Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II
10 best books like Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II (Aljean Harmetz): The Laws of Murder, Love and Death Among the Cheetahs, A Pelican at Blandings, How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood And Never Lost A Dime, The Jaws Log, Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir, Death in Brittany, Bretonische Brandung, Murder in an Irish Churchyard, From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies
| Author | Charles Finch |
| ISBN | 1250051304 |
It’s 1876, and Charles Lenox, once London’s leading private investigator, has just given up his seat in Parliament after six years, primed to return to his first love, detection. With high hopes he and three colleagues start a new detective agency, the first of its kind. But as the months pass, and...
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya's Happy Valley, but murder crashes the party in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling series.
Georgie is excited when Darcy announces out of the blue that they are flying to Kenya for their extended honeymoon. It...
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| ISBN | 0140050337 |
A Pelican at Blandings, the 11th book in the Blandings Castle series, was a big disappointment for me. I always expect P.G. Wodehouse to buck me up with his humor, but this one lacked the funny.
It's typically Wodehousian in its convoluted plot, but the writing feels dull. I have a tendency to...
| Author | Roger Corman |
| ISBN | 0306808749 |
In these pages Roger Corman, the most successful independent filmmaker in Hollywood relates his experiences as the director and/or producer of such low-budget classics Attack of the Crab Monsters, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Raven, The Man with the X-ray Eyes, The Wild Angels, The Trip, Night...
| Author | Carl Gottlieb |
| ISBN | 1557046778 |
To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the now-classic Steven Spielberg film, a new expanded edition, in hardcover for the first time, of one of the best "making of" books of all time.
Steven Soderbergh, Bryan Singer, Rod Lurie, John Landis, Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner are among the many...
Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir
| Author | Eddie Muller |
| ISBN | 0060393696 |
Film noir was the dark side of the movies' happily-ever-after mythology. Sinister and sexy, it forged a new icon: the tough, independent, take-no-guff dame. Determined, desirable, dangerous when cornered, she could handle trouble -- or deal out some of her own.If you thought these women were something...
| Author | Jean-Luc Bannalec |
| ISBN | 1250061741 |
At the Central Hotel in Pont-Aven, Brittany, ninety-one-year-old manager Pierre-Louis Pennec is found murdered. Commissaire Georges Dupin and his team take on the investigation and narrow the list of suspects down to five people, including a rising political star, a longtime friend of the victim...
| Author | Jean-Luc Bannalec |
| ISBN | 3462044966 |
Zehn Seemeilen vor Concarneau: Die sagenumwobenen Glénan-Inseln wirken mit ihrem weißen Sand und kristallklaren Wasser wie ein karibisches Paradies – bis eines schönen Maitages drei Leichen angespült werden. Wer sind die Toten am Strand? Wurden sie Opfer des heftigen nächtlichen Unwetters?...
Murder in an Irish Churchyard
The village of Kilbane in County Cork, Ireland, has a new garda--and her first case is a grave matter indeed . . .
It's official! Siobhán is now Garda O'Sullivan, and her five siblings couldn't be prouder. While brother James runs Naomi's Bistro, Siobhán is doing her part to keep the village...
From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies
| Author | Molly Haskell |
| ISBN | 0226318850 |
For this edition of her classic study of the feminine role in film, Molly Haskell has written a new chapter addressing recent developments in the appearance and perception of women in the movies.
"An incisive, exceedingly thoughtful look at the distorted lens through which Hollywood has...
We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Film
| Author | Noah Isenberg |
| ISBN | 0393355667 |
Casablanca was first released in 1942, just two weeks after the city of Casablanca itself surrendered to American troops led by General Patton. Featuring a pitch-perfect screenplay, a classic soundtrack, and unforgettable performances by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and a deep supporting...
| Author | Anne Youngson |
| ISBN | 0857525522 |
Please be aware I am writing to you to make sense of myself ...
When the curator of a Danish museum responds to a query about ancient exhibits, he doesn’t expect a reply.
When Tina Hopgood first wrote it, nor did she …
Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost...
Murder on Black Swan Lane
| Author | Andrea Penrose |
| ISBN | 1496710770 |
In Regency London, an unconventional scientist and a fearless female artist form an unlikely alliance to expose unspeakable evil . . .
The Earl of Wrexford possesses a brilliant scientific mind, but boredom and pride lead him to reckless behavior. He does not suffer fools gladly. So when pompous,...
A wealthy lord who happens to be a brilliant scientist . . . an enigmatic young widow who secretly pens satirical cartoons . . . a violent killing disguised as a robbery . . . Nothing is as it seems in Regency London, especially when the Earl of Wrexford and Charlotte Sloane join forces to solve a shocking...
