Disappearing Tricks. Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century, Paperback - Matthew Solomon

Reveals how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. This book focuses on the work of the professional illusionists who actually ...

Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingAuthor(s): Peter SelgTranslator: Pauline WehrleNumber of pages: 88Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 235 x 160 x 7...

Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review se...

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Inventing Tomorrow provides a definitive account of H. G. Wells's work and ideas. Sarah Cole illuminates his distinctive style as well as his inter...

This book looks at British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1975 through 1991, during which Mrs. Thatcher was Conservative Party Leader and th...

Our understanding of history is often mediated by popular culture, and television series set in the past have provided some of our most indelible i...

Reducere. Sandra Bullock, castigatoare a premiului Oscar, si Melissa McCarthy, nominalizata la premiul Oscar, sunt un duo- dinamita in aceasta comedie spumoa...

Publisher: The Larks PressAuthor(s): Christopher BirdIllustration(s): 55ill.6d.M.Number of pages: 88Publication date: 1999Dimensions: 210 x 150 x 2...

Reducere. As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of three men and an extraordinary deception: the revered artist Johann...

This book details the narrative and history of Iraq in the 20th century and reinserts the Assyrian experience as an integral part of Iraq's broader...

Reducere. An overview of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card...

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Publisher: Mimesis InternationalAuthor(s): Cesereanu RuxandraNumber of pages: 204Collection: Speculum CivitatisPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 14...

Reducere. Pulitzer Prize finalist A poetic history of the twentieth century from one of our most beloved, popular, and highly lauded poets--a stirring, strik...

This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverma...

Reducere. Much of history is written by the same organizations that, from behind the scenes, cause history. And often, the reason for this to hide their immo...

1981. Ronald Reagan and Fran ois Mitterrand are sworn in as presidents of the Unites States and France, respectively. The tension due to Mitterrand...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Andreas (Leuphana Universitat Luneburg) BroeckmannIllustration(s): 74 b&w illus., 16 color plates; 90 Illustrati...

Examines the history of the mapping sciences in the twentieth century and their relationship to the history of territory

Reducere. Beginning with B. F. Skinner and the legend of a child raised in a box, Slater takes us from a deep empathy with Stanley Milgram's obedience subjec...

Reducere. Cu putina vreme inainte de izbucnirea celui de-al doilea Razboi Mondial, tanara si frumoasa aristocrata britanica Sarah Ashley mosteneste o vasta p...

War and Revolution identifies and takes to task a reactionary trend among contemporary historians, one that's grown increasingly apparent in recent...

The first anthology in over twenty-five years to focus exclusively on American dance practices across a wide span of American culture. This volume ...

Reducere. Pana in momentul de fata rasa umana nu a avut nici un contact cu o lume extraterestra. Asta pana cand are loc prima intalnire de gradul 3 cu Klaatu...

Reducere. From Robert Falcon Scott's final journal entry to Jon Krakauer's reckless solo climb of the Devil's Thumb, David Roberts and the editors of Outside...

Reducere. The author of the The Children's Blizzard delivers an epic work of twentieth century history through the riveting story of one extraordinary Jewish...

Sid, Manny si Diego revin alaturi de simpaticul si vesnic lovitul de soarta Scrat, veverita cu tendinte suicidale pentru o ghinda. Trasnaile eroilo...

Reducere. DescriptionThe roots of European witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and other ancient Near Eastern cultures and in the Celtic, Nordic, and Germanic...

Reducere. Meet Bessie Lee! The Teeny Houdini chapter book series from author Katrina Moore and illustrator Zoe Si begins with a simply magical story. The adv...