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Author | : Arthur Lennig |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 1013 |
Release | : 2013-07-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0813143764 |
This definitive biography of the silver screen legend is “a moving, lively, witty, sad book that revives once more the long dead Count Dracula” (Kirkus Reviews). Bela Lugosi won immediate fame for his starring role in the 1931 film Dracula—the role that would forever define his persona. After a decade of trying to broaden his range, Lugosi resigned himself to a career as the world's most recognizable vampire, often playing opposite his horror film rival Boris Karloff. When he died in 1956, Lugosi could not have known that vindication of his talent would come—his face would adorn theaters and his Hungarian accent would be instantly recognized across the globe. In 1974, silent film expert Arthur Lennig published The Count, a highly regarded biography of the unsung actor. Now Lennig returns to his subject with a completely revised volume more than twice the length of the original. The Immortal Count provides deeper insights into Lugosi's films and personality. Drawing upon personal interviews, studio memos, shooting scripts, research in Romania and Hungary, and his own recollections, Lennig has written the definitive account of Lugosi's tragic life.
Author | : Isabel Cooper Oakley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Freemasonry |
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Author | : Arthur Lennig |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 2013-07-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0813143756 |
Bela Lugosi won immediate fame for his portrayal of the immortal count in the 1931 film Dracula. After a decade of trying vainly to broaden his range and secure parts to challenge his acting abilities, Lugosi resigned himself to a career as the world's most recognizable vampire. His last years were spent as a forgotten and rather tragic figure. When he died in 1956, Lugosi could not have known that vindication of his talent would come—his face would adorn theaters, his image would appear on greeting cards and postage stamps, his film memorabilia would sell for more than he earned in his entire career, and his Hungarian accent would be instantly recognized by millions of people. Martin Landau's Oscar-winning role as Lugosi in the 1994 film Ed Wood added an ironic twist to a career that had ended in oblivion. In 1974, devoted Lugosi fan Arthur Lennig published a highly regarded biography of the unsung actor. More than twice the length of the original and completely rewritten, The Immortal Count provides deeper insights into Lugosi's films and personality. Drawing upon personal interviews, studio memos, shooting scripts, research in Romania and Hungary, and his own recollections, Lennig has written the definitive account of Lugosi's tragic life.
Author | : Juan Manuel |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2014-07-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0813163323 |
Don Juan Manuel, nephew of King Alfonso X, The Wise, knew well the appeal of exempla (moralized tales), which he believed should entertain if they were to provide ways and means for solving life's problems. His fourteenth-century book, known as El Conde lucanor, is considered by many to be the purest Spanish prose before the immortal Don Quixote of Cervantes written two centuries later. He found inspiration for his tales in classical and eastern literatures, Spanish history, and folklore. His stories are not translations, but are his retelling of some of the best stories in existence. The translation succeeds in making the author speak as clearly to the modern reader as to readers of his own time.
Author | : Chelsea Quinn Yarbro |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1994-11-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780312890261 |
Three thousand years ago, amidst the tombs and temples of ancient Egypt, they called him Demon. Today he is known as the Count Saint-Germain--a man of great power and greater mystery. For over 15 years, readers and critics have praised Yarbro's novels of Saint-Germain. Now, the secrets of his mysterious past--and distant nights along the shores of the Nile--are revealed.
Author | : Mark L. Prophet |
Publisher | : SCB Distributors |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2012-05-08 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1609880668 |
"Voltaire called him the “man who never dies and knows everything.” The Count Saint Germain turned base metals into gold, removed the flaws from diamonds and discovered the elixir of youth. In the eighteenth century, this “Wonderman of Europe” was the confidant of kings and a friend to the poor. Today the master Saint Germain shows that miracles are nothing more than the natural outgrowth of the practice of spiritual alchemy. In this greatest of all self-help books, he describes the principles of alchemy and how you can use them in your own life to bring about spiritual, mental, emotional and physical transformation."
Author | : Raymond Bernard |
Publisher | : Health Research Books |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 1993-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780787300951 |
The Rosicrucian adept who preserved his youth for centuries. Was Francis Bacon the author of Shakespeare's plays; Editor of King James Version of the Bible; Count Saint-Germain founder of Freemasonry; heir to the English throne; Prince Rakoczy; foun.
Author | : Mark L. Prophet |
Publisher | : SCB Distributors |
Total Pages | : 121 |
Release | : 2009-01-15 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1932890475 |
"In the 1700s, Saint Germain dazzled royal courts with his amazing alchemical feats such as removing the flaws from diamonds and became known as the Wonderman of Europe. His skills were praised by Louis XV, who provided him a laboratory and residence at the royal castle of Chambord. He formed secret societies and was a leading figure in the Rosicrucians, Freemasons and Knights Templar of the period. This intriguing book reveals many key roles the master Saint Germain has played throughout history and today as the immortal sponsor of the Aquarian Age. It also shares his priceless alchemical secrets for personal transformation."
Author | : comte de Saint-Germain |
Publisher | : Inner Light - Global communications |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Alchemists |
ISBN | : 9780938294672 |
NEW AGE (FORMERLY OCCULT)
Author | : Rebecca Skloot |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2010-02-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0307589382 |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS • WINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NONFICTION NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Entertainment Weekly • O: The Oprah Magazine • NPR • Financial Times • New York • Independent (U.K.) • Times (U.K.) • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Globe and Mail Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of. Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah. Deborah was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Had they killed her to harvest her cells? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance? Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.