These three classics from the master of the noir novel, along with five otherwise unavailable short stories, are electric with the taut narrative voice, the suspense, and the explosive violence and eroticism that were James M. Cain's indelible hallmarks.
The Postman Always Rings Twice, Cain's first novel-the subject of an obscenity trial in Boston, the inspiration for Camus's The Stranger-is the fever-pitched tale of a drifter who stumbles into a job, into an erotic obsession, and into a murder. Double Indemnity-which followed Postman so quickly, Cain's readers hardly had a chance to catch their breath-is a tersely narrated story of blind passion, duplicity, and, of course, murder. Mildred Pierce, a work of acute psychological observation and devastating emotional violence, is the tale of a woman with a taste for shiftless men and an unreasoned devotion to her monstrous daughter. All three novels were immortalized in classic Hollywood films. Also included here are five masterful stories-"Pastorale," "The Baby in the Icebox," "Dead Man," "Brush Fire," "The Girl in the Storm"-that have been out of print for decades.
Автор: Cain J M Название: Mildred Pierce ISBN: 0679723218 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780679723219 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 9810.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A beautiful divorcee and her daughter share the same ambitions and talent for exploitation.
Автор: Holmes Mildred Nelson Название: Be Still Be Quiet ISBN: 0972982477 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780972982474 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 20620.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
According to national statistics, there are at least fifty active serial killers in the U.S. at any period. These murderers live among us appearing to be normal citizens until arrested, they go undetected for years, experiencing their addictive highs while causing mortal fear, pain, and death to their intended victims and creating untold peripheral damage to friends and family of their prey.
This book discloses an account of one of these monsters caught applying his hideous avocation in Huntsville, Al. in the 1980s. Excerpts from the actual trial transcript are included, the entire transcript is much too long to disclose in full
Interwoven with the murderer's exploits are the lives of four little girls who escaped the cruelty of their abusive father, only to end up in one terrible situation after another. One just disappeared, two died tragic deaths while one survived to become the unwitting teenage bride of the serial killer, living with him for years in utter fear. Hers is a story of survival. James. M. Holmes, J.D.
Автор: Burt John C. Название: Mildred The Mouse. ISBN: 0368759393 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780368759390 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 50900.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A book all about two mice named Mildred and Bill and their seeking after children and cheese for their dinner.
Автор: Burt John C. Название: Mildred The Mouse. ISBN: 0368759385 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780368759383 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 31590.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A book all about two mice named Mildred and Bill and their seeking after children and cheese for their dinner.
Frozen in time, we are transported to the 1950's, a simpler time, when imagination was unobscured by reality to explore dreams and visions. The extraordinary Easter Egg Museum of Schoharie, NY is presented photographically by award-winning photographer and NASA retired rocket scientist, Dr. Joseph Heyman. This is a unique study of the creative folk-art legacy of Mildred Vrooman. In addition, her remarkable life is captured in historical research and preserved documents. Her talent is similar to Grandma Moses - simple depictions of themes - wonderfully brought to the faces of eggs. The eggs are sometimes part of a tableau, dressed elegantly as fashion stars, or as clowns in a circus, or disciples at the Last Supper. This is a unique world treasure
The Easter Egg Museum was the life-long work and passion of Miss Mildred Vrooman who died in 2012 at age 103. She along with her friend Elizabeth Warner, were inspired to create an Easter Egg tree by the 1951 Caldecott Award children's book, The Egg Tree, by Katherine Milhouse. The exhibit began with painted and dyed eggs displayed on a few trees outdoors and it continued to expand until it moved indoors to the Mary Beatrice Cushing Memorial Library in 1964.
By 2001, Mildred Vrooman, already a nonagenarian, decided to build a museum on her property for the egg exhibit. She spent a lifetime creating this unique and wondrous collection. While the display began with a few painted eggs it evolved into a wonderland of fanciful vignettes made of eggs. She depicts the Old Stone Fort along with Revolutionary War hero Timothy Murphy. The U.S. presidents up to George W. Bush are each displayed - with heads made of eggs but characteristics that enable easy identification. There is a whole circus with painted eggs including clowns, ticket takers, elephants, and seals. The old lady in the shoe is depicted, along with quite a handful of her children. The scenes include fairy tales, holidays from Easter to Christmas, religious themes including an amazing display of the Last Supper.
Miss Vrooman used small eggs and large eggs, from peahens to ostriches. Each egg was painted and then decorated or clothed. She used lace, beads, shells, fur, yarn, and sequins, anything to embellish her creations. Miss Vrooman was, indeed, a folk artist of egg artery.
The Museum has over 3,000 unique eggs. The eggs are worthy of very careful attention. Each face is distinctive and has wonderful details. No two eggs look exactly alike. In 1995 Miss Vrooman said, "You can't make 'em alike. That wouldn't be right. Each one has to be a separate character."
Miss Vrooman was creative and she had an artistic eye. Some of the eggs look like Faberge jewel boxes. Others have figures illustrating whole stories within carved eggshells. She also made egg paintings created from colored, crushed eggshells. They are mosaics made entirely of eggshells. A large tree created from wooden dowels holds 600 decorated eggs. Some are painted with Indian heads, others with birds, many have Pennsylvania Dutch decorations, and still others look like pysanka.
Since its inception, thousands of people from all over have visited the Schoharie Easter Egg Exhibit. It is a unique treasure and this legacy book provides an opportunity to share the collection with the world community and new generations.
Автор: Walter Mildred Pitts Название: Something Inside So Strong: Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change ISBN: 1496825837 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496825834 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 20900.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In 1922, Mildred Pitts Walter was born in DeRidder, Louisiana, to a log cutter and a midwife/beautician. She became the first member of her family to go to college, graduating in 1940. Walter moved to California, where she worked as an elementary school teacher. After being encouraged by a Publisher to write books for and about African American children, Walter went on to become a pioneer of African American children's literature. Most notably, she wrote Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, which bent preconceptions with tales of black cowboys and men doing "women’s work." She was also a contributing book reviewer to the Los Angeles Times. In?Something Inside So Strong: Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change, Walter recollects major touchstones in her life. The autobiography, divided into three parts, "Choice," "Courage," and "Change," covers Walter’s life beginning with her childhood in the 1920s and moving to the present day.? In "Choice," Walter describes growing up in a deeply segregated Louisiana and includes memories of school, rural home life, World War II, and participating in neighborhood activities like hog killing and church revivals. "Courage" documents her adjustment to living away from family, her experiences teaching in Los Angeles and her extensive work with her husband for the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality. The final section, "Change," shows how Walter’s writing and activism merged, detailing her work as an education consultant and as an advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism. It also reveals how her world travels expanded her personal inquiry into Christianity and African spirituality. Something Inside So Strong is one woman’s journey to self-discovery.
Автор: Benedict R. O`G. Anderson, Elizabeth E. Graves, F. K. N. Harahap, Mildred Wagemann Название: Indonesia Journal: April 1969 ISBN: 0877278075 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780877278078 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 25080.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Indonesia is a semi-annual journal devoted to the timely study of Indonesia's culture, history, government, economy, and society. It features original scholarly articles, interviews, translations, and book reviews. Published by Cornell University's Southeast Asia Program since April 1966, the journal provides area scholars and interested readers with contemporary analysis of Indonesia and an extensive archive of research pertaining to the nation and region.
Автор: Abbott Mildred Название: Perilous Pottery ISBN: 1798779625 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781798779620 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16080.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Estes Park is fired up by a new coffee shop and pottery studio bringing chocolate espresso pastries, fierce competitive spirits, and murder...Winifred Page might feel apprehension as she steps into the Koffee Kiln-Carla Beaker's new charming coffee shop and pottery studio-but her corgi sidekick, Watson, welcomes the idea of a new place for snacks. With Carla's disdain for the Cozy Corgi Bookshop and Bakery, Fred fears the caffeine will come with a side of drama. What she finds is delicious chocolate espresso scones, decaf coffee... and a dead body.As Fred and Watson fire up their investigative savvy, they face down one of Estes Park's cold-hearted matriarchs. To solve a murder, Fred must confront her own insecurities as she navigates the tangled coils of obsessions, business deals, and betrayals. (This culinary cozy mystery includes a recipe for a sinfully delicious chocolate espresso torte.)
Автор: Patterson Mildred M. Название: The Adventures of Harley the Hotdog and His Friends: The Bully ISBN: 1543469396 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781543469394 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 25700.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Adventures of Harley the Hotdog is about friendship, working together, and childhood social issues and behaviors. It's about a child who can stand up for himself and find his voice. Mildred M. Patterson has created a series of books from six magical characters that youth, children, and adults will be able to relate to. You will be able to sit around, laugh, and have real conversations with your kids about some social and emotional behaviors and issues that our youth face today on a day-to-day basis. Some of the stories will make you laugh, and some will make you cry, but all the stories will help you, the reader, find your voice.
Автор: Abbott Mildred Название: Killer Keys ISBN: 1794678808 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781794678804 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16080.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A celebratory weekend at a historic inn brings a blizzard, delicious cornbread, a cozy fire, and a murder... or two...Winifred Page and her sidekick corgi, Watson, join an assortment of family and friends to celebrate her uncles' anniversary at Baldpate Inn, nestled above Estes Park, Colorado. A blizzard is approaching, but the prospect of being snowed in means more time in the lovely mountain retreat-complete with river rock fireplaces, log cabin rooms, and a collection of thousands of keys from around the world.With the blizzard raging outside the rustic inn, the early arrival of a knitting group adds a touch of drama, but nothing can unravel the cozy party spirit. Even when the power goes out, the merrymaking continues by lantern light. But in the flickering shadows and twisting hallways, relationships transform, secrets are uncovered, and death comes calling. A weekend of glittering celebration unlocks a storm of change for Fred and Watson...(This culinary cozy mystery includes a recipe for scrumptious cornbread.)
Автор: Mildred Diane Gleason, H Micheal Tarver Название: Warren G Harding: Harbinger of Normalcy ISBN: 1626184631 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781626184633 Издательство: Nova Science Рейтинг: Цена: 89750.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Warren Gamaliel Harding was a traditional man in the mode of the late-nineteenth, early-twentieth century. His values, perspective on the world around him, his habits and leisure pastimes, and his opinions about being an American and a man were all extremely traditional. To understand Warren G Harding one must first seek the essence of the man. This work attempts to discover and analyse the essence of Harding through three methods. First, this book presents a biographical overview that examines the person of Warren G Harding in an effort to understand how he captured the admiration and adoration of so many Americans while at the same time being assailed as an ignorant man, incompetent President, and unethical individual. Second, in order to ascertain and evaluate Harding as a political leader and the effectiveness of his presidency, this book analyses selected key decisions, tactics, and policies pursued by the Harding Administration. Third, this work briefly describes the context of the Harding Era, basically the period from 1920 through 1923.
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