James Harvey
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
An intimate, thought-provoking exploration of the mysteries of "star presence" in cinema
"One does not go to see them act," James Baldwin wrote about the great iconic movie stars, "one goes to watch them be." It seems obvious ... Where else besides the movies do you get to see other persons so intimately, so pressingly, so largely? Where else are you allowed such sustained and searching looks as you give to these strangers on the screen, whoever...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
After a senator's scandalous death, police detective Ben Tolliver investigates the man's wretchedly corrupt family. Ten years after leaving the Senate, Clayton Cunningham III remains as powerful as ever. In his boardroom, he rules over a business empire that stretches across the globe. In his dining room, he controls his family with a tight fist. And in his bedroom, well - in his bedroom the senator does whatever he wants. After commanding his children...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
NYPD detective Ben Tolliver tracks a killer with a taste for expensive call girls. When the escort service sends Caroline to the Plaza, she dreams of a handsome client with an open wallet. Instead, she is greeted by the businessman's assistant, who insists on vetting the girl before she can start work. At her command, Caroline undresses, turns around, and feels something tighten around her throat. Homicide detective Ben Tolliver is surprised to get...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
A troubled homicide cop chases a killer with an artistic sensibility. Marketing executive Peter Barrows spends his nights scouring Greenwich Village for wannabe models. He lures them back to his studio with promises of stardom, getting their hopes up just before he snaps their necks. Then his work begins, arranging their corpses to be photographed, giving them the grace and poise they never possessed in life. Peter Barrows is an artist - and death...
5) Dead game
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Framed for murder, NYPD detective Ben Tolliver confronts a brilliant serial killer. Razek gets into Jan's apartment by pretending to deliver flowers. Once she opens the door, the game is already over. He pushes his way in, pistol in hand, and tells her that he has not come to rape her; he just wants to make love. At gunpoint, she makes drinks, puts on music, and finally disrobes as Razek fights to ignore the voice in his head that tells him to kill...
6) Sharks of the air: Willy Messerschmitt and how he built the world's first operational jet fighter
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
8) Life House
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An original graphic novel based on rock music legend Pete Townshend's 1970 screenplay of the same name, which inspired The Who's 1971 globally bestselling and universally beloved album, Who's Next. Set in a Dystopian future where music has been outlawed, Lifehouse follows a small band of rebels who stage an underground concert in an effort to undermine a tyrannical leader... and free Britain and all of humanity. This graphic novelization is co-written...
Series
Criterion collection volume 742
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Tom and Gerry, a married New York couple who are on the skids, financially and romantically. With Tom hot on her trail, Gerry takes off for Florida on a mission to solve the pair's money troubles, which she accomplishes in a highly unorthodox manner.
11) Maurice
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
E.M. Forrester's story of two Edwardian-era Cambridge students that fall in love, but must make difficult choices between abiding by British society's strict norms regarding homosexuality and following through on their feelings.
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