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The Book Thief is a historical fiction novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, set in Nazi Germany during World War II. Published in 2005, The Book Thief became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 17 million copies. It was adapted into the 2013 feature film, The Book Thief.
The Book Thief (film) The Book Thief is a 2013 war drama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse. The film is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Markus Zusak and adapted by Michael Petroni. The film is about a young girl living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era.
Into the Blue was a box office flop. Produced on a budget of $50 million, the film made just $18.8 million in North America and $26.3 million internationally for a total of $46.1 million worldwide. [1] [7] The film was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing in the United States and by 20th Century Fox Internationally. [8]
The Blue Cross (short story) " The Blue Cross " is a short story by G. K. Chesterton. It was the first Father Brown short story and also introduces the characters Hercule Flambeau and Aristide Valentin. It is unique among the Father Brown mysteries in that it does not follow the actions of the Father himself, but rather those of Valentin.
Jason Drake – An American former G.L.O.V.E. member and owner of the multi-national Drake Industries, which developed much of G.L.O.V.E.'s advanced technology. He goes rogue in Dreadnought and begins working for the Disciples, believing that Number One's death is a coup by Nero and Diabolus Darkdoom to seize control of G.L.O.V.E.
In reality Blueskin was already dead by the time of Sheppard's execution. Jack Sheppard is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in Bentley's Miscellany from 1839 to 1840, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. It is a historical romance and a Newgate novel based on the real life of the 18th-century criminal Jack Sheppard.
1933. "Jean Beicke" is a work of short fiction by William Carlos Williams first published in Blast: A Magazine of Proletarian Short Stories in 1933. [1] The story appeared in the 1938 collection Life Along the Passaic River [2] "Jean Beicke" has been termed "a quintessential Willams short story." [3] and was among Wiliams' own favorites in his ...
Out of the Furnace is a 2013 American crime drama film directed by Scott Cooper, from a screenplay by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby.Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana, and Sam Shepard, the film follows a Pennsylvania steel mill worker searching for his missing Iraq War veteran brother, who disappeared after engaging in a bare knuckle ...