Agent of Challenge and Defiance: The Films of Ken Loach (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture , No 64)

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For more than 30 years, Ken Loach's films have examined the social, political, economic, and psychological costs of living in Great Britain. These invariably controversial film and television works--Cathy Come Home, Kes, Hidden Agenda, Riff-Raff, and Land and Freedom, among others--represent a continuing commitment to using film for political purposes. In this first English-language book on Loach, McKnight brings together seven original critical essays on major aspects of Loach's work, an interview with the director, as well as comprehensive reference material. The essays examine Loach's ongoing concerns with social and political issues in Britain, questions of censorship, the way in which he develops film narratives around public issues, and the format and stylistic questions raised by his particular approach to filmmaking. An important collection for all students and researchers of contemporary film.

Agent of Challenge and Defiance: The Films of Ken Loach (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture , No 64)

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Agent of Challenge and Defiance: The Films of Ken Loach (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture , No 64)
George McKnight
Manufacturer: Praeger Paperback
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ASIN: B000OROADW

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The 1950s were the golden age of the American automobile, and the cars were faster, bigger, and more boldly styled than ever before. Sunday driving--Cleaver-style--in the regal family Ford, Edsel or Plymouth topped the list of national pastimes; and teenagers, behind the wheels of their daddies' thundering T-birds, had fun, fun, fun across America's highways. The economic prosperity of the country made for an "ultramatic" boom in car manufacturing, and the advertising industry followed suit. This reprint of a Chronicle Books classic collects the "masterpieces" of automobile advertising, culled from the pages of such popular periodicals as Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Look, and Holiday. Their colorful illustrations and catchy copy give these ads a "power-packed beauty" all their own, offering a fun look at 50s culture and values. So take a cruise down memory lane with this fond look back on a time when tail fins and chrome were the standard, and the American car was the true King of the Road.

Customer Reviews:

Auto Advertising of the 50s.......2007-05-07

Great slice of American history from a period of some of the flashiest cars ever made. Not much meat to it, but a great reference if you are an owner of 50's cars or just like seeing how life used to look and how Detroit approached the American public in a time when the U.S. was king of the auto world.

The book of big chrome.......2004-12-05

Certainly a neat idea for a book: to see how Detroit created car sales with ads brimming with extravagant headlines, copy and visuals. I bought this book years ago and this is a timely reprint but I doubt I would have bought it now. This is because of the production, all the lovely ads have just been copied as whole originals without taking the trouble to separate the color graphics from the flat color headlines and copy. Doing it this way means that none of the photos or illustrations sparkle and frequently the ad copy is very light and not too readable.

Another reason I would probably not have bought it is because I have a copy of 'All-American Ads: 50s' by Jim Heimann (ISBN 3822811580) which has two hundred car ads from the Fifties over 188 pages (in a 926 page book) with much better production so that the images really look good, even on the pages with four ads.

It is unfortunate that the ads in 'Cruise-O-Matic' do not look as good as they should because they celebrate a particular American stylistic exuberance of the past.

Poor Quality Production.......2003-08-06

If you're looking for vintage car ads, pass this by. The reproduction quality is very poor. Many of the ads were cropped badly, and much of the text is not readable. It's obvious that many of these must be amateur scans of magazine ads and not the original source material. I'd love to see a professional-quality re-work of this subject matter.

Nifty 50s Reference.......2000-11-21

This is a terrific resource for illustrators, writers or anyone interested in 50s cars, design or culture. The color reproductions of the car ads are a real treasure -- the layouts, typefaces, symbols, cultural themes and color schemes are invaluable sources of information about 50s social history, values and imagery. And if you love the cars, it's even better! Chronicle Books does a nice job with books like this -- and at a very good price.

CRUISE-O-MATIC AUTOMOBILE ADVERTISING OF THE 50'S.......2000-11-05

THIS BOOK WAS A TOTAL HIT, IT TOOK ME BACK TO A TIME LONG AGO. BUT NOT FAR FROM MY HEART. TO A KINDER GENTLER PLACE OF CHROME PERSONALITY, AND WHERE EACH PERSON THAT PULLED UP TO YOUR HOUSE CAR WOULD SCREAM THERE OWN PERSONALLITY.EACH PICTURE TOOK ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS A KID SITTING AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE WITH MY DAD AND I WOULD HEAR HIM SAY !" HEY MARK LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY" AND THEN HE WOULD SHOW ME THE PICTURES. AS YOU CAN TELL CARS ARE MY PASSION. CARS FROM THE 50'S WERE ART. BEAUTIFUL DETROIT IRON. MULTI-COLORED. BEHEMOUTH ROLLING BARGE'S WITH FENDER SKIRTED, WIDEWHITES..AND OFCOURSE CRUISE-O-MATIC.....WOOOOO WOOOOOO.. MOVE OVER RALPH NADER.... WHEN YOU LIVE IN BUFFALO N.Y. AND YOUR WINTERS ARE LONG, COLD, AND DEEP IN SNOW YOU LOOK FORWARD TO SPRING. BUT UNTIL THEN I'VE GOT MY CRUISE-O-MATIC AUTOMOBILE ADVERTISING OF THE 50'S BY NONE OTHER THAN YASUTOSHI IKUTA. JOB WELL DONE.....WELL IT'S TIME FOR WINTER....MY WIFE TELLS ME I LOVE MY CARS MORE THAN HER??????? I BETTER LEAVE THAT 1 ALONE. HAPPY MOTORING MARK MARINACCIO BUFFALO, N.Y

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BradyGames' Dino Crisis 3 Official Strategy Guide provides combat tactics for each dino type. Exhaustive walkthrough including detailed mission and area maps. Complete item and weapon rosters and puzzle solutions. Comprehensive bestiary, character bios and more!

This product is available for sale worldwide, excluding Japan and Asia.

Dino Crisis (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

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Wonderful
Dining with Dinos
Prima's D. Crisis, another great Prima guide
Not layed out well
Dino Don't Bother

Dino Crisis (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
Mario De Govia , and Don Tica
Manufacturer: Prima Games
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ASIN: 0761522395

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Survive the horrors of Ibis Island!

• All Danger Events exposed
• Details on all weapons and items
• Complete mixing chart with rules for mixing
• Essential tactics for survival
• Complete Wipeout Mode coverage
• Interview with Capcom Producer Shinki Mikami
• Complete walkthrough ensures maximum chance of survival
• Every Decision Event explored, every puzzle solved
• Dino-killing strategies–from Compys to the T.Rex
• Huge fold-out map poster of all levels
• Sealed section with secrets and endings revealed!

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful.......2001-01-22

I have never used a guide before. This one is easy to read. It gave so much and I was very impressed. Great pictures and maps. It doesn't take a genious to follow this one. Prima is the BEST!

Dining with Dinos.......2000-09-08

Book is sweet as, with everything that you could possibly want to kno about the game in it. buy it and dont play without it and if you dont have the game, then get off your arse and get it fattys.......its a killer of a game and way better than resident evil

Prima's D. Crisis, another great Prima guide.......2000-03-18

prima hasnt let me down yet. i dont use strategy guides much(every 9th game or so), but when i do i use prima. they r great help in the "impossible" situations. go prima!

Not layed out well.......2000-01-08

It had the answers, but was not easy to follow. Getting all the endings were very difficult to follow. Average strategy guide.

Dino Don't Bother.......1999-11-27

Don't buy this book. it is the worst strategy guide you will ever see!

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Dino Crisis 2
Mega Cool

Dino Crisis 2 Official Strategy Guide
Dan Birlew
Manufacturer: BRADY GAMES
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ASIN: 0744000211

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BradyGames Dino Crisis 2 Official Strategy Guide features combat tactics for each dino type. Mission specific detail maps and full area maps for reference. Comprehensive walkthroughs of all missions and territories. Hidden dino files revealed!

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Dino Crisis 2.......2002-01-25

I suggest you to buy this game guide, Its excellant if you really need the help!
It gives you: a complete detailed walkthrough, what gun to use on each dinosaur, the place for each dino file, secrets, combo scoring, maps, scene's and a whole lot more!

Mega Cool.......2001-05-31

I think this is the greatest Dino Game of all time. And It Tells every single thing about Dino Crisis 2.

Dino Crisis 2 W/ Weapons Card for Toys (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

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Dino Crisis 2 W/ Weapons Card for Toys (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
Prima
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ASIN: 0761533044

Dino Crisis 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide

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Dino Crisis 2 and Prima's Masterpiece

Dino Crisis 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Prima Development , and Prima Development
Manufacturer: Prima Games
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ASIN: 0761532307
Release Date: 2000-09-18

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Don?t attempt to navigate the prehistoric jungles of Edward City without the help of Dino Crisis 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide! You?ll find tons of dino-defeating info inside, including:

A sealed section with all secrets and endings revealed
Enemy charts with compete Dino stats
Details for surviving the Crisis
An explanation of the points system
Dino-defeating tactics
A handy map appendix
Coverage of all mini-games
Super-detailed 3D maps
Comprehensive weapons, items, and tool charts
An interview with producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi

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Dino Crisis 2 and Prima's Masterpiece.......2000-09-28

At first I thought the prims series was just some other strategy guide company,but I was wrong. With my buying of the Tomb Raider 1 strategy guide it was proved to be a great company. With the Dino Crisis 1 strategy guide they proved platinum status.Obviously they just get better over time because with the Dino Crisis 2 guide they have become my only strategy guide company to buy from. If you need a good reliable strategy guide for ANYTHING buy from Prima.

Dino Crisis Official Strategy Guide (Brady Games)

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Good, but some errors
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Dino Crisis Official Strategy Guide (Brady Games)
BradyGames
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ASIN: 1566869064

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BradyGames-Dino Crisis: Official Strategy Guide gives you everything you need to rescue Dr. Kirk. Comprehensive Tactics -- All-inclusive, step-by-step strategy guides you through every crisis, helps you solve every puzzle. Detailed Area Maps -- Room-by-toom diagrams show you where to go, pinpoint crucial items, weapons, and upgrades. Expert Training -- Complete gameplay tips show you how to attack and defend against every dinosaur, when to use each weapons how to mix items, and more! Complete Secrets and Bonuses Coverage -- Reveals all hiddne game modes, alternate uniforms and weapons, every plot branch and game ending, and more!

Customer Reviews:

Good, but some errors.......2002-05-01

This game guide is okay, but may not be the best according to others. (I never read any of the other Dino Crisis strategy guides) There are some mistakes, which take of a star in the rating like for example, one of the deceased bodies are named 'Mark Doyle' not 'James Doyle.' I don't know where the author found that. And secondly, the second crane game's instructions from the guide are wrong, they don't work. As far as the walkthrough goes, its pretty straight-forward. There are not plenty of screenshots, but there are enough. The author needs to do some more revising and editing in his future books, and the only reason I rated it 4 stars is because of the errors, otherwise, its an okay game guide.

THE WORST.......2000-01-07

This is the worst game guide book I have ever seen. It is lacking in screen shots, map explanations...everything. The only reason I am giving it one star is because that is the lowest the ratings go. Dino Crisis is a game where you need a little help...and this book offers little. I would suggest going with Prima Publishing...either that or head to Adrenaline Vault...both have much MORE to offer than this waste of money.

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ASIN: 0761533400

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Apache is far and away the most widely used web server platform in the world. This versatile server runs more than half of the world's existing web sites. Apache is both free and rock-solid, running more than 21 million web sites ranging from huge e-commerce operations to corporate intranets and smaller hobby sites. With this new third edition of Apache: The Definitive Guide, web administrators new to Apache will come up to speed quickly, and experienced administrators will find the logically organized, concise reference sections indispensable, and system programmers interested in customizing their servers will rely on the chapters on the API and Apache modules. Updated to cover the changes in Apache's latest release, 2.0, as well as Apache 1.3, this useful guide discusses how to obtain, set up, secure, modify, and troubleshoot the Apache software on both Unix and Windows systems. Dozens of clearly written examples provide the answers to the real-world issues that Apache administrators face everyday. In addition to covering the installation and configuration of mod_perl and Tomcat, the book examines PHP, Cocoon, and other new technologies that are associated with the Apache web server. Additional coverage of security and the Apache 2.0 API make Apache: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition essential documentation for the world's most popular web server.

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Waste of paper.......2006-12-01

Most of the time you can trust O'Reilly technical books. But this dog should be drug out back and shot. It's out of date, it's poorly written, it meanders all over the place. I'm pretty tolerant of technical writing as long as I'm learning what I need to along the way. But at a time when I was highly motivated to get up to speed on Apache I literally gave up and threw this on the floor in frustration. Buy any other book on Apache. This one sucks.

This book is not a tutorial........2006-07-04

This book is not a tutorial on Apache. Forget about this book if you're seeking to implement the ubiquitous LAMP (Linux, Apache, MYSQL, PHP) combination. Perhaps you wish to complement your pursuit of a computer science degree with some resume enhancing practical skills. Or perhaps you're a seeking some IT certifications, or perhaps you're a hobbyist web developer - in all cases this book contains nothing that couldn't be freely found on an internet search engine. Most of the book's chapters consist of a series of Apache's features with each followed by a cryptic discussion that doesn't actually teach you anything. So unless you're a Apache expert looking for a handy reference to keep close at hand then please buy something else. Like a book that actually does the job of teaching you to do something with Apache.

Java 1 there's a good reason.......2006-04-27

Hi,
I read a few weeks ago some reviews complaining that this textbook doesn't deal with recent Java SDK like 4.1 or 5. Then I had trouble ping-ing an XP home pc, so I learned that ping works with ICMP, I thought maybe if I write a little ping-debugger I'd get somewhere near an answer, my PC linux is a Debian, I searched for some ICMP Java classes for Debian, then I found out that the latest Java SDK for Linux is 1.1. So don't put the blame on this Apache manual (IMHO) "il ne peut pas aller plus vite que la musique"

not great but still quite worth of it.......2005-08-07

I partly agree with the downstairs, but can not put it in 1 star.
This book is OK for beginner, both on Win32 and Linux. And with detailed description (yes, it tells what is called NT Service and how to open a MMC to start a service :-) so IT JUST WORKS.
On the other hand, there is a lot of setting with the config, this book contians a long list of explaination with the para, like a ref book. But it does gives you a few good example of CGI (C and Perl).
Still think it is the top apache book on market

This book served its purpose........2005-01-19

Now you may think that there are better books out there. And there maybe. However this book is a "five star" book. I bought this book for a beginning apache class. We were able to follow the instructions and down load the Apache server from the Internet. The only problem we had was with the NIS system that was not anticipated in this book. It was a lot more important to use this book to read the flat files and see how they were related to each other. The section on Extra Modules (chapter 12) gave a way to improve the server and go outside the scope of this book. This book covered more details than I was looking for; this ways different people can use the book to target their particular needs. You can safely say:

"This book has everything you need to set up an apache server."

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Very disappointed
room for improvement
Definitely not for advanced users
Very easy to understand and tells you stuff you need to know
Good thorugh reference for all aspects of tomcat admin

Tomcat: The Definitive Guide
Jason Brittain , and Ian F. Darwin
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Jakarta Tomcat is not only the most commonly used open source servlet engine today, it's become the de facto standard by which other servlet engines are measured. Powerful and flexible, it can be used as a stand-alone web server or in conjunction with another server, like Apache or IIS, to run servlets or JSPs. But mastery of Tomcat is not easy: because it's as complex as it is complete. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide answers vexing questions that users, administrators, and developers alike have been asking. This concise guide provides much needed information to help harness Tomcat's power and wealth of features. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide offers something for everyone who uses Tomcat. System and network administrators will find detailed instructions on installation, configuration, and maintenance. For users, it supplies insightful information on how to deploy Tomcat. And seasoned enterprise Java developers will have a complete reference to setting up, running, and using this powerful software The book begins with an introduction to the Tomcat server and includes an overview of the three types of server configurations: stand-alone, in-process, and out-of-process. The authors show how directories are laid out, cover the initial setup, and describe how to set the environment variables and modify the configuration files, concluding with common errors, problems, and solutions. In subsequent chapters, they cover:

The server.xml configuration file
Java Security manager
Authentication schemes and Tomcat users
The Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Tomcat JDBC Realms
Installing servlets and Java Server Pages
Integrating Tomcat with Apache
Advanced Tomcat configuration

and much more. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide covers all major platforms, including Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Mac OS X, contains details on Tomcat configuration files, and has a quick-start guide to get developers up and running with Java servlets and JavaServer Pages. If you've struggled with this powerful yet demanding technology in the past, this book will provide the answers you need.

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Very disappointed.......2007-03-11

This book is hopelessly incomplete. I'm always having to augment it's contents with on-line information. I just attempted to determine the difference between "path" and "docBase" in the "Context" tag in the server.xml file but again it struck out. All page 175 says is that "context" configures the web application directory within a host. End of story. I strongly suggest that you look to another source for Tomcat.

room for improvement.......2006-04-17

Chap 3: Deploying servlet and JSP Web Applications in Tomcat.
Writing a book about a servlet container whose app deployment methods have most users puzzeled is a challenge. I dont think this book does any better than the online docs (which are bad).

Chap 4: Tomcat performance tuning.
Capacity planning, now thats one area where my knowledge general and tomcatwise is a little thin - the chapter only list the topics but provide no hints or answers. Could have been interesting but wasted my time.

Chap 6: Tomcat security.
Locking down with java policy file, unix chroot and bsd chroot, request filter - wellwritten and very usefull.

Chap 7: Config files and their elements:
Hmm a new way to run the server on lower 1024 ports without root user - why present this now and not in chap 6? A few details from previous chapters repeated - dont the authors two talk together?

Chap 8: Debugging and troubleshooting:
Only the obvious things - too thin.

All in all i found the chapter on security and clustering usefull but the book as a hole seems to lack a clear structure/vision and some chapters dosent do more for me than the lousy online docs. Configuring tomcat is not easy and this book dosent help much. Never the less i like working with tomcat! :)

Definitely not for advanced users.......2006-03-24

This book is for beginners who are not familiar with Tomcat. Or, for users who are just learning how to use it. But not for advanced users.

Very easy to understand and tells you stuff you need to know.......2005-01-15

I'm just getting into JSP/Servlet via Tomcat 4. I found this book very easy to read and understand. I was actually reading through the book at the bookstore. It was exactly what I was looking for as a person with limited UNIX and J2EE experience.

The book clearly tells you what you need to do and tells you how to confirm that something is working. Of greatest interest to me was how Tomcat would be implemented. The book listed the 4 ways to integrate Tomcat with an existing Apache server running in addition to running Tomcat as a stand-alone HTTP server. The book is sensitive to readers that may be running Tomcat on several platforms other than UNIX and XP. I found this book to be informative. I highly recommend it.

Good thorugh reference for all aspects of tomcat admin.......2004-11-13

First note that this book is for tomcat 4, not 5. Hopefully there will soon be an up to date version of this book available.

Note also that this book is from an administrator's perspective, not a developer's. You won't learn how to write custom tag libs from reading this.

Note also that if you are new to tomcat, and just want to get the thing running, there is sufficient on line documentation to do this at the jakarta site. Don't spend money on this book unless you want a solid administration reference.

That being said, it is an great reference to all aspects of tomcat administration. Every element of every configuration file is explained. Also, there is an excellent chapter on tomcat security.

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