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Crusaders and Kings of Jerusalem

Autor: Kathryn Warner

Número de Páginas: 290

Traces the remarkable international history of the Brienne/Beaumont family, spanning from the Crusader states to Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. The Brienne/Beaumonts, a noble family originally from Champagne, spread across Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean in the Middle Ages. Their story begins with John de Brienne (c. 1175/78-1237), who was the emperor of Constantinople, became king of Jerusalem by marriage, and claimed the throne of a kingdom in modern-day Turkey called Armenian Cilicia. His life, his children and his grandchildren’s lives were remarkably international. His daughters were born in Italy and what is now Lebanon; one of his sons, who grew up in Constantinople, France and Spain, was the stepfather of the king of Scotland; one of his grandchildren was the king of Germany, Italy and Sicily; and several other grandchildren settled in England, where one married a Scottish heiress and was the great-grandfather of a king of England and an English-born queen of Portugal. The Beaumonts tells the story of the places where the Brienne/Beaumont family settled and held influence between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. It begins in the Crusader states and moves ...

Calendar

Autor: University Of Cambridge

Número de Páginas: 1136

Chaque petit mouvement

Autor: Ted Shawn

Número de Páginas: 602

L'auteur, chorégraphe américain, présente les principes fondamentaux de la science de l'expression mis au point par François Delsarte, puis les applique à la danse en prenant exemple sur son expérience.

Changing Channels

Autor: Glenn C. Altschuler , David I. Grossvogel

Número de Páginas: 240

With weekly sales of 20 million copies TV Guide has had the largest circulation of any magazine in the U.S. and has dealt for decades with contemporary social and political issues. Here is a star-studded tour of television history that also chronicle's the publication's more recent moves under the ownership of Rupert Murdoch. Photographs.

World War II Veterans in Hollywood

Autor: Art Evans

Número de Páginas: 247

Profiling World War II veterans who became famous Hollywood personalities, this book presents biographical chapters on celebrities like Audie Murphy, "America's number one soldier"; Clark Gable, the "King of Hollywood"; Jimmy Stewart, combat pilot; Gene Autry, the "singing cowboy," who flew the infamous Hump; the amorous Mickey Rooney; Jackie Coogan, "the Kid" who crashed gliders in the jungle; James Arness, who acquired his Gunsmoke limp in the mountains of Italy; Tony Bennett, who discovered his voice during the Battle of the Bulge; and Lee Marvin, a Marine NCO who invaded 29 islands. Profiles of these and 21 others include little-known stories and details.

Highway 80: A Drive-through Alabama’s Civil Rights Corridor – 6th Edition

Autor: Robert O. White Ii

Número de Páginas: 278

The Murder Bag

Autor: Tony Parsons

Número de Páginas: 468

The gripping first novel in the DC Max Wolfe crime series by Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy. Like Ian Rankin or Peter James? You'll love this. 'Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic.' LEE CHILD ______________ Twenty years ago, seven rich, privileged students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potter's Field. Now, they're being murdered one by one, in the most violent way imaginable. Detective Max Wolfe has recently arrived in the Homicide division of London's West End Central, 27 Savile Row. Soon he is following the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the internet and all the way to the corridors of power. As the bodies pile up, Max finds the killer's reach getting closer to everything - and everyone - he loves. Soon he is fighting not only for justice, but for his own life... ______________ 'Propulsive ... If The Murder Bag marks the launch of a new crime series, count me in.' THE TIMES 'A tense debut crime novel with a dose of dry wit' THE DAILY EXPRESS 'Impressive, page-turning ... Told with conviction and at an ever increasing pace' DAILY MAIL 'Truly emotive crime-writing is a...

La isla del tesoro: historia de la música jamaicana del siglo XX

Autor: Varios Autores

Número de Páginas: 868

La del Tesoro: Historia de la Música Jamaicana del Siglo XX es un acontecimiento histórico de la crítica musical en español, tan inaudito como atrevido, en unos territorios hispanohablantes tan yermos de información veraz sobre los misterios del éxito mundial de la música reggae y todos sus precedentes y derivados. Un verdadero regalo para los lectores y seguidores hispanohablantes en todo el mundo. Es seguro que, aunque te consideres un entendido, encontrarás algo que no sabías. Concebido originalmente en la era preinternet como un compendio de artículos periodísticos con vocación enciclopédica y elaborados por los mejores especialistas del género jamaicano en España, su revisión final en el año 2002, coincidiendo con la llegada de las plataformas digitales de intercambio de archivos y el fin de toda una era musical como se conoció en la segunda mitad del siglo XX, esta obra magna tuvo que esperar veinte años hasta poder ver la luz. Con la perspectiva que da el tiempo, su valor añadido a día de hoy, podría afirmarse que, incluso, ha aumentado. La prolija información que detalla durante setenta y cinco capítulos y un prólogo final dedicado al reggae en...

The Statutes at Large of the United States from ...

Autor: United States

Número de Páginas: 1718

In Your Ear

Autor: Cody Jaycroft

Número de Páginas: 288

United States Statutes at Large

Autor: United States

Número de Páginas: 1710

The Statutes at Large of the United States

Autor: United States

Número de Páginas: 1708

Statutes at Large is the official annual compilation of public and private laws printed by the GPO. Laws are arranged by order of passage.

Prolusiones academicae praemiis annuis dignatae et in Curia cantabrigiensi recitatae Comitiis maximis

Autor: University Of Cambridge

Número de Páginas: 48

Serial Killer Cinema

Autor: Robert Cettl

Número de Páginas: 577

The release of Silence of the Lambs in 1991, which swept the major Academy Awards categories, legitimized the serial killer movie, a genre that dates back as far as the silent era. From Absence of the Good to Zodiac Killer, this reference work allows a detailed study of the development of the serial killer film as a distinct genre with its own character types, narrative patterns and styles. An introduction outlines the historical evolution of this film genre and covers the whole range of cinematic interpretations from the response to Jack the Ripper and other real life serial killers through the late 1960s to the current state of the genre. Arranged alphabetically by title, the filmography covers over 500 feature films and select television movies. Each entry contains a listing of the film’s main credits, a synopsis of the film, a summary of the film’s respective merits and a discussion of how they fit into the themes and structures outlined in the introduction. Only films that portray the serial killer as a repeat, pattern killer, and directly or by suggestion reveal the killer’s aberrant sexual motivations or their craving for manipulation, domination, and control (with...

Corpsman

Número de Páginas: 268

Job Corps Happenings

Número de Páginas: 12

Uncle John's Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader

Autor: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Número de Páginas: 589

Strategically placed near the best seat in your home, Uncle John’s Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader is jam-packed with great bathroom reading. It’s the gift that keeps on giving...and giving...and giving.... The BRI’s 22nd all-new edition--Uncle John’s Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader--is like reading several books all rolled into one: a history book, a weird news anthology, a science text, a dictionary, a how-to manual, a sports magazine, a joke book…and the list goes on and on. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). With more than 11 million books in print, the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series is the longest-running, most popular series of its kind in the world. Where else could you learn about the lost cloud people of Peru, the world’s first detective, and the history of surfing? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained. Read all about… * Soda pop flops * Spider farms * England’s Secret UFO Files * Real hillbilly recipes * Webster’s least-wanted words * Super-trains *...

Thomas' Buffalo City Directory for ...

Número de Páginas: 420

Roy Huggins

Autor: Paul Green

Número de Páginas: 193

Producer-writer Roy Huggins is best known for creating the TV series, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive, Run For Your Life and The Rockford Files (with Stephen J. Cannell). This biography details his personal and professional life, aided by exclusive interviews with family, producers, actors and writers who worked with him. The author was granted exclusive access to Huggins' personal memoirs to provide an intimate, firsthand account, including his early career at Columbia, RKO, Warner Bros. and 20th Century-Fox. Huggins' political activism at UCLA and the subsequent House Un-American Activities hearing in 1952 is covered in depth. The book includes an extensive filmography and previously unpublished photographs provided by family members.

Pangea

Autor: Peter Dechristopher

Número de Páginas: 398

2,000 seasons of peace and prosperity has reigned over the supercontinent since the ending of the Great War of the 4th Age of Pangea. Evil is now stirring once again. EVIL’s unholy scriptures, the “Scrolls of Panduar” were stolen by his disciple Morath and hidden somewhere within the supercontinent. Isolde, the White Witch witnessed this theft in a waking vision. Together with her companions, Galgaliel, the Centaur Lord, two Warrow Elves, and a Nymph from the Woodland Realm, among others. They will venture to the Forbidden Desert, entering the realm of the Louse Worms. Then to the frozen north the length of the Oolong Peninsula, over the Sea of Storms to the frozen wasteland of Toth. Encountering many beasts and battles along the way to confront EVIL and his army of Neanderthals and the giant Malakai’s. Along with the armies of the 6 kingdoms, they will fight in an epic battle in the depths of the Underworld, one final time to decide the fate of Pangea.

The Cultivation of Body and Mind in Nineteenth-Century American Delsartism

Autor: Nancy Ruyter

Número de Páginas: 190

This study chronicles the American adaptation of the theory and practice of the French acting, singing, and aesthetics teacher, Francois Delsarte. Delsartism was introduced in the United States by Steele Mackaye, Delsarte's only American student. American Delsartism, with its emphasis on physical culture and expression, differed significantly from Delsarte's works in France. The system evolved from professional training for actors and orators to a means of physical culture and expression that became popular among middle and upper class American women and girls. It allowed nineteenth-century women to pay attention to their bodies, to explore their own physicality, and to perform in a socially acceptable venues. In its later manifestations, Delsartism influenced the innovative dance of such artists as Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn. Biographical information on the most notable figures in the development of American Delsartism is presented along with a discussion of the spread of Delsartism throughout the United States and to Germany. The Delsartean approach to training and expression is traced from Delsarte and Mackaye through the theory, teaching, and performance of...

Bliss Carman

Autor: Gerald Lynch

Número de Páginas: 215

The tarnished reputation of this turn-of-the-century poet is persuasively burnished anew by fifteen scholars, editors, and poets. Published in English.

Ten-Tronck's Celebrity Locator

Autor: Rob Ten-tronck

Número de Páginas: 388

The Celebrity Locator provides the addresses to our complete database of Movie Stars, TV Stars, Authors, Politicians, Rock Stars, Athletes, and Other Famous People! If a person is famous or worth locating, it's almost certain their regular address (almost 12000) agents, representive, or web site can be found in here.

Bulletin

Número de Páginas: 500

Decisions and Reports

Autor: United States. Securities And Exchange Commission

Número de Páginas: 816

New York Magazine

Número de Páginas: 114

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Interpreting Tyler Perry

Autor: Jamel Santa Cruze Bell , Ronald L. Jackson Ii

Número de Páginas: 341

Tyler Perry has become a significant figure in media due to his undeniable box office success led by his character Madea and popular TV sitcoms House of Payne and Meet the Browns. Perry built a multimedia empire based largely on his popularity among African American viewers and has become a prominent and dominant cultural storyteller. Along with Perry’s success has come scrutiny by some social critics and Hollywood well-knowns, like Spike Lee, who have started to deconstruct the images in Perry’s films and TV shows suggesting, as Lee did, that Perry has used his power to advance stereotypical depictions of African Americans. The book provides a rich and thorough overview of Tyler Perry’s media works. In so doing, contributors represent and approach their analyses of Perry’s work from a variety of theoretical and methodological angles. The main themes explored in the volume include the representation of (a) Black authenticity and cultural production, (b) class, religion, and spirituality, (c) gender and sexuality, and (d) Black love, romance, and family. Perry’s critical acclaim is also explored.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 2438

Dreaming

Autor: Carolyn See

Número de Páginas: 376

In this bittersweet and beautifully written memoir, Carolyn See embarks on nothing less than a reevaluation of the American Dream. Although it features a clan in which dysfunction was something of a family tradition, Dreaming is no victim's story. With a wry humor and not a trace of self-pity, See writes of fights and breakups and hard times, but also of celebration and optimism in the face of adversity. The story of See's family speaks for the countless people who reached for the shining American vision, found it eluded their grasp, and then tried to make what they had glitter as best they could.

Catalogue of Copyright Entries

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 938

Robert Aldrich

Autor: Robert Aldrich

Número de Páginas: 228

In this collection of interviews, the filmmaker tells fascinating stories of making motion pictures with such film legends as Burt Lancaster, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Burt Reynolds, and many others

The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa

Autor: David Hudson , Marvin Bergman , Loren Horton

Número de Páginas: 609

Iowa has been blessed with citizens of strong character who have made invaluable contributions to the state and to the nation. In the 1930s alone, such towering figures as John L. Lewis, Henry A. Wallace, and Herbert Hoover hugely influenced the nation’s affairs. Iowa’s Native Americans, early explorers, inventors, farmers, scholars, baseball players, musicians, artists, writers, politicians, scientists, conservationists, preachers, educators, and activists continue to enrich our lives and inspire our imaginations. Written by an impressive team of more than 150 scholars and writers, the readable narratives include each subject’s name, birth and death dates, place of birth, education, and career and contributions. Many of the names will be instantly recognizable to most Iowans; others are largely forgotten but deserve to be remembered. Beyond the distinctive lives and times captured in the individual biographies, readers of the dictionary will gain an appreciation for how the character of the state has been shaped by the character of the individuals who have inhabited it. From Dudley Warren Adams, fruit grower and Grange leader, to the Younker brothers, founders of one of...

Cinéma spéculations

Autor: Quentin Tarantino

Número de Páginas: 491

Non content d’être l’un des réalisateurs les plus talentueux et adulés de sa génération, Quentin Tarantino est peut-être le cinéphile qui sait le mieux parler de films et transmettre sa passion incandescente pour le cinéma. Ayant fréquenté dès son plus jeune âge les salles obscures, c’est au Hollywood des années soixante-dix, celui de ses années décisives de formation, qu’il consacre plus particulièrement Cinéma spéculations – un director’s cut aussi intellectuellement rigoureux que joyeusement exubérant. Mêlant histoire personnelle, anecdotes truculentes, analyses et critiques de films, Cinéma spéculations offre au lecteur, entraîné par la verve unique et grisante de Quentin Tarantino, une fascinante leçon de cinéma et de vie.

Trow's New York City Directory

Número de Páginas: 1100

A Concise Law Dictionary - For Students and Practitioners

Autor: P. G. Osborn

Número de Páginas: 357

This early work on law is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains details on the meanings of legal terms and their uses. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for law students. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Engineering Education

Autor: John Heywood

Número de Páginas: 515

A synthesis of nearly 2,000 articles to help make engineers better educators While a significant body of knowledge has evolved in the field of engineering education over the years, much of the published information has been restricted to scholarly journals and has not found a broad audience. This publication rectifies that situation by reviewing the findings of nearly 2,000 scholarly articles to help engineers become better educators, devise more effective curricula, and be more effective leaders and advocates in curriculum and research development. The author's first objective is to provide an illustrative review of research and development in engineering education since 1960. His second objective is, with the examples given, to encourage the practice of classroom assessment and research, and his third objective is to promote the idea of curriculum leadership. The publication is divided into four main parts: Part I demonstrates how the underpinnings of education—history, philosophy, psychology, sociology—determine the aims and objectives of the curriculum and the curriculum's internal structure, which integrates assessment, content, teaching, and learning Part II focuses on...

The African Repository

Número de Páginas: 392

United States Official Postal Guide

Número de Páginas: 1066

Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio

Autor: Ohio. General Assembly. House Of Representatives

Número de Páginas: 1238

When's Recess?

Autor: Howard Papush , Howard Papush Aka Dr Play

Número de Páginas: 234

If you've been yearning for "recess," THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU! Looking for permission to play? YOU'VE GOT IT! Want some fun ideas to try out with your co-workers, your family, and your friends? IT'S RIGHT HERE! Ever wonder if it's possible to stay young without the use of cosmetic surgery or anti-aging supplements? DR. PLAY HAS THE PRESCRIPTION! Howard Papush, often referred to as Dr. Play, is a nationally-known motivational speaker whose informative and entertaining LET'S PLAY AGAIN seminars have shown participants from Microsoft, Xerox, Toyota, Merrill Lynch, Blue Cross, City University of New York, The Walt Disney Company, American Heart Association, United States Postal Service, and countless other organizations how to bring more joy into their work, their relationships, and indeed their lives. He is a former television executive who once worked closely with legendary TV personalities Johnny Carson, Barbara Walters, Dick Clark, Allen Funt, Ralph Edwards, and "Howdy Doody." As a talent executive at The Tonight Show, he was instrumental in the show's first-time appearances of Jay Leno, Suzanne Somers, Chevy Chase, Natalie Cole, Marvin Hamlisch, Wayne Dyer, Carl Sagan, and...