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A Front Row Seat

Author : Nancy Olson Livingston
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813196213
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book A Front Row Seat written by Nancy Olson Livingston and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From her idyllic childhood in the American Midwest to her Oscar–nominated performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the social circles of New York and Los Angeles, actress Nancy Olson Livingston has lived abundantly. In her memoir, A Front Row Seat, Livingston treats readers to an intimate, charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, and mother, and her memories of many of the most notable figures and moments of her time. Livingston shares reminiscences of her marriages to lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner, creator of award-winning musicals Paint Your Wagon, Gigi, and My Fair Lady (which was dedicated to her), and to Alan Wendell Livingston, former president of Capitol Records, who created Bozo the Clown and worked with legendary musical artists, including Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Band, and Don McLean. One of the last living actors of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Livingston shares memorable encounters with countless celebrities—William Holden, Billy Wilder, Bing Crosby, Marilyn Monroe, and John Wayne, to name a few—and less pleasant experiences with Howard Hughes and John F. Kennedy that act as reminders of women's long struggle for equality. Entertaining and engrossing, A Front Row Seat deftly interweaves Livingston's life with her observations of the artists, celebrities, and luminaries with whom she came in contact—a paean to the twentieth century and a treasure for readers enamored with a bygone era.

Be My Baby

Author : Ronnie Spector
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250837200
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Be My Baby written by Ronnie Spector and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Do I have to tell you that Ronnie’s got one of the greatest female rock-and-roll voices of all time? She stands alone.” —Keith Richards Be My Baby is the behind-the-scenes story—newly updated, and with an especially timely message—of how the original bad girl of rock and roll, Ronnie Spector, survived marriage to a monster and carved out a space for herself amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene and beyond. Ronnie’s first collaboration with producer Phil Spector, “Be My Baby,” shot Ronnie and the Ronettes to stardom. No one sounded like Ronnie, with her alluring blend of innocence and knowing, but her voice would soon be silenced as Spector sequestered her behind electric gates, guard dogs, and barbed wire. It took everything Ronnie had to escape her prisonlike marriage and wrest back control of her life, her music, and her legacy. And as shown in this edition, which includes a 2021 postscript from Ronnie, her life became proof that our challenges do not define us and there is always the potential to forge a fuller life. In Be My Baby, the incomparable Ronnie Spector offered a whirlwind account of the ever-shifting path of an iconic artist. And, more than anything else, she gave us an inspiring tale of triumph.

Inventing Late Night

Author : Ben Alba
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615922202
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Inventing Late Night written by Ben Alba and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-12-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basing his work on exclusive interviews, Alba has produced a wonderful history of the first "Tonight" show, complete with terrific photos and revealing insights from more than 30 legends who knew and worked with Steve Allen.

Elegiac Selections

Author : Ovid
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elegiac Selections written by Ovid and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Unicorn's Secret

Author : Steven Levy
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504042131
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Unicorn's Secret written by Steven Levy and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of Ira Einhorn, the Philadelphia antiwar crusader, environmental activist, and New Age guru with a murderous dark side. During the cultural shockwaves of the 1960s and ’70s, Ira Einhorn—nicknamed the “Unicorn”—was the leading radical voice for the antiwar movement at the University of Pennsylvania. At his side were such noted activists as Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. A brilliantly articulate advocate for peace in a turbulent era, he rallied followers toward the growing antiestablishment causes of free love, drugs, and radical ecological reform. In 1979, when the mummified remains of his girlfriend, Holly Maddux, a Bryn Mawr flower child from Tyler, Texas, were found in a trunk in his apartment, Einhorn claimed a CIA frame-up. Incredibly, the network of influential friends, socialites, and powerful politicians he’d charmed and manipulated over the years supported him. Represented by renowned district attorney and future senator Arlen Specter, Einhorn was released on bail. But before trial, he fled the country to an idyllic town in the French wine region and disappeared. It would take more than twenty years—and two trials—to finally bring Einhorn to justice. Based on more than two years of research and 250 interviews, as well as the chilling private journals of Einhorn and Maddux, prize-winning journalist Steven Levy paints an astonishing and complicated portrait of a man motivated by both genius and rage. The basis for 1998 NBC television miniseries The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The Unicorn’s Secret is a “spellbinding sociological/true crime study,” revealing the dark and tragic dimensions of a man who defined an era, only to shatter its ideals (Publishers Weekly).

Everybody's Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1028 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Everybody's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sleeping House (New Edition)

Author : Natascha Bialy
Publisher : epubli
ISBN 13 : 3759893325
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book The Sleeping House (New Edition) written by Natascha Bialy and published by epubli. This book was released on 2024-10-11 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twin sisters Crystal and Diamond are born in NEW OR-LEANS, in the middle of the times of slavery, in 1888 under tragic circumstances. Shortly after their birth, their parents die, again under mysterious circumstances. In addition, a sinister fellow soon appears on the scene who embodies nothing less than the devil himself: BELPHEGOR. He tries to win over the twins' foster parents and later the twins themselves to his dark intentions, with the aim of establishing terror and world domination. Will he succeed?

Emotional Arenas

Author : Mark Seymour
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191061263
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Emotional Arenas written by Mark Seymour and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the records of a murder trial that transfixed all of Italy in the late 1870s, this study makes use of a dramatic court case to develop a new paradigm for the history of emotions - the 'emotional arena'. Set in the decade following Italian unification, the context was one of notable cultural variety. An as-yet unexplored aspect of this was that the experience and expression of emotions were as variable as the regions making up the new nation. Through a close examination of the spaces in which daily lives, loves, and deaths unfolded - from marital homes to places of socializing and entertainment, to a Roman court room - Mark Seymour explores the way social 'arenas' are crucial to the historical development of emotional cultural rules. The narrative is driven by the failed marriage of a decorated but allegedly impotent Risorgimento soldier, his wife's scandalous affair with a virile circus artiste (who had a string of previous lovers), and the illicit new couple's murder of the hapless husband. Hundreds of witnesses - from local professionals to servants and even circus clowns - interviewed across the length and breadth of the peninsula, left their personal views on marriage, sexuality, and infidelity. These provide an extraordinary series of peepholes into little-known areas of the new nation's social fabric. A careful yet imaginative reading of the prosecution records, as well as contemporary newspaper coverage, allows reconstruction of the highly emotional experiences of all those touched by this extraordinary story. The result is a classic Italian micro-history with relevance for today's emotionally volatile times.

A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity

Author : Paul Christesen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350282960
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity written by Paul Christesen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity covers the period 800 BCE to 600 CE. From the founding of the Olympics and Rome's celebratory games, sport permeated the cultural life of Greco-Roman antiquity almost as it does our own. Gymnasiums, public baths, monumental arenas, and circuses for chariot racing were constructed, and athletic contests proliferated. Sports-themed household objects were very popular, whilst the exploits of individual athletes, gladiators, and charioteers were immortalized in poetry, monuments, and the mosaic floors of the wealthy. This rich sporting culture attests to the importance of leisure among the middle and upper classes of the Greco-Roman world, but by 600 CE rising costs, barbarian invasions, and Christianity had swept it all away. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation. Paul Christesen is Professor at Dartmouth College, USA. Charles Stocking is Associate Professor at Western University, Canada. Volume 1 in the Cultural History of Sport set General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland

Fodor's Maui 2011

Author : Linda Cabasin
Publisher : Fodors Travel Publications
ISBN 13 : 1400004578
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fodor's Maui 2011 written by Linda Cabasin and published by Fodors Travel Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fodor's has emerged...as our fave guidebook series for insider tips about things you actually want to know...."-Miami Hearld "Hipped up...with colorful maps and graphics, plus advice on a broader range of attractions, from classic to quirky."-Outside Magazine

A Son of the Circus

Author : John Irving
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307362000
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book A Son of the Circus written by John Irving and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Hindi film star and an American missionary are twins separated at birth; a dwarf — a former circus clown — mistakes the missionary for the movie star. And stalking one of them is a serial killer...

Marvel Super Hero Spectacular

Author : Various
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 1302493302
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Marvel Super Hero Spectacular written by Various and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a super hero extravaganza, and you're invited! Be sure to grab a front row seat when Saturnalia pulls back the curtain on the Interstellar Circus Spectacular! But there's far more to its three rings than meets the eye. Will the Circus' star acts be too much to handle for its all-new attractions - Spider-Man, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy? It's all fun and games until everyone gets hurt! Plus, the Avengers take on some of their all-time greatest foes! We're talking bads as big as Red Skull, Loki, MODOK, Doctor Doom, Attuma and...Dracula! Who's more powerful, Earth's Mightiest Heroes, or its Vilest Villains? There's only one way to fi nd out - fight!!! COLLECTING: MARVEL SUPER HERO SPECTACULAR 1, AVENGERS VS 1, AVENGERS VS INFINITY 1, MORE.

Just One Thing!

Author : N. Viau
Publisher : Schiffer + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1507300964
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Just One Thing! written by N. Viau and published by Schiffer + ORM. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every child about to enter middle school will be able to relate to this heart-warming, funny story. Anthony Pantaloni needs to figure out one thing he does well—one thing that will replace the Antsy Pants nickname he got tagged with on the first day of fifth grade, one good thing he can “own” before moving up to middle school next year. It seems that every kid at Carpenter Elementary has a claim to fame: Marcus is Mr. Athletic, Alexis is Smart Aleck, Bethany has her horse obsession, and even Cory is known as the toughest kid in the school. Ant tries lots of things, but nothing sticks! It doesn’t help that there are obstacles along the way—a baton-twirling teacher, an annoying cousin, and Dad's new girlfriend, to name a few. Just One Thing! is chock full of hilarious adventures that will keep young readers cheering until the very end. For ages 8–12.

Trailblazing Georgians

Author : Mike Rendell
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1473886120
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Trailblazing Georgians written by Mike Rendell and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Other books deal with the men under the spotlight of fame – the ‘lead singers’ of the Industrial Revolution. What this book tries to do is to focus on the ‘other boys in the band’ – the less famous inventors, artists, engineers and industrialists who played their part in the enormous changes that occurred in the eighteenth century. You will not find James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood or Richard Arkwright – they have hogged the limelight long enough. Instead, you will meet the men who made their mark and then faded into obscurity – the man who came up with Sheffield Plate (Boulsover) and helped bring silver decorative ware into the reach of the general public; the man who heralded the development of costume jewellery by using an alloy resembling gold (Pinchbeck); the men who used papier-mache strong enough to make chairs, and versatile enough to make lacquer-ware as fine as anything found in China (Baskerville and Clay). It is a book about scientists and engineers operating in areas which were completely new – Smeaton in civil engineering, Maudslay in machine tool manufacture, Repton in landscape gardening and Bakewell in the selective breeding of animals. It is also about entertainers like Astley, who introduced variety acts into circus performances – the forerunner of modern mass entertainment. It features J.J. Merlin, a clockmaker who inspired the young Babbage to develop an interest in the field of computing. These artists, scientists, inventors and industrialists all feature because, by some quirk of fate, they have never received the acclaim which they deserve.

The Languages of Humor

Author : Arie Sover
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350062308
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Languages of Humor written by Arie Sover and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are things funny? How has humor changed over the centuries? How can humor be a political force? Featuring expert authors from across the globe, The Languages of Humor discusses three main types of humour: verbal, visual, and physical. Despite the differences between them, all have a common purpose, showing us in different ways the reality that we live in, and how we can reflect on that reality. To this end, the book shows how humor has been used to address such topics as the Holocaust and the Soviet Union, and why it has been controversial in cases including Charlie Hebdo. The Languages of Humor explores a subject that is of interest in a wide range of intellectual disciplines including sociology, psychology, communication, philosophy, history, social sciences, linguistics, computer science, literature, theatre, education, and cultural studies. This volume features contributions from world-leading academics, some of who have professional backgrounds in this field. This unique research-led book, which includes over 20 illustrations, offers a top-down analysis of humor studies.

Cartoon Success Secrets

Author : Jud Hurd
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780740738098
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Cartoon Success Secrets written by Jud Hurd and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cartoon Success Secrets offers a veritable comics college education on how to succeed as a cartoonist. It features insider's perspectives from 20 top cartoonists, whose comic strips such as Zits, Garfield, Cathy, and For Better or For Worse appear in at least a thousand newspapers every day. Author Jud Hurd caught the cartooning bug more than three quarters of a century ago, and at age 90 he's still not cured. Now, in Cartoon Success Secrets, the editor of the cartooning industry's leading insider magazine, CARTOONIST PROfiles, shares the colorful stories and sage advice of his cartoonist colleagues. Through his personal encounters with virtually every cartoonist legend of the last four decades, Hurd amassed countless insights from the world's best cartoonists on how they rose to the top of their field. Now, for the first time ever, he shares his early conversations with such famous cartoonists as Walt Disney, Rube Goldberg, H. T. Webster, George McManus, Frederick Opper, and countless others who succeeded in selling their creations to major syndicates and attaining their cartooning aspirations. Their words will inspire all who have dreamed of becoming a famous cartoonist. Many books have profiled cartooning legends, but never before has a book compiled detailed advice from these creators on how they achieved their success. Cartoon Success Secrets is sure to fascinate cartoon enthusiasts the world over, from fledgling cartoonists looking to break into the industry to fans of the funny pages wanting to know how their favorite artists made it big.

Livin' on the Edge

Author : Winter Travers
Publisher : Winter Travers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Livin' on the Edge written by Winter Travers and published by Winter Travers. This book was released on 2023-10-18 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was just supposed to be one drunken night between Zephyr and Lynn. One. Night. Except Zephyr and Lynn can't seem to stay away from each other. With the club moving in a new direction, Zephyr needs to focus on club business. Club business, that if they aren't careful, could get more people killed. Can Zephyr help Lynn balance on the edge of her family drama, and also focus on his own responsibilities to the club? Everyone knows you don't mess with the Kings of Vengenace, but sometimes people need reminding.