The Metal Monster

The Metal Monster
Author: Abraham Grace Merritt
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2016-01-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473378281

This early work by Abraham Grace Merritt was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Metal Monster' is a fantasy novel about Dr. Goodwin's travels in the Himalayas and the mysterious metal beings he encounters there. It tells the tale of adventurous explorers who discover an unknown world. Abraham Grace Merritt - also known by his byline, A. Merritt - was born on the 20th January, 1884 in New Jersey, America. Merritt's stories typically revolved around conventional pulp magazine themes. His heroes are gallant Irishmen or Scandinavians, his villains treacherous Germans or Russians and his heroines often virginal, mysterious and scantily clad. Merritt married twice, once in the 1910s to Eleanore Ratcliffe, with whom he raised an adopted daughter, and again in the thirties to Eleanor H. Johnson.

Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943

Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943
Author: Yingjin Zhang
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1999
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780804735728

This volume establishes cinema as a vital force in Shanghai culture, focusing on early Chinese cinema. It surveys the history and historiography of Chinese cinema and examines the development of the various aspects affecting the film culture.

Out of Steam

Out of Steam
Author: Jeffrey W. Schramm
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2010
Genre: Diesel locomotives
ISBN: 0982131372

About the Author: Jeff Schramm is an associate professor of history at Missouri University of Science and Technology. --Book Jacket.

Jazz

Jazz
Author: Eddie S. Meadows
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 782
Release: 2013-10-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1136776028

Jazz: Research and Pedagogy is the third edition of an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of jazz. Since the publication of the 2nd edition in 1995, the quantity and quality of books on jazz research, performance, and teaching materials have increased. Although the 1995 book was the most comprehensive annotated jazz bibliography published to that date, several books on research, performance, and teaching materials were omitted. In addition, given the proliferation of new books in all jazz areas since 1995, the need for a new, comprehensive, and annotated reference book on jazz is apparent. Multiply indexed, this book will serve as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars in sorting through the massive amount of new material that has appeared in the field over the last decade.