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This Book Has Been Proven to be Fabricated
I found this book in my local library in 1999, and saw from the stamped card that is hadn't been read in 13 years. I was only interested in Frances Farmer's story because of what I read in Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon. The story of a Hollywood star being shut away in the loony bin for a decade was almost too shocking to be true.

Farmer's biography, however, has too many inconsistencies. She deliberately made outrageous scenes in public, which in those days were sure to get any woman thrown into a mental hospital. She pulls a bad attitude with everyone she talks too, forces herself to get angry at people, and in general, doesn't do the things that would obviously get her OUT of trouble.

Her account of her years in the mental hospitals are also inconsistent. She claims to have been in there continuously for ten years, but it's been proven that she was released and sent back many times. She describes treatments that were proven NOT to have been used on her, but leaves out the ones she obviously received (like insulin shock injections and electroshock therapy).

A later biography of Farmer claims that she was lobotomized, but this has also been proven false. Farmer says (according to this book) that she could not remember years of her life, and this statement would be consistent with lobotomy. But the real reason for this statement in the book is that Farmer didn't write it! This book was proven to have been written by Jean Radcliff, a friend of Farmer, who used excerpts from Frances' diary and anecdotes she'd heard from the actress. Radcliff later admitted she'd added fictional scenes to sensationalize the book and increase the sales.

The worst thing about this book is that is clouds the real issue here, which is that Frances Farmer really was mentally ill (most likely bipolar and triggered by alcohol) and had a good career after she was released. She had steady work as a local TV show hostess, taught acting classes, appeared in regional theatre productions, and had bit parts in films, TV, and radio.

Engrossing memoir of a tortured, complicated woman
This book is not only my favorite autobiography, but it's also one of my favorite books of any genre. Francis Farmer, the infamous movie star who ended up institutionalized, was a tortured woman. This autobiography, which she wrote shortly before her death, is an extremely well-written, brutally honest, and mostly unflattering self-portrait. She tells of her relationship with her controlling and insane mother (who committed her), her unintentional rise to fame in Hollywood (she wanted to be a theater actress, and found Hollywood mostly empty), her emotional breakdowns, run-ins with the law, drinking problems, loveless marriages, and her time spent in a horrific state mental institution. Despite it all, Francis Farmer doesn't seem to feel a lot of self-pity, and she admirably takes responsibility for much of what happened to her. What really makes the book touching is Francis' description of what ultimately saved her: her friendship with Jean Radcliffe (who published the book after Francis died). Toward the end of her life Francis was able to find a lot of love and happiness, mostly due to the unconditional support she received from Jean and her family. This makes the book not only a juicy tale of a fallen Hollywood star and a disturbing memoir of a mental hospital, but an ultimately inspiring story about the healing power of love and friendship.

Five BIG Stars!!!
If you're looking for a book that will keep you interested from cover to cover, never able to put it down, this is the book for you! This is the autobiography of movie star, Frances Farmer, and her demise. It tells of her nightmarish mother (I found myself wanting to hurt her mother more than Frances herself wanted to), her tirades and outlandish temper, her many terrible years in a pit hole ofmental institution where she was mistreated and abused and treated like an animal (literally), her struggle with drug and alcohol abuse and her experience with cancer. Whew! All in one book! There were times when I had to divert my eyes (which made it difficult to read) or set it down because I was ready to slap her mother around and my blood pressure was rising.

The most incredible thing about this story is, I believe, that Frances was fair. By that I mean that she told the story as it was and didn't make herself out to be completely blameless or less "violent" than she was. She told about her outbursts and her stupid behavior made from no-thought decisions. She never said, "Poor me," without adding something more justifiable to the pot.

The reading is incredibly easy. Her style (and that of the one who helped her write it) is very smooth and it seems as though everything she has to say is written in an interest-grabbing way.
So, if you want a good, heart-felt, blood stirring read, I HIGHLY recommend this book. It truly is one of the best I've been lucky enough to find. :o)

good but...
I finished this book a couple of days ago.I enjoyed it.The portions of the book where she tries to raise public awareness of the conditions in asylums have not aged gracefully, they're simply preaching thats irrelevant to my life.Also, near the end of the book she's really gushy about her "turnaround", and she pushes her point way too much.

Besides those two minor complaints, it was the best autobiography I've ever read.

Civil Rights for the Mentally Ill
This is a very important work as it documents the abuses of the mental health industry in America during the time Frances Farmer stayed in a psyciatric institution in the 1940's.It is frightening as Frances tells us that anybody can declare someone is insane, and this person could be brought before an unsympathetic judge and sent to an insane asylum, and once you are declared mentally incompetent, all your civil rights are stripped from you, and you have no say so in the matter.Reading Frances's book, you see that perhaps she wasnt really insane but tired from overwork & in need of rest.By reading this book you will also be shocked of the methods of controlling the mentally ill at that time; endless shock treatments, hydrotherapy, insulin therapy - and you sometimes wonder who the insane people are, Frances or the people who are caring for her.A book like this is important because it chronicles how such a thing could have happened to a person, especially a person like Frances who was gifted & intelligent & had everything going for her.Thankfully, treatment of the mentally ill has much improved since then, but I still hear people say that the mentally ill homeless should be locked up.After reading this book you would have second thoughts about saying such a thing. ... Read more

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Previous biographies of American actress Frances Farmer (1913-1970) have downplayed her professional achievements to emphasize her turbulent personal life, including several police arrests and repeated confinements in a state mental hospital. By focusing upon Frances' acting career, this book endeavors to restore her position as a significant Hollywood player of the 1930s, '40s and '50s. An analysis of her film, radio and television work is offered, as well as assessments of the three Frances Farmer biopics and the documentaries in which she is featured. Each of Frances' 16 films receives a chapter-length discussion. A brief biographical chapter is also included. ... Read more

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Will There Really Be A Morning.
Good first person account of the horrid conditions faced by those classified as "insane". As well as the lack of adequate safeguards for adults to challenge anyone who accused them of being insane.

Francis Farmer, a young and rapidly rising Hollywood star was, a very independent thinker for her time.She had the misfortune of being raised by an anti-social, and somewhat neurotic mother which left Francis with social handicaps.The mother managed to get guardianship of Francis even though she was an adult.This after a drunk driving arrest in California.Whenever Francis upset her mother, the mother had Francis committed to Washington's Western State Hospitial in Stillacom morer than once.

Francis shows her ability to recover her life, despite the violent assaults and rapes which she was subjected to while she was a patient at Western state Hospital.

Western State is still a Washington State Hospital for the Insane.

A different picture
This is an excellent account of the tragic story of Frances Farmer.It diverges significantly from the movie "Frances."So, if you're intrigued with her life this is a good read.

Great Book!
This was a great book and it came quickly and in good shape. The seller did his best to fill the order as promised! It is a moving story about the actress Frances Farmer and her ordeal in Hollywood, when she "thought out of the box". Anyone who wants to see how it really works in show biz would like this book.

frances farmer
the book was amazing! i had read books about frances farmer before, but until i read HER own words, i didn't fully understand how much tragedy she had in her life and she was so matter of fact about it, no self pity, just it is what it is kind of an attitude. it haunted me yet i would highly recommend it. they ruined it w/the film of the same title though. had an actress play her that didnt' have 1/10th of her looks and was like 15 yrs too old for the role as well. "frances" though is excellent and jessica lange does a great job.

Will There Really Be A Morning?
I had seen the motion picture several times but never read the book. As a behavioral health clinician, I find myself drawn to the "real world" that isn't seen by all. This book held my attention from beginning to end. It was absolutely heart-breaking to view through this woman's words how not only her parents, and of course the 1930's Hollywood, but last but not least the systems charged with caring for the mentally ill, could have treated her so inhumanely. This is to say, unless she could benefit them. Anyone in the field should read this. ... Read more

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Beware misinforamtion about Frances Farmer
The book Shadowland, and the movie Frances, which was based on the book, are a crock. Jessica Lange was superb in the role of Frances, but unfortunately, the movie-and book- are highly sensationalized and will leave you finding Frances Farmer capricious and not very sympathetic. Furthermore, the fictions in both book and movie, are, among many, that FF was lobotomized, and that the mental ward she and her fellow female patients occupied was opened up at night to US Army soldiers for a nights of mass rape. Never happened. There are good sources of information about Frances Farmer, but Shadowland was meant to sell, not tell the real story of the beautiful, rebellious and highly intelligent FF. No doubt she was exploited and abused. The real story is disturbing enough without Arnold's concoction.

Definately a great find for Frances Farmer lovers!
As controversial as this book is, it only makes the poignancy that Arnold established through his words that much more appealing to me.Shadowland is written unflinchingly, albiet it most likely has some exageration and William Arnold may have took it upon himself to liberally fill-in some unknown details.At any rate I give Arnolds book a steady 5 star rating because it captures the essence of Frances Farmer in a way that no other book or movie has been able to accomplish or even come close to.I have researched Farmer in other books, films, documentaries, interviews, etc... and I have to honestly say that no other piece of information captured Farmer and made her so exasperating true, fiesty, and unbelievalby human, yet surreal embroidered within a menagerie of multiple context.I highly recommend this book to any and all who want to incorporate in their own minds just who Frances Farmer was and wanted to give and not give to the world.

Riveting--until you find out it's fiction
"Shadowland" is the book that seems to have introduced most people to the story of Frances Farmer.It is a riveting, disturbing and visceral read--until you find out that it is in large part "fictionalized," as its author admitted himself in the copyright infringement case he brought against the producers of the feature film "Frances," which used his book as source material (despite the producers' denials)."Shadowland" is so rife with factual errors and outright fabrications (including the lobotomy, which never happened to the real Frances) that it would be comical if it weren't such an insult to the memory of this valiant woman who struggled so hard to regain her emotional equilibrium.The reviews below which claim "Shadowland" is thoroughly factual are simply wrong--the list of outright factual errors in "Shadowland" is truly mind-boggling, starting, for example, with her birthyear which Arnold incorrectly states as 1914 (Frances was born in 1913).Unfortunately, Frances' ghost-written autobiography "Will There Really Be A Morning", despite the well-intentioned review below, is also filled with errors and fabrications, which its author Jean Ratcliffe was at least honorable enough to admit she had sensationalized in order to facilitate a movie sale.The best biography of Frances available is the self-published one by her sister Edith Farmer Elliot, entitled "Look Back in Love."For an in-depth look at the many errors and "fictionalizations" in "Shadowland," use a search engine and search for the web article "Shedding Light on Shadowland."The truth about this incredible woman deserves to be known.

Frances Farmer gets raped again
I cannot believe that a total stranger, a man who never even met his subject, is claiming to know better than she herself what happened to her and why. Her autobiography was organized by her beloved friend, Jean, as Frances died while she was still writing, and Jean also helped editing as Frances wrote right up until her death. Hence the book just stops, rather than ends, but that doesn't mean that she didn't write it. Does the "reviewer" here really imagine that a family like Jean's would be able to just come up with the horrors Frances experienced, when they, a genteel New England family had never been inside a state institution, let alone been left in one for 8 years, naked, starving, desperate, and then finally hopeless? My mother was in one, and I can tell you, the stories are not exaggerated, though it may comfort you to believe that they are.

External facts, dates, places, performances, extrapolations, are not truth. It is an insult to the memory of Frances Farmer to make another person the "expert" about her--if this man had anything to do with the film that was made (which featured an extraordinary performance by Jessica Lange, but was so full of errors as to be unrecognizable as Farmer's life), then he is further invalidated.

"Will there really be a morning?" was unflinching and difficult to read, but never did Frances lapse into self-pity. Her work to become human was incredibly hard, but she did it, through the love of others, not through a therapist or a group of "survivors," nor any other external force except love. Acceptance. I will always choose to believe Frances' version of her life over anyone else's, however fascinated that person is and however much running around the globe he does, dogging her footsteps, as though he can find her somewhere there on the map he has drawn. It was that very thing which drove her into rages--she could not bear that to act had come to mean Hollywood, and therefore had come to mean that everyone's opinion but hers counted. She fought and fought and fought against that, as she'd had to do at home against her monster of a mother.

And for those readers who here have preferred his distance to her intimacy--her often uncomfortable intimacy--I can only say that it is yet another violation of her sovreignty over her own life to take another person's interpretation of it and declare it more believable. All of her life, she fought for the right to define herself as she was, not as others saw her or wanted her to be, and yet this page is full of writings by people who seem to have missed that point completely and decided to give someone else the final word over a woman he saw first on that thing she despised most: a movie screen. I cannot think of anything she'd hate more than that.

Shadowlands
I found my copy in a used bookstore. I can't believe anyone would want to give it up. What an amazing story. It should still be in print, as people still talk about Frances Farmer. I liked this even better than "Will There Really Be A Morning" because it went deeper into her life, and more accurately, since the "autobiography" was in fact written by Frances's friend after her death. I had some trouble believing some of the incidents actually happened, or if they were exaggerated. "Shadowlands" talks about her life before and after Hollywood (as well as the Steilicomb years). However, the author writes about the "This Is Your Life" episode: "seeing it was a truly devestating experience", and says Frances barely uttered a word and was zoned out. We must have seen different shows. I saw that episode too and she looked perfectly fine to me, and she DID speak a lot. Anyway, good book. ... Read more

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The widespread development of neocorporatism--a process in which certain interest groups derive power from their privileged relationship with the state and formal participation in public policy-making rather than through traditional lobbying or pressure tactics--has recently attracted considerable scholarly attention.This penetrating study focuses on the emergence of the most powerful agricultural union (FNSEA) as a force in French politics, the trends toward corporatization and decorporatization of the agricultural sector, and the governmental efforts at reform and decorporatization in Mitterrand's France. Keeler introduces a new, sector-oriented theoretical framework suitable for analyzing the corporatization process in any democratic polity.The book also offers a general model of the "corporatist imperative" in the agricultural sector of democratic polities and tests this model with comparative case studies of the United States, Britain, Italy, and West Germany. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Frances Mountford recreates the changing life of a farmer in the first half of the 20th century - horse-ploughing, haymaking, riding to hounds, the Shire horses that were indispensable for carrying out the work, visits from intinerant labourers, and the hardships and pleasures of rural life - and then describes how a life that they had envisaged going on for ever came abruptly to an end. Fifty years on, the pain and injustice of the war years is still keenly felt, and the book describes how the farmers tried to fight back. ... Read more

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Tour the markets of seven towns while exploring the role of the market in Provencal life, plus receive dozens of insider tips as the authors focus on food, present information on regional and seasonal specialties (with recipes in every chapter), wines, restaurants, and picnic spots. ... Read more

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Wonderful Information for Traveling to Provence
Let's face it. There is no better place to shop than the Markets of Provence. The book, Markets of Provence, places you there. Imagine nibbling on the cheeses, munching on crusty breads, drinking great wines, and the wonderful scent of garrigue and lavender. The book has great recipes, phrases for use in the markets, a conversion chart, and a list of other markets in Provence. Bon appetit!

Loved it !
I bought this book after a trip to Provence and everytime I pick it up, it is like I am there again. Markets in many smaller towns (as well as larger)are featured and there is valuable info on which day of the week is the market day in each place.

A Year in Provence
"Markets of Provence" is a delightful coffee table book/cookbook exploring France's southern Provencale region. It gives travelers tips for finding the seasonal markets,as well as the right ingredients. There is an emphasis on fresh fruits and vegetables that are in season. The dishes tend to be earthy,peasant food. There's ratatouille,the signature dish of Provence,along with piperade,the egg/vegetable omelette that's actually from the Basques. It's a joyous exploration of food and culture. Bon appetit!

Sure, it is a "tourist book"...
...but isn't that what most of us have been from time to time? And this one is not so much a guide as a wonderful enticement to enjoy one of the best aspects (the food) of one of the loveliest places on earth. The central theme is that it is possible to enjoy a market each day of the week, by moving from town to town in Provence.The seven markets that are covered are in Cadenet, La Tour D'Aigues, Saint-Remy, Aix, Bonnieux, Apt, and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. About half of the 130 pages are pictures, a few "snap-shots" that capture the action, most are carefully composed, and a few are truly evocative, like the basin of Cucuron on page 30. Each picture saves those proverbial 1000 words

The book commences with a forward by Patricia Wells, the indomitable former food editor of the International Herald Tribune.The style of writing is fashioned for the tourist, struggling with strange French words, and concepts. There are numerous recipes, so that those with their own facilities can enjoy their purchases in delightful consumption. There are other sidebars that explain unique aspects of the country, such as the bread, truffles, Provencal fabrics, pottery, etc. There are several practical appendixes which cover other markets, seasonal specialties, typical foods, with the French explained, useful phrases, a conversion chart, a glossary, a listing of selected restaurants, and a brief suggested reading list.

I've been to the markets in five of these seven towns, have enjoyed them all, and feel that their description in the book captures their spirit accurately. My next to favorite market is the one in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, where I have been innumerable times. The picture of the Café De France on page 115 brings back many memories, of having a beer with the boys "while the women finish."And it evokes anticipation... I'll be there again in a few days. The very best part of the book though is its omission!My very favorite market, a gentle 300 meter stroll from the gite we rent - may its relative obscurity remain, as well as the lack of cameras and English. `Cause you only go around once in life...

FSRS
I ordered this as a gift for a French who adores anything French, especially the food and wine. He once lived in France and he and his wife are now planning a trip there. He loved this book!! It is an excellent guide to the wonderful Provencal outdoor markets. This is Provence at its finest. He couldn't believe I found this gem.

Full of gorgeous color photos, this book is a must have! I'm even thinking about ordering one for myself. ... Read more

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Emilie Carles was born in 1900 into the rigidly conservative patriarchal world of a poor and isolated peasant community in the High Alps of France. Her autobiography is the tale of a world that has largely disappeared and of the one that has emerged to take its place. 8 pages of photographs. ... Read more

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This book is Wonderful
I thought that this book was so great! I read it for graduate French History and it was the best supplemental piece thus far in my sseries on French history. I suggest reading A Tale of Two Cities before this book. If you appreciate the beauty of France's countryside and want to understand the difficulties and individuality of a very strong French woman, do read this book.

Interesting portrait of one 20th-century life
This was a quick read (I finished it during a plane ride across the Pacific). Carles was born in 1900 in a peasant hamlet in one of the poorest regions of Alpine France. Rare for her time and place, she gained literacy and was successful enough in her studies to gain a teacher's license. She wrote her stories into notebooks for decades and, when the time came, began fashioning their contents into an autobiography. As sickness overtook her, she opted to tell her tale to a publisher, who worked the tapes and her books into this story.

It's worth reading. I've read bits and pieces of the history of isolated, medieval Alpine communities, mostly in books on mountain-climbing; this is a glimpse into the end days of such a community, with its harsh lifestyle, old traditions, and superstitions of its inhabitants. Carles was a woman who challenged many of those traditions and superstitions as she grew and learned.

Toward its end the book bogs down into political statements. Carles married a remarkably free-thinking man for the late 1920s/early 1930s, and his views meshed nicely with hers--pacifism honed by the loss of her brothers to the trenches of World War I and a socialist bent that wants to see the state offer real aid to poor communities like hers. I could have done without her (unrealistic in my opinion) stirring proclamations on the need for a four-hour work day and a return to a simple rural lifestyle. But this doesn't take away from the value of the book on the whole. It's an entertaining look at a strong woman who saw the twentieth century pass in a place that rarely gets written about.

A Trip Into the Past
This is one of the best autobiographies I have ever read. Mme. Carles has so much to say about her way of life and her countrymen. Her relationship with her family is described touchingly and well. Her peasant background reminds me of my grandparents' farming lives in the southern U.S. As I read, it seemed strange to me that someone who depended on owning and working land could become a leftist. However, in view of Mrs. Carles' descriptions of the various governments which have ruled France, I can see how someone could be desperate (and naive) enough to turn to anti-capitalism. It helped me understand the political climate in Europe better, but that is not why I recommend the book. It is simply a lovely description of how peasants lived and thought for many centuries. It has a sense of timelessness, of life before the frantic changes technology has brought over the last hundred years. Just take a large grain of salt when you read Carles' economic recommendations.

A read for everyone
Emilie Carles started out her life the same as many of her neighbors in her predominantly peasant town in France. Unlike her neighbors, she went on to receive an education and break out of generations of grinding poverty and ingnorance. The very fact that she is able to chronicle her most unusual life is a testament to the power of the human spirit. Everyone interested in issues of class and gender influencing biography should read this excellent memoir.

Quaint escape from the modern world
This is one woman's story of life in an age and place which has disappeared over the course of a century.The voice is powerful, although the translation from the French could have been better.Carles truly makes you feel what it was like to be a young peasant woman.This isn't sentimental trash or dry history.It's a very down to earth tale of "this is what it was like for me." ... Read more

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Chapters: John Forbes Nash, Jr., Alan Turing, Frances Farmer, Vladimir Bukovsky, Larisa Arap, Rosemary Kennedy, Valeria Novodvorskaya, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Pyotr Grigorenko, Leonard Roy Frank, Aaron Soltz, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Ted Chabasinski, Linda Andre, Juli Lawrence, Vasile Paraschiv, Viktor Nekipelov. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 105. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS (pronounced ; 23 June 1912 7 June 1954), was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist. He was influential in the development of computer science and providing a formalisation of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, playing a significant role in the creation of the modern computer. During the Second World War, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre. For a time he was head of Hut 8, the section responsible for German naval cryptanalysis. He devised a number of techniques for breaking German ciphers, including the method of the bombe, an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the Enigma machine. After the war he worked at the National Physical Laboratory, where he created one of the first designs for a stored-program computer, the ACE. Towards the end of his life Turing became interested in chemistry. He wrote a paper on the chemical basis of morphogenesis, and he predicted oscillating chemical reactions such as the BelousovZhabotinsky reaction, which were first observed in the 1960s. Turing's homosexuality resulted in a criminal prosecution in 1952homosexual acts were illegal in the United Kingdom at that timeand he accepted treatment with female hormones, chemical castration, as an alternative to priso...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1208 ... Read more

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Chapters: Kyle Maclachlan, Reiko Aylesworth, Frances Farmer, Rose Mcgowan, Cheyenne Jackson, Adam West, Darren Mcgavin, James Caviezel, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Steven Hill, Rainn Wilson, Barbara La Marr, Jean Smart, Jonathan Jackson, Jean Spangler, Bridget Hanley, Billy Burke, Josie Bissett, Jill Banner, Amanda Michalka, Janet Waldo, Alyson Michalka, Keye Luke, Craig T. Nelson, Pamela Reed, Susan Peters, Cam Gigandet, Garret Dillahunt, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kerwin Mathews, Ann Tyrrell, Janis Paige, John Aylward, Christopher Wiehl, Brian Haley, Connor Trinneer, Josephine Hutchinson, Bobby Hutchins, Shirley Mills, Kyle Secor, Quintin Sondergaard, Richard Karn, Peter Horton, Brian Thompson, Megyn Price, Bianca Kajlich, Art Gilmore, Lucille Lund, Trevor St. John, Diana Miller, Florence Deshon, Frank Alexander, Henri Lubatti, C.s. Lee, Jo Ann Sayers, Bryan and Denny Kirkwood, Cathryn Damon, Ron Pearson, Gertrude Messinger, Shirley Jean Rickert, Michele Morrow, Monte Rawlins, Mariana Klaveno, Chief Yowlachie, Ysabel Maccloskey, Gale Page, Erin Dean, Willis Bouchey, Alma Bennett, Arthur Batanides, Maris Wrixon, Barbara Berjer, Crahan Denton, Helen Kleeb, Helen Page Camp, Jack Latham. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 322. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Reiko M. Aylesworth (born December 9, 1972) is an American film, television and stage actress, best known for her work on the television series 24 as Michelle Dessler. Aylesworth was born in Evanston, Illinois and is of Dutch, Welsh, and Japanese ancestry. She lived in Springfield, Illinois, from 1987 to 1988 where she first became interested in acting. After understudying in several productions of the Springfield Theatre Centre, Aylesworth was cast in the role of Consuelo in West Side Story, while her family was preparing to move to Seattl...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1589646 ... Read more

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This article considers the effectiveness of the current farm set-up policy in France relative to a direct payments policy. Specifically, using information on French specialist cereal farms from the French Farm Accountancy Data Network, the current policy of interest rate subsidies plus direct payments is simulated and compared with a direct payments scheme in the presence of asymmetric information. The results indicate that the budgetary cost of a direct payment scheme when information is perfect, i.e. the government knows which farms would set up without subsidy, is substantially less than the subsidy cost of the simulation of the current policy. However, the results show that the presence of an imperfect information increases the costs of a direct payments policy significantly with total costs, in this case, substantially exceeding those for the current policy simulation. ... Read more

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British Library

T126883

On verso of titlepage: "A material part of the following observations were extracted from the "Annals of Agriculture," by A. Young [i.e. Arthur Young], Esq.".

Canterbury : printed by Simmons, Kirkby and Jones, [1793?]. 12p. ; 8° ... Read more