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American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, Movie-Making, and the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Blum, Howard, PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group (NY), It was an explosion that reverberated across the country--and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October , the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machinery, and mortar rocketing into the night air. When at last the wreckage had been sifted and the hospital triage units consulted, twenty-one people were declared dead and dozens more injured. But as it turned out, this was just a prelude to the devastation that was to come. In "American Lightning," acclaimed author Howard Blum masterfully evokes the incredible circumstances that led to the original "crime of the century"--and an aftermath more dramatic than even the crime itself. With smoke still wafting up from the charred ruins, the city's mayor reacts with undisguised excitement when he learns of the arrival, only that morning, of America's greatest detective, William J. Burns, a former Secret Service man who has been likened to Sherlock Holmes. Surely Burns, already world famous for cracking unsolvable crimes and for his elaborate disguises, can run the perpetrators to ground. Through the work of many months, snowbound stakeouts, and brilliant forensic sleuthing, the great investigator finally identifies the men he believes are responsible for so much destruction. Stunningly, Burns accuses the men--labor activists with an apparent grudge against the Los Angeles Times's fiercely anti-union owner--of not just one heinous deed but of being part of a terror wave involving hundreds of bombings. While preparation is laid for America's highest profile trial ever--and the forces of labor and capital wage hand-to-hand combat in the streets--two other notable figures are swept into the drama: industry-shaping filmmaker D.W. Griffith, who perceives in these events the possibility of great art and who will go on to alchemize his observations into the landmark film The Birth of a Nation; and crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow, committed to lend his eloquence to the defendants, though he will be driven to thoughts of suicide before events have fully played out. Simultaneously offering the absorbing reading experience of a can't-put-it-down thriller and the perception-altering resonance of a story whose reverberations continue even today, "American Lightning" is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.

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The Lord of the rings Making of the Movie Book

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The Lord of The Rings. The Making of the Movie

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Black Frankenstein: The Making of an American Metaphor

For all the scholarship devoted to Mary Shelley's English novel Frankenstein,there has been surprisingly little attention paid to its role in American culture,and virtually none to its racial resonances in the United States. InBlack Frankenstein,Elizabeth Young identifies and interprets the figure of a black American Frankenstein monster as it appears with surprising frequency throughout nineteenth- and twentieth-century U.S. culture,in fiction,film,essays,oratory,painti

Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United

Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall,why are leading democracies like the United States,India,and Israel building massive walls and fences on their borders? Despite predictions of a borderless world through globalization,these three countries alone have built an astonishing total of kilometers of security barriers. In this groundbreaking work,Reece Jones analyzes how these controversial border security projects were justified in their respective countries,what consequences these ph

Murder Mystery Game - The Brie,the Bullet and the Black Cat

Murder Mystery Game - The Brie,the Bullet and the Black Cat In very good condition - used once but all items such as invitations and envelopes unused. Includes instructions, CD, invitations and host instructions. Collection from AL9 - Hatfield. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

Murder Mystery Game - The Brie,the Bullet and the Black Cat

Murder Mystery Game - The Brie,the Bullet and the Black Cat In very good condition - used once but all items such as invitations and envelopes unused. Includes instructions, CD, invitations and host instructions. Collection from AL9 - Hatfield. Read More

The Brie, The Bullett and The Black Cat- Murder Mystery Game

October . You have been invited for dinner at the Official Residence of the Deputy Mayor of Casablanca. Morocco is a colony of France governed by the Vichy French regime. The guest of honour was to have been France's greatest living mime artist. He fails to arrive, he has been murdered. Those present at the dinner including the murderer: HUGHES LE GRANDBUTTE - Deputy Mayor of Casablanca EDITH LE GRANDBUTTE - his wife, a former dancer NICOLE LE GRANDBUTTE - their daughter OTTO VON PINKELWURST - a Gestapo officer, fanatical and possibly mad. KIRK RANSOM III - an American who runs Kirk's African Cafe in downtown Casablanca COUNTESS BOGOV - an exiled Russian aristocrat MONSIEUR OILY-CARTE - booking agent for the Moulin Bleu in Paris PIERRE PAYANSKI - a 24 year old half-Russian poet CHERIE BOOT - a French cabaret singer in her mid-20s INGRID PITH - a Danish art dealer SEAMUS O'HACK - a dissolute Irish journalist PIA FEDORA - a Spanish cabaret star Everyone's a suspect when murder is on the menu. And with Murder a la Carte you have everything you need to serve up the perfect murder dinner party. First the invites, you choose which of your friends play which devious suspect and invite them to come along as that character. Then the shopping list, menu suggestions and recipes. Plus of course...a really tasty murder to solve. It will be drop dead fun, and by the end of the evening, one (or more) of the suspects, your 'friends', will be caught out as the murderer! CONTENTS: Party planner with game rules, recipes, music and decorating tips Character booklets, including their roles, background information and a few tasty secrets Place cards for each character Party invitations and envelopes for each character Six secret clues CD with an introduction, scene setter, summary of events and solution to the crime SUITABLE FOR AGES TEEN TO ADULT Players All in excellent condition (just a few pencil marks in the Party Planner booklet) and ready for your next party! Read More

The Brie, The Bullett and The Black Cat - Murder Mystery Game - Collect from Guildford

IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT AT A MUCH REDUCED PRICE October . You have been invited for dinner at the Official Residence of the Deputy Mayor of Casablanca. Morocco is a colony of France governed by the Vichy French regime. The guest of honour was to have been France's greatest living mime artist. He fails to arrive, he has been murdered. Those present at the dinner including the murderer: HUGHES LE GRANDBUTTE - Deputy Mayor of Casablanca EDITH LE GRANDBUTTE - his wife, a former dancer NICOLE LE GRANDBUTTE - their daughter OTTO VON PINKELWURST - a Gestapo officer, fanatical and possibly mad. KIRK RANSOM III - an American who runs Kirk's African Cafe in downtown Casablanca COUNTESS BOGOV - an exiled Russian aristocrat MONSIEUR OILY-CARTE - booking agent for the Moulin Bleu in Paris PIERRE PAYANSKI - a 24 year old half-Russian poet CHERIE BOOT - a French cabaret singer in her mid-20s INGRID PITH - a Danish art dealer SEAMUS O'HACK - a dissolute Irish journalist PIA FEDORA - a Spanish cabaret star Everyone's a suspect when murder is on the menu. And with Murder a la Carte you have everything you need to serve up the perfect murder dinner party. First the invites, you choose which of your friends play which devious suspect and invite them to come along as that character. Then the shopping list, menu suggestions and recipes. Plus of course...a really tasty murder to solve. It will be drop dead fun, and by the end of the evening, one (or more) of the suspects, your 'friends', will be caught out as the murderer! CONTENTS: Party planner with game rules, recipes, music and decorating tips Character booklets, including their roles, background information and a few tasty secrets Place cards for each character Party invitations and envelopes for each character Six secret clues CD with an introduction, scene setter, summary of events and solution to the crime SUITABLE FOR AGES TEEN TO ADULT Players All in excellent condition (just a few pencil marks in the Party Planner booklet) and ready for your next party! Ad ID:

Crime and Mystery Novels plus The Divergent and The Mazerunner series

All in extremely good condition like new as most never read. The books are: Knots and crosses by Ian Rankin The poet by Michael Connelly The dying hours by Mark Billingham Down among the dead by Ed Chatterton Sister by Rosamund Lipton First family by David Baldacci The highway by C.J. Box The Mazerunner series The divergent series Would like to sell together but will sell trilogies separately for £5 each. Collection only Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

Star Wars Mystery Minis Solo Movie figures

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The wishing chair collection and the Famous Five Mystery

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Blake and Mortimer-the mystery of the great pyramid

The mystery of the great pyramid Tome I and II integral.Numbered: Book in almost new condition/mint condition.Can be picked up at Stripsmagazijn in Hilversum or during a comic fair in Netherlands.Otherwise it will be sent by registered mail in book packaging. Read More

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Deluxe Edition of Blake and Mortimer.The mystery of the great pyramid.Includes part 1 and 2.Numbered HC . (HC = Horse Commerce) outside the trade appeared.Subject author copy.Book in (nearly) mint conditionCan be picked up at Stripsmagazijn in Hilversum or during a comic fair in Netherlands.Otherwise it will be sent by registered mail in book packaging. Read More

Blake and Mortimer T3 - the mystery of the great pyramid 1 -

Album in good conditionLast title at the 4th dish: "The revolt of the beggars" - the Lombard Editions.Corners glareGood full backInterior in very good condition (name of the former owner next to the title page)1 flat in good condition4th dish in good conditionThe point Tintin was neatly cut Read More

Blake and Mortimer T4 - the mystery of the great Pyramid 2 -

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Blake and Mortimer T4 - the mystery of the great Pyramid 2 -

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Blake and Mortimer T4 - the mystery of the great Pyramid 2 -

Album in good conditionLast title at the 4th dish: "The enigmatic Mr. Barelli" - the Lombard Editions.Corners glareGood full backInterior in very good condition (small text of the former owner next to the title page)1 flat in good condition4th dish in good conditionThe Tintin is present Read More

Blake and Mortimer T3 - the mystery of the great pyramid 1 -

The mystery of the great pyramid, volume 1.New Second Edition (price for the 80 Frs Belgian Congo) in very good condition, only the corners are slightly rubbed.Interior in very good condition.Tintin is present. Read More

Blake and Mortimer 2-the mystery of the great pyramid-linen

This is a album 2 from the series Blake and Mortimer in the luxury series appeared with no 569, containing two parts: Manetho's papyrus-the Chamber of HorusBlake and Mortimer/publishing house Dargaud Benelux BrusselsDetail of the State: see picturesThe shipment was sent by registered mail Read More

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