Author: Megan McCafferty Publisher: Broadway Books ISBN: 0609807900 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 306
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Devastated when her best friend moves away, sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling feels isolated at school and at home, as she struggles to deal with her father's obsession with her track meets, her boy-crazy peers, and her own nonexistent love life.
Author: David Shobin Publisher: Crossroad Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 408
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Actress Jacqueline Ramsey has it all—beauty, stardom, and a figure other women would kill for. Behind her dazzling success is one person: Dr. Hume, head of the nation’s most exclusive diet clinic. It was his unique medical weight-loss technique that gave her the body which has become her obsession. But now, something is terribly wrong. Suddenly, inexplicably, her weight is rising. Her sleep is tormented by hideous nightmares. Her days are tortured by uncontrollable, frenzied cravings. Her life and career are falling apart. Terrified, she runs back to Dr. Hume as he knew she would. For Dr. Hume’s chilling treatments have merely begun. Only Jacqueline’s psychiatrist lover suspects the truth. And only he can save her from the same horrifying fate that awaits all the stunning women who trust their bodies to Hume’s healing hands.
Author: Geoffrey Macnab Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350140724 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 353
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The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against considerable odds, have become successful producers, distributors, writers, directors, editors, props masters, publicists, special effects technicians, talent scouts, stars and, sometimes, even moguls. Some, such as Richard Attenborough and David Puttnam, are well-known names. Others, such as the screenwriter and editor Alma Reville, also known as Mrs Alfred Hitchcock; Constance Smith, the 'lost star' of British cinema, or the producer Betty Box and her director sister Muriel, are far less well known. What they all have in common, though, is that they found their own pathways into the British film business, overcoming barriers of nationality, race, class and gender to do so. Counterpointing the essays on historical figures are interviews with contemporaries including the director Amma Asante, the writer and filmmaker Julian Fellowes, artist and director Isaac Julien, novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi, and media entrepreneur Efe Cakarel, founder of the online film platform MUBI, who've come into today's industry, adjusting to an era in which production and releasing models are changing – and in which films are distributed digitally as well as theatrically.
Author: Faye Keltie Publisher: eXtasy Books ISBN: 1487433190 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 272
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Alice Fraser is an innocent young girl from the quiet Scottish countryside whose life is about to take an unimaginable turn. Soon after her eighteenth birthday, against her better judgement, she finds herself catapulted into life in London during the Roaring 20s. Through her cousin’s connections, she encounters the hedonistic lifestyle of the Bright Young People. Before long, she is introduced to the intoxicating combination of jazz, alcohol, drugs and casual sex. Accidentally gate-crashing an orgy awakens a curiosity within her, and she decides to learn more about sex. Her chosen tutor is the devilishly handsome womaniser Charlie, Lord Moorfoot. The many warnings about his reputation for being incapable of emotion do nothing to put her off. While reluctant at first, he agrees to her request, and they set off together on a sexual world of discovery. Despite numerous warnings, she finds herself falling for him, and he is shocked to discover he feels the same way. Despite their feelings for each other, untold family histories and prejudice on both sides mean they must fight to be together. Can Alice find the resolve and courage to win the fight to be with the man she loves?
Author: Paul Elliott Publisher: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 1800347391 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 177
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Ever since its inception, British cinema has been obsessed with crime and the criminal. One of the first narrative films to be produced in Britain, the Hepworth's 1905 short Rescued by Rover, was a fast-paced, quick-edited tale of abduction and kidnap, and the first British sound film, Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1930), centered on murder and criminal guilt. For a genre seemingly so important to the British cinematic character, there is little direct theoretical or historical work focused on it. The Britain of British cinema is often written about in terms of national history, ethnic diversity, or cultural tradition, yet very rarely in terms of its criminal tendencies and dark underbelly. This volume assumes that, to know how British cinema truly works, it is necessary to pull back the veneer of the costume piece, the historical drama, and the rom-com and glimpse at what is underneath. For every Brief Encounter (1945) there is a Brighton Rock (2010), for every Notting Hill (1999) there is a Long Good Friday (1980).
Author: Meg Stevens Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 1412216346 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 250
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The novel tells the tale of eighteen year old Rosie Bordoni who is left alone in the world to raise her younger sisters and brother after the untimely death of her mother. Out of necessity she takes a job as housekeeper at the Manor but does not realise exactly what her employer, Mr. Ken Harrison, has in store for her. Harrison is enthralled by her beauty and has spent his entire life in love with her mother so time and time again he leads her up the stairs of the great Manor and abuses her body. She has no choice but to concede to his wishes. She also makes the horrifying discovery that harrison is really the father of her little brother, Tommie. It is not until Robbie Jacob comes to Dalesport that Rosie realises what true love really is. Pregnant with Harrison's child she manages to convince Robbie that it is his baby and he marries her. harrison then decides to leave her alone at last to get on with her life. However, it is not long before his old hankerings start again and this time the results of his abuse are devastating. When Robbie discovers his wife's betrayal he leaves Dalesport and Rosie suffers a breakdown. Left in a cocoon of darkness for years on end she is completely lost to the world. it is not until a voice from the past penetrates her brain that she comes back to reality. Can she learn to cope with a normal life and rediscover love again or will it all become too much for her? How strong is the real Rosie and how much does she depend on the love of others to help her through her ordeals?
Author: Ellen Anderson Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1499018290 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 392
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Letters that were found in a small cedar chest Mom saved that Dad wrote when he was in WWII. From 1942-1946 these letters tell interesting war stories & facts and a love story like no other. Dad wrote to Mom every moment that he could. Every breath & every step he took was for her. Dad was a "trailblazer" and fought on the front line in France and Germany. He was a radio man and was in charge of managing the location of his troop. This story will make you laugh and certainly make you cry. It is a truly amazing story!
Author: Cooper C. Graham Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253052939 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 474
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In 1919, Florence Deshon—tall, radical, and charismatic—was well on her way to becoming one of Hollywood's brightest stars. Embroiled in a clandestine affair with Charlie Chaplin, she continued to remain romantically involved with the well-known writer and socialist Max Eastman. By 1922, she was found dead in a New York apartment, rumored to have committed suicide. Love and Loss in Hollywood: Florence Deshon, Max Eastman, and Charlie Chaplin uses previously unpublished letters between Deshon and Eastman to reconstruct their relationship against the backdrop of the "golden age" of Hollywood. Deshon's tragic life and her abuse at the hands of powerful men—including Chaplin, Eastman, and Samuel Goldwyn—resonate with the concerns of today's MeToo movement. Above all, though, this is a book about an extraordinary woman unjustly forgotten: a brilliant writer and campaigner for women's rights, driven both by her ambition to succeed and a boundless desire for life. Rich in tantalizing detail, Love and Loss in Hollywood chronicles crucial years of American film history, overshadowed by the pervasive fear of Bolshevism after World War I, the Red Riots, and the emergence of the big studios in Hollywood. This beautiful edition features dozens of unpublished photographs, among them six mesmerizing full-length portraits of Deshon by Adolph de Meyer, Vogue's first fashion photographer.
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