A Million Truths: A Decade in China by Linda Jakobson, ISBN 0871319195
Income levels have risen sharply in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how they are forming modern China.
A Million Truths: A Decade in China by Linda Jakobson, ISBN 0871319195
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Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
It was an ordinary night in October of 1938 until a news bulletin interrupted the dance music on "CBS radio-aliens were invading the United States!
Meghan McCarthy's hilarious "Aliens Are Coming! tells the true story of the Halloween radio prank that duped much of the country into believing that Martians had invaded. The book uses excerpts from the actual "War of the Worlds radio broadcast and includes information about the importance of radios in the 1930s (before the time of televisions and computers) as well as facts about Orson Welles and H. G. Wells, author of the novel on which the broadcast was based.
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Akai 50" Widescreen Plasma HDTV Monitor, PDP5073TM
Akai 50" Widescreen Plasma HDTV Monitor, PDP5073TM
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Servicing Series: RCA/GE Televisions by Bob Rose, ISBN 0790611716
Servicing Series: RCA/GE Televisions by Bob Rose, ISBN 0790611716
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Rides: The Complete Second Season
It's a new season of building and racing on "Rides," and without a doubt, this is the top crop yet. Stars like Jay Leno, Christopher Titus and Jack Osbourne make the scene, along with makes such as Lamborghini, Deusenberg, and a couple names that are far too undercover to mention. It's "Rides" as never before ? All new, all fast and of course ? all incredibly cool. The most comprehensive and definitive televisions series on hot rod cars ever produced. Hosted by movie star and car enthusiast Dylan Bruno. Five-Disc Set contains the complete second season of "Rides." Episodes include: Episode 1 - "Drifters" - The biggest rage today. Episode 2 - "Soccer Mom" - A comic and his search for cool in suburbia. Episode 3 - "Eleanor" - Build me a movie star. Episode 4 - "Rat Rods" - Getting the ride down to the basics. Episode 5 - "702 Motoring" - Let's get this party started. Episode 6 - "Joe Rogan's Sick Fish" - Troy, Chip, Joe and a car beyond description. Episode 7 - "Darkside" - Jack Osbourne...
Rides: The Complete Second Season
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Crystal Clear: The Struggle for Reliable Communications Technology in World War II
Quartz crystal a technology that changed the tide of World War II
Some of the defining leaps in technology in the twentieth century occurred during the Second World War, from radar to nuclear energy. Often left out of historical discussions are quartz crystals, which proved to be just as pivotal to the Allied victory and to post-war development as other technologies. Quartz crystals provided the U.S. military, for the first time, with reliable communication on the front lines, and then went on to become the core of some of the most basic devices of the post-war era, from watches, clocks, and color televisions, to cell phones and computers.
In Crystal Clear, Richard Thompson relates the story of the quartz crystal in World War II, from its early days as a curiosity for amateur radio enthusiasts, to its use by the United States Armed Forces. It follows the intrepid group of scientists and engineers from the Office of the Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army as they...
Crystal Clear: The Struggle for Reliable Communications Technology in World War II
Crime Fiction
"Crime Fiction" provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from a variety of novels, short stories, films and televisions series, John Scaggs:
*presents a concise history of crime fiction - from biblical narratives to James Ellroy - broadening the genre to include revenge tragedy and the gothic novel
*explores the key sub-genres of crime fiction, such as "Rational Criminal Investigation," "The Hard-Boiled Mode," "The Police Procedural" and "Historical Crime Fiction"
*locates texts and their recurring themes and motifs in a wider social and historical context
*outlines the various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime fiction, including gender, narrative theory and film theory
*considers contemporary television series like "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation" alongside the "classic" whodunnits of Agatha Christie.
Crime Fiction
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Electronics Buying Guide 2006
From computers to plasma televisions, cell phones, cameras, and DVD players, this up-to-date edition from "Consumer Reports" can guide consumers in selecting a digital product and ease anxieties about their purchase.
Electronics Buying Guide 2006
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