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(0)Peter Baldwin
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"Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Law & Legal Studies, Association of American Publishers" Peter Baldwin is professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Global Distinguished Professor at New York University.
Today's copyright wars can seem unprecedented. Sparked by the digital revolution that has made copyright-and its violation-a part of everyday life, fights over intellectual property have pitted creators,...
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COVID-19 is the biggest public health and economic disaster of our time. It has posed the same threat across the globe, yet countries have responded very differently and some have clearly fared much better than others. Peter Baldwin uncovers the reasons why in this definitive account of the global politics of pandemic. He shows that how nations responded depended above all on the political tools available-how firmly could the authorities order citizens'...
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Why, when we have been largely socialized into good behavior, are there more laws that govern our behavior than ever before?
Levels of violent crime have been in a steady decline for centuries-for millennia, even. Over the past five hundred years, homicide rates have decreased a hundred-fold. We live in a time that is more orderly and peaceful than ever before in human history. Why, then, does fear of crime dominate modern politics? In Command and...
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Before skyscrapers and streetlights glowed at all hours, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, new technologies began to light up streets, sidewalks, buildings, and public spaces. Peter C. Baldwin's evocative book depicts the changing experience of the urban night over this period, visiting a host of actors-scavengers, newsboys, and mashers alike-in...
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The story of a nineteenth-century New Yorker's struggle to reconcile his same-sex erotic desires with his commitment to a Christian life.
Angel on a Freight Train examines the experiences of Samuel Edward Warren (1831-1909), a teacher and college professor in Troy, New York, who struggled to reconcile his same-sex erotic desires with his commitment to a Christian life. Unlike twenty-first-century evangelicals who try to "pray the gay away," Warren...
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[2001?]
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When advertisers and the FCC begin complaining about the outrageous antics of television host Wally Sparks, the network president gives Wally an ultimatum: "Clean up your act or the show is canned!" With one last shot to save his access, Wally goes after an interview with the conservative Governor of Georgia, uncovering a sensational story riddled with sex, political scandal and sky-high ratings potential.
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[2017]
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Tis the season for the Bradys! Mike, Carol, Marcia, Greg, Alice, and even more of the favorites from the iconic television series are home for the holidays! A heartfelt comedy that proves no matter how many years pass or how many miles separate them, the Brady's will always be connected by love, friendship, and the holiday spirit.
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[2008]
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South Central L.A. junk dealer Fred Sanford and his partner-in-grime, son Lamont, are constantly struggling to make ends meet, but Fred always has just one more get-rich-quick scheme up his sleeve, sometimes involving best friend Grady. When he's not haggling over his empire of junk, he's sparring with his sister-in-law, the cantankerous, Bible-thumping Aunt Esther.
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The bride wore terror! Something is definitely amiss with the menfolk in this classic 1950s sci-fi thriller. A distraught Marge Farrell (Gloria Talbott, "We're No Angels") is growing increasingly alarmed over the changes in her new husband Bill (Tom Tryon, "The Cardinal"), who's been acting strangely ever since their wedding night. And for good reason: Bill -- and most of the other men in their small town -- have been taken over by sinister aliens...
13) Teacher's pet
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2014.
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A self-taught reporter is forced to attend journalism school, where he falls in love with the teacher. In hopes of winning her romantic ardor, he poses as an inexperienced novice, with humorous results.
14) The Tin Star
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A rugged bounty hunter. A tenderfoot sheriff. Unlikely partners in the Old West. Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins headline The Tin Star, a tough-minded character-driven western nominated for an Oscar. for its story and screenplay. Perkins plays Ben Owens, a greenhorn sheriff who hasn't worn his badge long... and who won't live to wear it much longer unless he gets some savvy help. Fonda, bringing to his role the presence and plain speaking that made...
15) Teacher's Pet
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EXTRA! EXTRA! Newspaperman Clark Gable falls for journalism instructor Doris Day! Movie legends Clark Gable and Doris Day headline a comedy with class! Gable (in one of his finest late-career performances) plays Jim Gannon, a school-of-hard-knocks newspaperman who despises journalism schools... until he sees who's doing the teaching. Attracted to lovely professor Erica Stone (Day), he masquerades as a novice in her class. Soon he's her prize pupil,...
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