Author : Don Hale
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0752471864
The true story of Crabb's colourful life and his mysterious disappearance in 1945.
Author : Jerry Vermilye
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786495702
Buster Crabbe's chief claim to fame, aside from his Olympic gold medal (for the 400-meter freestyle event in 1932), rests in the trio of movie serials in which he played the popular science-fiction hero Flash Gordon. Crabbe was the only actor to play the roles of Tarzan (in one movie), Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers, the top three pulp action heroes of the 1930s. Crabbe carved out a career that would also include more than 100 B-movies and program Westerns, a television adventure series, and a successful physical fitness enterprise. All of this and more is detailed in this book, which includes a complete filmography providing cast and crew information for each of his 103 feature films and serials.
Author : Sydney Knowles
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,8 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Espionage, British
ISBN : 9781846830822
Author : James Wise
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 37,75 MB
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1612514529
The Cold War was only cold in that the major powers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, did not engage in a nuclear war. But during that period (1945-1991) there were wars, spying, shoot downs of numerous reconnaissance aircraft, captures of U.S. military personnel, murders, defections, a space race with men put in orbit and an eventual moon landing. Dangerous Games: Faces, Incidents and Casualties of the Cold War is a return to that era. This book contains many unknown and long-since forgotten stories of that period. With the resurgence of Russia, and its aggressive handling of the Georgian situation, Eastern European countries have become increasingly alarmed that Russia is attempting to recreate a sphere of influence over satellite states of the former Soviet Union. To add to the mounting tension with the West, Russia in its attempt to become a world power once again, has already begun to show its flag in the Western Hemisphere. Considering that we may be facing a second Cold War, this book is a timely reminder of some notable incidents from the intense political period following the end of the Second World War.
Author : Roy Kinnard
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786455004
Flash Gordon, Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, the most expensive and popular movie serials ever made, have been favorites of movie and comic fans for decades. The original 1936 serial, designated a cultural treasure, was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry in 1996. Arranged in a chapter-by-chapter format conforming to the structure of the three original serials, the work provides full cast and crew information, plot synopses, and production notes for all 40 episodes. The work also has a wealth of background information and 159 photographs, along with comments from cast members interviewed--Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, and Carroll Borland. Appendices provide an overview of the serial Buck Rogers (1939), select filmographies for 50 of the most prominent Flash Gordon cast and crew, and a complete list of the serials' film and television remakes.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Slemen
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,31 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 9780760712443
Author : R. C. S. Trahair
Publisher : Enigma Books
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 37,76 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1936274256
The only updated Cold War spy encyclopedia in print.
Author : Richard Trahair
Publisher : Enigma Books
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1936274264
The only comprehensive and up-to-date book of its kind with the latest information.
Author : Robin Odell
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 19,74 MB
Release : 2016-02-04
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1472118049
Fact is never more strange than fiction than when it comes to crime, and the crimes described here are so bizarre it's inconceivable that they could have been made up. In this all-new collection of truly unusual crimes, a sequel to the bestselling Mammoth Book of Bizarre Crimes, Odell and Donnelley tell the extraordinary stories of criminal acts far stranger than any fiction, including the murder of Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace by spree-killer Andrew Cunanan and the killing of intern Chandra Ann Levy, who had had an affair with US Representative Gary Condit, though he was cleared of any involvement in her murder. They reveal how Danilo Restivo was eventually convicted of the murder of Heather Barnett in England after the ritualistic placing of hair connected him to another murder in Italy. They tell the terrible story of the inexplicably brutal murder, over a number of days, of 15-year-old Kristy Bamu by his sister and her lover because they believed him to be practising 'witchcraft'. They also give a chilling account of the thirty-one-year-old mother-of-two, Joanna Dennehy, who killed three men. 'I started killing,' she said, 'to see if I was as cold as I thought I was. Then it got moreish and I got a taste for it.'
