Killer Tomatoes

Author : Ray Hagen,Laura Wagner
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786480739

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Killer Tomatoes by Ray Hagen,Laura Wagner Pdf

No delicate ingenues, these. In the middle of the twentieth century, the Mary Pickfords of the movie world were replaced by a different sort of woman--drop-dead gorgeous, witty, not afraid to speak their minds, they could slay you with a look--and if that didn't work, look out for the pistol in the garter. These ground-breaking actresses helped change the course of movie history, charting a path for generations to come. These profiles of fifteen leading ladies--Lucille Ball, Lynn Bari, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Gloria Grahame, Jean Hagen, Adele Jergens, Ida Lupino, Marilyn Maxwell, Mercedes McCambridge, Jane Russell, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Stanwyck, Claire Trevor and Marie Windsor--include overviews of their lives and careers, and excerpts from interviews. Five photos supplement each profile. Jane Russell (one of the actresses profiled) provides a foreword.

Author : Ronni Lundy
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1579909582

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In Praise of Tomatoes by Ronni Lundy Pdf

Straight from the vine to the cookpot and to terrific trivia: everyone will enjoy this juicy tribute to the tangy, tasty tomato. Begin with a horticultural look at resurgent vintage varieties: a comprehensive chart gives specific growing and eating details on more than 50 delicious types, both heirloom and hybrid. Find out how to create and cultivate the "essential tomato garden,” even on a windowsill. Then, head straight to the kitchen with information on how to store, peel, freeze, dry, can, and cook up the harvest. Recipes include such luscious dishes as tomato soup, jam, bread, and green tomato pie. Round out the enlightening feast with fun facts on the tomato’s history and tomato festivals.

Author : Steve Johansson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781365289767

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The Secret of Blackgate Farm by Steve Johansson Pdf

Author : Dennis Fischer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 767 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786485055

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Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895Ð1998 by Dennis Fischer Pdf

This enormous and exhaustive reference book has entries on every major and minor director of science fiction films from the inception of cinema (circa 1895) through 1998. For each director there is a complete filmography including television work, a career summary, a critical assessment, and behind-the-scenes production information. Seventy-nine directors are covered in especially lengthy entries and a short history of the science fiction film genre is also included.

Author : Christopher W. Balthasar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Agricultural industries
ISBN : CORNELL:31924074210810

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Free Trade, Farmers, and the Killer Tomato by Christopher W. Balthasar Pdf

Author : Joan R. Callahan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780313385391

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50 Health Scares That Fizzled by Joan R. Callahan Pdf

This engaging, nontechnical book discusses 50 health scares that captured the public's attention before fading away, covering real and perceived health threats from long-ago eras to present times. Despite the benefits of advanced technology and modern safety mechanisms, the world around us seems to grow ever more dangerous and fraught with hidden risks. Even in the information age, it is challenging to discern factual, scientific information from sensationalized accounts in the media, "urban legends," or unsubstantiated Internet lore. In 50 Health Scares That Fizzled, award-winning author and researcher Joan R. Callahan examines 50 health scares in 7 distinct categories: medical interventions, infectious diseases, food scares, additives in foods or beverages, other biological hazards, chemical or radiological exposures, and lifestyle choices. With great wit and a light tone, Dr. Callahan alleviates readers' concerns and deftly explains the complex issues, making the subject matter approachable.

Author : Jason Paul Collum
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786480418

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Assault of the Killer B's by Jason Paul Collum Pdf

The women who starred in low-budget cult movies created many memorable experiences for those fans of late night flicks such as Saturday Night Frights, Movie Macabre and Up All Night. Brinke Stevens, who played Linda in The Slumber Party Massacre, recalls, "Suddenly I was riding in limos, flying to foreign countries for film festivals, appearing on dozens of popular talk and entertainment TV shows, and truly feeling like a glamorous movie star." This collection of revealing interviews provides insights into the lives of 20 cult film actresses. They discuss the pros and cons of making these movies and the directions their careers have taken since. Among the films they starred in are Night of the Living Dead, The Slumber Party Massacre, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Sleepaway Camp and Elvira's Haunted Hills.

Author : Sarah Miles Bolam & Thomas J. Bolam
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462893195

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Fictional Presidential Films by Sarah Miles Bolam & Thomas J. Bolam Pdf

Fictional Presidential Films Hollywood’s manner of making films, its conventions, applies especially to fictional presidential films, allowing filmmakers to express their ideas that could not be done in traditional historical films. Fictional Presidential Films offers a complete filmography of these two-hundred-plus films decade by decade since 1930. The main body of the work provides a brief summary of each decade along with a summary on the overall nature of films in which a fictional President appeared. Each relevant film is then discussed with credits, plot summary, description of the presidential appearance, and, when possible, an assessment of the presidential portrayal included.

Author : Steve Hutchison
Publisher : Tales of Terror
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781778870446

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62 Feel-Good Movies by Steve Hutchison Pdf

Feel-good movies are movies that present people and life in a way that makes the audience feel happy and optimistic. In this edition of Trends of Terror, film critic Steve Hutchison reviews 62 feel-good movies sorted from best to worst. How many have you seen?

Author : Steve Hutchison
Publisher : Tales of Terror
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781778871016

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Gothic Films 2020 by Steve Hutchison Pdf

Included in this book are 50 reviews of horror and horror-adjacent Gothic films. Gothic films are medieval romance or films of Victorian inspiration. Each book in the Subgenres of Terror 2020 collection contains a ranked thematic watchlist.

Author : Bruce G. Hallenbeck
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786453788

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Comedy-Horror Films by Bruce G. Hallenbeck Pdf

Fun and fright have long been partners in the cinema, dating back to the silent film era and progressing to the Scary Movie franchise and other recent releases. This guide takes a comprehensive look at the comedy-horror movie genre, from the earliest stabs at melding horror and hilarity during the nascent days of silent film, to its full-fledged development with The Bat in 1926, to the Abbott and Costello films pitting the comedy duo against Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy and other Universal Studio monsters, continuing to such recent cult hits as Shaun of the Dead and Black Sheep. Selected short films such as Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie are also covered. Photos and promotional posters, interviews with actors and a filmography are included.

Author : William Alexander
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781538753316

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Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World by William Alexander Pdf

New York Times bestselling author William Alexander takes readers on a surprisingly twisty journey through the history of the beloved tomato in this fascinating and erudite microhistory. The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Stored in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, appropriated as wartime propaganda, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato is the Rodney Dangerfield of foods. Yet, the tomato is the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). It holds a place in America's soul like no other vegetable, and few other foods. Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; John Denver had a hit single titled "homegrown Tomatoes;" and the Heinz tomato ketchup bottle, instantly recognizable, is in the Smithsonian. Author William Alexander is on a mission to get tomatoes the respect they deserve. Supported by meticulous research but told in a lively, accessible voice, Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World will seamlessly weave travel, history, humor, and a little adventure (and misadventure) to follow the tomato's trail through history. A fascinating story complete with heroes, con artists, conquistadors and, no surprise, the Mafia, this book is a mouth-watering, informative, and entertaining guide to the good that has captured our hearts for generations.

Author : Allegra Goodman,Michael Prince
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781770488816

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Speaking of Writing: A Brief Rhetoric – with MLA 2021 Update by Allegra Goodman,Michael Prince Pdf

Co-authored by a novelist and a scholar, Speaking of Writing follows four college students from diverse backgrounds as they face the challenges of reading, writing, and critical thinking in first-year composition classes and across the disciplines. Each chapter engages students in relatable, often humorous scenarios that focus on key challenges. Through its story-based approach, this brief rhetoric enacts process-based pedagogy, showing student writers grappling with fundamental questions: How can I apply my own strategies for success to new assignments? How can I maintain my own voice when asked to compose in an academic style? What do college professors mean by a thesis? Why is my argument weak, and how can I make it stronger? The book vividly dramatizes a draft-and-revision process that includes instructor feedback, peer review, and careful research.

Author : Christopher Leonard
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781476775395

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Kochland by Christopher Leonard Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2019 * WINNER OF THE J ANTHONY LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD * FINANCIAL TIMES’ BEST BOOKS OF 2019 * NPR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019 * FINALIST FOR THE FINACIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF 2019 * KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2019 * SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOKS OF 2019 “Superb…Among the best books ever written about an American corporation.” —Bryan Burrough, The New York Times Book Review Just as Steve Coll told the story of globalization through ExxonMobil and Andrew Ross Sorkin told the story of Wall Street excess through Too Big to Fail, Christopher Leonard’s Kochland uses the extraordinary account of how one of the biggest private companies in the world grew to be that big to tell the story of modern corporate America. The annual revenue of Koch Industries is bigger than that of Goldman Sachs, Facebook, and US Steel combined. Koch is everywhere: from the fertilizers that make our food to the chemicals that make our pipes to the synthetics that make our carpets and diapers to the Wall Street trading in all these commodities. But few people know much about Koch Industries and that’s because the billionaire Koch brothers have wanted it that way. For five decades, CEO Charles Koch has kept Koch Industries quietly operating in deepest secrecy, with a view toward very, very long-term profits. He’s a genius businessman: patient with earnings, able to learn from his mistakes, determined that his employees develop a reverence for free-market ruthlessness, and a master disrupter. These strategies made him and his brother David together richer than Bill Gates. But there’s another side to this story. If you want to understand how we killed the unions in this country, how we widened the income divide, stalled progress on climate change, and how our corporations bought the influence industry, all you have to do is read this book. Seven years in the making, Kochland “is a dazzling feat of investigative reporting and epic narrative writing, a tour de force that takes the reader deep inside the rise of a vastly powerful family corporation that has come to influence American workers, markets, elections, and the very ideas debated in our public square. Leonard’s work is fair and meticulous, even as it reveals the Kochs as industrial Citizens Kane of our time” (Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Private Empire).

Author : Stephen Cox
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781620452080

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Addams Chronicles by Stephen Cox Pdf

In a marvelous tribute to the Addams' oddball creatures and the television show that made them instant celebrities, "The Addams Chronicles" contains lively behind-the-scenes stories and exclusive interviews with cast members and the show's creator. B&W photos. Color insert.