A collection of 13 essays that examines the work of Victorian authors Wilkie Collins, M E Braddon, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Mary Wollstonecraft, J Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Elizabeth Gaskell, Henry James and Charlotte Bronte.
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A reference work to gangster films which includes films, actors, directors, producers, cinematographers, plot devices, themes and more. It contains film entries which include year of release, distributor, cast and production credits, and a brief synopsis.
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Studying the ""Star Trek"" myth from the original 1960s series to the 2009 franchise-reboot film, this book... Læs mere
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George Altman grew up in the segregated South but through a mix of timing and opportunity was able to participate in Baseball at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else who has ever played the game, starting in the 1940s and concluding in the 1970s.