<p>More than 100 years after the first movie delighted audiences, movie theaters remain the last great community centers and one of the few amusements any family can afford. While countless books have been devoted to films and their stars, none have attempted a truly definitive history of those magical venues that have transported moviegoers since the beginning of the last century. In this stunningly illustrated book, film industry insiders Ross Melnick and Andreas Fuchs take readers from the nickelodeon to the megaplex and show how changes in moviemaking and political, social, and technological forces (e.g., war, depression, the baby boom, the VCR) have influenced the way we see movies. Photographs from archives like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and movie theater ephemera (postcards, period ads, matchbooks, and even a "barf bag") sourced from private collections complement Melnick's informative and engaging history. Also included throughout the book are Fuchs' profiles detailing 25 classic movie theaters that have been restored and renovated and which continue to operate today. Each of these two-page spreads is illustrated with marvelous modern photographs, many taken by top architectural photographers. The result is a fabulous look at one way in which Americans continue to come together as a nation. A timeline throughout places the developments described in a broader historical context. <br><br>"Humble or grandiose, stand-alone or strung together, movie theaters are places where dreams are born. Once upon a time, they were treated with the respect they deserve. In their heyday, historian Ross Melnick and exhibitor Andreas Fuchs write in Cinema Treasures, openings of new motion-picture pleasure palaces that would have dazzled Kubla Khan 'received enormous attention in newspapers around the country. On top of the publicity they generated, their debuts were treated like the gala openings of new operas or exhibits, with critics weighing in on everything from the interior and exterior design to the orchestra.' Handsomely produced and extensively illustrated, Cinema Treasures is detailed without being dull and thoroughly at home with this often neglected subject matter. Its title would have you believe it is a celebration of the golden age of movie theaters. But this book is something completely different: an examination of the history of movie exhibition, which the authors accurately call 'a vastly under-researched topic.'" - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times<br><br>"We've had a number of beautiful books about the great movie palaces, and even some individual volumes that pay tribute to surviving theaters around the country. This is the first book I can recall that focuses on the survivors, from coast to coast, and puts them into historical context. Sumptuously produced in an oversized format, on heavy coated paper stock, this beautiful book offers a lively history of movie theaters in America , an impressive array of photos and memorabilia, and a heartening survey of the landmarks in our midst, from the majestic Fox Tucson Theatre in Tucson, Arizona to the charming jewel-box that is the Avon in Stamford, Connecticut. I don't know why, but I never tire of gazing at black &amp; white photos of marquees from the past; they evoke the era of moviemaking (and moviegoing) I care about the most, and this book is packed with them. Cinema Treasures is indeed a treasure, and a perfect gift item for the holiday season. - Leonard Maltin</p>

Cinema Treasures: A New Look at Classic Movie Theaters

Humor & Entertainment

Melnick, Ross

Fuchs, Andreas

Movies

Motorbooks Intl

<p><div> <div>Now avaialble in paperback comes the updated edition of 2004's illustrated history of the American movie theater. Authors Ross Melnick and Andreas Fuchs bring the story into the 21st century, adeptly showing how industry leaders; social, cultural, and economic change; and ever-evolving technologies have shaped--and continue to shape--the fabulous movie palaces, the cozy neighborhood theaters, and the multiplexes in which generations have experienced motion pictures. This development is illustrated through a collection of nostalgic and contemporary photographs and ephemera. In addition, the engaging stories behind 30 of the most remarkable Cinema Treasures still showing films today perfectly complement this historical account and represent a wide range of theater design and practices.</div> </div></p>

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Voyageur Pr

Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program

<p>China is now the lender of first resort for much of the developing world, but Beijing has fueled speculation among policymakers, scholars, and journalists by shrouding its grant-giving and lending activities in secrecy. Introducing a systematic and transparent method of tracking Chinese development projects around the world, this book explains Beijing's motives and analyzes the intended and unintended effects of its overseas investments. Whereas China almost exclusively provided aid during the twentieth century, its twenty-first century transition from 'benefactor' to 'banker' has had far-reaching impacts in low-income and middle-income countries that are not widely understood. Its use of debt rather than aid to bankroll big-ticket infrastructure projects creates new opportunities for developing countries to achieve rapid socio-economic gains, but it has also introduced major risks, such as corruption, political capture, and conflict. This book will be of interest to policymakers, students and scholars of international political economy, Chinese politics and foreign policy, economic development, and international relations.</p>

Business & Money

Dreher, Axel

Parks, Bradley

Tierney, Michael J.

Strange, Austin

Economics

Cambridge University Press

<p>Dieses Buch versetzt den einzelnen Berater in die Lage, eigenständig seinen persönlichen Markt zu analysieren und zu bearbeiten. Checklisten und viele praktische Beispiele sorgen für ein Höchstmaß an Anschaulichkeit.</p>

Zielgruppenmarketing für Finanzdienstleister: Mit System erfolgreich verkaufen (German Edition)

Gabler Verlag

​Unternehmen stehen im 21. Jahrhundert vor zwei zentralen Herausforderungen: Zum einen besteht die Notwendigkeit einer flexiblen Anpassung an Veränderungen im Unternehmensumfeld undDiskontinuitäten – zum anderen müssen intraorganisationale Widerstände und Hemmnisse überwunden werden, die einer Anpassung an die volatilen Gegebenheiten der externen Unternehmensumwelt im Wege stehen. Ein Lösungsansatz bietet das Corporate Entrepreneurship, dessen Kernidee in der Übertragung von Grundmustern und Stärken junger Wachstumsunternehmen auf etablierte, größere Unternehmen liegt. Die Monografie untersucht sowohl theoretisch als auch anhand von zwei empirischen Kausalmodellen das strategische Management von Corporate Entrepreneurship am Beispiel der deutschen Automobilindustrie. Im Zentrum der Dissertation steht zum einen die Untersuchung organisationaler und kontextueller Bestimmungsfaktoren von Corporate Entrepreneurship sowie dessen Einfluss auf den Unternehmenserfolg. Zum anderen analysiert die Arbeit unterschiedliche organisationale Strukturalternativen zur Organisation innovativer Aktivität (Corporate Venturing) im Kontext etablierter Automobil- und Zulieferunternehmen. Damit bietet die Arbeit neue Ergebnisse für die strategische Managementforschung und -praxis.

Das strategische Management von Corporate Entrepreneurship: Empirische Kausalanalysen am Beispiel der deutschen Automobilindustrie (German Edition)

Management & Leadership

Springer Gabler

Innovative Design and Construction (DETAIL development)

Arts & Photography

Behling, Stefan

Brensing, Christian

Ingenhoven, Christoph

Architecture

DETAIL

This book includes all of the Assyrian-dialect letters (955 texts) found at Nineveh written to King Sargon II from Babylonia or from the provinces east of Babylonia.

The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters form Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria)

Helsinki University Press

This volume completes the Assyrian language correspondence of Sargon II found at Nineveh and makes available a great number of previously unknown primary sources from his reign. This new material is especially significant in regard to Sargon's military campaigns and later years.

The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria)

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