The early years of cinematographic productions have scarcely been touched in modern research publications. Among the thousands of films produced during, the cinema's first 20 years were many adaptations from other media: the stage, music hall literature and popular publications. This book lists over 3000 films from some 2000 literary, artistic and other media sources for the period 1896 to 1915. It is arranged alphabetically by name of original author, with titles of films, plus date and studio, arranged chronologically.

Books and Plays in Films, 1896-1915

Reference

GIFFORD, Denis

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

McFarland

Jefferson 1994 1st McFarland. 8vo., 229pp., frontis portrait of Honorton, index, hardcover. Fine, no DJ.

Charles Honorton and the Impoverished State of Skepticism: Essays on a Parapsychological Pioneer

Biographies & Memoirs

This book is for you--The SABR Bulletin; pleasantly surprising--Dugout. Critical analyses are provided of both the traditional and many of the newer nontraditional (linear weights, production index, etc.) statistics used to measure players' production. Attention is given to the reliability and validity of individual measurements and an evaluation of situational statistics.

Baseball by the Numbers: How Statistics Are Collected, What They Mean, and How They Reveal the Game

Runquist, Willie

Do you always do every bulletin board the same old way? Well, stop! If your bulletin board is small, can you use the walls, floor and ceiling? Why not use the windows for a display? Or how about the support post in the middle of the room? Here are over 100 innovative bulletin boards and displays for use throughout the school year. The ideas are arranged to correlate with the school calendar (September-May), with at least 10 given for each month. All are highly adaptable--even for bulletin board or display and gives complete instructions for constructing it, including the supplies needed and tips on keeping the costs down.

Off the Wall!: School Year Bulletin Boards and Displays for the Library

Skaggs, Gayle

Historical Book of the Year--United States Chess Federation. 
 Finalist, Book of the Year--British Chess Federation. 
 This is by a large degree the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player. Presented are 2,543 of Alekhine's games, in an exhaustive catalog that is the result of many years of digging--an effort unparalleled in the history of chess game collections. Many of the games are annotated by Alekhine and 1,868 diagrams appear overall. The book includes games from his earliest correspondence tournaments in 1902 through his final match with Francisco Lupi at Estoril, Portugal, in January 1946.

Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946: 2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed

Skinner, Leonard M.

Verhoeven, Robert G.P.

Arranged chronologically, the essays in this book--each brilliantly introduced by the editor--deal with the way art and culture interact in modern times. Each author focuses on one aspect of modern art and its relation to culture by analyzing, questioning or refuting the ideas about art that people just assume are true. The essays are also grouped into one of four different models used by art theorists today: the formalist (in which the works of art describe the processes of making art), the avant-garde (art that threatens the status quo), the contextualist (in which art can exist only in a specific situation or context), and the post-modernist (stating that art is not completely detached from popular culture). Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Art Theory and Criticism: An Anthology of Formalist, Avant-Garde, Contextualist and Post-Modernist Thought

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Soccer, long the world's most played sport, is now undergoing a phenomenal popularity spurt among youth in North America. This book, the complete amateur soccer handbook for all ages, is indispensable for players, coaches, managers, league officials, referees and parents. Rules of the game, conditioning methods, basic and advanced skills, positional play, team formations, defensive techniques--and much more--are covered. The Laws of the Game, a publication of the Federation Internationale de Football Associations publication is reprinted in full. The modern "short-ball" soccer concept is explained. Ball control skills are stressed for both developing and advanced players, along with self-discipline and a strong defense. With this handbook, championship teams and successful players can be built on these principles. In addition to technical skills, the important principles of leadership, self-control, sportsmanship, team play, fairness, and self-confidence are also promoted.

The Soccer Handbook for Players, Coaches and Parents: Contains information on Goalkeeping, Refereeing, Soccer Coaching, Useful Formations, Soccer Drills, Defense Priority No. 1, Shielding etc.

Luongo, Albert M.

On September 26, 1968, Hawaii Five-O premiered on CBS. The show’s exotic locale and quality writing and acting made it a fixture in the network’s line-up for the next 12 years. Today the detective series continues to be very popular in syndication. The show’s history is covered first, focusing on its development and its stars. Complete casts and credits for all regulars are provided for each season; the episode guide gives the title, original air date, director, producer, guest stars, a detailed synopsis of each show, and information on Honolulu residents who appeared in it.

Booking Hawaii Five-O: An Episode Guide and Critical History of the 1968-1980 Television Detective Series

Humor & Entertainment

Karen Rhodes

Television

See Naples and Die: A World War II Memoir of a United States Army Ski Trooper in the Mountains of Italy

In 1943, 18-year-old Robert Ellis joined the elite U.S. Army Ski Troops of the 10th Mountain Division. This division has been called the most elite and publicized American military unit in World War II. While a member of the unit Ellis maintained a detailed battle diary and conducted extensive wartime correspondence. Upon their arrival in Italy, the U.S. Army Ski Troops played a major role in the defeat of the Germans in Italy. They also faced some of the bloodiest combat of the war; the 10th Mountain Division suffered the heaviest casualties relative to time-in-combat of any U.S. division in the Italian campaign. While the author details the exceptional service of the unit, he also explores the brutal reality of infantry service and reveals how the battles were falsely represented by the media.

Ellis, Robert B.

Historical

In A.D. 61 Boadicea led the Britons in a fierce uprising against their Roman occupiers. In 1966, Barbara Jordan was elected to the Texas State Senate, the body's first black member in 83 years, and six years later she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. On December 23, 1986, Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan became the first people to fly nonstop around the world. These women and 103 others are profiled here. They come from a wide variety of careers--military leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians, journalists, pilots, scientists, and others--but all were leaders in fields dominated by men. The focus of the profiles is rightly on the women's accomplishments, but also examined are the obstacles they overcame in reaching their leadership positions.

Women of Strength: Biographies of 106 Who Have Excelled in Traditionally Male Fields, A.D. 61 to the Present

Baldwin, Louis

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