This collection brings together 30 tales in which vampires of all varieties make their presence felt - male and female, human and non-human, humorous and heroic. The authors include Edith Wharton, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, August Derleth, Joyce Carol Oates and Woody Allen.
First time in Paperback "The Family Mashber" is a protean work: a tale of a divided family and divided souls, a panoramic picture of an Eastern European town, a social satire, a kabbalistic allegory, an innovative fusion of modernist art and traditional storytelling, a tale of weird humor and mounting tragic power, embellished with a host of ...
In the tradition of Polish naturalism, this novel by a Holocaust victim is set in Lodz in the 1920s and forcefully delineates the poverty of the city's Jewish population.
In the years between 1929 and 1939, when Itzik Manger wrote most of the poetry and fiction that made him famous, his name among Yiddish readers was a household word. Called the Shelley of Yiddish, he was characterized as being "drunk with talent". This anthology of Manger's work seeks to display the full range of his genius in poetry, fiction and ...
A vast family epic, teeming with memorable characters, this masterwork of a Russian Jewish writer is published here in English for the first time and tells the centrifugal tale about the decline of a prosperous family in mid-19th-century Russia.
The complete text of Bram Stoker's classic of horror, together with background information, the cultural history of the Dracula myth, a selected filmography, and commentary by leading contemporary horror writers.
In addition to discussions of special effects, makeup, and other production details, this book contains the complete script of the film, as well as background information on the novel.
This book presents a systematic account of optical coherence theory within the framework of classical optics, as applied to such topics as radiation from sources of different states of coherence, foundations of radiometry, effects of source coherence on the spectra of radiated fields, coherence theory of laser modes, and scattering of partially ...
The last of the three great pioneers of broadcasting, Leonard Goldenson, CEO of ABC, now tells his life story. A creative genius, Goldenson mastered the movie industry, acquired ABC and built it into the number-one network, and finally bowed out triumphantly, preserving his company from hostile takeovers by merging it with Capital Cities. 16 ...
This edition of Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" is fully annotated, and includes facts, bibliographical information and legends. It also features a full bibliography of works by and about Gaston Leroux, including critical works on "The Phantom of the Opera".
On the eve of his 100th birthday, Dracula remains a cultural icon of mythic proportions--the quintessential embodiment of evil and forbidden sexuality. Leonard Wolf, himself a native son of Transylvania, celebrates the legend in style with this authoritative guide to Dracula's origins, incarnations, and impact on civilization. 30 photos.
"A man in his daughter's bed is a link out of the human chain", broods the King, a father who has irrevocably crossed the age-old boundary between parent and child. Brilliantly imagined and deftly executed, this provocative literary fable of lust and obsession is the tale of two sets of brothers, one of each pair blessed with beauty and grace and ...
Signature Licks explore the music that established Stevie Ray Vaughan as the guitar champion of the modern blues age with this step-by-step breakdown of his guitar style and technique. Songs covered include: Couldn't Stand the Weather * Crossfire * Little Wing * Mary Had a Little Lamb * Texas Flood * Voodoo Chile * and more.
Joesph Sheridan LeFanu is considered the inventory of the modern "ghost story", and was an inspiration and mentor for many of the 19th century's greatest writers, including Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Charloote Bronte, Mary Shelly, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and many more. This superb anthology brilliantly eerie tales will bring ...
This is the most comprehensive edition of one of the world's greatest horror stories. Here is the complete, authoritative edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of duality, fully annotated with thousands of fascinating facts and legends - everything you ever wanted to know about literature's most famous split personality. The volume also ...
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