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Nachdem die 19-jährige Jay mit dem süßen Hugh auf der Rückbank seines Autos Sex hatte, wird sie das beunruhigende Gefühl nicht los, dass sie jemand - oder etwas - verfolgt und findet sich schließlich in einem paranoiden Alptraum wieder, aus dem es kein Entkommen zu geben scheint. David Robert Mitchell gelingt mit minimalistischen Mitteln und zahlreichen Anleihen bei den Klassikern des Genres ein alptraumhafter Indie-Horrorfilm. Mithilfe von at...

Nachdem die 19-jährige Jay mit dem süßen Hugh auf der Rückbank seines Autos Sex hatte, wird sie das beunruhigende Gefühl nicht los, dass sie jemand - oder etwas - verfolgt und findet sich schließlich in einem paranoiden Alptraum wieder, aus dem es kein Entkommen zu geben scheint. David Robert Mitchell gelingt mit minimalistischen Mitteln und zahlreichen Anleihen bei den Klassikern des Genres ein alptraumhafter Indie-Horrorfilm. Mithilfe von at...

Charles R. Mitchell tracks Curtiss's dizzying ride from a village bicycle shop to record-smashing motorcycle races and city building in the Florida land boom.Glenn Curtiss beat even the Wright brothers (who sued him bitterly) to get pilot's license No. 1 in America. He teamed with Alexander Graham Bell, helped develop the moving wing part known as the aileron, introduced tricycle landing gear, made the first airplane sales, and turned aeronaut...

In the beginning of the twentieth century, women were demanding more freedom. What could bring more freedom than a chance to fly? Women went up in those early wire-and-fabric contraptions to gain independence, to make money, or to make their names as pilots. They sought to prove that women pilots could do just as well as men--and some did far better. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation tells the story of Blanche Stuart Scott, who m...

Few regions of the United States boast as many historically significant sites as the mid-Atlantic. This book brings to life sixteen easily accessible historical destinations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, DC, the Potomac Valley, and Virginia.

Charles W. Mitchell has compiled excerpts from diaries, letters, legislative proceedings, newspaper accounts, government records, and military reports from the period 1860--1865. Maryland Voices of the Civil War explores the manifold effects of the Civil War on Marylanders, mainly civilians, whose sentiments and loyalties, among whites, divided dramatically.

Glenn Curtiss beat even the Wright brothers (who sued him bitterly) to get pilot's license No. 1 in America. He teamed with Alexander Graham Bell, helped develop the moving wing part known as the aileron, introduced tricycle landing gear, made the first airplane sales, and turned aeronautics into a multimillion dollar business. His innovations ranged from the Curtiss Pusher to the hydroaeroplane, the flying boat, and the Curtiss Jenny. Curtiss...

Long ago, visitors reached Watkins Glen by railroad, steamboat, and horse-drawn wagon. They came to stay in the grand resorts, watch automobile racing in the streets, stroll through the countryside, attend Grange fairs, and ride an early trolley. Today the grand resorts are gone, but millions still come seeking spectacular gorges, the inland sea of Seneca Lake, vast vineyards, fine wineries, and Grand Prix racing.

Lenses for railroad lanterns, cut glass for the White House table, Thomas Edison's first light bulb-the glass for all of these was made in Corning, the glass capital of America, the Crystal City. From 1880 to World War I, newfound wealth sparked a spending and building boom that shaped the city. Corning recaptures the city's gilded age, the boom days when tax-free fortunes could be made-and lost-overnight. Vintage photographs show elephants an...

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Lenses for railroad lanterns, cut glass for the White House table, Thomas Edison's first light bulb-the glass for all of these was made in Corning, the glass capital of America, the Crystal City. From 1880 to World War I, newfound wealth sparked a spending and building boom that shaped the city. Corning recaptures the city's gilded age, the boom days when tax-free fortunes could be made-and lost-overnight. Vintage photographs show elephants an...

Bath is the home of America's oldest county fair. The commmunity was planned as western New York's "Queen City, " a great metropolis, with broad tree-lined boulevards and spacious squares. Airplanes and ladders were made here, and four railroads-from the "champagne train" to the "kick and push" line-ran through town. Today, Bath remains a town of wide avenues, well-kept greens, dramatic cliffs, busy dairies, and the famous fair that has been h...