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Assignment: Oswald

By: James P. Hosty,Thomas Hosty

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Assignment: Oswald

By: James P. Hosty,Thomas Hosty

Describes the Kennedy assassination, the people involved, and the aftermath by the federal agent assigned to investigate Oswald prior to the shooting.

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1611453089

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Cultural Turns/Geographical Turns

Perspectives on Cultural Geography

By: Simon Naylor,James Ryan,Ian Cook,David Crouch

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Cultural Turns/Geographical Turns

Perspectives on Cultural Geography

By: Simon Naylor,James Ryan,Ian Cook,David Crouch

Introduces undergraduates to the key debates regarding space and culture and the key theoretical arguments which guide cultural geographical work. This book addresses the impact, significance, and characteristics of the 'cultural turn' in contemporary geography. It focuses on the development of the cultural geography subdiscipline and on what has made it a peculiar and unique realm of study. It demonstrates the importance of culture in the development of debates in other subdisciplines within geography and beyond. In line with these previous themes, the significance of space in the production of cultural values and expressions is also developed. Along with its timely examination of the health of the cultural geographical subdiscipline, this book is to be valued for its analysis of the impact of cultural theory on studies elsewhere in geography and of ideas of space and spatiality elsewhere in the social sciences.

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Routledge

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131787904X

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Duchess

By: Deana James

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Duchess

By: Deana James

Driven by secret pain, the mysterious "Duchess" searched London's brothels saving innocent young women from lives of slavery. Yet, she had never allowed anyone to know her own fears and desires--until she met San Antonio rancher Rowdy Macpherson. But once she revealed her secrets, would Rowdy surrender his love--or break her heart?

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Zebra Books

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082175095X

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9780821750957

Beloved Rogue

By: Deana James,Mona D. Sizer

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Beloved Rogue

By: Deana James,Mona D. Sizer

The author of Seek Only Passion turns to Victorian London for an unusual and torrid tale. When a lady engages a street-smart thief to help her find her younger sister, who has disappeared into London's demi-monde of sin and white slavery, the two are drawn together by danger and misadventure.

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0821746820

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The Psychology of Diversity

Beyond Prejudice and Racism

By: James M. Jones,John F. Dovidio,Deborah L. Vietze

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The Psychology of Diversity

Beyond Prejudice and Racism

By: James M. Jones,John F. Dovidio,Deborah L. Vietze

The Psychology of Diversity presents a captivating social-psychological study of diversity, the obstacles confronting it, and the benefits it provides. Goes beyond prejudice and discrimination to discuss the personal and social implications of diversity for both majority and minority group members Considers how historical, political, economic, and societal factors shape the way people think about and respond to diversity Explains why discrimination leads to bias at all levels in society – interpersonal, institutional, cultural, and social Describes proven techniques for improving intergroup relations Examines the brain's impact on bias in clear terms for students with little or no background in neuroscience Includes helpful study tools throughout the text as well as an online instructor’s manual

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118588142

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Modern Tort Law 7/e

By: V.H. Harpwood

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Modern Tort Law 7/e

By: V.H. Harpwood

Modern Tort Law is a comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date introduction to the law of torts. Now in its seventh edition, Vivienne Harpwood’s popular, student-friendly text explains the principles of all aspects of tort law in a lively and thought-provoking manner. The broad coverage of modern tort law makes this an ideal textbook for any undergraduate tort law course. Students are encouraged to understand and apply the principles of tort law effectively throughout and particular attention is paid to the context within which the law is evolving, making these topics both accessible and enjoyable. This seventh edition has been revised and updated to take into account developments since publication of the previous edition including in the areas of privacy, negligence, personal injury and defamation. Human Rights issues are integrated throughout the text rather than treating the topic in isolation, in line with the way the subject is commonly taught. Now more accessible and student-friendly, it includes: advice on further reading at the end of each chapter which is intended to point students towards sources of further study and critical debate new chapter introductions, rewritten to reflect learning outcomes. Modern Tort Law is now supported by a Companion Website which offers lecturer resources available to adopters of the book, including ‘think points’ designed to encourage reflection and debate and PowerPoints of diagrams and flowcharts contained within the text. A dedicated student section also offers weblinks, a guide to key Tort law cases, a flashcard glossary and a test bank of multiple choice questions.

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Routledge

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1135253005

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The Nature of Revolution

Art and Politics Under the Khmer Rouge

By: James A. Tyner

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The Nature of Revolution

Art and Politics Under the Khmer Rouge

By: James A. Tyner

The Nature of Revolution provides the first account of art and politics under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. James A. Tyner repositions Khmer Rouge artworks within their proper political and economic context: the materialization of a political organization in an era of anticolonial and decolonization movements. Consequently, both the organization's policies and practices--including the production of poetry, music, and photography--were incontrovertibly shaped by and created to further the Khmer Rouge's agenda.Theoretically informed and empirically grounded, Tyner's work examines the social dimensions of the Khmer Rouge, while contributing broadly to a growing literature on the intersection of art and politics. Building on the foundational works of theorists such as Jacques Rancière, Theodor Adorno, and Walter Benjamin, Tyner explores the insights of Leon Trotsky and his descriptions of the politics of aesthetics specific to socialist revolutions. Ultimately, Tyner reveals a fundamental tension between individuality and bureaucratic control and its impact on artistic creativity and freedom.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820354392

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Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden Planet

A Film Score Guide

By: James Wierzbicki

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Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden Planet

A Film Score Guide

By: James Wierzbicki

Forbidden Planet is a product of the MGM studio, which at the time of the production of this film was hardly in the business of making science-fiction films. Originally planned as a "B" picture, the 1956 Forbidden Planet was praised for its spectacular special effects and brilliant color cinematography. The plot practically tingles with sexual innuendo and the dialogue is rich in references to Freudian psychology. However, in spite of all this, the film was marketed to a juvenile audience. Notwithstanding its uncommon look and "feel," perhaps the most unusual aspect of the film is the way it sounds. Never before had a major Hollywood effort utilized a score generated entirely by electronic means, yet seldom does one find commentary on how Louis and Bebe Barron's score again and again challenges Hollywood norms. In addition to placing the composers and film in historical context, James Wierzbicki's study offers a deep and thorough analysis of not only the music as used in the film, but also of the decontextualized music as presented by the Barrons on the 1977 "original soundtrack album." The text is generously illustrated with transcriptions and graphs, and can serve as a model for the examination of other extended works of electronic music for which no written score has ever existed.

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Scarecrow Press

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146166943X

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Exotic Nuclear Excitations: The Transverse Wobbling Mode in 135 Pr

By: James Till Matta

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Exotic Nuclear Excitations: The Transverse Wobbling Mode in 135 Pr

By: James Till Matta

The work presented in this thesis established the existence of wobbling at low spin and low deformation in the Z~60, N~76 nuclear region. This opens the region to further searches for wobbling and shows that wobbling is not confined to a particular quasiparticle orbital, spin or deformation. While deformed nuclei usually have axial shape, triaxial shapes have been predicted at low to moderate spins in certain regions of the nuclear chart (e.g. Z~60, N~76 and Z~46, N~66). Observation of one of the fingerprints of triaxiality, chirality and wobbling, guarantees that the nucleus is axially asymmetric. While chirality has been observed in numerous nuclei from many regions of the nuclear chart, wobbling, prior to this work, had only been observed at high spins in super deformed bands in five nuclei confined to the Z~70, N~90 region. Additionally, this dissertation establishes a new interpretation for the wobbling phenomenon. It shows for the first time that the nucleon aligns to the short axis, which explains the decrease in wobbling energies with angular momentum seen on this and all previous wobbling nuclei while still explaining the observed B(E2out)B(E2in) ratios. This is a new phenomenon, which is in contrast to the increase of the wobbling energies predicted by Bohr and Mottelson.

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Springer

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3319532405

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1000 Facts about Animated Shows Vol. 2

By: James Egan

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1000 Facts about Animated Shows Vol. 2

By: James Egan

Skeletor was cut from He-Man in France because he was too scary. Lois from Family Guy has had eight children. Marceline from Adventure Time has a fear of celery. Steven Spielberg thinks Rugrats is one of the best cartoons ever. Homer Simpson's voice is the most popular GPS voice. Tom Cruise was meant to play Captain Planet. Tim Curry was meant to play the Joker in the Batman cartoon but was considered too scary. Spider-Man was banned in Hong Kong. Mickey Mouse has a brother... who is a rabbit. Bugs Bunny got his name by accident. Tom and Jerry has won seven Oscars. Beast was only meant to appear in a few episodes of X-Men. Winnie the Pooh was originally called Edward.

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Lulu.com

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1326676628

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3000 Facts about Animated Shows

By: James Egan

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3000 Facts about Animated Shows

By: James Egan

The Simpsons is banned in Burma because "the show has too much yellow."In South Park, Stan's dog is voiced by George Clooney.Scrooge McDuck is the world's richest fictional character.In Family Guy, Meg's heart is in her head.Betty Boop was a dog in her first appearance.James Avery voiced Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also played Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.Ukraine's government believes Spongebob SquarePants is "a real threat to children."The Road Runner Show was created to mock the absurd violence in Tom and Jerry.Bugs Bunny isn't a rabbit.In Scooby-Doo, Shaggy's real name is Norville.Mister Freeze's backstory was created in Batman: The Animated Series and was then incorporated into the comics.Simpsons toys are banned in Iran.Fans can't decide whether Avatar: The Last Airbender is an anime or not.Four actors died while working on the show Spider-Man.

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1326635875

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9781326635879

Neptune's Militia

The Frigate South Carolina During the American Revolution

By: James Allen Lewis

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Neptune's Militia

The Frigate South Carolina During the American Revolution

By: James Allen Lewis

Under the leadership of Commodore Alexander Gillon, a prominent Charleston merchant, the South Carolina navy secured the services of the largest warship under any American's command during the American Revolution, the frigate South Carolina. This study examines its design and achievements.

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Kent State University Press

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0873386329

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9780873386326

Crimson Obsession

By: Deana James

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Crimson Obsession

By: Deana James

Vengeance was Cassandra MacDaermond's sole purpose when she became a servant to the pernicious Edward Sandron. The flame-haired beauty would make the diabolically handsome gambling hall owner pay for the fortune he stole from her father. But the hot-tempered temptress never counted on being struck speechless by her employer's seductive gaze.

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0821722727

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9780821722725

Reclaiming Parkland

Tom Hanks, Vincent Bugliosi, and the JFK Assassination in the New Hollywood

By: James DiEugenio

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Reclaiming Parkland

Tom Hanks, Vincent Bugliosi, and the JFK Assassination in the New Hollywood

By: James DiEugenio

New foreword by J.F.K. director Oliver Stone Reclaiming Parkland details the failed attempt of Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman to make Vincent Bugliosi’s mammoth book about the Kennedy assassination, Reclaiming History, into a miniseries. It exposes the questionable origins of Reclaiming History in a dubious mock trial for cable television, in which Bugliosi played the role of an attorney prosecuting Lee Harvey Oswald for murder, and how this formed the basis for the epic tome. Author James DiEugenio details the myriad problems with Bugliosi’s book, and explores the cooperation of the mainstream press in concealing many facts during the publicity campaign for the book and how this lack of scrutiny led Hanks and Goetzman—cofounders of the production company Playtone—to purchase the film rights. DiEugenio then shows how the film adapted from that book, entitled Parkland, does not resemble Bugliosi’s book and examines why. This book reveals the connections between Washington and Hollywood, as well as the CIA influence in the film colony today. It includes an extended look at the little-known aspects of the lives and careers of Bugliosi, Hanks, and Goetzman. Reclaiming Parkland sheds light on the Kennedy assassination, New Hollywood, and the political influence on media in America.

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Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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162873826X

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The JFK Assassination

By: James DiEugenio

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The JFK Assassination

By: James DiEugenio

In this updated and revised edition, James DiEugenio dissects the new Oscar-nominated film, The Post, and how it disingenuously represents the Pentagon Papers saga, to the detriment of the true heroes of the operation. The story of the film stems from the failed attempt of Academy Award–winning actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman to make Vincent Bugliosi’s mammoth book about the Kennedy assassination, Reclaiming History, into a miniseries. He exposes the questionable origins of Reclaiming History in a dubious mock trial for cable television, in which Bugliosi played the role of an attorney prosecuting Lee Harvey Oswald for murder, and how this formed the basis for the epic tome. JFK: The Evidence Today lists the myriad problems with Bugliosi’s book and explores the cooperation of the mainstream press in concealing many facts during the publicity campaign for the book and how this lack of scrutiny led Hanks and Goetzman—cofounders of the production company Playtone—to purchase the film rights. DiEugenio then shows how the failed film adapted from that book, entitled Parkland, does not resemble Bugliosi’s book and examines why. This book reveals the connections between Washington and Hollywood, as well as the CIA influence in the film community today. It includes an extended look at the little-known aspects of the lives and careers of Bugliosi, Hanks, and Goetzman. JFK: The Evidence Today sheds light on the Kennedy assassination, New Hollywood, and political influence on media in America.

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Simon and Schuster

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151073984X

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The Age of Noise in Britain

Hearing Modernity

By: James G Mansell

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The Age of Noise in Britain

Hearing Modernity

By: James G Mansell

Sound transformed British life in the "age of noise" between 1914 and 1945. The sonic maelstrom of mechanized society bred anger and anxiety and even led observers to forecast the end of civilization. The noise was, as James G. Mansell shows, modernity itself, expressed in aural form, with immense implications for the construction of the self. Tracing the ideas, feelings, and representations prompted by life in early twentieth century Britain, Mansell examines how and why sound shaped the self. He works at the crux of cultural and intellectual history, analyzing the meanings that were attached to different types of sound, who created these typologies and why, and how these meanings connected to debates about modernity. From traffic noise to air raids, everyday sounds elicited new ways of thinking about being modern. Each individual negotiated his or her own subjective meanings through hopes or fears for sound. As Mansell considers the different ways Britons heard their world, he reveals why we must take sound into account in our studies of cultural and social history.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252099117

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9780252099113

Atiyah's Accidents, Compensation and the Law

By: Peter Cane,James Goudkamp

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Atiyah's Accidents, Compensation and the Law

By: Peter Cane,James Goudkamp

This book applies social context to offer an understanding of the law concerning accidents, personal injury and death.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108431747

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Urban Regeneration in the UK

Theory and Practice

By: Phil Jones,James Evans

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Urban Regeneration in the UK

Theory and Practice

By: Phil Jones,James Evans

The urban landscape of the UK is undergoing its most dramatic transformation since post-war reconstruction. This volume is a systematic guide to that transformation that draws together a mass of information - from policy reports to academic studies - into a single coherent text. Examining key aspects of the process from first principles, Urban Regeneration in the UK: - introduces and contextualises the UK urban regeneration agenda - brings together state-of-the-art research around key themes in governance, sustainability, competition, and design - uses case studies of UK contemporary regeneration projects - combines academic and theoretical explorations whilst linking theory and practice - includes pedagogical features of key learning points, useful websites, a glossary and further reading Aimed at those studying and working in the field of urban regeneration and planning, Urban Regeneration in the UK provides a highly readable introduction to urban regeneration for undergraduates, post-graduates, and practitioners.

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SAGE

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1446202291

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Automation and Autonomy

Labour, Capital and Machines in the Artificial Intelligence Industry

By: James Steinhoff

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Automation and Autonomy

Labour, Capital and Machines in the Artificial Intelligence Industry

By: James Steinhoff

This book argues that Marxist theory is essential for understanding the contemporary industrialization of the form of artificial intelligence (AI) called machine learning. It includes a political economic history of AI, tracking how it went from a fringe research interest for a handful of scientists in the 1950s to a centerpiece of cybernetic capital fifty years later. It also includes a political economic study of the scale, scope and dynamics of the contemporary AI industry as well as a labour process analysis of commercial machine learning software production, based on interviews with workers and management in AI companies around the world, ranging from tiny startups to giant technology firms. On the basis of this study, Steinhoff develops a Marxist analysis to argue that the popular theory of immaterial labour, which holds that information technologies increase the autonomy of workers from capital, tending towards a post-capitalist economy, does not adequately describe the situation of high-tech digital labour today. In the AI industry, digital labour remains firmly under the control of capital. Steinhoff argues that theories discerning therein an emergent autonomy of labour are in fact witnessing labour’s increasing automation.

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Springer Nature

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3030716899

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Modern Amazons

Warrior Women on Screen

By: Dominique Mainon,James Ursini

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Modern Amazons

Warrior Women on Screen

By: Dominique Mainon,James Ursini

(Book). The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on television. The book examines the cautious beginnings of new roles for women in the late fifties, the rapid development of female action leads during the burgeoning second-wave feminist movement in the late sixties and seventies, and the present-day onslaught of female action characters now leaping from page to screen. The book itself is organized into chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres, e.g., classic Amazons like Xena Warrior Princess and the women of the Conan films; superheroes and their archenemies such as Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Catwoman; revenge films such as the Kill Bill movies; Sexploitation and Blaxploitation films such as Coffy and the Ilsa trilogy; Hong Kong cinema and warriors like Angela Mao, Cynthia Rothrock, and Zhang Ziyi; sci-fi warriors from Star Trek , Blade Runner , and Star Wars ; supersleuths and spies like the Avengers and Charlie's Angels; and gothic warriors such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Van Helsing . In addition, the book is lavishly illustrated with over 400 photos of these popular-culture icons in action, interesting articles and sidebars about themes, trends, weapons, style, and trivia, as well as a complete filmography of more than 150 titles.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879103272

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9780879103279

Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide

A Biography

By: James Zeruk, Jr.

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Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide

A Biography

By: James Zeruk, Jr.

This is the first complete biography of actress Peg Entwistle, known as the "Hollywood Sign Girl" because of her suicide fall from the HOLLYWOODLAND sign in 1932. It details her childhood, stage and film career, marriage and divorce, and her suicide and almost cult-like pop culture status today. Extensively researched and written with the complete cooperation of the Entwistle family, this work includes excerpts from interviews with Peg Entwistle's brother Milton and her cousin Helen Reid, both of whom recalled much of Peg's years living in Hollywood, her career and private life, and her final weeks. It also features many of Peg Entwistle's own words from extant letters to her family and newly discovered interviews with theatrical reporters. Nearly 30 previously unpublished images from the author's collection, the Entwistle family, and a number of other sources complete an intimate look at a life that was defined by far more than its famously unhappy end.

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McFarland

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0786473134

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The Shaman in the Disco and Other Dreams of Masculinity

By: James Thomas

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The Shaman in the Disco and Other Dreams of Masculinity

By: James Thomas

E X C E R P T S from The Shaman in the Disco: it often happens for men that sensual deprivation leads to sexual obsession. Not knowing how to be with his inner alienation, he brings it to his girlfriend and experiences it, inaccurately, as estrangement between them. This perilous move to seek one's psychological moorings in someone else is to a great extent the fulfillment of our cultural fantasy of "love." I see in the image of Dracula, bent over the entranced woman and sucking her blood, the inevitable outcome of a man's desire who has been socialized into a hostile relationship towards all things in himself we in our culture call "feminine." He [Darth Vader] has literally and figuratively opened up, become unmasked, and he and Luke share a moment of unguarded closeness. It will be their first and last, because, along the lines of many father-son scenes like this in American film and literature, the defenses and guardedness fall away only when the father or son is dying. As if in male culture one could only die for-not live with-this sort of closeness. Love requires of us the ability to surrender our ego needs to the greater ideal of union with another; this first necessitates that we can surrender our ego defenses to a greater awareness of and intimacy with ourselves.

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iUniverse

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0595845665

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9780595845668

Music Along the Rapidan

Civil War Soldiers, Music, and Community During Winter Quarters, Virginia

By: James Andrew Davis

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Music Along the Rapidan

Civil War Soldiers, Music, and Community During Winter Quarters, Virginia

By: James Andrew Davis

In December 1863, Civil War soldiers took refuge from the dismal conditions of war and weather. They made their winter quarters in the Piedmont region of central Virginia: the Union’s Army of the Potomac in Culpeper County and the Confederacy’s Army of Northern Virginia in neighboring Orange County. For the next six months the opposing soldiers eyed each other warily across the Rapidan River. In Music Along the Rapidan James A. Davis examines the role of music in defining the social communities that emerged during this winter encampment. Music was an essential part of each soldier’s personal identity, and Davis considers how music became a means of controlling the acoustic and social cacophony of war that surrounded every soldier nearby. Music also became a touchstone for colliding communities during the encampment—the communities of enlisted men and officers or Northerners and Southerners on the one hand and the shared communities occupied by both soldier and civilian on the other. The music enabled them to define their relationships and their environment, emotionally, socially, and audibly.

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0803262779

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