Twilight Of Honor

Author : Ron Nolan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781605520582

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Twilight of Honor by Ron Nolan Pdf

Saigon, South Vietnam, 1963: In the waning days of the hated Diem regime, a shattering terrorist attack launches young American correspondent, Paul Brady, on a labyrinthine journey of love, friendship, murder and betrayal. He is joined on his odyssey by the beautiful chanteuse, Kim; by Hanh, a mysterious and enigmatic young Vietnamese; by Shabin, the duplicitous CIA agent, and the villainous Cobra, a murderous renegade agent of the North Vietnamese intelligence agency. Caught in a growing web of deceit, Paul faces one seemingly insoluble dilemma after another as he navigates treacherous cultural crosscurrents in pursuit of the woman he loves. Illusion and truth prove nearly inseparable in this fairyland of political intrigue. A chain of devastating consequences leads to Kim's abduction. Paul faces imminent expulsion from Vietnam. The countdown begins, and time is fast running out..

Author : Al Dewlen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Twilight of Honor by Al Dewlen Pdf

Author : Al Dewlen
Publisher : Signet Book
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0451022572

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Twilight of Honor by Al Dewlen Pdf

Author : Al Dewlen
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0896724794

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The Bone Pickers by Al Dewlen Pdf

Against the flamboyant background of the "Golden Spread," the oil-rich Panhandle of the late 1950s, Al Dewlen has poised a full-scale and truly original novel of one Texas family--the Mungers of Amarillo. The six Munger siblings are the heirs of hard-drinking, hardscrabble farmer Cecil Munger, who in one generation brought his family from Dust Bowl poverty to unfathomable wealth. Wayward humor, warmth and passion, vigorous and imaginative revelation silhouette their individual rebelliousness against the debilitating restrictions of the family empire.

Author : Mary McAuliffe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442221642

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Twilight of the Belle Epoque by Mary McAuliffe Pdf

Mary McAuliffe’s Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the reader from the multiple disasters of 1870–1871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, in Twilight of the Belle Epoque, McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the twentieth century, where creative dynamos such as Picasso, Matisse, Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Proust, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau, and Isadora Duncan set their respective circles on fire with a barrage of revolutionary visions and discoveries. Such dramatic breakthroughs were not limited to the arts or sciences, as innovators and entrepreneurs such as Louis Renault, André Citroën, Paul Poiret, François Coty, and so many others—including those magnificent men and women in their flying machines—emphatically demonstrated. But all was not well in this world, remembered in hindsight as a golden age, and wrenching struggles between Church and state as well as between haves and have-nots shadowed these years, underscored by the ever-more-ominous drumbeat of the approaching Great War—a cataclysm that would test the mettle of the City of Light, even as it brutally brought the Belle Epoque to its close. Through rich illustrations and evocative narrative, McAuliffe brings this remarkable era from 1900 through World War I to vibrant life.

Author : Greg King
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780470044391

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Twilight of Splendor by Greg King Pdf

Features the court of Britain's longest-reigning monarch Royalty and the Victorian era, with coverage of the people, pageantry, and power of Queen Victoria's court. Beginning with the Queen's 1897 Diamond Jubilee, this book describes her long reign. It paints a portrait of a unique ruler at the height of empire.

Author : Bernard F. Dick
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813196114

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Engulfed by Bernard F. Dick Pdf

From Double Indemnity (1944) to The Godfather (1972), the stories behind some of the greatest films ever made pale beside the story of the studio that made them. In the golden age of Hollywood, Paramount was one of the Big Five studios. Gulf + Western's 1966 takeover of the studio signaled the end of one era and heralded the arrival of a new way of doing business in Hollywood. Bernard F. Dick reconstructs the battle that reduced the studio to a mere corporate commodity and traces Paramount's devolution from freestanding studio to subsidiary—first of Gulf + Western, then of Paramount Communications, and currently, of Viacom-CBS. Dick portrays the new Paramount as a paradigm of today's Hollywood, where the only real art is the art of the deal. In modern Hollywood, former merchandising executives find themselves in charge of production on the assumption that anyone who can sell a movie can make one. CEOs exit in disgrace from one studio, only to emerge in triumph at another. Corporate raiders vie for power and control, purchasing and selling film libraries, studio property, television stations, book publishers, and more. The history of Paramount is filled with larger-than-life people, including Billy Wilder, Adolph Zukor, Sumner Redstone, Shari Redstone, Sherry Lansing, Barry Diller, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and more.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1914 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498405

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Jay Bernstein
Publisher : ECW/ORIM
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781770900431

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Starmaker by Jay Bernstein Pdf

This memoir by the legendary publicist offers “an intimate glimpse into the best and the worst of the golden age of Hollywood” (Stacy Keach, Golden Globe Award–nominated actor). Jay Bernstein, an entertainment industry fixture who helped launch the careers of celebrities including Farrah Fawcett and Suzanne Somers, was famed for his sense of showmanship, his outrageous style, and the publicity stunts he engineered to get attention for his clients. Starmaker tells his story, from his childhood in Oklahoma City and his first job in a Hollywood mailroom to the ownership of his own public relations firm and his work as a television producer. In addition to a behind-the-scenes look at several generations of show business and hard-hitting insights about how the industry changed over the decades, Bernstein also describes the relationships he had with stars and his notorious techniques, such as paying women to throw hotel keys at Tom Jones, having Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart’s legs insured for one million dollars, and getting married underwater for an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. With the wisdom of experience and a sense of humor, this autobiography shares the intimate details of a fascinating Hollywood life.

Author : Michael L. Stephens
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476611280

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Art Directors in Cinema by Michael L. Stephens Pdf

Often forgotten among the actors, directors, producers and others associated with filmmaking, art directors are responsible for making movies visually appealing to audiences. As such they sometimes make the difference between a hit and a bomb. This biographical dictionary includes not only the world’s great and almost-great artists, but the unjustly neglected film designers of the past and present. Among the more than 300 art directors and designers are pioneers from silent films, designers from Hollywood and Europe’s Golden Ages, Asian figures, post–Golden Age personalities, leaders of the European and American New Waves, and many contemporary designers. Each entry consists of biographical information, an analysis of the director’s career and important films, and an extensive filmography including mentions of Academy Award nominations and winners.

Author : Justin B. Litke
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813142210

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Twilight of the Republic by Justin B. Litke Pdf

The uniqueness of America has been alternately celebrated and panned, emphasized and denied, for most of the country's history -- both by its own people and by visitors and observers from around the world. The idea of "American exceptionalism" tends to provoke strong feelings, but few are aware of the term's origins or understand its true meaning. Understanding the roots and consequences of America's uniqueness requires a thorough look into the nation's history and Americans' ideas about themselves. Through a masterful analysis of important texts and key documents, Justin B. Litke investigates the symbols that have defined American identity since the colonial era. From the time of the country's founding, the people of the United States have viewed themselves as citizens of a nation blessed by God, and they accordingly sought to serve as an example to others. Litke argues that as the republic developed, Americans came to perceive their country as an active "redeemer nation," responsible for liberating the world from its failings. He introduces and contextualizes the various historical and academic claims about American exceptionalism and offers an original approach to understanding this phenomenon. Today, American historians and politicians still debate the meaning of exceptionalism. Advocates of exceptionalism are often perceived by their opponents as unrealistically patriotic, and Litke's historically and theoretically rich inquiry attempts to reconcile these political and cultural tensions. Republicans of every age have recognized that a people cut off from their history will not long persist in self-government. Twilight of the Republic aims to reinvigorate the tradition that once caused people the world over to envy the American political order.

Author : Ralph Peters
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811726908

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Twilight of Heroes by Ralph Peters Pdf

Twilight of Heroes is a tale of international suspense set amid the recent drug wars in Latin America. The novel follows an American colonel plagued by his conscience, a female doctor fighting deadly odds, a dangerously arrogant American ambassador, a Bolivian playboy who falls in love with the woman he planned to betray, and a teenage assassin from the slums of Colombia. Ranging from the lawless South American backcountry to the halls of Washington, D.C., this is the finest novel--or work of any kind--written about the men and women whose fates are tied to politics, cocaine, and the gun.

Author : J. Patrick Bick
Publisher : Abbott Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458207494

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The Twilight of Our Dawn by J. Patrick Bick Pdf

In the year 2410, so-called "clonies" have become controversial issue. Originally revered as miracles of science, these test-tube humans have become feared and ostracized. True, they are useful; they are stronger than regular humans and can perform dangerous tasks that normal people could not withstand. Even so, politics is turning against them. They are considered abominations by many, and their survival is in peril. Jordan Andrews is one such clonie. A private detective and occasional bodyguard, he is hesitant when asked to hunt down one of his own. A clonie assassin has been killing politicians, police, and just about anyone else threatening the clonie population. The killer even took out two innocents, merely because they witnessed one of his vicious attacks. Jordan does not want to hunt his own kind, but he does want to stop the perpetuation of fear among humans. He makes the acquaintance of Linda St. John, who just lost her family to the assassin's bloody cause. Due to his investigation, Jordan soon becomes a target, as does Linda. Together, they must avoid a powerful assassin and find a way to make him stop. But is there method behind this killer's madness? Navigating government policy and science, a clonie and human must work together in a fight for survival in an unforgiving, futuristic world.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006357565

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : David Kalat
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476632650

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A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series, 2d ed. by David Kalat Pdf

This thoroughly updated and revised critical account of the Godzilla movie franchise explores the fascinating story behind Japan’s most famous movie monster and its development from black-and-white arthouse allegory to international commercial juggernaut. Reviled by critics but boasting a dedicated cult following, the films of the Godzilla franchise provide a unique window into the national identities of both Japan and the United States. This work focuses on how differences in American and Japanese culture, as well as differences in their respective film industries, underlie the discrepancies between the American and Japanese versions of the films. It features detailed filmographic data for both the American and Japanese versions of each film, including plot synopses, cast, credits, and detailed production notes.