Author: Bryan Senn
Publisher: Midnight Marquee Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to chronicle, critique and explore every theatrically released, English-language voodoo movie to date. Admittedly, sometimes the stories behind a film's making prove more entertaining than the movie itself, but such are the hazards of the job. While some are good, many are bad and a few are downright ugly, most voodoo movies contain at least the promise (occasionally fulfilled, more often not) of a glimpse into an alternate world view and spirituality that can be both fascinating and unsettling. Films such White Zombie, I Walked With a Zombie, Macumba Love, I Eat Your Skin, Angel Heart and The Believers are included in this fascinating film history.
Drums of Terror
Author: Bryan Senn
Publisher: Midnight Marquee Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to chronicle, critique and explore every theatrically released, English-language voodoo movie to date. Admittedly, sometimes the stories behind a film's making prove more entertaining than the movie itself, but such are the hazards of the job. While some are good, many are bad and a few are downright ugly, most voodoo movies contain at least the promise (occasionally fulfilled, more often not) of a glimpse into an alternate world view and spirituality that can be both fascinating and unsettling. Films such White Zombie, I Walked With a Zombie, Macumba Love, I Eat Your Skin, Angel Heart and The Believers are included in this fascinating film history.
Publisher: Midnight Marquee Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to chronicle, critique and explore every theatrically released, English-language voodoo movie to date. Admittedly, sometimes the stories behind a film's making prove more entertaining than the movie itself, but such are the hazards of the job. While some are good, many are bad and a few are downright ugly, most voodoo movies contain at least the promise (occasionally fulfilled, more often not) of a glimpse into an alternate world view and spirituality that can be both fascinating and unsettling. Films such White Zombie, I Walked With a Zombie, Macumba Love, I Eat Your Skin, Angel Heart and The Believers are included in this fascinating film history.
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Author: Jordan Sonnenblick
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545231167
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
A brave and beautiful story that will make readers laugh, and break their hearts at the same time. Now with a special note from the author! Steven has a totally normal life (well, almost).He plays drums in the All-City Jazz Band (whose members call him the Peasant), has a crush on the hottest girl in school (who doesn't even know he's alive), and is constantly annoyed by his younger brother, Jeffrey (who is cuter than cute - which is also pretty annoying). But when Jeffrey gets sick, Steven's world is turned upside down, and he is forced to deal with his brother's illness, his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece, his homework, the band, girls, and Dangerous Pie (yes, you'll have to read the book to find out what that is!).
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545231167
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
A brave and beautiful story that will make readers laugh, and break their hearts at the same time. Now with a special note from the author! Steven has a totally normal life (well, almost).He plays drums in the All-City Jazz Band (whose members call him the Peasant), has a crush on the hottest girl in school (who doesn't even know he's alive), and is constantly annoyed by his younger brother, Jeffrey (who is cuter than cute - which is also pretty annoying). But when Jeffrey gets sick, Steven's world is turned upside down, and he is forced to deal with his brother's illness, his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece, his homework, the band, girls, and Dangerous Pie (yes, you'll have to read the book to find out what that is!).
The Drums of the 47th
Author: Robert Jones Burdette
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This eloquent memoir records the Civil War experiences of Robert J. Burdette, private in the 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment. From Peoria to Corinth, from Corinth to Vicksburg, up the Red River country, down to Mobile and Fort Blakely, and back to Tupelo and Selma, the 47th marched three thousand miles during Burdette's tour, from March 1862 to December 1864. In a literate voice rare in war memoirs, Burdette speaks of comradeship built and tested, the noise and confusion of the battlefield, the conflicting feelings of witnessing a military execution. Both nostalgic and piercingly immediate, his remembrances evoke the sights, sounds, smells, and above all the inner feelings stirred up by war, from exuberance to terror and from patriotic fervor to compassion for a fallen enemy. Originally published--on the eve of another great conflict--in 1914, The Drums of the 47th is a moving depiction of the inner life of the common soldier. Like Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, Burdette's book puts a human face on the war and his words speak to all who have served or imagined serving under fire. The introduction by John E. Hallwas provides a biographical sketch of Burdette and a commentary on his engaging Civil War memoir.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This eloquent memoir records the Civil War experiences of Robert J. Burdette, private in the 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment. From Peoria to Corinth, from Corinth to Vicksburg, up the Red River country, down to Mobile and Fort Blakely, and back to Tupelo and Selma, the 47th marched three thousand miles during Burdette's tour, from March 1862 to December 1864. In a literate voice rare in war memoirs, Burdette speaks of comradeship built and tested, the noise and confusion of the battlefield, the conflicting feelings of witnessing a military execution. Both nostalgic and piercingly immediate, his remembrances evoke the sights, sounds, smells, and above all the inner feelings stirred up by war, from exuberance to terror and from patriotic fervor to compassion for a fallen enemy. Originally published--on the eve of another great conflict--in 1914, The Drums of the 47th is a moving depiction of the inner life of the common soldier. Like Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, Burdette's book puts a human face on the war and his words speak to all who have served or imagined serving under fire. The introduction by John E. Hallwas provides a biographical sketch of Burdette and a commentary on his engaging Civil War memoir.
Blues
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Languages : en
Pages : 356
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The Drums of War
Author: Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The South American
Author:
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Beat the Drums Slowly
Author: Adrian Goldsworthy
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297860402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The second novel in a brilliant new Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian Adrian Goldsworthy. Second in the series begun by TRUE SOLDIER GENTLEMEN, the story takes our heroes through the winter snows as Sir John Moore is forced to retreat to Corunna. Faced with appalling weather, and pursued by an overwhelming French army led by Napoleon himself, the very survival of Britain's army is at stake. But while the 106th Foot fights a desperate rearguard action, for the newly promoted Hamish Williams, the retreat turns into an unexpectedly personal drama. Separated from the rest of the army in the initial chaos, he chances upon another fugitive, Jane MacAndrews, the daughter of his commanding officer, and the woman he is desperately and hopelessly in love with. As the pair battle the elements and the pursuing French, picking up a rag-tag band of fellow stragglers along the way - as well as an abandoned newborn - the strict boundaries of their social relationship are tested to the limit, with surprising results. But Williams soon finds he must do more than simply evade capture and deliver Jane safe and sound to her father. A specially tasked unit of French cavalry is threatening to turn the retreat into a massacre, and Williams and his little band are the only thing standing between them and their goal.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297860402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The second novel in a brilliant new Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian Adrian Goldsworthy. Second in the series begun by TRUE SOLDIER GENTLEMEN, the story takes our heroes through the winter snows as Sir John Moore is forced to retreat to Corunna. Faced with appalling weather, and pursued by an overwhelming French army led by Napoleon himself, the very survival of Britain's army is at stake. But while the 106th Foot fights a desperate rearguard action, for the newly promoted Hamish Williams, the retreat turns into an unexpectedly personal drama. Separated from the rest of the army in the initial chaos, he chances upon another fugitive, Jane MacAndrews, the daughter of his commanding officer, and the woman he is desperately and hopelessly in love with. As the pair battle the elements and the pursuing French, picking up a rag-tag band of fellow stragglers along the way - as well as an abandoned newborn - the strict boundaries of their social relationship are tested to the limit, with surprising results. But Williams soon finds he must do more than simply evade capture and deliver Jane safe and sound to her father. A specially tasked unit of French cavalry is threatening to turn the retreat into a massacre, and Williams and his little band are the only thing standing between them and their goal.
The Ultimate Horror Collection
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
This unique and meticulously edited collection of H. P. Lovecraft's greatest works includes: The Tomb_x000D_ Dagon_x000D_ A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson_x000D_ Polaris_x000D_ Beyond the Wall of Sleep_x000D_ Memory_x000D_ Old Bugs_x000D_ The Transition of Juan Romero_x000D_ The White Ship_x000D_ The Statement of Randolph Carter_x000D_ The Street_x000D_ The Terrible Old Man_x000D_ The Tree_x000D_ From Beyond_x000D_ The Temple_x000D_ Nyarlathotep_x000D_ The Picture in the House_x000D_ Facts concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family_x000D_ The Nameless City_x000D_ The Moon-Bog_x000D_ Ex Oblivione_x000D_ The Outsider_x000D_ The Music of Erich Zann_x000D_ Sweet Ermengarde_x000D_ Hypnos_x000D_ What the Moon Brings_x000D_ Azathoth_x000D_ Herbert West-Reanimator_x000D_ The Hound_x000D_ The Lurking Fear_x000D_ The Rats in the Walls_x000D_ The Unnamable_x000D_ The Festival_x000D_ The Shunned House_x000D_ The Horror at Red Hook_x000D_ He_x000D_ In the Vault_x000D_ Cool Air_x000D_ The Call of Cthulhu_x000D_ Pickman's Model_x000D_ The Strange High House in the Mist_x000D_ The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath_x000D_ The Colour Out of Space_x000D_ The Descendant_x000D_ The Very Old Folk_x000D_ History of the Necronomicon_x000D_ The Dunwich Horror_x000D_ Ibid_x000D_ The Whisperer in Darkness_x000D_ At The Mountains Of Madness_x000D_ The Shadow Over Innsmouth_x000D_ The Dreams in the Witch House_x000D_ The Thing On The Doorstep_x000D_ The Book_x000D_ The Evil Clergyman_x000D_ The Shadow Out of Time_x000D_ The Haunter of The Dark_x000D_ The Beast in the Cave_x000D_ The Mysterious Ship_x000D_ The Mystery of the Grave-yard
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
This unique and meticulously edited collection of H. P. Lovecraft's greatest works includes: The Tomb_x000D_ Dagon_x000D_ A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson_x000D_ Polaris_x000D_ Beyond the Wall of Sleep_x000D_ Memory_x000D_ Old Bugs_x000D_ The Transition of Juan Romero_x000D_ The White Ship_x000D_ The Statement of Randolph Carter_x000D_ The Street_x000D_ The Terrible Old Man_x000D_ The Tree_x000D_ From Beyond_x000D_ The Temple_x000D_ Nyarlathotep_x000D_ The Picture in the House_x000D_ Facts concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family_x000D_ The Nameless City_x000D_ The Moon-Bog_x000D_ Ex Oblivione_x000D_ The Outsider_x000D_ The Music of Erich Zann_x000D_ Sweet Ermengarde_x000D_ Hypnos_x000D_ What the Moon Brings_x000D_ Azathoth_x000D_ Herbert West-Reanimator_x000D_ The Hound_x000D_ The Lurking Fear_x000D_ The Rats in the Walls_x000D_ The Unnamable_x000D_ The Festival_x000D_ The Shunned House_x000D_ The Horror at Red Hook_x000D_ He_x000D_ In the Vault_x000D_ Cool Air_x000D_ The Call of Cthulhu_x000D_ Pickman's Model_x000D_ The Strange High House in the Mist_x000D_ The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath_x000D_ The Colour Out of Space_x000D_ The Descendant_x000D_ The Very Old Folk_x000D_ History of the Necronomicon_x000D_ The Dunwich Horror_x000D_ Ibid_x000D_ The Whisperer in Darkness_x000D_ At The Mountains Of Madness_x000D_ The Shadow Over Innsmouth_x000D_ The Dreams in the Witch House_x000D_ The Thing On The Doorstep_x000D_ The Book_x000D_ The Evil Clergyman_x000D_ The Shadow Out of Time_x000D_ The Haunter of The Dark_x000D_ The Beast in the Cave_x000D_ The Mysterious Ship_x000D_ The Mystery of the Grave-yard
Mama Minko
Author: Beatrice Nambouy Voyager
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449057977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Mama Minko-A survival Quest is a fascinatingly written story that unveils the endless families' struggle to drink, feed but above all just survive. The Elephant and Giraffe families are faced with the same crisis ndash; drought, which has robbed the Okavungo country of its refreshingly quenching waters and the ever green vegetation. Despite this predicament, there is genuine love and humour shared within and amongst these families as they face harsh challenges along the way. There's frenzied conflict between the humans and the elephants as they both strive to survive. The parent animals take on the inherent roles to protect their families from the hostilities of the African savannah; for them each new dawn is a celebration of the survival of the fittest whereas for the young ones, it's a new adventure.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449057977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Mama Minko-A survival Quest is a fascinatingly written story that unveils the endless families' struggle to drink, feed but above all just survive. The Elephant and Giraffe families are faced with the same crisis ndash; drought, which has robbed the Okavungo country of its refreshingly quenching waters and the ever green vegetation. Despite this predicament, there is genuine love and humour shared within and amongst these families as they face harsh challenges along the way. There's frenzied conflict between the humans and the elephants as they both strive to survive. The parent animals take on the inherent roles to protect their families from the hostilities of the African savannah; for them each new dawn is a celebration of the survival of the fittest whereas for the young ones, it's a new adventure.
From a California Garden
Author: Bessie Pryor Palmer
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 120
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