Author: Rachel Lawson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 024424085X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Magicians The Manchurian Candidate and Other Short Stories
Author: Rachel Lawson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 024424085X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 024424085X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Manchurian Candidate
Author: Richard Condon
Publisher: RosettaBooks
ISBN: 0795335067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —The New Yorker A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors’ signal. Now he’s been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . . This “shocking, tense” and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations (San Francisco Chronicle). “Crammed with suspense.” —Chicago Tribune “Condon is wickedly skillful.” —Time
Publisher: RosettaBooks
ISBN: 0795335067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —The New Yorker A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors’ signal. Now he’s been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . . This “shocking, tense” and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations (San Francisco Chronicle). “Crammed with suspense.” —Chicago Tribune “Condon is wickedly skillful.” —Time
The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate"
Author: John D. Marks
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780440201373
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The CIA's attempt to find effective mind control techniques are recounted from their origins in the drug research of World War II, to their experiments on frequently unknowing subjects involving hypnosis and drugs such as LSD
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780440201373
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The CIA's attempt to find effective mind control techniques are recounted from their origins in the drug research of World War II, to their experiments on frequently unknowing subjects involving hypnosis and drugs such as LSD
The Game of Rat and Dragon
Author: Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 146558370X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 146558370X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Take One
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Fiction, 1876-1983: Authors
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher: New York : Bowker
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Bowker
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
The Movie Guide
Author: James Monaco
Publisher: Perigee Trade
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
From The Big Sleep to Babette's Feast, from Lawrence of Arabia to Drugstore Cowboy, The Movie Guide offers the inside word on 3,500 of the best motion pictures ever made. James Monaco is the president and founder of BASELINE, the world's leading supplier of information to the film and television industries. Among his previous books are The Encyclopedia of Film, American Film Now, and How to Read a Film.
Publisher: Perigee Trade
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
From The Big Sleep to Babette's Feast, from Lawrence of Arabia to Drugstore Cowboy, The Movie Guide offers the inside word on 3,500 of the best motion pictures ever made. James Monaco is the president and founder of BASELINE, the world's leading supplier of information to the film and television industries. Among his previous books are The Encyclopedia of Film, American Film Now, and How to Read a Film.
Temporary Agency
Author: Rachel Pollack
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575119446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
When Ellen was fourteen, her cousin, Paul, angered a Malignant One, and he turned to Ellen for help. And then, when things had started to get out of hand, when the usual spells and charms didn't work, and when the usual agencies didn't want to know, she contacted Alison Birkett, the lawyer who specialised in demonic possession and corruption in the Spiritual Development Agency. And Ellen's life was changed... Temporary Agency is the follow-up to Rachel Pollack's acclaimed novel, Unquenchable Fire, winner of the 1988 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Set in the same strange America of Bright Beings, miracles and religious ritual, it is a fantasy of power and humour, love and pain.
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575119446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
When Ellen was fourteen, her cousin, Paul, angered a Malignant One, and he turned to Ellen for help. And then, when things had started to get out of hand, when the usual spells and charms didn't work, and when the usual agencies didn't want to know, she contacted Alison Birkett, the lawyer who specialised in demonic possession and corruption in the Spiritual Development Agency. And Ellen's life was changed... Temporary Agency is the follow-up to Rachel Pollack's acclaimed novel, Unquenchable Fire, winner of the 1988 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Set in the same strange America of Bright Beings, miracles and religious ritual, it is a fantasy of power and humour, love and pain.
New York Magazine
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998
Author: Dennis Fischer
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786460911
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
This enormous and exhaustive reference book has entries on every major and minor director of science fiction films from the inception of cinema (circa 1895) through 1998. For each director there is a complete filmography including television work, a career summary, a critical assessment, and behind-the-scenes production information. Seventy-nine directors are covered in especially lengthy entries and a short history of the science fiction film genre is also included.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786460911
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
This enormous and exhaustive reference book has entries on every major and minor director of science fiction films from the inception of cinema (circa 1895) through 1998. For each director there is a complete filmography including television work, a career summary, a critical assessment, and behind-the-scenes production information. Seventy-nine directors are covered in especially lengthy entries and a short history of the science fiction film genre is also included.