Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022646086X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
"Arriving fifty years after Ebert published his first film review in 1967, this second edition of Awake in the Dark collects Ebert's essential writings. Featuring new Top Ten Lists and reviews of the years' finest films through 2012, this edition allows both fans and film buffs to bask in the best of an extraordinary lifetime's work."--Provided by publisher.
Breakheart Pass
Author: Alistair MacLean
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007402635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highly acclaimed master of the genre.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007402635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highly acclaimed master of the genre.
Breakheart Hill
Author: Thomas H. Cook
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504091612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A small-town doctor is haunted by the decades-old murder of his first love in this “novel of stunning power” by an Edgar Award–winning author (Booklist). Ben Wade is a middle-aged doctor in Choctaw County, Alabama, and back in 1962 he dreamed of spending the rest of his life with Kelli Troy. But he never had the chance to confess his love for Kelli before her body was found on Breakheart Hill. Decades later, the small town is still haunted by that violent death—especially Ben. He’s never been able to move on, because he’s the only one who knows what really happened that summer afternoon . . . “A haunting evocation that gains power and resonance with each twist of its spiral-like narration.” —Publishers Weekly “A climax that is so unexpected the reader may think [Cook] has cheated. But there is no cheating here, only excellent storytelling.” —Booklist “Cook has long been one of my favorite writers.” —Harlan Coben, New York Times–bestselling author of Hold Tight “[A] masterful crime novelist.” —Toronto Star
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504091612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A small-town doctor is haunted by the decades-old murder of his first love in this “novel of stunning power” by an Edgar Award–winning author (Booklist). Ben Wade is a middle-aged doctor in Choctaw County, Alabama, and back in 1962 he dreamed of spending the rest of his life with Kelli Troy. But he never had the chance to confess his love for Kelli before her body was found on Breakheart Hill. Decades later, the small town is still haunted by that violent death—especially Ben. He’s never been able to move on, because he’s the only one who knows what really happened that summer afternoon . . . “A haunting evocation that gains power and resonance with each twist of its spiral-like narration.” —Publishers Weekly “A climax that is so unexpected the reader may think [Cook] has cheated. But there is no cheating here, only excellent storytelling.” —Booklist “Cook has long been one of my favorite writers.” —Harlan Coben, New York Times–bestselling author of Hold Tight “[A] masterful crime novelist.” —Toronto Star
Awake in the Dark
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022646105X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
A collection of greatest film reviews from a critic who “understands how to pop the hood of a movie and tell us how it runs” (Steven Spielberg). Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic Roger Ebert wrote movie reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times for over forty years. His wide knowledge, keen judgment, and sharp sense of humor made him America’s most celebrated film critic—the only one to have a star dedicated to him on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His hit TV show, At the Movies, made ‘‘two thumbs up’’ a coveted hallmark in the industry. From The Godfather to GoodFellas, from Cries and Whispers to Crash, the reviews in Awake in the Dark span some of the most exceptional periods in film history, from the dramatic rise of rebel Hollywood and the heyday of the auteur, to the triumph of blockbuster films such as Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark, to the indie revolution. The extraordinary interviews included capture Ebert engaging with such influential directors as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Werner Herzog, and Ingmar Bergman, as well respected actors as diverse as Robert Mitchum, James Stewart, Warren Beatty, and Meryl Streep. Also gathered here are some of his most admired esssays, among them a moving appreciation of John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to the virtues of black-and-white films. A treasure trove for film buffs, Awake in the Dark is a compulsively readable chronicle of film since the late 1960s. “[Ebert] has a keen understanding of the way [movies] work.” —Martin Scorsese “[Ebert’s] criticism shows a nearly unequalled grasp of film history and technique.” —A.O. Scott, New York Times
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022646105X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
A collection of greatest film reviews from a critic who “understands how to pop the hood of a movie and tell us how it runs” (Steven Spielberg). Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic Roger Ebert wrote movie reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times for over forty years. His wide knowledge, keen judgment, and sharp sense of humor made him America’s most celebrated film critic—the only one to have a star dedicated to him on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His hit TV show, At the Movies, made ‘‘two thumbs up’’ a coveted hallmark in the industry. From The Godfather to GoodFellas, from Cries and Whispers to Crash, the reviews in Awake in the Dark span some of the most exceptional periods in film history, from the dramatic rise of rebel Hollywood and the heyday of the auteur, to the triumph of blockbuster films such as Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark, to the indie revolution. The extraordinary interviews included capture Ebert engaging with such influential directors as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Werner Herzog, and Ingmar Bergman, as well respected actors as diverse as Robert Mitchum, James Stewart, Warren Beatty, and Meryl Streep. Also gathered here are some of his most admired esssays, among them a moving appreciation of John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to the virtues of black-and-white films. A treasure trove for film buffs, Awake in the Dark is a compulsively readable chronicle of film since the late 1960s. “[Ebert] has a keen understanding of the way [movies] work.” —Martin Scorsese “[Ebert’s] criticism shows a nearly unequalled grasp of film history and technique.” —A.O. Scott, New York Times
Night Without End
Author: Alistair MacLean
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007289359
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007289359
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic.
THE WAY TO DUSTY DEATH
Author: ALISTAIR MACLEAN
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Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Summer of '42
Author: Herman Raucher
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Fear is the Key
Author: Alistair MacLean
Publisher:
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Category : Classic
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
British adventurer kidnaps a girl at gunpoint and whisks her off down the Florida coast to the site of a mysterious salvage operation in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Category : Classic
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
British adventurer kidnaps a girl at gunpoint and whisks her off down the Florida coast to the site of a mysterious salvage operation in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sackett's Land
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553899732
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud of the Devil’s Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests in goods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has a powerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead. A battlefield promise made to Sackett’s father threatens Genester’s inheritance. So on the eve of his departure for America, Sackett is attacked and thrown into the hold of a pirate ship. Genester’s orders are for him to disappear into the waters of the Atlantic. But after managing to escape, Sackett makes his way to the Carolina coast. He sees in the raw, abundant land the promise of a bright future. But before that dream can be realized, he must first return to England and discover the secret of his father’s legacy.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553899732
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud of the Devil’s Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests in goods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has a powerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead. A battlefield promise made to Sackett’s father threatens Genester’s inheritance. So on the eve of his departure for America, Sackett is attacked and thrown into the hold of a pirate ship. Genester’s orders are for him to disappear into the waters of the Atlantic. But after managing to escape, Sackett makes his way to the Carolina coast. He sees in the raw, abundant land the promise of a bright future. But before that dream can be realized, he must first return to England and discover the secret of his father’s legacy.
Bear Island
Author: Alistair MacLean
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007289219
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
The classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007289219
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
The classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.
When Eight Bells Toll
Author: Alistair MacLean
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Languages : en
Pages : 228
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