Collects four classic horror films, including "House of Wax," in which a wax sculptor devises a murderous plan to restock his museum; "The Haunting," in which four individuals travel to a haunted house to study its supernatural phenomena; "Freaks," featuring a group of carnival p...
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Weiss, John Henry
"The Life of Jesus tells the story of Jesus Christ, as seen through the eyes of his follower John. Jesus is almost 30 years old when he becomes a public figure and he is quickly known for his wise lessons about knowing God, his inspirational stories and the miraculous healings he...
This revealing first person narrative, by one of the founders of the Witness Protection Program and a personal protector to more than five hundred informants, offers an eye opening, dead on authentic perspective on the safeguard institution.
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs t...
They are the stories we've known since we were children. Rapunzel. Hansel and Gretel. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions we heard before bedtime. They're darker and often don't ...
Contains twenty-seven royalty-free one-act plays and readings for Christmas programs, suitable for classroom, church, or drama club presentations, and includes selections to fit almost any size cast, age group, and staging situation.
He is known as the Great Peace Maker, a man whose humanitarian ideals prompt his diplomatic intervention in places like Haiti, North Korea, Bosnia, the Middle East. Whether negotiating a cease-fire in shell-shocked Sarajevo or building houses for the homeless in Appalachia, Jimmy...
In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books.
"Nine richly varied, often funny, always moving stories that cross a range of landscapes and generations to reveal the complex workings of the human heart. Bill Roorbach conjures vivid, complex characters whose layered interior worlds feel at once familiar and extraordinary. He f...
"A collection of inspiring, thought-provoking, and humorous stories featured in Climbing magazine over the past two decades"-- Provided by publisher.
A fascinating look at India's remarkable impact on Western culture, this eye-opening popular history shows how the ancient philosophy of Vedanta and the mind-body methods of Yoga have profoundly affected the worldview of millions of Americans and radically altered the religious l...
An adroit first novel of exceptional grace and emotional power by a legendary British ad executive. "David Abbott's The Upright Piano Player is a wise and moving debut, an accomplished novel of quiet depths and resonant shadows." -John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Commoner...