"The Film Experience "is a comprehensive introduction to film that treats students as the avid movie fans they are while surpassing all other texts in helping them understand the art form's full scope, breadth, and depth. Like other introductory texts, it offers strong coverage of film's formal elements, but goes further by situating this formal ...
This explanation of how computers function is accompanied by a CD-ROM that gives an animated tour of the inner workings of a computer. This "Millennium Edition" has been updated to include information on such things as digital cameras, DVD drives, and e-books.
CATCH A FIRE, Timothy White's in-depth study of Bob Marley, his life, times, philosophical inconsistencies, and business dealings, is perhaps the most authoritative overview of the late reggae superstar. Beginning with a disillusioned Marley near the end of his life at a chaotic concert for the newly independent state of Zimbabwe, White cuts away ...
A full-color, illustrated adventure into the high-tech wonders inside your digital camera by the author/illustrator team that created the bestselling How Computers Work. With clear and simple explanations that say, "You, too, can understand this," and brilliant, full-color illustrations, How Digital Photography Works, Second Edition, gives you ...
Larry Desmedt (1949-2004), genius motorcycle builder/artist, daredevil extraordinaire and introspective philosopher, will forever be known as Indian Larry. In this retrospective, renowned photographer Timothy White pays tribute to an intimate friend, a riding companion, and his most compelling photographic subject ever.
Timothy White's study of the Beach Boys is at once an intimate portrait of their lives, a social history of an era, and a geography of California, the "nation's playground.'' Through his recreation of the ambiance of Southern California in the early 1960s, the author places the Beach Boys in the context of their time and documents the effect of ...
The Zuni have traditionally used small stone carvings of animal figures as power objects and mediators between themselves and the spirit world. Any object that has special meaning can be used as a fetish. In this fascinating, informative, and beautifully illustrated guide to the fetishes of the Zuni people of New Mexico, Hal Zina Bennett explores ...
Perhaps the archetype of the sensitive singer-songwriter, James Taylor first entered the rock world's sensibility via the Beatles' Apple Records; his debut album, 1968's JAMES TAYLOR, was recorded at the same time the band were completing their WHITE ALBUM. With 1970's SWEET BABY JAMES, and subsequent albums and singles like the perennial "Fire ...
Treating readers as avid film fans, this book combines beautiful design and an easy to navigate structure with all the key concepts and theory that students need for successful analysis of film. In "Focus and Concepts at Work" sections for deeper understanding of crucial film concepts and issues are presented. This book offers clear and accessible ...
Twenty years after Bob Marley's untimely death he remains a powerful worldwide presence. His music is at the top of the reggae charts, while his memory in indelibly etched in the minds of millions of his followers. In the last two years of his life Marley underwent a dramatic change, becoming a gentler and more philosophical version of himself. He ...
Written by a famous magician, this book tells kids everything they need to know to haunt a house. Clear step-by-step instructions for numerous safe tricks and illusions, how to set up a room, create sound and touch effects, tell scary stories like a pro--everything to have a wonderfully spine-tingling time. Includes a list of props and supplies, ...
Horrifyingly ugly and relegated to the sewers and darkness by their beautiful brethren, these undead have created an entire world beneath the domain of mortals.
White's low-key, "low-impact" approach to fitness for men and women, in virtually any age group at any fitness level, covers every type of exercise, and features over 1,000 color photos.
Timothy White's column in "Billboard," which first ran in the March 28, 1992 issue, has served as the earliest documentation of the 1990's most important popular music releases and as a reliable forecast of both critical and commercial success. The articles collected here bring music lovers back to the origins of their favorite stars and the ...
A compilation of White's most memorable interviews, with such noted celebrities as Julie Andrews, John Travolta, Bette Midler, and Johnny Carson, over the past 20 years makes this a stellar chronicle of great popular entertainment of our time. 21 illustrations.
Timothy White's column in "Billboard," which first ran in the March 28, 1992 issue, has served as the earliest documentation of the 1990's most important popular music releases and as a reliable forecast of both critical and commercial success. The articles collected here bring music lovers back to the origins of their favorite stars and the ...
From his Beatles sponsored debut in 1968 to his Grammy-winning Hourglass album of 1997, James Taylor has been universally acclaimed as a songwriter of exceptional eloquence and emotional power. In this major biography, Timothy White explores both the career and the troubled personal journey of the legendary singer-songwriter. Rich with insights ...
Clinical decisions in modern medical practice are increasingly influenced by ethical and legal issues, but few doctors have been formally trained in medical law and ethics, and are unsure of potential sources of accessible information, which leaves them exposed to public criticism and the threat of legal action. Perioperative medicine and critical ...
A collection of celebrity portraits from a contemporary master of the genre, this book includes some of White's best known, and unknown, work. 100 illustrations.
Trees continue to maintain a unique significance in the social, ecological and economic systems of the world - as large, long-lived perennials covering 30 per cent of land on Earth; their very nature dictates their importance. An understanding of forest genetics is essential for providing insight into the evolution, conservation, management and ...
In the 1980s, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the original Varga Girl's first appearance in "Esquire", the magazine commissioned Timothy White to create a contemporary version of the perennially popular pinup. Simultaneously paying homage to Vargas yet completely reinventing the form, White created a series of pin-up portraits of the ...
Timothy White's study of the Beach Boys is at once an intimate portrait of their lives, a social history of an era, and a geography of California, the "nation's playground.'' Through his recreation of the ambiance of Southern California in the early 1960s, the author places the Beach Boys in the context of their time and documents the effect of ...
This how-to book of custom applications shows how organizations can use Access 97 to develop effective information systems in less time, for less money. This is the one-volume reference that shows users how to automate tasks, do application programming, and integrate an Intranet or the Internet. The CD includes source files and developer tools.
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