Terrble Thompson

Author : Gene Deitch
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1560977728
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terr'ble Thompson written by Gene Deitch and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1955, Gene Deitch embarked on a daily comic strip for United Features Syndicate that he hoped would become his life's work. One of the most unusual strips of the decade, Terr'ble Thompson was about a very odd little boy who had his "Werld Hedd Quarters" in a tree house and was regarded far and wide as "the bravest, fiercest, most-best hero of all-time." Terr'ble Thompson collects the entirety of Deitch's short-lived inspiration for Tom Terrific, and a new generation will discover what could have been one of the great comic strips of all-time had it continued. The strip is drawn in a simple, modernist style that served as an antidote to the ubiquitous Disney look that had spread into all facets of popular culture. Terr'ble Thompson was a visual and verbal feast of fun that blended time and space, with Terr'ble going on adventures with great historic figures like Columbus, George Washington, and Davy Crockett. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #424242}

Author : Kristin Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780691064727
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible written by Kristin Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Description for this book, Eisenstein's "Ivan the Terrible" A Neoformalist Analysis, will be forthcoming.

Author : Sean T. Peake
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462017770
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Travels of David Thompson written by Sean T. Peake and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age 75, David Thompson began to write about his life of exploration and surveying in western North America from 1784 to 1812. At this point, how-ever, the odds of finishing were slim; his eyesight was failing, his body was worn out after years of strain on portages and mountain passes. For five years he toiled with rewrites and revisions, never able to set the final account in order. On 16 January 1851 he put his "papers to right" in one last attempt to finish his work. By 28 February 1851, no longer able to see, he gave up his pen as well as any hope of completing his Travels. Like a true surveyor, though, he left a well-blazed trail for others to follow. Drawing from the four surviving manuscripts and Thompson's 77 notebooks filled with daily journals, reports, essays, and anecdotes, Sean Peake finished what Thompson set out to achieve: a full account that encompasses the "extent of the forests, of the great Plains, the animals, birds, fishes &c &c peculiar to each section; the various tribes of Indians which inhabit these countries, their several languages, their religious opinions, manners and mode of life, place and extent of hunting grounds, and the changes which have taken place, by the fortune of war or other causes... a curious and extensive collection of all that can fall under the observation of a traveller." This edition of The Travels of David Thompson is a landmark publication in Canadian history, fully deserving of a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in a first-hand account of the tumultuous struggle for control of western North America.

Author : Sonny Barger
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780060937546
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hell's Angel written by Sonny Barger and published by William Morrow Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club. Sonny Barger recounts the birth of the original Oakland Hell's Angels and the four turbulent decades that followed. Hell's Angel also chronicles the way the HAMC revolutionized the look of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle and built what has become a worldwide bike-riding fraternity, a beacon for freedom-seekers the world over. Dozens of photos, including many from private collections and from noted photographers, provide visual documentation to this extraordinary tale. Never simply a story about motorcycles, colorful characters, and high-speed thrills, Hell's Angel is the ultimate outlaw's tale of loyalty and betrayal, subcultures and brotherhood, and the real price of freedom.

Author : Nicola Sly
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752477153
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Horrid History of Christmas written by Nicola Sly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This grisly collection of historic, horrid happenings from across the country demonstrates that Christmas is not necessarily a time of peace, joy and goodwill to all men. The holiday season has witnessed a plethora of almost unbelievable accidents, such as the amateur mechanic who died with his head stuck in a car engine, the footballer who leaped into a quarry to retrieve a lost ball, and the Christmas party guest who fell down a flight of stairs and broke his neck. There are fatal rail crashes in Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cumbria and Scotland; freak weather conditions and devastating fires, such as the Christmas Eve fire in Glasgow that cost the lives of four firemen in 1927. Among the chilling crimes featured here is that of Nottinghamshire man Edward Kesteven, who killed his wife on Christmas Day 1894, and the murder of Thirza Kelly in Norfolk by a local teenager on Christmas Eve 1900. Full of merry madness and hearty heartache, A Horrid History of Christmas will make you want to bypass the festivities altogether!

Author : Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN 13 : 8771846379
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lars von Trier's Renewal of Film 1984-2014 written by Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danish director Lars von Trier has produced more than 20 films since his first appearance with The Elements of Crime in 1984. One of the most acknowledged - and most controversial - film directors of our time, Trier's films often escape the representational production of meaning. In Lars von Trier's Renewal of Film 1984-2014. Signal, Pixel, Diagram scholar Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen offers a comprehensive discussion of Lars von Trier's collected works. Examining Trier's experiments with narrative forms, genre, camera usage, light, and colour tones, she shows how Trier's unique ethically involving style activates the viewer's entire perception apparatus. In understanding this affective involvement, the author frames the discussion around concepts from Gilles Deleuze, Alois Riegl, Brian Massumi and others on the haptic image, the diagram, affect and the signaletic material.

Author : Nancy Hoffman
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450256716
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Was Justice Served? written by Nancy Hoffman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During her career, Julie Grace worked for several political icons, including Paul Simon, Alan Dixon, Joseph Kennedy, Walter Mondale, and Jimmy Carter. In 1991, she accepted a job with TIME magazine, where she specialized in social issues and was touted as one of TIMEs best human drama reporters. Although Julie appeared to have a solid career, her world began to crumble when the stresses of her job became more than she could handle. In order to cope, she turned to alcohol. Eventually her addiction cost her the job. It was then that she sought help in an alcohol rehabilitation program. There, she met George Thompson, and they soon developed an extremely close relationship. Unfortunately, the relationship was rocky and George physically abused Julie on numerous occasions. Tragically, on May 20, 2003, the abuse ended when Julie died three days after one of their abusive encounters. George initially confessed to her murder but when his case went to trial, he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter rather than first degree homicide. Ruth Grace, Julies mother, was shocked. She blamed the Illinois judicial system for miscarriage of justice. Now, with the help of author Nancy Hoff man, she examines her daughters case in detail. Read the witnesses testimonies and judge for yourselfWas Justice Served?

Author : Jim Minick
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496236327
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Without Warning written by Jim Minick and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1955 the small town of Udall, Kansas, was home to oil field workers, homemakers, and teenagers looking ahead to their futures. But on the night of May 25, an F5 tornado struck their town without warning. In three minutes the tornado destroyed most of the buildings, including the new high school. It toppled the water tower. It lifted a pickup truck, stripped off its cab, and hung the frame in a tree. By the time the tornado moved on, it had killed 82 people and injured 270 others, more than half the town's population of roughly 600 people. It remains the deadliest tornado in the history of Kansas. Jim Minick's nonfiction account, Without Warning, tells the human story of this disaster, moment by moment, from the perspectives of those who survived. His spellbinding narrative connects this history to our world today. Minick demonstrates that even if we have never experienced a tornado, we are still a people shaped and defined by weather and the events that unfold in our changing climate. Through the tragedy and hope found in this story of destruction, Without Warning tells a larger story of community, survival, and how we might find our way through the challenges of the future.

Author : Paul Perry
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560256052
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fear and Loathing written by Paul Perry and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2004-03-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear and Loathing creates a sharp and savvy profile of one of the most provocative voices and distinctive personalities of our time. To Hunter S. Thompson, being a Gonzo journalist means doing whatever it takes to get to the truth; everything from dropping acid with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters in the 60s, to participating in wild orgies and getting his nose broken while chronicling life with the Hell's Angels, to founding the Freak Power Party and running for sheriff of Aspen in 1970. A virtual icon, Thompson has regularly trashed the prime directives of reporting—accuracy and objectivity—yet he nonetheless always produces some of the sharpest political and cultural analysis around. Surrounded by submachine guns, fistfuls of colorful pills, and the ubiquitous Wild Turkey, Thompson careens through his life and career, unfolded in this book in all its decadence. New art by Ralph Steadman and over 20 black-and-white photographs are featured.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.K5/5 ( download)

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