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  The CIA in Hollywood - How the...

  Tricia Jenkins

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  An in-depth study of the CIA’s collaboration with Hollywood since the mid-1990s, and the important and troubling questions it creates. 
   
  What’s your impression of the CIA? A bumbling agency that can’t protect its own spies? A rogue organization prone to covert operations and assassinations? Or a dedicated public service that advances the interests of the United States? Astute TV and movie viewers may have noticed that the CIA’s image in popular media has spanned this entire range, with a decided shift to more positive portrayals in recent years. But what very few people know is that the Central Intelligence Agency has been actively engaged in shaping the content of film and television, especially since it established an entertainment industry liaison program in the mid-1990s. 
   
  The CIA in Hollywood offers the first full-scale investigation of the relationship between the Agency and the film and television industries. Tricia Jenkins draws on numerous interviews with the CIA’s public affairs staff, operations officers, and historians, as well as with Hollywood technical consultants, producers, and screenwriters who have worked with the Agency, to uncover the nature of the CIA’s role in Hollywood. In particular, she delves into the Agency’s and its officers’ involvement in the production of The Agency, In the Company of Spies, Alias, The Recruit, The Sum of All Fears, Enemy of the State, Syriana, The Good Shepherd, and more. Her research reveals the significant influence that the CIA now wields in Hollywood and raises important and troubling questions about the ethics and legality of a government agency using popular media to manipulate its public image. 
   
  “Fascinating, highly readable . . . Overall, Jenkins’s work is fresh and original, and demonstrates sound scholarship. The author has a passion for the topic that translates to vibrant writing. It is also a concise as well as entertaining look at an aspect of the CIA—its media relations with Hollywood—of which little is known. Enthusiastically written and incorporating effective, illustrative case studies, The CIA in Hollywood is definitely recommended to students of film, media relations, the CIA, and U.S. interagency relations.” —H-War

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  A Few Minutes of Design - 52...

  Emily Campbell

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  “A series of deceptively simple—and fun—exercises . . . A marvelous invitation to anyone with an interest in creativity, invention, and design.” —Michael Bierut, Partner, Pentagram, New York   Even concert pianists do warm-up exercises to limber up the fingers and clear the mind for the performance ahead. Designers are, or should be, no different. This delightful collection provides fifty-two exercises or activities to jump-start your creative juices, free you from creative block, start a new project, or finish an existing one.   Each exercise offers insight into the innumerable small decisions involved in design. How to join this part to that, how to establish a pattern or continue the series, how to say it without words, what fits, and what doesn’t? For established practicing designers or creatives in any field, these activities are sometimes playful, sometimes challenging—but always enlightening.

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  The Painted Home by Dena -...

  Dena Fishbein

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  A renowned designer shares surprising ways to add color, texture, and creativity to your home.   In this beautifully illustrated book, the woman behind internationally acclaimed merchandise company Dena Designs shows how her hand-painted style combines vintage and traditional elements with a modern twist. Pick up a paintbrush and take a walk through the author’s own home, room by room, as she discusses her inspirations and demonstrates her methods for encouraging creativity.  The Painted Homeby Dena features simple DIY projects, useful design tips, and personal stories from one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the textile and design business.

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  Relaxation & Meditation

  Kim Mitzo Thompson

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  Extraordinarily beautiful instrumental music very simply blended with the most relaxing sounds from nature.

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  Greatest Christmas Shows Volume...

  Various Various

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  OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES   Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the early 1950s, the golden era of radio. The series features seven exciting themes with 100 episodes in each. That is 700 classic radio programs in all.   Greatest Christmas Shows   Join your favorite radio stars under the Christmas tree. Enjoy Bing Crosby, Amos & Andy, The Father Knows Best family, The Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee & Molly, and more, even Al Jolson and Boris Karloff. Hear legendary performer Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge. There are no “Bah Humbugs” is this amazing collection. 100 great Christmas classics in ten volumes. Volume 1                                                                                                                               A Christmas Sing with Bing 12-24-57 with Bing Crosby in a program of Christmas music around the worldFibber McGee & Molly 12-20-54 Babes in Toyland with Jim & Marian JordanThe Abbott and Costello Show 1948-12-23 Christmas ProgramThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 12-19-48 New Radio PhonographThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 12-21-47 The Adventure of the Christmas Bride with John StanleyThe Aldrich Family 6-18-42 Selling Christmas Cards with Ezra StoneThe Aldrich Family 12-21-52 Christmas Eve with Bobby EllisThe Amos and Andy Show 12-22-44 Christmas Program with Freeman Gosden and Charles CorrellAuthors Playhouse 12-21-41 Christmas by JunctionBoston Blackie 1948-12-22 Stolen Rings at Christmas Time

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  Sociably Unacceptable

  Joey Coco Diaz

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  Take a wild comedy ride through Uncle Joey's eyes as he shares his hilarious outlook on life.There's no topic he's afraid to tackle as he takes you through his crazy world discussing everything from drugs, pedophiles to raising his daughter. He'll be sure to have you laughing through the process. Joey is one of the best storytellers in the business, let his energy and his heart make you a believer...

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