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At a time when movie reviews have degenerated into mere publicity and film scholarship has become entangled in pedantic discourse, close readings of major directing careers and significant individual films are a needed alternative. In European Directors and Their Films: Essays on Cinema, Bert Cardullo analyzes of some of the most important film artists and individual films of the last several decades. Beyond simple biographical capsules and plot summaries, these readings demonstrate with ... Read more
The iPhone and iPod touch have provided all software developers with a level playing field—developers working alone have the same access to consumers as multinational software publishers. Very cool indeed! To make your application stand out from the crowd, though, it has to have that something extra. You must learn the skills to take your apps from being App Store filler to download chart-topping blockbusters. Developers with years of experience helped write this book. Spend some time ... Read more
The United States Constitution promised a More Perfect Union. It’s a shame no one bothered to write a more perfect Constitution—one that didn’t trigger more than two centuries of arguments about what the darn thing actually says. Until now. Perfection is at hand. A new, improved Constitution is here. And you are holding it. But first, some historical context: In the eighteenth century, a lawyer named James Madison gathered his friends in Philadelphia and, over four long months, wrote ... Read more
At the turn of this century, the national debt stood at just under $6 trillion and the deficit at a "mere" $86 billion. Today, the National Debt has topped $14 trillion, and the yearly deficit for 2011 is projected at a whopping $1.4 trillion. According to the Treasury Department’s Annual Report on the Public Debt, the debt is estimated to hit $19.6 trillion by 2015. The federal government has borrowed roughly 40 percent of its total budget for the last several years, a disturbing ... Read more
Amazon Exclusive: Jennifer Mascia on Never Tell Our Business to Strangers Connie Corleone I’m not. That’s what I have to remind people whenever I tell them that my father worked for the Mafia and their eyes light up. Because, while my father may have been a freelancer of sorts for the Gambino clan, he was more of a brokester than a mobster. What is a brokester, you ask? According to William K. Rashbaum of the New York Times, "The impoverished gangster barely eking ... Read more
A A A A A Do you need a guide to releasing the mind’s full energies . . . a handbook for the soul? Must you trip over your own feet all too often and find yourself not “with it”?A A A A A Some move through their day with ease; others too often stumble or knot themselves up. Yet we’re more than the limited beings we see ourselves as. Our lives can follow a different story than one that leaves us restless and unfulfilled, and we need not repeat behavior that defeats growth.A A A A A In this ... Read more
Text extracted from opening pages of book: Bones of Contention BY THE RT. HON. LORD VANSITTART P. C., G. C. B., G. C. M. G., D. LITT., LLJD. NEW YORK : ALFRED A. KNOPF 19 ^^ 45 FOREWORD I HAVE brought these bones of contention Into a collection not because I hoped it would vex somebody, but because I hope they are food for thought. As in Lessons of My Life though in simpler form I have written them in unconnected chapters into which readers may dip at random. Personally I do not regard these ... Read more
"As usual, Keith masterfully explains complex security issues in down-to-earth and easy-to-understand language. I bet you'll reach for this book often when building your next software application."--Michael Howard, coauthor, Writing Secure Code "When it comes to teaching Windows security, Keith Brown is 'The Man.' In The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security, Keith has written a book that explains the key security concepts of Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and ... Read more
IN THE REAT GODS MAIM TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BY F. W. BAIN SEVENTH EDITION METHUEN CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W. C. LONDON Originally Published by Messrs. James Parker C . o p fidi m 4 First Published by Methuen Co. Ltd. Sixth Edition . Seventh Edition , June jrgio r January 7977 . March 79 2 December 19tf IQ2Q DEDICATED TO HUSBANDS AND WIVES. PREFACE. THE name of the little Indian fable, here presented to the lover of curiosities in an English dress, is am biguous, We may ... Read more
INTRODUCTION For a country that lived in self-imposed isolation until 150 years ago, Japan has not hesitated in making up for lost time since the world came calling. Anyone who's eaten sushi or used a Sony Walkman feels they know something about this slinky archipelago of some 6800 volcanic islands tucked away off the far eastern coast of Asia, and yet, from the moment of arrival in this oddly familiar, quintessentially Oriental land it's almost as if you've touched down on ... Read more
An Italian village on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, a decaying palazzo facing the sea, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, lit by a single bulb, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome, Francesca Cappelletti, makes a discovery that inspires a search for a work of art of incalculable value, a painting lost for almost two centuries. The artist was Caravaggio, a master of the Italian Baroque. He was a genius, a revolutionary painter, and a man beset by ... Read more
If this book is to lay any claim to authenticity, it must make one point clear above all others. It is this: By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom. Krishna, Buddha, and Jesus lie in the hearts of all. They are not film stars, mere idols of adulation. They are great inspirational figures whose example is there to be followed. They act as our role models today. Just as they reached Self-Realization, ... Read more
When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, you -- an ambitious, although ineffectual and not entirely ethical young broker -- are convinced you're facing the Weekend from Hell.Before the market reopens on Monday, you're going to have to scramble and scheme to cover your butt, but there's no way you can anticipate the baffling disappearance of a 300-pound psychic, the fall from grace of a born-again monkey, or the intrusion in yourlife of a tattooed stranger ... Read more
Everybody knows the Ten Commandments, right? Let's see. There's something about stealing, lying, murdering...ah...but that's only three...what are the rest? More people claim to live by the Ten Commandments than seem to know what they are, let alone what they mean. And in this modern, jet-propelled, nuclear, genetic-engineered world, how important are they? Each day we make innumerable decisions about things that don't really seem earth-shattering in importance. So what if ... Read more
Introduction The Internet has swiftly become an indispensable tool for travellers, with the travel sector established as one of the mainstays of e-commerce. Much like an unfamiliar city, however, the Web can be a daunting place to explore on your own. Even if you have some idea of where you’re heading, you can stumble into many a blind alley along the way. This book is a simple guide on how to plan and buy any trip online. As well as general advice – telling you what’s out there and how ... Read more
“Beware of geeks bearing formulas.” --Warren Buffett In March of 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes, but those numbers meant nothing to them. They were accustomed to risking billions. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, an eccentric, whip-smart whiz kid who’d studied theoretical mathematics at Princeton and now managed a fabulously successful hedge fund ... Read more
This illustrated book was published in 1902 and is volume one of two. The reader will learn of Japanese customs and culture as it was in the early 20th Century.Excerpts from the book:Certainly a Japanese house is quite different from all our ideas of what constitutes a dwelling. Western archi- tecture thinks of a house as four walls roofed over and pierced with openings for light and entrance ; in Japan the conception is simply a roof on supports, filled in with walls or not, just as you wish, ... Read more
Marketing has undergone a cataclysmic shift. Blogs, comment sites, and social networks have given your audience unprecedented power in their relationship with you and your products. How can you deploy today's new marketing tools to break through, build momentum, and gain recognition? Contrary to popular belief, adding a blog, podcast, wiki, or widget to your Web site won't automatically draw crowds. Fundamental change is required. Real-world examples from companies such as Volcom, ... Read more
THE MAKKRJS. OF CANADA LOKD DORCHESTER BY A. G. BRADLEY TORONTO MORANG CO., LIMITED 1910 Rntml wcoriKng tn Act vf P r Y men nf in the tfHtr IMff hy J iwv wgiy CV M Jw tv, Mr CONTENTS CHAPTER I Page RETROSPECT . - . . .1 CHAPTER II THE NETW GOVERNOR .... 29 CHAPTER III THE QUEBEC ACT . . . .57 CHAPTER IV CARLETONS MARRIAGE ... 75 CHAPTER V MONTGOMERY AND ARNOLD . . .95 CHAPTER VI LAST DAYS OF THE SIEGE ... 127 CHAPTER VII THE EVACUATION OK CANADA . . .141 CHAPTER VIII ADVANCE INTO THE ENEMYS ... Read more
SOCIOLOGY AND ETHICS SOCIOLOGY AND ETHICS THE FACTS OF SOCIAL LIFE AS THE SOURCE OF SOLUTIONS FOR THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF ETHICS BY EDWARD GARY HAYES, PH. D., LL. D. PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AUTHOR OF AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1921 TO MY THREE SONS These writings of Comte, Spencer, Schaeffle, etc. are of course incomplete attempts, but nevertheless they are the most important supports for an ... Read more
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