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Download or read book Take the Cannoli written by Sarah Vowell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wickedly funny collection of personal essays from popular NPR personality Sarah Vowell. Hailed by Newsweek as a "cranky stylist with talent to burn," Vowell has an irresistible voice -- caustic and sympathetic, insightful and double-edged -- that has attracted a loyal following for her magazine writing and radio monologues on This American Life. While tackling subjects such as identity, politics, religion, art, and history, these autobiographical tales are written with a biting humor, placing Vowell solidly in the tradition of Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker. Vowell searches the streets of Hoboken for traces of the town's favorite son, Frank Sinatra. She goes under cover of heavy makeup in an investigation of goth culture, blasts cannonballs into a hillside on a father-daughter outing, and maps her family's haunted history on a road trip down the Trail of Tears. Take the Cannoli is an eclectic tour of the New World, a collection of alternately hilarious and heartbreaking essays and autobiographical yarns.
Download or read book The Way It Was written by Eliot Weisman and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A candid and eye-opening inside look at the final decades of Sinatra's life told by his longtime manager and friend, Eliot Weisman. By the time Weisman met Sinatra in 1976, he was already the Voice, a man who held sway over popular music and pop culture for forty years, who had risen to the greatest heights of fame and plumbed the depths of failure, all the while surviving with the trademark swagger that women pined for and men wanted to emulate. Passionate and generous on his best days, sullen and unpredictable on his worst, Sinatra invited Weisman into his inner circle, an honor that the budding celebrity manager never took for granted. Even when he was caught up in a legal net designed to snare Sinatra, Weisman went to prison rather than being coerced into telling prosecutors what they wanted to hear. With Weisman's help, Sinatra orchestrated in his final decades some of the most memorable moments of his career. There was the Duets album, which was Sinatra's top seller, the massive tours, such as Together Again, which featured a short-lived reunion of the Rat Pack--until Dean Martin, having little interest in reliving the glory days, couldn't handle it anymore--and the Ultimate Event Tour, which brought Liza Minelli and Sammy Davis Jr. on board and refreshed the much-needed lining of both their pocketbooks. Weisman also worked with many other acts, including Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, and an ungrateful Don Rickles, whom Weisman helped get out from under the mob's thumb. Over their years together, Weisman became a confidant to the man who trusted few, and he came to know Sinatra's world intimately: his wife, Barbara, who socialized with princesses and presidents and tried to close Sinatra off from his rough and tough friends such as Jilly Rizzo; Nancy Jr., who was closest to her dad; Tina, who aggressively battled for her and her siblings' rights to the Sinatra legacy and was most like her father; and Frank Jr., the child with the most fraught relationship with the legendary entertainer. Ultimately Weisman, who had become the executor of Sinatra's estate, was left alone to navigate the infighting and hatred between those born to the name and the wife who acquired it, when a mystery woman showed up and threatened to throw the family's future into jeopardy. Laden with surprising, moving, and revealing stories, The Way It Was also shows a side of Sinatra few knew. As a lion in winter, he was struggling with the challenges that come with old age, as well as memory loss, depression, and antidepressents. Weisman was by his side through it all, witness to a man who had towering confidence, staggering fearlessness, and a rarely seen vulnerability that became more apparent as his final days approached.
Book Synopsis Hospice Hounds by : Michelle A. Rivera
Download or read book Hospice Hounds written by Michelle A. Rivera and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiring stories of how animals can touch the lives of dying people in profoundly transformative ways.
Book Synopsis The Twin Towers in Film by : Randy Laist
Download or read book The Twin Towers in Film written by Randy Laist and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thirty years, the twin towers of the World Trade Center soared above the New York City skyline, eventually becoming one of the most conspicuous symbolic structures in the world. They appeared in hundreds of films, from Godspell and Death Wish to Trading Places, Ghostbusters and The Usual Suspects. The politicians, architects and engineers who developed the towers sought to imbue them with a powerful visual presence. The resulting buildings provided filmmakers with imposing set pieces capable of conveying a range of moods and associations, from the sublime and triumphal to the sinister and paranoid. While they stood, they captured the imagination of the world with their enigmatic symbolism. In their dramatic destruction, they became icons of a history that is still being written. Here viewed in the context of popular cinema, the twin towers are emblematic of how architecture, film and narrative interact to express cultural aspirations and anxieties.
Book Synopsis Colony and Empire by : William G. Robbins
Download or read book Colony and Empire written by William G. Robbins and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A forceful analysis of the role of capitalism in the history of the American West. This is an important contribution to the new western history that should be read by both historians and residents of the American West". -- Journal of American History. "This exciting book should take its place on the shelf next to Patricia Limerick's The Legacy of Conquest". -- Forest & Conservation History.
Book Synopsis The Law of Large Numbers by : Dr. Gary S. Goodman
Download or read book The Law of Large Numbers written by Dr. Gary S. Goodman and published by Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apply this incredible law to every area of your life. While the law of large numbers has been applied to fields such as math and science for several decades, its power has just recently begun to be applied to the fields of business and personal growth. Today, people from all walks of life are using the law of large numbers to achieve their highest objectives, with great confidence and complete peace of mind. Now, award-winning speaker and personal performance expert Dr. Gary Goodman has created a full-scale program showing you how to apply this incredible law to every area of your life. Gary shares with you the amazing power this simple philosophy has brought to his life and the hundreds of people he has consulted with. According to Gary, "If you stand second in line in enough lines, sooner or later, even by sheer luck, you are bound to reach the top in at least one, if not several of those lines, over time." Learn: • A new process of setting clear goals in every major area of your life • How to gain the ability to focus on positive outcomes in all situations. • The law of large numbers approach to being more successful in any sales position. • How to become an expert communicator by expanding your vocabulary with the law of large numbers. • A clear, concise action plan for how you can develop your own personal law of large numbers strategy and apply it to any area of your life. • A 31-day action plan to stay positive every day and stay on track with your law of large numbers campaign. • And much, much more!
Download or read book The Poetry Book 1 written by Ramsey Wake and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-01-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This isn't an average book, this is an experience. Books are becoming stagnant, we all know it. Here is a book that is daring to try something different. You won't regret reading, I promise you that.
Download or read book The Vagabonds #1 written by and published by Alternative Comics. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Vagabonds, Josh Neufeld explores religion, global politics and the mysteries of everyday life, in locales as diverse as the Thai countryside, San Francisco and New York City. Stranded in a remote corner of Thailand, Josh and Sari are taken in by a family of Baptist missionaries. New perspectives-force them to confront their own spiritual longings.
Download or read book Malice written by Robert Tanenbaum and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New York District Attorney Butch Karp, recovering from an assassination attempt that came within a few millimeters of killing him, takes on a shadowy cartel that uses terrorists to further its criminal empire while sliding the United States toward a fascist state that the cartel controls. As Karp struggles to uncover those responsible for planning the terrorist murders of six schoolchildren, he goes to the aid of the younger brother of his college roommate, who has been unfairly suspended from his position as baseball coach at a university in Idaho." "Meanwhile, Marlene Ciampi is in Idaho to help her husband with the investigation, and she befriends a Basque sheepherder who is demanding answers to the disappearance of his daughter - a pretty college coed he suspects is having an affair with the school's president - which may be related to Karp's case. And if that wasn't enough, the couple's daughter, Lucy, and her eclectic group of accomplices must uncover a traitor's plot and stop an assassination attempt surreptitiously planned to occur in the heart of Manhattan."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Mary's Prayer written by Mary McGuinness and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir of Mary's spiritual journey of self-discovery to find inner peace spans a period of fourteen years in which she was unable to find work due to illness. Throughout this period, she began to search for answers herself, which resulted in studying for a degree in psychology. The music of John Lennon and The Beatles has always been important to Mary, and it was through this music that the healing process began. John Lennon's character had inspired her throughout her life, particularly in his work for peace with his wife, Yoko Ono. Music in general was very important to the journey that Mary travelled. Mary's faith was paramount to the healing process, and she visited the Shrine of Lourdes in France, which was a turning point in her life. In the Church of Frauenkirche in Munich, Mary also felt as though she had received a blessing. The support of Mary's family was very important to her recovery. The psychology studies, in particular those of social psychology, impacted on Mary's understanding of the illness and motivated her to engage in her own personal research. This has ultimately influenced this book. Similar to John Lennon's song, "In My Life," the people that Mary met and the places that she visited along the journey were essential to initiate changes in her life. Social Construction Theory and the New Thought Movement were pivotal in changing Mary's attitudes and promoted a new way of thinking, which impacted on her recovery. Finally, visiting Liverpool, England, re-energized Mary, and it was critical in changing her life. It is hoped that this story would inspire others who are hoping to make similar changes in their own lives.
Download or read book The Grass Catcher written by Ian Wedde and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From early childhood in postwar Blenheim to the remote regions of Bangladesh, from an English boarding school to 1960s Auckland, and from Jordan during the civil war of 1969–70 to family homes full of children, this dazzling book traces the many shifts in Ian Wedde's life. Haunted by the ghosts of his restless German and Scottish great grandparents, and of his wandering parents, Wedde is always looking over his shoulder as he writes. His companion throughout is his twin brother Dave, who shared their first home—their mother Linda's womb—and who, as the book ends, hosts a lunch where the brothers raise their glasses to the transit lounges of their lives. Affectionate, funny, sad, analytical, but above all honest, The Grass Catcher is at once a moving personal memoir and an engaging and reflective essay on the nature of memory.
Download or read book The Contingency Man written by Trudy Fong and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-04-14 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a gorgeous moocher who accidentally becomes an overnight success, and the people who think he's the answer to their prayers.
Book Synopsis Lala Pettibone's Act Two by : Heidi Mastrogiovanni
Download or read book Lala Pettibone's Act Two written by Heidi Mastrogiovanni and published by Amberjack Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lala Pettibone, a forty-something widow whose outrageous antics befit women half her age, has been imagining her sexy boss, Gerard, is as smitten with her as she is with him. Enter Gerard’s fabulous girlfriend from Paris. After spending the rest of the day drinking wine straight from the bottle, Lala attends the monthly meeting of her Greenwich Village co-op, where the residents are informed that a toxic wasteland has appeared in the building’s basement and everyone needs to pony up forty grand by the end of the week. Ever the one to make limoncello out of lemons, Lala reluctantly decides to sublet her apartment and visit her Auntie Geraldine in Los Angeles. Good things come her way in sunny LA, including Dr. David, a handsome veterinarian, and inspiration to transform her previously rejected, uproarious, screenplay into a novel. Lala Pettibone's Act Two is a wonderfully hilarious, second coming-of-age novel. Bridget Jones has absolutely nothing on Lala in the Late-Bloomer-With-Maybe-Lots-of-Potential Department.
Book Synopsis Frankly, Just Between Us by : Vincent Falcone
Download or read book Frankly, Just Between Us written by Vincent Falcone and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling Falcone's career from his days at Syracuse University and tuning pianos to playing piano and conducting for music icon Sinatra, this volume contains many great stories about playing and conducting for some larger-than-life music personalities of the '70s, '80s and today.
Book Synopsis Journey Of A Lifetime by : Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt
Download or read book Journey Of A Lifetime written by Julie Rosenbaum-Engelhardt and published by LULU. This book was released on 2014 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a girl from the Bronx is uprooted to small town Indiana, she capitalizes on the small-pond opportunities and leads you on a behind the scenes roller coaster ride of her charmed life in some of the world's most coveted stages, from the dugout with baseball legend Albert Pujols to hanging out on the infamous Honeysuckle Rose, Willie Nelson's famed tour bus, and so many more epic experiences. "Julie's book walks us through old Ebbets Field and her love of the Brooklyn Dodgers, especially Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson, and Gil Hodges, through legendary entertainment artists and several stops in between, with knowledge, heart, and passion." -Don Mattingly, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers "Julie has such a unique way of capturing life and allowing her readers to see and feel exactly what she portrays. I have always loved to read her writings and been moved by her stories." -Tom Arnold, actor
Book Synopsis Of Bears and Ballots by : Heather Lende
Download or read book Of Bears and Ballots written by Heather Lende and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book will inspire people to work with and for their neighbors in all kinds of ways!” —Bill McKibben, author of Falter Heather Lende was one of the thousands of women inspired to take an active role in politics during the past few years. Though her entire campaign for assembly member in Haines, Alaska, cost less than $1,000, she won! And tiny, breathtakingly beautiful Haines isn’t the sleepy town it appears to be. Yes, the assembly must stop bears from rifling through garbage on Main Street, but there is also a bitter debate about the fishing boat harbor and a vicious recall campaign that targets three assembly members, including Lende. In Of Bears and Ballots we witness the nitty-gritty of passing legislation, the lofty ideals of our republic, and the way our national politics play out in one small town. With her entertaining cast of offbeat but relatable characters, the writer whom the Los Angeles Times calls “part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott” brings us an inspirational tale about what living in a community really means, and what we owe one another.
Book Synopsis The New Scottish Cinema by : Jonathan Murray
Download or read book The New Scottish Cinema written by Jonathan Murray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a near standing start in the 1970s, the emergence and expansion of an aesthetically and culturally distinctive Scottish cinema proved to be one of the most significant developments within late-twentieth and early twenty-first-century British film culture. Individual Scottish films and filmmakers have attracted notable amounts of critical attention as a result. The New Scottish Cinema, however, is the first book to trace Scottish film culture's industrial, creative and critical evolution in comprehensive detail across a forty-year period. On the one hand, it invites readers to reconsider the known - films such as Shallow Grave, Ratcatcher, The Magdalene Sisters, Young Adam, Red Road and The Last King of Scotland. On the other, it uncovers the overlooked, from the 1980s comedic film makers who followed in the footsteps of Bill Forsyth to the variety of present-day Scottish film making - a body of work that encompasses explorations of multiculturalism, exploitation of the macabre and much else in between.In addition to analysing an eclectic range of films and filmmakers, The New Scottish Cinema also examines the diverse industrial, institutional and cultural contexts which have allowed Scottish film to evolve and grow since the 1970s, and relates these to the images of Scotland which artists have put on screen. In so doing, the book narrates a story of interest to any student of contemporary British film.
