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Author: Danielle Denega
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 2007-03-01
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781417784134
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor use in schools and libraries only. This book profiles the career of a forensic artist, describing the types of cases they work on and the skills and education needed for this field of work.
Author: Erskine Caldwell
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 082031692X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the middle years of the Great Depression, Erskine Caldwell and photographer Margaret Bourke-White spent eighteen months traveling across the back roads of the Deep South--from South Carolina to Arkansas--to document the living conditions of the sharecropper. Their collaboration resulted in You Have Seen Their Faces, a graphic portrayal of America's desperately poor rural underclass. First published in 1937, it is a classic comparable to Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives, and James Agee and Walker Evans's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, which it preceded by more than three years. Caldwell lets the poor speak for themselves. Supported by his commentary, they tell how the tenant system exploited whites and blacks alike and fostered animosity between them. Bourke-White, who sometimes waited hours for the right moment, captures her subjects in the shacks where they lived, the depleted fields where they plowed, and the churches where they worshipped.
Author: David Thomson
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 1025
ISBN-13: 0375711341
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Including masterpieces, oddities, guilty pleasures, and classics (with just a few disasters)"--Cover.
Author: Rafe Martin
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1992-04-29
Total Pages: 19
ISBN-13: 1524740780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Algonquin Indian folklore comes one of the most haunting, powerful versions of the Cinderella tale ever told. In a village by the shores of Lake Ontario lived an invisible being. All the young women wanted to marry him because he was rich, powerful, and supposedly very handsome. But to marry the invisible being the women had to prove to his sister that they had seen him. And none had been able to get past the sister's stern, all-knowing gaze. Then came the Rough-Face girl, scarred from working by the fire. Could she succeed where her beautiful, cruel sisters had failed?
Author: David Thomson
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2008-10-14
Total Pages: 1026
ISBN-13: 0307270521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1975, David Thomson published his Biographical Dictionary of Film, and few film books have enjoyed better press or such steady sales. Now, thirty-three years later, we have the companion volume, a second book of more than 1,000 pages in one voice—that of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian. Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, this sweeping collection presents the films that Thomson offers in response to the question he gets asked most often—“What should I see?” This new book is a generous history of film and an enticing critical appraisal written with as much humor and passion as historical knowledge. Not content to choose his own top films (though they are here), Thomson has created a list that will surprise and delight you—and send you to your best movie rental service. But he also probes the question: after one hundred years of film, which ones are the best, and why? “Have You Seen . . . ?” suggests a true canon of cinema and one that’s almost completely accessible now, thanks to DVDs. This book is a must for anyone who loves the silver screen: the perfect confection to dip into at any point for a taste of controversy, little-known facts, and ideas about what to see. This is a volume you’ll want to return to again and again, like a dear but argumentative friend in the dark at the movies.
Author: Benjamin Zephaniah
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-07-04
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 1408825422
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'A brilliant first novel' Guardian In the moving and compelling debut novel from Benjamin Zephaniah, a young man's life is completely changed when his face is badly scarred in a car accident. Martin seems to have it all. He's cool, funny, and he's the undisputed leader of the Gang of Three, who roam their East London estate during the holidays looking for fun. But one night after the Gang leave a late night rap club, Martin accepts a ride from Pete, a Raider's Posse gang member. Too late, he realises that the car is stolen, and that the police are after them. What happens next will change Martin's life and looks, and show him the true meaning of strength, courage, discrimination and friendship. Brilliantly written and with a real ear for dialogue, fans of Angie Thomas and Malorie Blackman will love Benjamin Zephaniah's novels for young adult readers: Refugee Boy Face Gangsta Rap Teacher's Dead
Author: David Barrow
Publisher: Gecko Press (Tm)
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1776570081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKElephant wants to play hide and seek. See if you can help the others find him--he's very good at hiding This tale of absurdity is perfect for sharing with children who will love finding Elephant (and being faster at it than the boy in the book ). Watch out for the dog and the tortoise, too . . .
Author: Steve Taravella
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2013-05-17
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 1604739061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMoviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable nurses, nuns, and housekeepers to life on screen and stage. Wickes (1910–1995) was part of some of the most significant moments in film, television, theatre, and radio history. On that frightening night in 1938 when Orson Welles recorded his earth-shattering “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, Wickes was waiting on another soundstage for him for a rehearsal of Danton's Death, oblivious to the havoc taking place outside. When silent film star Gloria Swanson decided to host a live talk show on this new thing called television, Wickes was one of her first guests. When Lucille Ball made one of her first TV appearances, Wickes appeared with her—and became Lucy's closest friend for more than thirty years. Wickes was the original Mary Poppins, long before an umbrella carried Julie Andrews across the rooftops of London. And when Disney began creating 101 Dalmatians, Wickes was asked to pose for animators trying to capture the evil of Cruella De Vil. The pinched-face actress who cracked wise by day became a confidante to some of the day's biggest stars by night, including Bette Davis and Doris Day. Bolstered by interviews with almost three hundred people, and by private correspondence from Ball, Davis, Day, and others, Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before includes scores of never-before-shared anecdotes about Hollywood and Broadway. In the process, it introduces readers to a complex woman who sustained a remarkable career for sixty years.
Author: James L. Connolly
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2010-06-10
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 1452016720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe main character, Jim, is sixty two years old and retired. The first part of the year he stole a semi truck filled with billions of dollars and that put him in the middle of a game he really didn't want to play. The Novel “The Pawn in The Game” In this new Novel the game gets bigger and more dangerous. The enemy that Jim thought he had destroyed was alive and well. With the help of all his family and friends he tries to stay alive. And as Jim would say “Do the next right thing. The third and final Novel in this trilogy has been written, but not yet published; the name will be “The New Beginning.”
Author: Dale McMillan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2010-06-30
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1453525068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFredrick Overall was one of those surprise babies, born to a 39 year old mom and 40 year old dad. He was a nuisance to his older siblings as well as his father, but dearly loved by his mom. Born into a family of strapping athletes, Frail Freddy as he became known, uses his brilliant but quirky mind to cope with his family and outwit a town filled with corrupt politicians. After tragedy strikes his family, he educates himself and builds a dynamic and very successful business. Fredricks humor and insight into human nature make him a formidable enemy to the power brokers in the town of Pressley, Texas
