Harbor Publishing: 29 books
Salt of the Earth
The Story of a Film
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2003
In the history of Hollywood there are few films with a history as dramatically riveting as that of Salt of the Earth. Made during the height of the McCarthy era by a group of blacklisted filmmakers who were among the best and the brightest Hollywood talent of the day, Salt of the Earth is itself a...
How To Read a Film
Movies, Media, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2013
Monaco's book was an instant classic when it first came out, and with new sections in its anniversary edition, is more essential than ever. A landmark in media studies, it is unique in its sophisticated understanding of both the art and technology of film. Molly Haskell, critic
When it was...
by Douglas Pratt
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
With over 13,000 reviews, and spanning 4,000 pages, Doug Pratt’s DVD is the one collection of DVD reviews you need to own, written by one of the most prolific and wide-ranging media critics working today! Doug Pratt is uniquely qualified to write this book. As the editor and publisher of The...
Too Deep Were Our Roots
A Viennese Jewish memoir of the years between the two World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Born just before World War I, Sonia Wachstein's earliest memories of her childhood in Vienna revolve around her family's house looking out over the peaceful Vienna Woods. She also recalls a post-war time of rampant inflation and unemployment. Long an intellectual and cultural capital, the city was...
The New Wave
Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Three decades after its first publication, The New Wave is still considered one of the fundamental texts on the French film movement of the same name. Led by filmmakers as influential as Truffaut and Godard, the New Wave was a seminal moment in cinematic history, and The New Wave has been hailed as...
The Life and Crimes of Don King
The Shame of Boxing in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
An updated edition of award-winning columnist Jack Newfields best-selling biography of Americas boxing mogul, the source for the Emmy-winning movie Don King: Only in America. When Jack Newfields unauthorized biography of Don King first appeared in 1995 it was hailed as one of the most important...
Exploring East End Waters
A Natural History and Paddling Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
The most comprehensive guide to kayaking and canoeing on the East End of Long Island, Mike Bottini’s long-awaited Exploring East End Waters is based on his award-winning column in The Southampton Press. From the Peconic River to Block Island Sound Mike covers the extraordinary variety of East End...
The Dictionary of New Media
The New Digital World of Video, Audio, and Print
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Your complete guide to the digital revolution now sweeping film and media into the new millenium, The Dictionary of New Media covers thousands of terms that you need to know. A comprehensive introductory essay provides an understandable guide to today's digital revolution. More than 2,400 entries...
How To Read a Film: Technology: Image & Sound
Movies, Media, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
This is section 2 of How To Read a Film, enhanced and expanded. Richard Gilman referred to How to Read a Film as simply "the best single work of its kind." And Janet Maslin in The New York Times Book Review marveled at James Monaco's ability to collect "an enormous amount of useful information...
Exploring the Other Island
A seasonal guide to nature on Long Island
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
“A singularly effective guide. Inspired concept. Highly recommended!” George Plimpton noted on the first edition of John Turner’s classic guide to the natural world of Long Island. Now Turner, one of New York’s most knowledgeable and eloquent naturalists, has produced a new edition, greatly...
On Montauk
A Literary Celebration
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Why an anthology of fiction, poetry, and essay on Montauk?One of the world’s great fishing ports; site of the first cattle ranch in the US; refuge for Teddy Roosevelt’s Roughriders back from San Juan Hill; rum-runner headquarters during Prohibition; very nearly the Miami Beach of the north; site...
Montauk is
A collection of haiku and short poetry
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Moving dunes, hard rocks, a gentle breeze, jetty horns, diving birds, rubber men, the Jitney, evergreen buds, pounding surf, a calm heart.Montauk is all of these things.Through words and over 75 breathtaking photos, Montauk is offers a meditative exploration of this special place, its natural harshness and beauty, and its personal resonances.
Trail Guide to the South Fork
With a Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Here it is! The first comprehensive guide to trails of the South Fork. For more than ten years the Group for the South Fork has been working with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society and the Southampton Trails Preservation Society to preserve and define the trails, ancient and new, of the...
by John de Cuevas
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
Eye Rhymes is a collection of 47 humorous verses based on words that look as if they should rhyme but don’t (bomb, comb, tomb), illustrated with colorful, cartoon-like drawings. A sound track is available of two well-known actors, Alec Baldwin and Blythe Danner, reciting the verses. For children of all ages from 9 to 99.