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American Movie Critics: From Silents Until Now

2008 y.
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ISBN: 1598530224
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Mark Mason
American Multinationals and Japan: The Political Economy of Japanese Capital Controls, 1899-1980 (Harvard East Asian Monographs, No. 154)

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ISBN: 0674026306
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American Music (Longman Readers)

1991 y.
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Description: This volume introduces the reader to the world of American popular music, from the early days of jazz to the rock music of the 1990s. It presents the music, the stars and also the historical and social background that produced them. Topics covered range from the difference between jazz, blues, soul, ragtime and dixie and the music of Nashville, Tennessee, to the king of rock `n roll. The book is part of a series of illustrated background readers designed to give students of American English at elementary to lower intermediate level a feeling for the USA, its people and its culture. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0582036402
Book size: —; Page extent: 32.

 

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Nat Hentoff
American Music Is

2004 y.
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Description: Book Description`Thank God for Nat, who places the soul of the musician above that of his art.` --Dizzy Gillespie Writing in a passionate and streetwise style all his own, Nat Hentoff transports us into the diverse worlds of musicians that hold one thing in common: America. In over sixty pieces Hentoff has assembled a mosaic that creates a vivid picture of the music scene as it leaps into the twenty-first century. From sweeping surveys of the roots of American music to vivid assessments of individual performers (including John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Joe Williams, Doc Pomus, Duke Ellington, Willie Nelson, and many more) Hentoff demonstrates once again why he is lauded as `a critic par excellence` (Publishers Weekly). American Music Is compiles the best of his essays into a potent reader, collecting his most illuminating writing on a broad range of topics. For those who love jazz, blues, country, gospel, or folk, American Music Is provides eloquent and powerful… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0306813513
Book size: —; Page extent: 320.

 

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Bob Welch
American Nightingale : The Story of Frances Slanger, Forgotten Heroine of Normandy

2005 y.
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Description: Book Description She was a Jewish girl growing up in World War I-torn Poland. At age seven, she and her family immigrated to America with dreams of a brighter future. But Frances Slanger could not lay her past to rest, and she vowed to help make the world a better place -- by joining the military and becoming a nurse. Frances, one of the 350,000 American women in uniform during World War II, was among the first nurses to arrive at Normandy beach in June 1944. She and the other nurses of the 45th Field Hospital would soon experience the hardships of combat from a storm-whipped tent amid the anguish of wounded men and the thud of artillery shells. Months later, a letter that Frances wrote to the Stars and Stripes newspaper won her heartfelt praise from war-weary GIs touched by her tribute to them. But she never got to read the scores of soldiers` letters that poured in. She was killed by German troops the very next day. American Nightingale is the unforgettable,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0743477596
Book size: —; Page extent: 320.

 

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Richard Lord
American Nightmare: Predatory Lending and the Foreclosure of the American Dream

2004 y.
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Description: Homeowners who can`t borrow from banks have long turned to the subprime lending industry for mortgages. Increasingly, that industry has turned on them by charging outrageous fees and usurious interest, and then taking their homes through foreclosure. Richard Lord explores the spread of predatory lending practices. And it tells the stories of borrowers who`ve been taken, contractors and brokers who`ve been co-opted, lenders who`ve cheated-and the world`s biggest financial titans, who`ve cashed in. A battle is taking shape that could determine whether home ownership for working people will be an achievable dream or an American nightmare. Richard Lord is a writer for the Pittsburgh City Paper whose work on subprime lending has won numerous awards. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1567513042
Book size: —; Page extent: 352.

 

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American Painting

2003 y.
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ISBN: 0823003310
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American Paintings at Harvard: Volume Two: Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856 (Harvard University Art Museums)

2008 y.
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Description: With contributions by Ross Barrett, Michelle DuBois, Judith Hoos Fox, Sandra Grindlay, Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Anna Lee Kamplain, Kevin Moore, Virginia Raguin, Melissa Renn, Kerry Schauber, and Miriam Stewart This handsome book is the first to appear in a series of three volumes that will catalogue Harvard University’s distinguished collection of American paintings. It documents nearly 500 paintings, watercolors, pastels, and stained-glass windows––many of which have never been published before––by artists born between 1826 and 1856. The book features works by Albert Bierstadt, Winslow Homer, John La Farge, John Singer Sargent, J. A. M. Whistler, and Sarah Wyman Whitman, along with numerous less-known but important artists. Entries that draw on new research and scholarship accompany the works. Included is an introduction by Theodore Stebbins, Jr., outlining Harvard’s collecting history and an essay by Virginia Raguin introducing Harvard’s Memorial Hall and its twenty-one masterworks in… [detailed...]

ISBN: 030012239X
Book size: —; Page extent: 544.

 

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Teresa A. Carbone
American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museums: Artists born by 1876

2007 y.
Publisher: D. Giles Ltd
Description: A 2-volume survey, complete with artist biographie s and interpretive essays, of one of the most important and oldest collections of American paintings in the U.S. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1904832083
Book size: —; Page extent: 1152.

 

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American Patchwork: True Stories from Quilters

2007 y.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Description: For those who enjoyed the honesty and insight of `How to Make an American Quilt`, this is a moving collection of personal stories that highlight the laughter, sadness, friendships, frustrations, and triumphs shared by the more than 21 million people across the country who call themselves quilters. These touching tales from sixty-seven contributors nationwide form a patchwork of their own in the words of each individual`s unique narrative. From the quilt that reunited a family divided by war and an ocean to the twenty-two foot banner that accompanied a dying woman on her last journey, `American Patchwork` is sure to capture the hearts of quilters and quilt lovers everywhere. Wonderfully varied, instructive, nostalgic, amusing, and often poignantly written, this gem of a book will be treasured for years to come. [detailed...]

ISBN: 031234788X
Book size: —; Page extent: 256.

 

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Peter Coates
American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species: Strangers on the Land

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0520249305
Book size: —; Page extent: 266.

 

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Wayne Schoenfeld
American Photo Mission to India : Portrait of a Volunteer Surgical Team in Action

2004 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionIn brilliant color images and on-the-spot reportage, American Photo Mission To India brings readers on a deeply moving photographic journey with Rotaplast, a US volunteer medical group helping children with facial deformities in a small town in India. American Photo Mission To India, by photographer Wayne Schoenfeld and journalist Rex Weiner, originated as a daily journal on the Web in January . Published in association with American Photo Magazine, its the latest in a unique line of books that use the photographic arts to illuminate -- and to benefit -- humanitarian efforts around the world. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0972769668
Book size: —; Page extent: 125.

 

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Miles Orvell
American Photography (Oxford History of Art)

2003 y.
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Description: Book Description150 years of American photography come alive in this exciting new book, placing it in its cultural context for the first time. Orvell examines this fascinating subject through a wide range of well known and less-well known images. He ranges from portraiture and landscape photography, family albums and memory, and analyses the particularly `American` way in which American photographers have viewed the world around them. Orvell combines a clear overview of the changing nature of photographic thinking and practice in this period with an exploration of key concepts. The result is the first coherent history of American photography, which examines issues such as the nature of photographic exploitation, experimental techniques, the power of the photograph to shock, and whether we should subscribe to the notion of a visual history. ``What a terrific book!…Rich references to literature, history, art, and popular culture make this story come alive.``--Mary Panzer, Author of… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0192842714
Book size: —; Page extent: 256.

 

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Claude Cookman
American Photojournalism: Motivations and Meanings (Medill Visions of the American Press)

2009 y.
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Description: The traditional approach to studying American photojournalism explains the what and who of photojournalism - what events and developments occurred, what notable images were taken, and who took them. Without neglecting those concerns, `American Photojournalism` emphasizes the why. It explains how contemporary photojournalism is grounded in three large ideas: the desire to witness and record historical events and important people, the belief in photography`s power to advance social justice, and the embrace of a universal humanism. Cookman argues that contemporary photojournalists are strongly influenced by these three ideas, and that these ideas have become the central tenets of the profession. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0810123584
Book size: —; Page extent: 336.

 

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Jeff Dunas
American Pictures

2003 y.
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Description: Book Description In 1993, Jeff Dunas set out on the first of many trips crisscrossing the country to photograph scenes representative of small-town America in the 1950s, revisiting the country of his youth after spending the previous two decades in Paris. The stunning result is the American Pictures series documenting the architecture, landscape, and people simply living their American dream. `Visually speaking,` Dunas observes, `the texture of this country has evolved from wood-and-brick buildings to glass structures that don`t open. Air-conditioning runs in place of fresh air, which in itself is sometimes difficult to find. I wanted to take an archive of work from the last century into this century while I still could.` [detailed...]

ISBN: 1931788235
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Susan G. Solomon
American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space

2005 y.
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Description: For years, designers, educators, and community administrators have clamored for a book that will highlight the problems with contemporary playgrounds, tender sorely needed strategies with which to redress them, and stimulate national debate about today`s crisis of undervalued public space. Susan Solomon`s groundbreaking and marvelously illustrated American Playgrounds is that book. Since the 1970s, Solomon maintains, American playgrounds have degenerated into irrelevance as cultural artifacts and educational tools. Imbedded in Solomon`s text is a frank indictment of American attitudes that are stunted by a heavy-handed emphasis on safety that limits the nature of play and the vitality of places for public assembly. During the past decade an elite few American architects, landscape architects, and sculptors, including Stanley Saitowitz, Walter Hood, and Mary Miss, have pioneered the restoration of aesthetic and developmental values to play areas for young people. Solomon… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1584655178
Book size: —; Page extent: 276.

 

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Thomas S. Hischak
American Plays And Musicals On Screen: 650 Stage Productions And Their Film And Televison Adaptations

2004 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionAs the popularity of film grew and audiences demanded longer stories, Hollywood began borrowing plots as well as actors and directors from Broadway?some of these play-to-films were triumphs and others were inexplicable duds. This reference work is an annotated guide to American stage productions remade for film and television, with works ranging from late 19th-century American plays and musicals, through silent and sound films, to made-for-video productions by PBS, A&,E, HBO, and others. Each alphabetically listed entry provides complete credits for the play or musical: date, theatre, playwright, cast (with characters) and crew, length of run, along with choreographer, song titles, and authors of the score where available. The screen versions follow, listing alternate titles, date, studio, screenwriter, cast (with characters), director, and producer. Each entry concludes with detailed commentary on the productions, it describes what changes occurred between… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0786420030
Book size: —; Page extent: 351.

 

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Johannes F. Spreen
American Police Dilemma: Protectors or Enforcers?

2003 y.
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Description: Book Description`Commissioner Johannes Spreen was a police officer extraordinary, a man who helped restructure and develop New York City Police Academy training leading to a college program, a `West Point` for officers, now John Jay College for Criminal Justice. Johannes Spreen is a man of enthusiasm, indeed a prophet, always ahead of his time and brought his talent to Detroit as Police Commissioner and later Sheriff of Oakland County.` Rudolph P. Blaum, Retired Captain, New York City Police Department, John Jay College, former president American Education Association. This book describes how policing has gradually emphasized law enforcement over the protection of people. It is a compelling book by an innovative and gifted top cop who presents a convincing case for community-oriented policing. This story of policing urban America over several decades covers politics, crime control, leadership, mental and physical conditioning, morals, and rivalries that reduce effectiveness…. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0595269826
Book size: —; Page extent: 424.

 

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American Political Leaders 1789-2005 (American Leaders)

2005 y.
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ISBN: 1568029675
Book size: —; Page extent: 453.

 

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Richard Carlin
American Popular Music: Folk (American Popular Music)

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0816073406
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Larry Starr
American Popular Music: The Rock Years

2005 y.
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ISBN: 0195300521
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Christopher Norton, Scott McBride Smith
American Popular Piano: Repertoire Level 6

2009 y.
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Description: This course of study for piano, published by Novus Via Music Group, is now distributed by Hal Leonard. It features eleven progressive levels, with four different books at each level: repertoire, etudes, skills, and technic. It starts with a preparatory level for first year students, and then includes levels 1-10 for ten years of study. These books provide comprehensive curriculum in diverse musical styles, with instrumental backing tracks on CD with the repertoire books. Students who use the books in this series will learn how to: develop traditional pianistic and musical skills through music in contemporary, popular styles, be motivated to practice by working on music that is familiar, fun and that they can`t wait to play, nurture their creativity and spontaneity through a user-friendly modular approach to improvisation, and enjoy regular ensemble playing, finding pleasure in a lifelong relationship with music. Each Repertoire Album contains a wide selection of pieces in three… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1897379064
Book size: —; Page extent: 76.

 

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Christopher Norton, Scott McBride Smith
American Popular Piano: Repertoire Level 7

2009 y.
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Description: This course of study, published by the Novus Via Music Group, is now distributed by Hal Leonard. It features eleven progressive levels, with four different books at each level: repertoire, etudes, skills, and technic. It starts with a preparatory level for first year students, and then includes levels 1-10 for ten years of study. These books provide comprehensive curriculum in diverse musical styles, with instrumental backing tracks on CD with the repertoire books. Students who use the books in this series will learn how to: develop traditional pianistic and musical skills through music in contemporary, popular styles, be motivated to practice by working on music that is familiar, fun and that they can`t wait to play, nurture their creativity and spontaneity through a user-friendly modular approach to improvisation, and enjoy regular ensemble playing, finding pleasure in a lifelong relationship with music. Each Repertoire Album contains a wide selection of pieces in three distinct… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1897379072
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Christopher Norton, Scott McBride Smith
American Popular Piano: Repertoire Level 8

2009 y.
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Description: This course of study for piano, published by Novus Via Music Group, is now distributed by Hal Leonard. It features eleven progressive levels, with four different books at each level: repertoire, etudes, skills, and technic. It starts with a preparatory level for first year students, and then includes levels 1-10 for ten years of study. These books provide comprehensive curriculum in diverse musical styles, with instrumental backing tracks on CD with the repertoire books. Students who use the books in this series will learn how to: develop traditional pianistic and musical skills through music in contemporary, popular styles, be motivated to practice by working on music that is familiar, fun and that they can`t wait to play, nurture their creativity and spontaneity through a user-friendly modular approach to improvisation, and enjoy regular ensemble playing, finding pleasure in a lifelong relationship with music. Each Repertoire Album contains a wide selection of pieces in three… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1897379080
Book size: —; Page extent: 88.

 

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Harrell R., Jr. Rodgers, Harrell R. Rodgers Jr.
American Poverty in a New Era of Reform

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ISBN: 0765606267
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Simon Bromley
American Power and the Prospects for International Order

2008 y.
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Description: The turn of the century has seen the US greatly enhance its military supremacy across the world. It has also played a key role in shaping the international economic order. More recently, however, its world-wide economic domination has started to diminish as other regions and countries have become globally important players. Simon Bromley brings a fresh perspective to these issues, arguing that it is as yet unclear whether the US will be capable of rising to the challenges posed by the new world order. He carefully examines the intricacies of these debates including the American ideology of a liberal international order and the relation of this to the Bush doctrine, US power in the transatlantic arena and US-European integration in relation to the EU and NATO, and the geo-politics of oil. He looks at a range of challenges to US dominance, including the weakening of the dollar, the rapid growth and industrialization of Asia, and the strengths and weaknesses of Bush’s foreign policy…. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0745642381
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Simon Bromley
American Power and the Prospects for International Order

2008 y.
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Description: The turn of the century has seen the US greatly enhance its military supremacy across the world. It has also played a key role in shaping the international economic order. More recently, however, its world-wide economic domination has started to diminish as other regions and countries have become globally important players. Simon Bromley brings a fresh perspective to these issues, arguing that it is as yet unclear whether the US will be capable of rising to the challenges posed by the new world order. He carefully examines the intricacies of these debates including the American ideology of a liberal international order and the relation of this to the Bush doctrine, US power in the transatlantic arena and US-European integration in relation to the EU and NATO, and the geo-politics of oil. He looks at a range of challenges to US dominance, including the weakening of the dollar, the rapid growth and industrialization of Asia, and the strengths and weaknesses of Bush’s foreign policy…. [detailed...]

ISBN: 074564239X
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Tom Tierney
American Presidents and First Ladies CD-ROM and Book (Dover Full-Color Electronic Design)

2004 y.
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Description: Book Description Forty-two presidents of the United States, along with their wives or other White House hostesses, are featured in this unique archive. From George and Martha Washington to George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, the chief executives and first ladies appear in two outfits, including many in historically accurate inaugural costumes. A valuable collection for fashion historians and costume designers, of use to craftworkers and hobbyists. Notes on each costume. 168 images. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0486995712
Book size: —; Page extent: 64.

 

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Michele Rosenthal
American Protestants and TV in the 1950s: Responses to a New Medium

2007 y.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Description: While television today is taken for granted, Americans in the 1950s faced the challenge of negotiating the new medium`s place in the home and in American culture in general. Protestant leaders - both mainstream and evangelical - began to think carefully about what television meant for their communities and its potential impact on their work. Using the American Protestant experience of the introduction of television, Rosenthal illustrates the importance of the interplay between a new medium and its users in an engaging book suitable for general readers and students alike. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1403965730
Book size: —; Page extent: 192.

 

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Seymour Bernard Sarason
American Psychology and Schools: A Critique

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ISBN: 080774087X
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American Puppetry: Collections, History and Performance

2004 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionPuppetry has become a significant force in contemporary theatre and thousands of puppets from various cultures and time periods have been collected by scholars, enthusiasts, and curators, who wisely realized that these material images canteach us much about the societies for which they were created. This book consists of essays by the curators of the most significant puppet collections in the United States and by leading scholars in the field. In addition to the descriptive and analytical essays on the collections, the book includes an overview of American puppetry today, a history of puppetry in the United States, and essays on the theater of Julie Taymor, the Jim Henson Company, Howdy Doody?s custody case, puppet conservation, andthe development of virtual performance space. The fourteen collections discussed include those of the Smithsonian Institution, the Harvard University Theatre Collection, the Brander Matthews Collection at Columbia University, the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0786418966
Book size: —; Page extent: 326.

 

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