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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Touchstone, 2006

    0684854899 / 9780684854892

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. A funny and evocative coming-of-age memoir by award-winning comedian and actor Robert Klein, who has entertained audiences for more than four decadesBest known for his unique brand of observational humor--seen on Broadway and in film and television--Klein details his life from ages nine to twenty-five as viewed through the gauze of time. Klein's theme park of memories alternates dark moments with sunlit humor. Teenage frustrations prompted a visit to a Harlem prostitute, which filled Klein with shame and triumph and guilt. He encountered individual and institutional antisemitism at Alfred University, yet led the frat-house fun, moving on to the Yale School of Drama, Chicago's Second City, New York theater, and a variety of romances. Along the way, Klein had successes and failures, both in bed and on stage. Probing not only his own psyche but also the evolution of sexual mores during the 1950s and 60s, he unfurls an array of captivating anecdotes, writing with wry wit and honesty.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: FastPencil, Incorporated, 2012

    1607463679 / 9781607463672

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Hallmark, 2006

    1595301194 / 9781595301192

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    Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Blessed is the nation that in the course of a century could give the world two poets of Czeslaw Milosz's and Zbigniew Herbert's scope. Doubly blessed is the English-reader, for in this volume he gets Zbigniew Herbert's work rendered by Czeslaw Milosz: like the poor, or better yet like nature herself, Polish genius takes care of its own.This collection is bound for a much longer haul than any of us can anticipate. For Zbigniew Herbert's poetry adds to the biography of civilization the sensibility of a man not defeated by the century that has been most thorough, most effective in dehumanization of the species. Herbert's irony, his austere reserve and his compassion, the lucidity of his lyricism, the intensity of his sentiment toward classical antiquity, are not just trappings of a modern poet, but the necessary armor--in his case well-tempered and shining indeed--for man not to be crushed by the onslaught of reality. By offering to his readers neither aesthetic norethical discount, this poet, in fact, saves them frorn that poverty which every form of human eviI finds so congenial. As long as the species exists, this book will be timely.-- Joseph Brodsky.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Bernard N. Lee, Jr., 2014

    0692313044 / 9780692313046

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. A Look Back In Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the Fifties is a fascinating, insightful, inspiring, and sometimes hilarious chronicle of life while growing up in a military family - Colonel Arnold R. Goodson, United States Army (Retired). When I was a child, we were always moving from one place to another. Making friends was something I looked forward to with an uneasy anticipation. My dad was in the military. We moved, like clockwork, every three years until I was more than twenty-years-old. The things I saw and the places I lived are now a part of history. They form the canvass for A Look Back In Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the Fifties. There's Humor: On the farm, the rooster crows before the sun rises and wakes long before a dreaming boy wants to open his eyes. That is another reason why I hated roosters. They don't work like your alarm clock. You can't punch them and then go back to sleep. There's Intrigue: Dad sat in the chair next to the doorway. I plopped down into one right next to him. Although we were sitting just a few inches apart, I felt like I was marooned on Mars. My dad was silent and removed. Once again, I felt abandoned. There's Suspense: As I entered the cobblestone roadway, there was a bright light shining in my eyes. Then, I heard the horn blow and wheels screech. I looked right into the jaws of death. I was headed straight for a military personnel carrier three sizes bigger than a Ford F150. I hit the brakes, braced myself, and waited for the truck to wipe me out There's Romance: I could still smell the aroma of her perfume long after I could no longer see the greyhound on the back of the bus. There's Something for Young and Old: I invite you to go along so that you can experience what it was like for a young man of color to grow up in the U.S.A. during the fifties. I am excited about the chance to share these memories with you. I hope you will find significant reflections of your own childhood among them. Johnson, Mr Dwayne (illustrator).…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Hallmark, 2006

    1595301194 / 9781595301192

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good. Blessed is the nation that in the course of a century could give the world two poets of Czeslaw Milosz's and Zbigniew Herbert's scope. Doubly blessed is the English-reader, for in this volume he gets Zbigniew Herbert's work rendered by Czeslaw Milosz: like the poor, or better yet like nature herself, Polish genius takes care of its own.This collection is bound for a much longer haul than any of us can anticipate. For Zbigniew Herbert's poetry adds to the biography of civilization the sensibility of a man not defeated by the century that has been most thorough, most effective in dehumanization of the species. Herbert's irony, his austere reserve and his compassion, the lucidity of his lyricism, the intensity of his sentiment toward classical antiquity, are not just trappings of a modern poet, but the necessary armor--in his case well-tempered and shining indeed--for man not to be crushed by the onslaught of reality. By offering to his readers neither aesthetic norethical discount, this poet, in fact, saves them frorn that poverty which every form of human eviI finds so congenial. As long as the species exists, this book will be timely.-- Joseph Brodsky.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 2003

    0375759352 / 9780375759352

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Reflections on America and the American experience as he has lived and observed it by the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years From his parents' life in the Thirties, on to his boyhood along the Missouri River and on the prairies of South Dakota in the Forties, into his early journalism career in the Fifties and the tumultuous Sixties, up to the present, this personal story is a reflection on America in our time. Tom Brokaw writes about growing up and coming of age in the heartland, and of the family, the people, the culture and the values that shaped him then and still do today. His father, Red Brokaw, a genius with machines, followed the instincts of Tom's mother Jean, and took the risk of moving his small family from an Army base to Pickstown, South Dakota, where Red got a job as a heavy equipment operator in the Army Corps of Engineers' project building the Ft. Randall dam along the Missouri River. Tom Brokaw describes how this move became the pivotal decision in their lives, as the Brokaw family, along with others after World War II, began to live out the American Dream: community, relative prosperity, middle class pleasures and good educations for their children. "Along the river and in the surrounding hills, I had a Tom Sawyer boyhood," Brokaw writes; and as he describes his own pilgrimage as it unfolded-from childhood to love, marriage, the early days in broadcast journalism, and beyond-he also reflects on what brought him and so many Americans of his generation to lead lives a long way from home, yet forever affected by it. Praise for A Long Way from Home " A love letter to the . . . people and places that enriched a 'Tom Sawyer boyhood.' Brokaw . . . has a knack for delivering quirky observations on small-town life. . . . Bottom line: Tom's terrific."-People "Breezy and straightforward . . . much like the assertive TV newsman himself."-Los Angeles Times "Brokaw writes with disarming honesty."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Brokaw evokes a sense of community, a pride of citizenship, and a confidence in American ideals that will impress his readers."-Richmond Times-Dispatch.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 2003

    0375759352 / 9780375759352

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Reflections on America and the American experience as he has lived and observed it by the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years From his parents' life in the Thirties, on to his boyhood along the Missouri River and on the prairies of South Dakota in the Forties, into his early journalism career in the Fifties and the tumultuous Sixties, up to the present, this personal story is a reflection on America in our time. Tom Brokaw writes about growing up and coming of age in the heartland, and of the family, the people, the culture and the values that shaped him then and still do today. His father, Red Brokaw, a genius with machines, followed the instincts of Tom's mother Jean, and took the risk of moving his small family from an Army base to Pickstown, South Dakota, where Red got a job as a heavy equipment operator in the Army Corps of Engineers' project building the Ft. Randall dam along the Missouri River. Tom Brokaw describes how this move became the pivotal decision in their lives, as the Brokaw family, along with others after World War II, began to live out the American Dream: community, relative prosperity, middle class pleasures and good educations for their children. "Along the river and in the surrounding hills, I had a Tom Sawyer boyhood," Brokaw writes; and as he describes his own pilgrimage as it unfolded-from childhood to love, marriage, the early days in broadcast journalism, and beyond-he also reflects on what brought him and so many Americans of his generation to lead lives a long way from home, yet forever affected by it. Praise for A Long Way from Home " A love letter to the . . . people and places that enriched a 'Tom Sawyer boyhood.' Brokaw . . . has a knack for delivering quirky observations on small-town life. . . . Bottom line: Tom's terrific."-People "Breezy and straightforward . . . much like the assertive TV newsman himself."-Los Angeles Times "Brokaw writes with disarming honesty."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Brokaw evokes a sense of community, a pride of citizenship, and a confidence in American ideals that will impress his readers."-Richmond Times-Dispatch.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 2003

    0375759352 / 9780375759352

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Reflections on America and the American experience as he has lived and observed it by the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years From his parents' life in the Thirties, on to his boyhood along the Missouri River and on the prairies of South Dakota in the Forties, into his early journalism career in the Fifties and the tumultuous Sixties, up to the present, this personal story is a reflection on America in our time. Tom Brokaw writes about growing up and coming of age in the heartland, and of the family, the people, the culture and the values that shaped him then and still do today. His father, Red Brokaw, a genius with machines, followed the instincts of Tom's mother Jean, and took the risk of moving his small family from an Army base to Pickstown, South Dakota, where Red got a job as a heavy equipment operator in the Army Corps of Engineers' project building the Ft. Randall dam along the Missouri River. Tom Brokaw describes how this move became the pivotal decision in their lives, as the Brokaw family, along with others after World War II, began to live out the American Dream: community, relative prosperity, middle class pleasures and good educations for their children. "Along the river and in the surrounding hills, I had a Tom Sawyer boyhood," Brokaw writes; and as he describes his own pilgrimage as it unfolded-from childhood to love, marriage, the early days in broadcast journalism, and beyond-he also reflects on what brought him and so many Americans of his generation to lead lives a long way from home, yet forever affected by it. Praise for A Long Way from Home " A love letter to the . . . people and places that enriched a 'Tom Sawyer boyhood.' Brokaw . . . has a knack for delivering quirky observations on small-town life. . . . Bottom line: Tom's terrific."-People "Breezy and straightforward . . . much like the assertive TV newsman himself."-Los Angeles Times "Brokaw writes with disarming honesty."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Brokaw evokes a sense of community, a pride of citizenship, and a confidence in American ideals that will impress his readers."-Richmond Times-Dispatch.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Konecky & Konecky, 2006

    156852577X / 9781568525778

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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Konecky & Konecky, 2006

    156852577X / 9781568525778

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    Hardback. Zustand: Fair.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1994

    0449909336 / 9780449909331

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation's roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and "Goody" Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. …

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1994

    0449909336 / 9780449909331

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation's roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and "Goody" Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. …

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1994

    0449909336 / 9780449909331

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation's roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and "Goody" Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. …

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc, 2012

    0785828311 / 9780785828310

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good. Fifties Flashback captures the spirit of post-World War II America and the era of tail fins, big chrome, and glitzy trim.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc, 2012

    0785828311 / 9780785828310

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    Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Fifties Flashback captures the spirit of post-World War II America and the era of tail fins, big chrome, and glitzy trim.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Parragon Inc, 2007

    1405495308 / 9781405495301

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013

    1421411601 / 9781421411606

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good. Olesker's doo-wop portrait of Baltimore is nostalgic, but it has a hard edge.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1991

    0500276447 / 9780500276440

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Christian Dior's Spring Collection of February 1947 startled the fashion world, but resulted in the "new look" becoming the symbol for a wider range of developments in which a generation of designers revitalized the basic forms of home and workplace. Carlo Mollino and Gio Ponti in Italy, Stig Lindberg, Tapio Wirkkala and Henning Koppel in Scandinavia, Robin and Lucienne Day in Britain and Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen in America made rapid and radical changes and created a new look for the applied arts. The visual strength of their designs is reflected in their continued popularity. This volume provides an analysis of the phenomenon, with illustrations of over 200 designs. It may also be used as a reference source: it includes an illustrated international directory of 1950s design giving details of prominent designers, important companies and significant works.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House Trade Paperbacks (edition Reprint), 2003

    0375759352 / 9780375759352

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1999

    0812931378 / 9780812931372

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In July 1947, fresh out of college and long before he would win the Pulitzer Prize and become known as one of America's finest historians, Stanley Karnow boarded a freighter bound for France, planning to stay for the summer. He stayed for ten years, first as a student and later as a correspondent for Time magazine. By the time he left, Karnow knew Paris so intimately that his French colleagues dubbed him "le plus parisien des Americains" --the most Parisian American. Now, Karnow returns to the France of his youth, perceptively and wittily illuminating a time and place like none other. Karnow came to France at a time when the French were striving to return to the life they had enjoyed before the devastation of World War II. Yet even during food shortages, political upheavals, and the struggle to come to terms with a world in which France was no longer the mighty power it had been, Paris remained a city of style, passion, and romance. Paris in the Fifties transports us to Latin Quarter cafes and basement jazz clubs, to unheated apartments and glorious ballrooms. We meet such prominent political figures as Charles de Gaulle and Pierre Mend s-France, as well as Communist hacks and the demagogic tax rebel Pierre Poujade. We get to know illustrious intellectuals, among them Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and Andre Malraux, and visit the glittering salons where aristocrats with exquisite manners mingled with trendy novelists, poets, critics, artists, composers, playwrights, and actors. We meet Christian Dior, who taught Karnow the secrets of haute couture, and Prince Curnonsky, France's leading gourmet, who taught the young reporter to appreciate the complexities of haute cuisine. Karnow takes us to marathon murder trials in musty courtrooms, accompanies a group of tipsy wine connoisseurs on a tour of the Beaujolais vineyards, and recalls the famous automobile race at Le Mans when a catastrophic accident killed more than eighty spectators. Back in Paris, Karnow hung out with visiting celebrities like Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, and Audrey Hepburn, and in Paris in the Fifties we meet them too. A veteran reporter and historian, Karnow has written a vivid and delightful history of a charmed decade in the greatest city in the world. Annette Karnow (illustrator).…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1999

    0812931378 / 9780812931372

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. In July 1947, fresh out of college and long before he would win the Pulitzer Prize and become known as one of America's finest historians, Stanley Karnow boarded a freighter bound for France, planning to stay for the summer. He stayed for ten years, first as a student and later as a correspondent for Time magazine. By the time he left, Karnow knew Paris so intimately that his French colleagues dubbed him "le plus parisien des Americains" --the most Parisian American. Now, Karnow returns to the France of his youth, perceptively and wittily illuminating a time and place like none other. Karnow came to France at a time when the French were striving to return to the life they had enjoyed before the devastation of World War II. Yet even during food shortages, political upheavals, and the struggle to come to terms with a world in which France was no longer the mighty power it had been, Paris remained a city of style, passion, and romance. Paris in the Fifties transports us to Latin Quarter cafes and basement jazz clubs, to unheated apartments and glorious ballrooms. We meet such prominent political figures as Charles de Gaulle and Pierre Mend s-France, as well as Communist hacks and the demagogic tax rebel Pierre Poujade. We get to know illustrious intellectuals, among them Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and Andre Malraux, and visit the glittering salons where aristocrats with exquisite manners mingled with trendy novelists, poets, critics, artists, composers, playwrights, and actors. We meet Christian Dior, who taught Karnow the secrets of haute couture, and Prince Curnonsky, France's leading gourmet, who taught the young reporter to appreciate the complexities of haute cuisine. Karnow takes us to marathon murder trials in musty courtrooms, accompanies a group of tipsy wine connoisseurs on a tour of the Beaujolais vineyards, and recalls the famous automobile race at Le Mans when a catastrophic accident killed more than eighty spectators. Back in Paris, Karnow hung out with visiting celebrities like Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, and Audrey Hepburn, and in Paris in the Fifties we meet them too. A veteran reporter and historian, Karnow has written a vivid and delightful history of a charmed decade in the greatest city in the world. Annette Karnow (illustrator).…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1999

    0812931378 / 9780812931372

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. In July 1947, fresh out of college and long before he would win the Pulitzer Prize and become known as one of America's finest historians, Stanley Karnow boarded a freighter bound for France, planning to stay for the summer. He stayed for ten years, first as a student and later as a correspondent for Time magazine. By the time he left, Karnow knew Paris so intimately that his French colleagues dubbed him "le plus parisien des Americains" --the most Parisian American. Now, Karnow returns to the France of his youth, perceptively and wittily illuminating a time and place like none other. Karnow came to France at a time when the French were striving to return to the life they had enjoyed before the devastation of World War II. Yet even during food shortages, political upheavals, and the struggle to come to terms with a world in which France was no longer the mighty power it had been, Paris remained a city of style, passion, and romance. Paris in the Fifties transports us to Latin Quarter cafes and basement jazz clubs, to unheated apartments and glorious ballrooms. We meet such prominent political figures as Charles de Gaulle and Pierre Mend s-France, as well as Communist hacks and the demagogic tax rebel Pierre Poujade. We get to know illustrious intellectuals, among them Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and Andre Malraux, and visit the glittering salons where aristocrats with exquisite manners mingled with trendy novelists, poets, critics, artists, composers, playwrights, and actors. We meet Christian Dior, who taught Karnow the secrets of haute couture, and Prince Curnonsky, France's leading gourmet, who taught the young reporter to appreciate the complexities of haute cuisine. Karnow takes us to marathon murder trials in musty courtrooms, accompanies a group of tipsy wine connoisseurs on a tour of the Beaujolais vineyards, and recalls the famous automobile race at Le Mans when a catastrophic accident killed more than eighty spectators. Back in Paris, Karnow hung out with visiting celebrities like Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, and Audrey Hepburn, and in Paris in the Fifties we meet them too. A veteran reporter and historian, Karnow has written a vivid and delightful history of a charmed decade in the greatest city in the world. Annette Karnow (illustrator).…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Crown (edition ), 1999

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Annette Karnow (illustrator).

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Hallmark (edition )

    1595301194 / 9781595301192

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    Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Perennial (edition Reprint), 1994

    0060924616 / 9780060924614

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, 2023

    0307958922 / 9780307958921

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good. A fascinating look at Hollywood's most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system-set against the boom of the post-World War II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age-and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts "The definitive book on 1950s Hollywood." -Booklist "Lavish. . . insightful, rich, expansive, penetrating." -Kirkus Hollywood in the 1950s was a period when the film industry both set conventions and broke norms and traditions-from Cinerama, CinemaScope, and VistaVision to the epic film and lavish musical. It was a decade that saw the rise of the anti-hero; the smoldering, the hidden, and the unspoken; teenagers gone wild in the streets; the sacred and the profane; the revolution of the Method; the socially conscious; the implosion of the studios; the end of the production code; and the invasion of the ultimate body snatcher: the "small screen" television. Here is Eisenhower's America-seemingly complacent, conformity-ridden revealed in Vincente Minnelli's Father of the Bride, Walt Disney's Cinderella, and Brigadoon, among others. And here is its darkening, resonant landscape, beset by conflict, discontent, and anxiety (The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Asphalt Jungle, A Place in the Sun, Touch of Evil, It Came From Outer Space) . . . an America on the verge of cultural, political and sexual revolt, busting up and breaking out (East of Eden, From Here to Eternity, On the Waterfront, Sweet Smell of Success, The Wild One, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Jailhouse Rock). An important, riveting look at our nation at its peak as a world power and at the political, cultural, sexual upheavals it endured, reflected and explored in the quintessential American art form. …

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    Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, 2023

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    Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. A fascinating look at Hollywood's most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system-set against the boom of the post-World War II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age-and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts "The definitive book on 1950s Hollywood." -Booklist "Lavish. . . insightful, rich, expansive, penetrating." -Kirkus Hollywood in the 1950s was a period when the film industry both set conventions and broke norms and traditions-from Cinerama, CinemaScope, and VistaVision to the epic film and lavish musical. It was a decade that saw the rise of the anti-hero; the smoldering, the hidden, and the unspoken; teenagers gone wild in the streets; the sacred and the profane; the revolution of the Method; the socially conscious; the implosion of the studios; the end of the production code; and the invasion of the ultimate body snatcher: the "small screen" television. Here is Eisenhower's America-seemingly complacent, conformity-ridden revealed in Vincente Minnelli's Father of the Bride, Walt Disney's Cinderella, and Brigadoon, among others. And here is its darkening, resonant landscape, beset by conflict, discontent, and anxiety (The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Asphalt Jungle, A Place in the Sun, Touch of Evil, It Came From Outer Space) . . . an America on the verge of cultural, political and sexual revolt, busting up and breaking out (East of Eden, From Here to Eternity, On the Waterfront, Sweet Smell of Success, The Wild One, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Jailhouse Rock). An important, riveting look at our nation at its peak as a world power and at the political, cultural, sexual upheavals it endured, reflected and explored in the quintessential American art form. …

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 2007

    0767916182 / 9780767916189

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good. POR INSPIRACION DEL ESPIRITU SANTO EN MI, HE ESCRITO ESTE LIBRO, CON EL PROPICITO DE HACER LLEGAR MI TESTIMONIO, A TODO AQUEL QUE PUEDA SERVIRLE DE MOTIVACION, DE PRUEBA DEL PODER DE LA FEY DE LOS MILAGROS QUE POUEDAN LOGRARCE AL TENER UNA COMUNICACION DIRECTA Y PERMANENTE CON DIOS. DE LOS FRUTOS DEDICADOS HACER EL BIEN, Y QUE DE TODO NUESTRO PASADO, NO IMPORTA COMO HAYA SIDO, QUEDA VORDADO POR LA SANGRE DE CRISTO CUANDO NOS COMVERTIMOS A EL. EL ME A DADO EL ENTENDIMIENTO Y A REFRESCADO MI MEMORIA ME A GUIADO EN CADA UNA DE LAS PALABRAS QUE E ESCRITO EL A ESCOGIDO EL MOMENTO PERFECTO PARA REALIZARLO Y A PUESTO LOS CONTACTOS MAS ADECUADOS PARA REALIZAR ESTA OBRA. QUE ES UN RECUERDO DE CAIDAS, LEVANTADAS, SUFRIMIENTOS, Y ALEGRIAS, DERROTAS Y VICTORIAS. REVELDIA ACEPTACION, SOLEDAD Y APOYO, MUERTE Y VIDA MENTIRAS Y VERDADES, BUSQUEDAS POR EL CAMINO EQUIVOCADO, PERO QUE SIN DUDA, EN TODAS ESAS EXPERIENCIAS, LA VOLUNTAD EL AMOR Y LA SABIDURIA DE DIOS AN ESTADO PRESENTE EN MI VIDA. PARA HACER CADA UNA DE ELLAS UN APRENDISAJE Y LA BASE DE LO QUE SOY HOY. Y LO QUE DIOS QUERIA DE MI.…

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    Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 2007

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    Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. POR INSPIRACION DEL ESPIRITU SANTO EN MI, HE ESCRITO ESTE LIBRO, CON EL PROPICITO DE HACER LLEGAR MI TESTIMONIO, A TODO AQUEL QUE PUEDA SERVIRLE DE MOTIVACION, DE PRUEBA DEL PODER DE LA FEY DE LOS MILAGROS QUE POUEDAN LOGRARCE AL TENER UNA COMUNICACION DIRECTA Y PERMANENTE CON DIOS. DE LOS FRUTOS DEDICADOS HACER EL BIEN, Y QUE DE TODO NUESTRO PASADO, NO IMPORTA COMO HAYA SIDO, QUEDA VORDADO POR LA SANGRE DE CRISTO CUANDO NOS COMVERTIMOS A EL. EL ME A DADO EL ENTENDIMIENTO Y A REFRESCADO MI MEMORIA ME A GUIADO EN CADA UNA DE LAS PALABRAS QUE E ESCRITO EL A ESCOGIDO EL MOMENTO PERFECTO PARA REALIZARLO Y A PUESTO LOS CONTACTOS MAS ADECUADOS PARA REALIZAR ESTA OBRA. QUE ES UN RECUERDO DE CAIDAS, LEVANTADAS, SUFRIMIENTOS, Y ALEGRIAS, DERROTAS Y VICTORIAS. REVELDIA ACEPTACION, SOLEDAD Y APOYO, MUERTE Y VIDA MENTIRAS Y VERDADES, BUSQUEDAS POR EL CAMINO EQUIVOCADO, PERO QUE SIN DUDA, EN TODAS ESAS EXPERIENCIAS, LA VOLUNTAD EL AMOR Y LA SABIDURIA DE DIOS AN ESTADO PRESENTE EN MI VIDA. PARA HACER CADA UNA DE ELLAS UN APRENDISAJE Y LA BASE DE LO QUE SOY HOY. Y LO QUE DIOS QUERIA DE MI.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: St. Ben: Loudon, TN, 1999

    0967220009 / 9780967220000

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