Gordon L. Rottman

Fascinating look at the history of the Berlin Wall 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Berlin Wall and the Inner-German Border (IGB) were built to halt the flow of refugees from East Germany to the West. From August 13, 1961, over 96 miles of crude fences and more sophisticated walls were erected around West Berlin. Border defenses ran 858 miles from the Baltic to the Czechoslovakian border, cutting villages in two, running through buildings, and intersecting roads and railways. Gordon L Rottman, who became familiar with both sides of the border while posted to Germany, examines the international situations that led to the creation of the Berlin Wall, discussing how the barrier systems functioned and their significance in the Cold War. Covering the erection of the barriers, how they evolved, defensive devices and the role of the checkpoints, this book also describes how ordinary people attempted to overcome these physical and political obstacles in their quest for freedom. Gordon Rottman writes,"In 1980 I found myself in a long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) company. After 2 years of training we were assigned as the V Corps LRRP company: our mission in the event of a Soviet invasion of West Germany was to insert our 21 five-man reconnaissance teams inside East Germany, establish "hides" overlooking autobahns and other highways, and report the movements of the second operational echelon, the follow-on forces behind the initial assault forces. This required us to know a great deal about what it was like inside East Germany. We began an intense study of the IGB, and in the process I was able to visit the border, learn its ways, and find out how to penetrate it."

The Berlin Wall and the Intra-German Border 1961-89

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James Naremore

Everything you need to know about this classic film

A Casebook

Citizen Kane is arguably the most admired and significant film since the advent of talking pictures. To study it even briefly is to learn a great deal about American history, motion-picture style, and the literary aspects of motion-picture scripts. This volume represents the essential writings on Kane. It gives the reader a lively set of critical interpretations, together with the necessary production information, historical background, and technicalunderstanding to comprehend the film's larger cultural significance.

Orson Welles's Citizen Kane

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Brian Reed

Patrick Olliffe

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

"When the fallout from Reed's lates experiment forces Sue, Ben and Johnny to fight their way through time, the Fantastic trio find themselves staving off a super hero Hyborian-age civil war, defending the Holy Land in the Crusades, conquering the Wild West, beating back the Nazis and boldly going where no time-traveler has gone before! Meanwhile, back on Earth, it's Val and Franklin versus Norman Osborn and the agents of H.A.M.M.E.R.! Plus: alternate realities, Celestials, Eternals, Deviants, Doombots and the return of the Illuminati -- and more important than all of that, find out the answer to the question: What is the Bridge?"--Page 4 of cover.

Dark Reign

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Jim Cox

Great book detailing all the radio crime shows of yesteryear

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age

In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing. Stories of right and wrong, crime and punishment, and law and order kept audiences of every age hooked for more than thirty years. This work covers 300+ syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included, a series must have had one or more regularly appearing characters who fought against espionage, theft, murder and other crimes. Each entry includes series name, air dates, sponsor, extant episodes, cast information and synopsis.

Radio Crime Fighters

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Francesco Clemente

Sante D'Orazio

Beautiful pictures of models actors and rock stars

Photographs and Diary

This gorgeously sexy and personal diary of one of the world's top fashion photographers celebrates life and beauty through the eye of an artist. 600 color & b&w photos.

A Private View

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Zena Pearlstone

Commodified and Appropriate Images of Hopi Supernaturals

This volume chronicles the commodification of the Hopi Katsina over the last fifteen years. Once known only to the pueblo peoples of the southwest, these carvings have been transformed into international symbols and are found decorating t-shirts, scarves, coasters, and a host of other products. In Katsina the authors confront the consequences of inter- and intracultural perception, definitions of sacred and secular, colonialism and post-colonial retort.Also included are short statements by thirteen contemporary artists actively carving Katsinam or representing them in their work.

Katsina

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Mitchell E. Shapiro

Difficult as it is for some to imagine what people relied on for home entertainment in the evening before television--it was that equally big medium, radio. Its programs were the precursors to the popular television sitcoms and dramas of today. This work provides two main kinds of information: month-by-month prime time (7pm to 11pm) schedules from January 1929 through July 1961, for all national broadcasting networks, and a detailed listing of all network programming moves (from July 1926 until August 1967), including series premieres, cancellations, and time slot moves, plus a yearly recap of key programming moves. Only regularly scheduled series are included. Single event or special programming is not included. The book is divided into seven chapters, one for each night of the week; each chapter consists of individual month-by-month prime time schedules for each network followed by a detailed chronological listing of each of that network's series and programming moves.

Radio Network Prime Time Programming, 1926-1967

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William Feaver

Richly illustrated with photographs from the artist's personal archives, this book contains a detailed analysis of Lucian Freud's work. A full chronology and bibliography are also included.

Lucian Freud

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Páriz

Maskulino

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Kevin Mulroy

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Polish Poster Art and the Western

"In postwar Poland, film poster artists employed the universally recognized symbols of the Western - horse, six-shooter, boots, tin-star badge, Stetson, saddle - to convey violence as a negative force. Unlike many other art forms, the film poster did not fall within the censor's domain because it was not expected to pose a threat to the social order. But messages were conveyed through subtle means of symbol and color. The Polish poster has been likened to the Trojan horse, with the artist smuggling messages onto the streets in the guise of ephemera."--BOOK JACKET. "The posters displayed so strikingly in this book, and discussed in three essays, are from the golden age of Polish poster-making, the mid-1940s to the 1970s."--BOOK JACKET.

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James Naremore

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Brian Reed; Patrick Olliffe

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Jim Cox

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Francesco Clemente; Sante D'Orazio

A Private View

Zena Pearlstone

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Radio Network Prime Time Programming, 1926-1967

William Feaver

Lucian Freud

Páriz

Maskulino

Kevin Mulroy

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