John Hopkins
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John-Bryan Hopkins wasn't satisfied with the recognized 145 national food holidays (most of which were created by food companies to sell their products, anyway). Thus, he resolved to create celebrations of his own favorite foods; one for each day of the year. This was the origin of Foodimentary.com, and now its success is contained in one delicious volume. Every taste is represented--from a simple root beer float to a sophisticated filet mignon. Plus,...
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A lifetime of classic golf writing by veteran sports journalist John Hopkins, recipient of the 2013 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism For more than 35 years, John "Hoppy" Hopkins covered the biggest stories in golf, from Major Championships to Ryder Cups and Amateur competitions. Collected together here for the first time are the very best of his articles, covering a diverse range of golfing stories, from the most memorable of the 120...
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John Butler-Hopkins' For the Love of Poetry opens, appropriately enough, with a sequence of poems about romantic love in all its aspects: the dizzying ecstasies of infatuation and first love, then the brutal lessons of rejection and betrayal, and finally the discovery of a soul mate and the development of a true, long-term relationship.
By contrast, the book's second half is concerned with the tragedy of young men going to fight in the First World...
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1948. The uneasy peace between Britain and Germany holds. War in the East sucks the economy dry, but Nazi Germany dominates Europe. Britain stands alone as they enter the atomic age.In Dresden a brilliant engineer on the Nazi atomic programme is willing to risk everything. MI6 send David Brook to stop them from obtaining The Bomb. He must remain hidden in the paranoid, oppressive, surveillance state of Nazi Germany.Plans in place, Brook and the insider...
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A bright and politically-engaged college student goes missing after a demonstration turns violent. But as her grieving mother begins her search, she uncovers a dark side to her daughter which she never knew existed. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring John de Lancie, Kaitlin Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Al Ruscio and Jennifer Warren. Directed by Peggy Shannon and recorded before a live audience by L.A. Theatre Works.
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This traditional Christmas Carol was written by John Henry Hopkins, an American clergyman. He wrote the carol as part of a production he organized for his students at The General Theological Seminary in New York City where he held the post of musical director. This recording offers reading of the English language lyrics followed by magical Harp music based on original Christmas Carol melody.
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A collection of ten iconic Christmas Carols featuring: 01 Carol of the Bells; 02 Silent Night; 03 The Indian Christmas Carol; 04 The Angel Gabriel's Message; 05 Ding Dong Merrily on High; 06 The First Noel; 07 O Christmas Tree; 08 O Come All Ye Faithful; 09 What Child is This?; 10 We Three Kings of Orient Are. This recording offers reading of the English language lyrics followed by magical Harp music based on original Christmas Carol melody.
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Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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2018.
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180 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
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Communicate your ideas and designs through a variety of sketches, drawings expressive illustrations, with guidance from a seasoned professional. With more than 150 colour examples, John Hopkins takes you through the different styles, techniques and approaches used in the fashion industry. This second edition offers advice on selecting appropriate materials and media, with examples of their different uses and applications. You'll also learn the theory...
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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c2007
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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When a local solicitor falls to his death, the detectives wonder whether it was suicide or murder. The a neighbor notorious for scams perishes in a truly bizarre manner. Barnaby begins to suspect the strange deaths are linked by an elaborate fraud.
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Midsomer murders. Set 8 volume 3
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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[2007]
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. In "Ghosts of Christmas past," the Villiers family has gathered to celebrate Christmas exactly nine years after Ferdy Villiers suicide. When another member of the family dies mysteriously, Barnaby and Scott find they must investigate the past as well as the present.
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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c2007
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A successful local composer, Joan Alder has been dead for decades when a series of mysterious events revive interest in her work. From murder to forgery to the sudden appearance of long-lost relatives, Barnaby struggles to uncover the culprit before further murders add a deadly coda to Alder's career.
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Midsomer murders. Set 7 volume 1
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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c2006
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Troy wins a promotion to inspector, but before he can decide on his future, a construction mishap unearths a recent skeleton hidden among ancient bones. While Barnaby investigates, he sends Troy to the woods near Midsomer Worthy where teenagers have tangled with an old man who lives in the wild.
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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c2007
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A tour of Plummer's relish factory proves too hot to handle when a man gets crushed by a tower of bottles, then thrown into a sterilizing oven. Upon learning that the deceased worked for a competitor in the industry, Barnaby and Scott discover that the Plummers harbor far more secrets than just the family recipe.
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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c2007
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Work turns spooky for the detectives when a man dies under mysterious circumstances at Midsomer Mere-- a town whose villagers seem able to predict the future. Was John Ransom's death the result of psychic experiments gone wrong or a pub brawl that got out of hand?
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Midsomer murders. Set 8 volume 2
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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[2007]
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. In "The straw woman," when a curate dies tragically at a festival revival, some villagers of Midsomer Parva suspect black magic. Barnaby and Scott unravel a centuries-old mystery, complicated by Scott's attraction to a schoolteacher who has been branded a witch by the village.
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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[2007]
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets. A series of grisly murders rocks the village of Fletcher's Cross and local spiritualists fall under suspicion.
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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[2007]
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets. Why did the owner of Bantling Hall bequeath his champion thoroughbred to four Midsomer villagers? The only person who knows doesn't live to tell the tale.
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Eagle Vision
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c2008
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1 videodisc (156 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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The Technicolor Dream was a 14-hour "musical happening" that took place in London at Alexandra Palace on April 29th, 1967 as a benefit for The International Times, the largest underground newspaper of the time. Pink Floyd, the unofficial house band of the movement, were the main attraction at the event. Through interviews with band members and other key people, recalls the formative years of London's fledgling underground movement and the early years...
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Midsomer murders. Set 7 volume 4
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Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The murder of a prize-winning author on the eve of the 12th Annual Midsomer Literary Festival casts a cloud over the proceedings. Barnaby and Scott's investigation uncovers a web of sexual and financial misdeeds, and the possibility that Cully is in danger.
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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[2007]
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1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets. In the orchid-mad village of Midsomer Malham, Barnaby and Scott must discover who would kill to own an extremely rare specimen.