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Universal Terrors, 1951-1955

Eight Classic Horror and Science Fiction Films

By: Tom Weaver,David Schecter,Robert J. Kiss

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Universal Terrors, 1951-1955

Eight Classic Horror and Science Fiction Films

By: Tom Weaver,David Schecter,Robert J. Kiss

Universal Studios created the first cinematic universe of monsters--Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy and others became household names during the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1950s, more modern monsters were created for the Atomic Age, including one-eyed globs from outer space, mutants from the planet Metaluna, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the 100-foot high horror known as Tarantula. This over-the-top history is the definitive retrospective on Universal's horror and science fiction movies of 1951-1955. Standing as a sequel to Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas and John Brunas's Universal Horrors (Second Edition, 2007), it covers eight films: The Strange Door, The Black Castle, It Came from Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, Cult of the Cobra and Tarantula. Each receives a richly detailed critical analysis, day-by-day production history, interviews with filmmakers, release information, an essay on the score, and many photographs, including rare behind-the-scenes shots.

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McFarland

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078643614X

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Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Second Edition

By: Robert J. Heston

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Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Second Edition

By: Robert J. Heston

Get accurate information about Scottish clans, family associations, and societies in this updated edition of Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families. Robert J. Heston expands on his groundbreaking work to focus on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs’ (SCSC) list of 353 clans. In addition, the author has retained the details of thirty-three Scottish families who are active in the United States and not cited in the SCSC list. When using this book, it is important to note that most Scottish clan and family organizations have clauses in their family lists stating that “variations in spelling of these names are accepted.” Therefore, this book provides the researcher the ability to look beyond an exact spelling of a name. Other books on this subject focus on a small number of clans, ancient names, and the preferred spellings of these small number of families. Some associate an individual name to a tartan, which can be problematic. With more than 12,000 names with the sources where these names were found, this work is the best source focused on identifying family surnames associated with Scottish clans, houses, and families.

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Archway Publishing

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1665723572

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Speaking of Soap Operas

By: Robert Clyde Allen

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Speaking of Soap Operas

By: Robert Clyde Allen

From "Ma Perkins" and "One Man's Family" in the 1930s to "All My Children" in the 1980s, the soap opera has capture the imagination of millions of American men and women of all ages. In Speaking of Soap Operas, Robert Allen undertakes a reexaminati

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UNC Press Books

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0807841293

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The Grand Finale

Part 3

By: Robert Hrib

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The Grand Finale

Part 3

By: Robert Hrib

Starting at the end of The Third Beginning Part 2: According to Karen and Robert, The Third Beginning Part 3: The Grand Finale, Robert has to keep peace between his two lovers while trying to hold the group together. They now have to adjust life with babies being born, finding food, and maintaining the utilities. All is done through Robert's leadership and the group's cooperation.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1641381124

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Dear Miye

Letters Home From Japan 1939-1946

By: Mary Kimoto Tomita,Robert G. Lee

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Dear Miye

Letters Home From Japan 1939-1946

By: Mary Kimoto Tomita,Robert G. Lee

These letters tell the story of a young American woman of Japanese descent who was stranded in Japan during World War II. They chronicle her turbulent life from her arrival in Japan through her experiences as a civilian employee of U.S. forces in the first years of the American occupation.

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Stanford University Press

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0804729670

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Ten Percent Marriage

By: Robert H Wright

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Ten Percent Marriage

By: Robert H Wright

Robert Henry Wright, Jr., a resident of the Idaho Panhandle since 1988, has published Ten Percent Marriage, a second novel set in the Sandpoint, Idaho, area. Wright categorizes Ten Percent Marriage as a love story, an action story, and as personal relations in an outdoor setting. To escape the horror of a sadistic sexual assault that had left her with an illegitimate child and a shattered life before that life could begin, Emily has been living in a cabin at Arrowhead Point beside Lake Pend d'Oreille in northern Idaho. She had exiled herself there thirty years ago at age seventeen. Harvey considers himself to be one of God's chosen losers, as he had lost at everything he had truly wanted to win: the state high school football championship; his son; and his wife. The final blow was having been presented with an early retirement package and shown to the door. Aimless and defeated, he goes to see a piece of land he had won in a bouré game years before; the land is located at Arrowhead Point beside Lake Pend d'Oreille in northern Idaho. Emily and Harvey meet; they clash; they become attracted to each other; but there are obstacles to overcome. Harvey discovers that there are two Emilys: Ewón and Etú. Ewón is the dominant personality, a passionate artist who has a well developed phobia of males. Etú is fun loving, flirtatious, reckless, and has a mania for males. To Harvey's dismay, Emily is Ewón for ninety percent of the time and Etú for the remaining ten percent. Oth

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Robert Wright

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1599261200

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Consultancy in Public Services

Empowerment and Transformation

By: Adams, Robert,Tovey, Wade

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Consultancy in Public Services

Empowerment and Transformation

By: Adams, Robert,Tovey, Wade

Based on the authors' twenty-five year experience of consultancy in the public services, this book develops an empowering approach to thinking about and doing consultancy with public services. It challenges the traditional view that the consultants are brought in as experts and instead examines ways of using consultancy to empower staff, patients, service users and members of the public, so that they can take part in developing, changing, innovating and ultimately transforming these services. The book includes chapters explaining consultancy, on preparing bids, on negotiations and on the importance of assessment and review which are geared towards the needs of those working in public and third sectors, either as or with consultants. It includes a glossary, abbreviations, helpful contacts and websites which are valuable for quick reference and to aid further understanding.

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Policy Press

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1447308654

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Arabic Grammars of Turkic

The Arabic Linguistic Model Applied to Foreign Languages & Translation of ’Abū ḥayyān Al-’Andalusī's Kitāb al-’Idrāk li-Lisān al-’Atrāk

By: Robert Ermers

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Arabic Grammars of Turkic

The Arabic Linguistic Model Applied to Foreign Languages & Translation of ’Abū ḥayyān Al-’Andalusī's Kitāb al-’Idrāk li-Lisān al-’Atrāk

By: Robert Ermers

This volume consists of two parts. The first is a detailed study of grammars of Turkic written by Arab grammarians (11th-17th century AD), covering internal structure, phonetics, morphonology and syntax. It contains numerous quotations from both little-cited edited texts and unknown manuscripts. The analyses contribute to the study of the application of linguistic models to 'foreign' languages, and the Arabic model in particular. The second part is an English translation of Kitāb al-’Idrāk Li-Lisān al-’Atrāk, a grammar of Mamlūk Qipčaq Turkic, written by the renowned 14th-century grammarian ’Abū ḥayyān Al-’Andalusī. The translation gives an excellent insight in Arabic linguistic reasoning applied to Turkic.

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BRILL

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9004348441

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The Third Beginning Part 2: According to Karen & Robert

By: Robert Hrib

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The Third Beginning Part 2: According to Karen & Robert

By: Robert Hrib

Starting from the ending of The Third Beginning, The Third Beginning, Part 2: According to Karen and Robert narrates these two characters’ version of what is happening in their lives during the same time period. Karen travels from Washington to Freedom, Virginia, to help build a new future with the other survivors. She misses Robert and has to cope without his love. Meanwhile, Robert makes his way down the East Coast, meeting survivors and directing them to Freedom. He finds out a secret that the government kept from them concerning the catastrophic disaster that hit earth. On his journey, Robert finds people of all types and walks of life and a new love interest, yet not all his problems are solved having found more survivors. He decides to return to Freedom, Virginia, ready to face all that is waiting for him.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1683484002

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Heart & Soul

Five American Companies That Are Making the World A Better Place

By: Robert L. Shook

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Heart & Soul

Five American Companies That Are Making the World A Better Place

By: Robert L. Shook

In Heart & Soul, Shook takes readers on heartwarming journeys through some of America's most successful companies: •Mary Kay (Dallas), whose primary focus has always been to be a vehicle for women's success and independence in a world that often supports neither; the company now has more than 2 million women working toward their dreams in 37 countries •DaVita (Los Angeles/Denver), dedicated to becoming the world's best dialysis company. America's number-one provider of dialysis treatment, DaVita treats its patients and employees like family members. •InRETURN (Cincinnati), a company that intentionally employs those with brain injuries and other neurological challenges •World Wide Technology (St.Louis), the largest African-American–owned business in the nation, which thrives on biblical principles of fairness and caring •Starkey Laboratories (St.Paul/Minneapolis), whose employees travel to remote places to provide more than 50,000 hearing aids to the poor To the employees of these companies, success is measured by the good they accomplish in the world. However, profiting and caring aren't mutually exclusive—these companies demonstrate how any company of any size can do both.

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BenBella Books, Inc.

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1935618520

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Mad Merlin

By: J. Robert King

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Mad Merlin

By: J. Robert King

The legendary magician Merlin works to unlock the secrets of his past and his future destiny in this fantasy adventure. “Everyone seems to know me. After fifteen hundred years, they remember me. Everyone knows Merlin. I am, of course, delighted . . . “This is the story of King Arthur and mad Merlin . . . ” In the tradition of The Mists of Avalon and Mythago Wood, J. Robert King weaves an epic tale of Avalon, Excalibur, the Once and Future King, and the mad magician Merlin as he draws on the ideas and writings of Joseph Campbell to shape and interpret the legendary Arthurian mythos. “A nicely written and engaging perspective on the wizard’s actual identity, the book’s sad in spots, funny in others and a worthwhile read.” —San Diego Union-Tribune

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Macmillan

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146680081X

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Lives Out of Letters

Essays on American Literary Biography and Documentation in Honor of Robert N. Hudspeth

By: Robert N. Hudspeth

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Lives Out of Letters

Essays on American Literary Biography and Documentation in Honor of Robert N. Hudspeth

By: Robert N. Hudspeth

Though the efficacy of literary biography has been widely contested by academic theorists, artention to the lives of authors remains an enduring fact of our literary history. Dedicated to Robert N. Hudspeth, editor of the Letters of Margaret Fuller and the Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau, the eleven essays in this collection address from a practitioner's perspective the relationship between American literary biography, documentation, and interpretation.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838640052

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Color and Cognition in Mesoamerica

Constructing Categories as Vantages

By: Robert E. MacLaury

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Color and Cognition in Mesoamerica

Constructing Categories as Vantages

By: Robert E. MacLaury

More than 100 indigenous languages are spoken in Mexico and Central America. Each language partitions the color spectrum according to a pattern that is unique in some way. But every local system of color categories also shares characteristics with the systems of other Mesoamerican languages and of languages elsewhere in the world. This book presents the results of the Mesoamerican Color Survey, which Robert E. MacLaury conducted in 1978-1981. Drawn from interviews with 900 speakers of some 116 Mesoamerican languages, the book provides a sweeping overview of the organization and semantics of color categorization in modern Mesoamerica. Extensive analysis and MacLaury's use of vantage theory reveal complex and often surprising interrelationships among the ways languages categorize colors. His findings offer valuable cross-cultural data for all students of Mesoamerica. They will also be of interest to all linguists and cognitive scientists working on theories of categorization more generally.

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University of Texas Press

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0292751931

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The Sacrifice

By: Robert Whitlow

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The Sacrifice

By: Robert Whitlow

The most powerful weapon against evil is sacrifice. Attorney Scott Ellis is defending Lester Garrison, a 16-year-old accused of opening gunfire on a Sunday afternoon church gathering. At the same time, Scott's volunteer work at the local high school brings him into contact with Kay Wilson, an English teacher and former girlfriend. Unknown to either of them, Catawba High School is not just a place of learning--it's a battleground for an age-old struggle between good and evil. On one side are praying students and a simple janitor with an extraordinary faith. On the other side is a deeply troubled young man intent on mass destruction. Caught in the middle, Scott and Kay learn that lasting victory will require the ultimate sacrifice.

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Thomas Nelson

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1418512559

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Bethany's Sin

By: Robert McCammon

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Bethany's Sin

By: Robert McCammon

DIVA family moves to a small town dominated by a murderous cult/divDIV /divDIVDespite its eerie name, Bethany’s Sin is a pleasant place. After a life of grim poverty, this new community seems like heaven to Evan Reid and his family. With its quaint shops, manicured lawns, and fresh summer smell, the town charms the Vietnam veteran, his wife, and their daughter like nowhere else they have ever been. But beneath that cheerful façade lurks something deadly./divDIV /divDIVAs soon as they enter their new house, Evan is consumed by fear. He can’t place its source, but there is something about the town’s mayor, Kathryn Drago, which makes him uneasy. By day she is a harmless retired archaeologist. But at night she leads an Amazonian cult whose next ritual calls for a secret ingredient: the blood of Evan Reid./div

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Open Road Media

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1453231471

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Business Law

By: Robert W. Emerson

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Business Law

By: Robert W. Emerson

Titles in Barron’s Business Review series are widely used as classroom supplements to college textbooks and often serve as a main textbook in business brush-up programs. Business Law, Seventh Edition focuses on the importance of legal theory in the everyday business world, explaining such subjects as tort responsibility, government regulations, contracts, environmental law, product liability, consumer protection, and international law, among many other topics. Also discussed in detail are the legal aspects of partnerships, franchises, and corporations, as well as special topics that include business crimes, property as a legal concept, intellectual property, and similar pertinent topics. A study aid labeled Key Terms appears at the beginning of each chapter, and You Should Remember summaries are strategically interspersed throughout the text.

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Simon and Schuster

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1506296270

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Southern Legal Thriller 3-in-1 Bundle

By: Robert Whitlow

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Southern Legal Thriller 3-in-1 Bundle

By: Robert Whitlow

The List As a struggling young attorney fresh out of law school, Renny Jacobson pines for the day he can afford the luxuries of the partners in his Charlotte firm. With news of his father's death and a secret inheritance, Renny finds himself in the middle of a mystery he never knew existed. Renny's life, and that of the woman he loves, depend on supernatural deliverance from a clandestine society and the ancient curse of “The List.” The Sacrifice Attorney Scott Ellis is defending Lester Garrison, a 16-year-old accused of opening gunfire on a Sunday afternoon church gathering. At the same time, Scott’s volunteer work at the local high school brings him into contact with Kay Wilson, an English teacher and former girlfriend. Unknown to either of them, Catawba High School is not just a place of learning—it’s a battleground for an age-old struggle between good and evil. On one side are praying students and a simple janitor with an extraordinary faith. On the other side is a deeply troubled young man intent on mass destruction. Caught in the middle, Scott and Kay learn that lasting victory will require the ultimate sacrifice. Mountain Top Can Mike Andrews trust his client's dreams and visions—even when they threaten to destroy his future? Supernatural visions filled with images of keys, hatchets, hammers, and fires. An eccentric old man in jail—accused of robbing a church and knowing things he has no right to know. A lawyer-turned-pastor—suddenly summoned to a stranger's cell by a dream. How much will one man risk to defend another, when the truth lands him in prison . . . and the only evidence proving his innocence comes by a dream?

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Thomas Nelson Inc

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1401687229

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Siren City

Sound and Source Music in Classic American Noir

By: Robert Miklitsch

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Siren City

Sound and Source Music in Classic American Noir

By: Robert Miklitsch

Robert Miklitsch has convinced me. Sound and music in film noir are every bit as important as the visuals. Siren City drives home this argument with authority and elegance. Highly recommended."---Krin Gabbard, author of Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture --

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Rutgers University Press

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0813548985

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The Job Doesn't Exist You're Hired

By: Robert J. Glogowski

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The Job Doesn't Exist You're Hired

By: Robert J. Glogowski

What happens when someone accepts a job position according to an interview and the job description, but it turns out not to be what the company advertized? What if your new supervisor instructed that the work he assigned was to be done only according to his methods which violate Occupational Saftey and Health Standards? What would you do if the supervisor harasses you for using saftey gear? What if your supervisor gave other employees your paycheck stub for their review? Defamation and Gossip in the Workplace, Bad Attitude in the Workplace, Depravation of Character, Wrongful Termination, Discrimination? Should violations aginst empoyees like these be pursued?

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Lulu.com

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0557013208

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9780557013203

Inflammatory Cells and Mediators in Bronchial Asthma

By: Devendra K. Agrawal,Robert G. Townley

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Inflammatory Cells and Mediators in Bronchial Asthma

By: Devendra K. Agrawal,Robert G. Townley

Inflammatory Cells and Mediators in Bronchial Asthma provides reviews and summaries regarding state-of-the-art articles that examine the role of various inflammatory cells and their mediators in the pathogenesis of asthma. Topics include pharmacological and biochemical regulation of the airways; involvement of key inflammatory cells and the release and effect of their mediators in airway function; and the characteristics of receptors for leukotriene B4, C4, and D4, adenosine, platelet-activating factor, sensory and inflammatory peptides, and the effect of various anti-asthmatic drugs on airway inflammation. Physicians, allergists, immunologists, and pulmonary disease research scientists will find this book to be an invaluable reference resource.

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CRC Press

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0849372941

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A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980

By: Robert B. Ray

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A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980

By: Robert B. Ray

Robert B. Ray examines the ideology of the most enduringly popular cinema in the world--the Hollywood movie. Aided by 364 frame enlargements, he describes the development of that historically overdetermined form, giving close readings of five typical instances: Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Godfather, and Taxi Driver. Like the heroes of these movies, American filmmaking has avoided commitment, in both plot and technique. Instead of choosing left or right, avant-garde or tradition, American cinema tries to have it both ways. Although Hollywood's commercial success has led the world audience to equate the American cinema with film itself, Hollywood filmmaking is a particular strategy designed to respond to specific historical situations. As an art restricted in theoretical scope but rich in individual variations, the American cinema poses the most interesting question of popular culture: Do dissident forms have any chance of remaining free of a mass medium seeking to co-opt them?

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Princeton University Press

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0691101744

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Integrity Works

Strategies for Becoming a Trusted, Respected and Admired Leader

By: Dana Telford,Adrian Robert Gostick

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Integrity Works

Strategies for Becoming a Trusted, Respected and Admired Leader

By: Dana Telford,Adrian Robert Gostick

The sequel to 'The Integrity Advantage' explains how make integrity anntegral part of one's personal life and one's dealings with employees andompany, emphasizing the importance of integrity and explaining how to putts principles into action as a leader.

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Gibbs Smith

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1586850547

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The Ethical Executive

Becoming Aware of the Root Causes of Unethical Behavior: 45 Psychological Traps that Every One of Us Falls Prey To

By: Robert Hoyk,Paul Hersey

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The Ethical Executive

Becoming Aware of the Root Causes of Unethical Behavior: 45 Psychological Traps that Every One of Us Falls Prey To

By: Robert Hoyk,Paul Hersey

In this book, Hoyk and Hersey describe 45 "unethical traps" into which any one of us can fall. These traps, they say, can erupt in any organizational environment. Some of these traps distort our perception of right and wrong—so we actually believe our unethical behavior is right. Many of them are psychological in nature, and if we are not aware of them they are like illusions—webs of deception. In the authors' analysis, these traps significantly contributed to the large-scale corporate disasters we witnessed in recent years. Hoyk and Hersey take account of these realities and offer a "real-world" method that will predict, preclude, and, if necessary, "get us out of" these traps. Given the increased scrutiny under which all executives and mangers operate today, this book is a 'must read' for anyone who is charged with achieving an organization's mission—whether that mission is increasing profit, serving the common good, or both.

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Stanford University Press

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080477613X

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Merlin and the Grail

Joseph of Arimathea, Merlin, Perceval : the Trilogy of Prose Romances Attributed to Robert de Boron

By: Robert (de Boron)

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Merlin and the Grail

Joseph of Arimathea, Merlin, Perceval : the Trilogy of Prose Romances Attributed to Robert de Boron

By: Robert (de Boron)

This trilogy establishes a provenance for the Holy Grail and, through the figure of Merlin, links Joseph of Arimathea with mythical British history and with the knightly adventures of Perceval's Grail quest. It is hard to overstate the importance of this trilogy of prose romances in the development of the legend of the Holy Grail and in the evolution of Arthurian literature as a whole. They give a crucial new impetus to the story of the Grail by establishing a provenance for the sacred vessel - and for the Round Table itself - in the Biblical past; and through the controlling figure of Merlin they link the story of Joseph of Arimathea with the mythical Britishhistory of Vortigern and Utherpendragon, the birth of Arthur, and the sword in the stone, and then with the knightly adventures of Perceval's Grail quest and the betrayal and death of Arthur, creating the very first Arthurian cycle. Ambitious, original and complete in its conception, this trilogy - translated here for the first time - is a finely paced, vigorous piece of storytelling that provides an outstanding example of the essentially oral nature of early prose. NIGEL BRYANT is head of drama at Marlborough College. He has also provided editions in English of the anonymous thirteenth-century romance Perlesvaus, published as The High Book of the Grail, and Chretien's Perceval: The Story of the Grail.

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0859917797

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