Author: Glen Hyde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933141022
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
History is filled with stories of adventure. This account, however, also includes the unmistakable presence of the Hand of God ...
Angel Flight 44
Author: Glen Hyde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933141022
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
History is filled with stories of adventure. This account, however, also includes the unmistakable presence of the Hand of God ...
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933141022
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
History is filled with stories of adventure. This account, however, also includes the unmistakable presence of the Hand of God ...
Angel Flight 44
Author: Rich Vermillion
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933141053
Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Two world-renowned ministries partnered with a veteran aviator and his Douglas Super DC-3, an American Airlines 767 captain, numerous corporations, and a storm-wearied pastor in Slidell, Louisiana, to obey a call from God to help hurting people. The relief mission after Hurricane Katrina also forever changed the lives of the volunteers themselves.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933141053
Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Two world-renowned ministries partnered with a veteran aviator and his Douglas Super DC-3, an American Airlines 767 captain, numerous corporations, and a storm-wearied pastor in Slidell, Louisiana, to obey a call from God to help hurting people. The relief mission after Hurricane Katrina also forever changed the lives of the volunteers themselves.
Land of Smoke and Mirrors
Author: Vincent Brook
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813554586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Unlike the more forthrightly mythic origins of other urban centers—think Rome via Romulus and Remus or Mexico City via the god Huitzilopochtli—Los Angeles emerged from a smoke-and-mirrors process that is simultaneously literal and figurative, real and imagined, material and metaphorical, physical and textual. Through penetrating analysis and personal engagement, Vincent Brook uncovers the many portraits of this ever-enticing, ever-ambivalent, and increasingly multicultural megalopolis. Divided into sections that probe Los Angeles’s checkered history and reflect on Hollywood’s own self-reflections, the book shows how the city, despite considerable remaining challenges, is finally blowing away some of the smoke of its not always proud past and rhetorically adjusting its rear-view mirrors. Part I is a review of the city’s history through the early 1900s, focusing on the seminal 1884 novel Ramona and its immediate effect, but also exploring its ongoing impact through interviews with present-day Tongva Indians, attendance at the 88th annual Ramona pageant, and analysis of its feature film adaptations. Brook deals with Hollywood as geographical site, film production center, and frame of mind in Part II. He charts the events leading up to Hollywood’s emergence as the world’s movie capital and explores subsequent developments of the film industry from its golden age through the so-called New Hollywood, citing such self-reflexive films as Sunset Blvd., Singin’ in the Rain, and The Truman Show. Part III considers LA noir, a subset of film noir that emerged alongside the classical noir cycle in the 1940s and 1950s and continues today. The city’s status as a privileged noir site is analyzed in relation to its history and through discussions of such key LA noir novels and films as Double Indemnity, Chinatown, and Crash. In Part IV, Brook examines multicultural Los Angeles. Using media texts as signposts, he maps the history and contemporary situation of the city’s major ethno-racial and other minority groups, looking at such films as Mi Familia (Latinos), Boyz N the Hood (African Americans), Charlotte Sometimes (Asians), Falling Down (Whites), and The Kids Are All Right (LGBT).
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813554586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Unlike the more forthrightly mythic origins of other urban centers—think Rome via Romulus and Remus or Mexico City via the god Huitzilopochtli—Los Angeles emerged from a smoke-and-mirrors process that is simultaneously literal and figurative, real and imagined, material and metaphorical, physical and textual. Through penetrating analysis and personal engagement, Vincent Brook uncovers the many portraits of this ever-enticing, ever-ambivalent, and increasingly multicultural megalopolis. Divided into sections that probe Los Angeles’s checkered history and reflect on Hollywood’s own self-reflections, the book shows how the city, despite considerable remaining challenges, is finally blowing away some of the smoke of its not always proud past and rhetorically adjusting its rear-view mirrors. Part I is a review of the city’s history through the early 1900s, focusing on the seminal 1884 novel Ramona and its immediate effect, but also exploring its ongoing impact through interviews with present-day Tongva Indians, attendance at the 88th annual Ramona pageant, and analysis of its feature film adaptations. Brook deals with Hollywood as geographical site, film production center, and frame of mind in Part II. He charts the events leading up to Hollywood’s emergence as the world’s movie capital and explores subsequent developments of the film industry from its golden age through the so-called New Hollywood, citing such self-reflexive films as Sunset Blvd., Singin’ in the Rain, and The Truman Show. Part III considers LA noir, a subset of film noir that emerged alongside the classical noir cycle in the 1940s and 1950s and continues today. The city’s status as a privileged noir site is analyzed in relation to its history and through discussions of such key LA noir novels and films as Double Indemnity, Chinatown, and Crash. In Part IV, Brook examines multicultural Los Angeles. Using media texts as signposts, he maps the history and contemporary situation of the city’s major ethno-racial and other minority groups, looking at such films as Mi Familia (Latinos), Boyz N the Hood (African Americans), Charlotte Sometimes (Asians), Falling Down (Whites), and The Kids Are All Right (LGBT).
Angel's Flight
Author: Don Ryan
Publisher: McLean & Smithers
ISBN:
Category : Los Angeles (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
"Los Angeles as seen by a cynical journalist." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation
Publisher: McLean & Smithers
ISBN:
Category : Los Angeles (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
"Los Angeles as seen by a cynical journalist." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation
Angels Flight
Author: Michael Connelly
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0759520348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In this "superbly paced" New York Times bestseller (Esquire), LAPD detective Harry Bosch is trying to solve a high-profile lawyer's murder. But first he must face the public's suspicion . . . and his darkest fears. An activist attorney is killed in a cute little L.A. trolley called Angels Flight, far from Harry Bosch's Hollywood turf. But the case is so explosive -- and the dead man's enemies inside the L.A.P.D. are so numerous -- that it falls to Harry to solve it. Now the streets are superheating. Harry's year-old Vegas marriage is unraveling. And the hunt for a killer is leading Harry to another high-profile L.A. murder case, one where every cop had a motive. The question is, did any have the guts?
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0759520348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In this "superbly paced" New York Times bestseller (Esquire), LAPD detective Harry Bosch is trying to solve a high-profile lawyer's murder. But first he must face the public's suspicion . . . and his darkest fears. An activist attorney is killed in a cute little L.A. trolley called Angels Flight, far from Harry Bosch's Hollywood turf. But the case is so explosive -- and the dead man's enemies inside the L.A.P.D. are so numerous -- that it falls to Harry to solve it. Now the streets are superheating. Harry's year-old Vegas marriage is unraveling. And the hunt for a killer is leading Harry to another high-profile L.A. murder case, one where every cop had a motive. The question is, did any have the guts?
Handmade Paper Collage
Author: Dawn Ackerman
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402708077
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
With a few simple techniques, create collages of incredible beauty -- from landscapes to abstracts -- that evoke different moods and responses.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402708077
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
With a few simple techniques, create collages of incredible beauty -- from landscapes to abstracts -- that evoke different moods and responses.
Rock Climbing Oregon's Smith Rock State Park
Author: Alan Watts
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493030191
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
Smith Rock State Park. It was on the impressive crags of this Oregon hideaway that American sport climbing came into its own, and to this day, some of the hardest climbs in the United States are found on these walls. Alan Watts, who has played a leading role in the development of this popular rock-climbing destination, details more than 2,200 routes at Smith Rock and the surrounding area. This new edition updates hundreds of routes and has new photos of the many crags, walls, and routes. No other guide is as comprehensive or thorough, and no author more respected for his intimate knowledge of one of the world’s most popular climbing destinations. To download a route index of the climbs featured in this book with difficulty ratings, place this URL in your browser: https://bit.ly/SmithRockRoutes
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493030191
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
Smith Rock State Park. It was on the impressive crags of this Oregon hideaway that American sport climbing came into its own, and to this day, some of the hardest climbs in the United States are found on these walls. Alan Watts, who has played a leading role in the development of this popular rock-climbing destination, details more than 2,200 routes at Smith Rock and the surrounding area. This new edition updates hundreds of routes and has new photos of the many crags, walls, and routes. No other guide is as comprehensive or thorough, and no author more respected for his intimate knowledge of one of the world’s most popular climbing destinations. To download a route index of the climbs featured in this book with difficulty ratings, place this URL in your browser: https://bit.ly/SmithRockRoutes
Dalton Trumbo
Author: Larry Ceplair
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813146828
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 717
Book Description
James Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior involvement with the Communist Party, Trumbo sacrificed a successful career in Hollywood to stand up for his rights and defend political freedom. In Dalton Trumbo, authors Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo present their extensive research on the famed writer, detailing his work, his membership in the Communist Party, his long campaign against censorship during the domestic cold war, his ten-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress, and his thirteen-year struggle to break the blacklist. The blacklist ended for Trumbo in 1960, when he received screen credits for Exodus and Spartacus. Just before his death, he received a long-delayed Academy Award for The Brave One, and in 1993, he was posthumously given an Academy Award for Roman Holiday (1953). This comprehensive biography provides insights into the many notable people with whom Trumbo worked, including Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger, and Kirk Douglas, and offers a fascinating look at the life of one of Hollywood's most prominent screenwriters and his battle against persecution.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813146828
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 717
Book Description
James Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior involvement with the Communist Party, Trumbo sacrificed a successful career in Hollywood to stand up for his rights and defend political freedom. In Dalton Trumbo, authors Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo present their extensive research on the famed writer, detailing his work, his membership in the Communist Party, his long campaign against censorship during the domestic cold war, his ten-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress, and his thirteen-year struggle to break the blacklist. The blacklist ended for Trumbo in 1960, when he received screen credits for Exodus and Spartacus. Just before his death, he received a long-delayed Academy Award for The Brave One, and in 1993, he was posthumously given an Academy Award for Roman Holiday (1953). This comprehensive biography provides insights into the many notable people with whom Trumbo worked, including Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger, and Kirk Douglas, and offers a fascinating look at the life of one of Hollywood's most prominent screenwriters and his battle against persecution.
Code of Federal Regulations
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.
The Bush Pilot's Daughters
Author: David Cristwell
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411687124
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Softcover - Erica Denny was not yet fifteen when her mother died. She wanted to run, not run away, but move far, far away from the subdivision near Dallas, Texas. Erica's father, Alan had little desire to carry on without his wife. Coupled with her drive to get far away from there and the need to make her father feel as though he had something to live for, Erica used a long flickering desire of Alan's to start life anew in Alaska. Follow them on their new adventures. The third book in "David Cristwell's Alaska" series chronologically.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411687124
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Softcover - Erica Denny was not yet fifteen when her mother died. She wanted to run, not run away, but move far, far away from the subdivision near Dallas, Texas. Erica's father, Alan had little desire to carry on without his wife. Coupled with her drive to get far away from there and the need to make her father feel as though he had something to live for, Erica used a long flickering desire of Alan's to start life anew in Alaska. Follow them on their new adventures. The third book in "David Cristwell's Alaska" series chronologically.