Howard Fast Libros

Antes de cumplir los 13 años, Espartaco fue vendido para trabajar en las canteras como correspondia en el último siglo antes de la era Cristiana al hijo de una esclava. Pero cada golpe en la piedra, cada latigazo en su espalda le acercaban más al sueño de abolir la esclavitud. Desde Capua, donde se entrenaba como gladiador para servir luego de diversión en el circo, encabezó una rebelión que liberó a cientos de miles de hombres, obligó a Roma a emplear todo su poder militar y se convirtió en un símbolo contra cualquie opresión.

La novela cuenta la historia de Dan Lavette desde su niñez hasta su edad adulta. Es parte de una saga familiar. El relato comienza con el terremoto de San Francisco, donde Dan perdió a sus padres y se volvió rico de la noche a la mañana debido a que hizo una fortuna transportando gente en su lancha. Este hecho hace que en el futuro funde el Banco de Sonoma, uniendo sus fondos con su amigo italiano, que es banquero. Dan Lavette se convierte en un empresario exitoso en el área de los barcos.

The late author of Spartacus and April Morning traces the epic history of the Jewish people in a study that spans six thousand years from ancient times to the Holocaust, examining Jewish customs, philosophy, religion, traditions, and influence and bringing to life the men and women who have shaped the history of a people. Reprint.

Howard Fast, author of The Immigrants, has proven himself to be one of this country's most popular authors. This second volume about the fortunes of Dan Lavette, the young Italian who lost his parents but launched a stormy and brilliant career as a result of the great San Francisco earthquake, encompasses an even more dramatic sweep of history from the depression years to the close of World War II. It is the rare novelist who can create a world with such empathy and passion that the listener actually comes to share the loves and emotions of its characters.

The inspiring story of Max Britsky, who grew up in the slums of New York and became one of the most powerful men in the American movie industry "Max" tells the story of the rise of Max Britsky, entwined with the film industry's beginnings near the turn of the twentieth century. When he was twelve, Max's father died, leaving him to scrape out a living in Manhattan's Lower East Side slums to provide for his mother and siblings. But Max was a natural entrepreneur, and he followed his business instincts and love of the theater to become one of the first film moguls in the history of American moviemaking. Britsky's life story is tragic and triumphant, and yet another example of the unmatched storytelling prowess of Howard Fast, one of the most prolific and widely read authors of the twentieth century. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author's estate.

Being Red is an intimate memoir of an extraordinary time--the years Howard Fast, one of our nation's most popular authors, spent in the American Communist Party, and under the constant surveillance of the FBI. 8-page photo insert.

In The Establishment, Howard Fast pulls the listener into the turbulent and passionate lives of the Dan Lavette family story begun in The Immigrants and continued in Second Generation. Howard Fast again brings to life a cast of characters whose lives become a portrait of their time. Listeners will witness the events in the lives of the children of Dan Lavette: Follow daughter Barbara Lavette, a strong and magnetic personality, from tragedy to final fulfillment; observe the elder son, Tom, as he quests for and finally succumbs to his own unscrupulous drive for power; and feel the conflict as the younger son, Joe, struggles between dedication to his medical work to the poor and having no emotional strength left for his beautiful wife left alone.

Masao Masuto, a Nisei detective in Beverly Hills, navigates a chaotic world filled with crime and cultural contrasts. In "Samantha," he faces a serial killer targeting Hollywood elites, while "The Case of the One-Penny Orange" involves the murders of a stamp dealer and his assistant, linked to a rare 1847 postage stamp. These two gripping adventures showcase Masuto's determination to solve complex cases amidst the backdrop of a vibrant yet dangerous Los Angeles.

"Fast, ... whose career spanned decades and genres, skewers war hawks, oil speculators, and profit-at-all-costs capitalism, ... making these stories as relevant today as when they were first published"--Publisher marketing.