"Building Vocabulary for College introduces a number of useful strategies for learning words and includes activities that encourage retention. The terms featured in this text were selected after consulting college textbooks and standardized tests, dictionaries, vocabulary and reference books, journals and periodicals, and college instructors and students. Section One of the text focuses on students' understanding of word parts--prefixes, ..."
"Delmer Daves directs this well-realized remake of THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, with a Western setting. Two men, the Dutchman (Alan Ladd) and McBain (Ernest Borgnine), have just been released from the Arizona Territorial Prison. Their plan is to pull off one last heist that will support them forever. But along comes a wandering geologist to foil their scheme by trying to steal $200,000 in gold from under their noses. As the double-crosses pile, s ..."
Building Vocabulary(6th Edition) For College by R. KentSmith Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2006 by Houghton Mifflin ISBN-13: 978-0-618-52879-0, ISBN: 0-618-52879-2
"Val Lewton's name is synonymous with the subtlest, most mysterious brand of horror filmmaking in Hollywood's golden age, and the nine horror classics he produced at RKO between 1942 and 1946 constitute the most remarkable cycle of creativity in B-movie history. He and director Jacques Tourneur scored with both a popular hit and a masterpiece in 1942: Cat People. The story involves a pretty young Serbian woman in Manhattan (Simone Simon) ..."
"An unusual suspense film, The Spiral Staircase tells the story of a mute servant girl threatened by a murderer who has a penchant for killing the handicapped. Ethel Barrymore, Elsa Lanchester, and George Brent co-star, while Dorothy McGuire expertly captures the dilemma of the mute Helen Capel. Capel, who has not been able to speak since childhood, must somehow call for help before becoming the killer's next victim. McGuire's performanc ..."
"As Chicago grew into the world-class city it is today, its civic leaders took exceptional care in their cultivation of the arts. The establishment of the Art Institute, the widespread support of wealthy patronage, and the activity of numerous organizations including the Chicago Architectural Club, the Urban League, and the Chicago Women's Club, combined to make Chicago home to many painters. Since rising from the ashes in 1873, Chicago ..."
"This comprehensive text presents descriptive and inferential statistics with an assortment of business examples and real data, and an emphasis on decision-making."
"It's a man's world. And Ethel Whitehead learns there's only one way for a woman to survive in it: be as tempting as a cupcake and as tough as a 75-cent steak. In the first of three collaborations with director Vincent Sherman, Joan Crawford brings hard-boiled glamour and simmering passion to the role of Ethel, who moves from the wrong side of the tracks to a mobster's mansion to high society one man at a time. Some of those men love her ..."
Engaging Poetry 44 Selections and Accompanying Questions Appropriate for Upper-Secondary and College Students by KentSmith Spiral, 128 Pages, Published 2003 by Leathers Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-58597-175-6, ISBN: 1-58597-175-8
"An unusual suspense film, The Spiral Staircase tells the story of a mute servant girl threatened by a murderer who has a penchant for killing the handicapped. Ethel Barrymore, Elsa Lanchester, and George Brent co-star, while Dorothy McGuire expertly captures the dilemma of the mute Helen Capel. Capel, who has not been able to speak since childhood, must somehow call for help before becoming the killer's next victim. McGuire's performanc ..."
Russiaville and the Civil War A Civil War history of Honey Creek Township, Howard County, Indiana and its residents by Kent A. Smith 159 Pages, Published 2001 by Old Richardville Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-891598-07-4, ISBN: 1-891598-07-4
"A Civil War history of Honey Creek Township, Howard County, Indiana and its residents"
"An unusual suspense film, The Spiral Staircase tells the story of a mute servant girl threatened by a murderer who has a penchant for killing the handicapped. Ethel Barrymore, Elsa Lanchester, and George Brent co-star, while Dorothy McGuire expertly captures the dilemma of the mute Helen Capel. Capel, who has not been able to speak since childhood, must somehow call for help before becoming the killer's next victim. McGuire's performanc ..."