Author: Mary Jane Clark
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429902876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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"The secret is out: Mary Jane Clark is one of the most exciting novelists in America today. Do You Want to Know a Secret? is an unabashed, edge-of-the-seat, page-turning stunner." - Dan Rather Secrets can really kill your career. Beautiful New York TV anchorwoman Eliza Blake has a past to hide. Her popular co-anchor has a scandal he'd die to keep secret. The next President's pretty wife wants desperately to avoid indecent exposure. A parish priest knows a terrible truth. And a killer has a secret agenda that reaches from New York City's streets to the White House-- it includes the time and place where Eliza Blake will have to die...

Author: Billy J. Kramer
Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN: 9781781793619
Category : Singers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When Billy J. Kramer's "Do You Want To Know A Secret?" by Lennon and McCartney topped the charts in 1963, he was the first singer in the world to have a number one hit with a Beatles song, apart from the Fab Four themselves. This propelled the teenage Kramer into the fast lane, and he followed it with another five top twenty singles in the next two years. In this autobiography, Billy J. Kramer (born William Ashton) tells his rags to riches story, from his working class childhood in Liverpool to the racy world of international pop music. Managed by Brian Epstein, produced by George Martin, and friend, confidante and colleague of the Beatles, Kramer gives a definitive insider's account of the birth of the Liverpool sound and also the "British Invasion" of the USA. But there are dark secrets in the Kramer story. Before he reached his twenties, he was in the grip of drugs and alcohol, and there were constant tensions between him and his backing band, the Dakotas. When the screaming stopped, he reinvented himself as a cabaret performer, and some of his best records were made in the years he was out of the limelight. With a young family, drink and pills made his domestic life, and eventually his professional life, a struggle. In this no-holds-barred account, Kramer brings to life the vibrancy of the sixties. He then reveals how he exorcised his demons and forged a new career in the United States. He assembles his current band, shows a growing mastery of songwriting, and returns to national tours of Britain and the USA, keeping the flame of the Mersey sound alive. The lifetime of experience he brings to his new songs infuses every page of this enthralling read.

Author: Claudia Carroll
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788548574
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Do YOU believe in the Laws of Attraction? Light-hearted, funny and thoroughly entertaining... Vicky Harper is still hopelessly single and having to face up to the unpalatable fact that the last time she had a relationship with that highly elusive species, the decent single man, was well before Phantom of the Opera hit Broadway. So, having discovered an ancient book which says you can have anything you want from the Universe... and that all you need do is ask, she decides to give it a whirl. Turns out all she has to do is focus on thinking her wildest fantasies into reality. Kind of like Pollyanna, except with a Magic 8 Ball, a mortgage and a lot of vodka. So, along with her two beyond-fabulous best friends, Vicky decides to put 'The Law of Attraction' into action. Trouble is, 'The Law of Attraction' doesn't come with an instruction manual and Vicky soon realizes that you have to be very, very careful what you wish for...

Author: Mary Jane Clark
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312355654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 580

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Bestselling author and CBS News producer Mary Jane Clark writes thrillers set in the fascinating world of television network news. With an insider's eye, her unforgettable books have an authenticity that keeps readers coming back for more. St. Martin's Griffin knows readers can't wait for a new Mary Jane Clark novel to come out. That's why we're giving them a special treat: Two page-turning thrillers in one volume! In Do You Promise Not to Tell?, a prestigious New York auction house just sold a Faberge egg for six million dollars. But TV producer Farrell Slater knows it's a fake. So does a cunning murderer who has already dismembered one victim, set fire to another, and strangled one more in order to carry of the scam of the century.... In Do You Want to Know a Secret?, beautiful New York TV anchorwoman Eliza Blake has a past to hide. Her popular coanchor has a scandal he'd die to keep secret. The next president's pretty wife wants desperately to avoid an indecent exposure. A parish priest knows a terrible truth. And a killer has a secret agenda that reaches from New York City's streets to the White House.... Read Do You Promise Not to Tell? and Do You Want to Know a Secret? back-to-back now for the first time!

Author: Brooke Halpin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442271442
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 227

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Starting an undeniable revolution, the Beatles took pop culture by storm, shook up the recording industry, and provided a soundtrack for the lives of millions of American teenagers. No band would ever come close to the mania inspired by these four Liverpudlian exports. Brooke Halpin takes readers on a comprehensive tour behind the masterful instrumentation, timeless (yet sometimes mysterious) lyrics, and experimental recording techniques of the Beatles’ American releases from 1964 through 1970. Halpin explores the rock covers from which the four lads launched their careers; the original rock ‘n’ roll and love songs that fueled Beatlemania; the theatrical, psychedelic, world music, and orchestral elements which continually surprised audiences about the depths of the band’s talents, and the guest musicians whose contributions remain unknown to many listeners. Adding to the song analyses are personal vignettes to transport the reader back in time to experience the excitement of hearing the Beatles for the first time. Through their music, lyrics, and playful antics on stage and screen as well as in real life, the Beatles encapsulated the ups and downs of 1960s America. Halpin uncovers how the Beatles’ music continues to be relevant to today’s audiences, revealing little known facts and drawing exciting conclusions about the band, their eventual breakup, and their undiminished fame.

Author: Kenneth Womack
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1457

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A fascinating look at the history of the Beatles, from their formative years through the present day, as detailed in hundreds of entries chock-full of information never before shared with the public. The Beatles have sold at least 2.3 billion albums; achieved 6 Diamond, 24 Multi-Platinum, 39 Platinum, and 45 Gold albums in the United States alone; and continue to experience impressive commercial success—now more than at any other time. What is it about this iconic group which continues to draw attention from each successive generation, even more than 40 years after their disbandment? The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four provides casual fans and aficionados alike with a comprehensive study of the historical, cultural, and musical influence of the Beatles, providing hundreds of insightful entries that address the people, places, events, and other details that have contributed to the band's status as a global phenomena.

Author: Neal Umphred
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780873412025
Category : Rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 676

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Author: Adam Woolbever (comp.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quotations, English
Languages : en
Pages : 560

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Author: Harry Castleman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sound recordings
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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Author: R. S. O'Loughlin
Publisher:
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Category : Dressmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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