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A la caza de Houdini

Autor: Kerri Maniscalco

Número de Páginas: 378

Audrey Rose y Thomas Cresswell se encuentran a bordo de un lujoso transatlántico que se convierte en una horrorosa prisión flotante cuando un asesino termina con la vida de los pasajeros uno por uno… y no hay lugar adonde escapar.La serie bestseller número uno que comenzó con A la caza de Jack el Destripador y A la caza del príncipe Drácula continua con esta tercera entrega sangrienta… Al emprender un viaje de una semana por el océano Atlántico a bordo del opulento RMS Etruria, Audrey Rose Wadsworth y su compañero de investigaciones, Thomas Cresswell, se ven deslumbrados por una compañía itinerante de artistas de circo, videntes y un carismático joven escapista que entretienen por las noches a los pasajeros de la primera clase.Pero algunas jóvenes de alta cuna comienzan a desaparecer sin ninguna explicación y una serie de asesinatos brutales conmociona al barco entero. La inquietante y extraña influencia del Carnaval Luz de Luna invade las cubiertas a medida que los asesinatos se vuelven más y más perturbadores. Audrey Rose y Thomas deberán resolver estos casos espeluznantes para evitar que más pasajeros mueran antes de llegar a destino. Pero cuando las...

Harry Houdini

Autor: Patricia Lakin , Pat Lakin

Número de Páginas: 36

Simple text describes how Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, worked hard to become a great magician.

Escape!

Autor: Sid Fleischman

Número de Páginas: 0

Houdini's Box

Autor: Adam Phillips

Número de Páginas: 147

Why are we all so spellbound by ideas of escape - and yet so dismissive of mere escapism? Houdini's Box explores four different escape artists. There is the case history of a little girl who is oddly committed to playing her own wayward version of hide and seek. There is Harry Houdini, the 'Greatest Magician the World has Ever Seen', who electrified the world through a series of death-defying escapes, compulsively re-inventing and re-enacting his own confinement. There is a man who, Jonah-like, is always arriving at the place he was escaping from, who thinks it is his destiny to be in flight, whether from women or from his analyst. And finally the poet Emily Dickinson, who for the last twenty years of her life finds freedom in self-imposed solitary confinement. In this, his most captivating book to date, Adam Phillips reminds us why people often feel most alive in the very moment of escape. But whether we are getting away from something, or getting away with something - as Icarus, or Oedipus, or Narcissus; as victims or tyrants - we cannot describe ourselves without also describing what we need to escape from, and what we want to escape to.

Houdini

Autor: Agnieszka Biskup

Número de Páginas: 18

"In graphic novel format, explores the life of Harry Houdini and describes some of his most daring escapes"--Provided by publisher.

Houdini

Autor: Kathleen Krull

Número de Páginas: 34

Presents the life and career of Harry Houdini, whose dramatic style and amazing physical abilities made him one of the most famous magicians and contortionists of all time. Reprint.

Houdini's Escapes and Magic

Autor: Walter Brown Gibson

Número de Páginas: 664

The Great Houdini

Autor: Monica Kulling

Número de Páginas: 48

Harry Houdini was a great escape artist, but perhaps his greatest trick was becoming the famous magician that we have come to know. As a child, Houdini worked hard--and even quit school--to help support his family. But his dream always was to become a great magician and performer. He practiced day and night, thinking up new tricks and more and more dangerous stunts. His intense ambition paid off, and soon Harry Houdini became known worldwide! This kid-appealing Step 3 traces Houdini's life from his poor beginnings to his eventual success as the most famous mystical magician and escape artist of all time.

Who Was Harry Houdini?

Autor: Tui Sutherland , Who Hq

Número de Páginas: 112

Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a famous movie star and the first pilot to fly a plane in Australia? This well-told biography is full of the details of Houdini's life that kids will really want to know about and illustrated throughout with beautiful black-and-white line drawings. Illustrated by John O'Brien.

Spellbinder

Autor: Tom Lalicki

Número de Páginas: 104

An engaging biography about the famous magicians and escape artist Harry Houdini's personal life and public exploits. Born Ehrich Weiss, Houdini started performing at an early age and followed his ambitions as they led him around the world, performing amazing stunts and illusions that baffled the crowds. The book recounts many of his most famous tricks. Grades 5-9.

Harry Houdini

Autor: Patricia Lakin

Simple text describes how Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, worked hard to become a great magician.

Harry Houdini, Master of Magic

Autor: Robert Kraske

Número de Páginas: 76

This biography recounts the life of Harry Houdini from his boyhood through his years as an escape artist and master showman.

Harry Houdini (the First Names Series)

Autor: Kjartan Poskitt

Número de Páginas: 176

Discover the man behind the magic and see how Houdini pulled off his most daring escapes Before Harry Houdini (1874-1926) became the greatest magician in the world, he was just little Ehrich Weisz, a Hungarian-born immigrant who moved to America with his family and performed stage tricks for a little extra cash. He started off with card tricks and then eventually began performing the escape acts that would make him famous. Known for his daring and death-defying illusions, he would do some of the greatest tricks ever: escaping from a milk can, being buried alive, and being locked inside a crate and thrown into a river. He conquered each of these seemingly impossible feats and showed the world the power of a little magic. Fun, fast-paced, and highly illustrated, Harry Houdini tells the story of the curious boy who became the world's greatest magician and reveals how Houdini did some of his most stunning escapes. It includes a timeline, glossary, and index.

Houdini

Autor: Kathleen Krull

Número de Páginas: 32

Presents the life and career of Harry Houdini, whose dramatic style and amazing physical abilties made him one of the most famous magicians and contortionists of all time.

The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

Autor: Joe Posnanski

Número de Páginas: 325

Joe Posnanski enters the colorful world of Harry Houdini and his legions of devoted fans to explore the illusionist’s impact on global culture—and why his legacy endures to this day. Nearly a century after Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926, he feels as modern and alive as ever. The name Houdini still leaps to mind whenever we witness a daring escape. The baby who frees herself from her crib? Houdini. The dog who vanishes and reappears in the neighbor’s garden? Houdini. Every generation produces new disciples of the magician, from household names in magic like David Copperfield and David Blaine to countless other followers whose lives have been transformed by the power of Houdini. In rural Pennsylvania, a thirteen-year-old girl finds the courage to leave a violent home after learning that Houdini ran away to join the circus; she eventually becomes the first female magician to saw a man in half on television. In Australia, an eight-year-old boy with a learning impediment feels worthless until he sees an old poster of Houdini advertising “Nothing on earth can hold Houdini prisoner,” and begins his path to becoming that nation’s most popular magician. In California,...

Houdini

Autor: Clinton Cox

Número de Páginas: 212

This biography of famed magician and illusionist Harry Houdini explores how he carried out his amazing feats and exposes the secrets behind many of Houdini's tricks. The author cites Houdini's brilliance, physical dexterity, and wild imagination as factors that made him a true master of illusion. Photos.

Houdini's Escapes

Autor: Walter Brown Gibson

Número de Páginas: 208

Harry Houdini Escape Artist

Autor: Patricia Lakin

Número de Páginas: 32

Simple text describes how Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, worked hard to become a great magician.

Harry Houdini: A Brilliant Showman. the World

Autor: The History Hour

Número de Páginas: 86

Throughout his life, he performed first in carnival sideshows, then in vaudeville, where he would share the stage with all manner of entertainers, and later, in his thrilling show, where he became the greatest magician and escape artist of all time.Inside you'll read about Youthful Beginnings First Attempts at Performing Romance for Houdini Hardeen The Early Escape Act: The "Risey Incident" The Great Illusion: Metamorphosis The Welsh Brothers Circus Tours First Fraudsters Exposed Beginnings of Stardom Werner Graff and the Houdini Legend Houdini and the Tsar Jailbreaks Some of Houdini's Signature Escapes Explained How Houdini Died And much more!A brilliant showman, deeply interested in human psychology, and his life and work reflect these many interested, and he must have known the cachet being born in America would give his act. More than a little daredevil, Houdini performed feats never matched by any other person.

Houdini's Escapes and Magic

Autor: Walter Brown Gibson

Número de Páginas: 0

Houdini on Magic

Autor: Walter Brown Gibson , Morris N. Young

Número de Páginas: 337

Written by the master magician himself, this fascinating work reveals the secrets behind how Houdini escaped numerous death-defying stunts and exposed a variety of fake spiritualists. He also gives instructions for 44 eye-catching stage tricks, as well as other fascinating material. 155 illustrations.

Houdini

Autor: Kathleen Krull

Introducing the astonishing, the unforgettable ... HOUDINI! He made himself a living legend and became the most famous name in magic. But Harry Houdini, like his acts, was fascinating and mysterious. As a child, he was often on the edge of homelessness, so he would charge crowds to watch him perform tricks he knew no one else could do. After leaving home to seek his fortune, Houdini mastered every form of magic available-- card tricks, juggling, illusions-- and travelled the world over to make a name for himself. But true stardom came to him only when he began to focus his act around daring, heart-stopping escapes. By sheer force of will, Houdini trained his body to withstand the torturous demands of the elaborate acts he created. How did he do it? Magicians never tell. Yet acclaimed author Kathleen Krull and award-winning illustrator Eric Velasquez combine their talents to reveal the remarkable story of the World's Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King. Kathleen Krull is a prominent biographer for young people. Her "Wilma Unlimited" was named an ALA Notable Book; her "Lives of the Musicians" was a "Boston Globe"/"Horn Book" Honor Award winner; and her other nonfiction has won...

Harry Houdini

Autor: Patricia Lakin

Número de Páginas: 30

Simple text describes how Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, worked hard to become a great magician.

Escape King

Autor: John Ernst , Ray Abel

Número de Páginas: 32

A simple biography of the famous magician describing his major tricks.

Harry Houdini

Autor: Janice Weaver

Número de Páginas: 0

The life of Harry Houdini and his less famous partner, his brother Dash, includes details of his well-known career as a magician, as well as his interest in exposing fake mediums and other frauds. Sidebars highlight topics related to the early 20th century, such as child labor, the dime museums, and early aviation, an interest of Houdini's.

American Legends

Autor: Charles River Charles River Editors

Número de Páginas: 64

*Includes pictures of Houdini and his most famous escape acts. *Includes descriptions of Houdini's most famous stunts. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place some one is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death. That's what attracts us to the man who paints the flagstaff on the tall building, or to the 'human fly' who scales the walls of the same building." - Harry Houdini A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. There is no shortage of professional magicians and stunt men in the 21st century, but all of them owe something to the most famous stunt man of them all, Harry Houdini. A century after he began to thrill audiences with his patented escape acts, Houdini's name...

The Great Houdini, Daring Escape Artist

Autor: Louis Sabin

Número de Páginas: 54

Follows the life and exploits of the renowned magician and escape artist.

A la caza del príncipe Drácula

Autor: Kerri Maniscalco

Número de Páginas: 376

En la esperada secuela del best seller «A la caza de Jack el Destripador», se descubren extraños asesinatos en el castillo del Príncipe Vlad el Empalador, también conocido como Drácula. ¿Podría ser un simple farsante quien está cometiendo los crímenes... o el príncipe ha vuelto a la vida? Tras el dolor y el horror que le ha causado descubrir la verdadera identidad de Jack el Destripador, Audrey Rose Wadsworth no tiene otra opción más que huir de Londres y de sus recuerdos junto con el arrogante y encantador Thomas Cresswell. Rose viaja al corazón oscuro de Rumania, hogar de una de las mejores escuelas de medicina forense de Europa... y de otro asesino de renombre: Vlad el Empalador, cuya sed de sangre se convirtió en leyenda. Pero el sueño de la vida de Rose, pronto se ve frustrado por los sangrientos descubrimientos en los pasillos del imponente castillo de la escuela, y se ve obligada a investigar asesinatos que le resultan extrañamente familiares. Quizás, lo que encuentre despierte sus temores más profundos. AUTOR Kerri Maniscalco creció en una casa semiembrujada en las afueras de la ciudad de Nueva York, donde comenzó su fascinación por los ambientes...

Houdini's Escapes and Magic

Autor: Walter Brown Gibson

Número de Páginas: 316

Describes, explains, and illustrates many of the great magician's stage illusions, rope ties, releases, impromptu tricks, card tricks, special effects, escapes, and miscellaneous tricks and effects

Houdini

Autor: Doug Henning , Charles R. Reynolds

Número de Páginas: 200

A biography of the magician who became famous for his ability to escape almost any form of restraint. Describes his 10 greatest illusions as they appeared to audiences in the early 1900's.

Harry Houdini

Autor: Harry Houdini

Magician and escape artist, Harry Houdini was born as Ehrich Weisz in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874. After his father took him to see Dr. Lynn, a traveling magician, Houdini's interest in performing soon consumed him. After happening upon a book entitled The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjuror, Written by Himself., Houdini added an i to his name and assumed the name that would go down in history. Houdini was soon escaping from numerous devices, including leg irons, coffins, straitjackets, and prison cells. Unliked other magicians, Houdini began to make his escapes in full view of the audience, increasing the drama. Harry Houdini died from peritonitis on October 31 1926. File contains bibliographic and biographical notes, theatre programs, leaflets, correspondence and press cuttings.

Harry Houdini

Autor: Rita T. Mullin

Número de Páginas: 136

A biography of Harry Houdini, who became famous as America's most famous escape artist and magician.

Houdini; the Untold Story

Autor: Milbourne Christopher

Número de Páginas: 328

Houdini and the Great Escape

Autor: Howard Comen

Houdini Unbound

Autor: Harry Houdini

Modern Day Houdini

Autor: Bill Shirk , Dick Wolfsie

Número de Páginas: 175

Houdini

Autor: Manny Weltman

Número de Páginas: 51

A la caza del diablo

Autor: Kerri Maniscalco

Número de Páginas: 443

En este impactante final de la exitosa serie que comenzó con A la caza de Jack el Destripador, Audrey Rose y Thomas intentan dar caza al depravado y escurridizo asesino conocido como el Diablo de la Ciudad Blanca. Audrey Rose Wadsworth y Thomas Cresswell han aterrizado en los Estados Unidos, una tierra salvaje e intrépida comparada con las elegantes calles de Londres. Aunque, al igual que Londres, la ciudad de Chicago esconde muy bien sus secretos más oscuros. Cuando acuden a la Feria Mundial, un evento único, empiezan a dar con informes de personas desaparecidas y asesinatos sin resolver. Audrey y Thomas comienzan sus investigaciones, que los conducen a un asesino en serie diferente a cualquiera que hayan visto antes. Identificarlo es una cosa, capturarlo es otra, especialmente dentro del Hotel Asesinato, que construyó como su aterradora guarida de tortura. ¿Podrá Audrey Rose, junto con su verdadero amor, resolver finalmente el último enigma? ¿O fracasará frente a su adversario más perverso?

The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist

Autor: Harry Houdini

Número de Páginas: 42

The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist is a book by Harry Houdini. Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; March 24, 1874 - October 31, 1926) was an American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the US and then as "Harry Handcuff Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can. In 1904, thousands watched as he tried to escape from special handcuffs commissioned by London's Daily Mirror, keeping them in suspense for an hour. Another stunt saw him buried alive and only just able to claw himself to the surface, emerging in a state of near-breakdown. While many suspected that these escapes were faked, Houdini presented himself as the scourge of fake spiritualists. As President of the Society of American Magicians, he was keen to uphold professional standards and expose fraudulent artists. He was also quick to sue anyone who imitated his escape stunts. Houdini made...

Houdini's Escapes. Edited from Houdini's Private Note-books and Memoranda. [With a Portrait.].

Autor: Walter Brown Gibson , Harry Houdini (erich Weiss.)

Número de Páginas: 317