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Mas! Cine Mexicano: Carteles Sensacionales del Cine Mexicano, 1957-1990
by Rogelio Agrasanchez Jr  Publisher Comments Comedy, tragedy, scandal, and social issues collide in this sensational collection of Mexican film posters from the late 1950s to early 1990s, a dynamic and volatile period in Mexican cinema. Culling more than 150 of the most colorful and sometimes...
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The Conde Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Great Writers on Great Places
by Klara Glowczewska Publisher Comments From the #1 travel magazine in the country comes a collection of travel tales from some of todays finest writers: Russell Banks writes on the Everglades, Francine Prose explores the secrets of Prague, Robert Hughes conducts a tour of Italy, and more....
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Arrogance: Rescuing America from the Media Elite
by Bernard Goldberg Publisher Comments The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bias exposes the culture of narrow-minded elitism in the media — and reveals what must be done to change it. In December of 2001, Emmy Award-winning journalist Bernard Goldberg charged the mainstream...
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Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative
by Ann Bausum Publisher Comments Hold the presses! Here's the sensational story of the birth of investigative journalism in America. At the turn of the 20th century, news reporters and monthly magazines collaborate to create a new kind of journalism--in-depth, serialized "exposes" of...
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Abel Ferrara (Contemporary Film Directors)
by Nicole Brenez Publisher Comments In this concise study, Nicole Brenez argues for Abel Ferrara’s place in a line of grand inventors who have blurred distinctions between industry and avant-garde film, including Orson Welles, Monte Hellman, and Nicholas Ray. Rather than merely...
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Children's Literature: A Reader's History from Aesop to Harry Potter
by Seth Lerer Publisher Comments Ever since children have learned to read, there has been children’s literature. Its history is inseparable from the history of childhood, as children are indelibly molded by the tales they hear and read—stories they will one day share with...
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Secret Lives of Great Authors: What Your Teachers Never Told You about Famous Novelists, Poets, and Playwrights
by Robert Schnakenberg Synopsis In the tradition of Cormac O'Brien's bestselling "Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents," Schnakenberg delivers uncensored profiles of the world's greatest writers, complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright bizarre facts....
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Resisting Arrest: Detective Fiction and Popular Culture (Cultural Studies)
by Robert A Rushing Publisher Comments An innovative and entertaining look at genre, popular culture, enjoyment, and psychoanalysis. Detective fiction, a category that, broadly defined, runs the gamut from Oedipus Rex to "The Purloined Letter," continues to draw a range of fans and scholars...
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What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations
by Elizabeth Knowles Publisher Comments An entertaining and thought-provoking book for language buffs and anyone interested in quotations, What They Didn't Say sifts through more than one hundred and fifty misquotations, incorrect attributions, and apocryphal remarks to reveal the origins of...
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By Cunning & Craft: Sound Advice & Practical Wisdom for Fiction Writers
by Peter Selgin Synopsis Whether readers are facing the blank pages of their first drafts or struggling to revise completed drafts, this book provides them with the guidance they need to finish their novels and pursue publication. Author and writing instructor Peter Selgin...
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Playesque; V.1: Plays for Amateur and Scholastic Venues.
by Joan Garner Publisher Comments Playesque (in the manner of a play), Volume 1 features original plays for performances in high school, junior college, and other amateur venues. The plays are reproducible and royalty free for educational and nonprofit performance. They are easily...
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Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist
by Marisa Handler Publisher Comments Combining captivating personal memoir and astute political reportage, Marisa Handler offers a fascinating inside look at the burgeoning global justice movement through her own compelling coming-of-age story. Born in apartheid South Africa, Handler...
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Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life
by Michael Krasny Publisher Comments KQED Radio’s Michael Krasny is one of the country’s leading interviewers of literary luminaries, a maestro for educated listeners who prefer their discourse high and civil. He is a writer’s interviewer. But it didn’t start out...
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Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937
by Stephen (edt) Bury Publisher Comments This volume explores the creative transformation which shook the foundations of European culture during the first four decades of the twentieth century—a revolution which encompassed fields as wide-ranging as visual art, theatre, literature...
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New York Theatre Walks: Seven Historical Tours from Times Square to Greenwich Village and Beyond
by Howard Kissel Synopsis In New York Theatre Walks, Howard Kissel provides a series of seven self-guided walking tours not just of the theatre district but of the East and West Village, the Lower East Side, and the Upper West Side - neighborhoods uptown and downtown that...
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James Bond in the 21st Century: Why We Still Need 007 (Smart Pop)
by Glenn Yeffeth Publisher Comments The staying power of the world's most dashing secret agent and the evolution of the James Bond franchise are explored in this smart yet nostalgic collection of essays....
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Make a Pact for Success Designing Effect
by Ruth V Small Publisher Comments Small and Arnone have developed an extraordinarily successful model for professionals and academics the PACT model (Purpose, Audience, Content, and Technique), which makes it easy to focus on the research, selection, organization, and delivery of...
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Reporting the Pacific Northwest
by Floyd J Mckay Book News Annotation McKay (journalism Western Washington U.) cites literature on journalism in the region from the frontier period in the 1840s through the beginning of broadcasting. He also covers specialized and advocacy publications; bibliographies, indexes, and...
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Great Canadian Film Directors
by George Melnyk Publisher Comments Great Canadian Film Directors is a major study of the film director's role in articulating a creative vision that provides insights into national cultures. The 18 essays highlight the diversity, imaginative power, and talents of Canada's most prominent...
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All Governments Lie: The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone
by Myra Macpherson Publisher Comments Boasting equal parts scholarship and style, this is a groundbreaking and timely portrait of I.F. Stone, one of the 20th century's most independent and revered American journalists....
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