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The Ku Klux Klan: History, Organization, Language, Influence And Activities of America's Most Notorious Secret Society מאת Michael Newton This monumental reference work is a comprehensive guide to the Ku Klux Klan. It begins with a brief history of the KKK, from antebellum predecessors to the present day. Subsequent chapters cover beliefs, including white supremacy, nativism, religion, moralism and education; terms and abbreviations, ...

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The New Theatre of the Baltics: From Soviet to Western Influence in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania מאת Jeff Johnson Although Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are culturally distinct, they share a common theatre history characterized by resistance, first as a response to Nazi occupation, then as an ideological weapon countering their annexation under strict Soviet ideology. This comprehensive overview of contempo...

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Black Stars Who Made Baseball Whole: The Jackie Robinson Generation in the Major Leagues מאת Rick Swaine For major league baseball, the decade following Jackie Robinson’s 1947 debut was one of slow yet persistent change. Four other black players made their first, brief big-league appearances that year, followed by only two in 1948 and four in 1949. But by the end of 1959, 122 black ballplayers had ma...

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My Road to Radio And The Vocal Scene: Memoir of an Opera Commentator מאת George Jellinek Born in Ujpest, Hungary, in 1919, George Jellinek began his musical career playing violin with gypsies in the family's garden restaurant. He spent his adolescence doing much the same, honing his talent and enriching his own musical education with frequent trips to the Hungarian Royal Opera House. Bu...

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Fan club directory : over 2400 fan clubs and fan mail, internet and e-mail addresses in the united states and abroad Patrick R Dewey

Fan club directory : over 2400 fan clubs and fan mail, internet and e-mail addresses in the united states and abroad מאת Patrick R Dewey

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Tackling Jim Crow: Racial Segregation in Professional Football מאת Alan Howard Levy Many are familiar with Jackie Robinson and the integration of Major League Baseball after all the years of separate black and white leagues, but fewer people know of the segregation and then integration of the National Football League. The timing and sequence of events were different, but football f...

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Fool's Gold: Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library מאת Mark Y. Herring This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based academic libraries. It makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements (television, microfilm, and CD-ROM's were all once predicted as the contemp...

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North of the Dmz: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea מאת Andrei Lankov The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea for over 60 years. Most of that period has found the country suffering under mature Stalinism characterized by manipulation, brutality and tight social control. Nevertheless, some citizens of Kim Jong Il's regime manage to transcend his tyranny in their daily ex...

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Red Sox in the Playoffs: A Postseason History, 1903-2005 מאת Josh Pahigian The dramatic postseason collapses and logic-defying defeats suffered by the Boston Red Sox in the 86 long years between their 1918 and 2004 world championships are the stuff of legend. Fan fixation on the climactic moments—Johnny Pesky’s late throw in 1946, Bill Buckner’s boot in 1986 and so m...

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Indian Placenames in America: Cities, Towns and Villages מאת Sandy Nestor The American Indians have lost much of their land over the years, but their legacy is evident in the many places around the United States that have Indian names. Countless placenames have, however, been corrupted over time, and numerous placenames have similar spellings but different meanings.

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3-D Movies: A History and Filmography of Stereoscopic Cinema (McFarland classics) מאת R. M. Hayes 3-D Movies is the first full and accurate history of the 3-D film from the earliest part of the twentieth century to the present. Full technical specifications are included, sometimes with equipment photos. An exhaustive filmography covers over 200 films with never-before-published credits an...

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The Original Buffalo Bills: A History of the All-America Football Conference Team, 1946-1949 מאת Kenneth R. Crippen The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League are known for having a fervent fan base, but the city's love affair with their football team dates back more than half a century. As members of the fledgling All-America Football Conference, the Buffalo Bills were one of the strongest teams in the le...

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Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema מאת Anthony Balducci At first glance, Lloyd Hamilton was simply a large, baby-faced comic who wore a checkered cap and walked like a duck. Beyond the surface, however, Hamilton had much more to offer than an iconic look and persona. In his performances, Hamilton demonstrated keen timing and an inventive mind, providing ...

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America on Foot: Walking And Pedestrianism in the 20th Century מאת Kerry Segrave Hippocrates, one of history’s earliest known physicians, once asserted, “Walking is man’s best medicine.” Over the last three centuries, people have endorsed walking for a variety of reasons—health among them. Before the 1700s, people walked as an essential part of their lifestyle. With th...

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Overweight: A Handbook for Teens and Parents מאת Tania Heller With respect to both physical activity and nutrition, lifestyles of most young Americans have changed dramatically over time. Decades ago, young people often walked miles to attend school, visit friends, or even see a doctor. There was no television to watch, and no Internet to provide hours of visi...

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Graves' Disease: A Practical Guide מאת Elaine A. Moore Graves' Disease, a common form of hyperthyroidism characterized by a goiter and often a slight protrusion of the eyeballs, currently affects approximately 200 million people worldwide, three million in the United States alone. This work addresses both typical and special concerns of patients with Gr...

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Six Marine Divisions in the Pacific: Every Campaign of World War II מאת George B. Clark In the island battles of World War II, the United States Marine Corps came into its own. From a force previously numbering 55,000, the ranks of the Marines swelled to 480,000. With Pacific theater command essentially divided geographically between General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nim...

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Pete Rose: Baseball's All-Time Hit King מאת William A. Cook On September 11, 1985, with a sell-out crowd of 52,000 fans on hand at = Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium and millions of others watching on = television, Pete Rose collected hit number 4,192 of his career and = passed Ty Cobb as the all-time career hits leader. As he reached first = base, th...

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Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946 מאת Tom Weaver Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the Golden Age of Hollywood Horror, 1931 through 1946. Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors from The Frankenstein Monster, The ...

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Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career מאת Lynn Kear; John Rossman Kay Francis came of age in the Roaring Twenties and relished the era’s hedonistic pursuits. Her career as an actress was launched at the same time, and before her death in 1968, she had appeared on many theater stages, in more than 60 films, on radio, in USO tours, as a model, and on television. T...

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Dancing in the Flames: Spiritual Journey in the Novels of Lee Smith מאת Linda Byrd Cook This book examines Lee Smith's novel-length fiction and its powerful reflection of her personal search for and journey toward spiritual reconciliation. The protagonists of Smith's novels feel estranged from any sense of feminine sacredness as they struggle in their individual searches for a belief s...

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Baseball Scorekeeping: A Practical Guide to the Rules מאת Andres Wirkmaa Many fans enjoy keeping track of baseball action with easy abbreviations written on simple grids. Serious scorekeeping, however, is more complicated than just jotting down runs, outs, and the final score. Official scorekeeping requires a thorough knowledge of a large body of rules—many of which ar...

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Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History מאת Charles Ford When the Lumiere brothers introduced the motion picture in 1895, Poland was a divided and suffering nation - yet Polish artists found their way into the new world of cinema. Polish pioneer Boleslaw Matuszewski created his first documentary films in 1896, and Poland's first movie house was establishe...

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Horror Films of the 1980s מאת John Kenneth Muir John Kenneth Muir is back! His Horror Films of the 1970s was named an Outstanding Reference Book by the American Library Association, and likewise a Booklist Editors' Choice. This time, Muir surveys 300 films from the 1980s. From backwards psychos (Just Before Dawn) and yuppie-b...

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Hybrid Fictions: American Literature and Generation X מאת Daniel Grassian Since the 1960s, academics have theorized that literature is on its way to becoming obsolete, or, at the very least, has lost part of its power as an influential medium of social and cultural critique. This work argues against that misconception and maintains that contemporary American literature is...

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Riding the Video Range: The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television מאת Gary A. Yoggy In June 1949, Hopalong Cassidy. Then Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger, Zorro, Davy Crockett, the Cisco Kid, Matt Dillon, Bat Masterson, the Cartwrights, Hec Ramsey, Paladin ("Have Gun Will Travel") - no television genre has generated as many enduring characters as the Western. "Gunsmoke", "Death Valley D...

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Bringing Classes into the Public Library: A Handbook for Librarians מאת Martha Seif Simpson With so much competing for the time of today's students, youth services librarians have an especially challenging job. How can they reach their target audience? One of the surest ways is the promotion--through the local school system--of a series of class visits to the public library. But where to b...

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Growing Up in the Middle Ages מאת Paul. B. Newman Dangerous and difficult for both mother and child, what was the birth experience like in the Middle Ages? Dependent, in part, on social class, what pastimes did children enjoy? What games did they play? With often uncomfortable and even harsh living conditions, what kind of care did children receive...

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The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball מאת Jonathan Fraser Light More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America’s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in...

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Managing Money: A Guide for Librarians מאת Anne M. Turner The cataloging department insists that an unreasonable number of books be replaced. The children's department needs more money for summer reading programs. The maintenance director claims the HVAC system will not survive another year. What to do? Library directors today must create and maintain an i...

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The Encyclopedia Of Superheroes On Film And Television מאת John Kenneth Muir It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a complete guide to over 50 years of superheroes on screen! The second edition of this acclaimed encyclopedia, due out August 2008, offers entries which include a detailed history, cast and credits, episode and film descriptions, critical commentaries and data on arch...

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Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II מאת Bob Wilbanks On December 14, 1944, Japanese soldiers massacred 139 of 150 American POWs. This biography tells the story of Glenn ("Mac") McDole, one of eleven young men who escaped and the last man out of Palawan Prison Camp 10A. Beginning on December 8, 1941, at the U.S. Navy Yard barracks at Cavite, the ...

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Theatre in a Media Culture: Production, Performance and Perception Since 1970 מאת Amy Petersen Jensen As the media have increasingly become the lens through which we see the world, media styles have shaped even the fine arts, and contemporary theatre is particularly indebted to mass media's dramatic influence. In order to stay culturally and financially viable, theatre producers have associated thea...

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Indian Placenames in America: Mountains, Canyons, Rivers, Lakes, Creeks, Forests, and Other Natural Features (Indian Placenames in America) מאת Sandy Nestor The legacy of the American Indian is evident throughout the United States in the many places that have Indian names. Countless placenames have, however, been corrupted over time, and numerous placenames have similar spellings but different meanings because of the way they were interpreted by various...

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Presidential Facts: Tropical Lists, Comparisons and Statistics מאת Edward S. Skinner At 6'4", Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. James Buchanan was the only president who never married. Ulysses was originally President Grant’s middle name and the famous S was the result of an accidental switch. From George Washington to George Bush, these and other fascinating facts come t...