Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497682789
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Leigh trades in her acting career to play a starring role in her own life Most people don’t get to retire at age sixteen, but that’s what Leigh is planning to do when she moves to Long Island to live with her mom and her new stepfather. Leigh has been acting all her life, most recently on a successful TV show, and she can’t wait to be the kind of normal high school student she’s only ever played on screen. For advice on playing the role of a normal teenager, Leigh turns to her new stepbrother, Peter. Peter has hemophilia, a medical condition that has kept him out of school for a while—but missing out on high school life has given him a good eye for what normal looks like. Together, they figure two outsiders can create one socially successful high school student. They might even be right. Peter is smart, wryly funny, and a good friend when he’s not being a bad invalid. And Leigh knows she can do it—after all, acting is what she’s good at. But the thing about acting is that at the end of the day you get to go back to being yourself, a luxury Leigh starts to think she might not have appreciated enough when she had it.
Starring Peter and Leigh
Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497682789
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Leigh trades in her acting career to play a starring role in her own life Most people don’t get to retire at age sixteen, but that’s what Leigh is planning to do when she moves to Long Island to live with her mom and her new stepfather. Leigh has been acting all her life, most recently on a successful TV show, and she can’t wait to be the kind of normal high school student she’s only ever played on screen. For advice on playing the role of a normal teenager, Leigh turns to her new stepbrother, Peter. Peter has hemophilia, a medical condition that has kept him out of school for a while—but missing out on high school life has given him a good eye for what normal looks like. Together, they figure two outsiders can create one socially successful high school student. They might even be right. Peter is smart, wryly funny, and a good friend when he’s not being a bad invalid. And Leigh knows she can do it—after all, acting is what she’s good at. But the thing about acting is that at the end of the day you get to go back to being yourself, a luxury Leigh starts to think she might not have appreciated enough when she had it.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497682789
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Leigh trades in her acting career to play a starring role in her own life Most people don’t get to retire at age sixteen, but that’s what Leigh is planning to do when she moves to Long Island to live with her mom and her new stepfather. Leigh has been acting all her life, most recently on a successful TV show, and she can’t wait to be the kind of normal high school student she’s only ever played on screen. For advice on playing the role of a normal teenager, Leigh turns to her new stepbrother, Peter. Peter has hemophilia, a medical condition that has kept him out of school for a while—but missing out on high school life has given him a good eye for what normal looks like. Together, they figure two outsiders can create one socially successful high school student. They might even be right. Peter is smart, wryly funny, and a good friend when he’s not being a bad invalid. And Leigh knows she can do it—after all, acting is what she’s good at. But the thing about acting is that at the end of the day you get to go back to being yourself, a luxury Leigh starts to think she might not have appreciated enough when she had it.
Peter Pan & Wendy
Author: James Matthew Barrie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Shifted (Parts 1-4)
Author: Madeline Freeman
Publisher: Laurealinde Publishing LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Everything Leigh Evans thought she knew is wrong. A grisly discovery on the night of her high school graduation reveals a world she never imagined. Shapeshifters, evil spirits, magic—they’re all real, and dangerous. Peter Monroe knows the truth and has spent much of his twenty-one years training to hunt and destroy the things that give people a reason to be afraid of the dark. When tragedy forces Leigh to seek justice, Peter agrees to train her. But Leigh’s inexperience could cost her life. And Peter’s secrets could put him in more danger than can imagine. Google Subjects: paranormal fantasy young adult, new adult paranormal romance, shapeshifter, fairy, fae romance, supernatural books, supernatural romance, paranormal fantasy, paranormal romance, shapeshifter, fairy, faery romance, supernatural book, magic, witches, revenant, zombie, cursed object, curses, mystery, suspense, series
Publisher: Laurealinde Publishing LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Everything Leigh Evans thought she knew is wrong. A grisly discovery on the night of her high school graduation reveals a world she never imagined. Shapeshifters, evil spirits, magic—they’re all real, and dangerous. Peter Monroe knows the truth and has spent much of his twenty-one years training to hunt and destroy the things that give people a reason to be afraid of the dark. When tragedy forces Leigh to seek justice, Peter agrees to train her. But Leigh’s inexperience could cost her life. And Peter’s secrets could put him in more danger than can imagine. Google Subjects: paranormal fantasy young adult, new adult paranormal romance, shapeshifter, fairy, fae romance, supernatural books, supernatural romance, paranormal fantasy, paranormal romance, shapeshifter, fairy, faery romance, supernatural book, magic, witches, revenant, zombie, cursed object, curses, mystery, suspense, series
Tall Men, Short Shorts
Author: Leigh Montville
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385545207
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This "part memoir, part sports story" (Wall Street Journal) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bam chronicles the clash of NBA titans over seven riveting games—Celtics versus Lakers, Russell versus Chamberlain—covered by one young reporter. Welcome to the 1969 NBA Finals! They don’t set up any better than this. The greatest basketball player of all time - Bill Russell - and his juggernaut Boston Celtics, winners of ten (ten!) of the previous twelve NBA championships, squeak through one more playoff run and land in the Finals again. Russell’s opponent? The fearsome 7’1” next-generation superstar, Wilt Chamberlain, recently traded to the LA Lakers to form the league’s first dream team. Bill Russell and John Havlicek versus Chamberlain, Jerry West and Elgin Baylor. The 1969 Celtics are at the end of their dominance. The 1969 Lakers are unstoppable. Add to the mix one newly minted reporter. Covering the epic series is a wide-eyed young sports writer named Leigh Montville. Years before becoming an award-winning legend himself at The Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated, twenty-four-year-old Montville is ordered by his editor at the Globe to get on a plane to L.A. (first time!) to write about his luminous heroes, the biggest of big men. What follows is a raucous, colorful, joyous account of one of the greatest seven-game series in NBA history. Set against a backdrop of the late sixties, Montville’s reporting and recollections transport readers to a singular time – with rampant racial tension on the streets and on the court, with the emergence of a still relatively small league on its way to becoming a billion-dollar industry, and to an era when newspaper journalism and the written word served as the crucial lifeline between sports and sports fans. And there was basketball – seven breathtaking, see-saw games, highlight-reel moments from an unprecedented cast of future Hall of Famers (including player-coach Russell as the first-ever black head coach in the NBA), coast-to-coast travels and the clack-clack-clack of typewriter keys racing against tight deadlines. Tall Men, Short Shorts is a masterpiece of sports journalism with a charming touch of personal memoir. Leigh Montville has crafted his most entertaining book yet, richly enshrining luminous players and moments in a unique American time.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385545207
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This "part memoir, part sports story" (Wall Street Journal) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bam chronicles the clash of NBA titans over seven riveting games—Celtics versus Lakers, Russell versus Chamberlain—covered by one young reporter. Welcome to the 1969 NBA Finals! They don’t set up any better than this. The greatest basketball player of all time - Bill Russell - and his juggernaut Boston Celtics, winners of ten (ten!) of the previous twelve NBA championships, squeak through one more playoff run and land in the Finals again. Russell’s opponent? The fearsome 7’1” next-generation superstar, Wilt Chamberlain, recently traded to the LA Lakers to form the league’s first dream team. Bill Russell and John Havlicek versus Chamberlain, Jerry West and Elgin Baylor. The 1969 Celtics are at the end of their dominance. The 1969 Lakers are unstoppable. Add to the mix one newly minted reporter. Covering the epic series is a wide-eyed young sports writer named Leigh Montville. Years before becoming an award-winning legend himself at The Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated, twenty-four-year-old Montville is ordered by his editor at the Globe to get on a plane to L.A. (first time!) to write about his luminous heroes, the biggest of big men. What follows is a raucous, colorful, joyous account of one of the greatest seven-game series in NBA history. Set against a backdrop of the late sixties, Montville’s reporting and recollections transport readers to a singular time – with rampant racial tension on the streets and on the court, with the emergence of a still relatively small league on its way to becoming a billion-dollar industry, and to an era when newspaper journalism and the written word served as the crucial lifeline between sports and sports fans. And there was basketball – seven breathtaking, see-saw games, highlight-reel moments from an unprecedented cast of future Hall of Famers (including player-coach Russell as the first-ever black head coach in the NBA), coast-to-coast travels and the clack-clack-clack of typewriter keys racing against tight deadlines. Tall Men, Short Shorts is a masterpiece of sports journalism with a charming touch of personal memoir. Leigh Montville has crafted his most entertaining book yet, richly enshrining luminous players and moments in a unique American time.
Who the Devil Made It
Author: Peter Bogdanovich
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307817458
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1127
Book Description
“A must have for any film nut.”—Details Peter Bogdanovich, award-winning director, screenwriter, actor and critic, interviews 16 legendary directors over a 15-year period. Their richly illuminating conversations combine to make this a riveting chronicle of Hollywood and picture making. Join him in conversations with: Robert Aldrich • George Cukor • Allan Dwan • Howard Hanks • Alfred Hitchcock • Chuck Jones • Fritz Lang • Joseph H. Lewis • Sidney Lumet • Leo McCarey • Otto Preminger • Don Siegel • Josef von Sternberg • Frank Tashlin • Edgar G. Ulmer • Raoul Walsh NOTE: This edition does not include photographs. Praise for Who the Devil Made It “Illuminating . . . These were (and sometimes are: a few yet breathe) men rooted in history as much as in Hollywood. Their collected memories make the past look fearfully rich beside a present that is poverty-stricken in everything except money.”—The New Yorker “Bogdanovich is one of America’s finest writers on the cinema. . . . Thank goodness [his] Who the Devil Made It has come along to remind us that films and writing about film were, at one time, focused on the work and not strictly on the bottom line.”—The Boston Globe “A treasure trove on the craft of directing.”—Newsday “Monumental . . . The directors’ reminiscences about technique, working methods, sources of ideas, and relationships with actors and studios are thoroughly entertaining.”—Publishers Weekly “A fine achievement that helps illuminate the art and craft of some remarkable directors . . . There are plenty of revealing anecdotes.”—Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307817458
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1127
Book Description
“A must have for any film nut.”—Details Peter Bogdanovich, award-winning director, screenwriter, actor and critic, interviews 16 legendary directors over a 15-year period. Their richly illuminating conversations combine to make this a riveting chronicle of Hollywood and picture making. Join him in conversations with: Robert Aldrich • George Cukor • Allan Dwan • Howard Hanks • Alfred Hitchcock • Chuck Jones • Fritz Lang • Joseph H. Lewis • Sidney Lumet • Leo McCarey • Otto Preminger • Don Siegel • Josef von Sternberg • Frank Tashlin • Edgar G. Ulmer • Raoul Walsh NOTE: This edition does not include photographs. Praise for Who the Devil Made It “Illuminating . . . These were (and sometimes are: a few yet breathe) men rooted in history as much as in Hollywood. Their collected memories make the past look fearfully rich beside a present that is poverty-stricken in everything except money.”—The New Yorker “Bogdanovich is one of America’s finest writers on the cinema. . . . Thank goodness [his] Who the Devil Made It has come along to remind us that films and writing about film were, at one time, focused on the work and not strictly on the bottom line.”—The Boston Globe “A treasure trove on the craft of directing.”—Newsday “Monumental . . . The directors’ reminiscences about technique, working methods, sources of ideas, and relationships with actors and studios are thoroughly entertaining.”—Publishers Weekly “A fine achievement that helps illuminate the art and craft of some remarkable directors . . . There are plenty of revealing anecdotes.”—Kirkus Reviews
Tangled (Parts 5-8)
Author: Madeline Freeman
Publisher: Laurealinde Publishing LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
After exacting justice for their loved ones, Peter and Leigh hope to finally put their past behind them. But the past won’t let either of them go. Leigh is confronted with a startling revelation about someone she thought she knew, and Peter can’t clear his sister from his mind. The present is no less complicated, with new threats at each turn. Leigh is desperate to prove herself, but her growing attraction to Peter is a distraction. After Leigh crosses a line, can the two move forward in their professional relationship? Google Subjects: paranormal fantasy young adult, new adult paranormal romance, shapeshifter, fairy, fae romance, supernatural books, supernatural romance, paranormal fantasy, paranormal romance, shapeshifter, fairy, faery romance, supernatural book, magic, witches, revenant, zombie, cursed object, curses, mystery, suspense, series
Publisher: Laurealinde Publishing LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
After exacting justice for their loved ones, Peter and Leigh hope to finally put their past behind them. But the past won’t let either of them go. Leigh is confronted with a startling revelation about someone she thought she knew, and Peter can’t clear his sister from his mind. The present is no less complicated, with new threats at each turn. Leigh is desperate to prove herself, but her growing attraction to Peter is a distraction. After Leigh crosses a line, can the two move forward in their professional relationship? Google Subjects: paranormal fantasy young adult, new adult paranormal romance, shapeshifter, fairy, fae romance, supernatural books, supernatural romance, paranormal fantasy, paranormal romance, shapeshifter, fairy, faery romance, supernatural book, magic, witches, revenant, zombie, cursed object, curses, mystery, suspense, series
Leigh's Story
Author: A Valentine Joseph
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440121818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Successful interior designer Leigh Grant enjoys waking up every day. A driven professional, her job duties and the satisfaction of her clients bring her a high degree of contentment. Things are running smoothly in her life, particularly after she meets James Spencer on a weekend getaway to the Bahamas where they began a wonderful romantic relationship. As Leigh begins to settle into the joys of her new relationship, she encounters a new client who is a cold, yet sophisticated, beautiful and elegantly dressed young woman. Initially uneasy about taking her on, Leigh accepts the job, and her life takes off on an unexpected detour. She must deal with her new client, along with someone from her past, hell-bent on destroying her and those close to her
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440121818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Successful interior designer Leigh Grant enjoys waking up every day. A driven professional, her job duties and the satisfaction of her clients bring her a high degree of contentment. Things are running smoothly in her life, particularly after she meets James Spencer on a weekend getaway to the Bahamas where they began a wonderful romantic relationship. As Leigh begins to settle into the joys of her new relationship, she encounters a new client who is a cold, yet sophisticated, beautiful and elegantly dressed young woman. Initially uneasy about taking her on, Leigh accepts the job, and her life takes off on an unexpected detour. She must deal with her new client, along with someone from her past, hell-bent on destroying her and those close to her
Olivier
Author: Philip Ziegler
Publisher: MacLehose Press
ISBN: 1623650437
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
A finalist for the Sheridan Morley Prize that has been called "probably the best Olivier book for general readers" (Kirkus Reviews), Philip Ziegler's Olivier provides an incredibly accessible and comprehensive portrait of this Hollywood superstar, Oscar-winning director, and one who is considered the greatest stage actor of the twentieth century. The era abounded in great actors--Gielgud, Richardson, Guinness, Burton, O'Toole--but none could challenge Laurence Olivier's range and power. By the 1940s he had achieved international stardom. His affair with Vivien Leigh led to a marriage as glamorous and as tragic as any in Hollywood history. He was as accomplished a director as he was a leading man: his three Shakespearian adaptations are among the most memorable ever filmed. And yet, at the height of his fame, he accepted what was no more than an administrator's wage to become the founding Director of the National Theatre. In 2013 the theatre celebrates its fiftieth anniversary; without Olivier's leadership it would never have achieved the status that it enjoys today. Off-stage, Olivier was the most extravagant of characters: generous, yet almost insanely jealous of those few contemporaries whom he deemed to be his rivals; charming but with a ferocious temper. With access to more than fifty hours of candid, unpublished interviews, Ziegler ensures that Olivier's true character--at its most undisguised--shines through as never before.
Publisher: MacLehose Press
ISBN: 1623650437
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
A finalist for the Sheridan Morley Prize that has been called "probably the best Olivier book for general readers" (Kirkus Reviews), Philip Ziegler's Olivier provides an incredibly accessible and comprehensive portrait of this Hollywood superstar, Oscar-winning director, and one who is considered the greatest stage actor of the twentieth century. The era abounded in great actors--Gielgud, Richardson, Guinness, Burton, O'Toole--but none could challenge Laurence Olivier's range and power. By the 1940s he had achieved international stardom. His affair with Vivien Leigh led to a marriage as glamorous and as tragic as any in Hollywood history. He was as accomplished a director as he was a leading man: his three Shakespearian adaptations are among the most memorable ever filmed. And yet, at the height of his fame, he accepted what was no more than an administrator's wage to become the founding Director of the National Theatre. In 2013 the theatre celebrates its fiftieth anniversary; without Olivier's leadership it would never have achieved the status that it enjoys today. Off-stage, Olivier was the most extravagant of characters: generous, yet almost insanely jealous of those few contemporaries whom he deemed to be his rivals; charming but with a ferocious temper. With access to more than fifty hours of candid, unpublished interviews, Ziegler ensures that Olivier's true character--at its most undisguised--shines through as never before.
Darkest Truths of Black Gold
Author: Robert Palmer Smith
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595425976
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Over forty years ago the British Government warned the Italian Government; "Don't trust the Russians." The author was there. Today, forty years later, Newsweek echoes the same warning to any country that puts its energy sources at the political whim and fancy of Mr. Putin. And what of the warnings that the United States Government was given over sixty years ago that Mao-Ze-tung was not the 'second coming of the Messiah'? The author was there. And he seethed in rage and torment as he tried to sleep on the steel deck of a United States evacuation LST while he heard the 'Messiah's guns laying siege to Beijing. But all good things come to an end, even the bad ones, and meeting the Queen of England at the Prime Minister's residence, The Temple Trees, in Ceylon and issuing an invitation to His Royal Highness to play polo more than compensated the author for his first evacuation. But the reasons for his second evacuation from Cairo and his family's evacuation from Beirut are not quite as clear as he would like. Hearing about them might give the reader some thoughts about the difficulties faced by their fellow citizens who serve them abroad.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595425976
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Over forty years ago the British Government warned the Italian Government; "Don't trust the Russians." The author was there. Today, forty years later, Newsweek echoes the same warning to any country that puts its energy sources at the political whim and fancy of Mr. Putin. And what of the warnings that the United States Government was given over sixty years ago that Mao-Ze-tung was not the 'second coming of the Messiah'? The author was there. And he seethed in rage and torment as he tried to sleep on the steel deck of a United States evacuation LST while he heard the 'Messiah's guns laying siege to Beijing. But all good things come to an end, even the bad ones, and meeting the Queen of England at the Prime Minister's residence, The Temple Trees, in Ceylon and issuing an invitation to His Royal Highness to play polo more than compensated the author for his first evacuation. But the reasons for his second evacuation from Cairo and his family's evacuation from Beirut are not quite as clear as he would like. Hearing about them might give the reader some thoughts about the difficulties faced by their fellow citizens who serve them abroad.
A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783
Author: Thomas Bayly Howell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description