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Product Description: This acclaimed textbook is ideal for all those seeking a comprehensive overview of the duties and powers of authorities and associations as providers and allocators of housing. It offers clear and authoritative guidance through the dense mass of intertwined statutory provisions and case law decisions which make this a complex area of the law...read more

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Product Description: A compulsively readable journey into the area of film-making where all writers, girectors and stars fear to tread: Development Hell. the place where scripts are written, actors hired and sets designed...but the films rarely actually get made!

If the mass media is telling you what to think and how long to spend perusing their wares, then this book is the perfect antidote. David Hughes leads you on a pilgrimage to the very origins of the modern fascination with news, the media and all things ephemeral.

An illustrated guide to the popular TV series about an Earth astronaut who finds himself aboard a living ship with a colorful variety of escaped prisoners is accompanied by character and cast biographies, a detailed episode guide, behind-the-scenesAn illustrated guide to the popular TV series about an Earth astronaut who finds himself aboard a living ship with a colorful variety of escaped prisoners is accompanied by character and cast biographies, a detailed episode guide, behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the creation of the series, and more. Original. 25,000 first printing. (A SCI-FI Channel series, starring Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Virginia Hey, Gigi Edgley, & Paul Goddard) (Performing Arts) anecdotes about the creation of the series, and more. Original. 40,000 first printing. (A SCI-FI Channel series, starring Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Virginia Hey, Gigi Edgley, & Paul Goddard) (Performing Arts)

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Product Description: Fundamentals of Computer Science using Java uses an object-based approach to the introduction of Computer Science using Java as the programming language. The book is example-based with approximately 50 completely worked examples. The use of a Turtle Graphics library allows early examples and exercises to be interesting while still simple...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This manual deals with the basic limitations and difficulties which everyone experiences in life, from fear and anger to erroneous assumptions, then demonstrates how to move through your own limiting factors to full emotional wealth and well-being...read more

With just thirteen feature films in half a century, Stanley Kubrick established himself as one of the most accomplished directors in motion picture history. Kubrick created a landmark and a benchmark with every film; working in almost every genre imaginable, including film noir, war movie, SF, horror, period drama, historical epic, love story and satire - yet transcended traditional genre boundaries with every shot. Examining every feature film, from the early shorts through to classics such as Paths of Glory, Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and finally, Eyes Wide Shut, The Complete Kubrick provides a unique insight into understanding the work of cinema's most enigmatic, iconoclastic and gifted auteur. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Part 1 Shifting patterns of retailing - a journey to and through the "golden age": highlights of the earlier history; the post-war decades - the '50s, '60s and '70s; the "retail revolution" of the '80s - the creation of the "golden age"; the early and middle '90s - less certain times...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Follows the thoughts and actions of an author who publishes a book entitled 'The Little Book,' which is not simply read, but rather lived, and draws its readers into it

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Product Description: There has been widespread criticism of social housing services, both those of local authorities and housing associations. This text is concerned with ways in which tenants can respond to and influence the housing service they receive. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)