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Francis Coppola

By: Ronald Bergan

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A new series of biographies of contemporary directors focusing on the making of their movies and written by world class authors who have had exclusive access to their subject. Each book includes a complete unabridged collection of reviews from Variety.

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0752811959

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9780752811956

The Coen Brothers, Second Edition

By: Ronald Bergan

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The Coen Brothers, Second Edition

By: Ronald Bergan

Brought completely up to date, this insightful biography remains "a must for any self-respecting Coen fan" (Screentrade). This fully updated edition of the first biography of the Coen Brothers includes their complete work so far, from Blood Simple to Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), with a reassessment of their remarkable career as a whole. Joel and Ethan Coen have pulled off the ultimate balancing act. Despite having their movies financed and distributed by major studios, they have managed to remain true independents, rejecting commercial clichés and never giving up on their own fiercely idiosyncratic vision. While doing so, they have established themselves among the world's leading filmmakers. From their startling debut, Blood Simple (1984), all of their movies reveal a distinctive stamp: a flamboyant visual style, richly conceived characters, crisp dialogue, and brilliant casting. They have revitalized old Hollywood genres such as noir, screwball, and the western, giving them a contemporary sensibility. In this biography, Ronald Bergan traces the brothers' Jewish roots, their beginnings as film geeks in suburban Minneapolis, their battle to get their first feature made and released, through their early features and the movies of their maturity. He gives blow-by-blow accounts of the making of each movie. New chapters cover all those released since O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), with which the first edition of this book ended.

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385

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Simon and Schuster

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1628726245

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9781628726244

Sergei Eisenstein

A Life in Conflict

By: Ronald Bergan

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Sergei Eisenstein

A Life in Conflict

By: Ronald Bergan

Now back in print, this acclaimed biography reassesses a titan of early cinema based on new material released after the fall of the Soviet Union. Sergei Eisenstein: A Life in Conflict tells the dramatic story of one of world cinema’s towering geniuses and principal theorists. Ronald Bergan details Eisenstein’s life from his precocious childhood to his explosion onto the avant-garde scene in revolutionary Russia, through his groundbreaking film career, his relationships with authors and artists such as James Joyce and Walt Disney, and his untimely death at age fifty. Eisenstein’s landmark films, including The Battleship Potemkin and Ivan the Terrible, are still watched, admired, and taught throughout the world. Drawing upon material recently released from the Soviet archives after the breakup of the USSR and from Eisenstein’s personal letters, diaries, and sketches, Bergan shines a new light on the influence of Eisenstein’s early life on his work, his homosexuality, and his keen interest in the West. This book is the definitive biography of an influential director who saw film as the synthesis of all the arts and whose work displayed a passionate and profound grasp of art, science, philosophy, and religion.

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Skyhorse

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1628726261

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9781628726268

Greenfield's Surgery

Scientific Principles & Practice

By: Michael W. Mulholland,Keith D. Lillemoe,Gerard M. Doherty,Ronald V. Maier,Diane M. Simeone,Gilbert R. Upchurch

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Greenfield's Surgery

Scientific Principles & Practice

By: Michael W. Mulholland,Keith D. Lillemoe,Gerard M. Doherty,Ronald V. Maier,Diane M. Simeone,Gilbert R. Upchurch

The Fifth Edition of Greenfield's Surgery has been thoroughly revised, updated, and refocused to conform to changes in surgical education and practice. Reflecting the increasingly clinical emphasis of residency programs, this edition features expanded coverage of clinical material and increased use of clinical algorithms. Key Points open each chapter, and icons in the text indicate where Key Points are fully discussed. Many of the black-and-white images from the previous edition have been replaced by full-color images. This edition has new chapters on quality assessment, surgical education, and surgical processes in the hospital. Coverage of surgical subspecialty areas is more sharply focused on topics that are encountered by general surgeons and included in the current general surgery curriculum and ABSITE exam. The vascular section has been further consolidated. A new editor, Diane M. Simeone, MD, PhD, has joined the editorial team. This edition is available either in one hardbound volume or in a four-volume softbound set. The lightweight four-volume option offers easy portability and quick access. Each volume is organized by organ system so you can find the facts you need within seconds. The companion website presents the fully searchable text, an instant-feedback test bank featuring over 800 questions and answers, and a comprehensive image bank. Unique to this new edition's website are 100 "Morbidity and Mortality" case discussions. Each case reviews a specific surgical complication, how the complication was addressed, and reviews the literature on approaches and outcomes.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1451152922

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9781451152920

Building the Gunpowder Falls - Montebello Tunnel 1935 - 1940

By: Ronald Parks

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Building the Gunpowder Falls - Montebello Tunnel 1935 - 1940

By: Ronald Parks

Between the years 1935 and 1940, a six and a half mile tunnel was built to connect the Loch Raven Reservoir with the Montebello Filtration Plant. This is the story of the men who built this tunnel as told through the engineers and inspectors personal journals. They not only wrote on the tunnel progress, but also on the daily issues of life at the site. Union troubles and a tunnel explosion occupied their writings for one whole year. How ten men were killed in the tunnel explosion was never revealed.

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Lulu.com

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0615179916

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9780615179919

Matrix Structural Analysis

By: Ronald L. Sack

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Matrix Structural Analysis

By: Ronald L. Sack

Packed with plenty of clear illustrations, this introductory work shows how to use the matrix methods of structural analysis to predict the static response of structures. Sack emphasizes the stiffness method while providing balanced coverage of the fundamentals of the flexibility method as well. He introduces the various topics in a logical series and develops equations from basic concepts. The result: readers will gain a firm grasp of theory as well as practical applications. Practical in approach, the well-presented material in this volume is devoted to giving a solid understanding of matrix analysis methods combined with the background to write computer programs and use production-level programs to build actual structures.

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344

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Waveland Press

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1478610093

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9781478610090

Beowulf

A Translation and Commentary : Together with Sellic Spell

By: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

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Beowulf

A Translation and Commentary : Together with Sellic Spell

By: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Presents the prose translation of the Old English epic that Tolkien created as a young man, along with selections from lectures on the poem he gave later in life and a story and poetry he wrote in the style of folklore on the poem's themes.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544442784

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9780544442788

Understanding the University

Institution, idea, possibilities

By: Ronald Barnett

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Understanding the University

Institution, idea, possibilities

By: Ronald Barnett

Understanding the University constitutes the final volume in a trilogy – the first two books having been Being a University (2010) and Imagining the University (2012) – and represents the trilogy’s ultimate aims and endeavours. The three volumes together offer a unique attempt at a fairly systematic and exhaustive level to map out just what it might be seriously to understand the extraordinarily complex entity that is known across the world as ‘the university’. Through examination of the conditions and possibilities underlying and affecting universities, this work offers an understanding of specific ideas of the university which can inform policies, strategies and practices in relation to the university. This book is a must read for leaders and senior managers in universities , as well as those undertaking postgraduate studies in the policy and practice of higher education.

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Routledge

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1317390601

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9781317390602

Hormones, Genes, and Cancer

By: Brian E. Henderson,Bruce Ponder,Ronald K. Ross

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Hormones, Genes, and Cancer

By: Brian E. Henderson,Bruce Ponder,Ronald K. Ross

Hormonal carcinogenesis is an important and controversial area of current research. In addition to accelerating existing cancers, can hormones play the role of primary carcinogens? How do genetic factors influence hormone-related cancer risk? Hormones, Genes, and Cancer addresses these questions. Over the past few decades, cancer research has focused on external environmental causes(e.g., tobacco smoke, viruses, asbestos). With the advent of new genetic sequencing techniques, we are just now beginning to understand how the body's internal environment(i.e., the hormones and growth factors that determine normal development) influences cancer etiology and prevention. From molecular insights to clinical analyses, this volume provides state-of-the-art information on the complex interactions between hormones and genes and cancer. The epidemiology and molecular endocrinology of prostate, breast, uterine, ovarian and testicular cancer are detailed in this timely treatise.

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Oxford University Press

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0199771588

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9780199771585

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The Coen Brothers, Second Edition

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Greenfield's Surgery

Greenfield's Surgery

Building the Gunpowder Falls - Montebello Tunnel 1935 - 1940

Building the Gunpowder Falls - Montebello Tunnel 1935 - 1940

Matrix Structural Analysis

Matrix Structural Analysis

Beowulf

Beowulf

Understanding the University

Understanding the University

Hormones, Genes, and Cancer

Hormones, Genes, and Cancer

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