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Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (328 download)
Download or read book Thrills of a Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Max Blue
Publisher : PublishAmerica
ISBN 13 : 1627728910
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's Phillies: Baseball Thrills in Three Centuries written by Max Blue and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2011-01-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the work of a baseball fan. By accident of Geography, a Phillies fan who continues to wonder why it is so important to win, but once the game is on, tries to put aside Umpire's failings, and just dissolve into the rhythm and beauty of the game The book begins with the 1883 Phillies, and includes more than 300 limericks, covering every game of the 2009 and 2010 Philadelphia Phillies seasons.
Author : Terhi Rannela
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Twenty-one st. 21st century thrill: Blown away written by Terhi Rannela and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gary Cross
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231513119
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Men to Boys written by Gary Cross and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage, and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one character the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic books, extreme sports, and dressing down, the boy-man would rather devote an afternoon to Grand Theft Auto than plan his next career move. He would rather prolong the hedonistic pleasures of youth than embrace the self-sacrificing demands of adulthood. When did maturity become the ultimate taboo? Men have gone from idolizing Cary Grant to aping Hugh Grant, shunning marriage and responsibility well into their twenties and thirties. Gary Cross, renowned cultural historian, identifies the boy-man and his habits, examining the attitudes and practices of three generations to make sense of this gradual but profound shift in American masculinity. Cross matches the rise of the American boy-man to trends in twentieth-century advertising, popular culture, and consumerism, and he locates the roots of our present crisis in the vague call for a new model of leadership that, ultimately, failed to offer a better concept of maturity. Cross does not blame the young or glorify the past. He finds that men of the "Greatest Generation" might have embraced their role as providers but were confused by the contradictions and expectations of modern fatherhood. Their uncertainty gave birth to the Beats and men who indulged in childhood hobbies and boyish sports. Rather than fashion a new manhood, baby-boomers held onto their youth and, when that was gone, embraced Viagra. Without mature role models to emulate or rebel against, Generation X turned to cynicism and sensual intensity, and the media fed on this longing, transforming a life stage into a highly desirable lifestyle. Arguing that contemporary American culture undermines both conservative ideals of male maturity and the liberal values of community and responsibility, Cross concludes with a proposal for a modern marriage of personal desire and ethical adulthood.
Author : Carl Hiaasen
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN 13 : 0307767426
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Native Tongue written by Carl Hiaasen and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author comes a novel in which dedicated, if somewhat demented, environmentalists battle sleazy real estate developers in the Florida Keys. "Rips, zips, hurtles, keeping us turning the pages at breakfinger pace." —New York Times Book Review When the precious clue-tongued mango voles at the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills on North Key Largo are stolen by heartless, ruthless thugs, Joe Winder wants to uncover why, and find the voles. Joe is lately a PR man for the Amazing Kingdom theme park, but now that the voles are gone, Winder is dragged along in their wake through a series of weird and lethal events that begin with the sleazy real-estate agent/villain Francis X. Kingsbury and can end only one way....
Author : Bryan Senn
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476635714
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book "Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills!" written by Bryan Senn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1950s, to combat declining theater attendance, film distributors began releasing pre-packaged genre double-bills--including many horror and science fiction double features. Though many of these films were low-budget and low-end, others, such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Horror of Dracula and The Fly, became bona fide classics. Beginning with Universal-International's 1955 pairing of Revenge of the Creature and Cult of the Cobra, 147 officially sanctioned horror and sci-fi double-bills were released over a 20-year period. This book presents these double features year-by-year, and includes production details, historical notes, and critical commentary for each film.
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Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Motion Picture Herald written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jacob Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520952367
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Thrill Makers written by Jacob Smith and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and popular fame with public feats of daring. Many of these feats—jumping off bridges, climbing steeples and buildings, swimming incredible distances, or doing tricks with wild animals—had their basis in the manual trades or in older entertainments like the circus. In The Thrill Makers, Jacob Smith shows how turn-of-the-century bridge jumpers, human flies, lion tamers, and stunt pilots first drew crowds to their spectacular displays of death-defying action before becoming a crucial, yet often invisible, component of Hollywood film stardom. Smith explains how these working-class stunt performers helped shape definitions of American manhood, and pioneered a form of modern media celebrity that now occupies an increasingly prominent place in our contemporary popular culture.
Author : Mary Simon
Publisher : Lumina Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Racing Through the Century written by Mary Simon and published by Lumina Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Eclipse Award-winning author Simon, contributing editor of "Thoroughbred Times, " and filled with dramatic historical photos capturing some of the greatest racing moments, this book will catapult readers into the fast-paced and exciting world of racing. 195 photos.
Author : Mark Alice Durant
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Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dressed for Thrills written by Mark Alice Durant and published by . This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Whimsical array of ghosts and goblins, spooks and skeletons, animals and nursery-room characters parade through this unparalleled collection of more than one hundred years of American Halloween costumes and masquerade. Photographer Phyllis Galembo approaches her subjects with the delight and wonder of one who has discovered an entire cast of characters backstage in an abandoned theater. Through her lens, the costumes rise from the dead to once again dance, play, and amuse. Ranging from handmade to store-bought, satin to polyester, the masks, wigs, and costumes, whether recognizable figures or obscure, pique our childhood memories. In her celebration of Halloween revelry, Galembo never settles for the ordinary; instead she creates evocative scenes of dressed-to-scare young trick-or-treaters "modeling" their disguises and of undead spirits haunting their surroundings. The costumes, which span over a century, take on magical qualities through fanciful sets and specialized lighting effects. Accompanying the costumes is a history of this always-popular holiday and essays discussing Galembo's inspirations and techniques. Through her art, Galembo allows us to act out our youthful fantasies of transformation -- to become, or at least observe, what we most want to be: free of inhibitions, of fixed notions of identity. Her images make us laugh and dream and maybe even believe in ghosts. Book jacket.
Author : Brian J. Cudahy
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823222926
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)
Download or read book A Century of Subways written by Brian J. Cudahy and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred years after the first new electric trains pulled out of New York's City Hall station on October 24, 1904, Cudahy offers this fascinating tribute to the world the subway created.
Author : Kansas City Centennial Association
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Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Kansas City Centennial written by Kansas City Centennial Association and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 766 pages
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Download or read book John O'London's Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Howes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474233171
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book A Cultural History of the Senses in the Modern Age written by David Howes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 20th century, many aspects of life became 'a matter of perception' in the wake of the multiplication of media, stylistic experimentation, and the rise of multiculturalism. Life sped up as a result of new modes of transportation – automobiles and airplanes – and communication – telephones and personal computers – which emphasized the rapid movement of people and ideas. The proliferation of synthetic products and simulated experiences, from artificial flavors to video games, in turn, created heady virtual worlds of sensation. This progressive mediation and acceleration of sensation, along with the sensory and environmental pollution it often spawned, also sparked various countertrends, such as the 'back to nature' movement, the craft movement, slow food and alternative medicine. This volume shows how attending to the sensory dynamics of the modern age yields many fresh insights into the intertwined processes which gave the 20th century its particular feel of technological prowess and gaudy artificiality. A Cultural History of the Senses in the Modern Age presents essays on the following topics: the social life of the senses; urban sensations; the senses in the marketplace; the senses in religion; the senses in philosophy and science; medicine and the senses; the senses in literature; art and the senses; and sensory media.
Author : Wilhelm Hortmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521343862
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Shakespeare on the German Stage: Volume 2, The Twentieth Century written by Wilhelm Hortmann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-05-28 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare has been a central figure in German literature and theatre. This book tells the story of Shakespeare in the German-speaking theatre against the background of German culture and politics in the twentieth century. It follows the earlier volume by Simon Williams on the reception of Shakespeare during the previous 300 years (Shakespeare on the German Stage, 1586-1914). Hortmann concentrates on the two most important and fruitful periods: the years of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) and the turbulent decades of the sixties and seventies, when the German theatre was revitalised by a stormy marriage of avant-garde art and revolutionary politics. A section by Maik Hamburger covers developments in the theatres of the German Democratic Republic. Hortmann focuses on the most representative and colourful directors and actors, describing and illustrating individual productions as examples of particular trends or movements.
Author : Jeremy J. Smith
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415132738
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (151 download)
Download or read book An Historical Study of English written by Jeremy J. Smith and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through his analysis of selected major developments in the history of English, Smith argues that the history of language can only be understood from a dynamic perspective, and internal linguistic change mechanisms cannot be explained in isolation.
Author : Shana Corey
Publisher : Anne Schwartz Books
ISBN 13 : 0375870717
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)
Download or read book The Secret Subway written by Shana Corey and published by Anne Schwartz Books. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an acclaimed author and a New York Times Best Illustrated artist comes the fascinating, little-known—and true!—story of New York City’s first subway. New York City in the 1860s was a mess: crowded, disgusting, filled with garbage. You see, way back in 1860, there were no subways, just cobblestone streets. That is, until Alfred Ely Beach had the idea for a fan-powered train that would travel underground. On February 26, 1870, after fifty-eight days of drilling and painting and plastering, Beach unveiled his masterpiece—and throngs of visitors took turns swooshing down the track. The Secret Subway will wow readers, just as Beach’s underground train wowed riders over a century ago. A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids, 2016
