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Last Dance with Valentino

Author : Daisy Waugh
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
ISBN 13 : 1645401618
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Last Dance with Valentino written by Daisy Waugh and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night. One dance. One love to last a lifetime. AS RUDOLPH VALENTINO FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE, BARRICADES KEEP THE SWARMING FANS AT BAY. ADORED BY MILLIONS OF WOMEN, BUT LOVED BY ONLY ONE ... WILL SHE BE ABLE TO REACH HIM IN TIME? AUGUST 1916 Fleeing war-ravaged London, Jenny Doyle sets sail for New York. As she draws near the soaring skyscrapers her dreams are dashed when she is sent to work for the wealthy de Saulles family. Known as ‘The Box', their home is Gatsby-like in elegance, yet rife with malice and madness. Only her friendship with dancer Rodolfo offers Jenny a glimpse of escape ... until a tragic day when the household is changed forever. AUGUST 1926 America booms, prohibition rules and one man's movie is breaking box office records. Rodolfo has taken his place on the silver screen as Rudolph Valentino when a chance arises for he and Jenny to meet again. Will the world's most desired film star and his lost love have their Hollywood happy ending, or will tragic echoes of their past thwart them one last time?

Last Dance with a Cowboy

Author : Sara Richardson
Publisher : Forever
ISBN 13 : 1538717190
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Last Dance with a Cowboy written by Sara Richardson and published by Forever. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can this wandering cowboy convince his first love that he deserves a second chance in a charming contemporary romance for fans of New York Times bestselling authors Jennifer Ryan and Maisey Yates—with a bonus novella by Carolyn Brown! Leila Valentino will do anything to keep her grandparents’ Colorado winery afloat. Even partner with August Harding, the first—and last—man to break her heart. Fifteen years ago, August left Silverado Lake, and Leila, far behind. Now the cowboy’s back with an offer that could save her family’s business. But to keep her grandparents from worrying over the vineyard’s finances, Leila insists August give a different reason for his return: her. August Harding is one step away from a huge promotion. All he has to do is ensure that his company acquires Valentino Bellas Vineyards. And if pretending he and Leila are back together is the cost . . . well, he can’t say no. Leila has never forgiven him for the way he ended things, but the longer they pretend to be a couple, the more he begins to wonder if a second chance isn’t impossible after all. But can he convince Leila that this time he’s not walking away? Includes the bonus novella Sunrise Ranch by Carolyn Brown!

Dark Lover

Author : Emily W. Leider
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 9780571218196
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Dark Lover written by Emily W. Leider and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2004-11-04 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rudolph Valentino was the silver-screen legend who for ever changed America's idea of the leading man; a frightened young fellow who became the cinematic sex-god of his day. In this definitive retelling of Valentino's short and tragic life - the first fully documented biography of the star - Emily W. Leider looks at the Great Lover's life and legacy, and explores the events and issues that made him emblematic of his time. Valentino was reviled in the press for being too 'feminine' a man; yet he also brought to the screen the alluring, savage lover who embodied women's darker, forbidden sexual fantasies. In tandem, Leider explores notions of the outsider in American culture as represented by Valentino's experience as an immigrant who became a celebrity - the silver screen's first dark-skinned romantic hero.

Last Dance

Author : Jeffrey Fleishman
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1982517344
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Last Dance written by Jeffrey Fleishman and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A famous Russian ballerina lies dead in a downtown loft. No marks, no bruises. The suspects are many: spies, hit men, a gunrunner, and one of Hollywood’s most powerful and mysterious film producers. Detective Sam Carver becomes entangled in a perilous reignited Cold War between Moscow and Washington. He chases leads from Europe to Africa. But Carver faces other demons, too. He is haunted by Dylan Cross, a killer who got away a year earlier. She knows his secrets, whispers to him in his dreams. His obsession with Dylan threatens his new case and his relationship with Lily Hernandez, a uniform cop who wants to work as his partner. Last Dance explores dangers within and without, and how we reconcile the damage, love, and things lost, in a Los Angeles that is as tempting and alluring as it is cruel and sinister.

Josephine Baker's Last Dance

Author : Sherry Jones
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501102451
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Josephine Baker's Last Dance written by Sherry Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Jewel of Medina, a moving and insightful novel based on the life of legendary performer and activist Josephine Baker, perfect for fans of The Paris Wife and Hidden Figures. Discover the fascinating and singular life story of Josephine Baker—actress, singer, dancer, Civil Rights activist, member of the French Resistance during WWII, and a woman dedicated to erasing prejudice and creating a more equitable world—in Josephine Baker’s Last Dance. In this illuminating biographical novel, Sherry Jones brings to life Josephine's early years in servitude and poverty in America, her rise to fame as a showgirl in her famous banana skirt, her activism against discrimination, and her many loves and losses. From 1920s Paris to 1960s Washington, to her final, triumphant performance, one of the most extraordinary lives of the twentieth century comes to stunning life on the page. With intimate prose and comprehensive research, Sherry Jones brings this remarkable and compelling public figure into focus for the first time in a joyous celebration of a life lived in technicolor, a powerful woman who continues to inspire today.

My Last Dance with Auntie Brie

Author : R. Naples
Publisher : R. Naples
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Last Dance with Auntie Brie written by R. Naples and published by R. Naples. This book was released on with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ron Naples' debut novel, is a gay, erotic, fictionalized memoir, based on his coming out experiences in the '70s. It is a vivid translation of a time when closet doors were nailed shut, but more than a vicissitude, it is also a peek back at the Disco Era. Raised an Italian Catholic, Ron breaks free from his disciplinary family life, when he is introduced to his first gay bar. There, he meets Auntie Brie, an extraordinary drag queen who shapes his destiny. Revisit the politically charged 1979 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, join in the debauchery of NYC's acclaimed Studio 54, and escape to the Cape, for a summer gone wild with one of Ptown’s most beloved houseboys. My Last Dance with Auntie Brie defines an entire gay generation who succumbed to the hedonistic lifestyle of that time which has now become legendary. www.mylastdancewithauntiebrie.net

Patrick Swayze: One Last Dance

Author : Wendy Leigh
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439155305
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Patrick Swayze: One Last Dance written by Wendy Leigh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming, in-depth portrait of the beloved star whose sensational performances in Dirty Dancing and Ghost seduced a generation, and whose courage in the face of illness captivated millions For almost thirty years, Patrick Swayze has been an American icon of masculinity and sex appeal, strong but sensitive, romantic yet dangerous. In this intimate and revealing biography, New York Times bestselling author Wendy Leigh shares the inspiring untold story of Patrick's incredible life: his show business childhood, his fairy-tale love affair with wife Lisa Niemi, his catapult into alcoholism after his father's untimely death, the daredevil exploits that almost killed him, and his courageous fight against pancreatic cancer, a fight that has off-ered hope and encouragement to others grap-pling with similar life-threatening illnesses. Ever since the steamy low-budget film Dirty Dancing skyrocketed Patrick to fame and cemented his place in the hearts of audiences around the world, he has been one of our most cherished public figures. Based on interviews with countless sources who have never spoken about Patrick before -- from the Texas beauty who shared his first kiss, to the woman he almost married, to the manager who worked closely with him from his teen idol days until his romantic tour de force in Ghost -- and many more, Leigh unveils surprising details about the charismatic actor's life on- and off-screen. Beginning with his training as a dancer with his choreographer mother and spanning his remarkable -- and at times challenging -- career, this groundbreaking biography of the un-forgettable entertainer is the mesmerizing, enduring, and definitive story of a man who captured our hearts.

Last Dance on the Starlight Pier

Author : Sarah Bird
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 125026555X
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Last Dance on the Starlight Pier written by Sarah Bird and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the Great Depression, Sarah Bird's Last Dance on the Starlight Pier is a novel about one woman—and a nation—struggling to be reborn from the ashes. July 3. 1932. Shivering and in shock, Evie Grace Devlin watches the Starlite Palace burn into the sea and wonders how she became a person who would cause a man to kill himself. She’d come to Galveston to escape a dark past in vaudeville and become a good person, a nurse. When that dream is cruelly thwarted, Evie is swept into the alien world of dance marathons. All that she has been denied—a family, a purpose, even love—waits for her there in the place she dreads most: the spotlight. Last Dance on the Starlight Pier is a sweeping novel that brings to spectacular life the enthralling worlds of both dance marathons and the family-run empire of vice that was Galveston in the Thirties. Unforgettable characters tell a story that is still deeply resonant today as America learns what Evie learns, that there truly isn’t anything this country can’t do when we do it together. That indomitable spirit powers a story that is a testament to the deep well of resilience in us all that allows us to not only survive the hardest of hard times, but to find joy, friends, and even family, in them.

What Is the What

Author : Dave Eggers
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307371379
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book What Is the What written by Dave Eggers and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is the What is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee in war-ravaged southern Sudan who flees from his village in the mid-1980s and becomes one of the so-called Lost Boys. Valentino’s travels bring him in contact with enemy soldiers, with liberation rebels, with hyenas and lions, with disease and starvation, and with deadly murahaleen (militias on horseback)–the same sort who currently terrorize Darfur. Eventually Deng is resettled in the United States with almost 4000 other young Sudanese men, and a very different struggle begins. Based closely on true experiences, What Is the What is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph.

The Literary Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Literary Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Guide to United States Popular Culture

Author : Ray Broadus Browne
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879728212
Total Pages : 1030 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book The Guide to United States Popular Culture written by Ray Broadus Browne and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To understand the history and spirit of America, one must know its wars, its laws, and its presidents. To really understand it, however, one must also know its cheeseburgers, its love songs, and its lawn ornaments. The long-awaited Guide to the United States Popular Culture provides a single-volume guide to the landscape of everyday life in the United States. Scholars, students, and researchers will find in it a valuable tool with which to fill in the gaps left by traditional history. All American readers will find in it, one entry at a time, the story of their lives."--Robert Thompson, President, Popular Culture Association. "At long last popular culture may indeed be given its due within the humanities with the publication of The Guide to United States Popular Culture. With its nearly 1600 entries, it promises to be the most comprehensive single-volume source of information about popular culture. The range of subjects and diversity of opinions represented will make this an almost indispensable resource for humanities and popular culture scholars and enthusiasts alike."--Timothy E. Scheurer, President, American Culture Association "The popular culture of the United States is as free-wheeling and complex as the society it animates. To understand it, one needs assistance. Now that explanatory road map is provided in this Guide which charts the movements and people involved and provides a light at the end of the rainbow of dreams and expectations."--Marshall W. Fishwick, Past President, Popular Culture Association Features of The Guide to United States Popular Culture: 1,010 pages 1,600 entries 500 contributors Alphabetic entries Entries range from general topics (golf, film) to specific individuals, items, and events Articles are supplemented by bibliographies and cross references Comprehensive index

Valentino

Author : Valentino Garavani
Publisher : Editions Assouline
ISBN 13 : 9781614282938
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book Valentino written by Valentino Garavani and published by Editions Assouline. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emperor not only of fashion but also of l art de vivre, Valentino Garavani is in a class all his own. At the Emperor s Table is an invitation into his refined world of graceful and cultured living. The remarkable collection of table settings and objets d art housed in his five residences, in Gstaad, London, Rome, New York, and Paris, as well as on his yacht, evoke the grandeur in which he lives and are presented in this first-ever edition with photographs by Oberto Gili. Recipes by Mr. Garavani s personal chefs are also included and bring readers one step closer to discovering his extraordinary surroundings."

Last Dance with a Cowboy: Includes a Bonus Novella

Author : Sara Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781538717219
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Last Dance with a Cowboy: Includes a Bonus Novella written by Sara Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ken Russell

Author : Kevin M. Flanagan
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810869551
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Ken Russell written by Kevin M. Flanagan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 40 years, Ken Russell has directed some of the most provocative, controversial, and memorable films in British cinema, including Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Tommy, and Altered States. In this anthology, Kevin Flanagan has compiled essays that simultaneously place Russell's films within various academic contexts-gender studies, Victorian studies, and cultural criticism-on the one hand and expand the foundational history of Russell's career on the other. Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist recontextualizes the director's work in light of new approaches to film studies and corrects or amends previous scholarship. This collection tackles Russell's mainstream successes (Tommy, Altered States) and his seldom-seen masterpieces (The Debussy Film, Mahler), as well as his critical flops (Salome's Last Dance, Lady Chatterley's Lover). The book also includes information on Russell's most obscure television films, insights on his controversial films of the 1970s, and a new consideration of Russell's career in light of his recent return to amateur filmmaking. Representing a significant collaboration among scholars, Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist reflects a newly revived interest in the work of this important filmmaker.

The Last Dance

Author : Lynne Ann DeSpelder
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN 13 : 9780072920963
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Last Dance written by Lynne Ann DeSpelder and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Publisher: Widely recognized as the best-selling textbook in the field, The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying, 7th Edition, is an interdisciplinary introduction to death, dying, and bereavement. No prerequisite courses are necessary for students to appreciate the text's comprehensive treatment, sensitive writing, and unbiased presentation.

Screening the Male

Author : Steve Cohan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134900090
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Screening the Male written by Steve Cohan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screening the male re-examines the problematic status of masculinity both in Hollywood cinema and feminist film theory. Classical Hollywood cinema has been theoretically established as a vast pleasure machine, manufacturing an idealized viewer through its phallocentric ideological apparatus. Feminist criticism has shown how difficult it is for the female viewer to resist becoming implicated in this representational system. But the theroies have overlooked the significance of the problem itself - of the masuline motivation at the core of the system. The essays here explore those male characters, spectators, and performers who occupy positions conventionally encoded as "feminine" in Hollywood narrative and questions just how secure that orthodox male position is. Screening the Male brings together an impressive group of both established and emerging scholars from Britain, the United States and Australia unified by a concern with issues that film theorists have exclusively inked to the femninie and not the masculne: spectacle, masochism, passivity, masquerade and, most of all, the body as it signifies gendered, racial, class and generatonal differences.

Titian Metamorphosis

Author : Minna A. Moore Ede
Publisher : Art / Books
ISBN 13 : 9781908970046
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Titian Metamorphosis written by Minna A. Moore Ede and published by Art / Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This visually stunning publication celebrates a unique collaboration between two of the UKs leading cultural institutions, the National Gallery and The Royal Ballet. Together they commissioned three contemporary artists Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross and Mark Wallinger to work with international choreographers and composers to create three new ballets inspired by Titian's paintings Diana and Actaeon, 'The Death of Actaeon' and 'Diana and Callisto'. As well as designing all the sets and costumes, the artists also produced entirely new works in response to Titians masterpieces for a show at the National Gallery. The book tells the story of this extraordinary, complex project from conception to stage and gallery. The artists notebooks, sketches and other material from the studio are reproduced to show how they evolved their initial ideas into working designs. Exhibition: National Gallery, London, UK (11.7.-23.9.2012).