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Filmmakers
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Cinema has the ability to inspire, influence, and entertain audiences. It is also the art form through which filmmakers explore their interests and employ their talents. This volume covers the lives and careers of five filmmakers whose uncompromising personal vision and professional investment in the art of movie making made them legendary.
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The Importance of: Bruce Lee
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Rwanda
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Rwanda has been racked by war for decades. Even before the country became independent in 1962, Rwanda's two largest ethnic groups, the Hutu and Tutsi, were often at war. In the spring of 1994, tensions between the two groups culminated in nationwide massacres of approximately 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu. The genocide drew international ...
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The History of the Blues
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The Blues arose out of the American Deep South around the turn of the twentieth century. Heavily influenced by African rhythms and traditions brought to the States by African slaves and by the spirituals, field hollers, work songs, and ballads developed over centuries of slavery and during the post-Civil War era, the Blues became among the most ...
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Crime and Criminals
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Andy Koopmans (Editor)
From Jeffrey Dahmer to Hannibal Lecter, from John Gotti to Don Corleone, real and imagined criminals and their crimes are a mainstay of media and entertainment. This volume explores the American criminal obsession. It also looks at how popular culture portrayals of crime and criminals affect perceptions of real crime and of the criminal justice ...
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Leopold and Loeb Teen Killers
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Andy Koopmans
In 1924, wealthy Chicago teenagers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks, motivated only by their desire to experience the act. The twentieth century's first "thrill killing," the crime inspired one of history's most publicized trials as attorney Clarence Darrow successfully defended the killers against the death ...
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The Harlem Renaissance
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Beginning at the end of World War I, the Harlem Renaissance was America's first African-American literary and artistic movement. Based in Harlem and lasting through the early 1930s, the movement gave voice to a small but gifted group of black writers and artists.
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The Osbournes
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Andy Koopmans
Documenting the day to day life of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne and his family, MTV's "The Osbournes" became the network's highest rated program ever and brought national attention to the family. This book explores the family's life outside the show, from Ozzy and Sharon's childhoods to their childrens' fledgling careers.
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Pol Pot
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Born the son of peasant farmers whose connections with the royal palace afforded him a European education, Pol Pot became the leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, or the Khmer Rouge. As such, he and his followers were ultimately responsible for the deaths of an estimated 2 to 4 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979 and untold numbers ...
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Heroes & Villains: Nelson Mandela
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Born a country boy in rural South Africa, Nelson Mandela became an anti-apartheid activist and was imprisoned in the 1960s for fighting the racist policies of the apartheid government. In prison, he became a powerful symbol of the fight against racial injustice and emerged 27 years later to become the first black South African president.
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Understanding Great Literature: The Lord of the Flies
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After witnessing the violence commited by both sides of the conflict during World War II while serving in the British Royal Navy, William Golding returned to England with the conviction that humanity was fundamentally sick. After the war, Golding explored this belief while writing his first and most famous novel, Lord of the Flies . The novel's ...
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Madonna
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In this unauthorized biography of Madonna, the author chronicles her rapid rise to popularity, beginning with her childhood in Michigan, where she suffered the tragic death of her mother at age five.
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The Importance of: Charles Lindbergh
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Charles A. Lindbergh's historic 1927 transatlantic flight made him a world-famous icon of aviation. In the years that followed, he continued to advance aviation, also working as an amateur scientist and diplomat, an author, and an environmentalist.
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Heroes & Villains: Charles Manson
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