Лучшие книги Гарри Гудини

Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт, не опубликовавший при жизни ни одной книги, стал маяком и ориентиром жанра литературы ужасов, кумиром как широких читательских масс, так и рафинированных интеллектуалов. Влияние его признавали такие мастера, как Борхес, и такие кумиры миллионов, как Стивен Кинг, его рассказы неоднократно экранизировались, а само имя писателя стало нарицательным.

Американский писатель Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт не опубликовал при жизни ни одной книги, печатаясь только в журналах. Зачастую ему приходилось работать "писателем-призраком", создавая для более успешных коллег рассказы и даря им свои сюжеты.
"Заточенный с фараонами" был написан специально для Гарри Гудини: приключенческий рассказ о побеге из потустороннего мира и встрече с мифическими богами понравился иллюзионисту и получил большую известность.
Рассказы, вошедшие в сборник, придерживаются типичных для Лавкрафта тем спиритизма, языческих ритуалов и сновидений.

Гарри Гудини прославился не только своими выдающимися способностями иллюзиониста. Одной из его страстей было – разоблачение шарлатанов и раскрытие секретов своих коллег. Великий артист собрал настоящую коллекцию историй взлётов и падений королей и королев развлекательной сцены с XVII по начало XX века. Величайшие мастера огня, которые своими выступлениями поражали всех, от простой публики до лордов и представителей научных кругов. Шпагоглотатели, отточившие истинное искусство проглатывания лезвий до невообразимых высот. Камнееды, ядоеды и прочие пожиратели, взаправду поедавшие невероятные предметы. Сильнейшие люди своих времён и хитрости, приносившие им славу истинных «Самсонов». Истории их триумфа и падений раскрывает в своей книге другой гений иллюзиона – неудержимый Гудини. И мастер волшебных освобождений, как никто, рассказывает о своих коллегах, некоторых из которых знавал лично.

One of the most intriguing and recognized figures of the twentieth century conducts a masterclass in subversion

Originally published in 1906, The Right Way to Do Wrong was a masterclass in subversion conducted by the world’s greatest illusionist. It collected Hou­dini’s findings, from interviews with criminals and police officers, on the most surefire ways to commit crime and get away with it.

This volume presents the best of those writings alongside little-known articles by Houdini on his own brand of deception: magic. Revealing the secrets of his signature tricks, including handcuff and rope escapes, and debunking the methods of his rivals, he proves himself to be just as clever and nimble a writer as he was a magician—and surprisingly free with trade secrets! All of which makes this unique selection of works both the ultimate anti-etiquette guide and proof that things are not always as they seem.

In an exclusive introduction to this volume, Teller—magician, comedian, and silent sidekick of Penn Jillette—speaks up about the greatest magician of modern times.

Includes the short stories: "The Alchemist" and "The Nameless City"

H.P. Lovecraft is considered one of the most influential horror and fantasy writers of the 20th century. His work, which is frequently compared to the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, explored the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien.

This volume showcases arguably some of Lovecraft's best work. "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs" was originally written for the world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini and was published under Houdini's name in the magazine Weird Tales.

This release also contains an example of some of Lovecraft's earliest work, including "The Alchemist", which was written when he was only 18, and "The Nameless City", the first story to investigate the powerful Cthulu Mythos for which Lovecraft is famous.

Gareth David-Lloyd has recently starred in the hit BBC 2 series Torchwood. Before playing Ianto Jones, Gareth trained at the National Youth Theatre, and his credits include the role of Sebastian in Twelfth Night, as well as television appearances in Mine All Mine, Absolute Power and Rosemary & Thyme. Staten Eliot is an ambitious young actor whose film credits include Lycanthropy, The Basement, and Camp X-Ray: Ghosts of Guantanamo Bay. Staten made his film debut in Flip a Coin, the first English-speaking film by award-winning Swedish director David Flamholc. Dubbed as "a slick East End version of Notting Hill", reviewers branded Staten "the next Jude Law". Other television credits include Marcus in Totally Frank (Channel 4) and James in Trust (BBC 1) alongside Ian McShane and Robson Green.

The Miracle Mongers, an Expos? by Harry Houdini libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

Harry Houdini's expose of the fraudulent spiritualist, spirit photography, spirit slate writing, ectoplasm, clairvoyance, and other quakery and cons perpetrated on desperate believers. Specific spiritualists covered in the book include Dr. Slade, the Davenport Brothers, Anne O'Delia Diss Debar, the Fox Sisters, Daniel Dunglas Home, Eusapia Palladino, and other con artists of their ilk. The whole nation was excited by Houdini's campaign against fakers. He traveled across the country, offering money for spirit activities he would be unable to duplicate by his use of skilled illusions. It was a heyday not only for Houdini, but for the spiritualists themselves -- and there was an equally famous protagonist who thought the spirits could indeed be contacted, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A photo at the start of the book records a meeting between Houdini and Doyle, who is given his own chapter in the book. There's also a full section on Daniel Dunglas Home, the English engineer of spectacular paranormal effects. Houdini saves his sharpest arguments for spiritualists who were giving their (usually paying) clients a vision of the hereafter, and shares the methods used to practice "fake" and sensational spiritualism. Houdini was nothing if not unrelenting. As a taste of things to come, he ends his introduction with the words: "Up to the present time everything that I have investigated has been the result of deluded brains," though Houdini attests to his own open mind on the topic of the afterlife and recounts his personal attempts to communicate with the dead.