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The Captain Loves Caviar
There's something about Gonzales but who can put a finger on it? On the surface he seems pleasant and willing to oblige, the perfect manservant, but all is not as it seems.
Beyond the Screen
This scholarly anthology presents a new framework for understanding early cinema through its usage outside the realm of entertainment. From its earliest origins until the beginning of the twentieth century, cinema provided widespread access to remote parts of the globe and immediate reports on important events. Reaching beyond the nickelodeon theatres, cinema became part of numerous institutions, from churches and schools to department stores and charitable organizations. Then, in 1915, the Supreme Court declared moviemaking a “busines, pure and simple,” entrenching the film industry’s role as a producer of “harmless entertainment.” In Beyond the Screen, contributors shed light on how pre-1915 cinema defined itself through institutional interconnections and publics interested in science, education, religious uplift, labor organizing, and more.
The Ring and the Swastika
‘This is only a start,’ he said to Hilder. ‘I think that the English will invade sooner or later. Even though that may not be for some time the Germans will, in the end, be thrown out and I expect that there will be more raids to come.’ It’s 1941 and Erik Kingsnorth, a half-Norwegian Commando captain, lands in German occupied Norway as a radio-communications agent. He is acutely aware of the need at all costs to avoid his Norwegian relations but is spotted on a fishing boat by his cousin Bjorn. But Bjorn turns out to be a collaborator and Erik is ordered by the Resistance to shoot him. Armed with a pistol he confronts his cousin on a lonely path at dusk but cannot bring himself to ...
A Life of Joy
A machinist, a Marine, a father, grandfather, husband and orthodox Jew Sidney B. Klein embraced all the aspects of his life with joy and integrity, humor and intelligence. He recorded many of his exploits in the Marines and in his extensive travels, as well as his interactions with his children and grandchildren. His wife has interwoven these tales with the details of his life, in a funny and touching book.
Noble House
The epic novel of espionage, betrayal and turbulence in 1960s Hong Kong by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell Taking place over the course of an eventful week in 1963 Hong Kong, James Clavell’s Noble House is a masterfully woven novel of true suspense. Ian Dunross, the current tai-pan of the illustrious yet financially troubled Struan empire, is racing to undo the damage his predecessor left behind and to once again stand on stable ground. And he’ll do whatever it takes—including striking a hard-fought deal with an American millionaire. But his rival, Quillan Gornt, has other plans. Suddenly caught in a dubious plot involving Soviet spies, Hong Kong’s criminal underground, and the hostile takeover of his company, Dunross holds nothing back in the fight for the Noble House. Espionage, mayhem, and high-stakes betrayals make Noble House Clavell’s most prolific and imaginatively crafted narrative in the Asian Saga.
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Death By Muttonbird
A fast-paced comedy thriller with its tongue firmly planted in its cheek. Coronial investigator Jack Slazenger's holiday on Lord Howe Island is interrupted when American tourist Harvey Jacob is found dead on Muttonbird Drive, with an equally dead muttonbird sticking out of his ear! Was it truly a case of 'Death By Incompetent Seabird', or is something more sinister afoot? On his way to find out, Jack discovers a BASE jumper with a death wish, an attractive itinerant dentist, a Polynesian princess on the run, a deranged Swedish amputee, and the secret to a 60-year-old mystery!
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