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"e;Ida Lupino (1918-1995) was more than a gorgeous image of film noir in the forties and fifties who starred in classics such as They Drive By Night, High Sierra, and Road House. Lupino also evolved into one of Hollywood's earliest female directors whose work was described by Martin Scorsese as "e;"e;resilient, with a remarkable empathy for the fragile and heartbroken."e;"e; William Donati chronicles the dramatic life of one of Hollywood's most prolific, substantive, and innovative artists, both behind and in front of the camera."e;

Nazimova: A Biography is a brilliant re-creation of the life and work of this complex, dark, glamorous, and important figure.

Blending several topics--inventions and innovations in distilling and transport technologies, tax policy, geography, landscapes, and architecture--this primer and geographical guide presents an accessible and detailed history of the development of Kentucky's distilling industry and explains how the industry continues to thrive.

The contributors' incisive analyses contribute significantly to our understanding of this troubled region.

Featuring a foreword by Academy Award-winning film historian Kevin Brownlow, Leteux's intimate biography paints a fascinating portrait of one of the leading pioneers of early cinema and provides a new window into the origins of the moving picture.

"What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? A Portrait of an Independent Career" challenges the conventional wisdom that Welles's career after Kane was a long decline and that he spent his final years doing little but eating and making commercials while squandering his earlier promise. In this intimate and often surprising personal portrait, Joseph McBride shows instead how Welles never stopped directing radical, adventurous films and was always breaking new artistic ground as a filmmaker. McBride is the first author to provide a comprehensive examination of the films of Welle's artistically rich yet little know later period in the United States (1970-1985) when McBride knew and worked with him. McBride reports on Welles's daringly experimental film projects, including the legendary 1970-1976 unfinished film The Other Side of the Wind, Welles's satire of Hollywood during the Easy Rider era. McBride gives a unique, inside perspective on Welles from the viewpoint of a young film critic playing a spoof of himself in a cast headed by John Huston and Peter Bogdanovich. To put Welles's widely misunderstood later years into context, What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? reexamines the filmmaker's entire life and career. McBride offers many fresh insights into the collapse of Welles's Hollywood career in the 1940s, his subsequent political blacklisting, and his long period of European exile.

"Lawrence Tierney (1919-2002) was the kind of actor whose natural swagger and gruff disposition made him the perfect fit for the Hollywood "tough guy" archetype. Known for his erratic and oftentimes violent nature, Tierney drew upon his bellicose reputation throughout his career-a reputation that made him one of the most feared and mythologized characters in the industry. Born in Brooklyn to Irish American parents, Tierney worked in theater productions in New York before moving to Hollywood, where he signed with RKO Radio Pictures in 1943. His biggest roles would come in Dillinger (1945), in which he played 1930s gangster and bank robber John Dillinger, and Robert Wise's film noir classic Born to Kill (1947). Despite his natural talents, Tierney was trouble from the start, struggling with alcoholism and mental instability that emboldened him to start fights whenever and wherever he could. The continued bouts of alcohol-fueled rage, his subsequent stints in jail, and his continued attempts at rehabilitation curtailed his acting career. Unable to find work throughout much of the 1960s, he did a stint in Europe before eventually returning to New York, where he took odd jobs as a construction worker, bartender, and hansom cab driver. In the mid-1980s Tierney returned to acting. With a somewhat cooler head, he established himself again with recurring roles in shows such as Seinfeld and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He would take on his final projects as a septuagenarian in Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Armageddon (1998), where his on-set behavior would once again draw the ire of his colleagues and studio representatives. He would go down swinging just shy of his eighty-third birthday, his tough-guy image solidly intact until the end. In Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy, author Burt Kearns traces Tierney's storied life from his days as Dillinger, to his clash with Quentin Tarantino at the end of his film career, to his final public appearances. The first official biography of the late actor, the book draws on the writings of Hollywood reporters and gossip columnists who first reported on Tierney's antics, and exclusive interviews with surviving colleagues, friends, family members-and victims. Through their words and his research, Kearns paints a portrait of Tierney's brutish behavior and the industry's reaction to the pugnacious star, drawing parallels-and the line-between the man and the characters that made him a Hollywood legend"--

The preeminent agricultural activist and scientist of a generation, Shiva implores the farmers and consumers of the world to make a united stand against the genetically modified crops and untenable farming practices that endanger the seeds and plants that give us life.

In this classic work, the influential activist and scholar looks to the future as she examines new developments in gene technology.

"Much of Kentucky is underlain by carbonate rocks, mainly limestone, which has produced a topography known as karst, characterized by caves, sinking streams, and numerous springs of cool, clear water. Spring water has long been viewed as the purest sort of water. In the latter part of the eighteenth century, as settlers came into the region, lands were selected and surveyed with two priorities in mind: the fertility of the soil and the presence of a copious fresh-water spring. These two features were perceived sufficient for the needs of homesteads and communities. Thus, the pattern of pioneer settlement was largely determined by the locations of suitable springs. In Bluegrass Paradise: The Royal Spring of Georgetown, Kentucky, Gary A. O'Dell tells the story of the Royal Spring, the largest spring in central Kentucky. The spring is the reason the site of Georgetown was chosen during the pioneer settlement era in order to assure the inhabitants a supply of pure water. For nearly 250 years, the Royal Spring has faithfully served the water needs of the community of Georgetown, and today the locale is a cherished cultural and historical asset that provides greenspace within a rapidly growing city. Over two and a half centuries as a community water supply, stewardship of the Royal Spring and its riparian corridor has been inconstant. For the first century after settlement, the spring area served as a grassy commons enjoyed by the citizenry, but in the latter part of the nineteenth century it was transformed into an industrial wasteland and dumping ground for rubbish. Generations of artists, ignoring the blighted landscape surrounding the spring, were nevertheless inspired to render the springhead as a tranquil romantic setting, nature at its finest. Lastly, it has been the focus of a century-long effort at remediation intended to transform the neglected area into a serene oasis for contemplation, recreation and community activities, a sorely needed city greenspace and park. Today, the spring is regarded and protected as a priceless natural resource and an historic and cultural asset for Georgetown"--

"The USS Macaw was one of the few Chanticleer-class submarine rescue vessels active in World War II, and she was the only one that met a harrowing end not at the hands of any human enemy, but from the sea itself. On January 16, 1944, the Macaw was doing her job in the Midway atoll attempting to rescue the USS Flier when, like the Flier, she ran aground on a reef, much to the surprise and horror of her crew. Almost immediately, other rescue vessels rushed to the scene to help, but after nearly an entire month of salvage attempts, the Macaw remained stranded. On February 11, 1944, surrounded by rough seas and freakishly high winds, she slipped off the reef and succumbed to the ocean. Five men (including the ship's commander) died as they abandoned ship. After the commander's death, it was the ship's executive officer-Tim Loughman's father-who took charge. Lieutenant Loughman's impromptu command ensured that 115 men would survive the wreck, but he never shared the full story of his bravery with his children. After his death, they discovered their father's archive of handwritten eyewitness accounts and personal photographs, and Tim set out to interview the Macaw's surviving crew and other individuals involved in the attempted rescue. He tracked down men like Bob Jacobsen and Edward Anthony Pitta, seamen who proved to be complex real-life characters whose stories deserve to be told. He uncovered the story of Paul Burton, a US Naval Academy graduate struggling to redeem his career after getting blackballed out of submarine duty. Loughman came to see that Burton's story and that of the ship were part of parcel of each other as Burton's struggle for redemption evolved into one for survival-of his career, his ship, twenty of his enlisted men, his executive officer and himself. In The Wreck of the Macaw, Loughman paints a picture of a vessel that was vivid with hope and simmering with tension in its final tumultuous days. His narrative brings World War II naval history to life and sheds new light on the role of auxiliary vehicles and Liberty ships in the Pacific war as well as the on the Battle of Midway. But his primary focus is on the personal-on life aboard ship and ashore, on the trauma of running aground, on the struggle of the twenty-two men trapped aboard during the harrowing final hours, and on the four men from Naval Operating Base Midway who braved the tremendous surf battering the ship in an unauthorized rescue attempt that cost three of them their lives. Loughman reveals the complex web of relationships aboard ship, detailing a community in which crewman were often at war with themselves, with each other, and with the elements"--

"Calumet, Claiborne, King Ranch-these iconic names are among the owners and breeders revered by Thoroughbred industry professionals and racing fans around the world. As campaigners of many of the 20th century's top racehorses, their prestige has been confirmed by decades of competition in the Triple Crown, the most esteemed series in American Thoroughbred racing. Even with these substantial legacies, their success is measured against the benchmark set by one of racing's earliest dynasties, the historic Belair Stud. The story of this legendary operation began with William Woodward's childhood memories of grand days at the racetrack, inspiring dreams of breeding a champion or two of his own. During a year working for the American Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Woodward frequented English racetracks, rekindling that childhood dream of breeding and owning champion Thoroughbreds. Woodward turned those dreams into reality, building Belair Stud on his family's Maryland estate, launching what would become the preeminent Thoroughbred breeding and racing empire in America and chasing racing's biggest prizes in both the United States and England. The defining moment for Belair came when Woodward bred the imported stallion Sir Gallahad III to his mare Marguerite. Their colt, Gallant Fox, became only the second horse in history to win the Preakness Stakes, the Kentucky Derby, and the Belmont Stakes in the same year. In 1935, the farm cemented the Triple Crown as the gold standard for three-year-olds when Gallant Fox's son, Omaha, duplicated his sire's trio of victories, a sweep that sealed the farm's legacy and carved its name in the annals of racing history. In The Foxes of Belair: Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown, Jennifer Kelly examines the racing legacies of Gallant Fox and Omaha and how William Woodward's service to racing during the 20th century forever changed the landscape of the American Thoroughbred industry"--

After 10 years of research and writing, Frank Brady has written the first comprehensive life story of Orson Welles--the legendary genius, filmmaker, and actor whose contribution to the art of moviemaking has never been surpassed. 16-page black-and-white photograph insert.

""To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted."-Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 The Appalachian region is deeply rooted in customs that have been handed down for generations. "Planting by the signs," a practice predicated on the belief that moon phases and astrological signs exert a powerful influence on the growth and well-being of crops, is considered superstitious by some but has been essential to gardeners and farmers for centuries and is still in use today. Sown in the Stars brings together the collective knowledge of farmers in central and eastern Kentucky about the custom of planting by the signs. Sarah Hall interviews nearly two dozen contemporary Kentuckians who still follow the signs of the moon and stars to guide planting, harvesting, canning and food preservation, butchering, and general farm work. Hall explores the roots of this system in both astrology and astronomy and the profound connections felt to the stars, moon, planets, and the earth. Revealed in the personal narratives are the diverse interpretations of the practice. Some farmers and gardeners believe that the moon's impact on crop behavior is purely scientific, while others favor a much wider interpretation of the signs and their impact on our lives. Featuring photographs by Meg Wilson, this timely book bridges the past, present, and future by broadening our understanding of this practice and revealing its potential to increase the resiliency of our current agricultural food systems"--

"Jean Gabin was more than just a star of iconic movies. To many, he was France itself. This biography traces his involvement in the râealisme poâetique and film noir movements of the 1930s and 1940s, his Hollywood years, his role in the World War II liberation of France, his affairs and his real-life role as a farmer"--

For the first time, everyone who was close to Natalie Wood speaks freely--including her husbands, Robert Wagner and Richard Gregson, famously private people like Warren Beatty, intimate friends such as playwright Mart Crowley, directors Robert Mulligan and Paul Mazursky, and Leslie Caron, each of whom told the author stories about this remarkable woman who was so full of life but always on the brink of despair.

In addition, a small section on flowering woody vines, shrubs, and trees is included, making the book the most comprehensive natural guide to one of Kentucky's most well-known natural recreational areas.

Lawson, drawing upon police and court records, newspaper articles, personal files, and his own notes, provides an invaluable record of one of Kentucky's most famous cold cases.

"Income, education, job security, food and housing, and gender and race are all examples of the social determinants of health. These factors influence the health and well-being of patients, as well as how they interact with health care providers and receive health care, and unfortunately, certain biases can become a barrier to maintaining good health in some communities. Indigenous groups in North America and US-associated Pacific jurisdictions have been subjected to occupation and forced relocation, mandated boarding schools, and other attempts by state and federal governments to eliminate their cultural strengths and resources. Indigenous Public Health illustrates how successful community engagement strategies, programs, and resources within Indigenous communities have resulted in diverse, successful public health programs, and helped community members overcome barriers to health. Editors Linda Burhansstipanov and Kathryn L. Braun explore the problems that impact engagement efforts, discuss public health topics, acknowledge and honor the strengths of different communities, and emphasize that collaboration and the sharing of resources can only improve lives"--

"In 2019, the NFL issued a list of football's one hundred greatest game-changers, and among the legendary athletes and coaches was one broadcaster: Phyllis George. The first female anchor of a major network sports show, George broke the glass ceiling in sports journalism and embodied the complexities of the women's movement of the 1970s. As a young woman, George first hit the media radar in 1971 when she won the crown of Miss America and toured the world. While many in the budding feminist movement looked down on the pageant queen, George parlayed her success into a television career and excelled in sports journalism. While she was not immune to criticism, George was never deterred by it, and constantly showed her inner strength and perseverance. Through the decades she cultivated a reputation as one of the most respected and strong-willed players in the rough and tumble businesses of sports and network news, breaking through the glass ceiling in one of the most male-driven industries in the world. She was a pioneer who helped pave the way for a new generation of female broadcasters. A published author in her own right and champion of the arts, George remained a stalwart advocate for female empowerment until her death in 2020. In Phyllis George: Shattering the Ceiling authors Lenny Shulman and Paul Volponi trace George's evolution from Miss America to professional broadcaster, to arts advocate, author, philanthropist, and also as First Lady of Kentucky who was instrumental in getting her husband, John Y. Brown Jr., elected Governor of that state. George's life was defined by her professionalism, her strength of character, and her uncanny ability to leave an indelible impression on all she met"--

"An early American adage proclaimed, "The frontier was heaven for men and dogs-hell for women and mules." Since the 1700s, when his name first appeared in print, Daniel Boone has been synonymous with America's westward expansion and life on the frontier. Traces is a retelling of Boone's saga through the eyes of his wife, Rebecca, and her two oldest daughters, Susannah and Jemima. Daniel became a mythic figure during his lifetime, but his fame fueled backwoods gossip that bedeviled the Boone women throughout their lives-most notably the widespread suspicion that one of Rebecca's children was fathered by Daniel's younger brother. Traces explores the origins of these rumors, exposes the harsh realities of frontier life, and gives voice to the women whose vibrant lives have been reduced to little more than scattered footnotes within the historical record. Along the path of Daniel's restless wandering, the women were eyewitnesses to the clash of cultures between the settlers and the indigenous tribes who fought to retain control of their native lands, which made life on the frontier an ongoing struggle for survival. Patricia Hudson gives voice to these women, all of whom were pioneers in their own right. The Boone women's joys and sorrows, as well as those of countless other forgotten women who braved the frontier, are invisibly woven into the fabric of America's early years and the story of this country's westward expansion"--