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Der Schriftsteller Thaddeus Beaumont wohnt gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Liz und seinen Zwillingen in Ludlow, zudem unterhalten beide ein gemeinsames Sommerhaus am Ufer des Castle Lake in Castle Rock. Als Schriftsteller kann Thad Beaumont nur mäßigen Erfolg verzeichnen, zumindest was seinen eigenen Namen betrifft. Unter dem Pseudonym George Stark...

Bruce Stevens is a young buyer for a big discount house when he meets the recently divorced Susan Faine. She suggests that he might like to manage her ailing typewriter store and he leaps at the suggestion. Then he realizes that Susan was his teacher when he was in fifth grade. In spite of that, they are married within days. And then the odd...

Sweet Smell of Success is the smartest, most cynical American film of the 1950s. Written by Ernest Lehman (North by Northwest, The Sound of Music) and the celebrated leftist playwright Clifford Odets, it is a vicious dissection of the world of public relations and journalism which conjures up a wprld of creeping hysteria and acid disenchantment....

Michael Jackson was one of those rare human beings who can truly be described as a legend. As with Elvis and John Lennon, everyone will remember where they were when they heard about the death of Michael Jackson. He was just fifty when he died, yet had become a superstar by the time he was eleven, ensuring his music was part of the fabric of...

Four prominent Buddhists discuss Saint Benedict's Rule and the monastic tradition. Four prominent Buddhist scholars turn their attention to the classic text of Western Monasticism- The Rule of St Benedict. Through personal anecdotes and thoughtful comparison, they reveal how the widsom of each monastic tradition can revitalise the other. Norman...

This two-volume pack offers new approaches to the global circulation of print culture across five centuries, from Bulgaria to Brazil in volume one and focusing on Asia in volume two. It provocatively argues for the necessity of finding new methods and conceptual frameworks for the analysis of book history. It includes contributions from key...