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Author | : Steve Aldous |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2015-10-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786499230 |
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Mention Shaft and most people think of Gordon Parks' seminal 1971 film starring Richard Roundtree in a leather coat, walking the streets of Manhattan to Isaac Hayes' iconic theme music. But the black private dick who inspired the blaxploitation film genre actually made his debut on the printed page as the creation of a white novelist. Ernest Tidyman was a seasoned journalist down on his luck when he decided to try his hand at fiction. Shaft was the result, giving Tidyman the break he was looking for. He went on to become an Academy Award winning screenwriter and respected film producer. Based on extensive research of Tidyman's personal papers, this book tells the story of Shaft from the perspective of his creator. The author provides new insight and analysis of the writing of the Shaft novels, as well as the production of the films and TV series. First-ever coverage of the forgotten Shaft newspaper comic strip includes previously unseen artwork. Also included is Shaft's recent reappearance on the printed page, in both comic book and prose form.
Author | : Ernest Tidyman |
Publisher | : Dynamite |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2016-07-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1524100196 |
Download Shaft: The Original Novel Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Who is John Shaft? John Shaft is a private eye. John Shaft is a black man made of muscle and ice, and he has no prejudices. John Shaft will kill anyone... black or white. When the cloistered daughter of Harlem's crime boss discovers the true nature of her father's work, she runs off to be as bad as Dad. By the time she disappears, she's into sex, liquor, dope, and a few other scenes. Now, Big Daddy wants Shaft to get his baby back. The tough, take-no-guff detective goes to work... and the Mafia, the Black militants, the NYPD, and City Hall go to work on him. The original and unabridged Shaft novel by Ernest Tidyman, the 1970 tour de force of hardboiled crime fiction that introduced an unsuspecting world to a cultural icon.
Author | : Jeff Gordinier |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780670018581 |
Download X Saves the World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Examines the generation that came of age between the Baby Boomers and the Millennials, providing a tribute to its cultural, technological, and political contributions, from Yahoo! and Lollapalooza to Nirvana and Woodstock '94.
Author | : Alexandro Jodorowsky |
Publisher | : Humanoids Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 9781930652347 |
Download The Incal: #1. Orphan of the city shaft Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Complete adventures of John Difool continue as the investigation into the mysterious birth rate in the Red Ring continues. In this volume, John stumbles across several overwhelming obstacles including the involvement of the Prez, the robocops, and the Techno pope in a grand conspiracy, becoming a professional detective and falling in love. If all of this wasn't enough, this volume of the series also features tons of actions and the deaths of several characters. A must-read chapter in one of the most acclaimed sci-fi stories in the world.
Author | : Ernest Tidyman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780552093095 |
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Author | : David F. Walker |
Publisher | : Dynamite |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2016-02-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1606908561 |
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Like an unstoppable force of nature, private detective John Shaft is back with a vengeance. Ernest Tidyman s iconic detective returns in the first original Shaft novel in more than forty years, and he s as bad as ever. When the Godfather of crime in Harlem reaches out to Shaft for a favor, the hardboiled detective finds himself caught in a web of violence and murder. No one is safe as the bullets start to fly and the bodies start to drop, leaving Shaft with only two options: kill or be killed.
Author | : Jane Hamilton |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2010-12-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307764060 |
Download A Map of the World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives. "It takes a writer of rare power and discipline to carry off an achievement like A Map of the World. Hamilton proves here that she is one of the best." —Newsweek The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, live on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Although suspiciously regarded by their neighbors as "that hippie couple" because of their well-educated, urban background, Howard and Alice believe they have found a source of emotional strength in the farm, he tending the barn while Alice works as a nurse in the local elementary school. But their peaceful life is shattered one day when a neighbor's two-year-old daughter drowns in the Goodwins' pond while under Alice's care. Tormented by the accident, Alice descends even further into darkness when she is accused of sexually abusing a student at the elementary school. Soon, Alice is arrested, incarcerated, and as good as convicted in the eyes of a suspicious community. As a child, Alice designed her own map of the world to find her bearings. Now, as an adult, she must find her way again, through a maze of lies, doubt and ill will. A vivid human drama of guilt and betrayal, A Map of the World chronicles the intricate geographies of the human heart and all its mysterious, uncharted terrain. The result is a piercing drama about family bonds and a disappearing rural American life.
Author | : Nathan Rabin |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2010-10-19 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1439160317 |
Download My Year of Flops Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 2007, Nathan Rabin set out to provide a revisionist look at the history of cinematic failure on a weekly basis. What began as a solitary ramble through the nooks and crannies of pop culture evolved into a way of life. My Year Of Flops collects dozens of the best-loved entries from the A.V. Club column along with bonus interviews and fifteen brand-new entries covering everything from notorious flops like The Cable Guy and Last Action Hero to bizarre obscurities like Glory Road, Johnny Cash’s poignantly homemade tribute to Jesus. Driven by a unique combination of sympathy and Schadenfreude, My Year Of Flops is an unforgettable tribute to cinematic losers, beautiful and otherwise.
Author | : Salman Rushdie |
Publisher | : Vintage Canada |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2009-02-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307371182 |
Download Shalimar the Clown Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Shalimar the Clown is a masterpiece from one of our greatest writers, a dazzling novel that brings together the fiercest passions of the heart and the gravest conflicts of our time into an astonishingly powerful, all-encompassing story. Max Ophuls’ memorable life ends violently in Los Angeles in 1993 when he is murdered by his Muslim driver Noman Sher Noman, also known as Shalimar the Clown. At first the crime seems to be politically motivated—Ophuls was previously ambassador to India, and later US counterterrorism chief—but it is much more. Ophuls is a giant, an architect of the modern world: a Resistance hero and best-selling author, brilliant economist and clandestine US intelligence official. But it is as Ambassador to India that the seeds of his demise are planted, thanks to another of his great roles—irresistible lover. Visiting the Kashmiri village of Pachigam, Ophuls lures an impossibly beautiful dancer, the ambitious (and willing) Boonyi Kaul, away from her husband, and installs her as his mistress in Delhi. But their affair cannot be kept secret, and when Boonyi returns home, disgraced and obese, it seems that all she has waiting for her is the inevitable revenge of her husband: Noman Sher Noman, Shalimar the Clown. He was an acrobat and tightrope walker in their village’s traditional theatrical troupe; but soon Shalimar is trained as a militant in Kashmir’s increasingly brutal insurrection, and eventually becomes a terrorist with a global remit and a deeply personal mission of vengeance. In this stunningly rich book everything is connected, and everyone is a part of everyone else. A powerful love story, intensely political and historically informed, Shalimar the Clown is also profoundly human, an involving story of people’s lives, desires and crises, as well as—in typical Rushdie fashion—a magical tale where the dead speak and the future can be foreseen.
Author | : Don Calhoun |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1968 |
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