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2014

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Given the beauty of the landscape and its ideal location just south of Seattle, it's easy to understand why Gottlieb Burian set down his 19th-century roots in the land that eventually became the city of Burien. Incorporated in 1993, this gem of a small city sits perched on the edge of Puget Sound, just 15 minutes from SeaTac Airport. With a wealth of arts and cultural groups, an ethnically diverse community of shops and restaurants, a robust medical and wellness community, and city-sponsor...

Hollywood's Artists

The Directors Guild of America and the Construction of Authorship

2020

EN

Today, the director is considered the leading artistic force behind a film. The production of a Hollywood movie requires the labor of many people, from screenwriters and editors to cinematographers and boom operators, but the director as author of the film overshadows them all. How did this concept of the director become so deeply ingrained in our understanding of cinema?In Hollywood’s Artists, Virginia Wright Wexman offers a groundbreaking history of how movie directors b...

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Hollywood's Artists

The Directors Guild of America and the Construction of Authorship

2020

EN

Today, the director is considered the leading artistic force behind a film. The production of a Hollywood movie requires the labor of many people, from screenwriters and editors to cinematographers and boom operators, but the director as author of the film overshadows them all. How did this concept of the director become so deeply ingrained in our understanding of cinema?In Hollywood’s Artists, Virginia Wright Wexman offers a groundbreaking history of how movie directors b...

Price€20.59

2011

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Commercially harvested only in Maine and parts of Canada, wild blueberries are prized for their intense flavor and color. The Wild Blueberry Book follows the story of these luscious berries as they make their way from the barrens to your table, with some stops along the way for pie-eating contests, baking competitions, and even an annual musical celebrating the culture that has grown up around Maine’s official berry.You’ll meet growers, rakers, beekeepers, processors, winemakers, b...

Price€10.16

A Town Built by Ski Bums

The Story of Carrabassett Valley, Maine

2024

EN

Located 60 country miles from Interstate 95, Carrabassett Valley, Maine doesn’t look like a classic rural New England town. Only a handful of buildings pre-date 1950. Settlement is concentrated in two areas separated by six woodsy miles: “the valley,” with its 1960s A-frames and camps, and “the mountain,” where the Sugarloaf ski resort has built a maze of contemporary condominium and housing developments, along with hotels, restaurants, and boutiques. But with just 673 year-round residents...

Price€20.35

Directing

Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking

2017

EN

Of all the artisans who work in the American film industry, directors have been given the lion's share of attention. Yet few books in this literature address the ways directors have worked with others and have negotiated the constraints and opportunities posed by a complex production process and a sprawling commercial industry. Directing fills this gap. It provides the historical context necessary to understand the key role of directors in the Hollywood system. It covers iconic directors l...

Price€30.15

Rochester

An Urban Biography

2022

EN

Rochester, Minnesota’s third-largest city, has always been a crossroads. For untold centuries, Dakota and Ho-Chunk people lived in this beautiful area around the Zumbro River. The town itself began in 1854 as a stagecoach stop for people traveling between St. Paul and Dubuque, Iowa.In this brief and entertaining city history, Virginia Wright-Peterson explores fascinating stories of the community: the karst geology and cave systems in and around town; the importance of the region’s ...

Price€10.29

Women of Mayo Clinic

The Founding Generation

2016

EN

The story of Mayo Clinic begins on the Minnesota prairie following a devastating tornado in 1883. It also begins with the women who joined the growing practice as physicians, as laboratory researchers, as developers of radium therapy and cancer treatments, and as innovators in virtually all aspects of patient care, education, and research. While these women contributed to the clinic's origins and success, their roles have not been widely celebrated—until now.Women of Mayo Clinic tr...

Price€10.99

Unabridged

8 hours 1 min

2018

EN

“San Francisco, 1875…the Carlton Hotel…headquarters of the man called…Paladin!”Wherever there’s trouble — there’s Paladin. He is called on to find missing people, to find a way to protect those who have been targeted by the unscrupulous, to find criminals, and to find a resolution.John Dehner stars as the peripatetic champion of justice in twenty taut, thrilling tales of Western adventure from 1959. Ben Wright co-stars as Hey Boy, with Virginia Gregg as Miss Wong, in this series produced a...

Price€27.49

Have Gun Will Travel

Dressed to Kill

Unabridged

8 hours 17 min

2021

EN

Wherever there's someone in need of help, you'll find the man in black they call Paladin. The character first appeared on television, but later made his way to radio in one of the medium's last great adult westerns.The hero's travels from his home base in San Francisco to serve clients throughout the West ensured a wide range of new characters for listeners. John Dehner rides as the enigmatic gunslinger in twenty unforgettable radio adventures, with Ben Wright as Hey Boy and Virginia Gregg...

Price€19.29

Unabridged

8 hours 16 min

2009

EN

No matter what the problem, he's the solution. Roaming the Old West like a knight of old, the man called Paladin brings his deadly aim to bear…for a price. Join John Dehner for hard-hitting adventure on the frontier in twenty thrill-packed episodes of Have Gun - Will Travel!Ben Wright and Virginia Gregg co-star in these digitally restored and remastered episodes, representing the best broadcasts of the series' first season on radio.Episodes Include: Strange Vendetta 11-23-58; Road to Wicke...

Price€27.49

International and Comparative Employment Relations

Global Crises and Institutional Responses

2021

EN

Established as the standard reference for a worldwide readership of students, scholars and practitioners in international agencies, governments, companies and unions, this text offers a systematic overview of international employment relations.Chapters cover the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Japan, South Korea, China, India and South Africa.Experts examine the context of employment relations in each country: economic, historical, legal, social...

Price€93.69