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White Zombie: Anatomy of a Horror Film
Gary Don Rhodes Manufacturer: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0786427620 |
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The 1932 horror film White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi has received controversial attention from film reviewers and scholarsbut it is unarguably a cult classic worthy of study. This book analyzes the film text from nearly every possible viewpoint, using both academic and popular film theories. Also supplied is an extensive intellectual history of the predecessor works to White Zombie, as well as information on the significance it carried for subsequent books and films, its theatrical release around the country, its modern cultural influence, and the attempts to restore the film to its original state. Other noteworthy features of this work include an in-depth biography of White Zombie director Victor Halperin, the first complete study of his life and career, and 244 images and photographs.Customer Reviews:
Amazing!.......2007-07-16
The Zombies are Loose!.......2002-09-26
"There IS No Other Way".......2002-03-26
Rhodes' scholarship (on practically any topic) is meticulous to the point of obsession. In "W.Z.: Anatomy of a Horror Film" he puts this fact-finding mania to compelling use, not only sharing the raw materials he has unearthed but also interpreting them to demonstrate how and why "White Zombie" -- an "unlikely classic," as George Turner and I once termed the film in an article for "American Cinematographer" -- has remained relevant over the long stretch.
Painstakingly researched and assembled, Rhodes' book was in preparation all during and beyond the mid-1990s period when George Turner (since deceased) and I were assembling our 20th anniversary edition of the more generalized book "Forgotten Horrors," on whose research Rhodes helped out considerably. George and I beefed up considerably our own book's chapter on "White Zombie," but we also left it to Gary Don Rhodes to get in the final say on that film's significance. Our trust has proved well placed, and the resulting volume is a fusion of style and substance worth cherishing.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
Peter Franklin Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0521379474 |
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Mahler's Third Symphony was conceived as a musical picture of the natural world. This handbook describes the composition of Mahler's grandiose piece of philosophical program music in the context of the ideas that inspired it and the artistic debates and social conflicts that it reflects. In this original and wide-ranging account, Peter Franklin takes the Third Symphony as a representative modern European symphony of its period and evaluates the work as both the culmination of Mahler's early symphonic style and a work whose contradictory effects mirror the complexity of contemporary social and musical manners. The music is described in detail, movement by movement, with chapters on the genesis, early performance, and subsequent reception of the work.
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Symphony No. 3 in D Minor for Alto Solo, Choirs and Orchestra
Gustav Mahler Manufacturer: Dover Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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Glasses Please.......2007-09-04
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Double double.(The Music)(Column): An article from: Sensible Sound
Manufacturer: Sensible Sound ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0007URKJ2 Release Date: 2005-07-13 |
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This digital document is an article from Sensible Sound, published by Sensible Sound on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1421 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3.(Sound Recording Review): An article from: Sensible Sound
John Puccio Manufacturer: Sensible Sound ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00084BHAK Release Date: 2005-06-01 |
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This digital document is an article from Sensible Sound, published by Sensible Sound on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1774 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Mahler: Symphony No.3.: An article from: Notes
Nadine Sine Manufacturer: Music Library Association, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0009205N6 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on March 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1498 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 (Polish): Kalmus Edition
Manufacturer: Alfred Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0757921809 |
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Mahler:Symphony No 3
Lucretia Cdhmd Sbt21350 West Manufacturer: HARMONIA MUNDI USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio CD ASIN: 6308708771 |
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Mahler:Symphony No 3 Kindertotenliede
San Francisco Sympho Cdhmd 60003 Manufacturer: HARMONIA MUNDI USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio CD ASIN: 6308853593 |
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Mahler:Symphony No 3:Holler: Dier E
Various Cdaver Avi19 Manufacturer: AVIE RECORDS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio CD ASIN: 630859413X |
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Mahler:Symphony No.3
Claudio Abbado , and Berli Cd289 4715022 Manufacturer: UNIVERSAL CLASSICS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio CD ASIN: 6307073799 |
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Rahasia (Dungeons & Dragons module B7)
Tracy Hickman , and Laura Hickman Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0880381132 |
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The Best Plotted of the B-series Adventures.......2006-07-04
Another classic module.......2002-05-24
A wonderful storytelling adventure for levels 1-3.......2000-04-30
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Hidup: Mutiara Penuh Rahasia
Daisaku Ikeda Manufacturer: PT Indira ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000VN6DHU |
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Menyingkap Rahasia Haji
Abdullah Al-Jawad Al-Amuli Manufacturer: NB ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000MKZQMU |
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Rahasia dapur majalah di Indonesia
Kurniawan Junaedhie Manufacturer: Gramedia Pustaka Utama ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 9796052938 |
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Rahasia Membuat Berbagai Efek Dengan Photoshop 5.5
Manufacturer: PT Elex Media Komputindo ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 979202039X |
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'Raja' makanan berkibar dari jalanan: Rahasia sukses usaha makanan berbasis tepung
Husni Rasyad Manufacturer: Pustaka Sinar Harapan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 9794167452 |
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Budaya hukum Indonesia menghadapi globalisasi: Perlindungan rahasia dagang di bidang farmasi
Cita Citrawinda Priapanca Manufacturer: Chandra Pratama ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 9796540398 |
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Hak kekayaan intelektual: Komentar atas undang-undang rahasia dagang, desain industri, desain tata letak sirkuit terpadu
Suyud Margono Manufacturer: Novindo Pustaka Mandiri ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 9799250374 |
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Kemelut demokrasi liberal: Surat-surat rahasia
Boyd Compton Manufacturer: LP3ES ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 9798015819 |
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Kumpulan perundang-undangan di bidang haki: UU no. 30 th. 2000 Tentang Rahasia Dagang, UU no. 31 th. 2000 Tentang Desain Industri, UU no. 32 th. 2000 Tentang Desain Tata Letak Sirkuit Terpadu
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Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets
John McMillan Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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John McMillan's Reinventing the Bazaar is an extremely accessible description of markets large and small, as well as an explanation of their underlying mechanisms. An "absolutely free market," he says, is a "free-for-all brawl," while a "real market" is an "ordered brawl." Sprinkling his analysis with hundreds of anecdotes and examples--prison camps, eBay, the American experiment with alcohol prohibition, the Tokyo fish market, and traditional Ghanaian bazaars--and pertinent quotes from the likes of Chekhov, Twain, and Steinbeck, McMillan animates his subject. Why do banks build showcase headquarters? Which "frictions" brake, and which spur, various markets? Is the "invisible hand" attached to a clothed arm? Why are both pro- and antimarket absolutists, in McMillan's view, the economics equivalent of "flat-earthers"? Is there such an animal as a "perfect" market? Reinventing the Bazaar answers these questions, and many more, in an eminently wise, entertaining, and instructive way. --H. O'BillovichBook Description
Clear, insightful, and nondogmatic, this book gives us a new appreciation for one of our most ubiquitous institutions.From the wild swings of the stock market to the online auctions of eBay to the unexpected twists of the world's post-Communist economies, markets have suddenly become quite visible. We now have occasion to ask, "What makes these institutions work? How important are they? How can we improve them?"
Taking us on a lively tour of a world we once took for granted, John McMillan offers examples ranging from a camel trading fair in India to the $20 million per day Aalsmeer flower market in the Netherlands to the global trade in AIDS drugs. Eschewing ideology, he shows us that markets are neither magical nor immoral. Rather, they are powerful if imperfect tools, the best we've found for improving our living standards. A New York Times Notable Book.
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Finally, a reasonable, non-ideological book about markets.......2007-05-17
pleasant and valuable reading.......2007-01-29
Just what I wanted...........2005-09-29
The Best Begginers Guide to Markets.......2004-08-21
Essential Information and Wisdom.......2004-01-15
In this lively as well as informative book, McMillan offers "a natural history of markets" which helps us to gain a better understanding of how markets work as well as of what they can and can't do. "Markets do what they are supposed to do, however, only if they are we structured. Any successful economy has an array of devices and procedures to enable markets to work smoothly. A workable platform has five elements: information flows smoothly; property rights are protected; people can be trusted to live up to their promises; side effects are curtailed; and competition is fostered." I agree with McMillan that, as a result of innovations made by participants, "spontaneous evolution is the main driver of [private sector] markets" if and when provided with assistance from the public sector (i.e. government).
Because throughout history the strength of markets has been their adaptability and their "restless reinvention," McMillan argues, shaping new markets is both a task for governments and an opportunity for entrepreneurs. Appropriate involvement by the former ensures, for example, the protection of intellectual property; appropriate involvement by the latter ensures that the process of adaptability and reinvention is sustained. There are so many excellent books now in print which discuss the most effective marketing strategies and tactics.
Secondarily, McMillan examines several of them but his primary purpose, as I understand it, is to explain how and why the market economy ("...the worst form of economy, except for all the others which have been tried from time to time") "solves some all but intractable problems...[because] it admits variety and permits criticism" This book will be of greatest interest and value to decision-makers with responsibility for marketing within organizations which either have no "workable platform" or one which may soon collapse from the weight of external competition or internal inadequacy.
I also highly recommend this book to those who have a keen interest in cultural anthropology. As suggested earlier, the bazaar or market has always been and always will be among the most dynamic of human activities. Why? Because it must constantly be reinvented to accommodate ever-changing human needs and interests. McMillan's comprehensive analysis of that volatile process is a unique and brilliant achievement.
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