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IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
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"'Weir and Steenz have crafted a freshly-textured ghost story for the new millennium. It's a grand mystery, a pointed critique, and a celebration of individual resilience all wrapped up with a perfectly charming dose of the macabre.'--Daniel F. Yezbick. (Back cover) The Logan Museum is a mysterious old building practically covered in skulls, and also the new workplace of Celeste "Cel" Walden, a librarian who was let go from her previous job after...
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Alex Delaware novels volume 16
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Psychologist Alex Delaware receives a mysterious book on his doorstep, a beautifully bound volume that contains archival-quality photographs of murder victims, arranged in sequence by an unseen but meticulous hand. This is the Murder Book, a tantalizing mystery, but a record of terrible, brutal death. When his old friend Detective Milo Sturgis realizes that he can identify one of the victims, the trail goes hot, but in the process, both Sturgis and...
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Can the eclectic medieval history of the world's most conquered island be a lesson for our times?
Home to Normans, Byzantines, Arabs, Germans and Jews, 12th-century Sicily was a crossroads of cultures and faiths, the epitome of diversity. Here Europe, Asia and Africa met, with magical results. Bilingualism was the norm, women's rights were defended, and the environment was protected. Literacy among Sicilians soared; it was higher during this ephemeral...
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QUALITY STREET is a 1927 MGM silent film based on the 1901 play by James M. Barrie which starred Barrie favorite Maude Adams. The film starred Marion Davies and Conrad Nagel and was directed by Sidney Franklin. Prints of this film are preserved at the Library of Congress and in the Turner Archive.
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"Today, most of the music we hear is compressed to a fraction of its original sound, while analog masterpieces are turning to dust in record company vaults. As these recordings disappear, music fans aren't just losing a collection of notes. We're losing spaciousness, breadth of the sound field, and the ability hear and feel a ping of a triangle or a pluck of a guitar string, each with its own resonance and harmonics that slowly trail off into silence....
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“Woman like she refuses to divulge the name of him who wronged her.”. This 1918 Australian feature is one of the most significant surviving treasures of a silent film heritage which is now largely extinct. Comprising three interconnecting storylines, it finally resolves into a dramatic saga of love, honour, betrayal, seduction and revenge.. The story takes the concept of primitive justice – an eye for an eye – and extends it to ‘a sister...
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‘The history of officers and men of the Royal Australian Navy through the war years will, for the most part, never be known, yet they won for themselves honour in a service known for its traditions of self-sacrifice and devotion to duty. Now, in the aftermath of war, we may lose sight of many things – including our debt to the past – yet because of that heritage of faith and courage, surely we need never doubt that the day will dawn when we...
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Jeter celebrates his iconic baseball career with the New York Yankees in a book featuring archival images and original photos of his final 2014 season. The shortstop -- a five-time World Series victor, team captain since 2003, and one of the greatest ballplayers of all time -- is a beloved and inspiring role model who displays the indefinable qualities of a champion, on and off the field. See Jeter as you have never seen him before: unguarded, unapologetic......
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A video from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films. The Gifted focuses on the education of gifted children and adolescents. The definition of giftedness is addressed in the early part of the program. It is shown that giftedness is a broad concept that encompasses a wide range of abilities, talents, aptitudes and competencies. Experts from universities, professional bodies and schools are interviewed on this issue. The role of the teacher...
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A video from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films. Most security strategies employ DEFENCE IN DEPTH or the FORTRESS model which involves surrounding the asset with layers of physical and procedural protection. The big disadvantage of this method is that it ultimately impedes the use of the premises by authorised personnel - such as the normal employees. CPTED is a concept which recognises the need to reduce the incidence of crime,...
11) Facing the Music
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In their fifth major film together, acclaimed documentary makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson step inside the halls of Sydney University's Music Department, where sublime music is being made in a setting that's far from serene. It's budget time at the University and Professor Anne Boyd is in a panic. As gifted young students pursue the mysteries of musical creation, Boyd is fighting to preserve basic standards after nearly a decade of relentless...
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Masters of German Art is a series of ten-minute programmes examining some of the greatest names in the history of German painting. From Caspar David Friedrich to Lucas Cranach, from Johann Tischbein to Kathe Kollwitz - these miniportraits offer an insight into the unique character of each artist's work and an understanding of the context in which it was created. In his ten films, Reiner Moritz visits galleries throughout Germany, as well as including...
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Blonde, beautiful and talented, Marion Davies was the first and funniest screwball comedienne. Starring in some of the best comedies ever made, she combined zany slapstick with exuberant mimicry to elevate tales of romance into the heights of hilarity. Loving and insightful, CAPTURED ON FILM: THE TRUE STORY OF MARION DAVIES deploys archival film clips, rare home videos and narration by Charlize Theron to explore the young Hollywood star's life and...
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Stuart Brisley is perhaps best-known for his disturbing physical performances which pushed his body to extremes. But his work as an artist over four decades has embraced sculpture and installation, films and fictions, large-scale participatory projects and, most recently, the Web. Illustrated with archive footage and photographs, this profile of the artist explores his understandings of collaboration and community, of politics and the market, of humour...
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This is the story of how a shellshocked World War One veteran, who'd left school at 12, took to the road as a hawker and ended up creating a national icon. The clothing design, retail and manufacturing business that he established in the small Victorian town of Warrnambool would, at its peak, encompass 55 stores around Australia and employ over 2750 people. It was called Fletcher Jones and Staff, because the staff actually owned the company. Fletcher...
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Speed - the obsession of the modern world - is determining what people should eat and how. Traditional foods are at risk of disappearing forever. An international eco-gastronomic movement known as Slow Food champions the protection of traditional culture, the environment and biodiversity while encouraging regional production, food education and pleasure. For these passionate and dedicated food lovers, sustainability, community and lifestyle are as...
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Europeans declared Australia terra nullius - an empty land. This lie enabled them to take possession of land occupied for thousands of years by Aboriginal people, yet the number of whites in Australia remained small until after the Second World War. In the post-war years, government sponsored immigration schemes brought many more Europeans to Australia. "Populate or perish" became the catch cry of those who sought to achieve their vision of a secure...
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The third attempt to climb Everest culminated in the deaths of two of the finest climbers of their generation, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, and sparked an on-going debate over whether or not they did indeed reach the summit. Filming in brutally harsh conditions with a hand-cranked camera, Captain John Noel captured images of breathtaking beauty and considerable historic significance.. The film is also among the earliest filmed records of life...
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"Providing a new and illuminating look at 27 women who've changed the world, Dead Feminists ties these historical women and the challenges they faced into the most important issues of today. Based on the cult-following limited edition Dead Feminists letterpress poster series by illustrator Chandler O'Leary and letterpress artist Jessica Spring, the book combines new art and lettering, archival photographs and ephemera, and revisits the original poster...
20) Famous Nathan
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Rich in nostalgia, FAMOUS NATHAN pushes the boundaries of conventional documentary filmmaking, as kaleidoscopic and layered as Coney Island itself, capturing the honky-tonk, in-your-face spirit that was Nathan's Famous in its hey-day and today. An insider documentary by Lloyd Handwerker, grandson of Nathan Handwerker, who founded the legendary Brooklyn eatery and iconic New York institution, Nathan's Famous, in Coney Island in 1916. Over a thirty-year...
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