Download or read book Night butterflies of the silver screen written by Artur Friedberg and published by New Generation Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-07 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the first glance the novel could have been classified as a thriller, with suspense and sensual plot that at least partly is set in an environment of soft porno movie production in London, at the time of end of 1980s, including elements of mafia and IRA activities. Nonetheless, there was cleverly 'smuggled' a great deal of information about the work of cameraman, as well as of director while rehearsing with the actors or carrying out shooting of the movie. Further on, it entertains with real and anecdotic information about the cinematic environment. Besides, the novel is bringing a spectrum of information about writing a script for a historical movie and development of the concept of its realization. While doing so, it is also building up a reflective view over 15s century French poet Francois Villon; his personality and highly original oeuvre. The main thread of the contemporary action of the novel drifts towards the historical one, and in a way, they become tragically connected.
Download or read book Black Butterflies written by Elizabeth Garver Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Arabian Nights written by Tahir Shah and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tahir Shah’s The Caliph’s House, describing his first year in Casablanca, was hailed by critics and compared to such travel classics as A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun. Now Shah takes us deeper into the heart of this exotic and magical land to uncover mysteries that have been hidden from Western eyes for centuries.… In this entertaining and penetrating book, Tahir sets out on a bold new journey across Morocco that becomes an adventure worthy of the mythical Arabian Nights. As he wends his way through the labyrinthine medinas of Fez and Marrakesh, traverses the Sahara sands, and tastes the hospitality of ordinary Moroccans, Tahir collects a dazzling treasury of traditional stories, gleaned from the heritage of A Thousand and One Nights. The tales, recounted by a vivid cast of characters, reveal fragments of wisdom and an oriental way of thinking that is both enthralling and fresh. A link in the chain of scholars and teachers who have passed these stories down for centuries like a baton in a relay race, Shah reaches layers of culture that most visitors hardly realize exist, and eventually discovers the story living in his own heart. Along the way he describes the colors, characters, and the passion of Morocco, and comes to understand why it is such an enchanting land. From master masons who labor only at night to Sufi wise men who write for soap operas, and Tuareg guides afflicted by reality TV, In Arabian Nights takes us on an unforgettable journey, shining a light on facets of a society that are normally left in darkness.
Download or read book Black Butterflies written by John Shirley and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of gritty and intense short stories compares the horrors of the real world to those of the supernatural. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.
Download or read book When Butterflies Cry written by Ninie Hammon and published by Sterling & Stone LLC. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the dam explodes, only a little girl who was never really there at all can save them. Grayson Addington comes home to Saddler Hollow, West Virginia, from Vietnam a broken man, ravaged by post-traumatic stress disorder, a chaplain who left his faith in the jungle mud with his massacred unit. In his absence, his wife, Piper, turned to his brother Carter for support. Now, she must choose between them—and Carter will stop at nothing to have her. Into this family torn apart by jealousy, greed, and clan loyalties comes a mysterious little girl. Maggie, a battered child with amnesia, shows up on the Addington's front porch and instantly bonds to Sadie, Piper, and Grayson’s cripplingly shy toddler. When Maggie runs away and takes Sadie with her, the warring brothers must team up to search for them. Then the real horror begins. Sadie is trapped in the rocks out of her father's reach beneath a dam about to explode. Grayson will have to stand there and watch her drown ... unless the child called Maggie is much more than she seems. From suspense author and former journalist Ninie Hammon comes this spellbinding story of ordinary people whose tangled lives are marked by the specter of an impending disaster, and haunted by the mystery of a magical child. If you enjoy rich, believable real-life characters, ever-tightening tension, and a breath-taking surprise ending--coupled with Hammon’s trademark dusting of “the unexplainable”, When Butterflies Cry will keep you turning pages far into the night.
Download or read book Sled Driver written by Brian Shul and published by Lickle Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 1991 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No aircraft ever captured the curiosity & fascination of the public like the SR-71 Blackbird. Nicknamed "The Sled" by those few who flew it, the aircraft was shrouded in secrecy from its inception. Entering the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1966, the SR-71 was the fastest, highest flying jet aircraft in the world. Now for the first time, a Blackbird pilot shares his unique experience of what it was like to fly this legend of aviation history. Through the words & photographs of retired Major Brian Shul, we enter the world of the "Sled Driver." Major Shul gives us insight on all phases of flying, including the humbling experience of simulator training, the physiological stresses of wearing a space suit for long hours, & the intensity & magic of flying 80,000 feet above the Earth's surface at 2000 miles per hour. SLED DRIVER takes the reader through riveting accounts of the rigors of initial training, the gamut of emotions experienced while flying over hostile territory, & the sheer joy of displaying the jet at some of the world's largest airshows. Illustrated with rare photographs, seen here for the first time, SLED DRIVER captures the mystique & magnificence of this most unique of all aircraft.
Download or read book One Touch written by L.T. Marie and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaime Rivers, author of the popular romance series, The Quest, survived an accident that nearly took her life. Cajoled into accepting an invitation for a seven-day cruise to celebrate her ten-year high school reunion, she comes face-to-face with her past when the woman of her dreams haunts her days on the warm seas, even as she struggles to keep a secret that tears at her heart. Sierra Connor works for the travel agency responsible for booking her high school reunion cruise. She doesn’t want to attend the reunion in the first place because one woman will be there—the one who always made her feel whole but then disappeared and left Sierra’s heart and soul crushed without so much as a word. She knows love is for people who can trust, and she’s not one of those people. It was only one touch, ten years ago. Forced together once more, will the memory of that one touch ignite a new future? Or will their old hurts quench the flame?
Download or read book Women Writers of Traditional China written by Kang-i Sun Chang and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book also includes an extended section of criticism by and about women writers.
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1983-01-10 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Download or read book The Hispanic Image on the Silver Screen written by Alfred Charles Richard and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1992-06-30 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first collection of more than 1,800 films dealing with Hispanic topics, themes, and characters arranged chronologically from 1898 to 1935, with indepth annotations, cross-references and four separate indexes. This is a study of Hollywood's treatment of Hispanics worldwide, those living in South, Central and North America, the Philippines and Spain. Employing a historical framework, the author has organized the work for those interested in assessing the effects that motion pictures have had on the viewing public in establishing and perpetuating accepted stereotypes. The role of censorship, the Production Code Administration, the Motion Picture Society of the Americas, the Latin American market, and Hollywood's version of Hispanic history are fully covered. The Black Legend of Hispanic barbarity has existed in literature since the sixteenth century. The early film makers, and later Hollywood, merely transferred the Black Legend to the silver screen and continued the accepted point of view created since the first conflict between England and Spain for supremacy in the Caribbean. This work also shows the relationship between film and foreign policy, how films have frequently justified and glorified North American intervention in the affairs of the Latin nations throughout the Americas. Each entry includes a brief scenario which details the film's Hispanic connection: a stereotype, a historic interpretation, a specific nation, associated behavior or attitudes, a list of the Hispanic actors and actresses. Reviews, bibliographic citations and archival locations are provided.
Download or read book Lucky Cowboy written by Lily-Mae Montana and published by Lily-Mae Montana. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have a reputation. Girls fall over themselves to be with me … except one. The Market Girl, that’s what I call her, and I can’t resist her. Up until a few weeks ago, light flirtatious banter was all that was between us. One-sided flirting - my side. But it worked. We worked. Then the busy-body Quylt sisters paired us together to volunteer. Planning local senior citizen events, of all things. Who would’ve thought by the end of the first event we’d be naked in the theater dressing room, and she’d be screaming out my name? Not me. She’s got rules about guys like me. Rules I respect. But I’ve always been a rule breaking kinda guy. Four events. Four weeks. And we’ll be back to normal. That’s what I keep telling myself. But now that I’ve had her, I want her to be all mine.
Download or read book Midsummer Night s Magic written by Emma Craig and published by Love Spell. This book was released on 1997 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a sprinkle of fairy dust, love is sure to bloom in this anthology that includes "The Fairy Bride" by Tess Mallory, "MacBroom Sweeps Clean" by Emma Craig, "The Trouble with Fairies" by Pam McCutcheon, and "Whatever You Wish" by Elizabeth Saunders.
Download or read book The Butterfly Garden written by Dot Hutchison and published by Sterling Mystery Series. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Amazon Publishing, 2016.
Download or read book Tumbleweeds and Shiny Braids written by Kelly Weddle and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tumbleweeds and Shiny Braids is a travel journal ideal for RVers and others planning a trip out west. Tumbleweeds and Shiny Braids Provides you with a guide to your trip with little research on your part Enables you to do the exact trip just by following along Provides you with must see attractions along with extra attractions for each state Tells you which cities to visit in that state Informs you of mountainous winding roads that large RVs should avoid Tells you which campgrounds to visit to centralize your location in order to see all the areas attractions without moving your home base constantly
Download or read book Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture written by Sarah Handler and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sarah Handler has written a true cultural history of Chinese furniture. Her book is a highly erudite blend of art history and social history, yet with a structure as transparent and elegant as that of a fine piece of Ming-style furniture."—Klaas Ruitenbeek, Louise Hawley Stone Chair of Far Eastern Art, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, and author of Carpentry and Building in Late Imperial China: A Study of the Fifteenth-Century Carpenter's Manual Lu Ban jing
Download or read book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly written by Jean-Dominique Bauby and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-03-06 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A triumphant memoir by the former editor-in-chief of French Elle that reveals an indomitable spirit and celebrates the liberating power of consciousness. In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young children, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letter as the alphabet was recited to him slowly, over and over again. In the same way, he was able eventually to compose this extraordinary book. By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body. He explains the joy, and deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times and of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an "inexhaustible reservoir of sensations," keeping in touch with himself and the life around him. Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This book is a lasting testament to his life.
