The World Of Shaft

Author : Steve Aldous
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786499230
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World of Shaft written by Steve Aldous and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 1524100196
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaft: The Original Novel written by Ernest Tidyman and published by Dynamite. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 9780670018581
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X Saves the World written by Jeff Gordinier and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 9781930652347
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Incal: #1. Orphan of the city shaft written by Alexandro Jodorowsky and published by Humanoids Incorporated. This book was released on 2001 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 :
ISBN 13 : 9780552093095
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaft Among the Jews written by Ernest Tidyman and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David F. Walker
Publisher : Dynamite
ISBN 13 : 1606908561
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaft's Revenge written by David F. Walker and published by Dynamite. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 0307764060
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Map of the World written by Jane Hamilton and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Century Reference Library of the World's Most Important Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mining and Engineering World written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World's Work written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: