Advantages to Reading the Book of the Movie by James Broddy
The film industry is a multi-million pound industry with plenty of incredibly successful films released each year. Some of the most successful movies can make millions of pounds on their opening weekend alone, proving that the film industry is thriving and that people all around the world are still choosing to watch films for entertainment. What many people are unaware of is that many of the biggest films are in fact based on books, films such as The Lord of The Rings, The Da Vinci Code and even The Shawshank Redemption to name but a few.
One of the most famous series of books to be have been turned into a film is of course the Harry Potter series. With each book and each film being more and more popular than the last, the Harry Potter brand has become a multi-million pound franchise that includes seven films. The last in the series was made into two films and the brand has even inspired the opening of a theme park in America. However, many people feel that when a book is made into a film that the story loses some of its character, magic, sense of place and detail – things that can only really be achieved by reading the words on a page and creating images in your own mind.
A typical film will last between one and two hours and it takes a lot of work to adapt a book into a successful film lasting for this amount of time. In order to fit a full book’s plot and storyline into this time, and to make sure that it works for the screen, a screenplay writer will usually need to make some pretty major changes. Once the script has been written, the imagery and the look of the finished product will ultimately be down to the director’s own vision, and whilst many directors earn high praise for their own interpretations, you may not be getting the ‘full picture’. This is why a lot of people when talking about films that started life as a book will say “the book is so much better”.
A book offers its reader the chance to dip in and out of chapters as he or she choose, reading at their own pace and commanding a particular level of imagination in order to conjure up specific places and the way characters might look. A book is open to interpretation, both in terms of storyline, back story, meaning and indeed visually, and when a book is made into a film, it can never fulfil each and every reader’s personal vision for the characters and setting.
There are many films that have won major awards that are based on books, such as:
. No Country for Old Men – Cormac McCarthy
. Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
. The Notebook – Nicholas Sparks
. Twilight – Stephanie Meyer
. The Green Mile – Stephen King
A lot of people who were fans of the film often buy the book to learn more and possibly draw their own conclusions from the original story, and this has become such a popular way of looking at things that many films are now advertised as being “based on the novel by…”, so helping book fans to find the film version, and film fans to find the book.
It is easy to find books of your favourite films, simply look online and browse through the wide range of books that Online Bookstores offer. There are books available from all different genres, for both adults and children, so whatever films you are into, there is something for everyone.
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‘to Sleep, Perchance. Apos: The Autobiograp $17.8 ‘To Sleep… Perchance …’ is the story of one’s man’s battle against an incurable and life-wrecking complaint – Narcolepsy. This is a retrospective journey through the better part of half a century, tracing the many career changes, sackings, resignations, heartaches and disappointments that have been the hallmark of this debilitating disorder.From falling asleep whilst in command of armoured fighting vehicles in the sixties, ‘nodding off’ on horseback, ’snoozing’ on parade before royalty; to ’snoring’ at management meetings, walking ‘zombie-like’ into oncoming stacker-trucks, falling face-down into steaming dishes in restaurants, and ‘turning to jelly’ on experiencing emotions such as joy or sorrow have been just some of the embarrassing incidents that have punctuated the author’s life.At times comic, at times tragically sad, ‘To Sleep Perchance’ follows the author’s struggle to survive, and maintain his very sanity in the face of ignorance and indifference, not merely amongst one’s colleagues, family, and friends – but even amongst the medical profession itself.As the reader is taken through the many role changes in his life, from soldier to salesman, clerical assistance to assistant cleric; controller of production to prisoner of corruption, director’s table to prisoner’s fable, and finally from strange buddies to academic studies, we gain an insight of what it is like to be a captive of this twilight world. |
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.hack// Another Birth 3 $4.07 Akira once again enters the online game The World in order to save her younger brother, who has lapsed into a coma. With the virus infection now spreading to protected areas, she joins forces with Kite to unravel the mystery of the Epitaph of the Twilight and the Cursed Wave. Young adult. |
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.hack//Legend of the Twilight 1-3 $4.08 .hack//Legend of the Twilight 1-3 |
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.hack//Legend of the Twilight, Volume 3 $9.99 Tatsuya Hamazaki, Rei Idumi,Paperback – Right-to-Left Format,Series: .hack//Legend of the Twilight Series 3, English-language edition,Pub by TOKYOPOP |
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1888 Books: 1888 Novels, the Man Who Would Be King, the Black Arrow: a Tale of the Two Roses, Robbery Under Arms (Study Guide) $24.11 Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1888 Novels, the Man Who Would Be King, the Black Arrow: a Tale of the Two Roses, Robbery Under Arms, Looking Backward, the Secret Doctrine, a Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, Partial Portraits, le Rêve, Two Years’ Vacation, Otto of the Silver Hand, the Reverberator, Kidnapped, a New Era of Thought, Watches of the Night, the Taking of Lungtungpen, O Ateneu, the Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales, His Chance in Life, Soldiers Three, the Three Musketeers, Yoked With an Unbeliever, 1888 in Literature, Thrown Away, Os Maias, Cupid’s Arrows, Mrs. Hauksbee, Theses on Feuerbach, Fire in the Steppe, False Dawn, Robert Elsmere, Consequences, Indian Railway Library, Abbé Jules, Three and – an Extra, Pierre et Jean, Miss Youghal’s Sais, a Dream of John Ball, the Whippingham Papers, in Black and White, Bhagyawati, Travels in Arabia Deserta, an Elementary Treatise on Electricity, the Story of the Gadsbys, Mark Twain’s Library of Humor, the Elect Lady. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: List of years in literature (table ) The year 1888 in literature involved some significant new books.Events New books item Edward Bellamy – Looking Backward item Rolf Boldrewood – Robbery Under Arms item Mary Elizabeth Braddon – The Fatal Three item James De Mille – A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder item H. Rider Haggard – Maiwa’s Revenge item Henry James – The Aspern Papers item Rudyard Kipling – The Man Who Would Be King item George MacDonald – The Elect Lady item Herman Melville – John Marr and Other Sailors item Octave Mirbeau , L’Abbé Jules item George A. Moore item Shardha Ram Phillauri – Bhagyawati item Raul Pompéia – O Ateneu item José Maria de Eça de Queiroz – Os Maias item Henryk Sienkiewicz – Pan Wo odyjowski item Robert Louis |
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1889 Books (Book Guide): 1889 Novels, a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Sylvie and Bruno, the Master of Ballantrae $15.19 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (books not included). Pages: 37. Chapters: 1889 novels, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Sylvie and Bruno, The Master of Ballantrae, Three Men in a Boat, Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice, Investigations into Germanic Mythology, Froudacity, The Kreutzer Sonata, Twilight of the Idols, The Doll, Prince Prigio, The Nether World, Milton’s P |
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1940s Racehorse Births: 1940 Racehorse Births, 1941 Racehorse Births, 1942 Racehorse Births, 1943 Racehorse Births, 1944 Racehorse Births $33.4 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1940 Racehorse Births, 1941 Racehorse Births, 1942 Racehorse Births, 1943 Racehorse Births, 1944 Racehorse Births, 1945 Racehorse Births, 1946 Racehorse Births, 1947 Racehorse Births, 1948 Racehorse Births, 1949 Racehorse Births, Barbara L, Citation, Assault, Gallorette, Busher, Stymie, Count Fleet, Pavot, Your Host, Leo, Three Bars, Rising Fast, Bewitch, Ponder, Alycidon, Shannon, Ambiorix, Wistful, Star Kingdom, Chop Chop, Two Lea, Count Turf, Double Jay, Tom Fool, White Skies, Khaled, Noor, Bull Page, Princequillo, My Babu, Phalanx, Real Delight, Coaltown, Royal Charger, Ardan, Hoop Jr., Abernant, Polynesian, Pensive, Nasrullah, Blue Man, Nimbus V, Wilwyn, Capot, Devon Loch, Arise, Windfields, Dante, Armed, Twilight Tear, Flight, Tulyar, Royal Gem, Ace Admiral, Oil Capitol, Sicambre, Mark-Ye-Well, Jet Pilot, Next Move, Hill Prince, Hill Gail, Pet Bully, Migoli, Tantieme, Bed O’ Roses, Miss Request, Piet, Vieux Manoir, One Count, Tokino Minoru, Tenerani, Marsyas Ii, Kingarvie, Oedipus, Star Pilot, Faultless, Platter, Triplicate, Middleground, Comic Court, Russia, Tudor Minstrel, Bounding Home, Uttermost, Galcador, Palestine, Conniver, Bold, Victory Song, Mameluke, Frances. Excerpt: Barbara L (1947-1977) was an American Quarter Horse that raced during the early 1950s and often defeated some of the best racehorses of the time. She earned $32,836 (about $270,000 as of 2010) on the race track in 81 starts and 21 wins, including six wins in stakes races. She set two track records during her racing career. After retiring from racing in 1955, she went on to become a broodmare and had 14 foals, including 11 who earned their Race Register of Merit with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). Her offspring earned more than $200,000 in race … More: |
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1942 Comics Characters Debuts $28.01 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Veronica Lodge, Two-Face, Mary Marvel, Shade, Manhunter, Wildcat, Rag Doll, Ares, Gilda Dent, Sal Maroni, Prankster, Kid Eternity, Guardian, Steve Trevor, Air Wave, Boy Commandos, Etta Candy, Mister Terrific, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, Mister Terrific, Weeper, Baroness Paula Von Gunther, Dan Turpin, Genius Jones, Puzzler, Doctor Poison, Ibac, Woozy Winks, Duke of Deception, Thunderer, Winky, Blinky, and Noddy, Earl of Greed. Excerpt: Air Wave Air Wave is the name of three fictional superheroes in the DC Comics universe . The first two were active in the Golden Age of Comic Books (albeit the second Air Wave had one appearance); The current Air Wave is a modern super-hero. Fictional character biographies Larry Jordan Law clerk Lawrence ‘Larry’ Jordan had recently graduated from law school and was an intern at the Brooklyn District Attorney office. Noticing the rise of crime , Jordan decided to become a costumed crimefighter using technology, and used his interests in radio and electronics to create his equipment, including a cowl radio system that allowed him to listen in on police reports and special skates that enabled him to travel along telephone lines. He was accompanied by an outspoken parrot named Static, who occasionally aided him in battle (and, for narrative purposes, gave him someone with whom he could converse in order to provide extrapolative information to the reader; parrot sidekicks served a similar purpose for Quality Comics ’s Madame Fatal , Hillman Comics ’s Twilight , and others). His superhero activities were noticeable enough for President Franklin Roosevelt to request his participation in the All-Star Squadron . Larry Jordan retired from his career as Air-Wave in 1948 and married Helen soon afterward. Their son, Harold (Hal), was born as Jordan |
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1962 Television Episodes $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: To Serve Man, Little Girl Lost, the Fugitive, Kick the Can, the Dummy, I Sing the Body Electric, the Hunt, Nothing in the Dark, the Gift, a Piano in the House, the Changing of the Guard, Dead Man’s Shoes, Hocus-Pocus and Frisby, Showdown With Rance Mcgrew, Young Man’s Fancy, the Little People, Cavender Is Coming, One More Pallbearer, the Trade-Ins, Person or Persons Unknown, Four O’clock, the Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank. Excerpt: “A Piano in the House” item List of Twilight Zone episodes ” A Piano In the House ” is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone . Opening narration Mr. Fitzgerald Fortune, theater critic and cynic at large, on his way to a birthday party. If he knew what is in store for him, he probably wouldn’t go, because before this evening is over that cranky old piano is going to play ‘Those Piano Roll Blues’, with some effects that could happen only in the Twilight Zone. : Synopsis Drama critic Fitzgerald Fortune goes to Throckmorton’s curio shop to buy his young wife Esther a player piano as a birthday present. At the shop, as the hard-bitten and hard-shelled owner plays the piano, he reveals his soft, sentimental side. Fortune notes the piano’s magical properties, which reveal men’s true natures, and purchases it. Later at home, the solemn butler, Marvin, bursts out laughing under the influence of the piano and reveals that he actually enjoys working for Fortune. When Fortune puts on a roll for his wife, she reveals that she detests him for his cruelty to her and the people around him. He then tries it out on one of his wife’s party guests, a jaded playwright , Gregory Walker, who admits to being in love with Fitzgerald’s wife Esther and that they had a tryst while she was on vacation away from Fitzgerald. At the |
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1978 Comics Characters Debuts: Mystique, Elektra, Moonstone, Clayface, Garfield, Quasar, Firestorm, Commander Steel, Madame Xanadu $32.19 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mystique, Elektra, Moonstone, Clayface, Garfield, Quasar, Firestorm, Commander Steel, Madame Xanadu, Devil Dinosaur, Odie, Guardian, Count Vertigo, Madame Zodiac, Ben Urich, Jon Arbuckle, Carrion, Killer Frost, Doctor Mist, Bethany Cabe, Firestorm, Air Wave, Thinker, Moon-Boy, Shvaughn Erin, Big Wheel, Elementals, Hypno-Hustler, Multiplex, Cinnamon, Ultraa, Kiber the Cruel, Fadeaway Man, Hoder, Virako. Excerpt: Air Wave Air Wave is the name of three fictional superheroes in the DC Comics universe . The first two were active in the Golden Age of Comic Books (albeit the second Air Wave had one appearance); The current Air Wave is a modern super-hero. Fictional character biographies Larry Jordan Law clerk Lawrence ‘Larry’ Jordan had recently graduated from law school and was an intern at the Brooklyn District Attorney office. Noticing the rise of crime , Jordan decided to become a costumed crimefighter using technology, and used his interests in radio and electronics to create his equipment, including a cowl radio system that allowed him to listen in on police reports and special skates that enabled him to travel along telephone lines. He was accompanied by an outspoken parrot named Static, who occasionally aided him in battle (and, for narrative purposes, gave him someone with whom he could converse in order to provide extrapolative information to the reader; parrot sidekicks served a similar purpose for Quality Comics ’s Madame Fatal , Hillman Comics ’s Twilight , and others). His superhero activities were noticeable enough for President Franklin Roosevelt to request his participation in the All-Star Squadron . Larry Jordan retired from his career as Air-Wave in 1948 and married Helen soon afterward. Their son, Harold (Hal), was born as Jordan continued his research into |
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1981 Comics Characters Debuts: Rachel Summers, Rogue, Vixen, Siryn, Pyro, Caliban, Indiana Jones Comic Books, Destiny, Avalanche, Spiral $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rachel Summers, Rogue, Vixen, Siryn, Pyro, Caliban, Indiana Jones Comic Books, Destiny, Avalanche, Spiral, Jack O’lantern, Hand, Fearsome Five, Jason Macendale, Rogue Trooper, Firebrand, Hydro-Man, Psimon, Firebird, Arisia Rrab, American Eagle, Sabra, Gargoyle, Gizmo, Nekron, Arak, Air Wave, Trigon, Razor Fist, Mad Jim Jaspers, Arabian Knight, Mammoth, Ursa Major, Neutron, Phobia, Sarah Simms, Plasmus, Hybrid, Dragon Lord, Superwoman, Blue Shield, Phantom Rider, Dragon King, Galius Zed, Kirigi, Warp, Stick, Electrocutioner, Arella, Bushmaster, Shimmer, Ding Dong Daddy, Black Bison, Morpheus, Valda the Iron Maiden, Wild Huntsman, Snowman, Midnight Man, Astron, Arlok. Excerpt: Air Wave Air Wave is the name of three fictional superheroes in the DC Comics universe . The first two were active in the Golden Age of Comic Books (albeit the second Air Wave had one appearance); The current Air Wave is a modern super-hero. Fictional character biographies Larry Jordan Law clerk Lawrence ‘Larry’ Jordan had recently graduated from law school and was an intern at the Brooklyn District Attorney office. Noticing the rise of crime , Jordan decided to become a costumed crimefighter using technology, and used his interests in radio and electronics to create his equipment, including a cowl radio system that allowed him to listen in on police reports and special skates that enabled him to travel along telephone lines. He was accompanied by an outspoken parrot named Static, who occasionally aided him in battle (and, for narrative purposes, gave him someone with whom he could converse in order to provide extrapolative information to the reader; parrot sidekicks served a similar purpose for Quality Comics ’s Madame Fatal , Hillman Comics ’s Twilight , and others). His superhero activities were |
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2 Unlimited $45 2 Unlimited is a Eurodance act formed in 1991. The project was the brainchild of Belgian producers Jean-Paul DeCoster and Phil Wilde, and was fronted by a Dutch duo, rapper Ray Slijngaard and singer Anita Doth. During five years of enormous worldwide popularity, the act scored 16 chart hits, including “Get Ready for This”, “Twilight Zone”, “No Limit” and “Tribal Dance”. They have sold more than 20 million records and 50 million compilations. On April 11, 2009, Ray and Anita performed together for the first time in 13 years at the “I Love The 90s” concert in Hasselt, Belgium. 2 Unlimited are known for being named “King & Queen Of Dance Music” after winning the “Best Dance Act” award 2 times in a row. They were also named “Best 90’s Music Act” in 2009, making them one of the most successful music artists of all time. |
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200 Years $15.98 200 Years? self-titled debut is a bare-boned folk-pop album that avoids frills and instead relies on subtlety. The duo is left completely vulnerable in this tranquil set of songs, which sound as if they were performed on a back porch at twilight, instead of in a studio. The tempo plods along at a snail? s pace, and the mood remains delicate throughout as Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance) strums his acoustic guitar and Elisa Ambrogio (of Magik Markers) barely projects her pretty, waifish voice. Occasionally some ambience creeps in (an electric guitar drone, an accordion hum, a pipe organ, some cymbal splashes, or background vocals) from the deep distance, but otherwise, a less-is-more approach keeps the acoustic guitar and vocal lullabies sounding intimate. 200 Years is as subtle as they come and makes for excellent background music, especially if you’re feeling fragile. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi |
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2010 Comic Debuts, including: Young Allies (marvel Comics), N., God Of War (comics), Hellblazer: Pandemonium, Megaton (magazine), Dread & Alive, Batman: The Brave And The Bold (comics), Girl Comics, Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Hit-monkey, Ghostopolis $11.8 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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2010s Comics Debuts, including: Young Allies (marvel Comics), N., God Of War (comics), Hellblazer: Pandemonium, Megaton (magazine), Dread & Alive, Batman: The Brave And The Bold (comics), Girl Comics, Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Hit-monkey, Ghostopolis $18.75 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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2010s Comics, Including: Young Allies (Marvel Comics), N., God of War (Comics), Hellblazer: Pandemonium, Megaton (Magazine), Dread & Alive, Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Comics), Girl Comics, Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Hit-Monkey, the Bronx Kill $18.27 Used – Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |
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2010s Comics, Including: Young Allies (Marvel Comics), N., God of War (Comics), Hellblazer: Pandemonium, Megaton (Magazine), Dread & Alive, Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Comics), Girl Comics, Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Hit-Monkey, the Bronx Kill $13.83 Used – Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |
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2010s Comics, including: Young Allies (marvel Comics), N., God Of War (comics), Hellblazer: Pandemonium, Megaton (magazine), Dread & Alive, Batman: The Brave And The Bold (comics), Girl Comics, Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Hit-monkey, The Bronx Kill $14.6 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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2011 Twilight Series – Eclipse Datemaker Calendar $14.99 Trends International Corporation,Wall Calendar, English-language edition,Pub by Trends International, LLC |
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2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Wall Calendar $14.99 Manufactured by Trends International,Wall Calendar, English-language edition,Pub by Trends International |
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2019 Dystopia USA: A Novel of America’s Economic Twilight $15.95 David W. Latko,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Tifda Press |
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23rd & Stout $15.98 After more than 30 years in the music biz, Chuck E. Weiss is still best known (a) as one of Tom Waits’ best friends, and (b) for being the subject of Rickie Lee Jones’ hit “Chuck E.’s in Love.” The latter distinction hasn’t done much for him lately, but he seems to be counting on the former to draw interest in his fourth album, 23rd & Stout. Most of 23rd & Stout sounds like some unreleased Tom Waits album that walks in a Twilight Zone between the Beefheart-influenced throb of Swordfishtrombones and the laid-back beatnik vibe of Blue Valentine. While it’s entirely possible that Waits has borrowed a bit of his buddy Weiss’ schtick over the years, there’s also little argument that Waits is far better at it, and it doesn’t help that Weiss’ band here (headlined by Tony Gilkyson on guitar and Don Heffington on drums) isn’t able to deliver the gloriously strange groove of Waits’ more recent work, though the group sounds great on the jazz-leaning material. When Weiss goes into a shaggy-dog story like the title cut or a lurching stomp such as “Prince Minsky’s Lament,” it’s all but impossible not to compare him to Waits, but in all fairness Weiss is a better than average songwriter, and when he lets his funny side take over (like he does on “Half Off at the Rebop Shop,” “Sho Is Cold,” or “Piccolo Pete”), he’s an enjoyable and absorbing performer. (His sly interpretation of “Primrose Lane” also suggests he could deliver a fine set of standards if he were so inclined.) Too much of 23rd & Stout makes Chuck E. Weiss sound like the Baja Marimba Band to Tom Waits’ Tijuana Brass, and the shame of that is he’s clearly talented enough establish a more distinctive creative identity by now, as the best moments of this album confirm. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi |
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360 Degrees New York $42.53 Using a digital camera and digital imaging technology, photographer Nick Wood has developed a new way to photograph landscapes and cityscapes, placing the viewer in the center of dramatic 360 panoramas. Exploring New York and London with this equipment, he documents his favorite places. The resulting books are perfect souvenirs of great cities and intriguing photographic adventures. Each book visits famous landmarks as well as hip and popular spots off the beaten path in spectacular 360 photographs. Numerous visual details give a sense of closer involvement with a scene. The long, landscape format is suited to the style of the photographic images, and each volume has one amazing gatefold. Included with each book is a Mac- and PC-compatible CD-ROM with QuickTime movies of all the sites. 360 New York visits some of the city’s major landmarks as well as favorite spots of New York insiders. Among the many scenes captured are the Empire State Building, Wall Street, Times Square, Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Waldorf Astoria, as well as the Empire Diner, the Chelsea Hotel, a firehouse, a neighborhood bar, and even a salon for New York’s most pampered dogs. The book is a virtual visit to the city in which the vibrant diversity and sense of bigness is clearly conveyed, particularly in a marvelous panoramic fold-out of the skyline at twilight. |
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6000 Tons Of Gold $20.36 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Where Gold Was As DrossCHAPTER III. . It was dusk when the six horsemen, descending the still tortuous path, reached the bottom of the mountain-guarded valley. They had been challenged by a small band of Indians when they first entered the narrow pass between the mountains two hours before. Now again three dark-skinned sentinels suddenly barred their way with a gruff command which the white men did not understand. Casimiro responded, giving what was probably a countersign. The shadows were so dark that the three guardsmen of the pass did not recognize their chief until he spoke. When they heard his voice, they made obeisance to him, and he conversed with them for a few moments. The party moved on presently, and came at once upon a scene quite different from the wild and barren chaos of the mountain-side. It was a bit of Nature’s most peaceful loveliness thrown down in the midst of her most majestic confusion ; it was an emerald in a setting of jet, an oasis of beauty in a desert of shapeless grandeur. There was waving grass, nodding flowers, and a grove of stately trees. The twilight softened the grimshapes of the surrounding heights. Nature’s face had changed suddenly from frowns to smiles, and the transformation was bewildering. The visitors were puzzled and delighted. They had seen no sign of verdure from the pass above, when Casimiro pointed out what seemed to be but a tiny patch of white sand. It was not a wide expanse, this spot of fertility in a sterile wilderness, but it afforded pasturage for quite a large herd of horses, and among the trees beyond was a numerous village of huts. A number of natives caught sight of the party, and came to meet them. They received the chiefs, Casimiro especially, with many signs of respect and pleasure. The white men they regarded with curious interest. Dismounting . |
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6000 Tons Of Gold $19.42 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Where Gold Was As DrossCHAPTER III. . It was dusk when the six horsemen, descending the still tortuous path, reached the bottom of the mountain-guarded valley. They had been challenged by a small band of Indians when they first entered the narrow pass between the mountains two hours before. Now again three dark-skinned sentinels suddenly barred their way with a gruff command which the white men did not understand. Casimiro responded, giving what was probably a countersign. The shadows were so dark that the three guardsmen of the pass did not recognize their chief until he spoke. When they heard his voice, they made obeisance to him, and he conversed with them for a few moments. The party moved on presently, and came at once upon a scene quite different from the wild and barren chaos of the mountain-side. It was a bit of Nature’s most peaceful loveliness thrown down in the midst of her most majestic confusion ; it was an emerald in a setting of jet, an oasis of beauty in a desert of shapeless grandeur. There was waving grass, nodding flowers, and a grove of stately trees. The twilight softened the grimshapes of the surrounding heights. Nature’s face had changed suddenly from frowns to smiles, and the transformation was bewildering. The visitors were puzzled and delighted. They had seen no sign of verdure from the pass above, when Casimiro pointed out what seemed to be but a tiny patch of white sand. It was not a wide expanse, this spot of fertility in a sterile wilderness, but it afforded pasturage for quite a large herd of horses, and among the trees beyond was a numerous village of huts. A number of natives caught sight of the party, and came to meet them. They received the chiefs, Casimiro especially, with many signs of respect and pleasure. The white men they regarded with curious interest. Dismounting . |
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6000 Tons of Gold $32.86 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Where Gold Was As DrossCHAPTER III. . It was dusk when the six horsemen, descending the still tortuous path, reached the bottom of the mountain-guarded valley. They had been challenged by a small band of Indians when they first entered the narrow pass between the mountains two hours before. Now again three dark-skinned sentinels suddenly barred their way with a gruff command which the white men did not understand. Casimiro responded, giving what was probably a countersign. The shadows were so dark that the three guardsmen of the pass did not recognize their chief until he spoke. When they heard his voice, they made obeisance to him, and he conversed with them for a few moments. The party moved on presently, and came at once upon a scene quite different from the wild and barren chaos of the mountain-side. It was a bit of Nature’s most peaceful loveliness thrown down in the midst of her most majestic confusion ; it was an emerald in a setting of jet, an oasis of beauty in a desert of shapeless grandeur. There was waving grass, nodding flowers, and a grove of stately trees. The twilight softened the grimshapes of the surrounding heights. Nature’s face had changed suddenly from frowns to smiles, and the transformation was bewildering. The visitors were puzzled and delighted. They had seen no sign of verdure from the pass above, when Casimiro pointed out what seemed to be but a tiny patch of white sand. It was not a wide expanse, this spot of fertility in a sterile wilderness, but it afforded pasturage for quite a large herd of horses, and among the trees beyond was a numerous village of huts. A number of natives caught sight of the party, and came to meet them. They received the chiefs, Casimiro especially, with many signs of respect and pleasure. The white men they regarded with curious interest. Dismounting . |
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A Blaze of Light $16.99 A Blaze of Light is a compilation of poems from Molly Brogan’s trilogy of novels: Remember Me, Chasing Twilight and Shadow Dancing. In this trilogy, Molly Brogan follows her character through a courageous journey as she learns to let go of her fears and embrace life and love to maximum capacity. She discovers that loss can only be experienced in separation and that life lived feeling the glorious thread of connection is life fully embraced with joy. She discovers with rare courage that even compassion falls away when the road to integration allows the unseen within to be reflected all around and fully heart felt. The poetry allows the reader to feel the coming together of character through relationship. |
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A Book For The Hammock $19.92 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:OLD SEA ORDNANCE. Not very long since a French smack fished up an old cannon a league or so to the eastward of the North head of the Goodwin Sands. It was believed to be a gun of the time of De Euyter and ” Trump,” but so eaten, rusted, and defaced by time and the action of salt water that its paternity was scarcely a determinable thing. There is no lack of reminders ashore of the sort of weapons with which our grandsires fought the battles of their country; but somehow an interest that no museum could impart attaches to an object dragged from the tomb of the deep, hauled out of the twilight of its oozy bed, and set up for all eyes to gaze at in the staring light of day. In marine collections there are still to be found tomahawks of the pattern which Nelson’s men handled; but figure one of these death-dealing contrivances fished up in Cadiz Bay ! strangely hooked off a tract of the sand there, over which the keels of the flaming and thunderous ships of that Titanic struggle surged in their throes of conflict! Of all the changes which the sea-vocation has witnessed none is so complete as the battle-ship’s armaments. The process has indeed been gradual; great sharpness of transition has only been visible within the last twenty-five years ; yet it is not necessary to talk of hundred-ton guns to emphasize the growth of ordnance.There was a mighty difference betwixt the batteries of the old Duke of Wellington, for example, and those of the ships to which the cannon lately trawled up in the Channel belonged. But it is instructive, and certainly amusing, to go much further back still. In an ancient treatise, called ” Speculum Eegale,” a description is given of the method of attack and defence as practised in the navy in the twelfth century. Here the mariner is told to provide |
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A Book For The Hammock $18.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:OLD SEA ORDNANCE. Not very long since a French smack fished up an old cannon a league or so to the eastward of the North head of the Goodwin Sands. It was believed to be a gun of the time of De Euyter and ” Trump,” but so eaten, rusted, and defaced by time and the action of salt water that its paternity was scarcely a determinable thing. There is no lack of reminders ashore of the sort of weapons with which our grandsires fought the battles of their country; but somehow an interest that no museum could impart attaches to an object dragged from the tomb of the deep, hauled out of the twilight of its oozy bed, and set up for all eyes to gaze at in the staring light of day. In marine collections there are still to be found tomahawks of the pattern which Nelson’s men handled; but figure one of these death-dealing contrivances fished up in Cadiz Bay ! strangely hooked off a tract of the sand there, over which the keels of the flaming and thunderous ships of that Titanic struggle surged in their throes of conflict! Of all the changes which the sea-vocation has witnessed none is so complete as the battle-ship’s armaments. The process has indeed been gradual; great sharpness of transition has only been visible within the last twenty-five years ; yet it is not necessary to talk of hundred-ton guns to emphasize the growth of ordnance.There was a mighty difference betwixt the batteries of the old Duke of Wellington, for example, and those of the ships to which the cannon lately trawled up in the Channel belonged. But it is instructive, and certainly amusing, to go much further back still. In an ancient treatise, called ” Speculum Eegale,” a description is given of the method of attack and defence as practised in the navy in the twelfth century. Here the mariner is told to provide |
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A Book For The Hammock $32.85 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:OLD SEA ORDNANCE. Not very long since a French smack fished up an old cannon a league or so to the eastward of the North head of the Goodwin Sands. It was believed to be a gun of the time of De Euyter and ” Trump,” but so eaten, rusted, and defaced by time and the action of salt water that its paternity was scarcely a determinable thing. There is no lack of reminders ashore of the sort of weapons with which our grandsires fought the battles of their country; but somehow an interest that no museum could impart attaches to an object dragged from the tomb of the deep, hauled out of the twilight of its oozy bed, and set up for all eyes to gaze at in the staring light of day. In marine collections there are still to be found tomahawks of the pattern which Nelson’s men handled; but figure one of these death-dealing contrivances fished up in Cadiz Bay ! strangely hooked off a tract of the sand there, over which the keels of the flaming and thunderous ships of that Titanic struggle surged in their throes of conflict! Of all the changes which the sea-vocation has witnessed none is so complete as the battle-ship’s armaments. The process has indeed been gradual; great sharpness of transition has only been visible within the last twenty-five years ; yet it is not necessary to talk of hundred-ton guns to emphasize the growth of ordnance.There was a mighty difference betwixt the batteries of the old Duke of Wellington, for example, and those of the ships to which the cannon lately trawled up in the Channel belonged. But it is instructive, and certainly amusing, to go much further back still. In an ancient treatise, called ” Speculum Eegale,” a description is given of the method of attack and defence as practised in the navy in the twelfth century. Here the mariner is told to provide |
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A Book For The Hammock $19.94 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:OLD SEA ORDNANCE. Not very long since a French smack fished up an old cannon a league or so to the eastward of the North head of the Goodwin Sands. It was believed to be a gun of the time of De Euyter and ” Trump,” but so eaten, rusted, and defaced by time and the action of salt water that its paternity was scarcely a determinable thing. There is no lack of reminders ashore of the sort of weapons with which our grandsires fought the battles of their country; but somehow an interest that no museum could impart attaches to an object dragged from the tomb of the deep, hauled out of the twilight of its oozy bed, and set up for all eyes to gaze at in the staring light of day. In marine collections there are still to be found tomahawks of the pattern which Nelson’s men handled; but figure one of these death-dealing contrivances fished up in Cadiz Bay ! strangely hooked off a tract of the sand there, over which the keels of the flaming and thunderous ships of that Titanic struggle surged in their throes of conflict! Of all the changes which the sea-vocation has witnessed none is so complete as the battle-ship’s armaments. The process has indeed been gradual; great sharpness of transition has only been visible within the last twenty-five years ; yet it is not necessary to talk of hundred-ton guns to emphasize the growth of ordnance.There was a mighty difference betwixt the batteries of the old Duke of Wellington, for example, and those of the ships to which the cannon lately trawled up in the Channel belonged. But it is instructive, and certainly amusing, to go much further back still. In an ancient treatise, called ” Speculum Eegale,” a description is given of the method of attack and defence as practised in the navy in the twelfth century. Here the mariner is told to provide |
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A Book For The Hammock $25.85 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:OLD SEA ORDNANCE. Not very long since a French smack fished up an old cannon a league or so to the eastward of the North head of the Goodwin Sands. It was believed to be a gun of the time of De Euyter and ” Trump,” but so eaten, rusted, and defaced by time and the action of salt water that its paternity was scarcely a determinable thing. There is no lack of reminders ashore of the sort of weapons with which our grandsires fought the battles of their country; but somehow an interest that no museum could impart attaches to an object dragged from the tomb of the deep, hauled out of the twilight of its oozy bed, and set up for all eyes to gaze at in the staring light of day. In marine collections there are still to be found tomahawks of the pattern which Nelson’s men handled; but figure one of these death-dealing contrivances fished up in Cadiz Bay ! strangely hooked off a tract of the sand there, over which the keels of the flaming and thunderous ships of that Titanic struggle surged in their throes of conflict! Of all the changes which the sea-vocation has witnessed none is so complete as the battle-ship’s armaments. The process has indeed been gradual; great sharpness of transition has only been visible within the last twenty-five years ; yet it is not necessary to talk of hundred-ton guns to emphasize the growth of ordnance.There was a mighty difference betwixt the batteries of the old Duke of Wellington, for example, and those of the ships to which the cannon lately trawled up in the Channel belonged. But it is instructive, and certainly amusing, to go much further back still. In an ancient treatise, called ” Speculum Eegale,” a description is given of the method of attack and defence as practised in the navy in the twelfth century. Here the mariner is told to provide |
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A Book Of Verse Of The Great War $20.86 General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1917Original Publisher: Yale University Press Subjects: World War, 1914-1918History / Military / World War ILiterary Criticism / PoetryPoetry / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: Then on, you sturdy English hands, And keep the colors flying, And we’ll not grudge your blessed blood If Tyranny’s a-dying. V. D. F. In Memoriam By Humbert “7OU from Givenchy, since no years can harden The beautiful dead, when holy twilight reaches The sleeping cedar and the copper beeches, Return to walk again in Wadham Garden. We, growing old, grow stranger to the College, Symbol of youth, where we were young together, But you, beyond the reach of time and weather, Of youth in death forever keep the knowledge. We hoard our youth, we hoard our youth, and fear it, But you, who freely gave what we have hoarded, Are with the final goal of youth rewarded The road to travel and the traveler’s spirit. And therefore, when for us the stars go down, Your star is steady over Oxford Town. PRAYER FOR PEACE PRAYER FOR PEACE By William Samuel Johnson “VTOW these were visions in the night of war: – ‘ I prayed for peace; God, answering my prayer, Sent down a grievous plague on humankind, A black and tumorous plague that softly slew Till nations and their armies were no more — And there was perfect peace . . . But I awoke, wroth with high God and prayer. I prayed for peace; God, answering my prayer, Decreed the Truce of Life: — Wings in the sky Fluttered and fell; the quick, bright ocean things Sank to the ooze; the footprints in the woods Vanished; the freed brute from the abattoir Starved on green pastures; and w |
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A Brief History of Vampires $13.95 With the phenomenal success of the Twilight series and the popularity of shows like True Blood on HBO, vampires continue to be embedded in popular culture. Vampires have haunted readers and movie lovers for centuries and have been interpreted in every genre since.M. J. Trow charts the whole phenomena from its origins, depicting the story of warrior-prince Vlad of Wallachia (aka Dracula), who defended Europe against the Muslim invaders in fifteenth-century Europe. |
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A Brief Lunacy $1 Cynthia Thayer writes about people we know. Or thinkwe know. They have secrets, closely held out of shame or perhaps because of memories too painful to mention. In A Brief Lunacy, deep secrets are shaken loose as her characters are thrust into a situation both terrifying and, ultimately, revelatory. Jessie and Carl are a retired couple enjoying a quiet life in rural Maine, until a phone call one October afternoon informs them that their daughter has disappeared from the institution in which she resides. Then, as twilight falls, a stranded young man comes to their door seeking shelter, and thinking of their missing daughter who might also be in need, they invite him into their home. Slowly they realize he knows more about their family than they could dare to imagine, and as the threat of violence looms, they discover that the stranger has no intention of leaving. Here is a desperate threesome, embroiled in a trinity of madness, yet each struggling alone, searching for answers, for escape, and for sanity. Thayer s insights into the human psyche make a gripping novel that raises questions about how well we know our loved ones; how we play out the roles expected of us; how far we will go to protect our children; and what it takes to cross the threshold into madness. |
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A Brief Lunacy $3.05 Cynthia Thayer writes about people we know. Or thinkwe know. They have secrets, closely held out of shame or perhaps because of memories too painful to mention. In A Brief Lunacy, deep secrets are shaken loose as her characters are thrust into a situation both terrifying and, ultimately, revelatory. Jessie and Carl are a retired couple enjoying a quiet life in rural Maine, until a phone call one October afternoon informs them that their daughter has disappeared from the institution in which she resides. Then, as twilight falls, a stranded young man comes to their door seeking shelter, and thinking of their missing daughter who might also be in need, they invite him into their home. Slowly they realize he knows more about their family than they could dare to imagine, and as the threat of violence looms, they discover that the stranger has no intention of leaving. Here is a desperate threesome, embroiled in a trinity of madness, yet each struggling alone, searching for answers, for escape, and for sanity. Thayer s insights into the human psyche make a gripping novel that raises questions about how well we know our loved ones; how we play out the roles expected of us; how far we will go to protect our children; and what it takes to cross the threshold into madness. |
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A Brotherhood of Tyrants: Manic Depression and Absolute Power $82.62 Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Stalin were three tyrants, the effects of whose brutal regimes are still with us. Each attained absolute power, and misused it in a gargantuan fashion, leaving in his wake a trail of hatred, devastation, and death. This remarkable study, while it examines the private and public lives of these three megalomaniacal leaders, is neither history nor biography. Rather, it takes the reader into the terra incognita of relationships between the strange lives of Napoleon, Hitler, and Stalin and the ferocious, bizarre political systems they established. In A Brotherhood of Tyrants, D. Jablow Hershman and Julian Lieb uncover manic depression as a hidden cause of dictatorship, war, and mass killing. Comparing Napoleon, Hitler, and Stalin, they describe a number of behavioral similarities supporting the contention that a specific psychiatric disorder – manic depression – can be one of the key factors in a political pathology such as tyranny. Combining familiar facts from history and psychiatry, Hershman and Lieb have created a new theory suggesting that power and madness are linked by a mental disorder so variable in its effects that it condemns some people to twilight existences in mental hospitals while it propels others to every imaginable success. Focusing on these three dictators of modern history, A Brotherhood of Tyrants argues that manic depression has always been, and continues to be, a critical factor in compelling some individuals to seek political power and to become tyrants. It powerfully demonstrates how this disorder is the source of many of the typical characteristics – including grandiosity and megalomania – of a tyrannical personality, and provides a manual for the identification of the psychotic tyrant. In an epilogue, Hershman and Lieb outline the clinical signs of manic depression as described in the classic studies of the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926). The authors apply these clinical signs and sy |
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A Canadian Twilight $28.43 This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s 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 world’s literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! |
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A Canadian Twilight and Other Poems of War and of Peace $14.03 Bernard Freeman Trotter, W. S. W. McLay,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Nabu Press |
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A Canadian Twilight: And Other Poems of War and of Peace (1917) $20.95 This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s 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 world’s literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! |
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A Caress of Twilight $15 I am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne–if I can stay alive long enough to claim it. After eluding relentless assassination attempts by Prince Cel, her cousin and rival for the Faerie crown, Meredith Gentry, Los Angeles private eye, has a whole new set of problems. To become queen, she must bear a child before Cel can father one of his own. But havoc lies on the horizon: people are dying in mysterious, frightening ways, and suddenly the very existence of the place known as Faerie is at grave risk. So now, while she enjoys the greatest pleasures of her life attempting to conceive a baby with the warriors of her royal guard, she must fend off an ancient evil that could destroy the very fabric of reality. And that’’s just her day job. . . . From the Paperback edition. |
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A Caress of Twilight $12.87 A Caress of Twilight |
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A Caress of Twilight $5.92 Heir to the Faerie throne, Meredith Gentry, who is part human, flees from her backstabbing cousin with her royal guards and is now a private eye in Los Angeles. There, people–and fey–are dying in frightening ways. Meredith now must fend off an ancient evil to save her home. Unabridged. |
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A Caress of Twilight $7.99 Faerie princess Meredith Gentry is heir to a throne–if she can stay alive long enough to claim it. Her cousin, Prince Cel, is determined to see that she doesn’t. As long as they both live, they are in a race: Whichever one of them reproduces first gets the throne.From The Publisher:After eluding relentless assassination attempts by Prince Cel, her cousin and rival for the Faerie crown, Meredith Gentry, Los Angeles private eye, has a whole new set of problems. To become queen, she must bear a child before Cel can father one of his own. But havoc lies on the horizon: people are dying in mysterious, frightening ways, and suddenly the very existence of the place known as Faerie is at grave risk. So now, while she enjoys the greatest pleasures of her life attempting to conceive a baby with the warriors of her royal guard, she must fend off an ancient evil that could destroy the very fabric of reality. And that s just her day job.About the Author:Laurell K. Hamilton is the New York Times bestselling author of the first novel starring Meredith Gentry, A Kiss of Shadows, and nine acclaimed Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. |
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A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry Series #2) $24.95 Laurell K. Hamilton, Read by Laural Merlington,MP3 on CD – Unabridged,Series: Meredith Gentry Series 2, English-language edition,Pub by Brilliance Audio |
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A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry Series #2) $38.95 Laurell K. Hamilton, Read by Laural Merlington,Compact Disc – Unabridged,Series: Meredith Gentry Series 2, English-language edition,Pub by Brilliance Audio |
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A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry Series #2) $15 Laurell K. Hamilton,Paperback – Reprint,Series: Meredith Gentry Series 2, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Publishing Group on 03-15-2005 |
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A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry Series #2) $14.99 Laurell K. Hamilton, Read by Laural Merlington,Compact Disc – Abridged, 5 CDs, 6 hours,Series: Meredith Gentry Series 2, English-language edition,Pub by Brilliance Audio |
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A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry Series #2) $7.99 Laurell K. Hamilton,Mass Market Paperback – Reissue,Series: Meredith Gentry Series 2, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Publishing Group on 03-04-2003 |
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A Christine Feehan Holiday Treasury $99 Available together for the first time in a handsome hardcover edition are three paranormal romance holiday novellas by New York Times bestselling author Feehan– After the Music, The Twilight Before Christmas, and Rocky Mountain Miracle. |
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A Christine Feehan Holiday Treasury $14 Available together for the first time in a handsome hardcover edition are three paranormal romance holiday novellas by New York Times bestselling author Feehan– After the Music, The Twilight Before Christmas, and Rocky Mountain Miracle. |
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A Christine Feehan Holiday Treasury: After the Music / The Twilight Before Christmas / Rocky Mountain Miracle $14 Christine Feehan,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Gallery Books |
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A Citizen Of The Twilight $10.34 This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s 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 world’s literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! |
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A Citizen of the Twilight, Jose Asuncion Silva $11.08 New – This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s 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 world’s literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for ev |
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A Citizen of the Twilight, Jose Asuncion Silva $11.16 Used – This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s 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 world’s literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e |
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A Citizen of the Twilight: Jose Asuncion Silva (1921) $24.11 New – This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s 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 world’s literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for ev |
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A Cloak of Memories $9.95 A Cloak of Memories is a collection of poems that were written during different stages of the authors life. She drew inspiration from the beautiful natural surroundings, her family as well as the people she encountered in her small town. The poems express her deep religious faith as well as some of the trials that each of us must face along the path of our lives. Sadie’’s poems reflect her Christian walk, religious faith and her ability to face death without fear as expressed in Why Should You Worry and Bury Me on that Lovely Hillside. Her husband was a gambler. He inspired her to write Life is Like a Game of Poker. Her son Hubert was in a terrible car accident in 1969 and he laid in a coma for 33 days. She wrote The Land of Misty Haze for him. Her mother inspired her to write In the Evening in the Twilight. Her grandmother inspired her to write Whip O” Will about the four seasons.Sadie shares poems such as: Life is Like a Game of Poker Mother Nature and Father Time Way Down in Old Kentucky The Best Day Yet The Setting of Life’’s Sun The Land of Misty Haze Why Should You Worry? Memories Bury Me On That Lovely Hillside |
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A Coach’s Letter to His Son $9.95 Baseball is a game steeped in tradition, played from backyards to major league stadiums, and cheered by millions of fans. But at its most intimate and fundamental level, baseball is a game grounded in fathers and sons: in playing catch in the twilight hours after supper, in sons standing before old fences swinging at their father’s pitches. Creative Editions is proud to present A Coach’s Letter to His Son, a nostalgic tribute to the game. The words of Mel Allen and sketches and photo-realistic paintings by John Thompson combine to convey a coach’s story and regrets to his son, a baseball player not yet in his teens. Reflecting on his own baseball childhood, the importance of family, and the high-pressure atmosphere that surrounds youth sports at even the earliest levels of competition today, the narrator comes to reassess his priorities and rediscover the purity of baseball. In an age when America’s pastime is increasingly defined by statistics, awards, and championships, A Coach’s Letter to His Son is a powerful and touching reminder of the heart of the game. |
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A Critical History of Television’s The Twilight Zone, 1959-1964 $29.95 This comprehensive reference work first gives a complete history of the show, from its beginning in 1959 to its final 1964 season. The authors then provide critical commentaries and incisive analyses of all 156 episodes, along with the most complete listing of casts and credits ever published. |
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A Critical History of Television’s the Twilight Zone, 1959-1964 $95.87 This comprehensive reference work first gives a complete history of the show, from its beginning in 1959 to its final 1964 season. The authors then provide critical commentaries and incisive analyses of all 156 episodes, along with the most complete listing of casts and credits ever published. Biographical profiles of writers and contributors comprise the book’s third main section. Detailed appendices — writers, directors, actors, genres, and a listing of all episodes in order of original airdate — are also included. An extensive bibliography and an exhaustive index conclude the work. |
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A Critical History of Televisions the Twilight Zone, 1959-1964 $29.95 Don Presnell, Marty McGee,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |
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A Crown of Swords (Wheel of Time Series #7) $32.95 The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.THE WHEEL OF TIMEBook One: The Eye of the WorldBook Two: The Great HuntBook Three: The Dragon RebornBook Four: The Shadow RisingBook Five: The Fires of HeavenBook Six: Lord of ChaosBook Seven: A Crown of SwordsBook Eight: The Path of DaggersBook Nine: Winter’s HeartBook Ten: Crossroads of Twilight |
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A Dreamers Escape $2.48 Jamie Richards,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Twilight Times Books |
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A Feast for Crows $233.92 Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth installment of his epic fantasy series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. Unabridged. From the Publisher: Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace…only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. A Feast for Crows It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears….With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King s Landing. Robb Stark s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist–or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces–some familiar, others only just appearing–are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the |
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A Future for Truth: Evangelical Theology in a Postmodern World $3.71 Confident that universal truths could be identified and agreed upon by rational persons everywhere, modernity threw off external authorities such as religious dogma and insisted on the freedom of the individual to discover truth through his or her own reason. We now live in the twilight of the modern world, when the pluralistic character of our societies demands that we recognize many competing claims to truth. This new, “postmodern” situation in which we find ourselves is an especially difficult challenge to evangelical theology, which defends historic Christian truth-claims as universal, and Christian Scripture as uniquely authoritative for everyone. Many evangelicals have tended to rely on modern assumptions regarding universal categories of human reason and experience in their insistence that Christ is Lord of all, and that the Christian life, while distinctive to Christianity, is meant for all people. Postmodernism, on the other hand, emphasizes particularity and abandons the search for universals. It asserts that, while the Christ event may be true for Christians—that is, helpful or therapeutic to them as persons—to claim it is true for everyone is unwarranted and disrespectful of diversity. Little wonder, then, that evangelicals view postmodern thought with discomfort and suspicion. |
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A Game of Thrones $32 Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. To the south, the king’s powers are failing: his most trusted advisor dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the frozen land they were born to. Now Lord Eddard Stark is reluctantly summoned to serve as the king’s new Hand, an appointment that threatens to sunder not only his family but the kingdom itself. Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards who come together in a time of grim omens. Here, an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal, a tribe of fierce wildings carry men off into madness, a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne, a child is lost in the twilight between life and death, and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones. |
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A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening $12 Winner of the Portuguese Writers’ Association Grand Prize for Fiction and the Pegasus Prize for Literature, and a best-seller in Portugal, Mario de Carvalho’s A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening is a vivid and affecting historical novel set at the twilight of the Roman Empire and the dawn of the Christian era. Lucius Valerius Quintius is prefect of the fictitious city of Tarcisis, charged to defend it against menaces from without — Moors invading the Iberian peninsula — and from within — the decadent complacency of the Pax Romana. Lucius’s devotion to civic duty undergoes its most crucial test when Iunia Cantaber, the beautiful, charismatic leader of the outlawed Christian sect, is brought before his court. A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening is a timeless story of an era beset by radical upheaval and a man struggling to reconcile his heart, his ethics, and his civic duty. |
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A Hitch in Twilight $16.99 Vic Fortezza,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by All Things That Matter Press |
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A Kiss of Ashen Twilight $13.22 A Kiss of Ashen Twilight |
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A Life Complete: Finding Meaning & Purpose in Later Years $49.51 Exhibiting rare insight, empathy, and a wonderfully all-inclusive brand of spirituality, A Life Complete delivers guidelines for coping with the onset of middle age and later years, when the potential for chronic illness and disability increases significantly. It explains how choices readers make in midlife can become distilled and irreversible by the time they reach their twilight years. |
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A Life in Twilight $2.87 The father of the atomic bomb and head of the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer, emerges in a new light in this compelling narrative that tells of the last 13 years of his life. |
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A Magic of Twilight (Nessantico Cycle Series #1) $1.99 The breathtaking first novel in a brilliant new fantasy seriesA masterwork of fantasy, The Nessantico Cycle is the epic tale of an empire at its height, yet poised on the brink of what could be a devastating descent into ruin. Told from the viewpoints of numerous characters, it is a sweeping saga of murder and magic (portrayed both as a powerful religion and a forbidden art), of deception and betrayal, of Machiavellian politics, star-crossed lovers, and a realm facing war on every front. |
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A Magic of Twilight (Nessantico Cycle Series #1) $7.99 S. L. Farrell,Mass Market Paperback – Reprint,Series: Nessantico Cycle Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) |
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A Map of the Territory $20.73 Written over a period of years, these poems meditate on memory and landscape. Poet Nigel Forde is fascinated by things in the process of change such as music, the momentary epiphany, and the precarious balance of twilight rather than night or day. This collection maps a landscape and the mind that it has shaped; two central sequences express ways of remaking memories in language. |
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A Munster Twilight $20.75 This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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A Nameless Wrestler $30.23 Used – Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3CHAPTER III. Again in the gathering twilight Jean Fcnnimore might be seen slipping from the stately house and gliding out among the arbored shadows. She moved now more warily than before, and her scrutiny of the windows was sharper; but she passed through the gate unobserved, and took once more the sheltered path that led through the |
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A New Dawn $12.95 Edited by a bestselling author, this volume is packed with the same debates that fans of The Twilight Saga engage in with their friends, but from favorite YA authors as they look at the series with fresh eyes. Contributors include Rachel Caine, Megan McCafferty, Cassandra Clare, and others. |
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A Practical Guide to Vampires $12.95 How old is a vampire fledgling? What’’s the best way to slip into a vampire’’s home? New York Times -bestselling author Lisa Trumbauer illuminates the twilight world of vampires in the next edition in the Practical Guide family of fantasy essentials. |
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A Scent of Diamonds $2.48 Dorothy Ann Skarles,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Twilight Times Books |
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A Season of Splendor $35 The splendor and the excesses of the 400 Families Even after a hundred years, New York’’s 400 Families continue to captivate readers. This book brings to life this extraordinary era, from the people and their delicious scandals to their extravagant palaces and opulent balls–a time when Mrs. Astor held sway, the Vanderbilts rebuilt society, and New York was the most glamorous, most envied, and most condemned city in America. Greg King (Everett, WA) is the author of the British bestseller The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson (978-0-8065-2464-1), as well as The Court of the Last Tsar (978-0-471-72763-7), The Fate of the Romanovs (978-0-471-20768-9), and Twilight of Splendor (978-0-470-04439-1). He has appeared as an on-screen commentator for the BBC, the Discovery Channel, and A&E. |
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A Shadow At Twilight $2.99 Mary Leo,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Books We Love Publishing |
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A Shower of Verses: Containing Mother’s Treasure Book, Fancies, Fairies, and Frolics, Twilight Poems $19.75 This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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A Shower of Verses: Containing Mother’s Treasure Book, Fancies, Fairies, and Frolics, Twilight Poems $24.99 This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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A Shower of Verses: Containing Mother’s Treasure Book, Fancies, Fairies, and Frolics, Twilight Poems (1914) $25.91 New – This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s 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 world’s literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for ev |
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A Shower of Verses: Containing Mother’s Treasure Book, Fancies, Fairies, and Frolics, Twilight Poems (1914) $25.91 Used – This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s 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 world’s literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e |
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A Slight Trick of the Mind $29.95 Mitch Cullin’s engrossing A Slight Trick of the Mind is an original portrait of literature’s most beloved detective, Sherlock Holmes, in the twilight of his illustrious life.Holmes—“a genius in whom scientific curiosity is raised to the status of heroic passion”—is famous for his powers of deduction. His world is made up of hard evidence and uncontestable facts, his observations and conclusions unsullied by personal feelings, until novelist Cullin goes behind the cold, unsentimental surface to reveal for the first time the inner world of an obsessively private man.It is 1947, and the long-retired Holmes, now 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse, where his memories and intellect begin to go adrift. He lives with a housekeeper and her young son, Roger, whose patient, respectful demeanor stirs paternal affection in Holmes. Holmes has settled into the routine of tending his apiary, writing in journals, and grappling with the diminishing powers of his razor-sharp mind, when Roger comes upon a case hitherto unknown. It is that of a Mrs. Keller, the long-ago object of Holmes’s deep—and never acknowledged—infatuation. As Mitch Cullin weaves together Holmes’s hidden past, his poignant struggle to retain mental acuity, and his unlikely relationship with Roger, Holmes is transformed from the machine-like, mythic figure into an ordinary man, confronting and acquiescing to emotions he has resisted his entire life. This subtle and wise work is more than just a reimagining of a classic character. It is a profound meditation on faultiness of memory and how, as we grow older, the way we see the world isinevitably altered. |
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A Slight Trick of the Mind $0.99 Mitch Cullin’s engrossing A Slight Trick of the Mind is an original portrait of literature’s most beloved detective, Sherlock Holmes, in the twilight of his illustrious life.Holmes—“a genius in whom scientific curiosity is raised to the status of heroic passion”—is famous for his powers of deduction. His world is made up of hard evidence and uncontestable facts, his observations and conclusions unsullied by personal feelings, until novelist Cullin goes behind the cold, unsentimental surface to reveal for the first time the inner world of an obsessively private man.It is 1947, and the long-retired Holmes, now 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse, where his memories and intellect begin to go adrift. He lives with a housekeeper and her young son, Roger, whose patient, respectful demeanor stirs paternal affection in Holmes. Holmes has settled into the routine of tending his apiary, writing in journals, and grappling with the diminishing powers of his razor-sharp mind, when Roger comes upon a case hitherto unknown. It is that of a Mrs. Keller, the long-ago object of Holmes’s deep—and never acknowledged—infatuation. As Mitch Cullin weaves together Holmes’s hidden past, his poignant struggle to retain mental acuity, and his unlikely relationship with Roger, Holmes is transformed from the machine-like, mythic figure into an ordinary man, confronting and acquiescing to emotions he has resisted his entire life. This subtle and wise work is more than just a reimagining of a classic character. It is a profound meditation on faultiness of memory and how, as we grow older, the way we see the world isinevitably altered. |
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A Slight Trick of the Mind $18.38 A Slight Trick of the Mind is an original portrait of literature’s most beloved detective, Sherlock Holmes, in the twilight of his illustrious life. Unabridged. 6 CDs. |
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A Slight Trick of the Mind $2.97 A Slight Trick of the Mind is an original portrait of literature’s most beloved detective, Sherlock Holmes, in the twilight of his illustrious life. Unabridged. |
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A Song at Twilight $13.31 It is 1943 and the quiet of Harrowbeer, in Devon, is disrupted by increased activity at the nearly airfield, built at the beginning of the War. Among the squadrons moving in are pilots from Britain, Canada, and Poland. The airfield, with its noise and its population, has a massive impact on the peaceful villages nearby–an impact that will affect some inhabitants for the rest of their lives. Alison, married to a pilot and newly pregnant, soon makes friends with the locals, particularly with May, who finds herself caught up in the life of the RAF, watching and waiting as the pilots and crew carry out their dangerous missions. Then, on the night when Alison’’s baby is born, her husband is reported missing and Alison and May find themselves facing a dilemma all too familiar to the wives and sweethearts of those who flew the Spitfires, Hurricanes, and other aircraft to protect their country during this time of war. |
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A Song at Twilight: Of Alzheimer’s and Love: A Memoir $18 Nancy Paddock,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Blueroad Press |
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A South African Night $27.64 Twilight in Johannesburg, South Africa, finds the bustle of the city beginning to subside. Work is over and it is time to sleep. But in nearby Kruger National Park, the setting sun beckons the animals and their young from the bush, to hunt, to graze, and to cool off in the night air. Full color. |
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A Tale of the Kloster $32.91 Used – Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3CHAPTER III SONNLEIN And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt There, in close covert, by |
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A Twilight In The Morning $15.95 Caleb J. Rocke,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by OakTara |
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A Witch’s Dozen $29.84 “Poetry in all that she does is her hallmark, and few are able to equal it . . .” — Charles L. Grant When Janet Fox’s story “Witches” appeared in Tales By Moonlight, the editor (noted author and critic Jessica Amanda Salmonson) described Janet Fox by saying: “A regular in Year’s Best Horror Stories, she has published in Amazons!, Fantastic, Moonbroth, Space & Time, Year’s Best Fantasy, and many other magazines and anthologies.” She might have added: Whispers, Shadows, Fears, and The Twilight Zone Magazine, among others.Salmonson went on to write: “If it weren’t so damnably hard to sell a single-author short story collection nowadays, one of the best books of the year would be the The Best of Janet Fox. The lead story might well be ‘Witches’.”Witches have proved to be a successful theme for many of Janet Fox’s stories, including the lead tale in this book . . . “Witches.” Here are the contents of this marvelous and long-overdue collection:”Witches,” from Tales by Moonlight; “Small Magic,” from Amazing Stories; “In the Kingdom of the Thorn,” from Whispers; “A Witch in Time” and “Demon & Demoiselle” from Fantastic Stories; “Morrien’s Bitch,” from Amazons!; “Screaming to Get Out,” from Weirdbook; “Valentine,” from Shadows; “Taking Care of Bertie,” from Eldritch Tales; “The Skins You Love to Touch, from Shadows; “Garage Sale,” from The Twilight Zone Magazine; “Surrogate,” from Fears; and “Alliances” (a sequel to “Morrien’s Bitch”), which is new in this volume. |
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