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Book Synopsis The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl by : Lisa Hall
Download or read book The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl written by Lisa Hall and published by Hera books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder and scandal in the heat of 1950s Las Vegas: can Lily Jones stop a murder that happened before she was born? Lily Jones can’t forget her incredible time-slip adventure back to the Golden Age of Hollywood and the friends she made there - especially a handsome barman by the name of Louis, with whom she felt such a strong connection. Back in 2020, life isn’t going so well for her and Lily is idly googling when she is horrified to discover that Evelyn, Louis’ ex-girlfriend, is brutally murdered in 1953. She is compelled to go back to the 1950s and try to save Evelyn’s life, but this time it isn’t just the gilded stars of Tinseltown she will have to contend with, but The Mob as she finds herself in the seedy glamour of Vegas and learns that Evelyn’s future depends upon her first solving the murder of a Vegas showgirl. Thankfully she has Louis and his sister, Tilda, to help her, but her own life is in danger as she tries to find the killer and change Evelyn’s fate. What will she risk to save a life? A page-turning, inventive time-hop mystery perfect for fans of Stuart Turton and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Praise for the series: ‘Gripping and completely unforgettable. I love Honey Black!’ Lauren North ‘Brilliantly original, and entirely transportive, I was swept into the golden age of Hollywood, and I didn’t want to leave. What a start to a series.’ Darren Sullivan ‘Pacy, deceptive and addictive - a cracker of a book’ Rebecca Thorne ‘Clever and completely original... the characters will stay with you long after you finish reading this time-slip cosy crime mystery.’ Diane Jeffrey ‘It’s amazing! Packed with Golden Age movie glamour and smart time-slip thriller twists. It’s one of my top reads for 2023. I loved it!’ Steph Broadribb ‘Escapism at its finest...this captivating and glamorous story will keep you turning the pages from first to last. I loved it!’ Manda Jennings ‘The intrepid Lily Jones is a heroine to die for and I loved the evocation of 1940 Hollywood. I can’t wait for the next installment.’ Sarah Ward ‘A flawlessly plotted, seriously addictive read brimming with intrigue, suspense, colourful characters and old-school Hollywood glamour...an absolute triumph... Just LOVED it!’ A.A. Chaudhuri Readers are loving this time-hop mystery series: ‘From the moment I turned the first page, I was completely enthralled by the story’s allure...a gripping and unforgettable read.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Clever and so original, it’s brilliantly plotted, with incredible characters. Highly recommend.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘This book was so captivating it drew me in from the very first page. I read well into the night...it’s definitely a page turner!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘The plotting is flawless and the characters will stay with you long after you finish reading. This is one book you most certainly can judge by its amazing cover!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one. Definitely one of the best books this year.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review
Book Synopsis The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl by : Lisa Hall
Download or read book The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl written by Lisa Hall and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Show Girl written by Nicola Harrison and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicola Harrison's The Show Girl gives a glimpse of the glamorous world of the Ziegfeld Follies, through the eyes of a young midwestern woman who comes to New York City to find her destiny as a Ziegfeld Follies star. "Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's City of Girls will drink this up." --Booklist It's 1927 when Olive McCormick moves from Minneapolis to New York City determined to become a star in the Ziegfeld Follies. Extremely talented as a singer and dancer, it takes every bit of perseverance to finally make it on stage. And once she does, all the glamour and excitement is everything she imagined and more—even worth all the sacrifices she has had to make along the way. Then she meets Archie Carmichael. Handsome, wealthy—the only man she's ever met who seems to accept her modern ways—her independent nature and passion for success. But once she accepts his proposal of marriage he starts to change his tune, and Olive must decide if she is willing to reveal a devastating secret and sacrifice the life she loves for the man she loves.
Book Synopsis Don't Shoot Darling! by : Annette Blonski
Download or read book Don't Shoot Darling! written by Annette Blonski and published by Spinifex Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's film industry was amongst the earliest and most innovative in the world -- and women contributed substantially to this. Over forty contributors have made this book a fascinating and definitive record of independent women's filmmaking in Australia. The book contains essays and statements by film theorists and film makers.
Book Synopsis The Air You Breathe by : Frances de Pontes Peebles
Download or read book The Air You Breathe written by Frances de Pontes Peebles and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] glorious, glittery saga of friendship and loss... I read The Air You Breathe in two nights. (One might say I inhaled it.)." --NPR "Echoes of Elena Ferrante resound in this sumptuous saga."--O, The Oprah Magazine "Enveloping...Peebles understands the shifting currents of female friendship, and she writes so vividly about samba that you close the book certain its heroine's voices must exist beyond the page." -People The story of an intense female friendship fueled by affection, envy and pride--and each woman's fear that she would be nothing without the other. Some friendships, like romance, have the feeling of fate. Skinny, nine-year-old orphaned Dores is working in the kitchen of a sugar plantation in 1930s Brazil when in walks a girl who changes everything. Graça, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy sugar baron, is clever, well fed, pretty, and thrillingly ill behaved. Born to wildly different worlds, Dores and Graça quickly bond over shared mischief, and then, on a deeper level, over music. One has a voice like a songbird; the other feels melodies in her soul and composes lyrics to match. Music will become their shared passion, the source of their partnership and their rivalry, and for each, the only way out of the life to which each was born. But only one of the two is destined to be a star. Their intimate, volatile bond will determine each of their fortunes--and haunt their memories. Traveling from Brazil's inland sugar plantations to the rowdy streets of Rio de Janeiro's famous Lapa neighborhood, from Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood back to the irresistible drumbeat of home, The Air You Breathe unfurls a moving portrait of a lifelong friendship--its unparalleled rewards and lasting losses--and considers what we owe to the relationships that shape our lives.
Book Synopsis Tales of a Country Showgirl by : Jan Sherman
Download or read book Tales of a Country Showgirl written by Jan Sherman and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1950s, 60s and 70s signaled the rise of pop and country music in America. Many of these talented young musicians not only played instruments, they sang and danced as well. Although much of the country music industry was centered in Nashville or Knoxville, there was a small & dedicated group that was devoted to keeping some of that country flair up north in Minnesota. Jan North was one of these multi-talented showgirls. During her nearly fifty years in show business, she met and became friends with many of the well-known performers of the time, starting with Dick Contino who inspired her to play the accordion when she was twelve years old and recovering from rheumatic fever.At age 15, Jan decided to turn her passion for music into a career and start doing travelling shows. At age 16, she performed full-time at the Flame Café in Minneapolis as a member of Ardis Wells & the Rhythm Ranch Girls. By 19, she and her partner Patti had signed a recording contract with industry-giant MGM Records. The stories in Jan's book, Tales of a Country Showgirl, covers some of her personal experiences being in the entertainment industry as well as provides some insight into her adventures with other country stars such as Willie Nelson, Tex Ritter, Charlie Hodge & the Lone Ranger.
Book Synopsis Putin's Russia by : Stephen K. Wegren
Download or read book Putin's Russia written by Stephen K. Wegren and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition, this classic text provides an authoritative and current analysis of contemporary Russia. Leading scholars explore the daunting domestic and international problems Russia confronts, considering a comprehensive array of economic, political, foreign policy, and social issues.
Book Synopsis Race in Post-Fascist Italy by : Silvana Patriarca
Download or read book Race in Post-Fascist Italy written by Silvana Patriarca and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the untold stories of biracial children born to Italian women and Black Allied soldiers in the aftermath of World War Two.
Book Synopsis The Woman in the Woods by : Lisa Hall
Download or read book The Woman in the Woods written by Lisa Hall and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s out there. Waiting for you. A haunting read about witchcraft and superstition from Lisa Hall... ‘Creepy, atmospheric, unnerving and brilliant’ Will Dean ‘A proper nailbiter’ Mel McGrath ‘Spooky’ Louise Beech ‘I couldn’t read it fast enough’ Helen Phifer 'A chilling triumph' Fiona Cummins
Download or read book International Music and Drama written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Great Events from History: 1972-1998 by : Carl Leon Bankston
Download or read book Great Events from History: 1972-1998 written by Carl Leon Bankston and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest edition in the overwhelmingly popular Great Events from History series, Modern Scandals examines over 400 of the most important and most publicized scandals throughout the world since the beginning of the twentieth century. The essays in this set are 3-5 pages long and follow the same reader-friendly format that users have come to expect from the Great Events from History series.
Book Synopsis Ingrid Pitt Bedside Companion for Ghosthunters by : Ingrid Pitt
Download or read book Ingrid Pitt Bedside Companion for Ghosthunters written by Ingrid Pitt and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blends actual places, events, and characters with cinematic portrayals of fictional and factual monsters.
Book Synopsis Reviewing the Situation by : John Snelson
Download or read book Reviewing the Situation written by John Snelson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-05 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British musical in its formative years has appeared in strikingly different guises: from the lasting hits of Oliver!, and Me and My Girl, to the successes of The Dancing Years, Bless the Bride and Expresso Bongo. This authoritative study traces what made these shows successes in the West End and how their qualities define a uniquely British interpretation of the genre. Cultural, sociological and political influences entwine with close reading of the dramatic and musical elements of this repertory to reveal a fascinating web of connections and contrasts between the times, the shows and the people who made them. Through detailed case studies, such as of The Boy Friend and Bitter Sweet, the rich individuality of each West End work is spotlighted, posing vital questions and intriguing answers as to what a British musical can be. Interdisciplinary in nature, this study brings together all the core materials to discover this period in the story of the British musical. Reviewing the Situation is insightful and lively, an invaluable resource for students and scholars of musical theatre and all those theatregoers drawn to the power of these classic British shows.
Book Synopsis Globalized Queerness by : Helton Levy
Download or read book Globalized Queerness written by Helton Levy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has a global queer popular culture emerged at the expense of local queer artists? In this book, Helton Levy argues that global queer culture is indebted to specific, local references that artists carry from their early experiences in life, which then become homogenized by contemporary media markets. The assumption that queer publics live and consume only through a global set of references, including gay parades and rainbow flags, for example, erases many personal complexities. Levy revisits media characters that have caught the attention of the broader public such as Calamity Jane (1953), the Daffyd Thomas character from the BBC comedy Little Britain (2003-2007), Brazilian drag queen Pabblo Vittar, French singer Christine and the Queens, and the Italian-Egyptian rapper Mahmood and argues that they have gradually blended in the public's perception. This has often obscured the individual struggles faced by these characters, such as immigration, homophobia, poverty and societal exclusion. Levy also questions what happens when global media flows take queer culture to regions wherein the notion of LGBTQ+ rights are not entirely acceptable. Utilizing insights from media reports published across the world's ten biggest media markets, Levy argues that there are a series of conditions which artists and cultural actors negotiate once they achieve any kind of success in mainstream media, while local queer references remain unseen in the wider media world. For that reason, he argues for stronger incentives for communities to accept and acknowledge the work of queer people before and after commoditization.
Book Synopsis A Cuban Cinema Companion by : Salvador Jiménez Murguía
Download or read book A Cuban Cinema Companion written by Salvador Jiménez Murguía and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the recent shift in Cuba-US relations stemming from the relaxing of travel restrictions and an influx of American visitors, interest in Cuba and its culture has increased substantially. A new emphasis has been placed on the island country’s many cultural and artistic achievements, specifically in film. Cuban cinema is recognized around the world as having produced some of the most celebrated works originating from Latin America—such as Fresa y Chocolate and La Muerte de un Burócrata—as well as many prominent artists—including directors Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Humberto Solás. In A Cuban Cinema Companion, editors Salvador Jimenez Murguía, Sean O’Reilly, and Amanda McMenamin have assembled a collection of essays about more than100 films across six decades, including feature films, documentaries, and animation. These entries also provide information on directors, actresses, and actors of Cuban cinema. Entries range from films like Retrato de Teresa to Buena Vista Social Club and include descriptions of each film’s plot, themes, and critical commentary, as well as comprehensive production details and brief suggestions for further reading. Beginning with the victory of the Cuban revolution—from the first ten years of what is often referred to as Cuba’s “Golden Age” of film to the present—this volume offers readers valuable insights into Cuban history, politics, and culture. An indispensable guide to one of the great world cinemas, A Cuban Cinema Companion will be of interest to students, academics, and the general public alike.
Book Synopsis Hollywood Musicals, the Film Reader by : Steven Cohan
Download or read book Hollywood Musicals, the Film Reader written by Steven Cohan and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores one of the most popular genres in film history. Combining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of the musical, including: the musical's significance as a genre; the musical's own particular representation of sexual difference; the idea of camp, both through stars such as Judy Garland and Carmen Miranda and musicals themselves; and the displacement of race in Hollywood's representations of entertainment. Each section features an editor's introduction setting debates in context.
Download or read book Pretty/Funny written by Linda Mizejewski and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A totally engaging read [and] a fascinating look at the diversity and range of female comics . . . by an author who herself obviously has a sense of humor.” —Joanna E. Rapf, coeditor of The Blackwell Companion to Film Comedy Women in comedy have traditionally been pegged as either “pretty” or “funny.” Attractive actresses with good comic timing such as Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, and Julia Roberts have always gotten plum roles as the heroines of romantic comedies and television sitcoms. But fewer women who write and perform their own comedy have become stars—and often they’ve been successful because they were willing to be funny-looking, from Fanny Brice and Phyllis Diller to Lily Tomlin and Carol Burnett. Pretty/Funny focuses on Kathy Griffin, Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho, Wanda Sykes, and Ellen DeGeneres, the groundbreaking women comics who flout the pretty-versus-funny dynamic by targeting glamour, postfeminist girliness, the Hollywood A-list, and feminine whiteness with their wit and biting satire. Linda Mizejewski demonstrates that while these comics don’t all identify as feminists or take politically correct positions, their work on gender, sexuality, and race has a political impact. The first major study of women and humor in twenty years, Pretty/Funny makes a convincing case that women’s comedy has become a prime site for feminism to speak, talk back, and be contested in the twenty-first century.
