Images of postmodern society : social theory and contemporary cinema by Denzin, Norman K.

Table of Contents: “…Learning from cinema: Wild about Lynch : beyond Blue velvet -- Nouveau capitalists on Wall Street -- Crimes and misdemeanors in Manhattan -- The postmodern sexual order : sex, lies, and yuppie love -- Do the right thing : race in the USA -- Paris, Texas : Mills and Baudrillard in America -- In conclusion: The eye of the postmodern.…”


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Doing philosophy at the movies by Gilmore, Richard Allen, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Wittgenstein at the movies -- John Ford's The searchers as an allegory of the philosophical search -- A the usual suspects moment in Vertigo: the epistemology of identity -- The American sublime in Fargo -- Visions of meaning: seeing and non-seeing in Crimes and misdemeanors -- Oedipus techs: time travel as redemption in The terminator and 12 monkeys -- Into the toilet: some classical aesthetic themes raised by a scene in Trainspotting -- Horror and death at the movies -- Conclusion: the dialectics of interpretation.…”
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On bended knee : the press and the Reagan presidency by Hertsgaard, Mark, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…"All these killers" -- The gang of four -- "Manipulation by inundation" -- A palace court press -- "A great Capitalist instrument" -- "Jelly-bean journalism" -- "An amiable dunce" -- Censorship at CBS -- Defusing the cowboy image -- The Grenada high -- The new party bosses -- The nuclear thunder -- In front of their noses -- High crimes and misdemeanors --Witless malevolence.…”


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The prison library primer : a program for the twenty-first century by Vogel, Brenda, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Reachin' behind bars : library outreach to prisoners, 1798-2000 -- Library service in the prison community : similarities to the outside community and the unique : how to deliver on the premise/promise -- Space : choosing it, losing it, design, furnishings and equipment, wayfinding/signage -- Collection, coercion, and constitution : a collision with the absurd -- A prisoner's locus sanctum : the law library -- Fahrenheit 451 on cell block D : a bar examination to safeguard America's jailhouse lawyers from the post-Lewis blaze consuming their law libraries -- Networking, vamping, isolation -- The information gaff, the digital denied, library automation, and you -- Much ado over nothing : contraband, boundary violations, other crimes and misdemeanors that afflict the prison library -- On making a difference -- The library as a force in human reclamation : reentry -- Learning to become a correctional librarian -- Frequently asked questions -- Recommended readings and online resources -- Sources for additional information and advocacy.…”

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Colonial justice in western Massachusetts, 1639-1702 ; the Pynchon court record, an original judges' diary of the administration of justice in the Springfield courts in the Massach...

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Beyond chutzpah : on the misuse of anti-semitism and the abuse of history by Finkelstein, Norman G.

Table of Contents: “…From Jesus Christ superstar to The passion of the Christ -- Israel : the "Jew among nations" -- Crying wolf -- Impurity of arms -- Three in the back of the head -- Israel's Abu Ghraib -- Return of the vandals -- Blight unto the nations -- High court takes the low road -- Conclusion -- Appendix I : of crimes and misdemeanors -- Appendix II: history of the Israel-Palestine conflict -- Appendix III: peace process.…”


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The films of Woody Allen by Girgus, Sam B., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the revised edition: The prisoner of aura : the lost world of Woody Allen -- Reconstruction and revision in Woody Allen's films -- Desire and narrativety in Annie Hall -- Love in Manhattan -- Zelig and The Purple Rose of Cairo : Allen and poststructural anxiety -- Happy ending : Hannah and Her Sisters -- Eyes of God : seeking justice in Crimes and Misdemeanors -- Allen's fall : mind, morals, and meaning in Deconstructing Harry.…”
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The wilding of America : money, mayhem, and the new American dream by Derber, Charles

Table of Contents: “…The good man fills his own stomach: All-American crimes and misdemeanors -- The ultimate wilders: prisoners of the American dream -- Cheaters, cynics, dot-commers, and survivors: wilding culture in the media and everyday life -- U.S. business vs. …”


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Stuart : a life backwards by Masters, Alexander

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Classic Questions and Contemporary Film : An Introduction to Philosophy. by Kowalski, Dean A.

Table of Contents: “….: Artificial Intelligence (2001) -- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) -- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) -- 9.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward -- Appendix -- A.1 A Deductive Logic Primer -- A.2 Film -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) -- Glossary -- Index -- EULA…”
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Legal reelism : movies as legal texts

Table of Contents: “…Sherwin -- The laws of the game : Jean Renoir, La Regle du jeu / Tom Conley -- Capra's constitution / John Denvir -- Popular culture/popular justice / Anthony Chase -- Morality and liberal legal culture : Woody Allen's crimes and misdemeanors / Judith Grant.…”


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Scandal and silence : media responses to presidential misconduct by Entman, Robert M.

Table of Contents: “…High crimes or misdemeanors? -- Analyzing media and presidential scandal -- Private lives in the public sphere: what do journalists know, and when do they tell it? …”


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Classic Questions and Contemporary Film An Introduction to Philosophy. by Kowalski, Dean A.

Table of Contents: “….: Artificial Intelligence (2001) -- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) -- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) -- 9.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward -- Appendix -- A.1 A Deductive Logic Primer -- A.2 Film -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) -- Glossary -- Index -- EULA…”
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The secret life of romantic comedy by Deleyto, Celestino

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Woody Allen's angst : philosophical commentaries on his serious films by Lee, Sander H.

Table of Contents: “…"We all had a terrific time": Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) -- "Beware evildoers wherever you are": Radio Days (1987) -- "Haphazard and unimaginably violent": September (1987) -- "Just allow yourself to feel": Another Woman (1988) -- Tradition: New York Stories, "Oedipus Wrecks" (1989) -- "If necessary, I will always choose God over truth!": Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) -- Through the looking glass: Alice (1990) -- "It's true, everyone loves his illusions!"…”


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The prison library primer : a program for the twenty-first century by Vogel, Brenda, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Reachin' behind bars : library outreach to prisoners, 1798-2000 -- Library service in the prison community : similarities to the outside community and the unique : how to deliver on the premise/promise -- Space : choosing it, losing it, design, furnishings and equipment, wayfinding/signage -- Collection, coercion, and constitution : a collision with the absurd -- A prisoner's locus sanctum : the law library -- Fahrenheit 451 on cell block D : a bar examination to safeguard America's jailhouse lawyers from the post-Lewis blaze consuming their law libraries -- Networking, vamping, isolation -- The information gaff, the digital denied, library automation, and you -- Much ado over nothing : contraband, boundary violations, other crimes and misdemeanors that afflict the prison library -- On making a difference -- The library as a force in human reclamation : reentry -- Learning to become a correctional librarian -- Frequently asked questions -- Recommended readings and online resources -- Sources for additional information and advocacy.…”
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The reluctant film art of Woody Allen by Bailey, Peter J., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…That old black magic: Woody Allen's ambivalent artistry -- Strictly the movies: Play it again, Sam -- Getting serious: the antimimetic emblems of Annie Hall -- Art and idealization: I'll fake Manhattan -- Strictly the movies ii: how Radio days generated nights at the movies -- Life stand still here: Interiors dialogue -- In the stardust of a song: Stardust memories -- Woody's mild Jewish Rose: Broadway Danny Rose -- The fine art of living well: Hannah and her sisters -- If you want a Hollywood ending: Crimes and misdemeanors -- Everyone loves her/his illusions: The purple rose of Cairo and Shadows and fog -- Poetic license, bullshit: Bullets over Broadway -- Let's just live it: Woody Allen in the 1990s -- Because it's real difficult in life: Husbands and wives -- Rear condo: Manhattan murder mystery -- That voodoo that you do so well: Mighty Aphrodite -- And what a perfect plot: Everyone says I love you and Zelig -- How we choose to distort it: Deconstructing Harry -- From the neck up: Another woman and Celebrity -- Allen and his audience: Sweet and lowdown -- Confrontation and escape: Allen's twenty-first-century meditations on comedy and tragedy -- The magic of luck: Scoop, Magic in the moonlight, and Match point -- The heart still wants what it wants: Vicky Cristina Barcelona and You will meet a tall dark stranger -- "People reinvent themselves, don't they?"…”


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The Real Thing.

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Movie love : complete reviews 1988-1991 by Kael, Pauline

Table of Contents: “…Bird -- Gorillas in the Mist -- Patty Hearst -- Another Woman -- Punchline -- Madame Sousatzka -- Womeon on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown -- Things Change -- A Cry in the Dark -- The Good Mother -- Scrooged -- High Spirits -- The Dressmaker -- Tequila Sunrise -- Mississippi Burning -- Dangerous Liaisons -- Working Girl -- The Accidental Tourist -- Beaches -- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels -- Rain Man -- True Believer -- High Hopes -- Three Fugitives -- Out Cold -- Parents -- Cousins -- New York Stories -- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen -- The Dream Team -- Crusoe -- Heathers -- Let's Get Lost -- Field of Dreams -- Scandal -- Say Anything -- The Rainbow -- Miss Firecracker -- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade -- Vampire's Kiss -- Dead Poets Society -- Batman -- Ghostbusters II -- Casualties of War -- My Left Foot -- Penn & Teller Get Killed -- A Dry White Season -- The Fabulous Baker Boys -- Breaking In -- Johnny Handsome -- Drugstore Cowboy -- Crimes and Misdemeanors -- Dad -- Fat Man and Little Boy -- The Bear -- Henry V -- Valmont -- Blaze -- Back to the Future Part II -- The Little Mermaid -- Enemies, A Love Story -- Driving Miss Daisy -- Music Box -- Roger & Me -- Always -- Born on the Fourth of July -- Glory -- Internal Affairs -- Goodfellas -- The Tall Guy -- Postcards from the Edge -- Pacific Heights -- Avalon -- The Grifters -- Reversal of Fortune -- Vincent & Theo -- Dances with Wolves -- Edward Scissorhands -- The Sheltering Sky -- Everybody Wins -- The Godfather Part III -- The Bonfire of the Vanities -- Awakenings -- Sleeping with the Enemy -- L.A. …”


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Impeachment of a president

Table of Contents: “…Bush: Monarchical Behavior (4:06) -- Call for Impeachment (3:57) -- Overreaction to 9/11 (3:19) -- Al Queada and Recruitment (2:41) -- Congressional Courage and Conviction (3:34) -- Impeachment as a Cure for Constitutional Crisis (4:09) -- High Crimes and Misdemeanors (1:47) -- Bill Moyers: Essay on War (6:03)…”
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