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Willing to Learn: Passages of Personal Discovery
Mary Catherine Bateson Manufacturer: Steerforth ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1586420801 Release Date: 2004-10-12 |
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WRITER AND EDUCATOR Mary Catherine Bateson is best known for the proposal that lives should be looked at as compositions, each one an artistic creation expressing individual responses to the unexpected. This collection can be read as a memoir of unfolding curiosity, for it brings together essays and occasional pieces, many of them previously unpublished or unknown to readers who know the author only from her books, written in the course of an unconventional career.Customer Reviews:
What a treat..........2005-03-15
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Life and Times of Bobby Jones: Portrait of a Gentleman
Sidney L. Matthew Manufacturer: Impregnable Quadrilateral Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0963488716 |
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Bobby Jones will stand forever unique in the world of golf, and perhaps even unique in the world of sport. He remained an amateur throughout his amazing career and found himself on the pinnacle of all golf achievements-The Grand Slam-a feat not duplicated by any other golfer to this day. This accomplishment might have constituted a seat to rest on for the ordinary man but, for Bobby, it merely served as a springboard to launch a myriad of other extraordinary achievements and experiences. Throughout his life, Jones remained the consummate gentleman, observed by his contemporaries to be comprised of equal proportions of "courtesy, consideration, humanity, and humor."Customer Reviews:
Great photo essays.......2006-03-24
Fun book.......1999-12-13
Good content, a little disorganized........1999-10-08
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Public Television: Politics and the Battle over Documentary Film (Communications, Media and Culture Series)
B. J. Bullert Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0813524709 |
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B.J. Bullert's preface to Public Television illustrates her point with damning clarity. Just as she thought everything was in place--an award-winning documentary filmmaker on board, two years of research, a $100,000 grant--PBS began to flex its censorship muscles on the timely (and already approved) documentary God and Money. This was to be a one-hour program about the U.S. Catholic bishops' pastoral letter that indicted the government for its inhumane and shortsighted economic policies. It actually did get aired (and on the very day the bishops released their letter); however, Bullert's frustrating experience with PBS planted the seed for this book: an investigation of the complicated interplay of public television's needs and interests and their impact on independent documentary film.Getting inside the minds of PBS programmers was one of Bullert's goals, and to do this, she immersed himself in their culture. She uncovers a system devoted to keeping its power elite in place, one vested in a certain, safe way of presenting views and controversies that in no way might threaten its corporate-funding sources. This may seem an obvious conclusion, but Bullert combines scholarly precision with on-site investigative reporting to dramatize how programmers made editorial decisions. Public Television carefully reconstructs a few key disputes between the programmers and the independents.
The first chapter includes a political history of public television, beginning with President Johnson's 1967 signing of the Public Broadcasting Act, which, alas, failed to specify a long-term funding strategy. Federal cuts to public broadcasting in the Reagan years foreshadowed a call for total defunding in 1981. Alas, programmers "stood at the gateway as traffic cops of perspectives" in an era enormously hungry for diverse programming.
Chapter 2 examines two of the major PBS outlets for independent social-issues documentaries: Frontline and P.O.V.. The chapter that follows highlights the controversies fueled by particular works: Dark Circle, a documentary on the far-reaching impact of nuclear-weapons testing; Days of Rage, which presents the Palestinian view on the Intifada; and Tongues Untied, showing the life of a black gay man. Michael Moore's Roger and Me and Steve Talbot's The Heartbreak of America present two in-depth critiques of General Motors. One whole chapter "not only chronicles these ... but also contrasts the films with Ken Burns's PBS series, which have GM as their sole corporate sponsor and which serve to enhance the auto corporation's public image." The concluding chapter discusses the larger ramifications--to the viewing public and society--of these controversies.
This exposé will give us smug viewers of PBS a jolt. We've indeed been fed a carefully controlled diet of controversial views and "news." Herself a scholar, Bullert gives a list of existing scholarship as well as key terms and concepts. Public Television is illustrated with frames taken from the films discussed, and it includes an exhaustive bibliography that will keep students of television and the communications industry in general at no loss for further sources. --Hollis Giammatteo
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Essential Reading on Independent Documentary.......2001-04-08
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War and the Media: Propaganda and Persuasion in the Gulf War
Philip M. Taylor Manufacturer: Manchester University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0719055504 |
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War and the Media: Propaganda and Persuasion in the Gulf War.: An article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Daniel C. Hallin Manufacturer: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008VBJ06 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. on September 1, 1993. The length of the article is 1740 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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100 Soviet Chess Miniatures
P. H. Clarke Manufacturer: Dover Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0486408442 |
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A fantastic collection of short games.......2000-09-29
Many thanks to Dover Publications for an inexpensive, attractive reprint of a terrific game collection!
Good Value and Lots of Fun.......2000-05-22
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100 Soviet Chess Miniatures
P. H. (Selected & Annotated by) Clarke Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NUW384 |
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100 Soviet Chess Miniatures
Peter Hugh Clarke Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0000CLYAY |
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Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 Studio Techniques
Jacob Rosenberg Manufacturer: Adobe Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0321220528 |
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Tight deadlines and tighter budgets define digital video production today--a fact Adobe has acknowledged and responded to with its completely revamped Windows XP-only Premiere Pro video editing software. By focusing on a single (non-Mac) version of Premiere, Adobe has been able to deliver a product that raises the bar for desktop digital video editing; this approachable, complete volume gets readers beyond the basics. Offering in-depth explanations guaranteed to make the knowledge stick (and in an easygoing style that makes the book fun to read), filmmaker and Premiere whiz Jacob Rosenberg focuses on the concepts, features, and techniques that are key to mastering Adobe Premiere Pro. If you're a novice user, you'll get the grounding you need to begin capturing, editing, and outputting digital video. And if you're a Premiere veteran, you can go straight to the comprehensive coverage of all that's new: three-point color correction, multiple timelines, a new audio mixer, enhanced media management, and more. The accompanying DVD includes project files, sample footage, Third Party Plug-ins and an hour of video tutorials that help articulate concepts and features that are better suited for video explanations than on a page.
"Jacob's skills and enthusiasm as an editor have been an invaluable resource to the product team throughout the development lifecycle of Premiere Pro. It is no understatement to say that he has been instrumental in charting the course of this application. His knowledge is seemingly without limit, as can be attested to by anyone who has watched him present his master classes at various tradeshows across the globe. I can think of no one better as a guide through the intricacies and depths of Premiere Pro 1.5--the best version of Premiere to date."--Richard Townhill, Group Product Manager, Adobe Video Products
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Great Learning tool.......2007-03-14
Best Ever User Manual.......2006-07-16
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 Studio Techniques (Studio Techniques).......2006-07-04
now out of date.......2006-03-26
Somewhat advanced.......2006-03-18
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Premiere Pro 1.5 / Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 Studio Techniques (Diseno Y Creatividad / Design & Creativitiy)
Jacob Rosenberg Manufacturer: Anaya Multimedia ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 8441517983 |
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Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 Studio Techniques
JACOB ROSENBERG Manufacturer: Adobe Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OU7SBU |
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Debunking History: 155 Popular Myths Exploded
Ed Rayner Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0750941510 |
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Attempting to set history straight by assessing the legends and myths and unraveling the true stories behind many of the popular beliefs and misconceptions regarding the past, this book presents what really happened.
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Western Civilization: A History of European Society, Volume II: Since 1550 (with CD-ROM)
Steven Hause , and William Maltby Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0534621228 |
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WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A HISTORY OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY. VOLUME II: SINCE 1850 and its accompanying CD-ROM offer a concise overview of the social and political forces that have shaped the West. In fewer pages than other texts, Hause and Maltby's narrative presents a social history of Western civilization within the essential contexts of major military and political events. Primary sources--excerpts of original documents that flesh out the concepts covered in the narrative, tables and graphs that collect the raw social and economic data of history--bring you right into the pages of history, giving you a fascinating look at the events that have shaped today's world. Prominent subheads create a "virtual outline" that helps you quickly locate, read, and review key information. An in-text pronunciation guide and extensive end-of-chapter review materials--involve you in the story of the West.Customer Reviews:
a clear, interesting introduction to the study of west civ.......1999-10-08
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Western Civilization Volume II
Jackson J. Spielvogel Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0534587097 |
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This brief version of WESTERN CIVILIZATION retains all of the best-selling features of the larger book in a condensed manner. Three versions are available: Comprehensive (Chapters 1-29), Volume I: To 1715, and Volume II: Since 1500. The author writes, "I began this project with two primary goals. First, I wanted to write a well-balanced work in which the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of Western civilization would be integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis. Second, I wanted to avoid the approach that is quite common in other brief histories of Western civilization - an approach that makes them collections of facts with little continuity from section to section. Instead, I sought to keep the story in history. Narrative history effectively transmits the knowledge of the past and is the form that best enables students to remember and understand the past. At the same time, I have not overlooked the need for the kind of historical analysis that makes students aware that historians often disagree in their interpretations of the past."
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Documents of Western Civilization, Volume II (Since 1550), 3rd (Documents of Western Civilization)
Janice Archer , Loretta O'Hanlon , and Gregory M. Kendrick Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 031422100X |
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Contains a broad selection of carefully chosen documents. This reader can accompany any Western civilization text. (Package item ONLY.)
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Essentials of Western Civilization: A History of European Society, Volume II: Since 1550 (with Study Tips and InfoTrac®)
Steven Hause , and William Maltby Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0534578721 |
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This text will appeal to instructors who want a brief, balanced text that integrates the social as well as political history of western civilization. The many historical documents and statistical tables incorporated into the text enhance the discussion of everyday life among rich and poor and men and women, and children through all periods of European history. As they learn about kingdoms, intellectual movements, and the fine arts, students will also discover much about famous and ordinary people, their family life, sexuality, life expectancy, and daily concerns.
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The West: Encounters & Transformations, Volume II (since 1550) (2nd Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)
Brian P. Levack , Edward Muir , Meredith Veldman , and Michael Maas Manufacturer: Longman ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 032138413X |
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The West: Encounters & Transformations takes a new approach to telling the story of Western Civilization. Rather than looking at Western Civilization only as the history of Europe from ancient times to the present, this groundbreaking book examines the changing nature of the Westâhow the definition of the West has evolved and transformed throughout history.
The text presents a balanced treatment of political, social, religious, and cultural history and emphasizes the ever-shifting boundaries of the geographic and cultural realm of the West. Overview of Western Civilization. Readers interested in the history and development of Western Civilization.
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Fantastic textbook.......2007-02-01
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Western Civilization (A Head Start: Study Tips for Spielvogel's, Volume II Since 1550)
Manufacturer: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning ProductGroup: Book Binding: Pamphlet ASIN: 0534568491 |
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Western Civilization: Volume II: Since 1550
Jackson J. Spielvogel Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0534568378 |
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There are many reasons why this is the number one selling Western Civilization text in the country. The clear, single-author narrative by Jackson Spielvogel presents history in an appealing and accessible manner. This text truly tells a story that students will understand. WESTERN CIVILIZATION strikes a true balance and provides a synthesis of political, economic, social, religious, military, cultural, and intellectual history. This balance gives students a solid foundation for further study in history. Chapter 29, The Contemporary Western World Since 1970 is a particularly good illustration of the text's balance. The book's documents and maps are useful and superb.Customer Reviews:
Awesome Book.......2006-05-19
Great for CLEP resource.......2006-01-18
Revionist History.......2005-07-05
yikes.......2005-04-22
THIS BOOK SUCKS.......2004-12-30
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The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Series)
Lewis Thomas Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0140243275 |
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A wonderful collection of medical memories..........2006-08-28
The evolution of medicine from art to science.......2004-06-29
Autobiography of a lifetime in medicine.......1998-02-11
Words of Wisdom from a Good Man.......1997-12-10
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The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine Watcher
Thomas Lewis Manufacturer: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0192860631 |
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THE YOUNGEST SCIENCE NOTES OF A MEDICINE WATCHER
Lewis Thomas Manufacturer: Bantom Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000P1HJ58 |
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The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
Lewis Thomas Manufacturer: Viking Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NY302I |
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The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
Manufacturer: Bantam Dell Pub Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000H145OE |
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The youngest science; notes of a medicine-watcher.
Lewis (b. 1913). THOMAS Manufacturer: Viking Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OX925C |
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THE YOUNGEST SCIENCE = NOTES OF A MEDICINE-WATCHER
THOMAS LEWIS Manufacturer: Viking Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000PGM3T0 |
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The Youngest Science - Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
Lewis Thomas Manufacturer: Viking ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O5X1XO |
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Youngest Science : Notes of a Medicine Watcher
Lewis Thomas Manufacturer: Bantam ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000X6EHPK |
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The Youngest Science : Notes of a Medicine Watcher (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Ser.)
Lewis Thomas Manufacturer: Viking Penguin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NUZDJ0 |
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Ecomuseums: A Sense of Place (Leicester Museum Studies Series)
Peter Davis Manufacturer: Leicester University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0718502086 |
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