Some Kind of Hero

Author: Matthew Field
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750966505
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 756

Book Description
For over 50 years, Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions has navigated the ups and downs of the volatile British film industry, enduring both critical wrath and acclaim in equal measure for its now legendary James Bond series. Latterly, this family run business has been crowned with box office gold and recognised by motion picture academies around the world. However, it has not always been plain sailing. Changing financial regimes forced 007 to relocate to France and Mexico; changing fashions and politics led to box office disappointments; and changing studio regimes and business disputes all but killed the franchise. And the rise of competing action heroes has constantly questioned Bond's place in popular culture. But against all odds the filmmakers continue to wring new life from the series, and 2012's Skyfall saw both huge critical and commercial success, crowning 007 as the undisputed king of the action genre. Some Kind of Hero recounts this remarkable story, from its origins in the early '60s right through to the present day, and draws on hundreds of unpublished interviews with the cast and crew of this iconic series.

Some Kind of Hero

Author: Suzanne Brockmann
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 034554384X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
The Troubleshooters return in the latest thriller from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann! Some Kind of Hero showcases Brockmann’s signature white-knuckle suspense, romantic twists, and sexy Navy SEALs. Navy men don’t come tougher than Lieutenant Peter Greene. Every day he whips hotshot SEAL wannabes into elite fighters. So why can’t he handle one fifteen-year-old girl? His ex’s death left him a single dad overnight, and very unprepared. Though he can’t relate to an angsty teen, he can at least keep Maddie safe—until the day she disappears. Though Pete’s lacking in fatherly intuition, his instinct for detecting danger is razor sharp. Maddie’s in trouble. Now he needs the Troubleshooters team at his back, along with an unconventional ally. Romance writer Shayla Whitman never expected to be drawn into a real-world thriller—or to meet a hero who makes her pulse pound. Action on the page is one thing. Actually living it is another story. Shay’s not as bold as her heroines, but she’s a mother. She sees the panic in her new neighbor’s usually fearless blue eyes—and knows there’s no greater terror for a parent than having a child at risk. It’s an ordeal Shay won’t let Pete face alone. She’s no highly trained operative, but she’s smart, resourceful, and knows what makes teenagers tick. Still, working alongside Pete has its own perils—like letting the heat between them rise out of control. Intimate emotions could mean dangerous, even deadly, consequences for their mission. No matter what, they must be on top of their game, and playing for keeps . . . or else Pete’s daughter may be gone for good. Praise for Some Kind of Hero “With brilliant sexual chemistry, laugh-out-loud humor, riveting action, and flawlessly rendered characters, Brockmann’s latest quickly draws readers back into her high-stakes Troubleshooters world. . . . Beautifully written and as heart-gripping as it is satisfying.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Well worth the wait. Jam-packed with adrenaline-fueled action and sizzling sexual tension, this is grade-A romantic suspense that will delight RITA award–winning Brockmann’s dedicated core of fans as well, and lure new readers.”—Booklist (starred review)

Some Kind of Hero

Author: Matthew Field
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750966505
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 751

Book Description
For over 50 years, Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions has navigated the ups and downs of the volatile British film industry, enduring both critical wrath and acclaim in equal measure for its now legendary James Bond series. Latterly, this family run business has been crowned with box office gold and recognised by motion picture academies around the world. However, it has not always been plain sailing. Changing financial regimes forced 007 to relocate to France and Mexico; changing fashions and politics led to box office disappointments; and changing studio regimes and business disputes all but killed the franchise. And the rise of competing action heroes has constantly questioned Bond’s place in popular culture. But against all odds the filmmakers continue to wring new life from the series, and 2012’s Skyfall saw both huge critical and commercial success, crowning 007 as the undisputed king of the action genre. Some Kind of Hero recounts this remarkable story, from its origins in the early ‘60s right through to the present day, and draws on hundreds of unpublished interviews with the cast and crew of this iconic series.

Some Kind of Hero

Author: Sandy Steen
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 145927847X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
MAIL ORDER MEN TEXAS MEN MAGAZINE PRESENTS: Bachelor of the Month—Jared Markham This tall, gorgeous game warden is a real lone wolf. He's yearning for a woman to end his solitary days—and nights. Jared Markham isn't looking for love, but he'd sure like a little companionship. Then beautiful Shannon Kramer answers his ad and turns his world upside down. On the run from her obsessive ex-husband, Shannon needs a hero, not a husband. And Jared soon finds himself desperately wanting to be both. Mail Order Men—Satisfaction Guaranteed!

Some Kind of Hero

Author: Brenda Harlen
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426880928
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279

Book Description
SHE HADN'T KNOWN SHE'D BEEN MISSING.... He had cop written over every inch of his tempting body, and beautiful senator's daughter Riane Rutherford-Quinlan knew from the moment he asked her to dance that he wasn't the type to attend charity balls. He was there for a reason. He was searching for something--or someone. UNTIL HE FOUND HER. Ex-cop turned private investigator Joel Logan had been hired to find a child illegally adopted over twenty years ago. A child, now a woman, who had no idea she'd been living a lie. Could Joel tell her the truth without destroying her secure world? Or would his own desire for Riane lead to a mistake that could cost her life--and his heart?

Some Kind of Hero

Author: James Kirkwood
Publisher: Scarborough, Ont. : New American Library of Canada
ISBN:
Category : Gay men
Languages : en
Pages : 424

Book Description
After five years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, Eddie Keller returns to an unfamiliar America, where he struggles to survive a shattered marriage, unemployment, and growing anger and desperation.

Some Kind of Hero

Author: Kirk Angus Johnson
Publisher: Random House Canada
ISBN: 9780735278301
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
A deeply personal investigation into an African-Nova Scotian soldier who came home from Afghanistan a changed man, and made national news with a murder-suicide that raises nuanced and difficult questions about moral responsibility, domestic violence and the overlooked costs of war. What is the legacy of a fallen soldier who takes his family with him? This is the problem posed by the story of Lionel Desmond. He grew up around Lincolnville, Nova Scotia, one of the province's old, Black communities. Raised in a broken home, he sought stability in the military. Instead, he found PTSD and returned from a combat deployment in Afghanistan deeply troubled. All of this was brought to bear in the reporting that followed the events of January 3, 2017, when Lionel's body was found in the home of his estranged wife, Shanna. Shanna's body was there, too, as were those of their 10-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, and Lionel's mother, Brenda, alongside a rifle Lionel had purchased earlier that day. Lionel's family, friends and the veteran community stood up for him, claiming he was a hero who had succumbed to the tortures of PTSD. But an opposing view emerged: that he was a man possessed by anger towards his wife who was, at that time, in the process of leaving him. The question of whether Lionel was a hero or monster, or whether these terms even begin to capture the moral and factual complexity of the Desmonds' sad fate, requires intimate reporting and knowledge of the family's reality. Having returned from his own deployment to Afghanistan struggling with PTSD, Kirk Johnson, a mixed-race son of Three Mile Plains, a place with much in common with the Desmonds' home, seeks truth and understanding in the wake of tragedy.

Bill W.

Author: Tom White
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 9781590787748
Category : Alcoholics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Relates how, after years of unhappiness and hospitalizations for alcoholism, Bill Wilson followed his inner vision and co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935.

Everyone Loves a Hero

Author: Marie Force
Publisher: HTJB, Inc.
ISBN: 1946136247
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382

Book Description

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0586085718
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 107

Book Description
A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives from the earliest times. It takes in Greek Apollo, Maori and Jewish rites, the Buddha, Wotan, and the bothers Grimm's Frog-King.