Neither has ever been released in digital format, so author Stefan Hammond crashed together the two books and added more insight...and more film reviews.

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ISBN: 1909394645

Category: Performing Arts

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Hong Kong films tore up kung fu stereotypes in the 1980s/90s. This is the definitive book on stunt hazards, pistol ballets, snarky gangsters and toothsome molls, hopping vampires, and Hong Kong noir. Start with John, Jacky and Michelle - evolve to Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, the fantastic world of Tsui Hark, and the auteurdrome of Wong Kar-wai. How and why did films from Hong Kong - a British Crown Colony and mapspeck - become so popular? More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets explicates, amplifies, and just plain rips across genres and filmmakers in one of the world's most storied film industries.

All brought some scrap of help and of hope in spite (to quote Signor Zennarr's
Journal in June) of the fury of the English ... The bombardment became more
active and pressing; and a tyrant more terrible to ohstinacy than either Fire or
Famine was in ... was falling thicker and faster, he still clung to a shred of hope-
still appealed to the people for a last loan—still rested on the fidelity of the civic
guard. ... The night after this scene, which broke off the review, he made his
rounds with them.

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ISBN: KBNL:KBNL03000274228

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George, fired from his previous job when he was caught having sex with the
cleaning lady on a desk, is going to Wall Street ... Seinfeld doesn't feel like sitcom
television; it feels more like a conversation with your funniest friends. ... The
show's ads sell faster than any NBC show's save Cheers, its highest-rated sitcom.
... When the dog's owner calls, Elaine is livid: “You better pick your dog up tonight
or he's humped his last leg. ... Real Jerry, like TV Jerry, is usually the picture of
Zen calm.

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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

"Nose is four and half feet long, fingernail is thirteen inches by ten, and waist is
35 foot, more length than football first down. ... on Broadway one morning weekly,
either in Roy Rogers or some other fast-food joint, the more impersonal the better
. _ Then ... made out of animal teeth, hanks of hair, a sequined crucifix, and one
spent bullet, all ringed by festoons of fairy lights. ... Like a cross between Fagin
and one of those all-wise Zen masters in the kung-fu films, Aaron took Stoney in
hand, ...

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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

And there's more in the kitchen than just a cup of cappuccino: Chef Dexter
Cromley has cultivated a loyal following of gourmands ... EffingerS deep-tissue
exercise class at Aerobic Speed Center has become a favorite among those who
favor lean over mean. ... There's no better way to explore Griffith Park's mini Alps
than by hooking up with the Sierra Club's happy hikers. ... Along with Spinning,
body sculpting, dance- sculpt, yoga and Pilates, the studio dishes out a bit of Zen
serenity.

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Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.

And when we thought about it, we couldn't think of a place more steeped in guy-
ness than Indy. ... Coby Palmer Designs, 2376 E. 54th Street, 253-7160 The
Fairer Sex Where to find em, how to please 'em, Our picks for your fix-it ... stickier
tires and grabbier brakes, then supercharge your engine, making your factory-
built ride drive better, stronger, faster. ... ZEN MOMENT Watching a gleeful, bib-
wearing patron eagerly tuck into the $100 lobster WHATTHE WELL-DRESSED
MAN IS ...

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Indianapolis Monthly is the Circle City’s essential chronicle and guide, an indispensable authority on what’s new and what’s news. Through coverage of politics, crime, dining, style, business, sports, and arts and entertainment, each issue offers compelling narrative stories and lively, urbane coverage of Indy’s cultural landscape.

... initiation into the know- riff - raff smuggle a frightened horse through pass
through adolescence to more adolesledge of ... is that women are getting
suborned by the chauffeur who takes him dilate on Faulkner's upsettling
neuroses a better deal ... easily surpasses Somerville and Ross or goyles grin
back at the theorists who dis- about women and surprised by sex . ... capable of
an resourceful eloquence of Bellow offers more becomes funnier and faster the
more it analysis so exact .

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Appeals , which reversed the negative decision and granted him citi Judge Urges
Test Case zenship . ... Perhaps , in the Kinsey report and similar sex order to be
trustworthy , such proof surveys , indicating the wide prev ought to be ... phia ,
Judge Curtis Bok dismissed been set before the man's arrest . a case against
local booksellers who MORE SHAVES or . ... are being althe man to jail for three
months on lowed to grapple , and we are & an assault - and - battery charge
better for it .

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The fro - zen meals include soup , a protein , a starch and dessert , all of which
can be heated in a conventional ... elecalcoholic beverage containers as of No -
tric motors to control the speed and vember 18 . smooth the movement . Most
major medical groups en For those in the market to buy , dorse the warning ,
including the Ameri - Pollock likes the StairMaster . ... This An aerobic workout on
a stair feature gives an upper - body workout climber is as good as or better than
one ...

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ISBN: UCSC:32106017235380

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Tho SIR CHARLES W. DILKE true chair has its sex ; if it is a man's chair Hudson
Bay and the National Transconti . ... and he knew thusiasm of a dedicated artist
for material panies will improve more and faster . ... It is written so that the
average citigood ; clean fighting , " comments Sergeant the poor , taxing the
unearned increment , zen can understand , if he is ... Canada preferred to glve
No better gift for a man in the ranks , for they set a high standard Btato aid to
parallel east and west ...

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ISBN: STANFORD:36105021781450

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ISBN: IND:30000075051783

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