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Adaptations: From Short Story To Big Screen, 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Filmsby Stephanie HarrisonISBN 1400053145 (1-4000-5314-5)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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The Adventures of Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 1421806363 (1-4218-0636-3)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Peter Pan'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end. Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street], and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there is was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner. [via]
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Asian Cult Cinemaby Thomas WeisserISBN 1572972289 (1-57297-228-9)
Softcover, Boulevard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Asian Cult Cinema'Book summary:In this volume, Thomas Weisser reviews hundreds of Asian cult films, rating them with one to four stars. The book is packed with intriguing data and brimming with its author's knowledge, enthusiasm, and humor. Although Weisser concentrates mainly on movies from the genre's most fruitful period, the 1980s and 1990s, he also provides a supplementary guide to the martial arts films of the 1970s. Also included is an index to the films of kung fu fighters who tried to take Bruce Lee's place after the master's untimely death in 1973. As Max Allan Collins writes in the book's introduction, this is "a travel guide to an exotic but surprisingly accessible foreign land, an alternate universe of filmmaking that has the energy, talent, and enthusiasm that Hollywood long ago squandered." [via]
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Bare Bones Camera Course for Film and Videoby Tom SchroeppelISBN 0960371818 (0-9603718-1-8)
Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bare Bones Camera Course for Film and Video'Book summary:Author's Preface: "This book explains, as simply as possible, how to shoot usable images on film, tape and other media. If you are, or plan to be, a cameraperson, I suggest you read your camera's operator's manual in addition to this book. When you understand both, you should be able to go out and shoot footage that works. If you're not interested in becoming a cameraperson, but simply want to better understand how the camera is used, no additional reading is required. Just relax and enjoy the book." [via]
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Casino Royale: Library Editionby Ian FlemingISBN 1567310567 (1-56731-056-7)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Casino Royale: Library Edition'Book summary:The licence to kill for the Secret Service was a great honour. It brought James Bond the only assignments he enjoyed, the dangerous ones. At the Casino in Deauville, Bond's game is baccarat. But away from the discreet salons, the caviar and champagne, it's 007 versus one of Russia's most powerful and ruthless agents. [via]
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Clerksby Kevin SmithISBN 0966712781 (0-9667127-8-1)
Softcover, Oni Pr
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The Complete Cheapskate: How to Break Free from Money Worries Forever, Without Sacrificing Your Quality of Lifeby Mary HuntISBN 1561795208 (1-56179-520-8)
Softcover, Focus on the Family Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Cheapskate: How to Break Free from Money Worries Forever, Without Sacrificing Your Quality of Life'Book summary:In need of a Money Makeover? Let America's most popular cheapskate show you how to go from financial chaos to freedom and security--painlessly and in less time than you ever imagined. Mary Hunt has helped thousands live a debt-free life with her popular newsletter, "The Cheapskate Monthly." In The Complete Cheapskate, Mary puts all the very best money advice she has in one place. Becoming a classy, dignified cheapskate is not all that difficult, and Mary shows how with her user-friendly principles of saving, restraint, and living debt-free. This book will teach you how to: - Create--and stick to--a monthly spending plan - Live well off 80% of your income - Climb out--and stay out--of debt's hole - Stretch every dollar to its absolute maximum - Manage savings and investments - Lower bills on clothes, food, and gifts without lowering living standards - Live within a financial plan that includes a margin for fun and spontaneity With hundreds of tips on cutting expenses, The Complete Cheapskate is the indispensable guide for people ready to regain control of their finances, relieve the stress money has created, and prepare for their future. [via]
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre DumasISBN 1414213425 (1-4142-1342-5)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Count of Monte Cristo'Book summary:Sent to prison on a false accusation in 1815, Edmond Dantes escapes many years later and finds a treasure which he uses to exact his revenge. [via]
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Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Movie Guideby John StanleyISBN 1572972254 (1-57297-225-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Director's Vision: A Concise Guide to the Art of 250 Great Filmakersby Geoff AndrewISBN 1556523661 (1-55652-366-1)
Softcover, Chicago Review Pr
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Disney Animationby Frank Thomas, Ollie JohnstonISBN 0896592324 (0-89659-232-4)
Hardcover, Abbeville Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Disney Animation'Book summary:A must for collectors and fans of all ages, this is the most exciting, comprehensive, and thorough examination of what the Disney magic is all about. More than 2,700 illustrations, 489 in full color. [via]
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Droidmaker: George Lucas And the Digital Revolutionby Michael RubinISBN 0937404675 (0-937404-67-5)
Hardcover, Triad Pub Co
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Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You'Ve Never Seen: A Celebration of the World's Most Unheralded Fright Flicksby Anthony Timpone, Adam LukemanISBN 1400047498 (1-4000-4749-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Film Editing Room Handbookby Norman HollynISBN 0943728339 (0-943728-33-9)
Softcover, Natl Book Network
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Framing Blackness: The African American Image in Filmby Edward GuerreroISBN 1566391261 (1-56639-126-1)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Framing Blackness: The African American Image in Film'Book summary:From D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation" to Spike Lee's "Malcolm X", Ed Guerrero argues, the commercial film industry reflects white domination of American society. Written with the energy and conviction generated by the new black film wave, Framing Blackness traces an ongoing epic African Americans protesting screen images of blacks as criminals, servants, comics, athletes, and sidekicks. These images persist despite blacks' irrepressible demands for emancipated images and a role in the industry. Although starkly racist portrayals of blacks in early films have gradually been replaced by more appealing characterizations, the legacy of the plantation genre lives on in Blaxpoitation films, the fantastic racialized imagery in science fiction and horror films, and the resubordination of blacks in Reagan-era films. Probing the contradictions of such images, Guerrero recalls the controversies surrounding role choices by stars like Sidney Poitier, Eddie Murphy, Whoopie Goldberg, and Richard Pryor. Throughout his study, Guerrero is attentive to the ways African Americans resist Hollywood's one-dimensional images and superficial selling of black culture as the latest fad. Organizing political demonstrations and boycotts, writing, and creating their own film images are among the forms of active resistance documented. The final chapter awakens readers to the artistic and commercial breakthrough of black independent filmmakers who are using movies to channel their rage at social injustice. Guerrero points out their diverse approaches to depicting African American life and hails innovative tactics for financing their work. Framing Blackness is the most up-to-date critical study of how African Americans are acquiring power once the province of Hollywood alone: the power of framing blackness. Author note: Ed Guerrero, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Delaware, lectures and publishes widely on black cinema and has worked on documentary film projects for PBS and Island Records. [via]
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French New Waveby Jean Douchet, Cedric Anger, Robert BonnonoISBN 1564660575 (1-56466-057-5)
Hardcover, Hazan Editeur
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› Find signed collectible books: 'French New Wave'Book summary:A coffee-table book on the Nouvelle Vague (or New Wave) filmmakers might be considered a contradiction in terms. Yet as big and well-designed as it is, with all those creamy photographs, it still manages to look like the smart, perverse product of that band of outsiders who in 1950s Paris decided to overturn the last generation. In Jean Doucet's story, François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol, and Eric Rohmer all shucked their day jobs in film criticism to begin making films with borrowed cameras and their raw nerve, hunting their cinematic forefathers--Jean Renoir, Marcel Carne, and Marcel Pagnol. Doucet's lively book is true to their vision too. With its jazz album fonts and tinted photographs of young men smoking, it gives no corner to dumbness, and much space to the coolness of being alive during that time. Through 350-plus pages, Doucet, a philosopher who knew the filmmakers, covers the early days of the Cinematheque Français, where all the filmmakers met and watched Chaplin, Griffith, and Murnau; the emergence of Cahiers du Cinéma, where they published witty, polemical essays, as the center of their revolution; and the films themselves, beginning with Truffaut's 400 Blows in 1959 and Godard's Breathless in 1960. Doucet reproduces film reviews of the period and includes copies of old cine-club programs, newspaper stories, and a final chapter on "new waves" in Iran, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, and even the U.S. (see Jim Jarmusch). A probing, affectionate look at the birth of a handful of movie-mad film students who changed the face of cinema. --Lyall Bush [via]
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Ghost in the Shellby Masamune Shirow, Frederik L. Schodt, Toren SmithISBN 1569710813 (1-56971-081-3)
Softcover, Diamond Comic Distributors
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ghost in the Shell'Book summary:From acclaimed Japanese writer/artists Masamune Shirow, the creator of Appleseed, Orion, and Dominion: Tank Police comes a new dystopian tale of tough-talking cyborgs, political intrigues, and the kind of actions best left covert! The beautiful and deadly Major Kusanagi and her crack team of internal operatives are sent to investigate a government factory with questionable labor practices. As it turns out, their labor practices aren't the only thing to be questioned when the major and her team are met by a most unwelcoming welcome wagon! [via]
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Gods And Monsters: Thirty Years of Writing on Film and Culture from One of Americas's Most Incisive Writersby Peter BiskindISBN 1560255455 (1-56025-545-5)
Softcover, Nation Books
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Goldfingerby Ian FlemingISBN 1567310516 (1-56731-051-6)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goldfinger'Book summary:In this, James Bond's first encounter with the deadly Blofeld, a deadly game of canasta turns out to be thoroughly crooked and a beautiful golden girl ends up dead. This is one of the well-known 007 novels featuring the urbane hero, James Bond. [via]
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The Gospel Reloaded: Exploring Spirituality and Faith in the Matrixby Greg Garrett, Chris SeayISBN 1576834786 (1-57683-478-6)
Softcover, Navpress
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gospel Reloaded: Exploring Spirituality and Faith in the Matrix'Book summary:The world has changed. The Gospel Reloaded rushes headlong into The Matrix, exploring the trilogy's intricate details, religious undertones, and eclectic philosophies. These aren't movies you just "watch." They are postmodern epics, full of meaning and metaphor--deserving of serious inquiry and contemplation. Get inside the collective minds of the Wachowski brothers. See how even the minute details--from Neo's name to Thomas Anderson's room number--yield secrets to better understand the film. The movies call us to seek and find. Read how the themes of The Matrix call you to your own spiritual revelation. Ask of your own life: what's real and what's a mirage? Then you'll discover just how deep this rabbit hole really goes. [via]
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Hitchcock and Selznick: The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick in Hollywoodby Leonard J. LeffISBN 1555842720 (1-55584-272-0)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The Hollywood Rat Raceby Edward D. WoodISBN 156858119X (1-56858-119-X)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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House of Sand and Fogby Dubus, Andre, IIIISBN 1400077354 (1-4000-7735-4)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'House of Sand and Fog'Book summary:Andre Dubus III wastes no time in capturing the dark side of the immigrant experience in America at the end of the 20th century. House of Sand and Fog opens with a highway crew composed of several nationalities picking up litter on a hot California summer day. Massoud Amir Behrani, a former colonel in the Iranian military under the Shah, reflects on his job-search efforts since arriving in the U.S. four years before: "I have spent hundreds of dollars copying my credentials; I have worn my French suits and my Italian shoes to hand-deliver my qualifications; I have waited and then called back after the correct waiting time; but there is nothing." The father of two, Behrani has spent most of the money he brought with him from Iran on an apartment and furnishings that are too expensive, desperately trying to keep up appearances in order to enhance his daughter's chances of making a good marriage. Now the daughter is married, and on impulse he sinks his remaining funds into a house he buys at auction, thus unwittingly putting himself and his family on a trajectory to disaster. The house, it seems, once belonged to Kathy Nicolo, a self-destructive alcoholic who wants it back. What starts out as a legal tussle soon escalates into a personal confrontation--with dire results.
Dubus tells his tragic tale from the viewpoints of the two main adversaries, Behrani and Kathy. To both of them, the house represents something more than just a place to live. For the colonel, it is a foot in the door of the American dream; for Kathy, a reminder of a kinder, gentler past. In prose that is simple yet evocative, House of Sand and Fog builds to its inevitable denouement, one that is painfully dark but unfailingly honest. --Alix Wilber [via]
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I Am Curiousby Vilgot SjomanISBN 0936839538 (0-936839-53-8)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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In Search of the Monkey Girlby Spalding Gray, Randal LevensonISBN 0893810959 (0-89381-095-9)
Hardcover, Aperture Foundation, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of the Monkey Girl'Book summary:Photos of circus performers. [via]
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It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock A Personal Biographyby Charlotte ChandlerISBN 1557836922 (1-55783-692-2)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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A James Bond Omnibusby Ian FlemingISBN 1567311601 (1-56731-160-1)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A James Bond Omnibus'Book summary:Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked variously as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during World War II. He published his first novel, "Casino Royale" in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful James Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.This omnibus collection includes the 3 quintessential stories in this series . While these are the 5th, 6th, and 7th books, they are at the apex of his popularity, the actual cold war and were the first 3 turned into movies as well . In "From Russia With Love (1957)", SMERSH is the Soviet organ of vengeance, of interrogation, torture and death. James Bond is dedicated to the destruction of its agents wherever he finds them. Then the cold eye of SMERSH focuses on Bond and far away in Moscow a trap is laid for him. In "Doctor No (1958)", M calls this case a soft option. Bond can't quite agree. The tropical island is luxurious, the seductive Honey Rider is beautiful and willing. However, they are both part of the empire of Dr No. His obsession is power, and his gifts are pain-shaped. In "Goldfinger (1959)", a friendly game of two-handed canasta turns out to be thoroughly crooked and a beautiful girl ends up dead. In Bond's first encounter with Auric Goldfinger - the world's cleverest, cruellest criminal - useful lessons are learned. [via]
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The Last of the Mohicansby James Fenimore CooperISBN 1419168770 (1-4191-6877-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last of the Mohicans'Book summary:This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Life Interrupted: The Unfinished Monologueby Spalding GrayISBN 1400048613 (1-4000-4861-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Little Womenby Louisa May AlcottISBN 1419130927 (1-4191-3092-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Little Women, Louisa May Alcotts masterpiece of Childrens literature, is the story of the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Living in a small Massachusetts town, the girls and Mrs. March must make do while Mr. March is away serving as an Army Chaplain during the Civil War. At the storys center lies Jo who, as she approaches adulthood, must reconcile her duties to her family with her desire to become a successful writer. The many appendices in this Broadview edition include materials on the early womens movement, the novels composition, and Alcotts literary influences. [via]
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Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Little Women: ISBN 1561385662 (1-56138-566-2)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Little Women: ISBN 1561795526 (1-56179-552-6)
Hardcover, Tyndale House Pub - Little Women: ISBN 1577656938 (1-57765-693-8)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Little Women: ISBN 0893757071 (0-89375-707-1)
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Hardcover, Hugh Lauter Levin Assc - Little Women: ISBN 0895772094 (0-89577-209-4)
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Little Womenby Lucy Corvino, Deanna McFaddenISBN 1402712367 (1-4027-1236-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.[via]
Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, set during the Civil War, has always captivated even the most reluctant readers. Little girls, especially, love following the adventures of the four March sisters--Meg, Beth, Amy, and most of all, the tomboy Jo--as they experience the joys and disappointments, tragedies and triumphs, of growing up. This simpler version captures all the charm and warmth of the original.More editions of Little Women:
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Little Womenby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714580 (1-4027-1458-0)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.[via]
Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.
The beautiful Meg, artistic tomboy Jo, doomed Beth, and selfish Amy: since the publication of Little Women in 1869, these four sisters have become Americas most beloved literary siblings. Louisa May Alcotts rich and realistic portrait has inspired three movies and stirred the emotions of countless young girls. Set in New England during the Civil War, the novel follows the adventures of the March sisters as they struggle to pursue their dreams.More editions of Little Women:
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Little Women or Meg, Joe, Beth and Mayby Louisa May Alcott, Joe WheelerISBN 1561797448 (1-56179-744-8)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women or Meg, Joe, Beth and May'Book summary:Presented in their complete text and updated for easier reading, each story in the Great Stories Collection is truly unique. Each has been rigorously critiqued and selected for the quality of its Christian content, the value in its message, and its ability to bring and bind a family together. In-depth introductions detail both the authors and the times in which they lived. Many books feature original woodcut illustrations. Complete with thought-provoking questions, these books are keepsakes to be treasured for years to come. Perfect additions to the adult fiction section.
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. So begins the tale that introduces readers to Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy-four sisters who, despite the Civil War, manage to keep laughter on their lips and love in their hearts. Through illness and poverty, disappointment and sacrifice, the March sisters never forget what is truly important-their family. [via]
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Lookout Cartridgeby Joseph McElroyISBN 0881841471 (0-88184-147-1)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Mary Reillyby Valerie MartinISBN 1560540311 (1-56054-031-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas Hardy, Norman PageISBN 1551111225 (1-55111-122-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'Book summary:This 1886 novel may be Hardy's most intense and gripping narrative. We first see the central character, Michael Henchard, as a drunken and unemployed hay-trusser who sells his wife Susan and his daughter Elizabeth-Jane at a fair. When he is eventually reunited with the two, he has become the contented and prosperous mayor of a thriving market town. But the downward spiral begins. Henchard's fall is hastened by a series of coincidences and quarrels, and by his own jealousy and pride. Though the perspective on events that Hardy gives us is often that of other characters (Elizabeth-Jane in particular), Henchard remains the central focus; in the end he is a tragic figure, bankrupt, emotionally broken and a outcast from society. Prepared by one of the world's leading Hardy scholars, this edition includes a critical introduction and a range of background materials from the period. Historical documents (concerning such topics as the corn laws and the practice of wife-selling) and contemporary reviews help set this remarkable novel in the context out of which it emerged. [via]
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Media And Cultural Studies: Key Worksby Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Douglas KellnerISBN 1405132582 (1-4051-3258-2)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Modern Natureby Derek JarmanISBN 087951549X (0-87951-549-X)
Softcover, Overlook Press, The
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Moonraker: Library Editionby Ian FlemingISBN 1567310559 (1-56731-055-9)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Moulin Rouge!by Sue Adler, Baz Luhrmann, Miro BilbroughISBN 1557045070 (1-55704-507-0)
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My Wicked, Wicked Waysby Errol FlynnISBN 0899660932 (0-89966-093-2)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
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Notes of a Film Directorby SergeÖI MikhaÖIlovich EisensteinISBN 1410102467 (1-4101-0246-7)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Notes of a Film Director'Book summary:Sergei Eisenstein is arguably the most important single figure in the history of movies. He was certainly the most versatile. The director of the masterpieces Battleship Potemkin and Alexander Nevsky, Eisenstein also wrote ground-breaking essays on film art and taught classes on motion picture production. In this book Eisenstein writes about himself and his films, about film directing and about artists he has worked with. The last chapter is his own drawings and sketches. [via]
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Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 1561563056 (1-56156-305-6)
Hardcover, Kidsbooks
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Peter Panby Greg HildebrandtISBN 0881011118 (0-88101-111-8)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House
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Peter Panby Moose CharlapISBN 0881881058 (0-88188-105-8)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:8 vocal selections from the 1954 Broadway version of the beloved story starring Mary Martin. Includes
Songs: I Won't Grow Up : I'm Flying : Tender Shepherd (count Your Sheep) : I've Gotta Crow : Distant Melody : Never Never Land : Captain Hook [via]More editions of Peter Pan:
The Pianoby Jane CampionISBN 1562827030 (1-56282-703-0)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Picnic at Hanging Rockby Joan LindsayISBN 0899665608 (0-89966-560-8)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'Book summary:On St Valentine's day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls went on a picnic to Hanging Rock. Some were never to return. This book was first published in 1967. [via]
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Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kindom to the Moviesby Jason Surrell, Tom Fitzgerald, Martin A. SklarISBN 1423107098 (1-4231-0709-8)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most popular and beloved attractions in Disney theme park history, and can be found in each Magic Kingdom Park around the globe. Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies will illustrate how the scalawags and buccaneers made the voyage from sketches to reality, evolving from early story concepts to adaptations and changes as it moved into each of the parks around the four corners of the world, to the very latest ideas for show enhancement.
The second part of the book takes a virtual tour through the attraction, using the original Disneyland version as the "home port" and then traveling through the differences and additions of the attraction at all the other theme parks.
The third part of the book chronicles this classic theme park attraction's translation (back) into the motion picture that launched a franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, including an exclusive look at the earliest story concepts, shooting on location in the Caribbean and on Disney Studio soundstages, the birth of the cursed buccaneers inside a computer at ILM, the birth of teen idols in Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, and Johnny Depp's triumphant Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Now a fourth section showcases the theme park attraction addition of Audio-Animatronics Jack Sparrow and Barbossa, and has many more, all new images from Pirates of the Caribbean; Dead Man's Chest. [via]More editions of Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kindom to the Movies:
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Psychoby Robert BlochISBN 088411077X (0-88411-077-X)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Psycho'Book summary:Norman Bates (and his mother) run the Bates Motel by an isolated road side. Norman has a particular interest in taxidermy. Alfred Hitchcock directed the Hollywood film, starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. [via]
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Readers Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readersby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0945260253 (0-945260-25-3)
Hardcover, Choice Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Readers Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers'Book summary:Fictional Novel, Classic Fiction [via]
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Reel Terrorby Sebastian WolfeISBN 0881848212 (0-88184-821-2)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reel Terror'Book summary:An exciting collection of the stories that inspired great horror movies, from Tod Browning's Freaks in 1932 to David Cronenberg's 1986 Total Recall. The many horror stories covered here--by such writers as Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, John Cheever, and Philip K. Dick--all became legendary horror films. Illustrated. [via]
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Retrofitting Blade Runner: Issues in Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"by Judith B. KermanISBN 0879725109 (0-87972-510-9)
Softcover, Popular Pr of Bowling Green State
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Screenwriters on Screenwritingby Joel EngelISBN 1567313620 (1-56731-362-0)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Screenwriters on Screenwriting'Book summary:Before any lights, camera, or action, there's the script--arguably the most important single element in filmmaking, and Screenwriters on Screen-Writing introduces the men and women responsible for the screenplays that have produced some of the most successful and acclaimed films in Hollywood history. In each interview, not only do the writers explore the craft and technique of creating a filmic blueprint, but they recount the colorful tales of coming up in the ranks of the movie business and of bringing their stories to the screen, in a way that only natural-born storytellers such as themselves can. These and other screenwriters have garnered the attention of the movie-going population not only with their words, but with headlines announcing the sales of their scripts for hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions of dollars.
Anyone interested in writing, making, or learning about movies will enjoy reading this fascinating behind-the-scenes compendium that brings together some of the most prominent and talented screenwriters in modern-day filmmaking.
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Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost), Ernest Lehman (North by Northwest, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Amy Holden Jones (Indecent Proposal), Ted Tally (The Silence of the Lambs), Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Mercies), Andrew Bergman (The In-Laws), Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands), Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King), and Robert Towne (Chinatown, Shampoo).More editions of Screenwriters on Screenwriting:
Spaghetti Nightmares: Italian Fantasy-Horrors As Seen Through the Eyes of Their Protagonistsby Gaetano Mistretta, Margot Winick, Luca M. PalmeriniISBN 0963498274 (0-9634982-7-4)
Softcover, Fantasma Books
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Step Right Up!: I'm Gonna Scare the Pants off Americaby William Castle, John WatersISBN 0886876575 (0-88687-657-5)
Softcover, World Almanac Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Step Right Up!: I'm Gonna Scare the Pants off America'Book summary:From the heyday of the '50s B-movies through the disaster genre of the '70s, William Castle was an extraordinary movie mogul who produced such classic thrillers as Straight Jacket, Homicidal and Rosemary's Baby. Here are the outrageous memoirs of an American original whose life was every bit as outlandish as his movies. Photographs. Filmography. [via]
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Swimming To Cambodiaby Spalding GrayISBN 1559362545 (1-55936-254-5)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Swimming To Cambodia'Book summary:[via]It took courage to do what Spalding didcourage to make theatre so naked and unadorned, to expose himself in this way and fight the demons in public. In doing so, he entered our heartsmy heartbecause he made his struggle my struggle. His life became my life. Eric Bogosian
Virtuosic. A master writer, reporter, comic and playwright. Spalding Gray is a sit-down monologist with the soul of a stand-up comedian. A contemporary Gulliver, he travels the globe in search of experience and finds the ridiculous. The New York Times
In 2004, we mourned the loss of one of Americas true theatrical innovators. Spalding Gray took his own life by jumping from the Staten Island ferry into the waters of New York Harbor, finally succumbing to the impossible notion that he could in fact swim to Cambodia. At a memorial gathering for family, friends and fans at Lincoln Center in New York, his widow expressed the need to honor Grays legacy as an artist and writer for his children, as well as for future generations of fans and readers. Originally published in 1985, Swimming to Cambodia is reissued here 20 years later in a new edition as a tribute to Grays singular artistry.
Writer, actor and performer, Spalding Gray is the author of Sex and Death to the Age 14; Monster in a Box; Its a Slippery Slope; Grays Anatomy and Morning, Noon and Night, among other works. His appearance in The Killing Fields was the inspiration for his Swimming to Cambodia, which was also filmed by Jonathan Demme.
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 156254277X (1-56254-277-X)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tale of Two Cities'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled forever. [via]
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Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: A Postcard BookISBN 1561383406 (1-56138-340-6)
Softcover, Running Pr Book Pub
Find This BookBook summary:Haunting images from a unique tale of how a well-meaning fellow named Jack Skellington discovers the Christmas spirit. Based on the fall 1993 Disney film collaboration with Burton, director of Edward Scissorhands, both Batman films, and Beetlejuice. 30 postcards. Full color. [via]
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Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmasby Tim BurtonISBN 1562827758 (1-56282-775-8)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: The Film the Art, the Visionby Frank ThompsonISBN 156282774X (1-56282-774-X)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeISBN 088103052X (0-88103-052-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Kill a Mockingbird'Book summary:"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.... When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out."
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
Like the slow-moving occupants of her fictional town, Lee takes her time getting to the heart of her tale; we first meet the Finches the summer before Scout's first year at school. She, her brother, and Dill Harris, a boy who spends the summers with his aunt in Maycomb, while away the hours reenacting scenes from Dracula and plotting ways to get a peek at the town bogeyman, Boo Radley. At first the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of a drunk and violent white farmer, barely penetrate the children's consciousness. Then Atticus is called on to defend the accused, Tom Robinson, and soon Scout and Jem find themselves caught up in events beyond their understanding. During the trial, the town exhibits its ugly side, but Lee offers plenty of counterbalance as well--in the struggle of an elderly woman to overcome her morphine habit before she dies; in the heroism of Atticus Finch, standing up for what he knows is right; and finally in Scout's hard-won understanding that most people are essentially kind "when you really see them." By turns funny, wise, and heartbreaking, To Kill a Mockingbird is one classic that continues to speak to new generations, and deserves to be reread often. --Alix Wilber [via]
To Kill a Mockingbirdby Novel Units Inc. StaffISBN 1561373079 (1-56137-307-9)
Softcover, Novel Units
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We're in the Money: Depression America and Its Filmsby Andrew BergmanISBN 0929587855 (0-929587-85-5)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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White Oleanderby Janet FitchISBN 1410400816 (1-4104-0081-6)
Softcover, Gale / Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Oleander'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, May 1999: Astrid Magnussen, the teenage narrator of Janet Fitch's engrossing first novel, White Oleander, has a mother who is as sharp as a new knife. An uncompromising poet, Ingrid despises weakness and self-pity, telling her daughter that they are descendants of Vikings, savages who fought fiercely to survive. And when one of Ingrid's boyfriends abandons her, she illustrates her point, killing the man with the poison of oleander flowers. This leads to a life sentence in prison, leaving Astrid to teach herself the art of survival in a string of Los Angeles foster homes.
As Astrid bumps from trailer park to tract house to Hollywood bungalow, White Oleander uncoils her existential anxieties. "Who was I, really?" she asks. "I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian state, my own personal history rewritten to fit the story she was telling that day. There were so many missing pieces." Fitch adroitly leads Astrid down a path of sorting out her past and identity. In the process, this girl develops a wire-tight inner strength, gains her mother's white-blonde beauty, and achieves some measure of control over their relationship. Even from prison, Ingrid tries to mold her daughter. Foiling her, Astrid learns about tenderness from one foster mother and how to stand up for herself from another. Like the weather in Los Angeles--the winds of the Santa Anas, the scorching heat--Astrid's teenage life is intense. Fitch's novel deftly displays that, and also makes Astrid's life meaningful. --Katherine Anderson [via]
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Wide Sargasso Seaby Jean Rhys, Charlotte BronteISBN 1568497296 (1-56849-729-6)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wide Sargasso Sea'Book summary:In 1966 Jean Rhys reemerged after a long silence with a novel called Wide Sargasso Sea. Rhys had enjoyed minor literary success in the 1920s and '30s with a series of evocative novels featuring women protagonists adrift in Europe, verging on poverty, hoping to be saved by men. By the '40s, however, her work was out of fashion, too sad for a world at war. And Rhys herself was often too sad for the world--she was suicidal, alcoholic, troubled by a vast loneliness. She was also a great writer, despite her powerful self-destructive impulses.
Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway, a Creole heiress who grew up in the West Indies on a decaying plantation. When she comes of age she is married off to an Englishman, and he takes her away from the only place she has known--a house with a garden where "the paths were overgrown and a smell of dead flowers mixed with the fresh living smell. Underneath the tree ferns, tall as forest tree ferns, the light was green. Orchids flourished out of reach or for some reason not to be touched."
The novel is Rhys's answer to Jane Eyre. Charlotte Brontë's book had long haunted her, mostly for the story it did not tell--that of the madwoman in the attic, Rochester's terrible secret. Antoinette is Rhys's imagining of that locked-up woman, who in the end burns up the house and herself. Wide Sargasso Sea follows her voyage into the dark, both from her point of view and Rochester's. It is a voyage charged with soul-destroying lust. "I watched her die many times," observes the new husband. "In my way, not in hers. In sunlight, in shadow, by moonlight, by candlelight. In the long afternoons when the house was empty."
Rhys struggled over the book, enduring rejections and revisions, wrestling to bring this ruined woman out of the ashes. The slim volume was finally published when she was 70 years old. The critical adulation that followed, she said, "has come too late." Jean Rhys died a few years later, but with Wide Sargasso Sea she left behind a great legacy, a work of strange, scary loveliness. There has not been a book like it before or since. Believe me, I've been searching. --Emily White [via]
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William Shakespeare's Richard III: A Screenplayby William Shakespeare, Ian McKellen, Richard LoncraineISBN 0879516852 (0-87951-685-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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ZagatSurvey Movie Guide: 1,000 Top Films of All Timeby Curt GathjeISBN 1570064083 (1-57006-408-3)
Softcover, Zagat Survey
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› Find signed collectible books: 'ZagatSurvey Movie Guide: 1,000 Top Films of All Time'Book summary:Covering the best 1,000 movies of all time--from the 1930s to the present--this guide provides the signature Zagat consumer-driven ratings and reviews. It also includes extensive indexes such as genre and actor, and is targeted toward the growing audience of movie renters, purchasers, and cable viewers. [via]
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