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Series
Language
English
Description
"Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions...
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (74 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Josef is the ultra-dutiful butler to a Casanova-like prince. Falling in love with Marie, whom he assumes to be a countess, Josef masquerades quite convincingly as his rakish master. The catch: Marie is herself a poseur, a mere maidservant of nobility.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Blending years of deep reporting with distinctive, powerful prose, Scott C. Johnson's unique true crime narrative recounts the tale of the brilliantly cunning imposter who carved a path of financial and emotional destruction across the world. Gifted with a diabolical flair for impersonation, manipulation, and deception, the Con Queen used their skill with accents and deft psychological insight to sweep through the entertainment industry. Johnson...
6) The fraud
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper--and cousin by marriage--of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also skeptical. She suspects her cousin of having no talent; his successful friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, of being a bully...
Publisher
Arbelos Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
It recounts the improbable but true story of Michigan con man William Douglas Street Jr., the titular 'chameleon' who successfully impersonated his way up the socioeconomic ladder by posing as a magazine reporter, and Ivy League student, a respected surgeon, and a corporate lawyer.
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