Package X, 1988: Informational Copies of Federal Tax Forms/Stk No 048-004-02275-3 & 048-004-02276-1

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The legendary pirate king Blues has been killed by Madame Marciano, the boss of the galactic criminal guild. His bequest to his young daughter Franca is a whopping 10 billion space dollars. But actually getting it is the trick. Blues hid the fortune in a complex, custom-made vault somewhere on the planet Graceland. However, Graceland is now enduring such a violent civil war that the president of the Milky Way Federation is threatening to blow up the planet in a week. Mister, a notorious space pirate, his sidekicks Bishop and Katana, and his longtime rival Swamp must help Franca get to her inheritance before Madame Marciano or private detective Angelica Burns finds it first. With only seven days to achieve the seemingly impossible, and with Madame Marciano’s evil 12 SISTERs hot on the outlaws' trail, it’s anybody’s guess what will happen in this dynamic manga based on the popular anime series.

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The wizardry of Marshall Rogers--but not much else

Coyote Volume 1 (Coyote)
Steve Englehart , Marshall Rogers , and Tom Palmer
Manufacturer: Image Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1582405190

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Hot on the heels of their successful reuniting for DC's Dark Detective, Englehart & Rogers present more of their classic, groundbreaking work. This collection includes the rare 60-page origin story of Coyote, unseen for 20 years - plus the three-part origin series of Scorpio Rose. Yes, three-part... because we're throwing in the legendary unpublished third issue, in the synopsis and layout form it reached before vanishing like a gypsy witch.

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The wizardry of Marshall Rogers--but not much else.......2006-03-18

Collected here are two storylines Steve Engelhart and Marshall Rogers (famous for their collaboration on DC's DETECTIVE a few years earlier) did at the very beginning of the 1980s for Eclipse Comics: COYOTE, a trickster character operating in the American Southwest, and SCORPIO ROSE, a 400 year-old gypsy witch working in Paris. Although both characters have turned out to be fairly longlasting (and pencilled by different artists than Rogers), there's a kind of fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants quality to both the stories here; the SCORPIO ROSE three-parter was never fully completed, and the third part (published for the first time here) is really just a summary of how the story would have ended with some additional layout pages by Mike Bair and others with very very rough finishes by Rogers. The impromptu nature of the storytelling means that it's hard to make much sense of either story; the plots seem made up as it goes along, and it doesn't have the kind of tightness of Engelhart and Rogers' work on Batman in DETECTIVE (or of Rogers and Roger Stern's superb work at about this time on DR. STRANGE). Yet it's worth getting just for Rogers's artwork, done at the peak of his abilities. His tight and careful layouts of cityscapes have almost never been equalled: there's a kind of texture to his work that I've never seen from another comics artist. (Disappointingly, this collection does not include his beautiful DOCTOR ORIENT back-up stories from the two issues of SCORPIO ROSE covered here.)

The Fine Young Chief: Native America's Coyote on the Colorado Plateau (Plateau Magazine, Volume 61, Number 1)

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The Fine Young Chief: Native America's Coyote on the Colorado Plateau (Plateau Magazine, Volume 61, Number 1)

Manufacturer: The Museum of Northern Arizona
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 089734099X

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Historical account of the Coyote in Native American lore from the Colorado Plateau.

Earthquake Spectra: The Professional Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute: Volume 1, Number 3, May 1985: The Morgan Hill Earthquake of April 24, 1984

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Earthquake Spectra: The Professional Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute: Volume 1, Number 3, May 1985: The Morgan Hill Earthquake of April 24, 1984
Bruce A. Bolt , Robert A. Uhrhammer , Robert B. Darragh , A. Gerald Brady , Anthony F. Shakal , Norman A. Abrahamson , Sam W. Swan , David D. Miller , Peter I. Yanev , and William E. Gates
Manufacturer: Earthquake Engineering Research Inst.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Engineering | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

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Contains: "Seismological Aspects" by Bruce A. Bolt, Robert A. Uhrhammer, and Robert B. Darragh; "Strong-Motion Records" by A. Gerald Brady and Anthony F. Shakal; "The 1.29g Acceleration at Coyote Lake Dam: Due to Directivity, a Double Event, or Both?" by Norman A. Abrahamson and Robert B. Darragh; "Effects on Industrial Installations, Buildings, and Other Facilities" by Sam W. Swan, David D. Miller, and Peter I. Yanev; "Effects on United Technologies Corporation" by William E. Gates; "Effects on Hospitals and Public School Buildings" by John F. Meehan; "Performance of Three Engineered Structures" by Simin Naaseh; "Performance of Residential Structures" by David Strykowski; "Effects on Mobile Homes" by Charles D. Kensler; "Investigation of Lifelines" by Anshel J. Schiff, "Effects on Facilities of the Santa Clara Valley Water District" by Robert E. Tepel, "Summary of Highway Bridge Damage" by Richard Land and James Munro; "Emergency Preparedness and Response" by Richard K. Eisner, and "Fire-Related Aspects" by Charles Scawthorn, Gilles Bureau, Craig Jessup, and Robert Delgado. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs maps, and graphs.

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Re-examining what we all thought were obvious truths, Jordan has uncovered the counterfeit bills in our modern-day bank of knowledge.

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Dumb Stuff........2002-07-03

This book is a very poor piece of literature. A lot of the facts that the author says are false are true, and the author is wrong saying that they are false. There are many inaccuracies. Some of these are very much proven facts that the author claims are wrong. I believe it just the author giving his opinion on the things from what he believes to be true. Some of them on the other hand are false.

All in fun.......2001-01-07

Some interesting twists and some corrections on what we mostly assumed to be true: This book is not intended for a serious debunking of popular myth. It is an enjoyable browse or a very fast read and could spark some arguments and debates.

My favorite on is the constantly perpetuated misinformation on the amount of iron in spinach. Sorry, Popeye!

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.......2000-10-23

This book proves the adage that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Many allegedly "screwed-up facts" are simply cute, too-clever-by half twists that the author has cooked up on familiar subjects, and many of these twists are just as screwed up as the facts that the author is allegedly debunking. For example, on page 2, the book asserts that "there are only forty-six states in the United States. Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Massachusetts are commonwealths." Well, okay, those four states do call themselves commonwealths, but doing so obviously does not deprive them of statehood. (A "commonwealth" was simply a term popular in the eighteenth century, particularly around the time of American independence, for describing a political community whose form of government was based on the consent of the governed.) The book contains dozens, if not hundreds, of instances of equally threadbare research and thinking. The author offers no credentials, other than thanking a list of "Mensans" in his acknowledgments; and the book nowhere contains any citation, documentation, or other authority for its "facts," other than a barely page-long introduction in which the author writes that he relied on "encyclopedias, standard references, and specialists." The book's "facts" may supply fodder for some meagerly amusing cocktail-party conversation, but just don't start that conversation in a contentious crowd, because nobody will take your argument seriously if this book is all that is backing you up.

a fun but disappointing book.......1999-09-27

I don't think this is a book of facts somebody screwed up. A lot of the facts are just common beliefs which, taken completely literally, aren't correct, which shouldn't be a big surprise. (Like, "doughnuts do not have holes.") Much of it is filled with interesting facts. But I was still disappointed, since a lot of the facts I knew already, and the author doesn't provide a lot of information about each fact. Still, it's a fun book, although irritating at times.. I was hoping for something with a little more weight.

perfect.......1999-09-16

the best book i ever read. it is wonderfly done

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Humorous but Invalid
Misleading title--neither 1,001, nor facts people screwed up
How does he do it?
pretty good, and very amusing

1,001 More Facts Somebody Screwed Up
Deane Jordan
Manufacturer: Longstreet Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1563523698

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In this sequel to his highly popular 1,001 Facts Somebody Screwed Up, Jordan has unearthed another mother lode of misinformation.

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Humorous but Invalid.......2005-08-31

After reading through the book there are many comical comments. Many, however, are twisted statistics, un-amusing facts, and some others are just plain out wrong.

An example:

Jordan says Nero did not burn rome, but in fact was well away from the fire playing the lyre. (Not in the book, but the source of the phrase "fiddling while Rome burns" and "Get me a fiddle").

While Nero did not start the fire, he did not play the lyre during it either. He was out helping to extinguish the fire (read: grabbing a water bucket, filling, tossing, and hoping for the best).

Another:

Jordan states that not all games the object is to go forwards - that in tug of war, you go backwards.

I enjoyed reading it - it definately makes you think about things. Just be careful before quoting them at a party or re-structuring your pitiful existance around them.

Misleading title--neither 1,001, nor facts people screwed up.......2001-04-14

The original book was mildly amusing--this one scrapes the bottom of the barrel. Many of the "fact someone screwed up" are not. This is just a compendium of trivia--and despite the title, there aren't 1,001 of them either. The author makes prominent note of that, as if providing a disclaimer. Then why the misleading title? MOreover, it seems a good number of the "corrections" provided by the author are based on his own experience. He doesn't cite any sources, so it's not clear why we should take him at his word. The book would read much better if the assorted tidbits of knowledge were organized in some fashion. Instead, they are presented randomly--natural science facts, history facts, literary facts, and so on are all interspersed. On the plus side, the trivia can be interesting--though more detail would have been nice. Each fact is given rather superficial treatment. I think better focus and greater detail would have helped this book a lot.

How does he do it?.......2001-01-07

Author Deane Jordan has come up with yet another series of mistaken beliefs and distorted history. Some of these are rib busting funny, and some amusing cocktail fare, but it's nice to know someone is checking up on common knowledge.

pretty good, and very amusing.......2000-04-06

This is a good book for when your friend cant play and your done with homework. You can re-read it as many times as you want and it's still funny. A good amuser, though it could be better.

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Julia Roberts played a prostitute, famously, in Pretty Woman. So did Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, Jane Fonda in Klute, Anna Karina in Vivre sa vie, Greta Garbo in Anna Christie, and Charlize Theron, who won an Academy Award for Monster. This engaging and generously illustrated study explores the depiction of female prostitute characters and prostitution in world cinema, from the silent era to the present-day industry. From the woman with control over her own destiny to the woman who cannot get away from her pimp, Russell Campbell shows the diverse representations of prostitutes in film.
Marked Women classifies fifteen recurrent character types and three common narratives, many of them with their roots in male fantasy. The “Happy Hooker,” for example, is the liberated woman whose only goal is to give as much pleasure as she receives, while the “Avenger,” a nightmare of the male imagination, represents the threat of women taking retribution for all the oppression they have suffered at the hands of men. The “Love Story,” a common narrative, represents the prostitute as both heroine and anti-heroine, while “Condemned to Death” allows men to manifest, in imagination only, their hostility toward women by killing off the troubled prostitute in an act of cathartic violence.
The figure of the woman whose body is available at a price has fascinated and intrigued filmmakers and filmgoers since the very beginning of cinema, but the manner of representation has also been highly conflicted and fiercely contested. Campbell explores the cinematic prostitute as a figure shaped by both reactionary thought and feminist challenges to the norm, demonstrating how the film industry itself is split by fascinating contradictions.

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Good history, great politics!.......2007-05-18

Campbell not only is a good scholar, he also manages to not offend sex workers with this book. While perhaps not his intent, his remarks reveal an enlightened and progressive view towards sex workers' rights. Thank you!

study of the diverse portrayal of prostitutes in movies .......2006-05-02

"The representation of female prostitution in the movies takes place in a complex, dynamic field in which the forces of male fantasy and patriarchal ideology...merge or collide...." The merging and colliding have given rise to 15 identifiable images of the prostitute--siren, comrade, nursemaid, junkie, baby doll, and martyr, to name some. Campbell--senior lecturer in film studies at a New Zealand university--reviews numerous films mostly from the 1950s on for their portrayals of prostitutes according to one of these images; or sometimes portrayed with a mixing of images though one is usually predominate. In many cases, the images are general labels, or are loosely applied, rather than stereotypes. With changing mores regarding sex, gender dissonance, the bent of "free-market capitalism" to cater to popular culture, and the "interests of female spectatorship [and] varieties of feminist discourse," the character of the prostitute in movies is fluid. Sometimes, a prostitute is even portrayed as virtuous and contrasted with society's moral hypocrisies and sexual ambivalences. And at times, the prostitute represents society's unmet needs and muddled yearnings. Campbell's wide-ranging study based on numerous films in the genre of movies with characters of prostitutes over the past several decades since strict gender roles have been breaking down and formerly taboo subjects have been treated more openly is a benchmark in this area of film studies.

Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema.(Book review): An article from: Cineaste

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Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema.(Book review): An article from: Cineaste
Richard Porton
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000OI097C
Release Date: 2007-03-16

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Author: Richard Porton
Publication: Cineaste (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 32 Issue: 2 Page: 86(3)

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Get your Web site to "show you the money" by using Google to draw more eyes--and wallets--to your content. In this friendly, four-color guide from veteran author and Web developer Eric Giguere, you'll learn all about Google's AdSense program and how you can use it to make your Web site or blog more profitable. Written in an easy-to-read, non-technical style, this book follows three average people--Claude, Stef, and Anita--as they learn to create money-making blogs and Web sites. Through their experiences, you'll learn: basic Web terminology; the Google Adsense nuts and bolts; how to host, build, and publish targeted ads and Google search boxes to your Web site; filter out inappropriate ads; track page performance; drive traffic to your site; and more. A four-part companion Web site features a blog, includes reader resources, and details the techniques discussed in the book.

Online marketers agree that AdSense is one of the best tools you can use to draw dollars to your site. Let Giguere show you how to make the most of Google and have fun doing it!

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Perfect for beginners.......2007-02-12

I have to defend this book. It wasn't written for advanced AdSense users, so it cannot be judged as if it were. I'm an AdSense user, and this is the book I recommend to my non-technical friends and family members who don't understand how I make money from running ads on my Web site. It's perfect for them to learn how to do it too. How else are newbies going to get started if there is no book for them?

Everything Eric writes is knowledgeable, down-to-earth, helpful, and honest. Remember that he had an editor for this book too, so it was probably changed a lot from his usual style. His new book, Uncommon AdSense, probably better reflects his writing style since it didn't have a big publisher. I like his companion blog for this book too. It reflects himself as an honest, smart guy whom you can trust to teach you about AdSense.

Beginner's book.......2006-08-28

The book was a good introduction to creating a web site or blog and monetizing it through adsense...if you're unfamiliar with these things. It would be a good book for me to send to my mom to introduce her to websites/blogs and a way for her to make a few dollars that way.

However, if you're familiar with these things already, then this is probably not the book for you. There are some instructions on how to navigate the adsense site and place ads on your site, etc., but none of the stuff mentioned is rocket science for internet savvy people.

Buy it if you're unfamiliar with this kinda' stuff, but otherwise, look elsewhere for meatier stuff.

It Works!.......2006-07-08

Yes. His ideas work. And he explains his ideas well, using sufficient images to get his points across. You're not going to get rich off AdSense in just 30 days, but if you implement his ideas and suggestions, you will start to make money from your website and blog without having to do much more than provide interesting content.

Go out and buy this book, now!

If you're just starting out ..........2006-06-25

If you're just starting out and "html", "site", "adsense", "ftp", "domain" and "host" sounds like greek to you, this is the perfect book to get you started on your path to prosperity ...

If you however already own a site, and you're already a member of adsense, go check out Erics blog instead. This book will offer you nothing. I kid you not. Absolutely nothing.

I'll pass it on to my girlfriend who's curious and wants to start as well, she'll probably make good use of it.

If you're not a newbie, get Joel Comm's "The Adsense Code" instead. A lot more meaty.

Excellent........2006-06-24

This is an excellent book for the people who are new to Adsense and online marketing.

Peachpit Press.(Make Easy Money with Google Using the Adsense Advertising Program)(Cool Mac APPs: A Guide to iLife 05, .Mac and More)(Photoshop CS2 Help ... Review): An article from: The Bookwatch

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Peachpit Press.(Make Easy Money with Google Using the Adsense Advertising Program)(Cool Mac APPs: A Guide to iLife 05, .Mac and More)(Photoshop CS2 Help ... Review): An article from: The Bookwatch
Gale Reference Team
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Bookwatch, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 417 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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Title: Peachpit Press.(Make Easy Money with Google Using the Adsense Advertising Program)(Cool Mac APPs: A Guide to iLife 05, .Mac and More)(Photoshop CS2 Help Desk Book)(Get the Image You Want: Essential Photoshop Editing Techniques)(Book Review)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Bookwatch (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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