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Fix Me Up - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Fix Me Up - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This collection of essays focuses on two sub-genres of reality television: dating shows, like The Bachelor, Joe Millionaire, and the earlier Love Connection ; and makeover reality shows, like The Swan and Are You Hot? The Search for America''s Sexiest People . Each author explores a different aspect of one or both of these types of shows, focusing especially on the cultural interaction between the text--dating and makeover shows--and society.

DKK 429.00
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Harpo Marx as Trickster - Charlene Fix - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Harpo Marx as Trickster - Charlene Fix - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The author invites readers to spend time in the pleasure of Harpo''s cinematic company while comparing him to tricksters from folklore, myth and legend. The book demonstrates how Harpo, the sweetest, wildest, most magical Marx brother, accomplishes the archetypal trickster''s work. Thirteen chapters examine Harpo''s trickster persona closely in each of the Marx Brothers'' films: The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Room Service, At the Circus, Go West, The Big Store, A Night in Casablanca and Love Happy . Harpo as trickster embodies luck, foolishness, cleverness, mania, hunger, lust, stealing, shape-shifting, gender-bending, alliance with underdogs, attacks on the powerful, musicality, sympathy for animals, magic and mischief. His trickster behaviors in all the films are woven into a composite impression that "with a little luck, will resonate beyond the covers of this book and leak out into the world, making it a more just, flexible, resilient, amusing and magical place."

DKK 334.00
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"Bully for the Band!" - Charles George - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

"Bully for the Band!" - Charles George - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

From the commanding call of the bugle at reveille to combat instructions (such as "fix bayonets") to reassuring songs around the campfire at night, music was an integral part of the Civil War soldier''s experience. This volume presents the Civil War writings of Charles, Herbert, Jeremiah and Osman George, four brothers from the town of Newbury, Vermont, who played in the 10th Vermont Infantry regimental band. Their letters and a diary describe the life of an enlisted musician, including forming a band, rehearsals and repertory, performances for officers, troops, and civilians--and battlefield stretcher-bearer duties. Despite the hardships they suffered, including the loss of one brother, their writings (supported by detailed scene-setting narratives by editor Davis) reveal the Georges'' fraternal bond that sustained them emotionally and ensured they would continue to serve their comrades in battle.

DKK 514.00
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Why We Need Superheroes - Jeffrey Kahan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Why We Need Superheroes - Jeffrey Kahan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Comic books and superhero stories mirror essential societal values and beliefs. We can be Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Black Panther or Rocket Raccoon through our everyday choices. We can''t fly, fix hyper drives or hear human heartbeats a mile away, but we can think about what Matt Murdock would do in a conflict, how Superman would respond to natural disasters and how Captain America would handle humanitarian crises. This book analyzes the impact of dozens of comics by examining the noble personalities, traits and actions of the main characters. Chapters detail how superheroes, comic books and other pop culture phenomena offer more than pure entertainment, and how we can better model ourselves after our favorite heroes. Through our good deeds, quick thinking and positive choices, we can become more like superheroes than we ever imagined.

DKK 334.00
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Black Sox in the Courtroom - William F. Lamb - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Black Sox in the Courtroom - William F. Lamb - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A comprehensive, non-partisan account of the judicial proceedings spawned by the corruption of the 1919 World Series is badly needed. This book provides it. The narrative of events has been crafted from surviving fragments of the judicial record, contemporaneous newspaper accounts of the proceedings, museum archives and, occasionally, the literature of the Black Sox scandal. Preceding the account of judicial events are a brief overview of the baseball gambling problem, a summary of the 1919 Series, and a discussion of post-Series events that presaged revelations of the Series fix. The grand jury proceedings, the criminal trial, and ensuing civil suits initiated by various of the banned players against the White Sox are then recounted in detail, accompanied by copious source citations. The book concludes with a survey of how Black Sox-related legal proceedings have been treated in scandal literature. The book does not purport to be the definitive account of the Black Sox scandal. Rather, it uniquely presents how the matter played out in court.

DKK 283.00
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Chickamauga, Andersonville, Fort Sumter and Guard Duty at Home - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Chickamauga, Andersonville, Fort Sumter and Guard Duty at Home - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The best way to bring an event from the past into vivid life is to see it through the eyes of someone who lived it. In this book the reader sees the Civil War through the eyes of four Union soldiers who, although they were all from south central Pennsylvania, experienced the war in radically different ways. The journals of the four--Lt. William Glison of the 6th Ohio Infantry, Sergeant Will Duncan of the 2nd Pennsylvania Militia Battalion, John M. Kelly of the 39th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and Private George Schmittle of the 13th Pennsylvania Calvary--give the reader a glimpse into the daily life of the soldier. Written primarily during 1863 and 1864, entries are in each soldier''s own words (including idiosyncrasies of grammar and spelling). Commentary is added when necessary to elaborate or clarify as well as to fix each experience on the canvas of the war as a whole. A capsule history and muster roll are included for each company along with an appendix listing all the corps of the Federal army and giving a brief history of each corps'' service.

DKK 334.00
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Baseball/Literature/Culture - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Baseball/Literature/Culture - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Since 1995, the Indiana State University Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has provided a venue for scholars to present their research on baseball as literary subject matter and cultural institution. Nineteen essays presented at the 2002 and 2003 ISU conferences are published in this work. The essays demonstrate that baseball continues to engage scholars like no other sport, despite the game''s supposed loss of stature as the national game. "A Field of Questions: W.P. Kinsella comes to Ithaca," reveals Kinsella as baseball fan and baseball writer. "''You don''t play the angles, you''re a sap'': John Sayles, Eliot Asinof, Baseball Labor, and Chicago in 1919" examines Sayles'' Eight Men Out in the context of both Asinof''s historical account of the fix and Sayles'' earlier and openly labor-oriented film Maetwan . "Is Baseball an American Religion?" considers three codified, sociological definitions of religion and demonstrates that to claim baseball is an American religion requires more than just a strong attraction to the game. "Baseball Immortals: Character and Performance On and Off the Field" analyzes how character and performance impact fan and media perceptions as well as in terms of a player''s candidacy for the Hall of Fame. These are just a few of the essays, which cover a broad range of topics and take a variety of approaches to those topics.

DKK 495.00
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Escape from Bataan - Ross E. Hofmann - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Escape from Bataan - Ross E. Hofmann - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

U.S. Navy Supply Corps Ensign Ross Hofmann had no idea what was in store for him when he arrived at Cavite Naval Base in October 1941. Two months later, Japanese forces struck the Philippines, destroying the base and forcing U.S. personnel to retreat to Bataan. There, Hofmann joined a makeshift unit of Army Aircorps ground personnel, U.S. Marines, U.S. sailors, U.S. Naval ground battalions and Filipinos to fight a Japanese force that landed nearby. In March 1942, with the fall of Bataan imminent, he traveled to Cebu to run supplies through the blockade of Bataan and Corregidor. Soon after his arrival, the Japanese landed on Cebu, forcing the Americans to retreat again. Hiking through jungles and crossing dangerous waters in barely seaworthy vessels, Hofmann avoided capture and reached an American base in Mindanao. He received orders to establish a seaplane base on Lake Lanao. As Japanese troops landed nearby, two seaplanes returning from Corregidor stopped to refuel, one of them hitting a submerged rock on take-off. In a harrowing race against the enemy advance, Hofmann and others worked feverishly to fix the plane and escape before the Japanese converged on Lake Lanao. This memoir recounts Hofmann''s experiences in vivid detail. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here .

DKK 329.00
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