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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Joe Haldeman, Louise Brough, Lon Chaney Jr., Rochelle Hudson, Ralph Ellison, Jennifer Darling, Richard Gaines, Albert S. Rogell, Jamey Wright, Lou Antonio, Gennifer Flowers, Tyler Arnason, Sandi Patty, Kay Francis, James Hampton, John Michael Talbot, Wes Welker, Ross Thomas, Betty Lennox, Johnny Bench, Jeff Suppan, Lauren Lane, Tisha Campbell, Candice Dupree, Joe Carter, Paul Hampton, Don Cherry, Sam Bradford, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Don Chastain, Mark Holton, Gretchen Wyler, John Russell, Bonnie Owens, Pamela Tiffin, Shelden Williams, Heather Wahlquist, Billy Tipton, Winston Smith, Jimmy Rushing, Charles Brackeen, Matthew Followill. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Althea Louise Brough épouse Clapp (née le 11 mars 1923 à Oklahoma City) est une joueuse de tennis américaine des années 1940 et 1950. Très habile à la volée, elle a gagné treize titres à Wimbledon en simple, double dames et double mixte, ainsi que 17 autres aux Internationaux des États-Unis, dont neuf consécutifs en double dames aux côtés de Margaret Osborne (1942-1950). Elle ne s'est alignée qu'une fois aux Internationaux d'Australie (victoire en 1950 contre Doris Hart) et quatre à Roland Garros (trois demi-finales). En 36 participations en simple dans les épreuves du Grand Chelem, elle a atteint au moins les quarts de finale à trente reprises (et 25 fois les demi-finales), soit l'un des meilleurs ratios de tous les temps. Louise Brough est membre du International Tennis Hall of Fame depuis 1967. Si l'expression « Grand Chelem » désigne classiquement les quatre tournois les plus importants de l'histoire du tennis, elle n'est utilisée pour la première fois qu'en 1933, et n'acquiert la plénitude de son sens que peu à peu à partir des ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Jennifer Ellison, Debbie Mcgee, Darcey Bussell, Leigh Alderson, Alessandra Ferri, John Partridge, Liam Mower, Viviana Durante, Jiří Kylián, Jeremy Sheffield, Wayne Sleep, Lesley Judd, Simone Clarke, Nancy Kwan, Hetty Baynes, Natasha Oughtred, Louise Robey, Christopher Wheeldon, Caroline O'connor, Phyllis Spira, Daniel Debourg, Michael Clark, Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper, Kevin O'hare, Anthony Dowell, Christopher Gable, Leanne Benjamin, Lynn Seymour, Miyako Yoshida, Beryl Goldwyn, Jon Trimmer, Clare Francis, Russell Maliphant, John Field, Will Kemp, David Drew, Peter Royston, Monica Mason, Doreen Wells, Julia Farron, Sergiu Pobereznic, Ernst Meisner, Christopher Hampson, Sandy Rass, Johnny Bovang, Alexander Grant, Sarah Wildor, David Bintley, Rosalyn Landor, Deborah Bull, Xander Parish, Adam Cooper, John Neumeier, Alastair Marriott, Judi Trott, Kenn Burke, Edward Watson, Gary Avis, Pedro Romeiras, Lucette Aldous, Ayako Nakano, Isaac James, Tom Sapsford, Alan Alder. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 202. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jennifer Lesley Ellison (born 30 May 1983) is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer. Ellison is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003 and has recently made appearances in many different television shows, and as Meg Giry in the 2004 film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera. Ellison was born and raised in Liverpool. Her parents Kevin May and Jane split in 1986. She has a younger half-sister Jemma, and stepfather Peter. She is estranged from her father. Ellison is currently featured in Maxim magazine's Girls of Maxim gallery. She has appeared regularly in almost all of the mainstream British "lads' magazines" over the last eight years, though he...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=594355 ... Read more

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Visually rich, up-to-date, and authoritative, The Atlas of Global Conservation is a premier resource for everyone concerned about the natural world. Drawing from the best data available, it is an unprecedented guide to the state of the planet and our most pressing resource and environmental issues. Top scientists at The Nature Conservancy, the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and water, have joined forces to create this extraordinary reference. It features 79 richly-detailed, fullcolor maps and other graphics paired with an informative, inviting discussion of major trends across the world's terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. Interspersed throughout, essays by noted international authorities point the way forward in confronting some of our greatest conservation challenges.
• The most comprehensive single volume on global environmental conservation and future sustainability
• Includes the latest data on environmental threats, such as climate change, water use, habitat protection, deforestation and overfishing
• Full-color maps and graphics are designed to facilitate sideby-side comparisons, empowering readers to draw their own conclusions
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What man has done to this planet
Mankind has had an affect on nature ever since we since we discovered farming, from damming of rivers to fertilizing crops. Then came the Industrial Revolution and the waste and pollution we have put into the air since then--the greatest changes we have made to this planet we call home. In //The Atlas of Global Conservation//, the Nature Conservancy and other groups, attempt to document the changes that have taken place, both good and bad, whether concentrations of species or endangered waterways.

Each page brings up a different map, a different way of looking at the world, interspersed with articles on how we have changed our planet and what people are doing to lessen their impact. The maps are readable and easy to understand. At the end is a section on how people are doing their part to help conserve nature. This is a different way of looking at the world and an informative read that we can all benefit from and use to help our planet.

Want to Save the Planet? First we need the facts. And, they're here!
Going green, creation care, saving the planet--the motives are powerful in millions of individuals and families around the world. But where do we start? Everybody's got at least one or two good ideas.

First, it's wise to start with the facts. What's needed in our sphere of influence? What's happening in regions close to home--and half way around the world? Where ARE those grasslands we're trying to preserve? Where ARE those forests that we need to protect?

The Nature Conservancy, founded in 1951 and focused on taking a science-based approach toward environmental issues, is the overall "author" of this lavish volume from University of California Press. It's new for the spring of 2010, so the global information in these 80 full-color maps is as up-to-date as possible.

Here are examples: Want to see the spots on Earth with the greatest surviving mammal diversity? They're here in easy-to-understand color. Where are the Earth's small but crucial "dots" of protected marine life? They're shown here. Where are freshwater invasive species a threat? You'll see global patterns.

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This digital document is an article from Chief Executive (U.S.), published by Chief Executive Publishing on December 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2303 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Health South's Digital Dream: CEO Richard Scrushy promises to build the world's most high-tech hospital--with Lawrence J. Ellison's and Oracle's help he just may succeed. (Technology and the CEO).
Author: Jennifer Pellet
Publication: Chief Executive (U.S.) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2001
Publisher: Chief Executive Publishing
Page: 33(4)

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Today Paul McCobb's furniture and interior designs of the 1950s rank alongside Russell Wright, Gustav Stickley, and Heywood-Wakefield as marked staples in modern design. Paul McCobb's Directional Designs furniture line exhibits the low-cost, functional, and versatile furniture components, storage units, and interiors that earned McCobb the title of "America's decorator" during the mid-twentieth century. Containing over 100 coordinating room settings, including chairs, sofas, desks, benches, shelves, interiors, and much more, with information on McCobb's achievements and design principles, up-to-date price guide, and index, this book presents one of the backbones of modern design. ... Read more

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Single catalog but great reference
This book is merely a reprint of a single (yet large) catalog of McCobb's designs for a single manufacturer, however, the line featured is often considered the most sophisticated of his furniture. Another reference that encompasses McCobb's work is needed, but this is the best thing available if you can't find original ephemera.

Very nice reference of Calvin line furnitures.
Very nice reference of Calvin line furnitures. Only B&W photos. No planner group line furnitures covered. If you want to know about Calvin pieces this book is for you.

Somewhat misleading title....
This is an OK book, but the title is somewhat misleading to the casual reader. This book deals very specificly with the "Directional Designs" line produced by Paul McCobb - not all of Paul McCobb's "Fifties Furniture"

If you are looking for information on the Paul McCobb Planner Group, as I was, you are not going to find it in this book.

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Disability Policy Studies, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2007. The length of the article is 7143 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Health-care access of women medicaid recipients: evidence of disability-based disparities.(Report)
Author: Susan L. Parish
Publication: Journal of Disability Policy Studies (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2007
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The controversy has raged for almost 30 years--now readers canjudge for themselves. Harlan Ellison wrote the original award-winningteleplay for "The City on the Edge of Forever, " which was rewrittenand became the most-loved Star Trek episode of all time. Ellison suedParamount in protest and won. This book contains the teleplay andafterwords by Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei and others. ... Read more

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Ellison is a global treasure
The true story of Star Trek's (TOS) best episode, by the author himself.Highly recommended.

For Ellison Fans Only
If you haven't read Harlan, this is not the place to start. Ellison put a lot into his teleplay, and there are surprising, literary aspects, primarily in asides and instructions for the director ( if, indeed, tv directors every took those seriously ). The "screenplay" is not first-class Ellison; for that, see his short story collections, or The Essential Ellison and many other anthologies of his great fiction. Aside from the screenplay, there is a long, rambling rant about the grave injustices Harlan suffered after writing the screenplay. The rant is funny and interesting for the details it reveals about the television industry. But I can't recommend this book to those who aren't big Ellison fans.

Harlan's original script and more
This is not only the original script and a few of the re-writes, it is an epic essay on why Harlan Ellison is so angry with Star Trek. Seems that all the twisted stories told by Gene Roddenberry because they got a laugh or promoted the Star Trek mystique tended to have victims. Harlan was one of them, and he isn't gonna take it anymore.

Although he is justifiably upset, he sort of comes out firing an uzi in each hand when maybe wagging a finger would have done. I get it Harlan. I don't need to have 50 pages of the same thing over and over to get it!

But it's a good look into the Hollywood TV production business. And maybe into the area of fragile Hollywood egos. I am not sure that truth, justice, and purity can explain why Harlan is doing this. Clearly some of his own stories are exaggerated and become rhetoric. His is guilty in his own book of what he seems so upset about in others.

Despite all this, Ellison is a great writer and this book is well worth the read. Be forewarned that Ellison spares no expletives or insults for the likes of Gene Roddenberry, Gene Coon, Bill Shatner and others. In fact, it seems as if he can not say enough about them.

An interesting read...
He does go on and on and on a bit, and you have to be careful not get bile on yourself as it gushes out of the book, but if you're hungry for behind-the-scenes ST info, whether truthful or not, it's enjoyable.

Watch the film and compare it yourself
The book was well designed and allows you to start from any point.Now you must purchase the episode (28) also and see that the changes were necessary to keep within the TV parameters.The sleeve on the VHS box suggests that you count the number of people beaming down and the number of pads on the transporter.I thought it was interesting that everyone was addressed as his or her position (MOS).

I will not go through every change as that is the fun of reading the book; however to keep the story and characters consistent with the TV shows several changes have been made. Whether these changes are for good or evil you must decide. Some of the obvious is when Kirk and Spock have to steal close to be unconscious in their new environment. Harlan said whatever you do not make them fit. Sure enough they look like designer duds that were will tailored. The worse case is the final interaction with Edith Keeler. The whole prime of the story is changed in one moment.

Other books/movies that work well to compare are "The Razor's Edge"; see how Larry Darrell changes from the book to Tyrone Power to Bill Murray and Bill pushes Somerset Maugham completely out of the story.I also enjoyed reading about the controversy over the original "Six Days of the Condor" that was changed by Robert Redford to fit his criteria in "Three Days of the Condor."Drugs are out and oil is in.Three days fit better on a two-hour tape.

Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 28: The City On the Edge Of Forever [VHS]
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