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INGMAR BERGMAN - HIS LIFE & FILMS (0786411600) (H/B)

(P/B) AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION IN THE MODERN WORLD
African traditional religion is a spiritual lifestyle followed by millions of people around the world. Some scholars argue it is related to the religion practiced by the African Egyptians during the Dynastic period. The Yoruba, Dagara, and Ibo cultures, particularly as they relate to cosmology, symbolism, and ritual, are fundamental to the traditional religious system. This study examines the nature of African traditional religion in an effort to determine the common attributes of the religion of the continent, focusing on the West African...
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FILM AND KNOWLEDGE (0786413204) (P/B)

(P/B) JAZZ MUCISIANS 1945 TO THE PRESENT

(P/B) JAZZ MUSICIANS OF THE EARLY YEARS TO 1945
The story of the first roughly half century of jazz is really the story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald all made tremendous contributions, influencing countless jazz musicians and singers. This work provides biographical sketches of the aforementioned artists and many others who made jazz so popular in the first half of the twentieth century. Biographies cover the pioneers of jazz in New O...
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(P/B) THE 247 BEST MOVIE SCENES IN FILM HISTORY
A Filmgoer’s Guide to Cigar Scenes, Car Chase Scenes, Haircut Scenes, Whistling Scenes, Dentist Scenes, Fluttering Drapes, Funny Walks, Mirrors, Name Mispronunciations, Parking Meters, Sagging Shoulders, Steambaths, and Numerous Other Scenes Long Noted by Aficionados. A unique segment of the movie audience attends for one special scene. It could be a cigar scene (Joseph Cotten asking the young reporter to sneak him a "see-gar" in Citizen Kane), or a funny walk (Walter Brennan’s in To Have and Have Not). For these fans a particular scene th...
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(P/B) CYNICISM FROM DIOGENES TO DILBERT
Cynicism began as a school of philosophy that was largely inspired by Socrates and often decried by popular commentators as a social pathology, a nihilistic rebellion against the foundations of civilization. Modern definitions of the cynic describe an individual who is negative and sarcastic, violently opposed to established authority and social convention, and dedicated to existentialism. This book attempts to vindicate cynicism, arguing that it is both a progressive approach to social dilemmas and an enlightened understanding of the huma...
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(P/B) THE MACEDONIAN EMPIRE - THE ERA OF WARFARE UNDER PHILIP II

STANLEY KUBRICK & THE ART OF ADAPTATION (0786402814) (H/B)

FILM NOIR GUIDE (0786415479) (H/B)

THE CHINESE FILMOGRAPHY (0786403055) (H/B)

(H/B) MACEDONIA AND GREECE

THE POE. CINEMA (078641703X) (P/B)

(H/B) CHRONOLOGY OF WORLD TERRORISM, 1901-2001
The attacks of September 11, 2001, brought unprecedented attention to the problem of terrorism. Yet the threat of terrorist acts has long been a specter in the lives of millions, and the patterns and occurrences all too regular. This chronology begins with President McKinley’s assassination in September of 1901 and ends with the 9/11 attacks. It details terrorist events both well known and obscure, chosen as representative, decade by decade, of each particular period. A concluding chapter examines changing trends in methods of attack and t...
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THE FILM INDUSTRY IN ARGENTINA (0786416289) (P/B)

THE MEXICAN FILMOGRAPHY 1916 THROUGH 2001 (0786415371) (H/B)

(H/B) SUICIDE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
This work covers 840 intentional suicide cases initially reported in Daily Variety (the entertainment industry’s trade journal), but also drawing attention from mainstream news media. These cases are taken from the ranks of vaudeville, film, theatre, dance, music, literature (writers with direct connections to film), and other allied fields in the entertainment industry from 1905 through 2000. Accidentally self-inflicted deaths are omitted, except for a few controversial cases. It includes the suicides of well-known personalities such as a...
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MONTY PYTHON, SHAKESPEARE AND ENGLISH RENAISSANCE DRAMA
At first consideration, it would seem that Shakespeare and Monty Python have very little in common other than that they’re both English. Shakespeare wrote during the reign of a politically puissant Elizabeth, while Python flourished under an Elizabeth figurehead. Shakespeare wrote for rowdy theatre whereas Python toiled at a remove, for television. Shakespeare is The Bard; Python is-well-not. Despite all of these differences, Shakespeare and Monty are in fact related; this work considers both the differences and similarities between the tw...
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(P/B) BLOOD IN THE MOONLIGHT
Director and screenwriter Michael Mann is the creative force behind such movies as Last of the Mohicans and Ali. Markedly reticent, Mann prefers that his personal background remain an enigma, but his disparate films contain clear and consistent messages. One of Mann’s focuses is on the Information Age. He addresses the nature of modern communication, its use to manipulate and coerce, and the resultant subjugation of truth. The perils inherent in modern technology and communication stand in stark contrast to the power of symbolic and oral e...
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(H/B) POLAND'S HOLOCAUST
With the end of World War I, a new Republic of Poland emerged on the maps of Europe, made up of some of the territory from the first Polish Republic, including Wolyn and Wilno, and significant parts of Belarus, Upper Silesia, Eastern Galicia, and East Prussia. The resulting conglomeration of ethnic groups left many substantial minorities wanting independence. The approach of World War II provided the minorities’ leaders a new opportunity in their nationalist movements, and many sided with one or the other of Poland’s two enemies--the Sovie...
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