"It may be the dawning of suspicion, but, the fact that the airplane is faster than the horse, does not necessarily prove that the world is getting any better." – Harry Street, The Snows of KilimanjaroThis audio edition of the Oscar-nominated The Snows of Kilimanjaro is adapted from the original 1952 film screenplay by Casey Robinson, based on the 1936 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. Directed by Henry King, this ...

All the big and little pleasures of a family vacation are expressed in this lively, warm read-aloud, perfect for summer.In the just-right house by the sea, ten cousins are together with their grandparents for a rumble-tumble, twirling-singing, love-for-sharing vacation day—from breakfast bacon, playtime, and storytime through beach fun and all the way to bedtime hugs. Young readers will adore the whole experience of noisy hubbub mixed with quiet time that every won...

Experience Hollywood’s Golden Age in a Groundbreaking New WayImmersive Audio Cinema™: Hollywood Noir & Drama Masterworks transforms eight legendary films into a premium narrative audio experience — complete original film dialogue and cast performances, woven together with new scene-bridging narration by Sean Pratt.These are full-length audio reconstructions, not short radio dramatizations or abridged adaptations, so listeners will ...

Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this volume celebrates the section's thirtieth anniversary. Lead editor Barry Wellman joins forces with former and current CITAMS chairs Wenhong Chen, Shelia Cotten, and Laura Robinson, as well as Casey Brienza, founder of the Media Sociology Preconference, to look back at the history of the section, review some of its most important themes, and set the a...

The chapters of this volume are based on talks given at the eleventh international Sampling Theory and Applications conference held in 2015 at American University in Washington, D.C. The papers highlight state-of-the-art advances and trends in sampling theory and related areas of application, such as signal and image processing. Chapters have been written by prominent mathematicians, applied scientists, and engineers with an expertise in sampling theory. Claude Shannon’s 100th birthday is ...

"IT MAY BE THE DAWNING OF SUSPICION, BUT THE FACT THAT THE AIRPLANE IS FASTER THAN THE HORSE, DOES NOT NECESSARILY PROVE THAT THE WORLD IS GETTING ANY BETTER." - HARRY STREET, THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJAROThis beautifully designed book edition of the Oscar-nominated The Snows of Kilimanjaro is adapted from the original 1952 film screenplay by Casey Robinson, based on the 1936 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. Directed by Henry ...

The healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book for fans of A Sick Day for Amos McGhee and Last Stop on Market Street.Kindly Cecil has a broken heart, but when the kids in his neighborhood start asking him to fix their valuables—a music box, a watch, a stuffed elephant—he gradually finds that he knows just how to do this mending. And in return, his circle of new friends offers the mending that his own heart needs....

From the cradle bars to pre-preteen goo goo mucks, Goth Parenting is an illustrated humor book with heart for families who do things a little differently.Your local mall goths and graveyard lurkers experience the same milestones of parenthood as anyone else. Goths just do it with a little extra style and more Edgar Allan Poe references.Goth Parenting takes you from a baby bat’s very earliest days through age seven, illustrating parents’ me...

Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this volume is the second of a two-part series that celebrates the section’s 30th anniversary. Casey Brienza leads the second of the two volumes - The M in CITAMS@30: Media Sociology - with former CITAMS chairs Laura Robinson, Barry Wellman, Shelia R. Cotten, and Wenhong Chen. Volume 18 continues the discussion begun in Volume 17: Networks, H...