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An essay collection reckons with pop-cultural depictions of autism.
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A thorough analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's career-long engagement with, and influence on film noir
The first intensive study of Mervyn LeRoy's work, as varied in form as it is crucial to an understanding of American cinema and American culture.
I went out drinking that night in the company of friends that were mine, not yours, and when I returned after midnight, a telephone call let me know that you…
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David R Palmer
From The Journals Of Candidia Smith-Foster: " By now reader probably wondering who or what H. post hominem might be. Or (at very least) me. Viewed in that light, introductions…
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All-around gold-metal-winning Olympic athlete, world-class pilot, race driver, and hugely successful financial genius, Peter Cory had every reason to be content with life and satisfied with himself. He didn't know…
Meet Candidia Smith-Foster, Homo post hominem, the next step in Mankind's evolution. She's an eleven-year-old genius with a Black Belt, and last summer she saved all that remained of her…
The first critical work to emphasize Richard Brook's "literariness"
The distinguished historian R. R. Palmer compares the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and his father. Count Herve de Tocqueville. on the causes of the French Revolution of 1789. Originally…
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The College of Louis-le-Grand, now the premier lycee of France, is the only school with a connected history of education from the ancien regime to modern times. It was the…
R. R. Palmer
Mr. Palmer rescues from oblivion–for who knows much about Bergier, Freron, Gauchat, Berruyer, Yvon, Houteville?–the Christian critics who fought a rearguard action against the French secularists of the Enlightenment. Originally…
This work examines education in both theory and practice during the Enlightenment and the French Revolution when educators aimed at nothing less than reforming humanity and creating a new society…
R A Palmer
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in…
R R Palmer
R.R. Palmer
Argues that the American, French, and Polish revolutions - and the movements for political change in Britain, Ireland, Holland, and elsewhere - were manifestations of similar political ideas, needs, and…
For the Western world as a whole, the period from about 1760 to 1800 was the great revolutionary era in which the outlines of the modern democratic state came into…
R. Palmer
The book examines how globalization is altering the structure of the extremely foreign trade-dependent Caribbean economies. It treats these small economies together as a single economy by focusing on their…
A R Palmer
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific organization created in 1879, and is part of the U.S. government. Their scientists explore our environment and ecosystems, to determine the…
Darren R a Palmer
R. H Palmer
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
R Donald Palmer
Pursuit of the fabled wild brook trout has for generations attracted anglers to the western mountains of Maine. This phenomenon has, over the course of two hundred years, transformed the…
La Prise d'Alixandre (The Taking of Alexandria) is the crowning masterwork of Machaut’s literary career. Based on his extensive discussion with returning crusaders, the poet recounts King Peter I of…
R P Palmer
The long season of trouble began in the summer of 2009 for career police officer Rick Palmer. It came with a forewarning that hinted at some of the series of…
R. Barton Palmer
Explores the historical, ideological, economic, and technological developments that led Hollywood to head back outside in order to capture footage of real places. R. Barton Palmer’s groundbreaking research reveals that…
The essays in this collection analyse major adaptations of twentieth-century American fiction. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book includes production stills and full filmographies. Together with its…
The fourteen essays collected in this 2007 volume provide a survey of the important films based on, or inspired by, nineteenth-century American fiction. Together with its companion volume to twentieth-century…
Donald R. Palmer,R. Donald Palmer
Louis Bergeron
Presented here is an English translation of a study that was part of a distinguished French series on the country’s post-Revolution history. Unlike much Napoleonic literature that features the personality…
In its fifth year (1793-1794), the French Revolution faced a multifaceted crisis that threatened to overwhelm the Republic. In response the government instituted a revolutionary dictatorship and a ‘reign of…
R.Barton Palmer
A postmodern analysis of the Coen brothers’ approach to filmmaking.
Offers a postmodern analysis of the Coen brothers’ approach to filmmaking.
R Barton Palmer
Stacie R Palmer,Jessie R Palmer
childrens book about Hugo the Hereford Bull. The book is a funny tale of the Adventures of Hugo the Bull, and includes educational farm facts, as well as a website…
Elder R. L. Palmer
