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The First Male Stars
ISBN: 9781593930738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The captivating lives and groundbreaking accomplishments of fourteen men who dared to gamble their reputations by appearing in the first motion pictures are explored in a richly researched new book, The First Male Stars: Men of the Silent Era. At a time when other actors in the "legitimate theater" scorned the industry, these amazing men not only defied the odds of success but also received a place at the heights of a fascinating business that was a new form of art. Each made an enduring and important contribution to early cinema, although some are forgotten today. Exhaustive research in...
The captivating lives and groundbreaking accomplishments of fourteen men who dared to gamble their reputations by appearing in the first motion pictur...
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130,50 zł |
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Wally: The True Wallace Reid Story
ISBN: 9781593936235 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Wallace Reid still rouses excitement today as Jeff, the blacksmith in D. W. Griffith's famous film, The Birth of a Nation. Audiences thrill to the rip-roaring brawl between Jeff and a band of villainous renegades. The fight was largely real, and many people saw Wally for the first time in that immortal film. They said he became "a star overnight," but he had appeared in more than a hundred films before. In Wally, his story is fully told for the first time. He was "born in a trunk" to an actress mother and a famous playwright father. Wally barely survived the infamous St. Louis cyclone when...
Wallace Reid still rouses excitement today as Jeff, the blacksmith in D. W. Griffith's famous film, The Birth of a Nation. Audiences thrill to the rip...
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170,57 zł |
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Richard Barthelmess - A Life in Pictures
ISBN: 9781593933289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. No one will ever forget the scene in D. W. Griffiths Way Down East where Richard Barthelmess as David rescued Anna Moore from certain death on an ice floe as it was about to plummet over a waterfall. The actor risked his life for that stunt, and the exciting sequence still thrills audiences to this day. His effort to fight back and live on became more than the stuff of Hollywood legend. Richard went on to be nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor for The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid. His signature roles are in many of D. W. Griffiths silent films including Broken Blossoms, Scarlet...
No one will ever forget the scene in D. W. Griffiths Way Down East where Richard Barthelmess as David rescued Anna Moore from certain death on an ice ...
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146,17 zł |
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George O'Brien - A Man's Man in Hollywood (hardback)
ISBN: 9781629337302 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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190,33 zł |
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Brothers of the Storm
ISBN: 9781461040873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The forerunner of 12 YEARS A SLAVE: Pulitzer nominated author David W. Menefee's tale about two brothers and their struggle to survive 14 years of slavery. In BROTHERS OF THE STORM, Abraham Lincoln cannot save Americans from war, but when one of the two brothers is condemned to die for a crime he did not commit, the Great Emancipator faces one of the most compelling decisions of his life. In BROTHERS OF THE STORM, the course of Black American history changes through the efforts of Lincoln and many other admirable men and women, such as Frederick Douglass, Sengbe Pieh, John Brown, and Harriet...
The forerunner of 12 YEARS A SLAVE: Pulitzer nominated author David W. Menefee's tale about two brothers and their struggle to survive 14 years of sla...
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68,40 zł |
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The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era
ISBN: 9780275982591 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era rediscovers the fascinating lives and pioneering achievements of 15 women who dared to venture into early motion pictures, an industry dominated by men, and who not only succeeded but became the focal points of the industry. Each star earned a position at the height of her profession, and though many are largely forgotten today, made a lasting and significant contribution to early cinema. In this entertaining and informative volume, author David Menefee reveals these women and their signature roles, drawing on many original sources to... The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era rediscovers the fascinating lives and pioneering achievements of 15 women who dared to ventu... |
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273,53 zł |
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Chatty Cathy
ISBN: 9781475030396 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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40,95 zł |
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The Soul Thief: The Gypsy Dreamwalker. Book One
ISBN: 9780692217726 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Ever since the tragic accident that claimed the lives of the Grey family, Dr. Angela Cooper, psychiatrist and half-gypsy shaman, refuses to use her dream walking power. However, when Cassandra Grey, a survivor of the deadly fire, turns up unexpectedly at the hospital, Angela agrees to help her. Entering the Otherworld to heal the girl's mind, Angela discovers a powerful, shadowy presence that knows her name and her darkest secrets. When Angela's estranged shaman grandfather warns her that this shadowy entity seeks to steal her soul, she ignores him until it kills a close friend. Now she's...
Ever since the tragic accident that claimed the lives of the Grey family, Dr. Angela Cooper, psychiatrist and half-gypsy shaman, refuses to use her dr...
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54,67 zł |
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Sarah Bernhardt, Her Films, Her Recordings
ISBN: 9781463786564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sarah Bernhardt, Her Films, Her Recordings (Foreword by Kevin Brownlow, Academy Award-winning film historian.) Sarah Bernhardt was called the world's greatest actress. She spoke on one of Edison's first recordings. She appeared in one of the first sound movies. She earned a place in motion picture history with her highly influential Queen Elizabeth, a film that started Adolph Zukor on the road to success with Famous Players, the company that became Paramount Pictures. Sarah's work in early films and recordings takes center stage in David W. Menefee's monumental research work, an incredible,...
Sarah Bernhardt, Her Films, Her Recordings (Foreword by Kevin Brownlow, Academy Award-winning film historian.) Sarah Bernhardt was called the world's ...
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91,28 zł |
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The First Male Stars Hb
ISBN: 9781593931094 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The captivating lives and groundbreaking accomplishments of fourteen men who dared to gamble their reputations by appearing in the first motion pictures are explored in a richly researched new book, The First Male Stars: Men of the Silent Era. At a time when other actors in the "legitimate theater" scorned the industry, these amazing men not only defied the odds of success but also received a place at the heights of a fascinating business that was a new form of art. Each made an enduring and important contribution to early cinema, although some are forgotten today. Exhaustive research in...
The captivating lives and groundbreaking accomplishments of fourteen men who dared to gamble their reputations by appearing in the first motion pictur...
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194,97 zł |
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Sweet Memories
ISBN: 9781469966953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. While making sweet memories in a world of make-believe, Mary Pickford discovers that love appears brightest when she least expects. Pulitzer-nominated author David W. Menefee's new fiction novel presents a memoir by Charlotte Pickford, Mary's mother, who vividly reveals their ambitions, triumphs, and tears. Thrill to the dazzling all-star cast of characters in the enduring story of an indomitable girl's vision of victory, and her mother's untiring endeavors to achieve those dreams no matter what the cost. Before Mary Pickford became famous as a silent movie star, she was Gladys Smith, a...
While making sweet memories in a world of make-believe, Mary Pickford discovers that love appears brightest when she least expects. Pulitzer-nominated...
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68,40 zł |
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George O'Brien - A Man's Man in Hollywood
ISBN: 9781593934736 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. George OBrien thrills audiences today with his signature role in F. W. Murnaus Sunrise, Michael Curtiz Noahs Ark, and John Fords The Iron Horse, The Blue Eagle, Salute, The Seas Beneath, Fort Apache, and Cheyenne Autumn. He was one of Americas most beloved film stars.
His on-screen heroics were more than matched by his real life bravery. For the first time, the story is told about how he survived the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake as a seven-year old to grow up a superb athlete, a decorated hero in World War One, and a stunt double for film idol Rudolph Valentino. OBrien was one of... George OBrien thrills audiences today with his signature role in F. W. Murnaus Sunrise, Michael Curtiz Noahs Ark, and John Fords The Iron Horse, The B...
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147,97 zł |
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Falling Stars: 10 Who Tried to be a Movie Stars
ISBN: 9781463609764 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the history of the movies, thousands of men, women, children, and even animals have tried to find success as a movie star. They were drawn from theater, opera, sports, and every type of entertainment venue, and some even came from out of nowhere. They took valiant stabs at entrancing audiences with their faces, personalities, or peculiarities. A precious few achieved greater popularity than anyone could have ever dreamed, but others vanished beneath the sands of time along with the films they so lovingly made. They gave us their most audacious efforts, but they did not find any lasting...
In the history of the movies, thousands of men, women, children, and even animals have tried to find success as a movie star. They were drawn from the...
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68,40 zł |
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The Rise and Fall of Lou-Tellegen
ISBN: 9781461044802 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 522 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. NAMED BEST SILENT FILM BOOK OF 2011 by Thomas Gladysz in the San Francisco Examiner. Lou-Tellegan, a youth from the Netherlands, became one of the world's first movie stars. Before he became famous, he was the son of a brave and brilliant Dutch military general. Lou first found work as a boxer, a circus trapeze artist, and as a nude model in Paris for Auguste Rodin. He became an eager, dedicated stage actor with Italy's most famous actress, Eleonora Duse. When France's renowned actress, Sarah Bernhardt, plucked him from obscurity with a four-year contract, she remade him into a rich and...
NAMED BEST SILENT FILM BOOK OF 2011 by Thomas Gladysz in the San Francisco Examiner. Lou-Tellegan, a youth from the Netherlands, became one of the wor...
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91,28 zł |
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The Triumph of Campaign-Centered Politics
ISBN: 9781889119199 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This text offers an overview and historical context of contemporary US campaigns and elections, and the role parties play in them. Drawing on interviewing and archival research, the author argues that campaign-centered politics is now the dominant force in American elections with serious implications for representative democracy. Data on campaign activities and finance from the 1998 election is included.
This text offers an overview and historical context of contemporary US campaigns and elections, and the role parties play in them. Drawing on intervie...
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181,84 zł |
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The God of Battles: The Gypsy Dreamwalker. Book Two
ISBN: 9780692324820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. War is Hell. Especially when it's a War in Heaven. Dr. Angela Cooper, half-Romani psychiatrist and psychic healer, is opening a mental health clinic in Oakland. Specializing in patients with PTSD, she wishes to use her healing talent to make her part of the world a better place. When she meets Simon Fenway, a traumatized war vet, she learns that the world has other ideas. "Your power awakens many sleeping things." So warns the spirit of her dead Teacher. Soon, old Romani sorcery and reawakened antediluvian spirits embroil her in an Otherworldly War between godlike powers that threatens to...
War is Hell. Especially when it's a War in Heaven. Dr. Angela Cooper, half-Romani psychiatrist and psychic healer, is opening a mental health clinic i...
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77,73 zł |
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Secret Soldier Master of Disguise
ISBN: 9781478329916 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In Pulitzer nominated author David W. Menefee's brilliant new novel, secret soldier Isador Messing lives up to the title "Master of Disguise." Terror strikes suddenly when Hitler's SS troops arrest his fiance on the day they plan to escape Nazi occupied Berlin. Mr. Messing believes that love, determination, and ingenuity can overcome all obstacles, and he lights the fuse for a countdown battle of good against evil. Alone and stoic in the face of malevolence, he launches a daring and desperate plan to liberate her from Auschwitz by impersonating different men during his journey across Europe....
In Pulitzer nominated author David W. Menefee's brilliant new novel, secret soldier Isador Messing lives up to the title "Master of Disguise." Terror ...
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68,40 zł |
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MARGOT CRANSTON The Quest for the Jade Dragons
ISBN: 9781461156208 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A wonderful wedding and honeymoon at Niagara Falls should bring a night of delight to remember forever, but when famous detective Margot Cranston attends, a party in paradise becomes a festivity with fear. Two priceless jade dragons promise power and riches for whoever possesses the famous twin figurines. The bride plans for them to bring joy to the world, but her enemy plots to gain power from the gems. Join Margot, her niece Amy, and her nephew Andy, for the reception near the rapids and famed waterfall, but prepare to be drawn into a whirlpool of intrigue on their death-defying quest for...
A wonderful wedding and honeymoon at Niagara Falls should bring a night of delight to remember forever, but when famous detective Margot Cranston atte...
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45,53 zł |
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MARGOT CRANSTON The Secret of the St. Lawrence Lighthouse
ISBN: 9781461153498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When detective Margot Cranston vacations in Montreal, a cruise ship sails into a crime-riddled nightmare. A ghastly ghost haunting an ancient lighthouse stirs trouble in the waters of the St. Lawrence River. Margot, her niece Amy, and her nephew Andy are ensnared in a weekend of trickery and intrigue that only an encounter with the phantom can resolve. Margot risks danger, deception, and her own death to unravel the secret of the St. Lawrence lighthouse.
When detective Margot Cranston vacations in Montreal, a cruise ship sails into a crime-riddled nightmare. A ghastly ghost haunting an ancient lighthou...
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45,53 zł |
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MARGOT CRANSTON The Mystery at Loon Lake
ISBN: 9781461156178 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Reuniting with old acquaintances should be great fun, but when famous detective Margot Cranston attends, a bash with friends becomes a crash with enemies. No one suspects evil to be lurking in the dark when a flash of lightning kills power at the party, but Margot lights a candle that ignites the fuse for one of the strangest cases in her mystery-solving career. Her investigation of a severed wire leads through dangerous warehouses and long-hidden rooms, as she unearths startling proof of a criminal ring. With help from her niece Amy and nephew Andy, Margot soon realizes that the Loon Lake...
Reuniting with old acquaintances should be great fun, but when famous detective Margot Cranston attends, a bash with friends becomes a crash with enem...
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45,53 zł |
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