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Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A survey of contemporary screenplay writing draws on interviews with top Hollywood writers as well as up-and-coming novices to trace the process from conception to script to film, in an account that documents the evolution of twenty-five screenplays including American Beauty, Gladiator, and Pay It Forward.
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"Examining water issues through the lens of major Western U.S. watersheds, River Basins of the American West explores why water has been, and remains, the West's most essential and controversial subject." "Char Miller has organized writings collected from the pages of High Country News, the voice of Western environmental issues, into sections defined by the great watersheds of the West. Arguably, these drainage systems form the real boundaries of...
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Pub. Date
1998
Description
"For animals that have been dead millions of years, dinosaurs are extraordinarily pervasive in our everyday lives. Appearing in ads, books, movies, museums, television, toy stores, and novels, they continually fascinate both adults and children. How did they move from natural extinction to pop culture resurrection? What is the source of their powerful appeal? Until now, no one has addressed this question in a comprehensive way. In this exploration...
507) Horses don't fly
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Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
From breaking wild horses in Colorado to battling the Red Baron's squadrons in France, here is the true story of Frederick Libby, an American hero: the cowboy who became a World War I ace and the first pilot to fly the American colors over enemy lines. of photos.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT. From the world's finest collection, the 100 most significant Colt revolvers are presented in this handsome volume. The Colt Single Action Revolver "won the West" by being the gun of choice on the American frontier, used by everyone from settlers and Native Americans to law-enforcement officers and outlaws. As a result of their shared history, the Colt revolver and the American West will forever be connected. Over its twenty-five-year...
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