Captive City

Captive City
Author: Ovid Demaris
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1970
Genre: Crime
ISBN: 9780671772017

The Stone City. A Captive’s Life in Rome

The Stone City. A Captive’s Life in Rome
Author: Anna Lowenstein
Publisher: Mondial
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-03-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1595693122

Snatched from her peaceful homestead in Celtic Britain, Bivana is transported to the legendary city of Rome. Struggling to come to terms with the loss of everyone and everything she has ever known, but determined to survive, she slowly adapts to a life of slavery and to the alien culture which surrounds her. Her relationship with the slave Philon seems to promise a fresh start, but it also brings her into contact with the Nazarenes, activists in a fanatical new religious movement. When her own family is drawn into a clash with the authorities, she is forced to draw on all her resources to save them. --- Since its first publication in 1999, The Stone City has become well known and loved in its Esperanto translation, and has been translated by fans into French and Hungarian. This revised edition of the original English version includes several additional scenes.

Forced to Flee

Forced to Flee
Author: Peter W. Van Arsdale
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780739112342

Author Peter W. Van Arsdale presents first-hand fieldwork conducted over a 30-year span in six refugee homelands ranging from Sudan to Bosnia. This expert research bridges the emergent refugee and human rights regimes, while addressing theories of obligation, justice, and structural violence.

The Espionage Filmography

The Espionage Filmography
Author: Paul Mavis
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2015-06-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476604274

From Sean Connery to Roy Rogers, from comedy to political satire, films that include espionage as a plot device run the gamut of actors and styles. More than just "spy movies," espionage films have evolved over the history of cinema and American culture, from stereotypical foreign spy themes, to patriotic star features, to the Cold War plotlines of the sixties, and most recently to the sexy, slick films of the nineties. This filmography comprehensively catalogs movies involving elements of espionage. Each entry includes release date, running time, alternate titles, cast and crew, a brief synopsis, and commentary. An introduction analyzes the development of these films and their reflection of the changing culture that spawned them.

Film Noir Guide

Film Noir Guide
Author: Michael F. Keaney
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2010-12-06
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 078646366X

More than 700 films from the classic period of film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book--such films as The Accused, Among the Living, The Asphalt Jungle, Baby Face Nelson, Bait, The Beat Generation, Crossfire, Dark Passage, I Walk Alone, The Las Vegas Story, The Naked City, Strangers on a Train, White Heat, and The Window. For each film, the following information is provided: the title, release date, main performers, screenwriter(s), director(s), type of noir, thematic content, a rating based on the five-star system, and a plot synopsis that does not reveal the ending.