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England in the Nineteenth Century: 1815-1914

Product Description: Number 8 in the PELICAN HISTORY OF ENGLAND series looks at the major social changes which the people of England experienced during the period between the Battle of Waterloo and the First World War. First published in 1970.

By David Thomson

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9780140137705 | Viking Pr, June 1, 1951, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Number 8 in the PELICAN HISTORY OF ENGLAND series looks at the major social changes which the people of England experienced during the period between the Battle of Waterloo and the First World War.

England in the Nineteenth Century

Product Description: 254pages. in12. brochÃ©.

By David Thomson

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9780140201970 | Penguin USA, June 1, 1951, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: 254pages.

Europe Since Napoleon

By David Thomson

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Hardcover:

9780075535577 | 2 revised edition (McGraw-Hill College, June 1, 1962), cover price $23.45 | also contains Human Parasitic Diseases Sourcebook

Two Frenchmen: Pierre Laval And Charles De Gaulle

By David Thomson

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Hardcover:

9780837181158 | Greenwood Pub Group, July 8, 1975, cover price $39.95

Irish Journals of Elizabeth Smith 1840-1850

By Elizabeth Smith and David Thomson (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780198224716 | Oxford Univ Pr, June 1, 1980, cover price $45.00

A Biographical Dictionary of Film

A diverse, personal film reference provides some one thousand entries on leading international actors and actresses, directors, and producers, along with frequently provocative critical essays, profiles, and film analyses.

By David Thomson

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9780394581651 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1994, cover price $40.00 | also contains Hybrid and Hierarchical Composite Materials | About this edition: Provides some one thousand entries on leading international actors and actresses, directors, and produceers, along with critical essays and film analyses

9780686632344, titled "Biographical Dictionary of Film" | 2nd edition (William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1980), cover price $15.95

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9780679755647 | 3 edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1994), cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Provides some one thousand entries on leading international actors and actresses, directors, and produceers, along with critical essays and film analyses

9780688001315, titled "The Biographical Dictionary of Film" | 2 revised edition (William Morrow & Co, December 1, 1980), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A critical encyclopedia of film presents informative biographical essays on nearly nine hundred international film personalities--including leading directors, actors, actresses, and producers--with cogent analyses of their past and current work

America in the Dark: Hollywood and the Gift of Unreality

By David Thomson

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Hardcover:

9780851390758 | Eastview Editions, July 1, 1980, cover price $2.00

Edition of the Middle English Grammatical Texts

By David Thomson (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780824094348 | Taylor & Francis, March 1, 1984, cover price $61.00

Renaissance Paris: Architecture and Growth 1475-1600

Product Description: In the modern literature on Renaissance art and architecture, Paris has often been considered the Cinderella of the European capitals. The prestigious buildings that were erected soon after FranÃ§ois I decided in 1528 to make Paris his residence have long since been lost...read more

By David Thomson

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9780520053595 | Univ of California Pr, March 1, 1985, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In the modern literature on Renaissance art and architecture, Paris has often been considered the Cinderella of the European capitals.

Suspects

Product Description: Noah Cross, Norma Desmond, Norman Bates, Harry Limeâthese are a few of nearly 100 names that inhabit the mind of the narrator as he starts to compose short biographies of some of the most famous characters in the history of film noir...read more

By David Thomson

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9780394542263 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1985, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Interlocking 'biographies' of legendary film characters--Jake Gittes and Noah Cross from 'Chinatown,' Norma Desmond and Joe Gillis from 'Sunset Boulevard,' and Rick and Ilsa from 'Casablanca'--make up a tale of obsession and suspense

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9781842431948 | Reprint edition (Old Castle, September 28, 2007), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Noah Cross, Norma Desmond, Norman Bates, Harry Limeâthese are a few of nearly 100 names that inhabit the mind of the narrator as he starts to compose short biographies of some of the most famous characters in the history of film noir.

9780394744681 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, September 1, 1986), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Interlocking 'biographies' of legendary film characters--Jake Gittes and Noah Cross from 'Chinatown,' Norma Desmond and Joe Gillis from 'Sunset Boulevard,' and Rick and Ilsa from 'Casablanca'--make up a tale of obsession and suspense

Warren Beatty and Desert Eyes: A Life and a Story

Recounts Beatty's life and career, compares it with a fictional actor, and attempts to evoke Beatty's complex and enigmatic personality

By David Thomson

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9780385187077 | Doubleday, April 1, 1987, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Recounts Beatty's life and career, compares it with a fictional actor, and attempts to evoke Beatty's complex and enigmatic personality

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9780394757568 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, August 1, 1988), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Recounts Beatty's life and career, compares it with a fictional actor, and attempts to evoke Beatty's complex and enigmatic personality

Workers Versus Pensioners: Intergenerational Justice in an Ageing World

By Chritopher Conrad, Paul Johnson and David Thomson (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780719030383 | Manchester Univ Pr, October 1, 1989, cover price $35.00

Woodbrook

By David Thomson

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9780099600008 | Random House of Canada Ltd, December 1, 1989, cover price $11.95

Silver Light

From 1865 to 1950, the multi-faceted world of the American West, its rich, colorful characters, and its many faces--historical, mythic, and cinematic--are captured in the story of a reclusive, elderly photographer and her friend, a writer of Western comic books

By David Thomson

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9780394556222 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, March 1, 1990, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: From 1865 to 1950, the multi-faceted world of the American West, its rich, colorful characters, and its many faces--historical, mythic, and cinematic--are captured in the story of a reclusive, elderly photographer and her friend, a writer of Western comic books

England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-79

Product Description: In this account explains the continuity and significance of many important issues and events of the 20th century, setting them against the broad background of social and cultural change since 1914. In this second edition, Geoffrey Warner has extended its scope to include changes governments and law, events in Northern Ireland, the EEC, Women's Lib and many other issues...read more

By David Thomson

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9780140137712 | 2 reprint edition (Viking Pr, June 1, 1991), cover price $6.95 | also contains Good, Better, Best: Trade Secrets for Spotting a "Find" | About this edition: In this account explains the continuity and significance of many important issues and events of the 20th century, setting them against the broad background of social and cultural change since 1914.

Visual Magic

A collection of over thirty visual tricks and illusions involving colors, shapes, patterns, and perspective offers insight into the way the human visual system operates.

By David Thomson

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Hardcover:

9780803711181 | Dial Books for Young Readers, October 1, 1991, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A collection of over thirty visual tricks and illusions involving colors, shapes, patterns, and perspective offers insight into the way the human visual system operates

Paperback:

9781402743610 | Ina nov edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, December 4, 2006), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A collection of over thirty visual tricks and illusions involving colors, shapes, patterns, and perspective offers insight into the way the human visual system operates.

9780806944890 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, May 1, 2000, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A collection of over thirty visual tricks and illusions involving colors, shapes, patterns, and perspective offers insight into the way the human visual system operates.

Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick

Drawing on Selznick's personal papers, this revealing biography of the Hollywood legend describes Selznick's integral role in the history of Hollywood film, his private life, and the colorful characters of the movie industry. 40,000 first printing. $60,000 ad/promo. Tour.

By David Thomson

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9780394568331 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1992, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Drawing on Selznick's personal papers, this biography of the Hollywood legend describes Selznick's integral role in the history of Hollywood film, his private life, and the colorful characters of the movie industry

Renaissance Architecture: Critics, Patrons, Luxury

Product Description: In this illustrated history of the architecture of Renaissance Europe, David Thomson demonstrates how Renaissance architecture attracted much contemporary criticism for its excessive display of personal wealth and status. The cultural phenomenon of the Renaissance transformed artistic activity in Europe, which, combined with increased social mobility and the availability of financial credit, produced enthusiastic patrons of the arts and architecture...read more

By David Thomson

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9780719039225 | Manchester Univ Pr, September 1, 1993, cover price $79.95 | About this edition: In this illustrated history of the architecture of Renaissance Europe, David Thomson demonstrates how Renaissance architecture attracted much contemporary criticism for its excessive display of personal wealth and status.

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9780719039638 | Manchester Univ Pr, September 1, 1993, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: In this illustrated history of the architecture of Renaissance Europe, David Thomson demonstrates how Renaissance architecture attracted much contemporary criticism for its excessive display of personal wealth and status.

Selfish Generations?: How Welfare States Grow Old

Product Description: As the 'baby boom', whose taxes have funded support for the elderly, is succeeded by the 'baby bust', the welfare state is being thrown into crisis. Thomson's work at Massey University initiated a major reorganisation of welfare provision in New Zealand, and this important and timely book extends the scope of his iconoclastic analysis to the current situation in Britain, Europe and the USA...read more

By Peter Laslett (introduced by) and David Thomson

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9781874267072 | White Horse Pr, December 1, 1994, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: As the 'baby boom', whose taxes have funded support for the elderly, is succeeded by the 'baby bust', the welfare state is being thrown into crisis.

Selfish Generations: The Aging of the Welfare State

By Peter Laslett (introduced by) and David Thomson

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9781874267065 | White Horse Pr, December 1, 1994, cover price $59.95

Projections 4: Film-Makers on Film-Making

By John Boorman, Walter Donohue (editor), Tom Luddy and David Thomson

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9780571173631 | Faber & Faber, April 1, 1995, cover price $18.95

Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles

A stunning portrait of the life and career of Orson Welles describes his early success in the worlds of radio, theater, and film; the boredom and self-destructive impulses that led to his rapid decline; and his colorful personal life. Reprint. 17,500 first printing. NYT.

By David Thomson

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9780614957068 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, June 1, 1996, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A New York Times Notable Book of the Year"Easily the best book on Orson Welles.

9780679418344 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, June 1, 1996, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the life and career of Orson Welles describes his early success in the worlds of radio, theater, and film; the boredom and self-destructive impulses that led to his rapid decline; and his colorful personal life

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9780679772835 | Vintage Books, October 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A portrait of the life and career of Orson Welles describes his early success in the worlds of radio, theater, and film; the boredom and self-destructive impulses that led to his rapid decline; and his colorful personal life

The Big Sleep

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By David Thomson

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9780851706320 | British Film Inst, March 29, 1997, cover price $18.95

Beneath Mulholland: Thoughts on Hollywood and Its Ghosts

Hailed in The San Francisco Chronicle and The New York Times Book Review as one of America's finest film critics, the author reflects on the enduring presence of Hollywood's screen idols. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

By David Thomson

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9780679451150 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 1, 1997, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Essays exploring Hollywood films, their stars, and their illusions discuss the nature of stardom and the preoccupations of life in Hollywood

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9780679772910 | Vintage Books, December 1, 1998, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Essays exploring Hollywood films, their stars, and their illusions discuss the nature of stardom and the preoccupations of life in Hollywood

Rosebud: the Story of Orson Welles: Story of Orson Welles

This work charts the life of a man who stilled the world with his performance in 'Citizen Kane' in 1941. Orson Welles seemed to possess inhuman energy and a phenomenal voice but in the final rootless years when he yielded to obesity, this cinematic genius became a tragic figure.

By David Thomson

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9780349109091 | New edition (Gardners Books, October 2, 1997), cover price $31.30 | About this edition: This work charts the life of a man who stilled the world with his performance in 'Citizen Kane' in 1941.

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