black Cat Weekly #48

By: Matthew Hughes ,SJ Rozan ,Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier,Hal Charles,R. Austin Freeman ,Nicholas Carter,Irving Cox, Jr. ,George O. Smith ,E.E. "Doc" Smith

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Black Cat Weekly #48

By: Matthew Hughes ,SJ Rozan ,Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier,Hal Charles,R. Austin Freeman ,Nicholas Carter,Irving Cox, Jr. ,George O. Smith ,E.E. "Doc" Smith

For this week's Black Cat Weekly, Michael Bracken has acquired an original mystery by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier, Barb Goffman found a tale by SJ Rozan that will surely satisfy crime fans, and Cynthia Ward tracked down a Matthew Hughes story. Plus, for the sheer silliness of it all, there’s a Mickey Spillane parody from 1954 (which manages to be both a mystery and fantasy…but wasn’t everything of Spillane’s?) and classics from R. Austin Freeman (a Dr Thorndyke story), a Nick Carter novel, and the first Skylark of Space novel by E.E. “Doc” Smith. Here’s the complete lineup: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “Ripen,” by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “Death Takes a Swing,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “E-Golem,” by SJ Rozan [Barb Goffman Presents short story] “The Case Of Oscar Brodski,” by R. Austin Freeman [short story] A Human Counterfeit, by Nicholas Carter [novel] “The Shaky Undertaker,” by Ed Cox [short story] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “The Shaky Undertaker,” by Ed Cox [short story] “To the Sons of Tomorrow,” by Irving Cox, Jr. [short story] “Mastermindless,” by Matthew Hughes [Cynthia Ward Presents short story] “Problem In Solid,” by George O. Smith [short story] “Sequel,” by Ben Smith [short story] The Skylark of Space, by E.E. “Doc” Smith [novel]

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479478873

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9781479478873

Mixed Harvest

The Second Great Transformation in the Rural North, 1870-1930

By: Hal S. Barron

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Mixed Harvest

The Second Great Transformation in the Rural North, 1870-1930

By: Hal S. Barron

Mixed Harvest explores rural responses to the transformation of the northern United States from an agricultural society into an urban and industrial one. According to Hal S. Barron, country people from New England to North Dakota negotiated the rise of large-scale organizational society and consumer culture in ways marked by both resistance and accommodation, change and continuity. Between 1870 and 1930, communities in the rural North faced a number of challenges. Reformers and professionals sought to centralize authority and diminish local control over such important aspects of rural society as schools and roads; large-scale business corporations wielded increasing market power, to the detriment of independent family farmers; and an encroaching urban-based consumer culture threatened rural beliefs in the primacy of their local communities and the superiority of country life. But, Barron argues, by reconfiguring traditional rural values of localism, independence, republicanism, and agrarian fundamentalism, country people successfully created a distinct rural subculture. Consequently, agrarian society continued to provide a counterpoint to the dominant trends in American society well into the twentieth century.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807860263

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9780807860267

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations

By: Hal G. Rainey

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Understanding and Managing Public Organizations

By: Hal G. Rainey

UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, FIFTH EDITION “This is the definitive place for all serious students of public administration to start. It is the most comprehensive book in the field. It is required reading for MPA students, Ph.D. students, and all scholars in the field.” —Kenneth J. Meier, Charles H. Gregory Chair in Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University “This is the bible for public management scholarship. It is the first place to turn when looking for an accessible but rigorous analysis of research on basic aspects of organizational life in the public sector, such as how culture, leadership, and motivation matter. The interdisciplinary array of research on public management has become so voluminous as to seem overwhelming at times. Rainey’s extraordinary curatorial prowess allows him to turn these fragments of work into a coherent and insightful body of knowledge. Anyone interested in how research can inform governance should start with this book.” —Donald Moynihan, professor of public affairs, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin—Madison “This is the Encyclopedia Britannica of public management; if you want to find out what has been written, and what is collectively said about the practice and theory of public management, look no further than Rainey’s updated and comprehensive fifth edition.” —Richard M. Walker, chair professor of public management and associate dean, City University of Hong Kong “For more than a decade, Rainey’s book has been a must-read for everyone in the community of public management in Korea, just like in many places all over the world. Undoubtedly, it provides a valuable resource for researchers and students who are interested in public management and applications of organization theory to public organizations. It is quite simply the best investigation of public organization and management that I’ve read.” —Young Han Chun, associate dean, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118584465

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9781118584460

“Hal’S Shorts”

By: Hal Landseadel

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“Hal’S Shorts”

By: Hal Landseadel

HALS SHORTS is a collection of short stories dictated to Hal Landseadel by the wee people who occupy the otherwise vacant recesses of his cranial cavity. Although the title and cover of HALS SHORTS might suggest a bit of humor, BEWARE; its spooky inside! The reader will travel through time, space, and beyond with several of the books characters as they embark together on journeys to dark, dismal, and unforgiving destinations.

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AuthorHouse

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1467024600

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Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows

Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008

By: Hal Erickson

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Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows

Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008

By: Hal Erickson

When media coverage of courtroom trials came under intense fire in the aftermath of the infamous New Jersey v. Hauptmann lawsuit (a.k.a. the Lindbergh kidnapping case,) a new wave of fictionalized courtroom programming arose to satiate the public's appetite for legal drama. This book is an alphabetical examination of the nearly 200 shows telecast in the U.S. from 1948 through 2008 involving courtrooms, lawyers and judges, complete with cast and production credits, airdates, detailed synopses and background information. Included are such familiar titles as Perry Mason, Divorce Court, Judge Judy, LA Law, and The Practice, along with such obscure series as They Stand Accused, The Verdict Is Yours Sam Benedict, Trials of O'Brien, and The Law and Mr. Jones. The book includes an introductory overview of law-oriented radio and TV broadcasts from the 1920s to the present, including actual courtroom coverage (or lack of same during those years in which cameras and microphones were forbidden in the courtroom) and historical events within TV's factual and fictional treatment of the legal system. Also included in the introduction is an analysis of the rise and fall of cable's Court TV channel.

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McFarland

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0786454520

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9780786454525

Black Cat Weekly #66

By: David C. Smith ,Katherine Fast ,Albert Tucher,Hal Charles ,Arthur Sellings ,Frank Kane,Murray Leinster ,Seabury Quinn,George O. Smith ,W.C. Tuttle

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Black Cat Weekly #66

By: David C. Smith ,Katherine Fast ,Albert Tucher,Hal Charles ,Arthur Sellings ,Frank Kane,Murray Leinster ,Seabury Quinn,George O. Smith ,W.C. Tuttle

Our 66th issue kicks off our holiday festivities, thanks to Katherine Fast’s “Reunion” (brought to you by Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) Plus we have an original tale by Albert Tucher (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), and a darker science fiction story by David C. Smith (thanks to Acquiring Editor Cynthia Ward, who had been on leave for the last few issues.) On the mystery front, we have another Johnny Liddell mystery from Frank Kane, a historical novel (okay, a western...but it’s also a mystery!) by W.C. Tuttle), and of course a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. On the science fiction end, we have a fun tale by the late British master Arthur Sellings, who has been too-long neglected. We hope to have more of his work in future issues. We also have strong stories from Murray Leinster and George O. Smith, plus another Jules de Grandin psychic detective yarn by Seabury Quinn, from the pages of the legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales. Here’s this issue’s lineup: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “Tomato Rage,” by Albert Tucher [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “Tracking Time” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “Reunion,” by Katherine Fast [Barb Goffman Presents short story] “Pass the Word Along,” by Frank Kane [short story] Sundog Loot, by W.C. Tuttlet [novel] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “Sassenden’s Dream,” by David C. Smith [Cynthia Ward Presents short story] “The Cautious Invaders,” by Arthur Sellings [short story] “The Disciplinary Circuit,” by Murray Leinster [novella] “The Vengeance of India,” by Seabury Quinn [short story] Spacemen Lost, by George O. Smith [novel]

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Wildside Press LLC

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166766073X

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9781667660738

Write Starts

Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity

By: Hal Zina Bennett

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Write Starts

Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity

By: Hal Zina Bennett

Creative Writing.

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New World Library

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1577316894

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9781577316893

Sid and Marty Krofft

A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children's Television, 1969-1993

By: Hal Erickson

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Sid and Marty Krofft

A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children's Television, 1969-1993

By: Hal Erickson

H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost: For a generation of children growing up in the late sixties and early seventies, these were some of the most memorable shows on Saturday morning television. At a time when television cartoons had lost some of their luster, two puppeteers named Sid and Marty Krofft put together a series of shows that captivated children. Using colorful sets and mysterious lands full of characters that had boundless energy, the Kroffts created a new form of children's television, rooted in the medium's earliest shows but nevertheless original in its concept. This work first provides a history of the Kroffts' pretelevision career, then offers discussions of their 11 Saturday morning shows. Complete cast and credit information is enhanced by interviews with many of the actors and actresses, behind-the-scenes information, print reviews of the series, and plot listings of the individual episodes. The H.R. Pufnstuf feature film, the brothers' other television work, and their short-lived indoor theme park are also detailed.

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McFarland

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1476607842

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9781476607849

The Folksong Fake Book (Songbook)

C Edition

By: Hal Leonard Corp.

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The Folksong Fake Book (Songbook)

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By: Hal Leonard Corp.

(Fake Book). The ultimate collection of over 1,000 folksongs perfect for performers, school teachers, and hobbyists. This book includes a huge variety of songs spanning hundreds of years and originating from America, England, Canada, Britain, Scotland, Ireland, and other countries. It includes all styles of folk music, including spirituals, cowboy songs, sea chanteys, work songs, children's songs, love ballads, protest songs, and more. Titles include: All the Pretty Little Horses * All Through the Night * The Ash Grove * Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair * The Blue Tail Fly * Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie * Clementine * The Cruel War Is Raging * Danny Boy * Deep River * Down by the Salley Gardens * The Erie Canal * Git Along, Little Dogies * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Home on the Range * The House of the Rising Sun * How Can I Keep from Singing? * Hush, Little Baby * Jacob's Ladder * John Henry * Kumbaya * Lonesome Valley * Michael Row the Boat Ashore * The Old Chisolm Trail * Shall We Gather at the River * Shenandoah * Simple Gifts * The Streets of Laredo * Swing Low, Sweet Chariot * When Johnny Comes Marching Home * Yankee Doodle * and many, many more! Features the original version of each tune, and all known verses.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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145843317X

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9781458433176

Your Future Self

How to Make Tomorrow Better Today

By: Hal Hershfield

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Your Future Self

How to Make Tomorrow Better Today

By: Hal Hershfield

Set your future self up for success with the “fascinating, profound, and immediately practical guide to shaping your life to come, while living more richly in the moment."―Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks We've all had the desire to travel through time and see what our lives will be like later in life. But while we want the best possible future for ourselves, we often fail to make decisions that would truly make that version of the future a reality: Why do we choose steak over vegetables at dinner, waving off concerns about high cholesterol? Why do we splurge on luxury cars rather than save for retirement? Why can’t we stick to our exercise programs? Why are so many of us so disconnected from our future selves? Based on over a decade of groundbreaking research, Your Future Self is the “entertaining and powerful book” (Carol Dweck, author of Mindset) that explains that in our minds, our future selves often look like strangers. Many of us view the future as incredibly distant, making us more likely to opt for immediate gratification that disregards our health and well-being in the years to come. People who are able to connect with their future selves, however, are better able to balance living for today and planning for tomorrow. “Mind-boggling and soul-stirring” (Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret), Your Future Self describes the mental mistakes we make in thinking about the future and gives us practical advice for imagining our best future so we can make that vision a reality.

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Little, Brown Spark

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0316421367

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9780316421362

On Rims & Ridges

The Los Alamos Area Since 1880

By: Hal Rothman

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On Rims & Ridges

The Los Alamos Area Since 1880

By: Hal Rothman

New Mexico’s Pajarito Plateau encompasses the Bandelier National Monument and the atomic city of Los Alamos. On Rims and Ridges throws into stark relief what happens when native cultures and Euro-American commercial interests interact in such a remote area with limited resources. The demands of citizens and institutions have created a form of environmental gridlock more often associated with Manhattan Island than with the semiurban West, writes Hal K. Rothman.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803239017

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Warplane

How the Military Reformers Birthed the A-10 Warthog

By: Hal Sundt

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Warplane

How the Military Reformers Birthed the A-10 Warthog

By: Hal Sundt

The A-10 is the Air Force's unlikely success story, an airplane designed to support the Army, and one that ground troops came to venerate. Originally conceived with the express purpose of destroying Soviet tanks, the Air Force only developed it to keep funding away from the Army’s response to the mission, the AH-56 Cheyenne helicopter. Inspired by the biography of a tank-busting German pilot in World War II, the engineering and design of the A-10 fell to Pierre Sprey, a precocious civilian who'd enrolled at Yale when he was just 15-years-old, and now, barely 30, wasexiled to a Pentagon backwater with little, if any, supervision. The end result was one of the finest military aircraft ever built, a plane essentially constructed around a 19.5-foot, 4,000-pound cannon that fired 30mm depleted uranium bullets at a blistering rate. Looking like it was built from discarded airplane parts, it was probably the ugliest combat aircraft ever built, thus the “Warthog” appellation. But it was also an incredibly reliable ground attack aircraft, beloved by ground troops from Iraq to Afghanistan. Despite repeated attempts to replace it with stealth aircraft and drones,over 280 A-10s remain in service today, serviced by dedicated and imaginative engineers and maintainers, and defended by a fervent cohort of advocates descended from the Military Reform movement. This is the story of intra-service rivalries, Pentagon obsessions with speed and stealth over tactical simplicity, and an aircraft that shows no sign of obsolescence as it nears fifty years in service.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493078577

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9781493078578

From Radio to the Big Screen

Hollywood Films Featuring Broadcast Personalities and Programs

By: Hal Erickson

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From Radio to the Big Screen

Hollywood Films Featuring Broadcast Personalities and Programs

By: Hal Erickson

There was a time when "American popular entertainment" referred only to radio and motion pictures. With the coming of talking pictures, Hollywood cashed in on the success of big-time network radio by bringing several of the public's favorite broadcast personalities and programs to the screen. The results, though occasionally successful, often proved conclusively that some things are better heard than seen. Concentrating primarily on radio's Golden Age (1926-1962), this lively history discusses the cinematic efforts of airwave stars Rudy Vallee, Amos 'n' Andy, Fred Allen, Joe Penner, Fibber McGee & Molly, Edgar Bergen, Lum & Abner, and many more. Also analyzed are the movie versions of such radio series as The Shadow, Dr. Christian and The Life of Riley. In addition, two recent films starring contemporary radio headliners Howard Stern and Garrison Keillor are given their due.

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McFarland

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1476615586

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Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza

From Primordial Sea to Public Space

By: Logan Wagner,Hal Box,Susan Kline Morehead

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Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza

From Primordial Sea to Public Space

By: Logan Wagner,Hal Box,Susan Kline Morehead

The plaza has been a defining feature of Mexican urban architecture and culture for at least 4,000 years. Ancient Mesoamericans conducted most of their communal life in outdoor public spaces, and today the plaza is still the public living room in every Mexican neighborhood, town, and city—the place where friends meet, news is shared, and personal and communal rituals and celebrations happen. The site of a community’s most important architecture—church, government buildings, and marketplace—the plaza is both sacred and secular space and thus the very heart of the community. This extensively illustrated book traces the evolution of the Mexican plaza from Mesoamerican sacred space to modern public gathering place. The authors led teams of volunteers who measured and documented nearly one hundred traditional Mexican town centers. The resulting plans reveal the layers of Mesoamerican and European history that underlie the contemporary plaza. The authors describe how Mesoamericans designed their ceremonial centers as embodiments of creation myths—the plaza as the primordial sea from which the earth emerged. They discuss how Europeans, even though they sought to eradicate native culture, actually preserved it as they overlaid the Mesoamerican sacred plaza with the Renaissance urban concept of an orthogonal grid with a central open space. The authors also show how the plaza’s historic, architectural, social, and economic qualities can contribute to mainstream urban design and architecture today.

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University of Texas Press

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029274983X

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The Baseball Filmography, 1915 through 2001, 2d ed.

By: Hal Erickson

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The Baseball Filmography, 1915 through 2001, 2d ed.

By: Hal Erickson

Since the first baseball movie (Little Sunset) in 1915, Hollywood has had an on-again, off-again affair with the sport, releasing more than 100 films through 2001. This is a filmography of those films. Each entry contains full cast and credits, a synopsis, and a critique of the movie. Behind-the-scenes and background information is included, and two sections cover baseball shorts and depictions of the game in non-baseball films. An extensive bibliography completes the work.

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McFarland

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1476607850

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The Big Fix

Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet

By: Hal Harvey,Justin Gillis

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The Big Fix

Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet

By: Hal Harvey,Justin Gillis

A “smart, honest, and down-to-earth” (Elizabeth Kolbert) citizen’s guide to the seven urgent changes that will really make a difference for our climate. If you think the only thing you can do to combat climate change is to install a smart thermostat or cook plant-based meat, you’re thinking too small. In The Big Fix, energy policy advisor Hal Harvey and longtime New York Times reporter Justin Gillis offer a new, hopeful way to engage with one of the greatest problems of our age. Writing in a lively, accessible style, the pair illuminate how the really big decisions that affect our climate get made—whether by the most obscure public utilities commissions or in the lofty halls of state capitols—and reveal how each of us can influence these decisions to deliver change. The pair focus on the seven areas of our political economy where ambitious but practical changes will have the greatest effect: from what kind of power plants to build to how much insulation new houses require to how efficient cars must be before they’re allowed on the road. Equal parts pragmatic and inspiring—and “full of illustrative stories and compelling evidence” (Al Gore)—The Big Fix provides an action plan for anyone serious about holding our governments accountable and saving our threatened planet.

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Simon and Schuster

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1982123990

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9781982123994

A Van Beuren Production

A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren

By: Hal Erickson

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A Van Beuren Production

A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren

By: Hal Erickson

Prolific American film producer Amedee J. Van Beuren (1879-1938) did not start out in the film industry. After a decade spent in business and advertising, Van Beuren turned his intellect and creativity towards acquiring a foothold in film and began building his empire. He is best known to animation fans for his bizarre cartoons of the 1920s and 1930s, featuring such zanies as Molly Moo Cow, Cubby Bear and Tom and Jerry (not the cat-and-mouse duo). But the majority of the 1,499 films produced by Van Beuren between 1918 and 1937 were live-action short subjects--travelogues, comedies, musicals, sports reels and more. His roster of star performers included Bert Lahr, Shemp Howard, Ethel Waters and (indirectly) Charlie Chaplin. Van Beuren also made several feature films starring legendary big-game hunter Frank Buck, and a 12-episode serial headlining horror icon Lon Chaney, Jr. Capped by a complete list of his films, this engrossing chronicle of Amedee Van Beuren's vast output is the first all-inclusive history of one of moviedom's most successful and least-known filmmakers.

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147664098X

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Black Cat Weekly #2

By: Jeff Cohen,Frank Lovell Nelson,Hal Charles,Hugh Walpole,Leslie Ford,David Brin,Reginald Bretnor,Robert F. Young,Randall Garrett,Robert Silverberg,Geoff St. Reynard

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Black Cat Weekly #2

By: Jeff Cohen,Frank Lovell Nelson,Hal Charles,Hugh Walpole,Leslie Ford,David Brin,Reginald Bretnor,Robert F. Young,Randall Garrett,Robert Silverberg,Geoff St. Reynard

The second issue of Black Cat Weekly presents more tales of the mysterious and fantastic—four mystery shorts, a mystery novel, four science fiction stories, and a fantasy novel, by some of the greatest writers of all time. Here are: IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD GIRL! by Jeff Cohen [Barb Goffman Presents - mystery short story] THE MYSTERY OF THE TRUST BUILDER, by Frank Lovell Nelson [Serial story - 2 of 12] ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT, by Hal Charles [Solve it yourself mystery!] THE TWISTED INN, by Hugh Walpole [mystery short story] FALSE TO ANY MAN, by Leslie Ford [mystery novel] THE TELL, by David Brin [Paul Di Filippo Presents - sci-fi short story] MRS. PIGAFETTA SWIMS WELL, by Reginald Bretnor [sci-fi short story] THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER, by Robert F. Young [sci-fi short story] THE ALIEN DIES AT DAWN, by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg [sci-fi short story] THE ENCHANTED CRUSADE, by Geoff St. Reynard [fantasy novel]

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479462586

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9781479462582

First 50 Jazz Classics You Should Play on Piano

By: Hal Leonard Corp.

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First 50 Jazz Classics You Should Play on Piano

By: Hal Leonard Corp.

(Easy Piano Songbook). This collection features 50 simply-arranged, must-know time-honored favorites that all new pianists will want to learn! Includes: Afternoon in Paris * Angel Eyes * Birdland * Caravan * Desafinado * Fascinating Rhythm * Have You Met Miss Jones? * I Remember You * I'm Getting Sentimental over You * In Walked Bud * Lullaby of Birdland * My Foolish Heart * Night Train * On Green Dolphin Street * The Shadow of Your Smile * Take Five * Take the "A" Train * Witchcraft * Yardbird Suite * Yesterdays * and more!

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Hal Leonard

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1705160859

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Syndicated Television

The First Forty Years, 1947-1987

By: Hal Erickson

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Syndicated Television

The First Forty Years, 1947-1987

By: Hal Erickson

Here is an excellent reference book on "first run" syndication--the distribution of programs either made exclusively for non-network play, or of programs intended for network telecasts but ultimately making their debuts in syndication. Bringing together information not easily found, this work covers the classics such as Sea Hunt, Highway Patrol, The Merv Griffin Show and the Muppet Show, as well as such once-popular but now obscure productions as China Smith, Ripcord and The Littlest Hobo. Coverage goes back to 1947 and the book includes a number of series ignored in other works. The first section is an overview of the concept of syndication from its earliest application in the newspaper world to the attempt by Fox Television to become a fourth network. The next four sections each cover ten years of syndication, listing the shows (with full background--who produced them and why, who liked them and why, etc.) alphabetically by title under the following genres: Adventure/Mystery, Children's, Comedy, Drama, Game/Quiz, Informational, Music/Variety, Religious, Sports, Talk/Interview, Travel/Documentary, Westerns, and Women's.

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1476613818

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The Jazzer's Cookbook

Creative Recipes for Players and Teachers

By: Hal Leonard Corp.

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Creative Recipes for Players and Teachers

By: Hal Leonard Corp.

(Meredith Music Resource). A "must have" exciting collection of favorite tips from 57 of today's most outstanding educators, performers, and industry pros in the jazz education world. This is an ideal source that contains proven successful suggestions that will not only aid the teacher/director from junior high school to university levels, but the conductor and performer novice to professional! Performance tips on instrument technique, rehearsals, programming, technology, improvisation and much more! Enjoy this quick-to-read enjoyable book that will inform and inspire creativity and improvement at all levels. Sample recipes include: Jamey Abersold, legendary jazz educator and publisher, NEW Jazz Master and LeJENd of Jazz Education Honoree, Advanced Jazz Improve, How to Cook! ; John Clayton, Grammy award winning Bassist and composer, JEN Vice-President Left Hand Bass-ics ; Dennis DiBlasio, jazz saxophonist with Maynard Ferguson and others, arranger, composer, educator, Get Started Improvising by Using a Single Scale-Heat, Simmer, Boil!; Diane Downs, founder and artistic director of the renowned Louisville Leopard Percussionists, All About the Blues! ; Dr. Lou Fischer, co-founder/past president of the Jazz Education Network, performer, composer, author, Big Band Shake 'n Bake Successful Performance Tips ; Dan Haerle, faculty/Regents professor in Jazz studies at the UNT 25 years, LeJENds of Jazz Education recipient, Expand Your Palette a taste of Voicings ; Dave Liebman, NEA Jazz Master, LeJENd of Jazz Education, award winning performer, lecturer, author, Beyond the Music Jazz Education in the Century of Change ; Darmon Meader, distinguished vocalist, arranger, and saxophonist, founder/performer New York Voices, Stir, Don't Shake Recipe for Vocal Improv ; Bob Mintzer, 23-year member of Yellowjackets, Grammy award-winning big band leader and composer of big band music performed globally, Spice Up your Life with Music words from one who knows! ; Dr. Gary Motley, recognized by National Endowment for the Arts, Great American Jazz Piano Competition, and American Composers Forum, Jazz and the iPad Add this to your Menu! ; Dr. Larry Ridley, educator, performer, authors and is founder/executive director for the African-American Jazz Caucus, Inc., (AAJC), Jazz Gumbo, sage advice ; Paris Rutherford, Regents Professor Emeritus of Jazz, Univ. of North Texas 30 years, author, arranger, LeJENds of Jazz Education recipient, Recipe for Arranging Amazing Vocal Jazz Goodies .

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1574634054

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Jazz Guitar Fake Book - Volume 1

Lead Sheets for 200 Jazz Standards

By: Hal Leonard Corp.

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Jazz Guitar Fake Book - Volume 1

Lead Sheets for 200 Jazz Standards

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(Guitar Book). Lead sheets for 200 jazz standards, including the melodies, chord symbols and professionally arranged guitar chord diagrams for each song. Songs include: All the Things You Are * At Last * Beyond the Sea * Come Sunday * Desafinado * Embraceable You * A Fine Romance * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * I'll Be Seeing You * I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * In the Mood * It Could Happen to You * Just in Time * A Kiss to Build a Dream On * Lazy River * Love Me or Leave Me * Mack the Knife * Moon River * My Foolish Heart * My Way * The Nearness of You * On a Slow Boat to China * Pennies from Heaven * Satin Doll * Sentimental Journey * Stardust * A Sunday Kind of Love * Tea for Two * Time After Time * When Sunny Gets Blue * Witchcraft * You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To * and many more.

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1495071413

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"From Beautiful Downtown Burbank"

A Critical History of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, 1968-1973

By: Hal Erickson

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"From Beautiful Downtown Burbank"

A Critical History of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, 1968-1973

By: Hal Erickson

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In was one of the most unusual programs on television, defying definition as simply comedy, variety, or burlesque. The show had audiences laughing for six seasons and continues to make appearances in revivals, reunions, and salutes. This critical history of Laugh-In includes background details on the creation and creators, as well as information on lookalike shows. An appendix contains a complete program history with principal production credits and episode guides.

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1476600783

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The Real Dixieland Book Songbook

C Instruments

By: Hal Leonard Corp.,Robert Rawlins

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The Real Dixieland Book Songbook

C Instruments

By: Hal Leonard Corp.,Robert Rawlins

(Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature hundreds of time-tested songs in accurate arrangements in the famous easy-to-read, hand-written notation. You don't have to be from below the Mason-Dixon line to enjoy this primo collection of nearly 250 Dixieland tunes for C instruments: Ain't Misbehavin' * Alexander's Ragtime Band * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * California, Here I Come * Dinah * Down by the Riverside * Georgia on My Mind * Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah) * Honeysuckle Rose * I'm Gonna Sit Right down and Write Myself a Letter * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Jelly Roll Blues * Lazy River * Makin' Whoopee! * My Baby Just Cares for Me * Nobody Knows You When You're down and Out * Puttin' on the Ritz * St. Louis Blues * Smile * Stompin' at the Savoy * Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger) * When the Saints Go Marching In * and many more.

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1458457982

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9781458457981

100 Greatest Guitar Intros Songbook

By: Hal Leonard Corp.

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100 Greatest Guitar Intros Songbook

By: Hal Leonard Corp.

(Guitar Riffs). Learn guitar riffs from 100 awesome tunes, including: Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love * Barracuda * Crazy Train * Detroit Rock City * Free Ride * Heartbreaker * I Feel Fine * La Grange * Life in the Fast Lane * Message in a Bottle * Paranoid * Pride and Joy * Rebel, Rebel * Revolution * Say It Ain't So * Silent Lucidity * Stairway to Heaven * Talk Dirty to Me * Thunderstruck * Wake up Little Susie * and many more.

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149500113X

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