Author: Greg Cox
Publisher: Millefleurs
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Starting with the year 1819, lists some 250 authors, with each entry containing information on the author's short and long fiction, including plot details, a critical evaluation of the work, its original publisher, approximate page count, notes on film and television adaptations, and a placement of each work within its historical and evolutionary context. Written with engaging good humor by a former phlebotomist. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Transylvanian Trilogy, Volumes II & III
Author: Miklos Banffy
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0375712305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
**Washington Post Best Books of 2013** The celebrated TRANSYLVANIAN TRILOGY by Count Miklós Bánffy is a stunning historical epic set in the lost world of the Hungarian aristocracy just before World War I. Written in the 1930s and first discovered by the English-speaking world after the fall of communism in Hungary, Bánffy’s novels were translated in the late 1990s to critical acclaim and appear here for the first time in hardcover. They Were Found Wanting and They Were Divided, the second and third novels in the trilogy, continue the story of the two aristocratic cousins introduced in They Were Counted as they navigate a dissolute society teetering on the brink of catastrophe. Count Balint Abády, a liberal politician who defends his homeland’s downtrodden Romanian peasants, loses his beautiful lover, Adrienne, who is married to a sinister and dangerously insane man, while his cousin László loses himself in reckless and self-destructive addictions. Meanwhile, no one seems to notice the gathering clouds that are threatening the Austro-Hungarian Empire and that will soon lead to the brutal dismemberment of their country. Set amid magnificent scenery of wild forests, snowcapped mountains, and ancient castles, THE TRANSYLVANIAN TRILOGY combines a Proustian nostalgia for a lost world, insight into a collapsing empire reminiscent of the work of Joseph Roth, and the drama and epic sweep of Tolstoy.
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0375712305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
**Washington Post Best Books of 2013** The celebrated TRANSYLVANIAN TRILOGY by Count Miklós Bánffy is a stunning historical epic set in the lost world of the Hungarian aristocracy just before World War I. Written in the 1930s and first discovered by the English-speaking world after the fall of communism in Hungary, Bánffy’s novels were translated in the late 1990s to critical acclaim and appear here for the first time in hardcover. They Were Found Wanting and They Were Divided, the second and third novels in the trilogy, continue the story of the two aristocratic cousins introduced in They Were Counted as they navigate a dissolute society teetering on the brink of catastrophe. Count Balint Abády, a liberal politician who defends his homeland’s downtrodden Romanian peasants, loses his beautiful lover, Adrienne, who is married to a sinister and dangerously insane man, while his cousin László loses himself in reckless and self-destructive addictions. Meanwhile, no one seems to notice the gathering clouds that are threatening the Austro-Hungarian Empire and that will soon lead to the brutal dismemberment of their country. Set amid magnificent scenery of wild forests, snowcapped mountains, and ancient castles, THE TRANSYLVANIAN TRILOGY combines a Proustian nostalgia for a lost world, insight into a collapsing empire reminiscent of the work of Joseph Roth, and the drama and epic sweep of Tolstoy.
Mr. Pink
Author: Chas Allen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615407166
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
As the only member of the Transylvania Book Heist to previously decline all interviews, Chas Allen finally reveals the whole story. The Thrilling True Story follows Allen as he struggles to balance a party lifestyle on the campus of the University of Kentucky, the finances of his family, a dangerous high stakes game with an underground casino, and a growing desperation to turn to crime.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615407166
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
As the only member of the Transylvania Book Heist to previously decline all interviews, Chas Allen finally reveals the whole story. The Thrilling True Story follows Allen as he struggles to balance a party lifestyle on the campus of the University of Kentucky, the finances of his family, a dangerous high stakes game with an underground casino, and a growing desperation to turn to crime.
The Land of Waterfalls
Author: Jim Bob Tinsley
Publisher: Jim Bob Tinsley
ISBN: 9780962011900
Category : Transylvania County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Publisher: Jim Bob Tinsley
ISBN: 9780962011900
Category : Transylvania County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Transylvanian Sunrise
Author: Radu Cinamar
Publisher: Sky Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780967816258
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book heralds the most remarkable archaeological find in the annals of Mankind. Unbeknownst to most, there is an ancient sphinx located in the Bucegi Mountains of Romania. In 2003, the Pentagon discovered, through the use of satellite technology, an anomaly beneath this ancient sphinx. Through the highest levels of Freemasonry, the Pentagon was able to secure an alliance with the most secret department of the Romanian Intelligence Service which is known as Department Zero. Together, the Romanians and the Americans utilised the Pentagon's secret technology to penetrate a hidden chamber beneath the sphinx which was otherwise inaccessible to humans. What was discovered eventually was a holographic Hall of Records left by an advanced civilisation near three mysterious tunnels leading into the Inner Earth. The book chronicles the discovery of these modern day artefacts which represent the dawn of a new era for Mankind. Peter Moon is brought into the fold through his friend, Dr David Anderson, the mysterious scientist who founded the Time Travel Research Center on Long Island and also maintains a similar facility in Romania. Recognising that such satellite technology would had to have utilised Dr Anderson's proprietary space-time technology for maintaining satellites in orbit, Peter Moon pursues these matters further and accepts Dr Anderson's invitation to Romania where he visits the Romanian Sphinx and learns of a mysterious association between the mysterious time travel scientist and Radu Cinamar."--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Sky Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780967816258
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book heralds the most remarkable archaeological find in the annals of Mankind. Unbeknownst to most, there is an ancient sphinx located in the Bucegi Mountains of Romania. In 2003, the Pentagon discovered, through the use of satellite technology, an anomaly beneath this ancient sphinx. Through the highest levels of Freemasonry, the Pentagon was able to secure an alliance with the most secret department of the Romanian Intelligence Service which is known as Department Zero. Together, the Romanians and the Americans utilised the Pentagon's secret technology to penetrate a hidden chamber beneath the sphinx which was otherwise inaccessible to humans. What was discovered eventually was a holographic Hall of Records left by an advanced civilisation near three mysterious tunnels leading into the Inner Earth. The book chronicles the discovery of these modern day artefacts which represent the dawn of a new era for Mankind. Peter Moon is brought into the fold through his friend, Dr David Anderson, the mysterious scientist who founded the Time Travel Research Center on Long Island and also maintains a similar facility in Romania. Recognising that such satellite technology would had to have utilised Dr Anderson's proprietary space-time technology for maintaining satellites in orbit, Peter Moon pursues these matters further and accepts Dr Anderson's invitation to Romania where he visits the Romanian Sphinx and learns of a mysterious association between the mysterious time travel scientist and Radu Cinamar."--Publisher's description.
The Transylvanian Library
Author: Greg Cox
Publisher: Millefleurs
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Starting with the year 1819, lists some 250 authors, with each entry containing information on the author's short and long fiction, including plot details, a critical evaluation of the work, its original publisher, approximate page count, notes on film and television adaptations, and a placement of each work within its historical and evolutionary context. Written with engaging good humor by a former phlebotomist. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Millefleurs
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Starting with the year 1819, lists some 250 authors, with each entry containing information on the author's short and long fiction, including plot details, a critical evaluation of the work, its original publisher, approximate page count, notes on film and television adaptations, and a placement of each work within its historical and evolutionary context. Written with engaging good humor by a former phlebotomist. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Transylvania Library, Founded in 1784
Author: Transylvania Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
They Were Divided
Author: Miklós Bánffy
Publisher: MacLehose Press
ISBN: 9781529434682
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Perfect late night reading" JAN MORRIS "Banffy is a born storyteller" PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR "Totally absorbing" MARTHA KEARNEY "So evocative" SIMON JENKINS The final volume of Miklos Bánffy'spanoramic trilogy of the dying years of the Habsburg empire. They Were Divided reflects the rapidly disintegrating course of events in Central Europe. In the foreground once again the lives of Balint, with his ultimately unhappy love for Adrienne, and his fatally flawed cousin, Laszlo Gyeroffy, who dies in poverty and neglect, are told with humour and a bitter-sweet nostalgia for a paradise lost through folly. The sinister and fast moving events in Montenegro, the Balkan wars, the apparent encirclement of Germany and Austria-Hungary by Britain, France and Russia, and finally the assassination of Franz Ferdinand all lead inexorably to the youth of Hungary marching off to their death and the dismemberment of their once great country. Volume three of the epic, sweeping and wholly immersive trilogy that began with They Were Counted, and continued with They Were Found Wanting. Translated from the Hungarian by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Jelen With a Foreword by Patrick Leigh-Fermor WINNER OF THE WEIDENFELD TRANSLATION PRIZE
Publisher: MacLehose Press
ISBN: 9781529434682
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Perfect late night reading" JAN MORRIS "Banffy is a born storyteller" PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR "Totally absorbing" MARTHA KEARNEY "So evocative" SIMON JENKINS The final volume of Miklos Bánffy'spanoramic trilogy of the dying years of the Habsburg empire. They Were Divided reflects the rapidly disintegrating course of events in Central Europe. In the foreground once again the lives of Balint, with his ultimately unhappy love for Adrienne, and his fatally flawed cousin, Laszlo Gyeroffy, who dies in poverty and neglect, are told with humour and a bitter-sweet nostalgia for a paradise lost through folly. The sinister and fast moving events in Montenegro, the Balkan wars, the apparent encirclement of Germany and Austria-Hungary by Britain, France and Russia, and finally the assassination of Franz Ferdinand all lead inexorably to the youth of Hungary marching off to their death and the dismemberment of their once great country. Volume three of the epic, sweeping and wholly immersive trilogy that began with They Were Counted, and continued with They Were Found Wanting. Translated from the Hungarian by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Jelen With a Foreword by Patrick Leigh-Fermor WINNER OF THE WEIDENFELD TRANSLATION PRIZE
The Transylvania Library
Author: Transylvania University. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Transylvania
Author: Denny Von Finn
Publisher: Torque Books
ISBN: 9781600149528
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Transylvania. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Publisher: Torque Books
ISBN: 9781600149528
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Transylvania. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Transylvania
Author: John D. WrightJr.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813149207
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Chartered in 1780, Transylvania University played a significant role as an educational pioneer in the developing trans-Allegheny West and served as its first institution of higher education. Strategically located in the growing city of Lexington, Kentucky, the university established schools of law and medicine at a time when there were few such educational offerings in the country. Noted alumni include emancipationist Cassius M. Clay and Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Two centuries later, Transylvania University maintains its commitment to the highest standards of the liberal arts education. Now passing its 225th anniversary, it remains an educational beacon for Kentucky and the South.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813149207
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Chartered in 1780, Transylvania University played a significant role as an educational pioneer in the developing trans-Allegheny West and served as its first institution of higher education. Strategically located in the growing city of Lexington, Kentucky, the university established schools of law and medicine at a time when there were few such educational offerings in the country. Noted alumni include emancipationist Cassius M. Clay and Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Two centuries later, Transylvania University maintains its commitment to the highest standards of the liberal arts education. Now passing its 225th anniversary, it remains an educational beacon for Kentucky and the South.