Engaging Characters: Fiction, Emotion, and the Cinema

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Thrillers, tear jerkers, horror movies, melodramas--like so many movie terms, these genre designations immediately evoke characteristic kinds of emotional response. Yet emotion is a subject that film and literary theory have traditionally dealt with in only the most impressionistic and
tangential fashion. Engaging Characters presents a precise discussion of the varieties of emotional response to films, integrating them into a larger theory of our engagement (or "identification") with characters in both cinematic and literary fictions. Films and filmmakers discussed include The
Accused; Hitchcock (including detailed analyses of The Man Who Knew Too Much [1956] and Saboteur); Godard; Ruiz; Bunuel's That Obscure Object of Desire; Dovzhenko's Arsenal and Preminger's Daisy Kenyon; Bresson's L'Argent; Eisenstein's Strike; and Melville's Le Doulos.

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Not a travel planner, or guidebook, but a unique and entertaining collection of hundreds of multiple choice trivia questions, fill with secrets and interesting facts about all aspects of Walt Disney World.

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Great book, fun way to gear up for WDW trip.......2007-08-28

This book is a lot of fun, especially if you are about to take a trip to WDW. Lots of interesting information, but chopped up into small bites so it is easy to read a little at a time.

Great Fun!.......2007-05-18

If you love Disney, this book is really fun. Even if you have read a lot of other books and websites about Disney, there will be things in the book that will suprise you. My husband and I found that there were lots of new things to learn. Reading the book was a fun way to add a new dimention to our disney travel. We bring it on the plane and read it to get us motivated for our next trip.

Trivia details are great.......2007-01-10

the organization of the trivia could be less test like and more immediate with answers closer to the questions...

Good information and details

Interesting and informative.......2006-09-20

Mongello is a long time Disney World fan who has written a trivia book that will give the reader a lot of information that the typical guidebook will not. Of particualr interest to me was info on the age of some of the attractions as well as some history on popular attractions that are no longer a part of Disney World(such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Mr. Toad;s Wild Ride, etc).
My only gripe with the book is with the way it's laid out. You'll read a question on one page then have to get the answer to that question 20 pages later. It's not the way one typically reads a book. Still a very good book- 4.5 Stars.

Walt Disney Trivia Volume I.......2006-09-04

Awesome Book !! Loved it, could not put it down. Need a Volume 3.

The Walt Disney World Trivia Book, Volume 2: More Secrets, History & Fun Facts Behind the Magic

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A Little Piece of the Disney Magic
Fun Facts - Everything you should know about Walt Disney World!
Disney Trivia
Amusing means to while away time in the car
Another Hit from Lou!

The Walt Disney World Trivia Book, Volume 2: More Secrets, History & Fun Facts Behind the Magic
Louis A. Mongello
Manufacturer: The Intrepid Traveler
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ASIN: 1887140638

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More fascinating facts and tantalizing trivia about the Happiest Place on Earth. Hundreds of multiple-choice questions with in-depth answers. Same popular format. All new information. Both a game and a reference.

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A Little Piece of the Disney Magic.......2007-06-28

The Walt Disney World Trivia Book is like the friend I've always wanted who flies me down to Disney (for free!)and proceeds to take me through every park, attraction, and resort, telling me things I never knew about my favorite place. With a loyalty only a true Disney connoisseur can possess ("ever hear of some guy named 'Bugs Bunny'? Hmph. Me neither."), Lou presents his information the way I like it-it's personal, frank, and fun. Kind of like Lou himself...drop him an e-mail, and you actually get an answer! If there is one Disney informant to swear by, it's Lou Mongello. Some of his facts I knew, some made me laugh, and some made me realize that perhaps I'm not the Disney expert I make myself out to be. All I know is that those around me will have to endure new rounds of Disney fact-spouting. I almost feel bad for them. They had assumed they were safe after our (sniff!) last Disney trip in 2005. Although I shouldn't really mourn the trip's passing; with the WDW Trivia Book, I'm there all over again.

Fun Facts - Everything you should know about Walt Disney World!.......2007-05-23

I purchased Lou's book after I had found his website when I was planning my latest trip to Walt Disney World. After looking at his site and even signing up for the forum, I knew I had to purchase this book I'd been reading about! And I am so glad I did. The trivia is fun if you're reading alone or if you take turns reading with a partner and it's multiple choice too. Even more, the answers are found following each section with a short statement to provide further information about the correct answer. What I really love about this book is that the layout makes it a simplistic read that doesn't get boring. Even though it isn't a guide book, anyone (or any family) planning to take a trip to WDW can benefit from the exciting learning experience the book has to offer. It is a must read for first timers and fanatics!

Disney Trivia.......2007-01-30

Fantastic book! What you may have thought you knew...but didn't! An interesting book of facts that help you understand the making of Walt Disney World. A must have book for Disney mania! Volume 1 is just as interesting!

Amusing means to while away time in the car.......2006-11-05

Written by Louis M. Mongello, The Walt Disney World Trivia Book: More Secrets, History & Fun Facts Behind The Magic is an all-new, unofficial multiple choice trivia book. Half the book is devoted to hundreds of multiple choice questions; the other half answers each question at length with fascinating tidbits about the history and operation of Walt Disney World. Enumerated questions and answers are in separate sections for easy self-quizzing. "You'll find what on top of the hot air balloon at the center of 'Dumbo the Flying Elephant'? - Perched atop the balloon is none other than Dumbo's friend, Timothy J. Mouse, who helped Dumbo discover the ability to fly using his oversized ears." Black-and-white photographs, "Did You Know?" bars, and an index round out this amusing means to while away time in the car while driving to Disney World.

Another Hit from Lou!.......2006-10-19

Lou has done it again!

After the first book, I guessed that the second volume would be filled with far less interesting, far more obscure facts, since the first one seemed to have all the big stuff in it. WRONG! Lou has dug up enough tidbits on the Magic Kingdom and evirons that make this more than just for the Disney-fanatics like himself and his podcast fans. He makes the book interesting for anyone who likes Walt Disney World.

While it is not a guidebook, I would recommend it to any family planning a Walt Disney World vacation as a great way to get psyched up for the trip.

Thanks Lou!

The Florida Quiz Book: How Much Do You Know About Florida?

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Excellent Educational tool

The Florida Quiz Book: How Much Do You Know About Florida?
Hollee Temple
Manufacturer: Pineapple Pr
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Binding: Paperback

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Over 2500 questions and answers on topics like agriculture, architecture, art, the economy, ecosystems, the environment, plants, animals, geology, geography, history, the Keys, law, literature, meteorology, the oceans and coastline, parks, space science, and good old general Florida statistics. Use this book to learn about Florida - or if you are a Florida teacher, to teach about Florida. Includes references to Sunshine State Standards. Good on the reference shelf - or in the backseat during a long car ride with the kids. Use it for yourself or try to stump your friends. Do you know how many amphibian species live in the Everglades? What Florida college campus was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? What deer species is on Florida's endangered species list? How many car accidents occur in Florida every year? Find out all this and more.

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Excellent Educational tool.......2006-11-30

This book is a wonderful collection of information that can be incorporated into a classroom in all subjects or just as a fun resource in the home!!!!

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Florida Trivia
Ernie Couch , and Jill Couch
Manufacturer: Rutledge Hill Press
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ASIN: 1558533168
Release Date: 1994-10-01

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Test your Florida knowledge! This engaging trivia book is packed with both well-known and not-so-well-known facts about the great state of Florida. Youll discover the history, culture, people, and places of this colorful, dynamic state, including:
- How much of Fort Lauderdale is water
- What entertainer attended the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
- Who built Floridas first modern swimming pool
- What prize-winning novel was inspired by an experience at Cross Creek
- What eccentric hotel is a popular attraction on Vero Beach
- The official state stone
- And more! Designed for use in a wide variety of settingshome, office, school, parties, and moreFlorida Trivia is readily adaptable for use with trivia format games. Its an essential for Florida natives, transplants, and those just passing through, too!

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University of Florida Trivia Book, The
Carl Van Ness
Manufacturer: Hill Street Press
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Florida Fun Facts
Eliot Kleinberg
Manufacturer: Pineapple Press (FL)
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ASIN: 1561643203

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From theme parks to ballparks, the quirky to the educational, Miami to Tallahassee—every city and county in Florida are covered in this newly expanded edition:

What's responsible for more than 2,800 holes in Palm Beach County?
Which came first, St. Augustine or Plymouth Rock?
What's Osceola County's biggest city that technically isn't a city at all?
Where in Florida can you participate in the King Mango Strut?
What Oscar-winning actress hails from the small town of Bascom, Florida?
What's bigger, Walt Disney World or New York's Manhattan Island?

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Origin and meaning of the name of every county and most incoporated cities in Florida. Paints a rich historical portrait of the state and reveals the dreams, memories, and sense of humor of Floridians. A great addition to your collection of Florida history boooks.

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Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.

Few observers of the late twentieth century have their fingers so presciently on the pulse of the global political and economic realignment ushering in the new millennium as do James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. In their ensuing bestsellar, The Great Reckoning, published just weeks before the coup attempt against Gorbachev, they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years.

In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries -- the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed "the fourth stage of human society," will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values.

Customer Reviews:

James Dale Davidson - a scammer.......2007-02-22

Before you buy any of his books, make sure you research his previous books. I have never seen anyone so wrong, from his book "The Plague of the Black Debt." From that book, "...Bill Clinton is going to be a one-term President. He's going to get clobbered in the '96 election....I'm as sure of this as I am that the sun will rise tomorrow." He got 1/2 of that right. "...Bill Clinton's failure will take place against a backdrop of deep depression, urban riots, and people losing their homes."
none of this happened in when he wrote this trash in 1992, nor 2007. It was a scam for his Strategic Investment Limited Partnership.

Research this clown first!

Individual Sovereignty? Think about it........2007-02-04

The central idea is that our civilization is disintegrating, but not to worry we can save ourselves and become sovereign individuals. They go on to describe the police state that the US and UK have become and the privatization (looting) of our assets owned by government (us) as a wonderful event and while trouble makers will resist things like having there every move tracked by micro chips in the car etc. the "sovereign individual" will prosper. The scheme of transferring our public assets to private hands and then charging us for what we already paid for is not a condition that ethical people would ever recognize as an opportunity, but a crime that needs to be stopped.
Evidently having the cheesy British title "Lord" helps peddle ideas to the intellectual stillborn.

Required Reading for thoughtful individuals........2006-08-31

A must read perspective to understand current mega-societal economic, legal and political trends.

10 Years Later and it's coming true.......2006-04-11

I first read this book in 1996 and found it very interesting. It certainly gives a good history lesson. Last year, I decided to reread it. I have found many of their predictions come true, and none have been proven false yet. Unfortunately, I do believe the authors underestimated the power of the OECD to bully so called tax havens into capitulating. It is now almost impossible to open an offshore account as an American citizen. Not because it is illegal, but because offshore banks refuse to deal with the reporting requiremtns for Americans. A must read for any enlightened individual.

Very fanciful, not data-driven.......2006-03-17

This vision of the future reminded me of common errors on physics tests where the student leaves out a variable or two and makes a wildly incorrect prediction of an object's future behavior. People have many connections to a place, which do not depend merely on their own security or on currency fluctuations. These emotional and cultural connections will keep people from being entirely atomized and "at-will" citizens for a long time to come.

In reading the book, by the way, the style will annoy some rewaders in that it is not written in the modern, American style where predictions would be tied back to and grounded in data and trends. It's much more in an old fashioned English amateur gentleman scholar style where nothing is substantiated by anything and it's all sort of breezy. Some may like that.

The Sovereign Individual : How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State - Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

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The Sovereign Individual : How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State - Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
James D.; Rees-Mogg, Lord William Davidson
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MY18FK

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