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Postcard America: Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931-1950 eBooks & eLearning

Posted by readerXXI at April 23, 2017

Postcard America:
Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931-1950
by Jeffrey L. Meikle
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0292726619 | 521 Pages | PDF | 65 MB

From the Great Depression through the early postwar years, any postcard sent in America was more than likely a “linen” card.

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V.A. - Cadillac Cuties And Hot Rod Heroes [Recorded 1950-1961] (2012) Music

Posted by gribovar at March 16, 2020

50 Hi-Octane Cuts From The Golden Age Of The Automobile - Fantastic Voyage dips into rock ’n’ roll’s hotwired legacy of automobile anthems and highway love serenades in the latest tarmac-scorching compilation put together with Wild Wax Show DJ ‘Jailhouse’ John Alexander and Lucky Parker. Since the birth of rock ’n’ roll, the car has occupied a special place in teenage rampage and backseat romance, rock ’n’ roll music essential as both soundtrack pumping out of the radio or celebration of heaven on wheels. Over two discs, revving up engines and screeching brakes introduce 50 road-worthy classics, including lesser-heard gems rarely encountered on CD (if at all) by names such as the Storey Sisters, Don Pearly, Burt Keyes, Eddie Ringo, Dave ‘Diddle’ Day, Rocky Davis…

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Margery Allingham, "La nuit du tigre" eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Dec. 7, 2020

"Un roman phénoménal" J.K Rowling
Novembre 1950. Les manteaux sont boutonnés, les cols relevés, tandis qu’un épais brouillard s’insinue dans les ruelles londoniennes. Meg Elginbrodde, veuve depuis cinq ans, annonce son intention de se remarier. Depuis, elle reçoit des plis très étranges : des photos récentes de son premier époux, bien vivant. …

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Rear Window (1954) [Universal Legacy Series] Movies

Posted by Notsaint at Aug. 26, 2013

A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

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Buster Keaton - Industrial Strength Keaton (1921-1965) Movies

Posted by Notsaint at Sept. 4, 2013

This two-disc DVD set contains a HUGE collection of rare film shorts and movies with Buster Keaton, including his cameo appearances on 1930s film shorts, his numerous 1950s Tv appearances, television commercials, Industrial sales films, an original documentary about Buster Keaton, and a 20 page full color booklet with detailed descriptions of each film, archival photos and essays from noted authors and historians.

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Fighting Trouble (1956) Movies

Posted by fekmax at Aug. 31, 2015

"Sach" has become a camera fiend so, in the pursuit of some ready cash, "Duke" takes him and his photographs to the editor of the New York Morning Blade, Mr. Ray Vance. He hires them to get some photos of gangland boss Frankie Arbo but Mr. Arbo does not care to have his picture in the papers and dislikes cameramen for the same reason. "Sach" and "Duke" pose as interior decorators in the penthouse of Mae Randall in order to get photos of Arbo.

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Christina Lindberg - photos and scans Graphics

Posted by pgf000 at Dec. 16, 2009

Christina Lindberg - photos and scans
JPG | 72 pics | various res from 400x300 to 1600x1200 | 11 MB

Britt Christina Marinette Lindberg (born 6 December 1950, in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actress, glamour model and journalist. Lindberg is one of Sweden's most famous centerfold and exploitation film stars.

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Alain Lieury, "Psychologie de la mémoire" eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at July 1, 2023

Une synthèse de l'ensemble des connaissances relatives aux théories, méthodes et mécanismes de cette activité du cerveau humain. …

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Jim Fergus, "Mon Amérique" eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Sept. 5, 2020

Après Espaces Sauvages, Jim Fergus nous raconte ici six années de "pérégrinations par monts et par vaux" à travers les Etats-Unis. De la beauté grandiose et désolée des paysages de l'Utah aux terres sauvages du Nebraska, en passant par quelques savoureux récits de pêche à la mouche dans les rivières de l'Ouest, il évoque une Amérique à la fois mythique et terriblement concrète. …

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The Tarnished Angels (1957) [Re-UP] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at June 4, 2015

In the 1930's, a First World War flying ace named Roger Schumann is reduced to making appearances on the crash-and-burn circuit of stunt aerobatics. His family are forced to live like dogs while Shumann pursues his only true love, the airplane. When Burke Devlin, a reporter, shows up on the scene to do a "whatever happened to" story on Shumann, he is repulsed by the war hero's diminished circumstances and, conversely, drawn to his stunning wife, LaVerne.

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