LIBROS DEL AUTOR: philip zwerling

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  • In Search of The Thin Man
    Philip Zwerling
    The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-loving, booze-swilling, mystery-solving couple Nick and Nora Charles into American culture. MGM sold millions of movie tickets by casting William Powell and Myrna Loy as this classiest of romantic couples. Over 14 years and six films, these stars navigated g...
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    58,58 €

  • Eyes on Havana
    Philip Zwerling / Verne Lyon
    An Iowa boy away at college, Verne Lyon was recruited by the CIA to spy on college professors and fellow students as part of Operation CHAOS, a massive surveillance program at the height of the Vietnam War. Framed by his handlers for an airport bombing, he was later sent to Cuba to subvert the Castro regime. Balking at increasingly nefarious missions, he tried to quit: twic...
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    42,86 €

  • The Theater of Lee Blessing
    Philip Zwerling
    Nominated for Pulitzer, Tony and Obie awards, among others, Lee Blessing has shaped American theater over the last 40 years. Tackling subjects like child abuse, racism, sexism and war, as well as baseball, love and religion, Blessing has dedicated himself to investigating and dramatizing both the triumphs and evils of contemporary society. This book examines for the first ti...
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    57,26 €

  • The CIA on Campus
    Philip Zwerling
    Former CIA Personnel Director F.W.M. Janney once wrote, 'It is absolutely essential that the Agency have available to it the greatest single source of expertise: the American academic community.' To this end, the Central Intelligence Agency has poured tens of millions of dollars into universities to influence research and enlist students and faculty members into its ranks. T...
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    57,34 €

  • After-School Theatre Programs for At-Risk Teenagers
    Philip Zwerling
    Where intervention programs such as D.A.R.E. and 'Scared Straight' have failed to adequately address the problems of at-risk teenagers, inexpensive and easily-implemented after school theatre programs may offer promising new possibilities. This book suggests that low-cost, non-coercive theatre programs can demonstrably lower the incidence of youth violence, drug use, teen pr...
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    57,36 €