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  Are You Sleeping?

  Kim Mitzo Thompson, Karen Mitzo...

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  Kids will love this sweet, and beautiful eBook as they watch and sing-along with this classic children's song. As stars twinkle in the night sky, Brother John is trying to sleep. What happens when his little dog and cat wake him up in the morning? “Are You Sleeping?” encourages learning through music and introduces children to important early literacy skills they will need for the school years ahead. With this perfect combination of education and entertainment, kids and parents alike will read “Are You Sleeping?” over and over again!

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  A Rare Recording of Film Icon...

  Laina Turner

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  Julia Jean "Lana" Turner (February 8, 1921 - June 29, 1995), born in Wallace, Idaho, was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the mid-1940s, Turner was one of Hollywood's highest-paid American actresses. She was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for 1957's Peyton Place. The following recording is from a 1981 television interview.

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  Michelangelo - The Divine Genius

  Eugène Müntz

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  Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion. He moulded his draughtsmanship, bent it, twisted it, and stretched it to the extreme limits of possibility. There are not any landscapes in Michelangelo's painting. All the emotions, all the passions, all the thoughts of humanity were personified in his eyes in the naked bodies of men and women. He rarely conceived his human forms in attitudes of immobility or repose. Michelangelo became a painter so that he could express in a more malleable material what his titanesque soul felt, what his sculptor's imagination saw, but what sculpture refused him. Thus this admirable sculptor became the creator, at the Vatican, of the most lyrical and epic decoration ever seen: the Sistine Chapel. The profusion of his invention is spread over this vast area of over 900 square metres. There are 343 principal figures of prodigious variety of expression, many of colossal size, and in addition a great number of subsidiary ones introduced for decorative effect. The creator of this vast scheme was only thirty-four when he began his work. Michelangelo compels us to enlarge our conception of what is beautiful. To the Greeks it was physical perfection; but Michelangelo cared little for physical beauty, except in a few instances, such as his painting of Adam on the Sistine ceiling, and his sculptures of the Pietà. Though a master of anatomy and of the laws of composition, he dared to disregard both if it were necessary to express his concept: to exaggerate the muscles of his figures, and even put them in positions the human body could not naturally assume. In his later painting, The Last Judgment on the end wall of the Sistine, he poured out his soul like a torrent. Michelangelo was the first to make the human form express a variety of emotions. In his hands emotion became an instrument upon which he played, extracting themes and harmonies of infinite variety. His figures carry our imagination far beyond the personal meaning of the names attached to them.

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  Art History Decoded From Cave to...

  Roberto Russo

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  Ancient images can feel distant—formal, silent, as if speaking an unknown language. And yet, they were designed to communicate with absolute clarity. 
  Why is the pharaoh always larger? Why do figures appear flat, shown in strict profile? Why do certain symbols repeat with such insistence? Why do temples, tombs, and palaces take the shapes they do? 
  These aren't accidents. They're choices—visual strategies born from what these cultures valued most: power, order, memory, the divine. 
  This book turns ancient art into a readable language. 
  You'll learn simple, practical tools to "read" any artwork—by noticing patterns like hierarchy, repetition, color, and framing, and by connecting those choices to the stories they were meant to tell. Each work becomes a narrative: of kings who needed to appear eternal, of gods who demanded visibility, of societies that encoded their entire worldview into stone and pigment. 
  The journey is chronological, from prehistoric caves to the Bronze Age worlds of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, and Mycenae. Every chapter focuses on key works and monuments, training your eye through clear explanations and a repeatable method. 
  By the end of this volume, you won't have memorized dates and names. You'll have acquired a method—a way of looking that transforms any image, ancient or modern, into a text you can read. 
  This skill matters more than ever. In a world flooded with images—from social media to advertising and news—learning ancient visual codes sharpens how we decode what we see today.

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  The Bond Code - The Dark World...

  Philip Gardiner

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  The Bond Code is the remarkable story of how Fleming's association with the occult world led him to create a masterful series of clever clues, cyphers, and codes within his books. Philip Gardiner finally unravels the secret of James Bond piece by piece from the novels and films used to create his aura of mystique. This book not only introduces new material but also radically reappraises everything we thought we knew about Bond - and his creator.

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  Classic 1970's TV Commercials

  Various Various

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  This fascinating audio program includes actual tv commercials for the following: Oscar Mayer Bologna, Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs, Del Monte Corn (Bill Cosby narration), Mounds/Almond Joy Candy Bars, The Six Million Dollar Man promo, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries promo, Triscuits Crackers (with Betty Buckley), Campbell's Noodle-O's Soup, The Captain and Tennille Show promo, Golden Grahams Cereal, The Kodak Instant Camera with a Twist, AT&T Super-Switcher, Happy Days/Fonzie Loves Pinkie promo, McDonalds Fish, Purina Cat Chow, Nescafe Coffees, Carefree Sugarless Gum (with Dena Deitrich), Kentucky Fried Chicken, Eight is Enough promo, Gaines-Burgers Dog Food, Singer Sewing Machines (with Debbie Reynolds, George Dzundza and Michael Tucci), Tickle Antiperspirant, Final Net Hairspray, Eight is Enough promo, Future Cop/Three's Company promo, Mounds/Almond Joy Candy Bars, the 1977 Chevrolet (with Jerry Orbach), Playtex Support-Can-Be-Beautiful Bra, Coca-Cola, Hanes Pantyhose ("Gentlemen Prefer Hanes"), Purina Puppy Chow (Sterling Holloway narration), Boy Scouts of America, Chevrolet Concours, Revlon Natural Wonder Crease-proof Cream Eyeshadow, Fritos Corn Chips, Soft & Dri Antiperspirant (with P.J. Soles & Charlene Tilton), Log Cabin Buttered Syrup, Post Raisin Bran, U.S. Savings Bonds, Oscar Mayer Bologna, Oscar Mayer Bacon, Clairol Nice 'n' Easy Hair Color, Pillsbury Plus Cake Mix, Clorox Bleach, Blansky's Beauties/Fish/Starsky & Hutch promo, Kinney Shoes (with Ken Berry), Carnation Instant Milk (with Vicki Lawrence), Kool-Aid, Gravy Train Dog Food (with June Lockhart), Fotomat, Wheat Thins Crackers (with Sandy Duncan), The Easter Bunny Is Coming to Town promo, Good Year Tires, Canada Dry Ginger Ale (with Aldo Ray, Broderick Crawford & Jack Palance), Have a Pepsi Day.

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