Hispania

Hispania

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1923

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13:

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Vol. 1 includes "Organization number," published Nov. 1917.


The Leamington Italian Community

The Leamington Italian Community

Author: Walter Temelini

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2019-07-18

Total Pages: 649

ISBN-13: 0773555862

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The Leamington Italian Community intertwines personal and family stories with both empirical and intuitive writing to offer new historical insights into the complex social, economic, and psychological causes and effects of the migration phenomenon. Walter Temelini meticulously reconstructs the history of immigration and settlement in Leamington, Ontario, of Italians from the southern regions of Lazio, Molise, and Sicily. He explains how, despite their regional differences, three generations between 1925 and the 1990s forged a cohesive, socially conscious, and unique agricultural community by balancing their inherited values and their newly adopted Canadian economic opportunities. Temelini's groundbreaking research draws on testimonial and documentary evidence gathered from in-depth interviews with hundreds of residents, as well as on original archival information and Italian-language histories translated by the author and previously unavailable to English-speaking readers. He concludes his study with an investigation into the award-winning novel Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci, one of the community's most celebrated descendants. Drawing parallels between Ricci's narrative and the development of the community, Temelini demonstrates that ethnicity can be transformed successfully into a powerful universal archetype, and a creative force of identity. A pioneering and authoritative work, The Leamington Italian Community creates an intimate portrait within a global framework, delving into issues both timely and timeless, that will interest and inform the general and specialized reader alike.


Documents

Documents

Author: Boston (Mass.). School Committee

Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 1120

ISBN-13:

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The Bikini Girl

The Bikini Girl

Author: Andrea Anderson

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-04-14

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 3751913599

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A mysterious girl who has lost her memory is rescued from the sea by an Alaskan deep-sea fishing vessel. She is wearing nothing but a bikini. Who is this strange beauty? How did she get here? How could she survive in the icy water? Two brothers, both sharing the captaincy on their ship, and their best friend, also a captain, help her trying to uncover her identity and give her a place to live on their ships. But it is not long before they slide into a chaos of emotions. The unusual behavior of the stranger during her eventful stay as well as her captivating effect on the captains quickly spark rumors among the fishermen and inevitably evoke associations with mermaid myths. But at a time, when no one seriously believes in the existence of supernatural sea creatures anymore, almost everyone is convinced that there will soon be a logical explanation for the enigmatic Bikini Girl. No one knows what incredible truth and what destiny still await the girl, her three captains and the entire fishing community.


The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

Author: David Thomson

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 1090

ISBN-13: 0307271749

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Thomson (independent scholar), writing of The Biographical Dictionary of Film (aka A Biographical Dictionary of the Cinema, 1975 edition), described it as "a personal, opinionated, and obsessive biographical dictionary of the cinema." Thirty-five years and several editions later, that description still holds true of this expanded work. The new dictionary summarizes salient facts about its subjects' lives and discusses their film credits in terms of the quality of the filmmakers' work. In ambition it has competitors, including Leslie Halliwell's various editions of Halliwell's Filmgoers Companion (12th ed., 1997) and Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies, edited by John Walker (4th ed., rev. and updated, 2006), which cover films and technical terms (categories not included in Thomson's), but whose entries are neutral and exceedingly brief. Additionally, Francophile Richard Roud's edited Cinema: A Critical Dictionary: The Major Filmmakers (2 v., 1980) is as passionate a work as Thomson's, but narrower in scope, with entries written by various experts, rather than only by Roud. Finally, the multivolume magnum opus The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (4th ed., 2000, ed. by T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast; 2nd ed., ed. by N. Thomas, v. 1, CH, May'91; 1st ed., ed. by C. Lyon, v.1-2, CH, Jan'85, v.3, CH, Apr'87, v.4-5, CH, Jun'88) covers everything--films, directors, actors, writers, and production artists--with generous, measured, scholarly entries and lavish illustrations. However, it looms large and heavy, unlike the handy one-volume work by Thomson. Arguably, Thomson's work, for its scope, is the most fun, the most convenient, and the most engaging title. All libraries supporting people interested in film should buy it. It will get lots of use and provide very good value for the money. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. General Readers; Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty; Professionals/Practitioners. Reviewed by C. Hendershott.


The Old West in the Old World

The Old West in the Old World

Author: Bret Harte

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780826337641

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Presents the plays "The Luck of Roaring Camp," by Bret Harte, and "The Prince of Timbuctoo," by Sam Davis.