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Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema(2nd Edition)
(Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts)
by Lisa Odham Stokes, Rachel Braaten
Hardcover, 652 Pages, Published 2020 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-2061-3, ISBN: 1-5381-2061-5

"Hong Kong cinema began attracting international attention in the 1980s. By the early 1990s, Hong Kong had become "Hollywood East" as its film industry rose to first in the world in per capita production, was ranked second to the United States in the number of films it exported, and stood third in the world in the number of films produced per year behind the United States and India. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Hong Ko ..."






Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema
(Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts)
by Lisa Odham Stokes, Lisa Tyler, Jean Lukitsh, Michael Hoover, Tyler Stokes
Hardcover, 640 Pages, Published 2007 by Scarecrow Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5520-5, ISBN: 0-8108-5520-8

"Despite the industry being shutdown by two world wars, having its martial arts films dismissively labeled as "chopsocky," and operating on shoestring budgets, the films of Hong Kong have been praised and imitated all over the world. From its beginning in 1909 with the silent short Stealing the Roast Duck to the martial arts classic Enter the Dragon (1973) to Peter Chan's Perhaps Love (2005), a reinvention of Chinese musicals via Hollywo ..."






City on Fire(Illustrated)
Hong Kong Cinema
by Michael Hoover, Lisa Odham Stokes, Lisa Tyler
Paperback, 382 Pages, Published 1999 by Verso
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-203-4, ISBN: 1-85984-203-8

"The world first took notice of Hong Kong cinema in the 1970s, when Bruce Lee's Fists of Fury and Enter the Dragon brought a new level of psychological realism to the "chop socky" movies being made up until that point. But it wasn't until the 1980s that a new generation of directors and stars--a moviemaking system, in fact--reached its boiling point, and American audiences began to hear about John Woo's "heroic bloodshed" films and Jacki ..."






The A to Z of Hong Kong Cinema(Illustrated)
(The A to Z Guide Series)
by Lisa Odham Stokes, Jean Lukitsh, Michael Hoover, Tyler Stokes
Paperback, 646 Pages, Published 2010 by Scarecrow Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-7607-1, ISBN: 0-8108-7607-8

"Despite the industry being shutdown by two world wars, having its martial arts films dismissively labeled as "chopsocky," and operating on shoestring budgets, the films of Hong Kong have been praised and imitated all over the world. From its beginning in 1909 with the silent short Stealing the Roast Duck to the martial arts classic Enter the Dragon (1973) to Peter Chan's Perhaps Love (2005), a reinvention of Chinese musicals via Hollywo ..."






City on Fire(Illustrated)
Hong Kong Cinema
by Michael Hoover, Lisa Odham Stokes, John A. Lent
Hardcover, 382 Pages, Published 1999 by Verso
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-716-9, ISBN: 1-85984-716-1

"The world first took notice of Hong Kong cinema in the 1970s, when Bruce Lee's Fists of Fury and Enter the Dragon brought a new level of psychological realism to the "chop socky" movies being made up until that point. But it wasn't until the 1980s that a new generation of directors and stars--a moviemaking system, in fact--reached its boiling point, and American audiences began to hear about John Woo's "heroic bloodshed" films and Jacki ..."






Neurological Physiotherapy, 1e
(Physiotherapy Essentials)
by Professor Maria Stokes, Lisa Odham Stokes
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1998 by Mosby
ISBN-13: 978-0-7234-2593-9, ISBN: 0-7234-2593-0

"This new book is based on Cash's Textbook of Neurology. It covers Basic Concepts in Neurology, Neurological and Neuromuscular Conditions, Lifetime Disorders of Childhood Onset, and Treatment Approaches to Neurological Rehabilitation. Neurological Physiotherapy has been completely updated and now features a new larger format, 2-colour throughout, and more than 140 illustrations. The contents have been updated to bring this book totally u ..."






Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema
by Lisa Odham Stokes, Rachel Braaten
652 Pages, Published 2020 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-2062-0, ISBN: 1-5381-2062-3

"... His Companion)/'91 san diu hap liu/'91 shen diao xia lu (1991) and Mahjong Dragon (Mahjong Flying Dragon)/Lut cheuk ... Shu Qi, and Zhao Wei (Vicki Zhao) , a coproduction of Columbia Pictures and Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia. ... Huadu Chronicles: The Blade of the Rose (Twins Effect 2)/Chin gei bin 2: Dut diy daai chin/Qianji bian 2: Hua dou da ... Jackie Chan in both Not Scared to Die/Ding tian li di/Deng tin laap dei ..."






New Hong Kong Cinema Ser.
Peter Ho-Sun Chan's He's a Woman, She's a Man
by Lisa Odham Stokes
Published 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-282-70922-5, ISBN: 1-282-70922-4






Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema
by Lisa Odham Stokes, Michael Hoover, Tyler Stokes, Jean Lukitsh
640 Pages, Published 2007 by Scarecrow Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-6458-0, ISBN: 0-8108-6458-4

"Film critic Li Cheuk-to joined the editorial board of Film Bi-weekly in 1980 and was its editor in chief (1983—1986). He has been a programmer for the Hong Kong International Film Festival for 17 years, in charge of its Hong Kong ... Director Li Han-hsiang was born in Jinzhou, Lianing Province, and he studied Western painting at the prestigious National Art Institute in Beijing. He came to Hong Kong in 1948, and he began working in ..."






Personal Fitness and You
(Teachers Resource Manual)
by Roberta Stokes, Lisa Odham Stokes, Alan C. Moore
Hardcover, Published 1993 by Hunter Textbooks
ISBN-13: 978-0-88725-182-5, ISBN: 0-88725-182-X






An Introduction to Tree-Ring Dating(2nd Edition)
by Marvin A. Stokes, Terah Leroy Smiley, Lisa Odham Stokes
Paperback, 73 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of Arizona Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-1680-3, ISBN: 0-8165-1680-4

"Tree-ring dating, or dendrochronology, is the study of the chronological sequence of annual growth rings in trees. This book--a seminal study in its field--provides a simple yet eloquent introduction to the discipline, explaining what a dendrochronologist does both in the field and in the laboratory. Authors Stokes and Smiley first explain the basic principles of tree-ring dating, then describe details of the process, step by step, ..."






Aerobic fitness everyone!
by Roberta Stokes, Lisa Odham Stokes, Diane E. Trapp
Paperback, 262 Pages, Published 1990 by Hunter Textbooks
ISBN-13: 978-0-88725-114-6, ISBN: 0-88725-114-5

"Golding, L, Myers, C, and Sinning, W. (eds.) The Y's Way to Physical Fitness. ... Stokes, R., Moore, A., and Moore C. Fitness: The New Wave. ..."






Handling the Anointing
by Lisa Odham Stokes, Tim Stokes
Paperback, Published 1994 by Temperance Publishing House
ISBN-13: 978-1-880324-07-3, ISBN: 1-880324-07-5






Using the Apple Computer
by Roberta Stokes, Maureen Lukenbill, Lisa Odham Stokes
Hardcover, 196 Pages, Published 1987 by Hunter Textbooks
ISBN-13: 978-0-88725-047-7, ISBN: 0-88725-047-5






Personal Fitness and You Laboratory Activities
by Roberta Stokes, Lisa Odham Stokes, Alan C. Moore
Hardcover, 106 Pages, Published 1986 by Hunter Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-88725-063-7, ISBN: 0-88725-063-7






Open Systems Interconnection(3rd Edition)
Standards and Acronyms
by Adrian V. Stokes, Lisa Odham Stokes
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1991 by Blackwell Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-1-85554-142-9, ISBN: 1-85554-142-4

"Open Systems Interconnection - Encyclopaedias I. Stokes, Adrian V. ISBN © Adrian V Stokes 1991 Printed in the UK Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this book, the Publisher cannot be ..."






Fitness
The New Wave
by Lisa Odham Stokes, Clancy Moore, Roberta Stokes
Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 1989 by Hunter Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-88725-094-1, ISBN: 0-88725-094-7






Personal Fitness and You Student Text
by Lisa Odham Stokes, Alan C. Moore, Roberta Stokes
Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 1986 by Hunter Textbooks, Incorporated
ISBN-13: 978-0-88725-062-0, ISBN: 0-88725-062-9






THE GENESIS ANSWER - A SCIENTIST'S TESTAMENT FOR DIVINE CREATION
by William Lee Stokes, Lisa Odham Stokes
Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 1984 by Prentice Hall
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-350976-2, ISBN: 0-13-350976-1






Integrated Office Systems
(Computer State of the Art Report)
by Lisa Odham Stokes, Adrian V. Stokes
Hardcover, 363 Pages, Published 1982 by Pergamon Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-028568-9, ISBN: 0-08-028568-6



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