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Book digitization project including mainly public domain works held by the University of California system, the University of Toronto, the British Library, the New York Public Library, Cornell University, the American Museum of Veterinary Medicine, etc. The great majority of works available in full text were published before 1923.
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An effort to index every book ever published. It includes publication, author and date information as well as links to full text versions provided by Google books and the Internet Archive. However, it does not allow for full text searching and does not proivide links to books in Windows Live, the Million Book Project or other full text digitization projects.
tagged books online by okrent ...and 4 other people ...on 08-MAY-08
Digital book collection of over 1,000,000 mostly out of copyright books, including books written in many languages but focusing on Chinese language, Indian language and English language works.
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Comprehensive online collection of English books, pamphlets and broadsides published between 1700 and 1800.
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A digital library of over 10,000 primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
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Legal treatises, trials, government documents, abolitionist works, historic home economics literature, and much more.
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Book digitization project including mainly public domain works held by major library systems around the world. The great majority of works available in full text were published before 1923.
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Comprehensive online collection of English books, pamphlets and broadsides published between 1700 and 1800.
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Full-text page images of approximately 100,000 titles from the Short-Title Catalogue of English works 1475-1640, Wing's continuation for 1641-1700, and their revisions. Information is presented in the form of online images as well as downloadable PDF copies. Includes English language works not published in England but focuses on works published in the United Kingdom.
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Continuation of Readex's Early American Imprints: Series I (Evans). Provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century.
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Rehak, Melanie. . Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her / Melanie Rehak. 1st ed. 0151010412 (alk. paper) series Orlando : Harcourt, c2005.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PS3545.I774 Z874 2005
 
A fun read!  The story behind the pseudonym "Carolyn Keene", and the two women most responsibile for creating Nancy Drew (Mildred Wirt Benson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams).


tagged authors fun books by bethpc ...on 28-APR-08
Beyond The godfather : Italian American writers on the real Italian American experience / A. Kenneth Ciongoli and Jay Parini, editors.
[0874518458 (alk. paper)] Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c1997.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PS153.I8 B49 1997

    Beyond The Godfather, Italian American Writers Writing about the Real Italian American experience is a collection of stories from various Italian authors who offer an intimate and unique insight into what there lives were like completely disconnected from the experiences depticted in a movie like “The Godfather”. This work is not so mucha response to the film “The Godfather” as it is a reaction to those that have seen the film and can not distinguish between reality and fiction or are simply content to place stereotypical

    The first story in the book is that of Louise Desalvo called “Finding My Way” and his experiences as a young boy growing up in Hoboken, New Jersey and going to grammar school. This interesting little story shows how important education was this Italian American family and the pride that they felt to become integrated into American society as opposed to the extra legal activities that you would experience in “The Godfather.” Moreover, his real-life experiences at school prove him to be quite astute and polite. This quaint story ends as it had began ground in the real experience of family, one that has no connection to the mafia.

    This book takes a step back from the stereotypes that one might decide to adopt from the portrayals of Italian Americans in The Godfather. Understanding the distinction is important not only because stereotyping a group of people is ignorant, but because in realizing that the book or the movie are a work of fiction should increase one’s appreciation of the work.  

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Phillips, Gene D. .Godfather : the intimate Francis Ford Coppola / Gene D. Phillips ; with a foreword by Walter Murch. [0813123046 (alk. paper) ] Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2004.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.C67 P48 2004
In chapter 4 (In a savage land: The Godfather) of the book Godfather: The intimate Francis Ford Coppola, Gene D. Phillips helps recount the process that Francis Ford Coppola went through in order to make the movie, The Godfather. Through this chapter we learn of the trials and tribulations that he faced before, during and after the making of the movie.
Phillips reports that the screenplay was first met with skepticism from Paramount as previous mobster films failed in the box office. However, based on current events such as Senator Etes Kefauver’s Committee on Organized Crime and the publicity of Mafiosi Frank Costello, Paramount decided to take a chance on its production.
Francis Ford Coppola was chosen to direct The Godfather due to his Italian ancestry. Paramount wanted an Italian American director because they wanted to make the film as realistic as possible, and only an Italian American could convey the subtleties of the culture. Although initially opposed to producing the screenplay, Coppola became enamored with the storyline that was based on the unity and strength of the family.
Throughout the production Coppola battled with others in order for his vision to be expressed. First, money was an issue with Paramount as Coppola’s budget was small. During the filming his ideas would conflict with others in regards to the cinematography and editing of the film. After the film was finished, he received criticism for glorifying organized crime and celebrating violence.
Despite all of these problems, Coppola’s persistence helped create a film that became highly acclaimed. Through his passion and attention to detail, he was able to create a magnificent movie, which went on to become one of the most successful films of all time. Based the time period and current events surrounding the film, The Godfather was able to capture the imagination of everyone.


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I See Dead People['s Books]

Description: A group for those interested and involved in entering the library catalogs of famous readers.

Includes Thomas Jeferson, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Marie Antoinette, Sylvia Plath and more

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"Each fall YBP publishes a report on price and output for new books published during our prior fiscal year. The data encompasses all new titles treated on the Approval Plan programs of YBP and of Lindsay & Croft, YBP's division in the United Kingdom, two offices which regularly profile, with book-in-hand, well over 65,000 distinct new titles annually. Since our Approval Plan programs are expressly designed to serve academic libraries, our data, which we have reported in a consistent way for over a dozen years, is a useful index to English-language publishing trends for scholarly, professional, and scientific books."
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Book digitization project including mainly public domain works held by major library systems around the world. The great majority of works available in full text were published before 1923.
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The holdings of the Law Library for the University of Pennsylvania are NOT listed in Franklin. If you don't find what you're looking for in Franklin, search the Lola catalog.
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Use BorrowDirect and EZBorrow to get books from our partner libraries delivered in 3 to 4 business days.
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WorldCat lists the holdings of libraries all over the country and internationally. Click on the PennText link when you find the book you want, and request it through Interlibrary Loan. Or, use BorrowDirect+ to get it from a partner library. 
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Search Franklin for books.
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Steve Levenger's blog about books made into movies
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Comprehensive online collection of English books, pamphlets and broadsides published between 1700 and 1800.
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American books, pamphlets, broadsides and other material published 1639 to 1800.
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Full text online versions of American books, broadsides and pamphlets published 1801-1819.
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3 minutes of bugs eating books - set to techno music!
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Abstract
The Google Books Project has drawn a great deal of attention, offering the prospect of the library of the future and rendering many other library and digitizing projects apparently superfluous. To grasp the value of Google's endeavor, we need among other things, to assess its quality. On such a vast and undocumented project, the task is challenging. In this essay, I attempt an initial assessment in two steps. First, I argue that most quality assurance on the Web is provided either through innovation or through "inheritance." In the later case, Web sites rely heavily on institutional authority and quality assurance techniques that antedate the Web, assuming that they will carry across unproblematically into the digital world. I suggest that quality assurance in the Google's Book Search and Google Books Library Project primarily comes through inheritance, drawing on the reputation of the libraries, and before them publishers involved. Then I chose one book to sample the Google's Project, Lawrence Sterne's Tristram Shandy. This book proved a difficult challenge for Project Gutenberg, but more surprisingly, it evidently challenged Google's approach, suggesting that quality is not automatically inherited. In conclusion, I suggest that a strain of romanticism may limit Google's ability to deal with that very awkward object, the book.
tagged books digital_resources to_read by bethpc ...and 1 other person ...on 15-OCT-07
Safari Tech Books Online
SUGGEST BOOKS TO ADD TO SAFARI BY E-MAILING TOWNELIB@SEAS.UPENN.EDU. Selected online full-text computer books from O'Reilly and other IT publishers including Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, New Riders, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, Que, and Sams.
All the books are fully searchable and fully navigable. Browse titles and subject areas to get to relevant chapters or perform keyword searches across multiple titles simultaneously.
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Interesting approach to reading about recent history, highlighting books on an important event for each year pf the 90s
tagged books history by bethpc ...on 06-SEP-07
Some interesting uses for old books
tagged books fun by bethpc ...on 23-AUG-07
LibraryThing's Tagmash pulls together books at the intersection of 2 tags (e.g. dog & humor). Something like LCSH strings created on the fly ;)
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The classic how-to for hot shops.  Now in it's 4th edition, Henry Halem's Glass Notes covers everything from building glory holes to scavo.   You want to know how to make your own silver bromide . . . this is the place with the recipe.
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Internet and politics : citizens, voters and activists / edited by Sarah Oates, Diana Owen and Rachel K. Gibson.[041534784X (hardback : alk. paper) ] London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Call#: Van Pelt Library JF799 .I62 2006
“The Internet and youth civic engagement in the United States”
Owen argues that the Internet may be facilitating, if not invigorating, youth civic engagement. She examines the online world as a hub for the coordination, integration and restructuring of political discourse.

Owen’s article is optimistic regarding future civic engagement, but often defines this engagement in terms of student political projects, voters looking at government websites, etc. She doesn’t offer much concrete evidence that these online practices translate into actual voting. She does, rather inadvertently, point out an interesting paradox: those users who are currently the most web-savvy are not yet old enough to legally vote. Furthermore, Owen’s article reveals that the Internet may only further engage those already intending to vote. She also rethinks the traditional concept of engagement, which in this case may mean community-building, blogging, etc. as opposed to actual voting.

This article gives useful breakdowns of American populations using the Internet by age, gender and race (although only in the categories “White” and “Black”) – but does not offer any analysis through more nuanced categories or race, class, geographical location, etc.




Jenkins, Henry, 1958- . Convergence culture : where old and new media collide / Henry Jenkins. [9780814742815 (cloth : alk. paper) ] New York : New York University Press, 2006.
Call#: Annenberg Library Reserve P94.65.U6 J46 2006
"Photoshop for Democracy: The New Relationship between Politics and Popular Culture"

In chapter six, Jenkins discusses the role of popular culture in emerging political communities. Jenkins (as is the case throughout Convergence Culture) is focused on how old and new media interact and the dynamics of collaboration and participation. While Jenkins recognizes the scoff-factor when implying the concept of “photoshop for democracy” (user-generated images that often map themes from popular culture onto the political campaign) is any sort of substitute for real political activism, he insists that this kind of user-generated content and mass dispersion is a serious act of citizenry. In fact, using popular culture as a means of engaging voters might just be the most effective way of re-establishing interest in politics as a part of our everyday lives. Jenkins focuses on the 2004 election and recognizes that the next step is to think of “democratic citizenship as a lifestyle.” Furthermore, online political communities seem to be segregating voters, as opposed to encouraging dialogue across ideologies. Although he seems to offer popular culture as a kind of national balm for the ailments of political fragmentation, Jenkins recognizes the inherent limits of its role in (or applicability as a model for) contemporary political communities.

For me, the most useful parts of this argument is the attention he pays to the increasing participation of average Americans (now as monitorial citizens as opposed to informed citizens) in the media landscape and the possibilities for the integration of politics and popular culture. However, he doesn’t seem to offer any real solution for the acutely polarized political landscape.


Trippi, Joe. .
Revolution will not be televised : democracy, the Internet, and the overthrow of everything / Joe Trippi. [0060761555 (acid-free paper) ] New York : ReganBooks, c2004.
Call#: Van Pelt Library JK1764 .T75 2004
This is a really compelling, if somewhat repetitive account, of Joe Trippi's involvement in politics in general and the Howard Dean campaign in particular. This is one of the most forward-looking accounts I've read of the increasing role of the internet in American life, also offering strategies for current and future candidates, businesses, etc. to stay afloat in the online era.
 
However, I have difficulty fully swallowing Trippi's arguments about how Dean ultimately failed as a candidate. Trippi blames the steam-rolling political machine with its usual smear tactics and ability to lose interest in an unconventional candidate as quickly as it initially embraced him. Throughout the text, Trippi argues that the campaign itself, a campaign created by and for the people, remains a successful model, but he doesn't quite attend to the organizational pitfalls of such a movement. This leads me back to the question Cornfield and others raise: how do you encourage/harness the momentum of a movement within the boundaries of a campaign that ultimately must be organized in order to be effective?


Davis, Richard, 1955- . Politics online : blogs, chatrooms, and discussion groups in American democracy / Richard Davis. [0415951925 (alk. paper) ] New York : Routledge, 2005.
Call#: Van Pelt Library JK1764 .D37 2005

Ch. 1: “Electronic Political Discussion”

This chapter offers an overview of various online communications, including electronic email lists, Usenet and blogs. Davis addresses the question of whether or not online discussions make any difference in political processes, institutions or societal behavior and ultimately decides that the prophesized utopia of direct democracy has not yet been achieved. The obstacles facing such restructuring include: inequality in the levels of accessibility and the fragmented nature of electronic political discussion. Even the more tempered notion of deliberative democracy faces hurdles - most notably human reliance on technological solutions.

This chapter is a helpful summary of current online discussion forums and briefly pulls apart the kind of Trippi-esque claims of revolution. I'm going to utilize the rest of this book in order to examine the broad claims of internet revolution which, in the case of much writing about the internet, seem devoid of factors like accessibility.

Cornfield, Michael, 1955- . Politics moves online : campaigning and the internet / Michael Cornfield. [0870784803 (alk. paper) ] New York : Century Foundation Press, c2004.
Call#: Van Pelt Library JK2281 .C67 2004

 

This chapter analyzes five cases of online politics, including the use of the internet by Bush and McCain in 2000, the phenomenon moveon.org, Web White and Blue and the “instant response meter” developed by Speakout.com. The moveon.org case study discusses the evolution of the wildly successful organization which proved to have a mobilizing capacity beyond all expectation. It summarizes its strategy of providing a voice for those unheard during the Clinton scandal as well as using the Internet to broaden the early donor pool. The article mentions in the last few sentences that there is no conservative counterpart to the MoveOn model, perhaps because “grassroots action works better in opposition – and the conservatives are in power.” I think this is a valid point and worth examining in relation to the Democratic takeover in the midterm elections although at the moment it seems too early for a conservative backlash.

As the chapter points out, Joan Blades and Wes Boyd (the founders of MoveOn) are not political candidates. They (in the vein of many environmentalists or human rights organizations responding to a specific problem) started their site/online petition as a reaction to the Clinton impeachment issue and grew to become a kind of brand of endorsement for selected democratic candidates. Also, they bundle donor choices to make sizable contributions to a slate of candidates. Would any one candidate be able to mobilize the kind of broad support this portal of the people harnessed?


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Compares tagging on LibraryThing to Amazon  (written by the LibraryThing founder)
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Get a feed from the library when we add new books in your area of interest.
Get a feed from the library when we add new books in your area of interest.
Adds a little panel to the page when you are looking at a book to find where you can buy the book online for cheaper.
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tagged books firefox shopping extensions by laallen ...and 2 other people ...on 01-FEB-07
Powerpoint presentation about shelving books and other handling tips.   Nice photo illustrations
tagged books preservation shelving by bethpc ...on 01-FEB-07
Powerpoint presentation gives instructions on vacuuming the stacks, etc. 
tagged books preservation by bethpc ...and 1 other person ...on 01-FEB-07
mapping out references to locations in book
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Blog about books for kids
tagged books by bethpc ...on 28-NOV-06
LibraryThing's UnSuggester tool turns recommendation on its head.   By entering your favorite books, you can find the least likely books to be read by others who own the same. 
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The printed page is giving way to the networked screen. The Institute for the Future of the Book seeks to chronicle this shift, and impact its development in a positive direction. The Institute is a project of the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California, and is based in Brooklyn, New York.
tagged books new_models publishing by bmarcell ...on 02-NOV-06
Launch page includes an inspiring library song.
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Clark, Suzanne M. . Cartographic citations : a style guide / by Suzanne M. Clark, Mary Lynette Larsgaard and Cynthia M. Teague. [083897581X ] Chicago : Map and Geography Round Table, American Library Association, 1992.
Call#: GA108.7 .C53 1992


Peacock, John, 1943- . 1960s / John Peacock ; with 332 illustrations. [0500280401 ] New York : Thames and Hudson, c1998.
Call#: Van Pelt Library GT596 .P386 1998


tagged books images miniskirts by tydings ...on 18-OCT-06
Unshelved now has an index to their Sunday "book reviews"
tagged books fun by bethpc ...on 18-AUG-06
You need to weed through the advertising to find the good info.   The map feature works nicely
tagged UsedBookSales books by bethpc ...on 31-JUL-06
This bibliography is old but has a valuable subject index to historical novels and tales.
 
Nield, Jonathan, 1863-. Guide to the best historical novels and tales / [by] Jonathan Nield.New York, Macmillan, 1929.
Call#: Z5917.H6 N6 1929b


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tagged books themes by okrent ...on 12-JUL-06
Valuable index to works of fiction written in English and published 1945-1960. Useful supplement to the Short Story Index, covering novels and other works not included there.
 
Cotton, Gerald Brooks.. Cumulated fiction index, 1945-1960 (Fiction index three), A guide to more than 25,000 works of fiction, including short story collections, anthologies, omnibus, volumes, extracts and condensed books ... / compiled by G.B. Cotton and Alan Glencrosstion.London, Association of assistant librarians, 1960.
Call#: Z5916 .C78 1960


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tagged books themes by okrent ...on 12-JUL-06
A bibliography of bibliographies, reviews and surveys of types of fiction. It's subject index will not lead users to particular short stories or novels but rather to reference works about types of short stories and novels.  Covers works published 1900-1985
 
Hartman, Donald K.. Themes and settings in fiction : a bibliography of bibliographies / compiled by Donald K. Hartman and Jerome Drost ; foreword by Arthur Efron. [031325866X (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)] New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.
Call#: PN3353 .H37 1988


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Blackman, Murray, 1920-. Guide to Jewish themes in American fiction, 1940-1980 / by Murray Blackman. [0810813807] Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1981.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PS374.J48 B59


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tagged books themes by okrent ...on 11-JUL-06
Annotated bibliography of British gothic novels.  The extensive motif index includes terms such as convent, abduction, corpse, ghost, wedding, and other typically gothic motifs.
 
Tracy, Ann Blaisdell.. Gothic novel, 1790-1830 : plot summaries and index to motifs / Ann B. Tracy. [0813113970 :] Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c1981.
Call#: PR868.T3 T7


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Annotated bibliography of novels about films, the film industry, film-related characters, and film-related settings.  
 
Slide, Anthony.. Hollywood novel : a critical guide to over 1200 works with film-related themes or characters, 1912 through 1994 / by Anthony Slide. [0786400447 (sewn softcover : alk. paper)] Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1995.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PS374.H55 S54 1995


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A bibliography of american novels published in the first half of the 20th century that include social themes.  Westerns, detective stories and juvenile literature are mostly excluded.  The extensive subject index includes themes such as adolescence, alcoholism, prostitution, race problems and socialism. 
 
Hanna, Archibald, 1916-. Mirror for the nation : an annotated bibliography of American social fiction, 1901-1950 / Archibald Hanna. [0824087275 (alk. paper)] New York : Garland Pub., 1985.
Call#: PS374.U5 H35 1985


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These are two most practical how-to books on glass blowing. Ed Schmid couldn't find text books for the glassblowing classes he was teaching, so he created them. Fully illustrated (actually hand drawn and lettered) and full of sensible advice.

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Celebrating the third place : inspiring stories about the "great good places" at the heart of our communities / edited and with an introduction by Ray Oldenburg. [1569246122] New York : Marlowe & Co., c2001.
Call#: Fine Arts Library HT123 .C443 2001


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A book about Competitive eating in America.
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Glass throughout time : history and technique of glassmaking from the ancient world to the present / edited by Rosa Barovier Mentasti ... [et al.] ; project and coordination, Giuliana Cunâeaz [8884913454 ] Milan : Skira ; New York : Distributed in North America by Rizzoli International Publications through St. Martin's Press, 2003.
Call#: Fine Arts Library NK5106 .G56 2003
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A nice essay on Ranganathan, including the Five Laws.
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Collection of clinical textbooks, journals, and reference materials. Excellent source for background information.

Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine.com is an online reference resource that includes Harrison's Online, Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, other core medical texts, Lange clinical review library, USMLE review, drug information, patient education, and many more resources.
MD Consult - Web portal containing full-text content of over 50 publishers and other organizations. Access includes full text textbooks, Clinics of North America, full text journals, practice guidelines, drug information, yearbooks and patient education.

 

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tagged books guides journals medicine full-text clinical by rodrigue ...on 13-APR-06
Beyond The godfather : Italian American writers on the real Italian American experience / A. Kenneth Ciongoli and Jay Parini, editors.
[0874518458 (alk. paper)] Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c1997.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PS153.I8 B49 1997

The book Beyond the Godfather: Italian American Writers on the Real Italian American Experience, is a collection of essays written by writers of Italian descent. The book is in response to the wide popularity of The Godfather. The popularity of this book and movie has overshadowed the culture of Italians. As a result, these essays were compiled in order to give an overview of the styles of writing of the Italian Americans.

There are three main sections of the book: Memories and Memoirs, Italian American Literature and Identity Politics. Memories and Memoirs are full of anecdotes from Italian American everyday lives. In Louise DeSalvo’s story, “Finding My Way,” he discusses his education experience growing up. From this essay, it is apparent the importance of family as well as education in the life of this Italian American. The Italian American Literature section mainly discussed the different types of styles of writing. This is used to show the diversity in terms of its culture. Lastly, Identity Politics discusses the role that Italian Americans have in the United States. In the essay, “Italian Americans and American Politics,” Michael Barone discusses the influential role of Italians in the U.S. government, and the prominent figures, such as Fiorello LaGuardia, that were present in society.

The purpose of this book was to respond to the stereotypes of Italian Americans that was created by The Godfather. Although Mafia is an aspect of Italian Americans, the book highlights other aspects of their culture. Most notably, it shows the power that Italian Americans have in America. However, this power is through respectable positions in government and not through illegal ways. In addition to this, the importance of family is evident through the essays written, which is mirrored in the movie.


Phillips, Gene D. .Godfather : the intimate Francis Ford Coppola / Gene D. Phillips ; with a foreword by Walter Murch. [0813123046 (alk. paper) ] Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2004.
Call#: Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.C67 P48 2004
 
    In chapter 4 (In a savage land: The Godfather) of the book Godfather: The intimate Francis Ford Coppola, Gene D. Phillips helps recount the process that Francis Ford Coppola went through in order to make the movie, The Godfather.  Through this chapter we learn of the trials and tribulations that he faced before, during and after the making of the movie. 
    Phillips reports that the screenplay was first met with skepticism from Paramount as previous mobster films failed in the box office.  However, based on current events such as Senator Etes Kefauver’s Committee on Organized Crime and the publicity of Mafiosi Frank Costello, Paramount decided to take a chance on its production.  
    Francis Ford Coppola was chosen to direct The Godfather due to his Italian ancestry.  Paramount wanted an Italian American director because they wanted to make the film as realistic as possible, and only an Italian American could convey the subtletie