David Wiesner Picture Books Collection (5 本平裝本)9781849394475 Tuesday (Winner of the Caldecott Medal)The unpredictable events of a particular Tuesday unroll before the reader with the precision and clarity of a silent movie . . . In this ingenious and imaginative – nearly wordless – picture book, frogs in a pond lift off on their lily pads and fly to a nearby town where they zoom through a woman’s living room, encounter a dog playing in his yard, and distract a bathrobe-clad citizen from his midnight snack. Who knows what will happen next Tuesday?9781849394499 Flotsam (Winner of the Caldecott Medal) A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam-anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there’s no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share . . . and to keep.9781783
Black-and-white images follow one after another. The story of an immigrant family alone in a big city. Close-ups of a mother, a son -- faces filled with heartache and joy. Plenty of action. Excite
NOW A TNT MYSTERY EVENT MOVIE!After the murder of his high school sweetheart left him shattered, Tony Lord vowed never to return to his Ohio hometown of Lake City. Twenty-eight years later, Tony is a
After losing her husband and daughter in an auto accident, 42-year-old Emma flies to Paris, discovers she has a twin brother whose existence she had not known about, and learns that her birth parents
This companion volume to DISTRESSED DAMSELS AND MASKED MARAUDERS continues Ed Hulse's history of the silent-era movie serial. It covers the "chapter plays" released by such companies as Universal, Vit
Mary Nolan (1905-1948), also known as Imogene “Bubbles” Wilson, was the subject of two infamous court cases—one with Frank Tinney and the other with Eddie Mannix—in the 1920s. Like many Ziegfeld Folli
Bruce, Baldwin, and Umphrey (all English, associated with U. of Montana and public schools on the Flathead Indian Reservation) offer English teachers at the high school level a series of lessons and t
When movie studio bigwig Bruno Heilmann and an old friend are brutally murdered, vaudeville actress Jessie Carr, with a face not yet famous enough to be recognized, uses her unique position to investi
Film buffs, graphic designers, and art students will relish this beautifully produced and strikingly illustrated volume. Arranged in roughly chronological order, it brings together movie posters from
MacCann features Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Harry Langdon in this guide to the lives and works of the most important silent comedy movie-makers in America.
MacCann features Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Harry Langdon in this guide to the lives and works of the most important silent comedy movie-makers in America.
Villecco, a writer for publications including Silent film monthly , interviews 12 actors about what it was like to work and be a star in the early days of movie making. Interviewees (with filmographi
The single-screen movie theaters that punctuated small-town America's main streets and city neighborhoods since the 1920s are all but gone. The well-dressed throng of moviegoers has vanished; the fac
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The definitive guide to classic films from one of America's most trusted film criticsThanks to Netflix and cable television, classic films are more accessible than ever. Now co-branded with Turner Cla
An updated guide to classic movies from the leading authority on film From the author of the bestselling annual Movie Guide comes this ultimate guide for fans of classic films both familiar and obs
