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John Ford
John Ford (1894-1973) is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. He is the only person to win four Academy Awards for Direction, for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952). This reference book is a comprehensive guide to his career. The volume begins with a biography that looks at Ford as a person, a director, and a cinematic legend and influence. Ford's life is discussed chronologically, but the biography repeatedly considers how his early experiences shaped his creative vision and attempts to explain why he was so self-destructive and unhappy throughout his career. In addition, th...
Dillinger, The Hidden Truth - RELOADED
He outsmarted every lawman in the country and became the most celebrated bank robber and master escape artist of all time. He was a man of cleverness and originality. During his career, he participated in three gangs and was involved in a string of bank robberies across the country. He successfully escaped several police and FBI traps, broke out of two jails, raided three police stations and helped to mastermind the biggest escape ever from the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City.
You Choose: At Battle in the Civil War
The Civil War is a turning point in American history. It is both a war for freedom and a war that turns brother against brother. It is also a period of technological warfare. The most advanced weapons and tactics the world has ever seen make their appearance. Will you: Fight as an infantryman in either the Union or Confederate Army? Fight as a Union or Confederate artillery soldier? Fight as a cavalry soldier for the Union or Confederate Army? You Choose offers multiple perspectives on history, supporting Common Core reading standards and providing readers a front row seat to the past.
You Choose: At Battle in World War I
Some call it the War to End All Wars, the first global war in history. World War I is a bloody, miserable fight between the Axis countries of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire and the Allied forces of the United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia. Will you: Fly as a pilot in the Allied Army? Become an infantry soldier in the trenches at the frontlines? Experience war at sea as an Allied Navy sailor? You Choose offers multiple perspectives on history, supporting Common Core reading standards and providing readers a front-row seat to the past.
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I
Entry includes attestations of the head word's or phrase's usage, usually in the form of a quotation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Yankees and Rebels
Powerful leaders emerged during the victories and defeats of the Civil War. Meet the people who planned the battles, led the attacks, and shaped the war between the Yankees and the Rebels. Meets Common Core standards for analyzing multiple accounts of an event.
Criminal Justice Information
Reflecting the authors' belief that research and information gathering have become nonlinear, fluid processes, this book is designed so that criminal justice researchers can access it at any point in their work. The authors describe the evolution of criminal justice as a discipline, its links to related disciplines, the authorities in the field, the changes wrought by the Internet, and the types and sources of criminal justice information. They include Library of Congress subject headings for the topics and types of the printed reference works discussed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
