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Sax Rohmer Sax Rohmer was born Arthur Henry Ward in Birmingham of Irish parents. Rohmer adopted the name Sarsfield at the age of 18, impressed by his mother's alcoholic claims being descended from a famous 17th-century Irish general Patrick Sarsfield. Rohmer's supernatural stories include Brood of the Witch Queen (1918), in which an Egyptian mummy is revived to practice ancient sorcery in the modern world, and Grey Face (1924), in which a supposed reincarnation of Cagliostro causes much havoc. www.classicreader.com /author.php/aut.88   (1750 words)

The Dundurn Group November Events and Listings November 1 Major General Richard Rohmer interview on CH-TV Major General Richard Rohmer, author of Generally Speaking: The Memoirs of Major General Richard Rohmer, will be interviewed on CH-TV in Toronto on November 1 at 5:30 pm EST. Major General Richard Rohmer, author of Generally Speaking: The Memoirs of Major General Richard Rohmer, will be having a launch party for his new book on November 10 at Bravo TV. Major General Richard Rohmer, author of Generally Speaking: The Memoirs of Major General Richard Rohmer, will be interviewed on "Breakfast at the New RO" in Ottawa on November 25 at 7:15 am. www.dundurn.com /november.html   (1750 words)

Guardian Unlimited The Guardian Agent provocateur Rohmer says many of his films consist of a "story that deals less with what people do than with what is going on in their heads while they are doing it". Rohmer's scenario for Triple Agent was inspired by an enigmatic story he found in a historical journal about the abduction by the Soviets of a White Russian general called General Miller, the president of the Russian War Veterans. Rohmer is a devout Catholic and the film's moral, should one be inclined to find anything so reductive in an Eric Rohmer film, is that self-restraint is the path to salvation. www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1335850,00.html   (1318 words)

George S. Patton Rohmer, Richard H. Patton's Gap: An Account of the Battle of Normandy, 1944. www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/great/patton.htm   (1318 words)

Fictionwise eBooks: Sax Rohmer Rohmer is also noted for such early fantasy novels as "The Quest of the Sacred Slipper" and such occult detective novels as "The Dream Detective." His influence on fantasy, horror, and mystery are still felt today. Bio: Sax Rohmer (1883-1959) is best known as the creator of Dr. Fu Manchu, the super-villain who typified the "yellow menace" as popularized at the turn of the 19th century into the 1930s. Rohmer decided to describe a seemingly impossible murder and then solve it as he continued to write. www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/SaxRohmereBooks.htm   (939 words)

Alibris: Sax Rohmer Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) was a prolific English mystery writer, best known for the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu and his opponents Denis Nayland Smith, Dr. Petrie, named after the Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, and the beautiful Karamaneh, the source of Petrie's daydreams. Rohmer, born Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, who wrote also as Michael Furey, was a prolific English mystery writer, best known for the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu and his opponents Denis Nayland Smith, Dr. Petrie, named after the Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, and the beautiful Karamaneh, the source of Petrie's daydreams. Hot on the trail are two of Sax Rohmer's greatest detectives, Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar, as they undertake a case that threatens to destroy the cream of... www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Sax_Rohmer   (813 words)

Golden Scorpion, The at Audiobooks Online - Cassette, CD, MP3 audio books Sax Rohmer was born in 1883 as Arthur Henry Ward in Birmingham, England of Irish parents. Rohmer, impressed by his mother's claims that he was a descendent of the famous 17th-century Irish general Patrick Sarsfield, adopted the name Sarsfield. Follow the adventures of Sax Rohmer's famous detectives Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar on the trail of the Golden Scorpion. www.audiobooksonline.com /shopsite/1400100135.html   (455 words)

The Collingwood Public Library Rohmer's novel is testosterone charged, and perhaps the female characters are not as fully formed as the men, nor as believable. Richard Rohmer has crafted an exciting and fast moving tale of adventure. Major-General Richard Rohmer is a practicing lawyer, pilot, best selling author of fiction and non-fiction, an officer of the Order of Canada, and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Windsor. www.town.collingwood.on.ca /clib/book03.htm   (455 words)

Sax Rohmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (February 15, 1883- June 1, 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. But Rohmer was very poor at handling his wealth. Project Gutenberg e-texts of works by Sax Rohmer www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sax_Rohmer   (332 words)

Weird Menace Pulps and Supernatural Detection Rohmer's detective Morris Klaw is an aged psychic; he is assisted by his beautiful and fascinating daughter, Isis. Sax Rohmer's The Dream-Detective was published in book form in 1920, but the stories apparently started appearing in magazines in 1913. The limiting factor in Rohmer's tales is the lack of real mystery, any sort of ingenuity that would puzzle readers. members.aol.com /MG4273/weirdmen.htm   (4346 words)

Sax Rohmer Sax Rohmer was born in 1883 to a hard-working father and an alcoholic mother. Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, used this feeling of unease melded with the idea of a mysterious overlord in the creation of Fu Manchu. A megalomania, Fu Manchu's ultimate aim was to conquer the world in the name of China. www.absolutewrite.com /novels/sax_rohmer.htm   (440 words)

Sax Rohmer : The Quest of the Sacred Slipper Sax Rohmer : The Quest of the Sacred Slipper www.classicreader.com /booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.437   (9 words)

Newport Vintage Books - Mystery Dustjackets - Sax Rohmer Sax Rohmer paints an unforgettable picture of this life in his story -- "Dope" which is based upon actual conditions as they existed in London. Fu Manchu, that fascinating arch villain whose machinations have lead thousands of breathless readers through the maazes of Sax Rohmer's thrilling tales of Limehouse, has a daughter who is as alluring and evil as her sire. Never has Sax Rohmer written a mystery novel that is more spine chilling than this tale of an ancient power of evil that lived today. home.comcast.net /~dustjackets/subjects/mysteries/gallery_DJ_Rohmer_Sax.htm   (1209 words)

Rohmer Richard Rohmer was born in Windsor, Ontario, and grew up in Fort Erie, Ontario. He was an indifferent student, and ultimately, a job with Fleet Aerospace during (and after) high school led to his joining the air force early in the war. He lives in Don Mills with his wife. collections.ic.gc.ca /TOHarchive/Pages/Video/Rohmer.html   (1209 words)

Communications and Leadership Award Richard Rohmer is arguably Canada’s most decorated citizen. He is a community role model and admirable leader and has just finished his autobiography, Generally Speaking: The Memoirs of Richard Rohmer. As a community volunteer, General Rohmer has been honored with many awards. www.townsofyork.org /conference/claward.htm   (1209 words)

University of Canada North: Not a Perfect Solution Rohmer thought the plan and its adoption by government was vital because only with a policy and a plan can intelligent and rational development of Canada's habitable Mid-North take place, and then only when the development of the Mid-North becomes Canada's National Plan. Rohmer envisagedeach college teaching a range of traditional academic courses at the undergraduate level with an emphasis on Native cultural studies and a course called “White Studies.” In addition, each college would be assigned a professional school—medicine, engineering, or dentistry. Richard Rohmer Personal Files, Toronto, Ontario, Mid-Canada Development Corridor Conference flyer, 20 August 1969. www.yukoncollege.yk.ca /review/graham12.htm   (1209 words)

Rohmer, Colonel Richard, The Runaway Growth of Bureaucracy—A Serious Concern for Canada's Future Rohmer, Colonel Richard, The Runaway Growth of Bureaucracy—A Serious Concern for Canada's Future What Colonel Rohmer thinks Canadians believe about how they are governed as opposed to how they are actually governed. A review of the Canadian government: how it is elected, how it operates, how it is structured, how policies are set, how policy decisions are implemented or executed and by whom. www.empireclubfoundation.com /details.asp?SpeechID=2028   (1209 words)

Election 2004 Rohmer said the weather was overcast, and there was a huge plume of smoke where the battleships were firing. What excites Rohmer now is the prospect of hosting a significant dignitary. One of them is Major General Richard Rohmer, a member of the D-Day Advisory Committee. www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/mini/CTVNews/1086353253327_55?s_name=election2004&no_ads=   (1209 words)

Biff Books and Records (Sheffield) - Military Rohmer, Richard: Patton's Gap: An Account of the Battle of Normandy 1944. Woodman, Richard, Robert Gardiner and Julian Mannering: The Victory of Sea Power: Winning the Napoleonic War 1806-1814. Winn, Godfrey: Home From Sea: A Chronicle in a Prologue, Three Acts and an Epilogue. www.btinternet.com /~biffbooks/military.htm   (1209 words)

MSN Encarta - Arthurian Legend In France, Robert Bresson directed Lancelot of the Lake (1974), a story of Lancelot’s adventures, and Eric Rohmer directed a rendering of Chrétien de Troyes's medieval Grail story in Perceval le Gallois (Perceval the Welshman, 1978). encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559016/Arthurian_Legend.html   (2862 words)

Blaise Pascal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A discussion of Pascal figures prominently in the movie My Night At Maud's by the French director Eric Rohmer. The content of his literary work is best remembered for its strong opposition to the rationalism of René Descartes and simultaneous assertion that the main countervailing philosophy, empiricism, was also insufficient for determining major truths. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blaise_Pascal   (3763 words)

Catalog: Rohmer & Orientalia Massively cynical occult mystery, one of Elizabeth Rohmer's favorites among her husband's books; she said he wrote it strictly from artistic devotion to the story, rather than for market. This was the first Bookfinger title, inaugurating the Sax Rohmer Society active through the '70s. Hard to find in the UK edition because it was published during a slump in Rohmer's popularity & few copies made it into the world. www.violetbooks.com /CATALOGS/rohmer.html   (4847 words)

The Fu Manchu Omnibus:Rohmer, Sax:0749003286:eCampus.com Sax Rohmer's tales of the sinister Dr. Fu Manchu and his arch enemy Nayland Smith have fascinated readers and movie-goers alike for the best part of this century. Now A&B is reissuing them all in a series of omnibus editions. www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?ISBN=0749003286   (60 words)

The Orbital White House Curiosa Shop - Sax Rohmer Sax Rohmer, aka British journalist Arthur Sarsfield Ward, invented literature's most devillish arch-fiend when he introduced the deliciously sinister Dr. BTW - There does exist a singularily good web site for all things Rohmer and Fu-Manchu. What's more, when nearing the age of 70 he even exposed our unsuspecting world to a female counterpart of the devil doctor. whio.keenspace.com /bookstore/sax.html   (306 words)

ADR Chambers - An Alternative Dispute Resolution Group Major-General Richard Rohmer, CMM, O.C., Q.C. Major-General Richard Rohmer is a member of ADR Chambers, a Toronto-based Alternative Dispute Resolution group, which provides ADR services consisting of Mediations, Arbitrations, Early Neutral Evaluation, Mini-Trials, Med-Arb, and Private Appeals from Arbitral Awards and Trial Judgments. After the dissolution of the Rohmer, Cory firm, appointed Chairman of the Ontario Royal Commission on Book Publishing 1970-1972 with Dr. Marsh Jeanneret and Dalton Camp as members. Major-General Rohmer was Chancellor of the University of Windsor for eleven years 1976-1989 and was reappointed to that post for the period 1996-1997. www.adrchambers.com /cv-rohmer.htm   (306 words)

CNEWS: Canada Canadiana CanadaJuno - Movies and books about the Normandy invasion Robert Taylor is the Yank and Richard Todd the Brit who are both in love with plucky Red Cross worker Dana Wynter. D-Day: The Sixth of June (1956): The biggest invasion in history isn't plot enough for this film which uses it as merely the backdrop for one of those three-way wartime romances. Both men end up part of the same British-American-Canadian operation that goes ashore ahead of the invasion to take out a big German gun, and only one comes back alive. cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Canada/Canadiana/CanadaJuno/pf-booksmovies.html   (306 words)

NOSTopedia -- The NOST 202 Glossary Rohmer formed the Mid-Canada Development Foundation to finance and foster discussion and research. A scheme conceived by Toronto lawyer Richard Rohmer in the late 1967, based on his conception of the Canadian Subarctic as a million square miles of wealth ready for development. These lands could then be exploited by regional cities and ports, connected by new roads and new communications technologies. www.yukoncollege.yk.ca /~agraham/nost202/nostopedia.htm   (306 words)

Super Book Specials “Patton’s Gap” by Richard Rohmer – Mustangs over Normandy ant the Falaise Gap (31avi717) Blow by blow account by eyewitnesses of the battle of Britain and the events leading up to it. Maps and photos of all Canada's military actions...from the French and Indian War, through Vimy Ridge, to Kosovo. www.spitcrazy.com /superspecials.htm   (306 words)

A Guide to Magic, Witchcraft, and the Paranormal; The Romance of Sorcery; Sax Rohmer Rohmer aims to bridge the gulf that has opened as a result of modernity between revealed religion and the ancient truths that need to be sought anew. The late Sax Rohmer was the author of the popular Fu Manchu books, many of which were made into films. Widely known as the author of the popular Fu Manchu books, he was also a dedicated scholar of the occult and an adept in the mystic arts. www.columbia.edu /cu/cup/catalog/data/071030/0710307349.HTM   (239 words)

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