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  Amateur Movie Making -...

  Martha J. McNamara, Karan Sheldon

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  “This remarkable collection of essays both documents and brings to life the contributions of amateur filmmakers in the Northeast region.” —Anne Goodyear, Co-Director, Bowdoin College Museum of Art 
   
  A compelling regional and historical study that transforms our understanding of film history, Amateur Movie Making demonstrates how amateur films and home movies stand as testaments to the creative lives of ordinary people, enriching our experience of art and the everyday. Here we encounter the lyrical and visually expressive qualities of films produced in New England between 1915 and 1960 and held in the collections of Northeast Historic Film, a moving image repository and study center that was established to collect, preserve, and interpret the audiovisual record of northern New England. 
   
  Contributors from diverse backgrounds examine the visual aesthetics of these films while placing them in their social, political, and historical contexts. Each discussion is enhanced by technical notes and the analyses are also juxtaposed with personal reflections by artists who have close connections to particular amateur filmmakers. These reflections reanimate the original private contexts of the home movies before they were recast as objects of study and artifacts of public history.

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  A Personal Stand - Observations...

  Trace Adkins

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  Country music superstar Trace Adkins isn't exactly known for holding back what's on his mind. And if the millions of albums he's sold are any indication, when Trace talks, people listen. Now, in A Personal Stand, Trace Adkins delivers his maverick manifesto on politics, personal responsibility, fame, parenting, being true to yourself, hard work, and the way things ought to be. In his inimitable pull-no-punches style, Trace gives us the state of the union as he sees it, from the lessons of his boyhood in small-town Louisiana to what he's learned headlining concerts around the world. Trace has worked oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, been shot in the heart, been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and braved perhaps the greatest challenge of all: being the father of five daughters. And shaped by these experiences, he's sounding off.-I'm incredibly frustrated with the state of American politics. If there were a viable third party, I'd seriously consider joining it.-If anybody wonders who the good guys are and who the bad guys are in this world, just look at the way we teach our children as opposed to the way the fundamentalist Muslims teach their children.-Organized labor now exists for the sake of organized labor, not for the workers it once protected.-I believe the easiest way to solve the illegal immigration enforcement problem is to go after the employers who hire illegal aliens.-As a society, we're unwilling to sacrifice our luxuries and our conveniences in order to conserve. We won't change until we're forced to.-The war on terror is like herpes. People can live with it, but it'll flare up from time to time.Brash, ballsy, persuasive, and controversial, A Personal Stand isn't just the story of Trace Adkins's life; it's the story of what life can teach all of us.

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  Surrey Landscapes

  Nick Oakley

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  More people than ever are feeling the need to get out into the countryside and enjoy the space and freedom it offers. For some this is a new experience, for others it is a familiar retreat.
  Surrey Landscapes is the first book of its kind to explore the natural spaces of the county through stunning photography, providing not only a greater appreciation of what it has to offer, but also the inspiration for others to enjoy it more.The images take you on a journey through the scenic and seasonal wonders of Surrey, showcasing both the iconic locations with big vistas that attract countless visitors each year and those intimate views that are less well known and off the beaten track.
  Design: The book has been designed with a contemporary feel, photographs printed across the double page to draw the viewer into the moment. Each image is accompanied by a title, location and short caption that offers greater understanding of the photograph as well as the countryside through details about the local history, geology or geography.
  Foreword: The foreword has been written by one of the world's leading landscape photographers, Charlie Waite. He is a prodigious author, founder of the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, and founder of the Light and Land photography tour company.

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  DIRTY TALK - Tell Your Partner...

  Xenia Watson

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  How Dirty Sex Talk Benefits Your Relationship? 
  How often do you feel that your partner is no more interested in you?  
  Does he ignore you and takes you for granted?  
  Well, if that’s the case with you then you really need to do something about it and learning some dirty sex talk may do the trick. 

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  Beyond Boundaries - Rethinking...

  Linda Phyllis Austern, Candace...

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  English music studies often apply rigid classifications to musical materials, their uses, their consumers, and performers. The contributors to this volume argue that some performers and manuscripts from the early modern era defy conventional categorization as "amateur" or "professional," "native" or "foreign." These leading scholars explore the circulation of music and performers in early modern England, reconsidering previously held ideas about the boundaries between locations of musical performance and practice.

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  Me the Mob and the Music - One...

  Martin Fitzpatrick, Tommy James

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  The sensational ’60s music memoir—part rock & roll fairytale, part mob epic—that “reads like a music-industry version of Goodfellas” (The Denver Post). 
   
  Tommy James was the 60’s pop icon behind timeless hits like “Hanky Panky,” “Mony Mony,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Crimson and Clover,” and more. These songs helped define the era, and they have been covered by artists ranging from Billy Idol to Tiffany to R.E.M. But just as compelling as the music itself is the life Tommy James lived while making it. 
   
  In Me, the Mob, and the Music, James reveals his complex and sometimes terrifying relationship with Roulette Records and Morris Levy, the legendary Godfather of the music business. It is a fascinating portrait of this swaggering era of rock ‘n’ roll, when concerts were wild and the hits kept coming—while, just backstage, payola schemes and mafioso tactics were the norm.

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