Wilder Mann

Wilder Mann
Title Wilder Mann PDF eBook
Author Charles Fréger
Publisher Dewi Lewis Publishing
Pages 0
Release 2012
Genre Clothing and dress
ISBN 9781907893230

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The transformation of man to beast is a central aspect of traditional pagan rituals that are centuries old and which celebrate the seasonal cycle, fertility, life and death.

Farther and Wilder

Farther and Wilder
Title Farther and Wilder PDF eBook
Author Blake Bailey
Publisher Vintage
Pages 530
Release 2013-12-03
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0307475522

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Charles Jackson’s novel The Lost Weekend—the story of five disastrous days in the life of an alcoholic—was published in 1944 to triumphant success. Although he tried to escape its legacy, Jackson is often remembered only as the author of this thinly veiled autobiography. In Farther & Wilder, the award-winning biographer of Richard Yates and John Cheever goes deeper, exploring Jackson’s life—from growing up in the scandal-plagued village of Newark, New York, to a career in Hollywood and friendships with everyone from Judy Garland and Billy Wilder to Thomas Mann and Mary McCarthy. This is the fascinating biography of a writer whose life and work encapsulated what it meant to be an addict and a closeted homosexual in mid-century America, and who was far ahead of his time in bringing these forbidden subjects into the popular discourse.

Hollywood Independents

Hollywood Independents
Title Hollywood Independents PDF eBook
Author Denise Mann
Publisher U of Minnesota Press
Pages 335
Release 2008-01-01
Genre
ISBN 145291334X

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'Hollywood Independents' explores the crucial period between 1948 and 1962 when independent film producers first became key components of the modern corporate entertainment industry. Mann examines their impact, the decline of the studios, the rise of television, and the rise of potent talent agencies such as MCA.

Yokainoshima

Yokainoshima
Title Yokainoshima PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2016
Genre Costume
ISBN 9780500544594

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Explores the masks, costumes and characters that reappear with each returning season in Japan

Valour and Vanity

Valour and Vanity
Title Valour and Vanity PDF eBook
Author Mary Robinette Kowal
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 412
Release 2014-04-29
Genre Fiction
ISBN 076533416X

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"Mary Robinette Kowal's Valour and Vanity is a Regency version of a heist movie with a healthy dose of magic sprinkled in. After Melody's wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the young couple on the their tour of the continent. Jane and Vincent plan to separate from the party and travel to Murano to study with glassblowers there, but their ship is set upon by Barbary corsairs while en route. It is their good fortune that they are not enslaved, but they lose everything to the pirates and arrive in Murano destitute.Fortunately, one of the gentlemen from the ship is a local banker and arranges for a line of credit and a place to live. Relieved, the Vincents begin the work for which they have come to Italy.All is proceeding apace until a solicitor arrives at their house and charges them with illegal trespass. Jane and Vincent produce letters from their banking friend, but they are all forgeries, and worse, he has used their forged letters to clean out their funds in England. Now, Jane and Vincent owe money to a number of people in town and are forbidden from travel. They manage to find some small work, but it is obvious to both of them that this path will not maintain them for long. Instead, Vincent hatches a reckless plan to get their money back. The ensuing adventure is a glorious envisioning of all the best parts of heist narratives, but in a Regency setting with magic"--

Reports

Reports
Title Reports PDF eBook
Author United States. Board of Tax Appeals
Publisher
Pages 1518
Release 1928
Genre Taxation
ISBN

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Red Thistle

Red Thistle
Title Red Thistle PDF eBook
Author Davide Monteleone
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2012
Genre Caucasus, Northern (Russia)
ISBN 9781907893162

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A powerful and fascinating exploration of the important but relatively unknown region of the Northern Caucasus and its people. It lies between the Black and Caspian Seas and is within European Russia. Wars have been fought here for centuries - the most recent in Chechnya. Monteleone examines the stubborn, rebellious culture of this region, which although part of Russia, differs in the ethnicity, religion and social customs of its inhabitants. 'If you shoot in the Caucasus, the echo will be heard for centuries,' says an old proverb from the region.