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"One of the most original American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the detective story and the science-fiction story. Some of his poems--"The Raven," "The Bells," "Annabel Lee"--Remain among the most popular in American literature. Poe's tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ages. Here are familiar favorites like "The Purloined Letter." "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," together...
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"Eight-year-old Edgar Fini remembers nothing of the accident people still whisper about. He only knows that his father is gone, his mother has a limp, and his grandmother believes in ghosts. When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story, the boy begins a journey into a secret wilderness where nothing is clear: not even the line between the living and the dead. In order to save her son, Lucy has no choice but to confront the demons of her past."--Amazon.com....
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The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, by Edgar Allan Poe, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies...
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1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Edgar Allan Poe: buried alive draws on the rich palette of Poe's evocative imagery and sharply drawn plots to tell the real story of the notorious author. Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, the film explores the misrepresentations of Poe as an alcoholic madman. It reveals the way in which Poe tapped into what it means to be a human in the modern and sometimes frightening world.
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Summer, 1840. Edgar Allan Poe sails from Philadelphia to London to meet his friend C. Auguste Dupin, with the hope that the great detective will help him solve a family mystery. For Poe has inherited a mahogany box containing a collection of letters allegedly written by his grandparents, Elizabeth and Henry Arnold. The Arnolds were actors who struggled to make a living on the London stage, but the mysterious letters suggest that the couple has a more...
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576 pages ; 24 cm
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A tale reminiscent of "Hamlet" that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs follows speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father's death.
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A young crow was trapped under vines and briars because I had pushed his tree over. He screamed in terror as I wrestled him from the tangle. His family that had been circling and cawing overhead flew away leaving me wondering what to do with this magnificent bird. He couldnt fly, so I knew that he wouldnt survive. I was obliged to help. I determined to care for him until he could fly away on his own, so I took him home. After letting him out of a...
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First published in 1799, Charles Brockden Brown's "Edgar Huntly, Or Memoirs of a Sleep Walker" is the story of its title character, who upon learning of the death of the brother of his friend and love interest, Mary Waldegrave, visits where he died in the woods in rural Pennsylvania. There he discovers a man, Clithero, a servant from a nearby farm, suspiciously lurking about near the scene of Waldegrave's murder. Suspecting Clithero, Edgar begins...
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This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of contents: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Purloined Letter The Gold-Bug The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade The Man of the Crowd The Tell-Tale Heart The Fall of the House of Usher The Cask of Amontillado The Black Cat The Masque of the Red Death The Pit and the...
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Inhalt:
Die Schuld des Anderen
Die drei von Cordova
Das geheimnisvolle Haus
Der Derbysieger
A.S. der Unsichtbare
Der Doppelgänger
Das Gesicht im Dunkel
Die blaue Hand
Töchter der Nacht
Der Frosch mit der Maske
Die seltsame Gräfin
Der Rächer
Der Mann von Marokko
Die Millionengeschichte
Penelope von der ›Polyantha‹
Der viereckige Smaragd
Die Bande des Schreckens
Geheimagent Nr. 6
Die gelbe Schlange
Gucumatz
Louba der Spieler
Der Mann, der seinen...
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For the late psychic Edgar Cayce, the aura provided a pictorial representation of an individual's health, thoughts, talents, and life potentials as well as karmic lessons and even past lives. In a very real sense, the aura functions as a barometer of the whole self: body, mind, and spirit. Psychic Carol Ann Liaros and Cayce expert Kevin J. Todeschi have joined together to present a unique volume that teaches how to access the intuitive self in order...
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Edgar Allan Poe was a master of the tale of psychological horror and the author of what is considered the first modern detective story. Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Stories features more than twenty of Poe's groundbreaking tales of the macabre, among them "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Black Cat," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." It also includes his trilogy of stories featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin: "The Murders...
18) Edgar Degas
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Germain Hilaire Edgar Degas (Paris, 1834 - 1917): Dans le cercle des impressionnistes, c'est de Renoir que Degas fut le plus proche : tous deux préférèrent comme motif de leur peinture le Paris vivant de leur époque. Degas ne passa pas par l'atelier de Gleyre et fit probablement connaissance avec les futurs impressionnistes au café Guerbois. En 1853, il commença à faire son apprentissage à l'atelier de Louis-Ernest Barrias et, à partir de...
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"A biography of Edgar Allan Poe with an emphasis on his engagement with the scientists and scientific discoveries of his era"--
Tresch reveals Poe's obsession with science and lifelong ambition to advance and question human knowledge. Even as he composed dazzling works of fiction, he remained an avid and often combative commentator on new discoveries, publishing and hustling in literary scenes that also hosted the era's most prominent scientists,...
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Author Elaine Hruska has spent more than 30 years working with the Cayce health readings at the Edgar Cayce health centers in Virginia Beach, Va., and Houston, Texas. Her latest book highlights the wealth of information given with a spotlight on the simplest and most commonly prescribed remedies. The book's Symptom-Remedy Index assists in easily finding suggested solutions for just about any illness or disease, including: Alzheimer's • Arthritis...
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