Former US tunnel rat Richard Trenor - disfigured in the war, but left with strange gifts as a result - is summoned back to Vietnam by Thanh, the son of an old friend, to find the man who killed Thanh's eight-year-old sister. Trenor's quest for justice will not only cause him to cross paths with two other Americans - one a cold-blooded assassin, the other a bloodthirsty madman - but also a tormented ghost, and an infestation of living evil. Spanning fifty years, The American is a gritty crime thriller laced with the supernatural, set in a vividly rendered Vietnam.
Out of this classic collision between the old world and the new, James weaves a fable of thwarted desire that shifts between comedy, tragedy, romance and melodrama a fable which in the later version printed here takes on some of the ...
The host of the award-winning humorous news program offers tongue-in-cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and the ludicrous ...
Describes how a Bangladeshi immigrant, shot in the Dallas mini mart where he worked in the days after September 11 in a revenge crime, forgives his assailant and petitions the State of Texas to spare his attacker the death penalty. 20,000 ...
Upon its original publication in 1976, The American Film Industry was welcomed by film students, scholars, and fans as the first systematic and unified history of the American movie industry.
Blight's broad knowledge about Douglass was aided immeasurably in this book by a treasure trove of Douglass family ... 151 6P_Rubenstein_AmericanExp_EP.indd 151 6/23/21 12:14 PM 6/23/21 12:14 PM DAVID W. BLIGHT on Frederick Douglass 151.
Intellectual history is viewed in this book as a series of "great conversations"—dramatic dialogues in which a culture's spokesmen wrestle with the leading questions of their times.
Features 850 essays marking important anniversaries and the birthdays of history-making Americans throughout the 366 days of the year.
When in France the marriage of American millionaire, Christopher Newman, to Claire de Bellegarde is opposed by her family, he finds a secret in their past
224 Meyer. Eugene. 463 Meyer. Ruth. 93 Meyers family. 284 Michigan. University of. 102 Michnoviicz. Mike. 257 Middlemamh (Eliot). 21 “Mike'” thermonuclear test. 450-1 Military and Political C omequenr'es of Atomic Energy (Blackett).
The book is filled with tributes, memories, anecdotes and other insights that connect past to present and make this volume an instant "must have" for anyone who adores the theatre.