Author: Christopher Priest
Publisher: Tor Books
Keywords: prestige
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2006-10-03
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0765356171
ISBN-13: 9780765356178
In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose one another.Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences. In the course of pursuing each other’s ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magicians’ craft can command--the highest misdirection and the darkest science.Blood will be spilled, but it will not be enough. In the end, their legacy will pass on for generations...to descendants
Author: Christopher Priest
Publisher: Tor Books
Keywords: prestige
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 1997-09-15
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0312858868
ISBN-13: 9780312858865
In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose one another.Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences. In the course of pursuing each other’s ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magicians’ craft can command--the highest misdirection and the darkest science.Blood will be spilled, but it will not be enough. In the end, their legacy will pass on for generations...to descendants
Author: Christopher Priest
Publisher: Tor Books
Keywords: prestige
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2006-10-03
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0765317346
ISBN-13: 9780765317346
In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose one another.Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences. In the course of pursuing each other’s ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magicians’ craft can command--the highest misdirection and the darkest science.Blood will be spilled, but it will not be enough. In the end, their legacy will pass on for generations...to descendan
Author: G. L. Prestige
Publisher: Budge Press
Keywords: englishman, gore, charles, life
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 2009-04-14
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1444628038
ISBN-13: 9781444628036
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author: Henry D. Davray
Publisher: Bailey Press
Keywords: prestige, work, kitchener, lord
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2008-08-26
List price: $26.45
ISBN-10: 1443716642
ISBN-13: 9781443716642
Lord Kitchener, His Work And His Prestige. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author: James F. English
Publisher: Harvard University Pre
Keywords: cultural, value, circulation, awards, prestige, prizes, economy
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2008-12-15
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0674030435
ISBN-13: 9780674030435
This is a book about one of the great untold stories of modern cultural life: the remarkable ascendancy of prizes in literature and the arts. Such prizes and the competitions they crown are almost as old as the arts themselves, but their number and power--and their consequences for society and culture at large--have expanded to an unprecedented degree in our day. In a wide-ranging overview of this phenomenon, James F. English documents the dramatic rise of the awards industry and its complex role within what he describes as an economy of cultural prestige. Observing that cultural prizes in t
Author: James F. English
Publisher: Harvard University Pre
Keywords: cultural, value, circulation, awards, prestige, prizes, economy
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2005-11-15
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0674018842
ISBN-13: 9780674018846
This is a book about one of the great untold stories of modern cultural life: the remarkable ascendancy of prizes in literature and the arts. Such prizes and the competitions they crown are almost as old as the arts themselves, but their number and power--and their consequences for society and culture at large--have expanded to an unprecedented degree in our day. In a wide-ranging overview of this phenomenon, James F. English documents the dramatic rise of the awards industry and its complex role within what he describes as an economy of cultural prestige. Observing that cultural prizes in t
