Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema

Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema
David Sonnenschein (Author)
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The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature with 2009 MLA Update: Reading, Thinking, Writing

The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature with 2009 MLA Update: Reading, Thinking, Writing
Michael Meyer (Author)
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The Encyclopedia of Writing and Illustrating Children's Books: From creating characters to developing stories, a step-by-step guide to making magical picture books

The Encyclopedia of Writing and Illustrating Children's Books: From creating characters to developing stories, a step-by-step guide to making magical picture books
Desdemona McCannon (Author), Sue Thornton (Author), Yadzia Williams (Author)
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The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Stephen J. Sansweet (Author), Pablo Hidalgo (Author), Bob Vitas (Author), Daniel Wallace (Author)
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THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE GUIDE TO A SPACE FANTASY PHENOMENON


The Star Wars universe, much like our own, is constantly expanding. In the ten years since the publication of the Star Wars Encyclopedia, a lot has happened in that galaxy far, far away: four new feature films, a host of official original novels, comics, video games, and more. Now, thirty years of information on all things Star Wars–ranging from science and technology to history and geography, culture and biography to ecology and cosmology–has been supplemented with an entire decade’s worth of all-new material. Abundantly illustrated with full-color artwork and photos, and now in a new three-volume edition to accommodate its wealth of detailed entries, the Star Wars Encyclopedia encompasses the full measure of George Lucas’s creation.

Here’s just a sampling of what’s inside:
• character portraits of both the renowned (Luke Skywalker, Queen Amidala, Darth Vader) and the obscure (Tnun Bdu, Tycho Celchu, Bib Fortuna)
• the natives and customs of planets as diverse as Tatooine and Hoth, Dagobah and Kashyyyk
• the rituals, secrets, and traditions of Jedi Knights and Sith Lords
• a timeline of major events in Star Wars history, from the Clone Wars and the inception of the Empire to the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker and the invasion of the monstrous Yuuzhan Vong

Scrupulously researched and written by leading authorities Stephen J. Sansweet, Pablo Hidalgo, Bob Vitas, and Daniel Wallace, this landmark work is the must-have centerpiece of every Star Wars library.

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• Published on: 2008-12-09
• Released on: 2008-12-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 3.40" h x 8.90" w x 11.50" l, 11.00 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1224 pages

AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who Universe (Third Edition)

AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who Universe (Third Edition)
Lance Parkin (Author), Lars Pearson (Author)
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The Third Edition of AHistory amends and vastly expands the work of the sold-out Second Edition, continuing to incorporate the whole of Doctor Who into a single timeline. All told, this book takes nearly 1400 full-length Doctor Who stories and dates them in a single chronology --- starting with the Universe's origins and working its way forward to the end of time. Specifically, this Third Edition covers all Doctor Who TV episodes through Series 6 starring Matt Smith; all New Series Adventures up through The Silent Stars Go By (#50); the Big Finish audio range up through Army of Death (#155); all Torchwood episodes, novels and comics up through Series 4 (Miracle Day); all The Sarah Jane Adventures episodes, audios and webcomics up through Series 5; the K9 TV show; all Telos novellas; the IDW and Doctor Who Magazine comics; and a cornucopia of other Doctor Who spin-off series (the Bernice Summerfield novels and audios; Dalek Empire; Iris Wildthyme; Faction Paradox and more).

• Rank: #526047 in Books
• Published on: 2012-11-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.90" h x 7.00" w x 9.90" l, 3.55 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 784 pages

The Catcher in the Rye: CliffsNotes

The Catcher in the Rye: CliffsNotes
by Stanley P. Baldwin (Author), Nick Podehl (Narrator)
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Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing

Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing
Michael Meyer (Author)
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The Bedford Introduction to Literature is a best-seller for a reason: It brings literature to life for students — helping to make them lifelong readers and better writers. Classic works drawn from many periods and cultures exist alongside a hefty representation of today’s authors, including women, writers of color, and voices that reflect the quirkiness and humor of modern life. There is plenty of support for students, with a dozen chapters of critical reading and writing support, helpful sample close readings, writing assignments, and student papers. And, because everyone teaches and learns a little differently, there are lots of options for working with the literature, including in-depth chapters on major authors and case studies on individual works and themes that everyone can relate to.

• Rank: #4722 in Books
• Published on: 2010-02-21
• Format: Large Print
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 5.98" w x 2.44" l, 4.12 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 2272 pages

The Essential Batman Encyclopedia

The Essential Batman Encyclopedia
Robert Greenberger (Author)
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The ultimate guide to the man behind the mask . . . and the mythology behind the man.

“Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible. . . . I shall become a bat!” So declared millionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne, orphaned as a boy by a murderous thug and driven as a man to battle the scourge of crime by becoming Batman. Batman swooped into popular culture in 1939–and for nearly seventy years has thrilled audiences in countless comics, live-action and animated television programs, and seven feature films. Prowling the darkened rooftops of Gotham City, roaring through the teeming streets in the sleek, high-powered Batmobile, and leaping into action when the iconic Bat-Signal pierces the night sky, the Caped Crusader is a larger-than-life legend. And now, for the first time in more than thirty years, everything there is to know about Batman–from the beginning to the present, and from A to Z–is collected in one comprehensive new sourcebook. More than 500 pages of entries and illustrations include:

• fascinating details and the complete background on Batman’s origins
• biographies of every major character in the Batman universe–including his closest allies, from Robin the Boy Wonder and faithful butler Alfred Pennyworth to Commissioner Gordon; and his countless enemies, from the Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, and the Riddler to Scarecrow, Two-Face, Ra’s al Ghul and Poison Ivy
• classic black-and-white comic book artwork throughout
• two sixteen-page full-color artwork inserts

Even an all-access pass to the Batcave couldn’t rival former DC Comics editor and Batman scholar extraordinaire Robert Greenberger’s exhaustive ultimate archive. The Essential Batman Encyclopedia is a must for every Batman fan’s bookshelf.

BATMAN, the DC Logo, and all related names, characters and elements are trademarks of DC Comics © 2008. All rights reserved.

• Rank: #80088 in Books
• Brand: Del Rey
• Model: FBA-|283082
• Published on: 2008-06-10
• Released on: 2008-06-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.63" h x 8.43" w x 1.06" l, 2.60 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Passing Time in the Loo (Compact Classics)

Passing Time in the Loo (Compact Classics)
Stevens W. Anderson (Editor)
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• Rank: #678681 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x 5.51" w x 1.29" l, 1.71 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 608 pages

Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs

Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs
Carl Lindahl (Editor), John McNamara (Editor), John Lindow (Editor)
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Over a decade in the making, Medieval Folklore offers a wide-ranging guide to the lore of the Middle Ages--from the mundane to the supernatural. Definitive and lively articles focus on the great tales and traditions of the age and includes information on daily and nightly customs and activities; religious beliefs of the pagan, Christian, Muslim, and Jew; key works of oral and written literature; traditional music and art; holidays and feasts; food and drink; and plants and animals, both real and fantastical.

While most books on medieval folklore focus primarily on the West, this unique volume brings together an eclectic range of experts to treat the subject from a global perspective. Especially remarkable are the surveys of the major medieval traditions including Arab-Islamic, Baltic, English, Finno-Ugric, French, Hispanic, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Scandinavian, Scottish, Slavic, and Welsh.

For anyone who has ever wanted a path through the tangle of Arthurian legends, or the real lowdown on St. Patrick, or the last word on wolf lore--this is the place to look.

The contributors:

Ulrich Marzolph -- Arab-Islamic
Thomas A. DuBois -- Baltic
John McNamara & Carl Lindahl -- English
Thomas A. DuBois -- Finno-Ugric
Francesca Canadé Sautman -- French
Samuel G. Armistead -- Hispanic
Éva Pócs -- Hungarian
Joseph Falaky Nagy -- Irish
Giuseppe C. Di Scipio -- Italian
Eli Yassif -- Jewish
Stephen A. Mitchell -- Scandinavian
John McNamara -- Scottish
Eve Levin -- Slavic
Elissa R. Henken & Brynley F. Roberts -- Welsh

• Rank: #212826 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.98" h x 6.02" w x 1.34" l, 1.58 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 470 pages

Poptopics: Space Travel #2 (Poptropica)

Poptopics: Space Travel #2 (Poptropica)
Tracey West (Author)

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Introducing an exciting new line of nonfiction titles inspired by the world of Poptropica.

The Poptropica island Lunar Colony presents a fun, but fictional view of space travel—however, the origins of that story are based in fact. This 64-page nonfiction book introduces kids to the history and current advancements of space travel in a fun and engaging way.

• Rank: #1593782 in Books
• Published on: 2013-10-17
• Released on: 2013-10-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Fake Facts: Really Unbelievable . . . Because They're Not Real

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Fake Facts: Really Unbelievable . . . Because They're Not Real
Bathroom Readers' Institute (Author)
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The crackpot staff of the Bathroom Readers’ Institute is out of control. After 25 years of laboriously researching facts and verifying them and then verifying them again, Uncle John’s mischievous minions decided to blow off a little steam. The result: Fake Facts. It’s stuff that isn’t even remotely trueAwe just made it sound real. Why? Because it’s really funny. Fake Facts is 228 pages of origins, facts, weird products, strange diseases, kooky fads, slang terms, historical oddities, and other fascinating bits of information that are too good to be true . . . because they aren’t true. So put aside your BS detector and settle in to read about:

The ill-fated AVice President For a Day” for kids program
How the overfishing of dolphins led to the canned tuna industry
ACrumble,” Aplaidsy,” Abenji,” and other British slang
Abandoned rules of early baseball, and obscure rules of grammar
How early vegetarians gave Boston its ABeantown” nickname
The secret superpowers of twins
James Joyce’s unpublished sci-fi trilogy
Unicorns, wizards, and pirates galore

And lots more falsified fun!

• Rank: #224063 in Books
• Published on: 2012-09-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 6.89" h x .59" w x 4.88" l, .50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Classics and Comics (Classical Presences)

Classics and Comics (Classical Presences)
George Kovacs (Editor), C. W. Marshall (Editor)
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Since at least 1939, when daily-strip caveman Alley Oop time-traveled to the Trojan War, comics have been drawing (on) material from Greek and Roman myth, literature and history. At times the connection is cosmetic-as perhaps with Wonder Woman's Amazonian heritage-and at times it is almost irrelevant-as with Hercules' starfaring adventures in the 1982 Marvel miniseries. But all of these make implicit or explicit claims about the place of classics in modern literary culture.

Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature, the comic book. The volume collects sixteen articles, all specially commissioned for this volume, that look at how classical content is deployed in comics and reconfigured for a modern audience. It opens with a detailed historical introduction surveying the role of classical material in comics since the 1930s. Subsequent chapters cover a broad range of topics, including the incorporation of modern theories of myth into the creation and interpretation of comic books, the appropriation of characters from classical literature and myth, and the reconfiguration of motif into a modern literary medium. Among the well-known comics considered in the collection are Frank Miller's 300 and Sin City, DC Comics' Wonder Woman, Jack Kirby's The Eternals, Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and examples of Japanese manga. The volume also includes an original 12-page "comics-essay," drawn and written by Eisner Award-winning Eric Shanower, creator of the graphic novel series Age of Bronze.

• Rank: #677240 in Books
• Published on: 2011-02-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.92" h x .75" w x 7.13" l, 1.12 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Marilyn Encyclopedia

Marilyn Encyclopedia
Adam Victor (Author)
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Marilyn Monroe's status as the greatest icon of the twentieth century is rarely disputed, but the real Marilyn in many ways has remained a mystery. Her life has been pondered by everyone from film scholars and historians to novelists and pop culture mavens, creating endless pages of biography, analysis, adoration, invective, and speculation ever since her mysterious death in August 1962.

With Adam Victor's astute research and crisp writing, as well as hundreds of photographs (including shots by top photographers Eve Arnold, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Milton Greene, among others), the facts of Marilyn's amazing life are represented in full and, of course, there is complete information on Marilyn's lovers, songs, and films, including credit listings. The Marilyn Encyclopedia is the second-to-none resource on Marilyn Monroe.

• Rank: #720043 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-01
• Released on: 2001-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.80" h x .91" w x 5.08" l, 3.51 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 342 pages

Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth

Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
Carol Rose (Author)
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"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! have nothing on Rose, at home in a thicket of menacing creatures."—Choice

We have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons and enormous killer skunks, as well as fantastic distortions of our own image, from giants to nubile maidens. In these pages you will meet extraordinary beings from Hindu and Navajo religions, Scandinavian tales, Russian folklore, Lithuanian stories, Irish oral history, American tall tales, and Aztec myth. Just some of the monstrous entourage: • Baku, a benevolent Japanese monster with the body of a horse, the head of a lion, and the legs of a tiger, who helps people by devouring their nightmares. • Kurma, the giant tortoise of Hindu myth, whose upper shell forms the heavens and lower part the earth. • Missipissy, the feared fish serpent of North America's Great Lakes region. This illustrated encyclopedia not only identifies and describes individual beasts in their cultural context but also groups them together across cultures and discusses common mythological strands and conceits. 60 b/w illustrations.

• Rank: #85489 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.00" h x 1.10" w x 7.80" l, 1.91 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia

The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia
Daniel Harms (Author)
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The third edition of this popular and extensive encyclopedia of the Cthulhu MythosAupdated with more fiction listings and recent materialAthis unique book spans the years of H. P. Lovecraft’s influence in culture, entertainment, and fiction. The expansive entries make this reference invaluable for anyone knowledgeable about the Cthulhu Mythos and a much-needed resource for those longing to learn about the cosmic horrors from past and present decades.

• Rank: #239859 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.27" h x 5.51" w x .0" l, 1.05 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 402 pages

The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia

The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia
Phil Jimenez (Author), John Wells (Author)
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WONDER NO MORE—GET ALL THE FACTS ON DC COMICS’ FOREMOST SUPER HEROINE!
 
She’s as beautiful as Aphrodite and as wise as Athena, stronger then Hercules and swifter than Hermes. Blessed at birth by the gods themselves, Princess Diana left an idyllic island paradise ruled by wise and brave women to bring the peace, love, and nobility of the Amazons to the tumultuous world of humankind. In January 1942, Wonder Woman took the world of comics—and its pantheon of superpowered males—by storm. Wielding her impervious silver bracelets and golden Lasso of Truth, she’s battled forces of evil from the Axis powers to a slew of super-villains worldwide, teamed up with the likes of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and the Flash, and become a high-flying feminist icon and pop-culture superstar. Now, for the first time in more than thirty years, here’s a definitive A-to-Z volume that draws together all the knowledge about the star-spangled, action-packed history of Wonder Woman. In more than 400 fact-packed pages you’ll find
 
• the complete story of Wonder Woman’s origins, as imagined and reinterpreted by generations of comics writers—including her groundbreaking creator, William Moulton Marston 
• biographies of every major character in Wonder Woman’s universe, including her mother, Hippolyta; sister, Donna Troy; and mortal ally Steve Trevor—as well as such classic foes as Ares, Cheetah, Hades, and the members of Villainy Inc.
• classic black-and-white comic book artwork throughout
• two sixteen-page full-color artwork inserts—plus a dazzling original cover illustration by fan-favorite artist Adam Hughes
 
Written by veteran Wonder Woman artist and writer Phil Jimenez and comics historian John Wells, The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia is the ultimate archive, proving that die-hard devotees of the gorgeous go-to goddess don’t have to visit Paradise Island for a taste of heaven on earth. 
 

• Rank: #366336 in Books
• Published on: 2010-04-27
• Released on: 2010-04-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.87" h x 1.28" w x 8.47" l, 3.20 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages