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Book Synopsis In the Palace of the Movie King by : Hortense Calisher
Download or read book In the Palace of the Movie King written by Hortense Calisher and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1993 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gonchev, a Soviet director, flees to the West and tours the United States with a flimmaker's eye.
Book Synopsis The King of Hell's Palace by : Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
Download or read book The King of Hell's Palace written by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Henan Ministry of Health begins paying citizens for blood plasma which is then sold to pharmaceutical companies, impoverished farmers in the province's remote villages sell blood to buy fertilizer, mend their houses and create a better life for their children. As corrupt health officials cut costs to maximize profits, safety standards are ignored, bringing potential catastrophe to China's most vulnerable population. Inspired by true events, this gripping drama explores the conflicts that arise when a community's greatest source of capital becomes their own bodies. Focusing on the personal repercussions of the cover-up, The King of Hell's Palace questions how political and medical decisions are made and how both a family and an entire country can look to recover from traumatic events.
Download or read book Hadassah written by Tommy Tenney and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Tommy Tenney expands the extraordinary story of Esther like no novelist has done before. Both a thriller and a Jewish woman's memoir, Hadassah takes readers to ancient Persia (now known as Iraq), into the inner sanctum of the palace and back out into the war zones of battle and political intrigue. This gripping drama of a simple peasant girl chosen over many more qualified candidates to become Esther, Queen of Persia, captures the imagination and fires the emotions of men and women alike.
Download or read book Henry V written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Dragon King's Palace by : Laura Joh Rowland
Download or read book The Dragon King's Palace written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again, Laura Joh Rowland's dazzling combination of history and storytelling draws us into a sumptuous and treacherous world, in The Dragon King's Palace. On a whim of the shogun's mother, a procession has left the sweltering heat of Edo, bound for the cooler climate of Mount Fuji. Among her traveling companions are Reiko, the beautiful wife of Sano Ichiro, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People; Reiko's friend Midori, nine months pregnant; and Lady Yanagisawa, the deranged wife of the shogun's powerful second-in-command. None of them look forward to the trip. But their troubles have only begun when their procession is stopped suddenly on a deserted road. The entire retinue is viciously slaughtered and the four women are bound and taken away, imprisoned by a mysterious kidnapper. Sano now finds himself faced with the most important case of his career. The shogun demands quick action, and under the threat of death, Sano is forced to work with his bitter enemies---Chamberlain Yanagisawa and Police Commissioner Hoshina. The women are in imminent danger, and the delivery of a ransom note only complicates matters---forcing both Sano and Reiko to take desperate measures.
Book Synopsis Movie Stories by : Nangaen Chearavanont (Tse Yin)
Download or read book Movie Stories written by Nangaen Chearavanont (Tse Yin) and published by H.M. Ou. This book was released on 2014-01-18 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book “Movie Stories” focuses on: (A) In addition to produce Siamese films and Teochew opera films, Siam (Thailand) also produced Cantonese romance film "Love Redeemed (湄江情浪)" in 1930s; (B) Singapore has been produced silent comedy film “New Friend (新客)” in 1920s; (C) Mr. Lay Min-wei (黎民偉) and Ms. Au Ho (歐荷) tell you more about the Hong Kong film industry in 1920s; (D) Japanese shot a propaganda film “The Battle of Hong Kong (香港攻略戰)” in 1942, let the author shows you its details; (E) Some anecdotes about sexy actress Ms. Lee Yi-nian (李綺年); (F) The earliest Hong Kong cable TV - Rediffusion Television (RTV, 麗的映聲); (G) Hong Kong earliest amusement parks, such as Yee Yuen (怡園), Yue Yuen (榆園(愉園)), Tai Pak Lau (太白樓), Ming Yuen (名園), Lee Garden (利園)… ; (H) The photograph studio difference between Bangkok and Hong Kong; (I) Both existing Macau and Sham Chun airports are not the original one; (J) Instant noodles is not invented by Japanese; Hong Kong people have been produced and sold "Pak Kut Noodle (百吉麵)" before WWII.
Book Synopsis The King of the Dead at the Dark Palace, Vol. 1 (light novel) by : Tsukikage
Download or read book The King of the Dead at the Dark Palace, Vol. 1 (light novel) written by Tsukikage and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BEGINNING OF END When a sickly boy succumbs t illness only to awaken as a lowly undead named End, his initial reaction is not horror but joy. No longer weak and bedridden, he is eager to experience the freedom of a properly functioning body. Sadly, his delight is cut short when he realizes the shackles of his previous life have simply been replaced by new ones—specifically, the powerful necromancer who revived him. To gain true freedom, he’ll need to overcome the many obstacles in his way...starting with his dark master!
Book Synopsis Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul by : Charles King
Download or read book Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul written by Charles King and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Timely . . . brilliant . . . hugely enjoyable, magnificently researched and deeply absorbing.”—Jason Goodwin, New York Times Book Review At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet in Istanbul—an ancient crossroads and Turkey's largest city—people were looking toward an uncertain future. Never purely Turkish, Istanbul was home to generations of Greeks, Armenians, and Jews, as well as Muslims. It welcomed White Russian nobles ousted by the Russian Revolution, Bolshevik assassins on the trail of the exiled Leon Trotsky, German professors, British diplomats, and American entrepreneurs—a multicultural panoply of performers and poets, do-gooders and ne’er-do-wells. During the Second World War, thousands of Jews fleeing occupied Europe found passage through Istanbul, some with the help of the future Pope John XXIII. At the Pera Palace, Istanbul's most luxurious hotel, so many spies mingled in the lobby that the manager posted a sign asking them to relinquish their seats to paying guests. In beguiling prose and rich character portraits, Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world and reshaped the meaning of cosmopolitanism.
Book Synopsis Anna and the King of Siam by : Margaret Landon
Download or read book Anna and the King of Siam written by Margaret Landon and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the incredible true story of one woman’s journey to the exotic world of nineteenth-century Siam, the riveting novel that inspired The King and I. In 1862, recently widowed and with two small children to support, British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens agrees to serve as governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam (present-day Thailand), unaware that her years in the royal palace will change not only her own life, but also the future of a nation. Her relationship with King Mongkut, famously portrayed by Yul Brynner in the classic film The King and I, is complicated from the start, pitting two headstrong personalities against each other: While the king favors tradition, Anna embraces change. As governess, Anna often finds herself at cross-purposes, marveling at the foreign customs, fascinating people, and striking landscape of the kingdom and its harems, while simultaneously trying to influence her pupils—especially young Prince Chulalongkorn—with her Western ideals and values. Years later, as king, this very influence leads Chulalongkorn to abolish slavery in Siam and introduce democratic reform based on the ideas of freedom and human dignity he first learned from his beloved tutor. This captivating novel brilliantly combines in-depth research—author Margaret Landon drew from Siamese court records and Anna’s own writings—with richly imagined details to create a lush portrait of 1860s Siam. As a Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway musical and an Academy Award–winning film, the story of Anna and the King of Siam has enchanted millions over the years. It is a gripping tale of cultural differences and shared humanity that invites readers into a vivid and sensory world populated by unforgettable characters.
Book Synopsis Gardener to the King by : Frédéric Richaud
Download or read book Gardener to the King written by Frédéric Richaud and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As gardener to His Majesty, Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie is master of his own domain, the royal fruit and vegetable garden. Louis' generals might proclaim the power of France abroad, but La Quintine's espaliers and vegetable plots assert nothing less than man's mastery over nature; a garden that can feed a thousand at a sitting, standards of pruning that in three hundred years have never been surpassed."--Jacket.
Book Synopsis Tales from the Palace of the Fairy King by : Daniel Z. Lieberman
Download or read book Tales from the Palace of the Fairy King written by Daniel Z. Lieberman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from the palace of the Fairy King is a book of new fairy tales from a time long ago. In seven interwoven stories princes do battle for honor and for love. Princesses seek their destinies, and farmers' sons discover the world in an age of fairies and imps and real magic.
Download or read book The Glass Palace written by Ghosh and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2008 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glass Palace Begins With The Shattering Of The Kingdom Of Burma, And Tells The Story Of A People, A Fortune, And A Family And Its Fate. It Traces The Life Of Rajkumar, A Poor Indian Boy, Who Is Lifted On The Tides Of Political And Social Turmoil To Build An Empire In The Burmese Teak Forest. When British Soldiers Force The Royal Family Out Of The Glass Palace, During The Invasion Of 1885, He Falls In Love With Dolly, An Attendant At The Palace. Years Later, Unable To Forget Her, Rajkumar Goes In Search Of His Love. Through This Brilliant And Impassioned Story Of Love And War, Amitav Ghosh Presents A Ruthless Appraisal Of The Horrors Of Colonialism And Capitalist Exploitation. Click Here To Visit The Amitav Ghosh Website
Book Synopsis Royal London by : Karen Pierce Goulding
Download or read book Royal London written by Karen Pierce Goulding and published by Crimson. This book was released on 2012-04-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where is the only tube station where a crown prince has died? Where is the oak tree where Good Queen Bess took her rest? Which Queen befriended the Elephant Man – and played a part in the development of the modern Olympic Games? Where are the favourite shopping haunts of today’s young royals? From Westminster to Greenwich, Kensington to the Tower of London, no other city in the world is steeped in quite as much royal history as London. Overflowing with royal boroughs, royal palaces, royal parks and gardens, London has played host to key historical events for over a thousand years. Royal London brings together the best of the drama and intrigue of royal history, and guides readers to the very spot where the events happened. Topics covered also include: • Royals round the monopoly board • Royals sporting London • Royal stops on the underground • Royal food and drink • Areas named after royals • Royal monuments/statues/plaques • Royals and the military • Royal plots and conspiracies A unique and indispensable guide for Londoners and visitors alike with an interest in all things royal.
Book Synopsis Atlas of Imagined Cities by : Matt Brown
Download or read book Atlas of Imagined Cities written by Matt Brown and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Ghostbusters HQ in New York to Nemo's fish tank in Sydney, from the Phantom of the Opera's Parisian lair to scenes from Grand Theft Auto in LA, this is an amazing atlas of imaginary locations in real-life cities around the world. Locations from film, TV, books, computer games and comics are ingeniously plotted on a series of beautiful vintage-looking maps. Feauturing 14 of the world's greatest cities, the maps show exactly where your favourite characters lived, loved, worked and played, and where iconic scenes took place. The locations have been painstakingly tracked down, mapped, annotated and wittily divulged by the authors, and an extensive index helps you find them all. Within the pages of this book, you'll discover: • Where in London super-spies James Bond and George Smiley are neighbours. • The route of the exciting San Francisco car chase in Bullitt. • The Tokyo homes of all the magical girls from the classic Sailor Moon anime. And many more fascinating locations drawn from the world's imagination. Accompanying the maps are illuminating essays that explain how the authors came to their decisions, along with explorations of the key locations and fun timelines of imaginary events. Find out how to get to Sesame Street, where to join Starfleet and thousands of other places besides, in this indispensable guidebook to all those places you always wanted to visit – if only they were real.
Book Synopsis Dreamworld and Catastrophe by : Susan Buck-Morss
Download or read book Dreamworld and Catastrophe written by Susan Buck-Morss and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study develops the notion of dreamworld as both a poetic description of a collective mental state and an analytical concept. Stressing the similarites between East/West the book examines extremes of mass utopia, dreamworld and catastrophe.
Download or read book The Movie Guide written by James Monaco and published by Perigee Trade. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The Big Sleep to Babette's Feast, from Lawrence of Arabia to Drugstore Cowboy, The Movie Guide offers the inside word on 3,500 of the best motion pictures ever made. James Monaco is the president and founder of BASELINE, the world's leading supplier of information to the film and television industries. Among his previous books are The Encyclopedia of Film, American Film Now, and How to Read a Film.
Download or read book Nabokov Noir written by Luke Parker and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nabokov Noir places Vladimir Nabokov's early literary career—from the 1920s to the 1940s—in the context of his fascination with silent and early sound cinema and the chiaroscuro darkness and artificial brightness of the Weimar era, with its movie palaces, cultural Americanism, and surface culture. Luke Parker argues that Nabokov's engagement with the cinema and the dynamics of mass culture more broadly is an art of exile, understood both as literary poetics and practical strategy. Obsessive and competitive, fascinated and disturbed, Nabokov's Russian-language fiction and essays, written in Berlin, present a compelling rethinking of modernist-era literature's relationship to an unabashedly mass cultural phenomenon. Parker examines how Nabokov's involvement with the cinema as actor, screenwriter, moviegoer, and, above all, chronicler of the cinematized culture of interwar Europe enabled him to flourish as a transnational writer. Nabokov, Parker shows, worked tirelessly to court publishers and film producers for maximum exposure for his fiction across languages, media, and markets. In revealing the story of Nabokov's cinema praxis—his strategic instrumentalization of the movie industry—Nabokov Noir reconstructs the deft response of a modern master to the artificial isolation and shrinking audiences of exile.
