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Gonna Do Great Things

Author : Gary Fishgall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439131570
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Gonna Do Great Things written by Gary Fishgall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major reappraisal of the life of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., Gonna Do Great Things is at once an intimate portrait and an exuberant celebration of a wholly American icon. Through his multifaceted talent and personality, Sammy became one of the most magnetic and contentious figures in modern entertainment history. His outstanding talents as a dancer, singer, actor, impressionist, and comedian, combined with his close association with megastars and his interracial marriage, made him a celebrity in the truest sense. Born in Harlem in 1925, Sammy debuted onstage with Will Mastin's vaudeville troupe when he was only three years old. He was an instant hit, and his talent propelled him into one of the most luminous entertainment careers of his generation. No one could please a crowd like Sammy, whose overwhelming energy and infectious humor exhilarated audiences for sixty years. However, Sammy's life was not without hardship, and his high-spirited attitude often masked a fragile ego. From an impoverished, broken home, he lacked even a single day of formal education, and the rigors of his blossoming show business career denied him the traditional pleasures of childhood. Racism constantly affected his life, particularly when he joined the army in 1943. Because he refused to acknowledge any race-related restrictions, his very existence became a political statement. An active member of the Civil Rights movement and America's first African-American superstar, Sammy paved the way for other black entertainers. As a charter member of the Rat Pack, Sammy spent the 1950s and 1960s basking in an image of "cool" and endearing himself to the public. But by the 1970s he was relying on cocaine and alcohol, flirting with Satanism, indulging in scandalous sexual behavior, and becoming the punchline of jokes on Saturday Night Live. Though his fans still adored him, his performances suffered. A four-pack-a-day smoker, Sammy succumbed to cancer when he was sixty-four, shortly after celebrating six decades in the spotlight. Renowned biographer of Hollywood giants Jimmy Stewart, Burt Lancaster, and Gregory Peck, Gary Fishgall brings an actor's and director's understanding of the entertainment industry to Sammy's complicated existence. Meticulously researched and filled with insights gathered from interviews with those who knew Sammy best, Gonna Do Great Things reveals the fascinating and controversial life of this beloved entertainer.

Gonna Do Great Things

Author : Gary Fishgall
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 9781451643206
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Gonna Do Great Things written by Gary Fishgall and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2011-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major reappraisal of the life of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., Gonna Do Great Things is at once an intimate portrait and an exuberant celebration of a wholly American icon. Through his multifaceted talent and personality, Sammy became one of the most magnetic and contentious figures in modern entertainment history. His outstanding talents as a dancer, singer, actor, impressionist, and comedian, combined with his close association with megastars and his interracial marriage, made him a celebrity in the truest sense. Born in Harlem in 1925, Sammy debuted onstage with Will Mastin's vaudeville troupe when he was only three years old. He was an instant hit, and his talent propelled him into one of the most luminous entertainment careers of his generation. No one could please a crowd like Sammy, whose overwhelming energy and infectious humor exhilarated audiences for sixty years. However, Sammy's life was not without hardship, and his high-spirited attitude often masked a fragile ego. From an impoverished, broken home, he lacked even a single day of formal education, and the rigors of his blossoming show business career denied him the traditional pleasures of childhood. Racism constantly affected his life, particularly when he joined the army in 1943. Because he refused to acknowledge any race-related restrictions, his very existence became a political statement. An active member of the Civil Rights movement and America's first African-American superstar, Sammy paved the way for other black entertainers. As a charter member of the Rat Pack, Sammy spent the 1950s and 1960s basking in an image of "cool" and endearing himself to the public. But by the 1970s he was relying on cocaine and alcohol, flirting with Satanism, indulging in scandalous sexual behavior, and becoming the punchline of jokes on Saturday Night Live. Though his fans still adored him, his performances suffered. A four-pack-a-day smoker, Sammy succumbed to cancer when he was sixty-four, shortly after celebrating six decades in the spotlight. Renowned biographer of Hollywood giants Jimmy Stewart, Burt Lancaster, and Gregory Peck, Gary Fishgall brings an actor's and director's understanding of the entertainment industry to Sammy's complicated existence. Meticulously researched and filled with insights gathered from interviews with those who knew Sammy best, Gonna Do Great Things reveals the fascinating and controversial life of this beloved entertainer.

Last Lecture

Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9781663608192
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Last Lecture written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?

Author : Seth Godin
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 0593853911
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck? written by Seth Godin and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Made for dipping into again and again, Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck? brings together the very best of Seth Godin's acclaimed blog and is a classic for fans both old and new. Getting your ducks in a row is a fine thing to do. But deciding what you are going to do with that duck is a far more important issue' Seth Godin is famous for bestselling books such as Purple Cow and cool entrepreneurial ventures such as Squidoo and the Domino Project. But to millions of loyal readers, he's best known for the daily burst of insight he provides every morning, rain or shine, via Seth's Blog. Since he started blogging in the early 1990s, he has written more than two million words and shaped the way we think about marketing, leadership, careers, innovation, creativity, and more. Much of his writing is inspirational and some is incendiary. Collected here are six years of his best, most entertaining, and most poignant blog posts, plus a few bonus ebooks. From thoughts on how to treat your customers to telling stories and spreading ideas, Godin pushes us to think smarter, dream bigger, write better, and speak more honestly. Highlights include: -A marketing lesson from the Apocalypse -No, everything is not going to be okay -Organized bravery -Choose your customers, choose your future -Paying attention to the attention economy -Bandits and philanthropists Godin writes to get under our skin. He wants us to stand up and do something remarkable, outside the standards of the industrial system that raised us. Seth Godin is the author of thirteen international bestsellers that have changed the way people think about marketing, the ways ideas spread, leadership and change including Permission Marketing, Purple Cow, All Marketers are Liars, The Dip and Tribes. He is the CEO of Squidoo and a very popular lecturer. His blog is the most influential business blog in the world and consistently one of the 100 most popular blogs on any subject.

Mask of Death

Author : Kevin Saito
Publisher : Scare Street
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mask of Death written by Kevin Saito and published by Scare Street. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark force is rising. And only Gray Brooks can sense its power… For Gray Brooks, death was only the beginning. Once a Marine, his life took a turn for the worst, and he found himself wrapped up in a robbery gone wrong. Shot and left for dead, Gray was revived in the hospital. But he was forever touched by the land of the dead, cursed to see the sinister spirits stalking this realm… After surviving yet another deadly supernatural encounter, Gray finds himself contacted by a man who desperately needs his help. The man’s daughter lies in a coma, trapped between life and death. And her condition is caused by something not of this earth… Gray soon realizes a diabolical creature is using the girl as a source of energy, slowly draining her soul dry. And feeding off her life force is only the beginning. Can Gray stop it before it’s too late? Or will he end up being the demon's next victim...

Time Management Ninja

Author : Craig Jarrow
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1633538923
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Time Management Ninja written by Craig Jarrow and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book will help you own your calendar, block time for what matters most and reclaim your life.” —Paula Rizzo, author of Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You You want more time to spend with family, to achieve big goals, and to simply enjoy life. Yet, there seem to be more and more things competing for your time, and more distractions interrupting your day. Craig Jarrow has spent many years testing time management tactics, tools, and systems and written hundreds of articles on productivity, goals, and organization, Through it all he’s learned a simple truth: Time management should be easy, not complicated and unwieldy. And it shouldn’t take up more of your precious time than it gives back! Time Management Ninja offers 21 rules that will show you an easier and more effective way to take control of your time and manage your busy life. Follow these simple principles and get more done with less effort. It’s no-stress, uncomplicated time management that works. “Read this book, apply its rules, and you’ll find freedom.” —Hyrum Smith, bestselling author of Purposeful Retirement

Last Gas

Author : John Cariani
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0822232324
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Last Gas written by John Cariani and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nat Paradis is a Red Sox-loving part-time dad who manages Paradis’ Last Convenient Store, the last convenient place to get gas—or anything—before the Canadian border to the north and the North Maine Woods to the west. When an old flame returns to town, Nat gets a chance to rekindle a romance he gave up on years ago. But sparks fly as he’s forced to choose between new love and old. LAST GAS takes a hilarious and heartbreakingly hard look at love lost and found, and at what it means to “get back to happy.”

Chronicles of Fictitious Fiction

Author : Shelby Witchen
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Chronicles of Fictitious Fiction written by Shelby Witchen and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles of Fictitious Fiction: An Angel May Role Play By: Shelby Witchen About the Book An accumulation of dreams, Chronicles of Fictitious Fiction is a mind-bending venture through reality and fiction, dreams and waking, good versus evils, Angels and Demons. Knowen was once a man who felt like his life was heading nowhere, until a life-altering voice began speaking with him, leading him to his true destiny. His journey is not for the faint of heart; his mediocre life is replaced with wealth, power, sex, and absurd violence to please alien lifeforms looking to feel true terror and fear on Earth. Will Known discover this world to be all a dream? Or is the reality stranger than even where his wildest imaginations could take him?

Izzy's Popstar Plan

Author : Alex Marestaing
Publisher : Tommy Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1400317371
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Izzy's Popstar Plan written by Alex Marestaing and published by Tommy Nelson. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Izzy Baxter has big plans—popstar plans. Ever since she was six, she’s dreamed of becoming the world’s next singing sensation. Now sixteen, her singing career is on the rise, and she’s been selected to compete on the hit TV show International Popstar Challenge. As Izzy performs in far off locations such as Tokyo and Paris, it seems as if her plans are coming off without a hitch. But God has plans of His own, and Izzy will soon discover that living for Him is “way cooler” than megastar fame. Presented like a daily blog, set up like a devotional, and read like a novel—this book will be an instant hit with tween girls. This cutting edge new product will meet girls where they are, and girls will love following Izzy on her incredible adventure. Plus, they’ll get daily spiritual food to equip them on their own incredible adventure with God.

The Fifth Vital

Author : Mike Majlak
Publisher : Mike Majlak
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fifth Vital written by Mike Majlak and published by Mike Majlak. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOK! Mike Majlak was a seventeen-year-old from a loving, middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting OxyContin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends. Unable to escape the noose of addiction, he eventually lost the trust and support of everyone who had ever loved him. Alone, with nothing but drugs to keep him company, darkness closed in, and the light inside him--the last flicker of hope--began to dim. His dreams, potential, and future were all being devoured by a relentless addiction too powerful to fight. Despair filled him as he realized he wasn't going to survive. Somehow, he did... HE NOT ONLY SURVIVED, HE THRIVED. Now he's a social media personality with millions of followers, and an entrepreneur, marketer, podcaster, YouTuber, and author who hopes to use his voice to shine a light for those whose own lights have grown dim. This is his story.

Tales of the Dales

Author : S.A. Szilágyi
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1665734922
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Dales written by S.A. Szilágyi and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A murder in the night Machine men with machine Hearts Monsters and manipulation Who will save the Dales from such Darkness?

Tycoon

Author : Harold Robbins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451697163
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Tycoon written by Harold Robbins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following Jack Lear as he tries his hardest to fit in to the WASP world, this sexy, outrageous, and irresistible novel showcases Harold Robbins at his rip-roaring best. Jack Lear rises from a modest Jewish background to take on the WASP world, but never quite feels like he's succeeded in his ambition to be accepted as one of them. Making his fortune as a pioneering radio and television broadcaster and founding a landmark network isn’t enough—nor is the money, fame, and women who go with it. He continues to hunger for what he cannot have. Here is a tale that only Harold Robbins could tell: of Jack’s torrid relationship with his first wife, a WASP social heiress; of his affairs with everybody from chamber maids to duchesses; of his second marriage to a world-class beauty and society figure; and ultimately of his life-long struggle to make his network # 1, and to give it a sense of class that sets it apart from all the others.

Game of Mass Destruction

Author : Chloe Gilholy
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244575525
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Game of Mass Destruction written by Chloe Gilholy and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yuzuko's perfect world is disturbed when she is forced to take part in the 30th season of Game of Mass Destruction, a reality tv show where twenty contestants have to fight robots and each other for a chance to become a billionaire. Each robot they destroy gives points, but extra points are rewarded for acts of sex and murder. Whilst Yuzuko is united with online friends, she discovers dark secrets about her family as she confronts the gameshow's owner the notorious Sia Bucks. Will she survive and become victorious or will it be a comedy of errors with violence and chaos?

Diary of the Plug's Daughter

Author : Sol
Publisher : Sullivan Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1648546889
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Diary of the Plug's Daughter written by Sol and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following The Plug Next Door... In New York, an unlikely pair of young girls forge a new friendship after finding out that they’ll be roommates. Both ladies are attempting to walk away from past relationships while at the same time preparing for their freshman year at Medgar Evers. Some call it growing up, but they call it growing pains. Hailing all the way from Harlem, 18-year-old Remy has been with the same guy since she was in high school. Their love is seemingly perfect, they’re even engaged to be married, so you know it’s real. All is well between the loving couple until Remy has a chance encounter with The Taliban Gang’s newest and most promising hustler. One who refuses to take no for an answer and is just as dangerous as he is handsome. What happens when you’re already spoken for, but a rich thug wants you? Summer is fresh out of a relationship and trying to get over her first love. Perhaps it would be easier to move on if her ex-boyfriend would stop playing peek-a-boo in her life. Who knows? One thing’s for sure, and two thing’s for certain, she’s got a new boo who’s smitten over her and an old boo who isn’t prepared to fully let her go. Then the question became, what are the consequences of being romantically involved with two dope boys at the same time? Unbeknownst to Remy and Summer, they have an uphill battle on their way to greatness. With all the lies, lust, murder, drug money and betrayal that comes with street love, how are they ever going to make it to college in one piece? Find out now...

A Moment of Silence

Author : Sister Souljah
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476765987
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book A Moment of Silence written by Sister Souljah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to Queens from abroad, Midnight's hope for a peaceful life with his wife is shattered when he lands in jail after killing his sister's attacker, but he finds a mentor in Ricky Santiaga.

Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen

Author : Alan Dean Foster
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0345515935
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen written by Alan Dean Foster and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-05-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “THE FALLEN SHALL RISE AGAIN. . . .” This cryptic warning is ignored by the national security adviser who feels the ruthless Decepticon threat is no more. The allies are victorious, the enemy has been defeated, and the world is safe. Small attacks around the world have been contained, and the remaining pieces of the coveted Allspark are locked in an electromagnetic vault on one of the most secure Naval bases in the world. But nothing is at it seems, and there is a shift in the shadows. Things can change in an instant–and fragile peace will become all-out war.

Being Christian - A Novel

Author : K. C. Boyd
Publisher : Rebel Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1662942230
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Being Christian - A Novel written by K. C. Boyd and published by Rebel Island Press. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The product of a violent home, John Christian Hillcox overcomes long odds to build a Texas megachurch from where he preaches the gospels of Prosperity and End Times, while also using the power of his voting bloc as a political cudgel. A man of enormous appetites and inadequate self-control, Pastor Hillcox rallies his church and televangelical flock to oppose everything he considers immoral and detrimental to the United States' becoming the godly, Christian nation it is meant to be. Being Christian is a gripping psychological tale of a man who utilizes religion to justify his own sins and lies, heedless of the consequences for his loved ones, his community, and the world at large. The story of this larger-than-life, but all too familiar, character follows him from his crime-ridden early adulthood to the prime of his ministry in post-9/11 America. Not since the twentieth century's Elmer Gantry has a novel so exposed the religious film-flammery and hypocrisy that now threatens to tear apart the American social and political fabric. Being Christian is a quintessentially American story, based on the ideologies and personalities that make the news every day with their challenges to the Constitutional religious/political divide. Book Review: "Being Christian" is a timely and provocative work that reveals a new courageous author and an important not-so fictional introduction to the dangers of an American brand of fundamentalism that is corrupting American politics and policies. The writing is vivid and straight from the shoulder; the narrative is chilling and genuine; the ideas are compelling. Anyone interested in the impact of religious fundamentalism on American politics will absorb this work. As for the Founding Fathers, they would say "we warned you about this. -- Melvin Goodman, Former analyst for the CIA and the State Department, Professor and Fellow