Ray Harryhausen s animated creatures sparkled with predatory alertness and subtle quirks of behavior that stamped each with a distinct and memorable personality. His use of stop-motion animation a method of animating movable models and puppets..

Tweety Bird was colored yellow because censors felt the original pink made the bird look nude. Betty Boop s dress was lengthened so that her garter didn t show. And in recent years, a segment of Mighty Mouse was dropped after protest groups claimed..

Searching for patent, trademark, and copyright information once meant costly and time-consuming trips to a patent and trademark depository library. Now this information can be accessed on the Internet, if the searcher knows where and how to..

Some conspiracies are more than theories.Akira Takizawa wakes up naked outside the White House with no memories. He s got a gun in one hand a cell phone in the other and doesn t know if he s a good guy or one of the worst. He doesn t remember the..

In February 1967, Air Force Lieutenant Vaughan arrived at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taiwan to begin 14 months as a C-130 Hercules pilot, airlifting supplies and troops throughout southeast Asia. Feeling well suited, Vaughan had volunteered for..

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World War II found the country of Albania fighting a war within a war. In addition to the threat all of Europe faced from the Germans, Albania was engaged in a civil war between the Nazi-sponsored Ballists and the Communist Partisans led by Enver..

Of all winter sports, none is so widely watched and commented upon by the media as figure skating, which is often considered the Winter Olympics' centerpiece. This critical text examines the ways in which media attention has gradually altered and..

In 1922 the United States selected 22 women to compete in the Women's World Games in Paris. Upon their return, female physical educators severely criticized their efforts, decrying "the evils of competition."Wilma Rudolph's triumphant Olympics in..

From 1903 through 1996, the New York Yankees' opening game for each season is fully covered. The game descriptions are nearly inning-by-inning, highlighting the big plays and the top performances. The comprehensive game accounts are augmented by..

The San Francisco Seals were members of baseball'sPacific Coast League from 1903 until 1958. Arguably the mostsuccessful minor league franchise ever, the Seals held the minorleague attendance record from 1946 until it was broken by Louisvillein the..

This scholarly study of the centuries-long history of fornicatory dolls examines the enduring obsession with creating an idealized, silent female sexual object and the manifestations of this desire through the ages in mythology, literature, art,..

Many of the great ballplayers of the Negro League have been forgotten simply because baseball's Hall of Fame would not recognize black players until Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige made their way into the Hall of Fame. For this book, more than 50..

Using extensive research and interviews with many of the surviving Technicolor technicians, the history of dye printing and the events leading to its demise are fully covered. (The Beijing Film Laboratory is the only facility currently using the..

CHOKING HAZARD: Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.Steve McNair has been through the wars, leading the Baltimore Ravens with a sense of calm. You can celebrate McNair's veteran presence on the field by collecting this McFarlane's Series 16..

The thought-provoking, aesthetically pleasing animated films of Hayao Miyazaki attract audiences well beyond the director s native Japan. Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away were critically acclaimed upon U.S. release, and the earlier My Neighbor..

A Comprehensive Record with 990 Tournament Crosstables and 125 Match Scores. This comprehensive chronological reference lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world. From the famous to the lesser known, both individual and team..

The southern agricultural landscape is enriched by the occasional old cane mill, once the center of family activity each fall as juice was squeezed from the cane, evaporated in a kettle or evaporator pan, and converted into syrup for home use or..

Although the 1880s are considered the beginning of thevending machine era, these devices have existed for a couple ofthousand years. The earliest reference to a vending machine was madeby Hero a Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer who..

Historically described as mysterious and xenophobic, Albania and its people are little known to most westerners. But they are near the center of age-old explosive Balkan conflictsWith the employment of Albanian, French, Italian and many other..

Long before television and radio commercials beckoned to potential buyers, the medicine show provided free entertainment and promised cures for everything from corns to cancer. Combining elements of the circus, theater, vaudeville, and good..