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Product Description: This paperback reprint of the 2007 second edition (a few reviews above) lists 12 significant people born on each day of the year (including February 29), and includes a quotation from each person that allows a glimpse of their personality...read more

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9780786401666 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, August 1, 1996, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Lists authors, scientists, actors, poets, rulers, philosphers, playwrights and others who were born on each day of the year

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9780786464357 | 2 reprint edition (McFarland & Co Inc Pub, September 30, 2011), cover price $45.00 | also contains Born This Day: A Book of Birthdays and Quotations of Prominent People Through the Centuries | About this edition: This paperback reprint of the 2007 second edition (a few reviews above) lists 12 significant people born on each day of the year (including February 29), and includes a quotation from each person that allows a glimpse of their personality.

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Product Description: The 1990s saw numerous actors break onto the scene in the movie industry and achieve great fame, while others received little, if any, recognition. The 1990s also had blockbuster films that were not to be forgotten as well as bombs that were...read more

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9780786447008 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, February 18, 2011, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: The 1990s saw numerous actors break onto the scene in the movie industry and achieve great fame, while others received little, if any, recognition.

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Product Description: The 1980s had more than its share of both emerging stars and final tributes paid to luminaries, as well as smash hits and bombs, memorable and boring performances, and new trends and tried-and-true formula offerings. The Film of the Eighties includes numerous examples of all of these...read more

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9780786427390 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, March 30, 2006, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: The 1980s had more than its share of both emerging stars and final tributes paid to luminaries, as well as smash hits and bombs, memorable and boring performances, and new trends and tried-and-true formula offerings.

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Product Description: This work contains 3000 quotations in mathematics, divided into 38 chapters and 389 sections that present quotations over a spectrum from God and religion to the nature of infinity. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Robert A. Nowlan (editor)

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9780786412846 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 1, 2002, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: This work contains 3000 quotations in mathematics, divided into 38 chapters and 389 sections that present quotations over a spectrum from God and religion to the nature of infinity.

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Product Description: The 1990s saw numerous actors break onto the scene in the movie industry and achieve great fame, while others received only little, if any, recognition. The 1990s also had blockbuster films that were not to be forgotten as well as bombs that were...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780786409747 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 1, 2001, cover price $125.00 | About this edition: The 1990s saw numerous actors break onto the scene in the movie industry and achieve great fame, while others received only little, if any, recognition.

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Organized under almost four hundred subject headings, offers a compilation of some three thousand quotations and proverbs on dogs and cats selected from history, literature, and film. (view table of contents)

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9780786408016 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, February 1, 2001, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Organized under almost four hundred subject headings, offers a compilation of some three thousand quotations and proverbs on dogs and cats selected from history, literature, and film.

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Product Description: Entries in this volume include basic information and a description and comparison of the film versions. It includes all films, silent or sound, from the genres of drama, adventure, romance, comedy and thriller which have remakes or sequels.

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9780899503141 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, December 1, 1988, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: Lists remakes for over a thousand films and includes plot summaries and information on cast and credits

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9780786409372 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, November 1, 2000, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Entries in this volume include basic information and a description and comparison of the film versions.

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Product Description: People who are frequently called upon to speak publicly will find here over 6,300 quotes related to the arts of speaking and storytelling. Quotes by and about speakers, as well as those appropriate for inclusion in stories and speeches, are organized into 314 categories, arranged alphabetically from "accent" to "youth...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Gwendolyn L. Nowlan (editor) and Robert A. Nowlan (editor)

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9780786407675 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, August 1, 2000, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: People who are frequently called upon to speak publicly will find here over 6,300 quotes related to the arts of speaking and storytelling.

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Product Description: This ultimate compilation of more than 11,000 of the most memorable lines ever uttered on the silver screen is categorized under 900 subjects and includes the title of the film, speaker of the line, production company, year of release, and, when appropriate, a brief comment putting the quotation into context...read more

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9780062725066 | Reprint edition (Perennial, October 1, 1995), cover price $21.00 | About this edition: This ultimate compilation of more than 11,000 of the most memorable lines ever uttered on the silver screen is categorized under 900 subjects and includes the title of the film, speaker of the line, production company, year of release, and, when appropriate, a brief comment putting the quotation into context.

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Gathers movie dialogue about a variety of subjects from acting, bravery, and character to vampires, wealth, and youth

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9780899507866 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, March 1, 1994, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Gathers movie dialogue about a variety of subjects from acting, bravery, and character to vampires, wealth, and youth

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Product Description: Who shot Liberty Valance? Which actor played Will Rogers? What was the name of Marilyn Monroe's character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? In what movie did Frederick March play the Grim Reaper? Now, over 9,000 films whose titles refer to particular characters are fully documented in "The Name Is Familiar"...read more

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9781555700546 | Neal Schuman Pub, April 1, 1993, cover price $99.95 | About this edition: Who shot Liberty Valance?

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Product Description: The 1980s had more than its share of both emerging stars and final tributes paid to luminaries, as well as smash hits and bombs, memorable and boring performances, and new trends and tried-and-true formula offerings. The Film of the Eighties includes numerous examples of all of these...read more

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9780899505602 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 1, 1991, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: The 1980s had more than its share of both emerging stars and final tributes paid to luminaries, as well as smash hits and bombs, memorable and boring performances, and new trends and tried-and-true formula offerings.

Product Description: An overview of the film careers of more than 400 leading performers. For each actor or actress featured, there is a brief biographical sketch followed by a set of key roles with descriptions of the characters played by the performer...read more

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9780838904800 | Amer Library Assn, February 1, 1990, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: An overview of the film careers of more than 400 leading performers.

A selection of trivia quizzes on a multitude of subjects offers tests of various levels of difficulty on the worlds of sports, entertainment, the sciences, the arts, politics, geography, current affairs, and other topics

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9780517615904 | Outlet, August 1, 1986, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A selection of trivia quizzes on a multitude of subjects offers tests of various levels of difficulty on the worlds of sports, entertainment, the sciences, the arts, politics, geography, current affairs, and other topics

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9780688020729 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1983, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Book by Nowlan, Robert A.

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