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A HISTORY OF THE MOST CONTROVERSAL MOTION PICTURE EVERY MADE A hundred years have passed since the masterpiece of David Wark Griffith, The Birth of a Nation, first appeared on the screens of America, in the winter of 1915. It demonstrated that the cinema, no less than literature and no less than the...

AUDIENCE FOR BOOK: First-time homebuyers in California or those moving up to a second home here, or out-of-staters planning to move to California and looking to understand its unique real estate market. REASONS TO BUY THIS NEW EDITION: • Over 400,000 homes change hands in California every year....

A lost book so wonderful it is like finding buried treasure."On Sarpy Creek" is a deeply moving family saga about a small Montana farming community in the decade after World War I. Many readers consider it a small masterpiece, yet this book was "lost" for decades before being recently republished.The...

Cupcake and Noodles Go to New Zealand is the next book in the Cupcake and Noodles Go To series about the adventures of twopint size sisters as they visit the majestic land of the Maori and kiwis, New Zealand. They run through gigantic red woods, see a haka and marvel at glowworms in a dark cave. It is in New Zealand that Cupcake learns how brave she is and how to tell her own story.

"Once you have their money, never give it back." -- #1 "Anything worth doing is worth doing for money." -- #13 For centuries these and the other famous Ferengi "Rules of Acquisition' have been the guiding principles of the galaxy's most successful entrepreneurs. But the wisdom behind...

Updated to reflect the most recent SATs this eBook offers college-bound students an explanation of all the important tactics and strategies for taking the SAT as well as a detailed review of all test topics a diagnostic test and five full-length SAT practice tests with all questions answered and explained....

This autobiography by Emily has been called "probably the finest... in a literary sense, ever written in Canada." Completed just before Emily Carr died in 1945, Growing Pains tells the story of Carr’s life, beginning with her girlhood in pioneer Victoria and going on to her training...

Pioneer settlers began arriving in Pine Creek Valley after the Revolutionary War, drawn to the pristine wilderness filled with towering white pines and hemlocks. In the 1880s, descendants of those settlers began extensive lumbering operations aided greatly by the arrival of the railroad through the valley....

From the world-renowned trendspotting duo who has predicted everything from metrosexuality to the growth of global brands comes a new, enlightening look at the future. Based on intensive research and interviews as well as the authors' real-world and business experience in locations across the globe,...

The most widely feared misfits and controversial heretics to ever challenge society norms and behavior are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From convicted murderers James Earl Ray and Jeffrey MacDonald, to activists Abbie Hoffman...

This publication will teach you the basics of starting a Commuter Rail System business. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to start a Commuter Rail System business

Nine million people visit the Golden Gate Bridge each year, yet how many know why it's painted that stunning shade of "international orange"? Or that ancient Mayan and Art Deco buildings influenced the design? Current bridge architect Donald MacDonald answers these questions and others in...

The internationally bestselling novel by the author of A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil, and Rosemary's Baby With an Introduction by Peter Straub For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For...

The new expanded edition of the bestseller Booklist calls, "A must-have for would-be writers!" The one book a fiction or memoir writer needs, focusing on beginnings, character, dialogue, research, work habits, plot, memory, dealing with deeply personal material, and publishing.