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The Facts on File English/Spanish Visual Dictionary: Look Up the Word from the Picture : Find the Picture from the Word (Facts on File English/Spani)
Jean-Claude Corbeil , and Ariana Archambault Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0816015465 |
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ESL help.......2003-09-07
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Forbidden Films: Censorship Histories of 125 Motion Pictures (Facts on File Library of World Literature)
Dawn B. Sova Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0816043361 |
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Since the earliest days of the film industry, mainstream films have been banned for their sexual, religious, social, and political content. Forbidden Films traces the efforts to censor 125 films, ranging from the silent Birth of a Nation to Schlindler's List. This fascinating reference examines the continued efforts to regulate the industry, providing a summary of each banned film-including production details, censorship history, and suggestions for further reading. Coverage includes:
* Early efforts to regulate the movie industry, such as the Hays Code in 1922 and the Motion Picture Production Code in 1930
* The emergence of the Catholic League of Decency, which wielded extensive power for nearly forty years
* The reasoning behind different types of film censorship-including racism and anti-Semitism, sexual "indecency," and the fear of Communism
* Classic and contemporary films that have faced censorship, for sexual content (Last Tango in Paris, A Streetcar Named Desire), social content (Basic Instinct, Of Human Bondage), political content (Anna and the King, Revenge at Daybreak), religious content (La Dolce Vita, The Last Temptation of Christ), and violence content (Natural Born Killers, Scarface)
* Appendixes profiling the directors of the banned films, films classified according to the reason for their censorship or ban, and a listing of 125 additional challenged, censored, and banned films.
Customer Reviews:
Disappointing.......2005-05-24
Hugely inaccurate.......2003-02-12
Or how about the reference to a film receiving an R rating from the MPAA *several years prior to the establishment of the MPAA's rating system*?
Had this been a book of insights or analysis, a few such lapses might have been forgivable. But this is a dry reference work, with little interpretation by the author: and dry reference works require a higher standard of accuracy.
A touch of free speech with a sense of lacking.......2002-09-27
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Facts on File English-Chinese Visual Dictionary: Look Up the Word from the Picture, Find the Picture from the Word
Jean-Claude Corbeil , and Mein-Ven Lee Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0816020434 |
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The Facts on File Visual Dictionary (Facts on File)
Jean-Claude Corbeil Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0816015449 |
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Containing more than 25,000 terms that match up with 3,000 black-and-white illustrations, The Facts on File Visual Dictionary is perfect for anyone who desires a wide range of detailed graphic knowledge from a variety of areas. The Facts on File Visual Dictionary not only provides a wealth of pictures, graphics, and illustrations--listed by theme in an easy-to-follow table of contents--but also lets readers start from just one word, providing a series of indexes broken into thematic and specialized sections to help them find what they're after. These sections cross-reference each other nicely, making it simple for the dedicated linguistics student to track down pictures of everything from an accordion pleat to an accordion bag by just flipping a few pages.Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2007-07-13
Saves many percious minutes of searching for the word.......2007-03-04
A Feast for the Eyes and Brain.......2006-05-17
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The Picture reference file
Manufacturer: Hart Pub. Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0805511601 |
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The Facts on File Junior Visual Dictionary
Jean-Claude Corbeil , and Ariane Archambault Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0816022224 |
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The picture file in school, college, and public libraries (Useful reference series)
Norma Olin Ireland Manufacturer: F.W. Faxon Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007DRG9S |
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Parole Board files paint sordid picture; Grant's mind reportedly filled with disturbing fantasies.(City): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
Gale Reference Team Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000R385SO Release Date: 2007-05-21 |
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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on May 17, 2007. The length of the article is 878 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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The Picture Reference File: Compendium
Manufacturer: Crown Publishing Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0805511857 |
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Hotel Lachapelle
Manufacturer: Bulfinch ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0821226363 |
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This second boxed book of David LaChapelle's photographs (LaChapelle Land is the first) ends with a beautifully written commentary by LaChapelle himself offering readers insight into the book and his photographic process: "And when people come for a photo session with me, they are giving themselves over, sort of checking in. When you stay at a hotel you're living for one day in a place where you don't normally live. That feeling can be true with photographs, too." LaChapelle's photographs can be spotted a mile away. If you read magazines, you know his work: it jumps out like none other with the expertly created environments and alternate realities in which he places his subjects. These universes are complete and constantly evolving to fit dynamic personalities. Hotel LaChapelle is filled with a celebrity cast as well as what LaChapelle calls "characters on the peripheries." The colors are as vibrant and inorganic as the settings that encapsulate his models. In this world, heads are sewn onto different-colored bodies, a nurse holds a face with a pair of tweezers, Marilyn Manson works as a school crossing guard, Madonna is a Krishna goddess, Leonard DiCaprio becomes Marlon Brando, and Ewan McGregor's face peers into a dollhouse while his body bleeds from a gunshot wound fired from Barbie's diminutive gun. The list goes on, and what it says about LaChapelle's vision is that excess is never too much. --Amra BrooksBook Description
This second boxed book of David LaChapelle's photographs (LaChapelle Land is the first) ends with a beautifully written commentary by LaChapelle himself offering readers insight into the book and his photographic process: "And when people come for a photo session with me, they are giving themselves over, sort of checking in. When you stay at a hotel you're living for one day in a place where you don't normally live. That feeling can be true with photographs, too." LaChapelle's photographs can be spotted a mile away. If you read magazines, you know his work: it jumps out like none other with the expertly created environments and alternate realities in which he places his subjects. These universes are complete and constantly evolving to fit dynamic personalities. Hotel LaChapelle is filled with a celebrity cast as well as what LaChapelle calls "characters on the peripheries." The colors are as vibrant and inorganic as the settings that encapsulate his models. In this world, heads are sewn onto different-colored bodies, a nurse holds a face with a pair of tweezers, Marilyn Manson works as a school crossing guard, Madonna is a Krishna goddess, Leonard DiCaprio becomes Marlon Brando, and Ewan McGregor's face peers into a dollhouse while his body bleeds from a gunshot wound fired from Barbie's diminutive gun. The list goes on, and what it says about LaChapelle's vision is that excess is never too much. --Amra BrooksCustomer Reviews:
Perfect.......2007-06-08
If you like La Chappele, you'll love this book.......2007-06-07
Great Photographs!.......2007-01-10
A Visual Vibrant Feast!.......2006-05-12
LaChapelle Review.......2005-12-02
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Hotel Lachapelle French Edition
David Lachapelle ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 2909450589 |
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Hotel LaChapelle
Manufacturer: TURNAROUND PUBLISHER ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GWJA7G |
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Hotel Lachapelle Photographs
David Lachapelle Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N7IPHK |
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Strangers In Paradise Book 15: Tomorrow Now (Strangers in Paradise (Graphic Novels))
Terry Moore Manufacturer: Abstract Studio ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1892597276 |
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This volume marks a revival in the series, with fresh art and storyline. Katchoo has begun a new life as a painter, and finds success at her first showing when an anonymous patron begins buying up her art at any price. Katchoo suspects the buyer is David and is determined to find him.
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Having a Baby Can Be a Scream
Manufacturer: Avon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000EPY5JS |
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Having a Baby Can Be a Scream
Joan Rivers Manufacturer: Avon Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0380002922 |
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Her Best Book.......2004-07-27
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Having a baby can be a scream
Joan Rivers Manufacturer: AVON BOOKS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UDSPWM |
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Having a Baby Can be a Scream
Joan Rivers Manufacturer: Avon Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000OMGRU6 |
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HAVING A BABY CAN BE A SCREAM
Joan Rivers Manufacturer: Avon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000MWFNJO |
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Having a Baby Can Be a Scream
Joan Rivers Manufacturer: AVON BOOKS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000PX57GY |
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Having a Baby Can be a Scream
Joan Rivers Manufacturer: Avon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000O5EJ26 |
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Having a Baby can be a Scream by Joan Rivers.......2007-06-21
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Having a Baby Can Be a Scream Signed
Joan Rivers Manufacturer: J P TARCHER INC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000TTNTG4 |
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Short Orders: Film Writing (Essays)
Jonathan Romney Manufacturer: Serpent's Tail ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1852425121 |
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Nice simple book.......2000-04-21
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The New Oxford History of Music: Volume X: The Modern Age 1890-1960 (The New Oxford History of Music, Vol.10)
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0193163101 |
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The Modern Age 1890-1960 New Oxford History of Music Volume X
Cooper Martin Manufacturer: Oxford UP ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000UIVSEO |
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The Modern Age 1890-1960 New Oxford History of Music Volume X
Cooper Martin Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OJS5PO |
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Germans in the New World: ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION (Statue of Liberty Ellis Island)
Frederick C. Luebke Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0252068475 |
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Germans in the New World: Essays in the History of Immigration
Frederick C. Luebke Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OQBBOE |
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Germans in the New World: Essays in the History of Immigration (Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series)
Frederick C. Luebke Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OQ2QIO |
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Inspecting a House (For Pros by Pros)
Rex Cauldwell Manufacturer: Taunton ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1561584622 Release Date: 2001-02-15 |
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Inspecting a House, aimed at home buyers, real estate agents, and inspectors, discusses all major problem areas in the process in a logical sequence; covers everything from storage tanks to chimney flashing; and shows how to analyze every system in a house.Customer Reviews:
For pros.......2007-07-12
great resource.......2007-02-09
A better H.I .text.......2006-09-19
The positive reviews are too good to be true........2006-06-08
An excellent primer for the beginning inspector or prospective home buyer.......2006-05-22
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Inspecting a House: A Guide for Buyers, Owners, and Renovators
Carson Dunlop & Associates Ltd. Manufacturer: Kaplan Business ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0793180546 Release Date: 2004-04-01 |
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A new home should be a financial investment, not a financial drain. Homeowners often realize too late that the property they’ve purchased is in need of costly repairs. Now you can protect yourself before you make a purchase by conducting a thorough home inspection. Seasoned real estate inspectors Alan Carson and Robert Dunlop will help you master the techniques of professional home inspection. This all-inclusive guide, filled with clear and detailed illustrations, will show you:
• What to inspect yourself and what to leave to the experts
• Which materials are the most durable when it comes to gutters, exterior walls, and roof
• How to check the fuse box or circuit breaker panel for trouble spots
• How to identify pipe materials used in plumbing systems and evaluate a septic system
• What you need to know about floors, doors, windows, walls, and much more
For those who want to perform their own renovations, this book features such useful resources as a breakdown of typical renovation costs and a sample construction contract to help do-it-yourselfers avoid common construction pitfalls. Inspecting a House is a valuable resource that will save you time, money, and the endless frustrations of unforeseen home repairs.
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Good book for the price.......2006-03-18
An excellent guide for home owners and home inspectors.......2000-11-24
The pictures, which come from the "Illustrated Home" series of books are clear and certainly worth a thousand words each.
In addition to the technical explanations of the various systems of the house, there is a section devoted to the renovation process, dealing with architects, and information on contracts and budgeting.
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A Practical Guide to Inspecting Heating and Cooling
Roy Newcomer Manufacturer: Amer Home Inspectors Training Inst ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 192854505X |
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Information for the inspector, investor, appraiser, home buyer, home owner and handyman regarding heating and coolingCustomer Reviews:
HVAC for Home Inspectors.......2000-04-27
A Practical Guide to Inspecting Heating & Cooling.......2000-03-03
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Healthy Home Kit: Inspecting for Environmental Hazards Working With Professionals to Avoid Risks Cleaning Up Radon, Lead, Asbestos and More!
Ingrid Ritchie , and Stephen John Martin Manufacturer: Dearborn Financial Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0793108985 |
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A Practical Guide to Inspecting Structure
Roy Newcomer Manufacturer: Amer Home Inspectors Training Inst ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1928545009 |
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Information for the inspector, investor, appraiser, home buyer, home owner and handyman regarding structure
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A Practical Guide to Inspecting Exteriors
Roy Newcomber Manufacturer: Amer Home Inspectors Training Inst ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1928545017 |
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Information for the inspector, investor, appraiser, home buyer, home owner and handyman regarding exteriors
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A Practical Guide to Inspecting Electrical
Roy Newcomer Manufacturer: Amer Home Inspectors Training Inst ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1928545041 |
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Information for the inspector, investor, appraiser, home buyer, home owner and handyman regarding electricalCustomer Reviews:
Electrical for Home Inspectors.......2000-04-27
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A Practical Guide to Inspecting Plumbing
Roy Newcomer Manufacturer: Amer Home Inspectors Training Inst ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1928545033 |
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Information for the inspector, investor, appraiser, home buyer, home owner and handyman regarding plumbing
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Inspecting a Home or Income Property (Inspecting a Home Or Income Property)
Jim Yuen Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0898151848 |
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Century 21 Guide to Inspecting Your Home
Century 21 Manufacturer: Dearborn Trade Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0793117844 |
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