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Stalking Jack the Ripper volume 3
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In 1889, the ship Etruria departs Liverpool, England, for New York carrying Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her crime-solving partner, Thomas, a famous escape artist, and a cold-blooded killer.
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A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats, complete with index, photos, and author's notes.
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"Harry Houdini mesmerized a generation of Americans when he was alive, and continues to do so over ninety years since his death. This is a snapshot of Houdini's life, centering on one of his most famous feats. As Houdini prepares for a death-defying leap into the icy Charles River in Boston, biographer Jason Lutes and artist Nick Bertozzi reveal Houdini's life and influence: from the anti-Semitism Houdini fought all his life, to the adulation of the...
4) The magician and the spirits: Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead
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"Famed illusionist Harry Houdini embarks on a quest to investigate spiritual phenomena and the possibility of communication with those on the "other side.""--
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In 1924 the wife of a Boston surgeon came to embody the raging national debate over Spiritualism, a movement devoted to communication with the dead. Reporters dubbed her the blonde Witch of Lime Street, but she was known to her followers simply as Margery. Her most vocal advocate was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed so thoroughly in Margery's powers that he urged her to enter a controversial contest, sponsored by Scientific American. Her supernatural...
8) The séance
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In 1926, magician Harry Houdini arrives in the city to perform magic and to expose fraudulent mediums but thirteen-year-old Scooter King, who works for his mother making her séances seem real, needs Houdini's help to solve a murder.
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Born of illusion volume 1
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"Anna Van Housen has a secret. A gifted illusionist, Anna assists her mother, renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums, and mentalists in 1920's New York. As the illegitimate daughter of Harry Houdini--or so Marguerite claims--sleight of hand illusions have never been a challenge for Anna. The real trick is keeping her true gifts secret from her opportunistic...
10) Before Houdini
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"London, 1888. A shadowy killer of unnatural law stalks the streets of London, his appetite for blood unleashed upon the city's lower classes. To defeat him, M16 turns to its most top-secret team; four teenage agents with extraordinary abilities-- including a young American immigrant with a talent for escapism.... After Houdini began the story of Josef Houdini, son of the famous Harry Houdini-- brilliant illusionist, acclaimed escape artist, and top-secret...
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Al emprender un viaje de una semana po el océano Atlántico a bordo del opulento RMS Etruria, Audrey Rose Wadsworth y su compañero de investigaciones, Thomas Cresswell, se ven deslumbrados por una compañĩa itinerante de artistas de circo, videntes y un carismático escapista que entretienen a los pasajeros de primera clase durante la noche. Cuando algunas jóvenes de alta cuna comienzan a desaparecer sin ninguna explicación, y una serie de asesinatos...
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"After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers. But magician Harry Houdini wasn't fooled. He recognized the scammers' methods as no more than conjurer tricks. Angered by the way people were exploited, Houdini set out to expose the ghost hoaxes....