Hollywood Auteur: Francis Coppola

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Hollywood Auteur details the struggle between art and commerce in Hollywood filmmaking as exemplified by the career of Francis Coppola. Amid the dealmaking, creative compromise, and collaboration of modern American filmmaking, Coppola's career demonstrates how problematic the term "auteur" is in this milieu. Chown assesses the romanticism surrounding the cult of film directors in general and Coppola in particular. He argues that, ultimately, the idea that the actual "personal vision" of one director can be expressed in big-budget Hollywood films is highly suspect. Yet, the weight of this insightful volume suggests that Coppola may have an individualistic genius in the management of his career. Chown concludes that Coppola's status as a role model for a generation of young filmmakers and directors is well earned.

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Hollywood Auteur: Francis Coppola
Jeffrey Chown
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OR7FW0

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Hollywood Auteur: Francis Coppola.

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IBN7W4

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1970s: Under the counter "Separation is great, as long as the separation is of my thighs." —Adults Only

Open your notebooks, sharpen your pencils, and get ready for a history lesson like none you've ever experienced. You're about to learn everything you could ever want to know about the world history of men's magazines—not magazines about sports, not fashion, not hunting or fishing or how to build a birdhouse in ten easy steps, but those titillating periodicals embracing the subject dearest to all heterosexual men's hearts and other body parts: the undraped female form. Former men's magazine editor Dian Hanson traces its development from 1900 to 1980 in six massive and informative volumes.

Volume 6, the final word in this encyclopedic series, is reserved for the most daring and extreme edges of the publishing field. In the late 1960s adult bookstores and sex shops spread across Northern Europe and North America to house an increasingly explicit crop of magazines resulting from the international sexual revolution. Magazines sold on the newsstand had to conform to mass taste and morality, but in the sex shops the only limits were imagination. In the 1970s, drunk on freedom, editor's imaginations ran wild. Come peek inside the sex shops of Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Holland and the US to see what liberation really meant. Read about Berth Milton, the man who toppled Sweden's obscenity laws with his magazine Private; the Danish Theander brothers whose motto was, "The First, The Biggest, The Most Pornographic"; Reuben Sturman, founding father of Southern California's vast sex industry; John Sutcliffe, who made gasmasks sexy with his Atomage magazine; and worst film director Ed Wood Jr.'s secret and surprising men's magazines.

Volume 6: 1970s Under the Counter contains 460 full color pages of covers and magazine interiors and 18 chapters of information-rich text. Together with Volume 5 it forms a complete overview of men's magazine publishing of the 1970s. With Volumes 1 through 4, these two books complete the six-volume set of Dian Hanson's: The History of Men's Magazines.

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Nice visuals, but nothing much else going on........2006-07-09

This is my favorite era of pulp, and seeing the hard to find covers is a treat. The author, a pornographer with vision, is like the Ann Coulter of girly mags--unfortunately righteous, horny, and self-important. One wishes that we were given a man's take on the models and photography instead of a women well over 50 preaching at us and presenting research as some sort of creative act. Buy it for the numerous reproductions of an era for the most part lost forever.

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Great book, but this is an out of date edition.......2003-04-09

I wish the material in on-line reviews had stated clearly that "Ultimate King's Indian Attack" by Dunnnigton was just an updated edition of "How To...", otherwise I wouldn't have purchased this "How To..." book. Granted, it was only $8 (+ shipping) used, but it was still a waste of time/money to track it down and buy it. I thought that perhaps "How To..." was more of an introductory text. Get "The Ultimate King's Indian Attack", the updated version of "How To...", by the same author instead.

If you're really strapped for cash, and you don't care about slightly out of date theory (some ideas stand the test of time), then I give this book 5 stars, but I want others looking for KIA books to know these two are just different editions of the same book.

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Unnecessary

Masterpiece full of typos

Cannot beat basic principles

Good Stuff

notation problems

How To Play Good Opening Moves (Chess)
Edmar Mednis
Manufacturer: Random House Puzzles & Games
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Binding: Paperback

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Strategic Chess: Mastering the Closed Game

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Ideas Behind the Chess Openings: Algebraic Edition (Chess)

How to Win in the Chess Openings

Best Lessons of a Chess Coach (Chess)

ASIN: 0812934741
Release Date: 2002-05-14

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This brand-new revision, in modern algebraic notation, is sure to become a classic of chess instruction.

It was written for the chess player who needs to understand, not memorize, the chess openings. The three basic principles of the opening are well established and will not change in the foreseeable future. By emphasizing these principles, the author has created a timeless teaching volume that can be used by students, parents, teachers, and others for years to come.

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Unnecessary.......2003-10-11

This book is really unnecessary. If you first study the basic opening principles found in most any beginning chess book and then play through the opening sequences of the games in Chernev's Logical Chess Move by Move and/or Nunn's Understanding Chess Move by Move, then you've already accomplished everything (and more) that this book might help you accomplish. You can save your money.

Masterpiece full of typos.......2003-06-01

If you have basic understanding of chess strategy and tactics this is the book you should buy to play any opening well. It teaches opening principles in plain english. Before you start memorizing variations make yourself a favour and read this littte masterpiece from Mr Mednis. It is a shame this revised algebraic edition if full of typos, which is why I have not given it 5 stars.

Cannot beat basic principles.......2001-10-27

I have not played competitive chess for over fifteen years now but have decided to get back into the game. I know how important the openings are because there is nothing worse than losing a game before you even start. I also know how boring it can be memorizing different sets of moves. This book teaches you the principle of the opening phase without you having to memorize. When you do start playing the established openings, you will be able to appreciate the underlying thought processes behind them. A must for anyone who wants to get through the opening phase without cramming.

Good Stuff.......2001-04-23

Many chessplayers concern themselves with memorizing hundreds and hundreds of opening moves. What they don't understand is the ideas behind. Here is a solid book which does not go too deep into openings, but explains the ideas behind them. Along with the openings, Mednis shows master games which were won becuase of solid opening play. A must for a chessplayer who is ready to handle openings theories, but not just memorizing them.

notation problems.......2000-01-26

Just a quick heads-up for people planning on buying this book - its in the old notation 1.pq4 instead of 1.e4 I bought it since it was highly recommended, but had problems reading it.

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Clear, profound examinations of just what each opening is intended to do and how opponent can counter. Many sample games.

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In Descriptive Notation.......2002-01-10

An excellent book which is not out-dated and for the price an absolute steal. Though some older opening books can be criticized as a tad bit out-date most can still be used today to learn the basics structures of different openings. Besides, the actual variations used in a game works better if it is your own creation rather than a memorized version and this applies to beginners as well as the experts. Excellent for intermediate players, but can also be used by all. If you are not comfortable with descriptive notations, GET COMFORTABLE! You will be missing out on a lot of excellent books (which are usually half the price). Being comfortable with descriptive as well as algabraic gives you the option and the flexibility to buy whatever chess books are out there, especially the best!

Notation.......2000-02-24

The book is good if you can read the old notation. It left me frustrated from time to time because I'm so used to the new notation (ex. 1.e4)

Teaches the openings to be even, not to win.......1999-05-04

The author shows a game and in the same game there are 600 variations. Very difficult to play thru.

As well, the author will gave an example of an opening and after 10 moves claim - both sides even: Why learn an opening to be even, learn an opening to win.

The best single resource I have read on chess openings.......1999-02-07

This book is very well structured. It is easy to read and will give the intermediate player a much better understanding of the chess openings. I really enjoyed the traps illustrated.

a classic but underated.......1998-06-03

This book is the best book I have ever read on the openings in chess. The author recommends understanding of the openings rather than to try to memorize endless variations. After giving the first principles of the openings, he then shows how the openings should be played using these principles. He also devotes a section on exploiting the weak squares of your opponent. He classifies the openings under four catagories, which is very helpful in organizing the ideas behind these openings. This book is a masterpiece on opening theory and practice. Unfortunately, it is one of those books that goes largely ignored. Probably because people listen to "experts" too much, instead of thinking for themselves. This book is the best on the openings and cannot become "dated."

How to Play the Sicilian Defense (The Macmillan Chess Library)

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A Great Book for those new to the Sicilian
A must for intermediate players who want to play 1...c5!

How to Play the Sicilian Defense (The Macmillan Chess Library)
David N. L. Levy , and Kevin O'Connel
Manufacturer: Collier Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0020291914

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A Great Book for those new to the Sicilian.......1998-08-26

The move 1...c5 in response to 1. e4 is baffling to beginners. It does nothing to aid the development of the minor pieces, fails to move out a center pawn and is often followed by even more non-developing pawn moves. Many must surely ask, "How is a defense that seems to flout all the opening priciples so often adopted by super-strong players?" They're right: Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Spassky, Tal and others have had the Sicilian figure prominently in their repertoires. Levy an O'Connell do an excellent job of outlining strategies for White and Black in this wide-ranging opening (As far as I can tell, only the c3 Sicilian and the odd gambits are ignored). For those rated 1400-1800, this is a good introduction to the opening. For "A" players, this will provide an excellent foundation for deeper research into the opening. Another fine effort from David Levy.* Highly recommended. (*Excepting his, An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player, co-authored with Raymond Keene, which is a clinker -- see my review under that title.)

A must for intermediate players who want to play 1...c5!.......1998-08-23

The Sicilian is a bizarre animal: 1...c5 opens no lines for Bishops, prepares no pieces for development and fails to place a center pawn into play. Yet it is Black's most formidable defense to 1. e4. The authors do an excellent job of explaining why and provide ideas for both White and Black in a variety of settings: The Maraczy Bind, Sheveningen, "Little Center", Dragon, ...e5 systems and closed formations are all covered. Only the Morra-Smith gambit (and other lesser gambits) and the c3 Sicilian have been left out. If you are a 1400-1800 player and want to get a handle on the Sicilian, this is the place to start.

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An Excellent Introduction to Modern Openings

How to Play the Opening in Chess
Raymond Keene , and David Levy
Manufacturer: B.T. Batsford
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0713471158

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An Excellent Introduction to Modern Openings.......2005-10-29

I found this to be an excellent book for someone looking to learn the main lines of major modern openings without getting lost in too many variations. If you're looking to develop an opening repertoire for tournament chess, this is a great book to start with. Then you can go and get other books with more details, variations and sample games. But this a great reference book for your chess library.

--Alexander Shaumyan, poet and chess player, author of "Spirit of Rebellion"

Baroque Chess Openings, Or, How to Play Your Betters at Chess and on Occasion Win

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Fun and stylish
And yet it improves your game
A chess humor book! It can't be real!

Baroque Chess Openings, Or, How to Play Your Betters at Chess and on Occasion Win
Richard Wincor
Manufacturer: Harvard Common Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0876450591

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Fun and stylish.......2005-10-11

'That many a chessplayer below Master rank has the power, through changing his style, to improve his playing strength dramatically in one sudden leap, is the argument maintained in this little book.' This is not so much a book of particular things to do as it is a change of point of view, according to author Richard Wincor. Wincor is a self-described 'average player', although it is obvious that he is better than that (however, Wincor's name is absent from the major lists of players, so while he may be above average, he did attain the master level ranking).

This is not in fact a book for beginners, or perhaps even average players. It involves strategy and tactics that Wincor describes with little definition to the terminology he uses. This can be confusing to the novice who is unfamiliar with chess writing, so this is perhaps a good second or third book, but not a good first. Besides, perhaps one should learn the game along the more traditional lines before one goes for broke through the baroque.

Wincor's style of writing is fun and interesting to read. He would identify with the second section in Edward Lasker's book, 'Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood'. However, for Wincor, obviously the 'blood' is fun! He writes of the first opening he describes, 'The most aggressive Baroque opening for White is the Dutch Stonewall. Its texture is solid, massive and pent-up, something like a bunching of heavy tanks. When it rolls, it has a chance of flattening all opposition in the King's fortress.'

Wincor's commentary is inspired. For example, in the same Dutch Stonewall game, he makes a comment after one interesting turn of play, 'Mrs. Bruce played that domestic tragedy like an Amazon.' Wincor, upon speculating on the question of whether or not there is such a thing as a perfect opening, draws in ideas from Neoplatonists and quotes the poet Pope (yet hastens to add that Pope never thought of chess as an application of his verse).

Wincor does not promise in this book that the novice will begin winning in grand-master tournaments. However, he states, 'Still they lose, but with more style than before.'

This is a very fun book.

And yet it improves your game.......1999-08-18

This book was recommended to me by an "A" player back when I was rated 1300. He said it helped his game by 300 pts. It did the same for me. Its kind of like Nimzo on tranquilizers.

A chess humor book! It can't be real!.......1998-10-26

This book is a Pythonesque take on chess openings. And now for something completely different. "Baroque," explains the author, is used here in all its senses: ornate, complex, to some degree indecipherable, and not least sort of ugly. The openings Wincor describes are truly all these things. But if you can appreciate the British sense of humour, you'll enjoy reading it regardless of your attitude or knowledge about chess. I left my copy on a train years ago, and the loss still haunts me.

Baroque Chess Openings: Or, How to Play Your Betters at Chess

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The game usually goes to the craftiest
If it ain't "baroque", don't fix it!
A Baroque Collection of Romanesque Clarity

Baroque Chess Openings: Or, How to Play Your Betters at Chess
Richard Wincor
Manufacturer: Citadel Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0806505036

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The game usually goes to the craftiest.......2002-07-22

Chess being a mental game itself, it necessarily follows that its devotees enjoy mind games when facing opponents. This is an excellent book for such folks. I recommend it highly.

The book covers one offense, the Dutch Stonewall Reversed, and two defenses, The Black Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defense (for playing against a King Pawn opening), and the Queen's Indian, for playing against a queen pawn opening. It explores only these three openings, no more. It is the author's theory, and my own, that it is better to be able to play a few variations very well than a great many variations badly.

Few people see the Dutch Stonewall Reversed. It is a strong, fluid offense, and frequently takes even expert players by surprise. Many times, the so-called superior player recovers too late. AHA!

The two defenses are somewhat more commonly seen, but each has the virtue of shifting momentum to Black in the event of the slightest error by White. Again, that's what any player wants.

The book is eminently readable and fun. It iexplains the nuances of the three openings and shows you how to play them without drowing you in notation or sterile analysis.

This book has given me a lot of pleasure, and has allowed me to beat players who were easily superior to me under normal circumstances. You will enjoy it a lot. It's not for the real beginner, but you don't have to be Nimzovitch or Fischer, either. Enjoy.

If it ain't "baroque", don't fix it!.......2000-07-01

This book is a fun read. The author explains and discusses a number of opening systems for White and Black (including the King's Indian Attack, Queen's Indian Reversed, Stonewall Attack, and Old Indian Defense)in a light and witty style,with a good deal of verbal discussion of strategy, plans and ideas.

These openings are theoretically inferior -- "less than best". However, if you enjoy playing slow, manuevering, Nimzovich-style chess and are satisfied with reaching a merely equal middlegame, then perhaps you'll find this book worth studying.

A Baroque Collection of Romanesque Clarity.......1999-11-15

The chess opening seems to bring out the sincerest form of flattery in most players. Among any particular group of low-rated players, a high percentage in any community tend to play either the opening that the world champion is playing (such as the mid 1970s, when every 'D' rated player wanted to play the Najdorf Sicilian Poison Pawn variation) or what the local experts and masters play (in one community, the Goring Gambit and Smith-Morra Gambit were considered well-nigh a forced win by a local strong player, resulting in a world of people playing who should have been content with the Colle System or the Bird variation to the Ruy Lopez).

Wincor's book is a classic of teaching the chess player to march to the tune of a different drummer. The style is light, humorous, and aimed less at describing intricate variations than at giving ideas on a new way to play. Wincor's suggested style is "baroque", a deviation from the wild tactics of the e pawn beginner or the boring oversolidity of the 1. d4 2. c4 player.

The influence of this book filters through amateur chess even today, as a minority of fun-seeking explorers move into the B ratings using the odd but very workable ideas contained herein. In the same way that surrealism eventually filtered into mainstream MTV videos, a good day at the Internet Chess Club or any local chess club will net baroque players, who used to be a rarity. Still, second only to Koltanowski's Colle System book, and a nose ahead of Soltis' book setting forth a Slav/Caro-Kann defensive system, this is a book which can help a D player become a B player, and help an E player move towards C. If you haven't read this, let Amazon.com locate it for you, and enjoy!

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Eighth book of chess;: How to play the queen pawn openings and other close games
Fred Reinfeld
Manufacturer: Sterling Pub. Co
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HOW TO PLAY CHESS - Powerful Moves for Opening, Middle and End Game
D. B. Pritchard
Manufacturer: Coles Books
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How To Play The Belgrade Gambit
Eric Schiller
Manufacturer: Chess Digest
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This comprehensive book is a valuable reference tool for registered nurses who are engaged in, or considering, the challenging new career of legal nurse consulting. Ethical considerations, practice tips, and sample documents aid nurses in understanding their roles as legal nurse consultants. Helpful insights into making the transition from traditional nursing to this contemporary profession are featured. The book equips nurses with information and strategies to use their medical background and experience, to assist a legal team in the resolution of medical-legal claims.

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very informative.......2006-01-16

A great required text purchased for a much more reasonable price.

Excellent primer for teaching legal nurse consultants.......2002-03-01

I used this text to teach my class--they loved it & so did I! Cynthia Weishapple has written a user-friendly introduction text that is highly readable & hits the high points--I would highly recommend it to those new to the field!

Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting (National Institute for Paralegal Arts and Sciences)

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Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting (National Institute for Paralegal Arts and Sciences)
National Institute for Paralegal Arts and Sciences
Manufacturer: Nat'l Inst. Paralegal Arts&Sciences
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Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting
VERONICA CASTELLANA
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LNC CERTICATE & 8 CE UNITS(USING THIS BOOK LEARN MORE INSIDE) VERONICA CASTELLANA RN,BSN,AA,ALNC,CLNI

Introduction to medical-legal consulting

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Introduction to medical-legal consulting
Vickie L Milazzo
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Medical-Legal Consulting: An Introduction for Nurses

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Medical-Legal Consulting: An Introduction for Nurses

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