California Dreaming: A Los Angeles Series:

California Dreaming: A Los Angeles Series: PDF Author: Andrew J. Smith
Publisher: California Dreaming
ISBN: 9781728820644
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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James Alliston is busy with his new life in Los Angeles, which seems to have brought him everything he missed, including his fundamental inspiration for writing. After starting his novel, it seems to be all right, despite the fact that he cannot clearly see what will be the appropriate ending for his book and he cannot imagine a clear future in front of him. His relationship with Stacy, the sweet and sensitive woman he met after so many years, in the same caf

California Dreaming: A Los Angeles Series:

California Dreaming: A Los Angeles Series: PDF Author: Andrew J. Smith
Publisher: California Dreaming
ISBN: 9781728820644
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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Book Description
James Alliston is busy with his new life in Los Angeles, which seems to have brought him everything he missed, including his fundamental inspiration for writing. After starting his novel, it seems to be all right, despite the fact that he cannot clearly see what will be the appropriate ending for his book and he cannot imagine a clear future in front of him. His relationship with Stacy, the sweet and sensitive woman he met after so many years, in the same caf

Unbecoming Meetings (#2 of California Dreaming) A Los Angeles Series

Unbecoming Meetings (#2 of California Dreaming) A Los Angeles Series PDF Author: Andrew J. Smith
Publisher: Youcanprint
ISBN: 8827846263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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James Alliston, a famous New York writer, moved to Los Angeles after Karen, the woman he loved, left him; tired of James's ongoing existential crisis. He has not written anything for too long, standing in a perennial "creative block". Abandoned by the wife with whom he raised his daughter Elizabeth until the age of three, under the advice of his best friend and literary agent, Andy Jackson, he decides to move back to Los Angeles to start a new life. Known already from the literary and film scene, his return to the city will be an opportunity to re-establish old past, sometimes even unwanted relationships. An old acquaintance in particular will be a great opportunity for James to make new friends with Stacy: the first girl he really loved, before getting to know Karen. Meanwhile, Andy, his literary agent, is in the midst of a marriage crisis in which his wife threatens to take away everything he owns. The arrival of Lucy, a young and beautiful aspiring actress, will not simplify the situation. Meanwhile, James will have the opportunity to meet Allison, a young girl with piercing blue eyes, who will unexpectedly change the cards at table putting at risk the newly created relationship with Stacy: a young and charming woman, kind and sweet, for the which he will start to feel completely unexpected feelings. In the second episode of California Dreaming, a series created by the award-winning novelist Andrew J. Smith and sponsored with the help of California Dreaming Production, will be full of twists, sensual and romantic backgrounds, which will enjoy in the reader's mind a exciting series to read in one breath.

A New Beginning (#4 of California Dreaming) A Los Angeles Series

A New Beginning (#4 of California Dreaming) A Los Angeles Series PDF Author: Andrew J. Smith
Publisher: Youcanprint
ISBN: 8827849297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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James Alliston's life has changed completely since his wife Karen left him, with a divorce behind him and a three-year-old girl to grow up, under the advice of his best friend and literary agent, Andy Jackson, decides to move in Los Angeles, the city where he grew up, to reappropriate his life and to try to rediscover his literary creativity, lost for years now. His arrival in the city will be for him a beginning and a chance to redeem himself from his past that still torments him. Stacy, a sweet and gentle woman with a sunny smile, with whom she had a serious history before getting to know Karen, his current ex-wife, will help him step by step to rebuild his self-esteem lost in these years, following his marriage bankruptcy. James, will be forced to keep a secret to the woman that concerns Allison, a young and fresh sixteen year old, arrogant and self-confident at the same time, which could compromise the trust and feelings that were born recently between James and his old flame, Stacy . Meanwhile, his agent, in full marriage crisis with his wife, will be entangled in comical sexual trials that will see him as a protagonist. Meanwhile, Glenn, Stacy's ex-husband will make a big announcement that will leave everyone speechless, making his engagement with Penelope official, and asking her to marry him. James, will try slowly to leave behind the past and just when he decide to do so, a call from Karen will plunge back into distant memories that he believed he had forgotten. In the fourth chapter of California Dreaming, a series created by the award-winning international writer Andrew J. Smith and produced by California Dreaming Production, we’ll see James Alliston, the famous and sexy novelist in various scenes of sensual and funny, but at the same time must have the courage to make difficult decisions or compromise the future of his daughter, Elizabeth. This will be a "New Beginning" for the fun and entertaining writer, James Alliston.

Arrival in Los Angeles (#1 of California Dreaming): A Los Angeles Series

Arrival in Los Angeles (#1 of California Dreaming): A Los Angeles Series PDF Author: Andrew J. Smith
Publisher: Youcanprint
ISBN: 8827844376
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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James Alliston, a famous New York writer, is struggling with his arrival in Los Angeles. After being left by his wife, and with a small child, he will try to rebuild a new life in the city where he grew up, under the advice of his best friend and literary agent, Andy Jackson. Despite being more than willing to put his head in order once and for all, he immediately finds himself in unseemly scenarios that make him lose some of his credibility and seriousness as a writer. His arrival in Los Angeles will be impetuous and although he does not want to be immediately recognized by the literary and film scene, his fame, and that of his agent, precede them, but not in a positive way. In the meantime, his agent will have to deal with his small flaws of lust, all under the watchful eyes of his wife. Old acquaintances will present themselves and he will have to deal with them, while, struggling with a real contract for his new novel, he will have to settle in the warm metropolis full of memories of his past. Between spicy clichés, passionate sex, and unseemly scenes, James Alliston will begin his new life in Los Angeles. California Dreaming is a fun and tantalizing, sensual and profound series that will give free space to the reader's imagination to get lost in the world of the famous fantasy writer, in a captivating first chapter of a romantic and exciting series.

California Dreaming: A Los Angeles Series:

California Dreaming: A Los Angeles Series: PDF Author: Andrew J. Smith
Publisher: California Dreaming
ISBN: 9781726610360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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James Alliston, famous writer of Unforgivable, the novel that made him famous throughout the literary scene in Los Angeles, seems to have finally overcome his "creative block." Intended to go on with his life, after Karen, the woman he loved and left him, settled in Los Angeles and seems to have regained his lost identity. Stacy, his old flame, along with the help of his best friend and literary agent, Andy Jackson, will help James get back into the car. After a charity gathering on behalf of one of the most famous Los Angeles magazines, chairman and shareholder John Craimer offers him a job in his company, and although he refuses the job at the beginning, Stacy says that could be a possibility to so that he starts to get serious again. The events, since James has moved, seem to take him to the right path, and found, all of a sudden, his essential desire to write begins to throw down a few lines, discovering later that those drafts could become a next editorial case. And with commitment and perseverance, James is making sure to patch up the pieces of a whole life sent to ruin. Now, however, the commitments seem more burdensome than when he moved, leaving him very little room for himself. Between spicy interviews with young and sexy journalists, editorial bosses decidedly attractive and out of the ordinary, James will be mixed up in decidedly pushed scenarios, not forgetting the irony inherent in his usual ways of doing which differentiate him from the countless writers who hang out the scene Literary of Los Angeles. A desirable fifth episode to read in a breath, amusing scenes, tantalizing that will enjoy in the mind of the reader a scenario to live in the role of the famous and sexy novelist.

Living the California Dream

Living the California Dream PDF Author: Alison Rose Jefferson
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496229061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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2020 Miriam Matthews Ethnic History Award from the Los Angeles City Historical Society Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America’s “frontier of leisure” by creating communities and business projects in conjunction with their growing population in Southern California during the nation’s Jim Crow era.

Interviews, Sex and Responsability (#5 of California Dreaming) A Los Angeles Series

Interviews, Sex and Responsability (#5 of California Dreaming) A Los Angeles Series PDF Author: Andrew J. Smith
Publisher: Youcanprint
ISBN: 8827852336
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53

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James Alliston, famous writer of Unforgivable, the novel that made him famous throughout the literary scene in Los Angeles, seems to have finally overcome his "creative block". Intended to go on with his life, after Karen, the woman he loved and left him, settled in Los Angeles and seems to have regained his lost identity. Stacy, his old flame, along with the help of his best friend and literary agent, Andy Jackson, will help James get back into the car. After a charity gathering on behalf of one of the most famous Los Angeles magazines, chairman and shareholder John Craimer offers him a job in his company, and although he refuses the job at the beginning, Stacy says that could be a possibility to so that he starts to get serious again. The events, since James has moved, seem to take him to the right path, and found, all of a sudden, his essential desire to write begins to throw down a few lines, discovering later that those drafts could become a next editorial case. And with commitment and perseverance, James is making sure to patch up the pieces of a whole life sent to ruin. Now, however, the commitments seem more burdensome than when he moved, leaving him very little room for himself. Between spicy interviews with young and sexy journalists, editorial bosses decidedly attractive and out of the ordinary, James will be mixed up in decidedly pushed scenarios, not forgetting the irony inherent in his usual ways of doing which differentiate him from the countless writers who hang out the scene Literary of Los Angeles. A desirable fifth episode to read in a breath, amusing scenes, tantalizing that will enjoy in the mind of the reader a scenario to live in the role of the famous and sexy novelist.

California Dreaming

California Dreaming PDF Author: Christine Bacareza Balance
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824872061
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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California Dreaming is a multi-genre collection featuring works by Asian American artists based in California. Exploring the places of “Asian America” through the migration and circulation of the arts, this volume highlights creative processes and the flow of objects to understand the rendering of California’s imaginary. Here, “California” is interpreted as both a specific locale and an identity marker that moves, linking the state’s cultural imaginary, labor, and economy with Asia Pacific, the Americas, and the world. Together, the works in this collection shift previous models and studies of the “Golden State” as the embodiment of “frontier mentality” and the discourse of exceptionality to a translocal, regional, and archipelagic understanding of place and cultural production. The poems, visual essays, short stories, critical essays, interviews, artist statements, and performance text excerpts featured in this collection expand notions of where knowledge is produced, directing our attention to the particularity of California’s landscape and labor in the production of arts and culture. An interdisciplinary collection, California Dreaming foregrounds “sensing” and “imagining” place, vividly, as it hopes to inspire further creative responses to the notion of emplacement. In doing so, California Dreaming explores the possibilities imagined by and through Asian American arts and culture today, paving the way for what is yet to be.

Hard Decisions (#3 of California Dreaming): A Los Angeles Series

Hard Decisions (#3 of California Dreaming): A Los Angeles Series PDF Author: Andrew J. Smith
Publisher: California Dreaming
ISBN: 9781724134042
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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James Alliston is a famous New York writer. After being left by his wife, he decides to move back to Los Angeles under the advice of his best friend and literary agent, Andy Jackson. Continually searching for her creative vein, lost for years now, he tries to rebuild a new life in the film capital. His arrival in the city is impetuous and James will find himself immediately in unseemly scenarios with old acquaintances. The meeting with Stacy, an old flame of him, will be for James an ease to rediscover the writer within himself, while the feelings for the woman may be stronger than those he himself would have expected. Meanwhile, Andy Jackson has to face the problems that have arisen between him and his wife Michela, and the arrival of Lucy: a beautiful and sexy emerging actress, will not simplify the situation. In addition, he will have to redirect the young actress towards the climb to success, making sure that she doesn't get behind obscene proposals from directors with Dodgers hats. James, meanwhile, will venture into his new life in Los Angeles, trying to stay away from Allison, a young girl who seems to bring only trouble. At the premiere of Lucy's film, James will officially return to the literary scene of L.A., bringing back memories and feelings that he believed he had lost and overcome. Making doubts arise about the decision to have moved back to Los Angeles, abandoning his daughter Elizabeth to the possibility of growing up without a father constantly present in her life.

California Dreaming

California Dreaming PDF Author: Neil Spiller
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119838355
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 139

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California has historically provided a fertile breeding ground for radical modes of architectural thinking, practice and building, which from the 1920s onwards was sparked by the presence of eminent émigré architects. It was also central to the birth of ‘cool’ mid-century Modernism – all in parallel with the intense concentration of design and experimentation in the film, aerospace and tech industries. This AD issue explores the influential formal tropes generated in the nexus between Los Angeles and the Bay Area, as well as the thriving theoretical preoccupations that have brought California's architects global attention. Between Hollywood and the Silicon Valley, this unique context has nurtured and become the platform for those who not only build buildings around the world, but have also founded and directed schools and educated emergent generations of architects. Contributors: Frances Anderton, Jasmine Benyamin, Blaine Brownell, Courtney Coffman, Heather Flood and Aaron Gensler, David Freeland and Brennan Buck, Craig Hodgetts, Max Kuo, Eva Menuhin, Nicole Meyer, Jill Stoner, and Grace Mitchell Tada. Featured architects: Atelier Manferdini, Ball-Nogues Studio, Faulders Studio, FreelandBuck, Hood Design Studio, Oyler Wu Collaborative, Preliminary Research Office, Stereobot, and Synthesis Design + Architecture.