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Three "spaghetti westerns" featuring Clint Eastwood's nameless anti-hero. A fistful of dollars: Borrowing the plot of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, Eastwood plays a gunfighter who comes to a small border town and offers his services to two rival gangs. For a few dollars more: Western drama in which two bounty hunters join forces to capture an outlaw gang leader. The good, the bad and the ugly: Three gunmen set out to find a hidden fortune in this tale...
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"In Speaking of the Moor, Emily Bartels sets the early modern Moor plays beside contemporaneous texts that embed Moorish figures within England's historical record - Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations, Queen Elizabeth's letters proposing the deportation of England's "blackamoors," and John Pory's translation of The History and Description of Africa. Her book uncovers the surprising complexity of England's negotiation and accommodation of difference...
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Surveying the widespread appropriations of the Gothic in contemporary literature and culture, 'Post-Millennial Gothic' shows contemporary Gothic is often romantic, funny and celebratory. Reading a wide range of popular texts, from Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' series through Tim Burton's Gothic film adaptations of 'Sweeney Todd', 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Dark Shadows', to the appearance of Gothic in fashion, advertising and television, Catherine...
2513) The Mohawk
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Discusses the origins, ceremonies, festivals, and leadership of the Mohawk people of Michigan, as well as their relationships with the European settlers.
2516) The Vietnam War on film
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"Vietnam War on Film illustrates how to employ film as a teaching tool. It also stands on its own as an account of the war and the major films that have depicted it"--
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"Passport to Narnia is a beginners guide to C.S. Lewis' classic Chronicles of Narnia offering a book-by-book synopsis of the series, and an in-depth look at the forthcoming movie series. Passport to Narnia also includes a biography of Lewis, along with interviews, photos, a guide to C. S. Lewis' England and more"--Provided by publisher.
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"This collection analyzes the many ways in which comic book and film superheroes have been revised or re-written in response to changes in real-world politics, social mores, and popular culture. Also included are several illustrations and promotional photographs, along with separate footnotes and bibliographies for each essay"--Provided by publisher.
