ALMA HITCCOCK
The woman behind the man
by Pat Hitchcock O'Connell and Laurent Bouzereau
Pat offers a rare insight into the life and career of both her mother and father and reveals Alma's extraordinary contribution to the Hitchcock legacy.
Involved in script writing, casting, editing and assistant directing , Alma became a revered source of artistic inspiration to her husband for more than half a century.
Her daughter shares with us intimate anecdotes, behind the scenes stories, moving testimonies from friends and family, never before seen photos and even some of her mother's favorite recipes, illuminating the astounding lives and careers of her parents as only a daughter could.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Friday, December 5, 2008
ALEXANDER ORLOV
ALEXANDER ORLOV
F Bi's KGB General
by Edward Gazur
During 1938 at the height of the Spanish civil war , three star soviet general Orlov disappeared. He lived secretly for years in the US hiding from both the KGB and the FBI .In 1953 he came in from the cold and became and still is the highest ranking soviet intelligence officer ever to defect to the west. He brought with him the damning truth about Stalin's purges and the truth behind the communist regime. Who was this master spy? Was the man who revealed from released KGB files in the 1994 book titled,' deadly illusions' ? Gazur , veteran in east European counter espionage was assigned to Orlov in1971 and grew to know him and his wife maria well. He spent many hours talking to Orlov about his life and past encounters. He strongly believes Orlov had been unjustifiably maligned in the in the book on the basis of KGB disinformation. Gazur had kept silent after Orlov's death and now he felt that he had to put his side. This book is a narrative of his life based on the intimate conversations with Gazur.
F Bi's KGB General
by Edward Gazur
During 1938 at the height of the Spanish civil war , three star soviet general Orlov disappeared. He lived secretly for years in the US hiding from both the KGB and the FBI .In 1953 he came in from the cold and became and still is the highest ranking soviet intelligence officer ever to defect to the west. He brought with him the damning truth about Stalin's purges and the truth behind the communist regime. Who was this master spy? Was the man who revealed from released KGB files in the 1994 book titled,' deadly illusions' ? Gazur , veteran in east European counter espionage was assigned to Orlov in1971 and grew to know him and his wife maria well. He spent many hours talking to Orlov about his life and past encounters. He strongly believes Orlov had been unjustifiably maligned in the in the book on the basis of KGB disinformation. Gazur had kept silent after Orlov's death and now he felt that he had to put his side. This book is a narrative of his life based on the intimate conversations with Gazur.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Ernest Hemingway
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
rediscovered
by
Norberto Fuentes
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is remembered by his good friends, writer Norberto Fuentes and photographer Roberto Sotolongo.
They recall the last twenty years of his glamorous life in an English text and photographs, many of which are published for the first time in full page and double spreads.
He is portrayed at home, traveling around the world on African Safaris and other holiday places, working on movie locations, and spending time with his friends, family and many associates.
The best selling author's most note worthy fiction includes ' for women the bell tolls, A farewell to arms, and the old man and the sea; he also penned short stories too.
rediscovered
by
Norberto Fuentes
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is remembered by his good friends, writer Norberto Fuentes and photographer Roberto Sotolongo.
They recall the last twenty years of his glamorous life in an English text and photographs, many of which are published for the first time in full page and double spreads.
He is portrayed at home, traveling around the world on African Safaris and other holiday places, working on movie locations, and spending time with his friends, family and many associates.
The best selling author's most note worthy fiction includes ' for women the bell tolls, A farewell to arms, and the old man and the sea; he also penned short stories too.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Fathers and sons
FATHERS AND SONS
the autobiography of a family
by Alexander Waugh
The Waugh family has been writing books since the nineteenth century.
Evelyn Waugh's father was a writer as was his brother Alec and his son Auberon.
In this remarkable history of the father and son relationships in his family, Evelyn Waugh's grandson exposes the fraught dynamic that has produced four generations of successful authors.
Spurned by his own father's untimely death, Alexander Waugh embarked on a search for identity, a quest for the universal laws that have governed fathers and sons through the ages.
It led him to some startling and unsavory facts about his fore bears and their behavior towards one another.
It is an entertaining and critical examination of an eccentric family, a study of birth and death of writers and writing in a frank and intimate memoir.
the autobiography of a family
by Alexander Waugh
The Waugh family has been writing books since the nineteenth century.
Evelyn Waugh's father was a writer as was his brother Alec and his son Auberon.
In this remarkable history of the father and son relationships in his family, Evelyn Waugh's grandson exposes the fraught dynamic that has produced four generations of successful authors.
Spurned by his own father's untimely death, Alexander Waugh embarked on a search for identity, a quest for the universal laws that have governed fathers and sons through the ages.
It led him to some startling and unsavory facts about his fore bears and their behavior towards one another.
It is an entertaining and critical examination of an eccentric family, a study of birth and death of writers and writing in a frank and intimate memoir.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Discovering Britain
COLLINS
DISCOVERING BRITAIN
ROAD ATLAS AND GUIDE
Britain is a beguiling group of islands, packed with mountains, moors, rivers, forests, and lakes brimming over with plants and wild life and enclosed by miles of beautiful coast lines.
Antiquities seems to have sprouted out of the ground to merge with the surrounding landscape: cathedrals, created by illusion, ancient castles placed in improbable positions, gardens, museums, theme parks and thousands of other places of entertainment, all a rich bounty for residents and visitors alike.
Th book locates, describes and identifies many places to visit in Britain and reminds us that getting out and about is not necessarily a summer activity.
We discover Britain by regions, finding information on over 1300 places to visit.
There are useful indices's, phone numbers and websites, route planning mapping, road mapping, urban area maps, central city maps to London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow, and town and city maps ranging from Aberdeen and Bath to Worcester and York, and lastly an index to place names and places of interest.
The opening pages look at National nature reserves, areas of out standing natural beauty, geological sites and national parks, fields and hedge rows chalk downs and wood lands, sea cliffs and beach.
An out standing reference work.
DISCOVERING BRITAIN
ROAD ATLAS AND GUIDE
Britain is a beguiling group of islands, packed with mountains, moors, rivers, forests, and lakes brimming over with plants and wild life and enclosed by miles of beautiful coast lines.
Antiquities seems to have sprouted out of the ground to merge with the surrounding landscape: cathedrals, created by illusion, ancient castles placed in improbable positions, gardens, museums, theme parks and thousands of other places of entertainment, all a rich bounty for residents and visitors alike.
Th book locates, describes and identifies many places to visit in Britain and reminds us that getting out and about is not necessarily a summer activity.
We discover Britain by regions, finding information on over 1300 places to visit.
There are useful indices's, phone numbers and websites, route planning mapping, road mapping, urban area maps, central city maps to London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow, and town and city maps ranging from Aberdeen and Bath to Worcester and York, and lastly an index to place names and places of interest.
The opening pages look at National nature reserves, areas of out standing natural beauty, geological sites and national parks, fields and hedge rows chalk downs and wood lands, sea cliffs and beach.
An out standing reference work.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Crusades
THE CRUSADES
by Robert Payne
In this masterly works , Robert Payne brings to life the crusades that founded vast kingdoms in Palestine nearly one thousand years ago.
This is a story of battles and valor , greed and piety, folly and baseness that mark the first major clash of Christianity and Islam.
Payne's book recreates two hundred years of crusader history with a blazing intensity that displays to the full his powers both as a scholar and story teller.
He covers all eight crusades in a magnificent sweep, from that of 1095 , inspired by Pope Urban II, to Louis I X's disastrous crusade of 1270.
This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the Middle Ages , and makes marvelous reading.
by Robert Payne
In this masterly works , Robert Payne brings to life the crusades that founded vast kingdoms in Palestine nearly one thousand years ago.
This is a story of battles and valor , greed and piety, folly and baseness that mark the first major clash of Christianity and Islam.
Payne's book recreates two hundred years of crusader history with a blazing intensity that displays to the full his powers both as a scholar and story teller.
He covers all eight crusades in a magnificent sweep, from that of 1095 , inspired by Pope Urban II, to Louis I X's disastrous crusade of 1270.
This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the Middle Ages , and makes marvelous reading.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Trafalgar
TRAFALGAR
by John Terraine
superbly illustrated book describing one of the most famous battles of all time, which shattered Napoleon's dream of invading the England.
Amplifying the details of the battle is a lengthy selection of contemporary eye witness accounts specially compiled for this book which paint a fresh picture of the maritime engagements of the Napoleonic wars.
This story is not just of the morning and afternoon in which Nelson and Colling wood smashed the combined fleets of France and Spain but also that of a complex campaign of which Trafalgar was the climax.
It shows the protagonists were not admirals Villeneuve and Nelson but Napoleon and the British naval tradition
by John Terraine
superbly illustrated book describing one of the most famous battles of all time, which shattered Napoleon's dream of invading the England.
Amplifying the details of the battle is a lengthy selection of contemporary eye witness accounts specially compiled for this book which paint a fresh picture of the maritime engagements of the Napoleonic wars.
This story is not just of the morning and afternoon in which Nelson and Colling wood smashed the combined fleets of France and Spain but also that of a complex campaign of which Trafalgar was the climax.
It shows the protagonists were not admirals Villeneuve and Nelson but Napoleon and the British naval tradition
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