Author: William Saroyan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1448214750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
All his life a man fights death, and then at last loses the fight, always having known he would. Loneliness is every man's portion, and failure. The man who seeks to escape from loneliness is a lunatic. The man who does not know that all is failure is a fool. The man who does not laugh at these things is a bore. Arak Vagramian, a handsome son of Armenian immigrants, contended with his small-town bar-tending job in Fresno, is one day spotted by a Hollywood filmmaker. Although at first he refuses to leave his hometown, job, family and friends, soon the splendour of Hollywood lifestyle lures him. Shortly after he becomes Rock Wagram – a Hollywood heart-throb and celebrity. But at the peak of his career he decides to enter the army and serve his country during the war. When in 1950 he attempts to resume his acting career he battles with the many challenges which the fast changing industry throws at him. Rock Wagram, first published in 1951, is an inspiring tale about one's search for the true identity in the unstable world of commercial success, where family ties and loyalties often have to be compromised.
Rock Wagram
Author: William Saroyan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1448214750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
All his life a man fights death, and then at last loses the fight, always having known he would. Loneliness is every man's portion, and failure. The man who seeks to escape from loneliness is a lunatic. The man who does not know that all is failure is a fool. The man who does not laugh at these things is a bore. Arak Vagramian, a handsome son of Armenian immigrants, contended with his small-town bar-tending job in Fresno, is one day spotted by a Hollywood filmmaker. Although at first he refuses to leave his hometown, job, family and friends, soon the splendour of Hollywood lifestyle lures him. Shortly after he becomes Rock Wagram – a Hollywood heart-throb and celebrity. But at the peak of his career he decides to enter the army and serve his country during the war. When in 1950 he attempts to resume his acting career he battles with the many challenges which the fast changing industry throws at him. Rock Wagram, first published in 1951, is an inspiring tale about one's search for the true identity in the unstable world of commercial success, where family ties and loyalties often have to be compromised.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1448214750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
All his life a man fights death, and then at last loses the fight, always having known he would. Loneliness is every man's portion, and failure. The man who seeks to escape from loneliness is a lunatic. The man who does not know that all is failure is a fool. The man who does not laugh at these things is a bore. Arak Vagramian, a handsome son of Armenian immigrants, contended with his small-town bar-tending job in Fresno, is one day spotted by a Hollywood filmmaker. Although at first he refuses to leave his hometown, job, family and friends, soon the splendour of Hollywood lifestyle lures him. Shortly after he becomes Rock Wagram – a Hollywood heart-throb and celebrity. But at the peak of his career he decides to enter the army and serve his country during the war. When in 1950 he attempts to resume his acting career he battles with the many challenges which the fast changing industry throws at him. Rock Wagram, first published in 1951, is an inspiring tale about one's search for the true identity in the unstable world of commercial success, where family ties and loyalties often have to be compromised.
The Emperor's Last Victory
Author: Gunther E Rothenberg
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 1780226985
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A leading expert examines one of Napoleon's most decisive but least analysed victories In early July 1809 Napoleon crossed the Danube with 187,000 men to confront the Austrian Archduke Charles and an army of 145,000 men. The fighting that followed dwarfed in intensity and scale any previous Napoleonic battlefield, perhaps any in history: casualties on each side were over 30,000. The Austrians fought with great determination, but eventually the Emperor won a narrow victory. Wagram was decisive in that it compelled Austria to make peace. It also heralded a new, altogether greater order of warfare, anticipating the massed manpower and weight of fire deployed much later in the battles of the American Civil War and then at Verdun and on the Somme.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 1780226985
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A leading expert examines one of Napoleon's most decisive but least analysed victories In early July 1809 Napoleon crossed the Danube with 187,000 men to confront the Austrian Archduke Charles and an army of 145,000 men. The fighting that followed dwarfed in intensity and scale any previous Napoleonic battlefield, perhaps any in history: casualties on each side were over 30,000. The Austrians fought with great determination, but eventually the Emperor won a narrow victory. Wagram was decisive in that it compelled Austria to make peace. It also heralded a new, altogether greater order of warfare, anticipating the massed manpower and weight of fire deployed much later in the battles of the American Civil War and then at Verdun and on the Somme.
My Name Is Aram
Author: William Saroyan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486490904
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
"Marvelously captivating." — The New York Times. First published in 1940, Saroyan's international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the 20th century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories provide humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486490904
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
"Marvelously captivating." — The New York Times. First published in 1940, Saroyan's international bestseller recounts the exploits of an Armenian clan in northern California at the turn of the 20th century. Based on the author's loving and eccentric extended family, the characters in these 14 related short stories provide humorous and touching scenes from immigrant life.
The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington
Author: Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The Battle
Author: Patrick Rambaud
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802138101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A fictional re-creation of the 1809 battle of Essling captures the events of the conflict, Napoleon's first major defeat, through the experiences of real-life people of the time.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802138101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A fictional re-creation of the 1809 battle of Essling captures the events of the conflict, Napoleon's first major defeat, through the experiences of real-life people of the time.
Report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission as a Board of State Tax Commissioners
Author: North Carolina. Board of State Tax Commissioners
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 1300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 1300
Book Description
Report
Author: North Carolina. Dept. of Revenue
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Revenue, State of North Carolina
Author: North Carolina. Dept. of Revenue
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Debts, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Debts, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Annual Report of the State Board of Assessment and State Department of Revenue, State of North Carolina
Author: North Carolina. Department of Revenue
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission as a Board of State Tax Commissioners
Author: North Carolina. Dept. of Revenue
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description