Merchants of Menace
Author : Peter Butt
Publisher : Blackwattle Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 32,34 MB
Release : 2021-05-18
Category :
ISBN : 9780992325282
The Merchant of Menace
Author : Jill Churchill
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 1999-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780380794492
Book Description
It's beginning to look a lot like murder 'Tis the season to jolly and suburban mom Jane Jeffry's in a mad scramble to finish her cookie baking and household chores before her teenage kids arrive home. Also expected are two moms-both the late husband's mother and the disapproving mater of Det. Mel VanDyne, Jane's significant other. The kitchen is a disaster zone, the dog has decorated the house with hair, and the earsplitting racket coming from the neighbors tacky, music-making Christmas display is driving Jane crazy. Now she has to get the green icing out of her hair and be ready to host her post-caroling dinner party. One thing Jane isn't ready for is a surprise visit from a muckraking TV "action reporter," disguised as Santa Claus. The nasty old St. Nick is out to wrap a happy holiday caroling into a package marked "scandal," but before he has a chance to color the event with yellow journalism, his red-suited body slides off the neighbor's roof to land, silenced forever, on the horns of a plastic reindeer. It looks like Santa's mishap is no accident and, with the help of her friend Shelley, Jane finds plenty of suspects. The phony Santa has an ex-wife and a female assistant who both hate him, and plenty of nice people ruined by tales of naughtiness. Now Jane has to find the Grinch who thought murder was a way to save Christmas before the holiday turns into the unhappiest day of the year.
Merchant of Menace
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 9780993054136
Book Description
"Merchant of Menace is a long-overdue celebration of this legendary horror star's remarkable life and work. It now catalogues the entirety of Vincent Price's film career with a wealth of fascinating photos and shows why, to genre fans of the 1950s and '60s, it was Price who was the screen's Crown Prince of Terror!"--Wheelers website.
Lee Marvin
Author : Dwayne Epstein
Publisher : IPG
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 25,49 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1936182416
Book Description
The first full-length, authoritative, and detailed story of the iconic actor's life to go beyond the Hollywood scandal-sheet reporting of earlier books, this account offers an appreciation for the man and his acting career and the classic films he starred in, painting a portrait of an individual who took great risks in his acting and career. Although Lee Marvin is best known for his icy tough guy roles—such as his chilling titular villain in The ManWho Shot Liberty Valance or the paternal yet brutally realistic platoon leader in The Big Red One—very little is known of his personal life; his family background; his experiences in WWII; his relationship with his father, family, friends, wives; and his ongoing battles with alcoholism, rage, and depression, occasioned by his postwar PTSD. Now, after years of researching and compiling interviews with family members, friends, and colleagues; rare photographs; and illustrative material, Hollywood writer Dwayne Epstein provides a full understanding and appreciation of this acting titan's place in the Hollywood pantheon in spite of his very real and human struggles.
Austen Tayshus
Author : Ross Fitzgerald
Publisher : The GHR Press/Hale & Iremonger
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0868064580
Book Description
Powerfully written by controversial author-broadcaster Ross Fitzgerald and comedy writer Rick Murphy, Austen Tayshus: Merchant of Menace is a no holds-barred biography of Australia’s edgiest comedian; a man rightly regarded as the nation’s most dangerous and subversive performer. Austen Tayshus is the creation of Sandy Gutman, a shy, intelligent, highly cultured and observant son of Judaism; an actor and award-winning filmmaker, strict vegetarian and father. He retains a loyal following within the arts community and his fans include international film stars, world famous artists and a former Australian prime minister. He is also the great outsider of Australian show business; a raging intellectual punk who seeks out apathy, hypocrisy and mediocrity, and stomps on them until they are dead. This brilliantly written biography uncovers the complicated personality of a stand-up comedian driven to perform, a man who lives in the shadow of a great tragedy.
The Merchant of Death
Author : D.J. MacHale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 38,61 MB
Release : 2007-02-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416936254
Book Description
Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal and somewhat reluctant 14- year-old boy who is swept into an amazing five-year quest.
Merchants of Death
Author : Helmuth Carol Engelbrecht
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 11,69 MB
Release : 1937
Category : Arms transfers
ISBN : 1610163907
Book Description
The Merchant of Venice
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 43,74 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Jews
ISBN :
Book Description
Through a Glass Starkly
Author : Richard T. Ryan
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1787055957
Book Description
After surviving an attempt on his life in Paris, Sherlock Holmes returns to London, where the Great Detective is almost immediately enlisted by his brother to secure the safety of the delegates at a top-secret peace conference. With Europe a veritable powder keg in the years before World War I, Holmes understands any misstep on his part could prove fatal and possibly plunge the continent into war. However, after pledging to do his utmost for "King and Country," Holmes suddenly finds himself overwhelmed by an onslaught of cases. An old friend requests his assistance in recovering a priceless manuscript which has gone missing from the British Museum. Accused of accepting bribes from a smuggling ring, Inspector Lestrade, who has been suspended from Scotland Yard, turns to Holmes for help. Add in a beautiful newlywed who claims her husband is trying to murder her, and it is easy to see why Watson compares the tasks confronting his friend to the Labours of Hercules. From a secret pied-à-terre in the City of Lights, to the Rare Book Room in the British Museum, to the Whispering Gallery in St. Paul's Cathedral, to the waterfront along the Thames, Holmes and Watson find themselves on the trail of an elusive quarry for whom murder is merely another move in an elaborate game of cat-and-mouse.
Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior
Author : John E. Horn
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0359743889
Book Description
Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series. John H. Horn's wartime experiences as a B-24 pilot in the famous "Liberandos" bomb group, the 376th, are recounted in this work by his son, John E. Horn. Horn was one of millions in World War II who did their jobs. He was mighty lucky and blessed to have come home unscathed. Most of the real learning about air combat was on the job. Military schools and training don't really produce combat-ready men and women. They produce attitudes as well as thinking and re-acting skills. Actual combat is the real teacher. John was forever grateful to his crew and the leaders of the 376th Bomb Group who suffered his inexperience and naiveté. Without their patience, he would not have developed into a competent, safe, and living combat pilot. 31 photos, illustrations, maps.
