Product Description: A new edition of one of the century's great love stories, based on the classic movie, concerns ballerina Victoria Page and her love for the dance, for the seductive impresario Boris, and for her husband, a gifted composer.

Product Description: Michael Powell's prolific life as a filmmaker stretched over half a century, almost from the very beginnings of popular cinema. In this, the first volume of his autobiography, Powell captures the startling momentum of his early career, which began while he was still in his teens when a serendipitous meeting with the great silent filmmaker Rex Ingram garnered him a job at Victorine Studios...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Describes the author's attempt to make a film about how the outer Isles of Scotland were being de-populated. The book reveals that the islanders plight was mirrored in the obstacles the film crew themselves had to overcome.

Product Description: Considering computer contracting?If you are, then read this book. It explores the many aspects of the computer contracting world and gives sound practical advice to both the newcomer and the experienced contractor. It will also be invaluable if you are an employer wrestling with the perennial problem of finding staff in this highly competitive marketplace...read more

Product Description: Traces, in flashback, the intertwined lives of an officer and his German counterpart from their first encounter, fighting a duel in Berlin in 1902, to a double defeat. The plot is juxtaposed to that of the British officer's thrice lost love - which introduces an undercurrent of romantic pessimism...read more

In the sequel to A Life in Movies, the late British director continues his behind-the-scenes journey through the world of films, detailing his clashes with studio bosses and critics, the destruction of his career, and the greats with whom he worked.

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The classic story of a gifted dancer caught between two men and the greatest love of her life, the ballet

Product Description: Considering computer contracting?If you are, then read this book. It explores the many aspects of the computer contracting world and gives sound practical advice to both the newcomer and the experienced contractor. It will also be invaluable if you are an employer wrestling with the perennial problem of finding staff in this highly competitive marketplace...read more

Product Description: In recent years the professions have undergone radical transformation. With the advent of rapidly changing markets, more sophisticated and demanding clients, deregulation and increased competition, the generalist professional partnerships have given way to larger, more corporate forms of organization, comprising increasingly autonomous specialist business units...read more

Product Description: Ever wondered why kamikaze pilots wore helmets, or why if we weren't meant to eat animals are they made of meat? Ever stop to think and forget to start again? The Little Book of Dumb Questions is a hilarious collection of sillinesss...read more

Product Description: Some people say that you should take all the advice you can get. Others advocate accepting no counsel from anyone. The solution? Take all the advice you can get and then ignore it! And when the advice that is given is as dreadful as the gems contained in this book, it is not difficult to understand why...read more

Product Description: In life, we all make mistakes. It's how we get out of them that shows our presence of mind. However, not everyone has this particular skill. From the wrong sort of snow to the dog ate it via I fell on the vacuum - how anyone ever thought they'd get away with these howlers is a complete mystery...read more

Product Description: From the drunken philosophy of Homer Simpson to the cynical observations of W.C. Fields and Winston Churchill, these quotes prove that the world never makes as much sense as when viewed from under a table. If you’ve ever needed an excuse to go a bit crazy, or just want to read about it, then this is the book for you...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

In recent years the professions have undergone radical transformation. With the advent of rapidly changing markets, more sophisticated and demanding clients, deregulation and increased competition, the generalist professional partnerships have given way to larger, more corporate forms of organization, comprising increasingly autonomous specialist business units.This volume critically examines these changes through an examination of the archetypes which characterize accounting, health care and law practitioners. With examples drawn from Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA, Restructuring the Professional Organization will be of interest to all students of organization studies seeking to understand the issues and problems confronting the professions as they move to the new millennium.Topics covered include:* a review of the models of professional organization*drivers of change in professional organizations* internal dynamics of changes in these organizations* new organizational forms and archetypes.

Product Description: Scare young children and intimidate their parents when you take the humble nursery rhyme and transform it into a display of linguistic acrobatics. Why use one world when ten will do? If you want to sound as though you've swallowed a dictionary, here are 100 nursery rhymes and their verbose translations to memorise and regurigitate at all children's parties...read more

Product Description: Stun your friends into silence as you take the humble proverb and transform it into a display of linguistic acrobatics. Why use just one word when ten will do? If you want to sound as though you’ve swallowed a dictionary, here are 100 simple proverbs and their verbose translations for you to memorize and recite at dinner parties and other social gatherings...read more

Product Description: Film -- Biography--> British filmmaker Michael Powell (1905-1990) began his career assisting director Rex Ingram in the waning years of silent film. Given a boost by Alfred Hitchcock, Powell spent much of the 1930s directing what were known as "quota quickies," low-budget B movies...read more

Product Description: You don't always know when you're going to need a friend, but you do know she'll always be there. 1,000 Reasons You're My Friend is a thoughtful way to show a trusted confidante how much you appreciate and cherish her. Just life friendship, this sweet little book is full of joy, beauty, and humor...read more

Product Description: In today's world, it is all too easy to become preoccupied with our own wants and needs and forget about those around us. We may feel we don't have the time to think beyond our own individual problems and complexities, but in order to live fulfilled lives we need to express generosity...read more

Product Description: This attractive gift book is packed with fun rather than Freud. Even so, it's a gold mine of folk wisdom and a collection of insights that readers will relish. If a soaring eagle is in your dream, you can look forward to prosperity...read more

Product Description: Preschool kids won't know what a "lenticular" panel is (parents probably won't know, either)--but everybody will have fun seeing how it works! Move this book slightly, changing your angle of vision in relation to the cover, and the panel presents first one picture, then another! Keep varying that angle of vision and the picture keeps changing! This big board book has an inset lenticular panel that shows a clever little girl...read more

Product Description: Preschool kids won't know what a "lenticular" panel is (parents probably won't know, either)--but everybody will have fun seeing how it works! Move this book slightly, changing your angle of vision in relation to the cover, and the panel presents first one picture, then another! Keep varying that angle of vision and the picture keeps changing! This big board book has an inset lenticular panel that shows a clever little boy...read more