Author: Claudia Piñeiro
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1908524561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
“Not for nothing is Claudia Piñeiro Argentina’s most popular crime writer. Betty Boo is original, witty and hugely entertaining; it mixes murder with love, political power and journalism." Times-London "Those willing to take the time to enjoy the style and the unusual denouement will find themselves wondering why more crime authors don’t take the kinds of risks Piñeiro does." Booklist The fourth novel from Claudia Piñeiro, South America's best-selling crime novelist. When a renowned Buenos Aires industrialist is found dead at his home in an exclusive gated community called La Maravillosa, the novelist Nurit Iscar (once nicknamed Betty Boo owing to a resemblance to the cartoon character Betty Boop) is contracted by a former lover, the editor of a national newspaper, to cover the story. Nurit teams up with the paper's veteran, but now demoted, crime reporter. Soon they realize that they are falling in love, which complicates matters deliciously. The murder is no random crime but one in a series that goes to the heart of the establishment. Five members of the Argentine industrial and political elite, who all went to the same boarding-school, have died in apparently innocent circumstances. The Maravillosa murder is just the last in the series and those in power in Argentina are not about to allow all this brought to light. Too much is at stake.
Betty Boo
Author: Claudia Piñeiro
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1908524561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
“Not for nothing is Claudia Piñeiro Argentina’s most popular crime writer. Betty Boo is original, witty and hugely entertaining; it mixes murder with love, political power and journalism." Times-London "Those willing to take the time to enjoy the style and the unusual denouement will find themselves wondering why more crime authors don’t take the kinds of risks Piñeiro does." Booklist The fourth novel from Claudia Piñeiro, South America's best-selling crime novelist. When a renowned Buenos Aires industrialist is found dead at his home in an exclusive gated community called La Maravillosa, the novelist Nurit Iscar (once nicknamed Betty Boo owing to a resemblance to the cartoon character Betty Boop) is contracted by a former lover, the editor of a national newspaper, to cover the story. Nurit teams up with the paper's veteran, but now demoted, crime reporter. Soon they realize that they are falling in love, which complicates matters deliciously. The murder is no random crime but one in a series that goes to the heart of the establishment. Five members of the Argentine industrial and political elite, who all went to the same boarding-school, have died in apparently innocent circumstances. The Maravillosa murder is just the last in the series and those in power in Argentina are not about to allow all this brought to light. Too much is at stake.
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1908524561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
“Not for nothing is Claudia Piñeiro Argentina’s most popular crime writer. Betty Boo is original, witty and hugely entertaining; it mixes murder with love, political power and journalism." Times-London "Those willing to take the time to enjoy the style and the unusual denouement will find themselves wondering why more crime authors don’t take the kinds of risks Piñeiro does." Booklist The fourth novel from Claudia Piñeiro, South America's best-selling crime novelist. When a renowned Buenos Aires industrialist is found dead at his home in an exclusive gated community called La Maravillosa, the novelist Nurit Iscar (once nicknamed Betty Boo owing to a resemblance to the cartoon character Betty Boop) is contracted by a former lover, the editor of a national newspaper, to cover the story. Nurit teams up with the paper's veteran, but now demoted, crime reporter. Soon they realize that they are falling in love, which complicates matters deliciously. The murder is no random crime but one in a series that goes to the heart of the establishment. Five members of the Argentine industrial and political elite, who all went to the same boarding-school, have died in apparently innocent circumstances. The Maravillosa murder is just the last in the series and those in power in Argentina are not about to allow all this brought to light. Too much is at stake.
How Art Works
Author: Chloe Watfern
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040034152
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
From intergalactic travel to the daily commute, enter this book and be transported to wonderful worlds where art and life intertwine and your ideas of both are upended. Chloe Watfern, a writer, transdisciplinary researcher, and maker, joined two world-leading supported studios to learn about the work of their vibrant collectives of neurodiverse artists. At Studio A, Thom Roberts paints, photocopies, animates, and performs, inviting us to understand people as trains and trains as people (among other things). Skye-Fox, a.k.a. Katerina the Steampunk Ringmaster, a.k.a. Skye Saxon, creates interconnected universes through soft sculpture, drawing, and storytelling. Lisa Tindall writes her life breathlessly in piles of notebooks, words from which she stitches into a dress that conveys some of her experiences. At Project Art Works, Kate Adams and her son Paul Colley walk familiar and strange places, capturing them on film. A forest of scribbles emerges in an art museum as people meet through graphite and charcoal on paper. Artists and makers like Tim Corrigan, Sharif Persaud, Carl Sexton, and Sam Smith move in and out of the frame, sharing biscuits, paint brushes, and wildernesses. In this book, written as a personal narrative informed by the latest thinking on neurodiversity and art, Chloe tells a tender and exhilarating story of the social and aesthetic dynamics at Studio A and Project Art Works, places like no other. In journeying alongside the complex and astonishing contemporary artists who work there, the book invites readers to radically reconsider their settled ideas of creativity, disability, and care, while learning about lives devoted to making.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040034152
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
From intergalactic travel to the daily commute, enter this book and be transported to wonderful worlds where art and life intertwine and your ideas of both are upended. Chloe Watfern, a writer, transdisciplinary researcher, and maker, joined two world-leading supported studios to learn about the work of their vibrant collectives of neurodiverse artists. At Studio A, Thom Roberts paints, photocopies, animates, and performs, inviting us to understand people as trains and trains as people (among other things). Skye-Fox, a.k.a. Katerina the Steampunk Ringmaster, a.k.a. Skye Saxon, creates interconnected universes through soft sculpture, drawing, and storytelling. Lisa Tindall writes her life breathlessly in piles of notebooks, words from which she stitches into a dress that conveys some of her experiences. At Project Art Works, Kate Adams and her son Paul Colley walk familiar and strange places, capturing them on film. A forest of scribbles emerges in an art museum as people meet through graphite and charcoal on paper. Artists and makers like Tim Corrigan, Sharif Persaud, Carl Sexton, and Sam Smith move in and out of the frame, sharing biscuits, paint brushes, and wildernesses. In this book, written as a personal narrative informed by the latest thinking on neurodiversity and art, Chloe tells a tender and exhilarating story of the social and aesthetic dynamics at Studio A and Project Art Works, places like no other. In journeying alongside the complex and astonishing contemporary artists who work there, the book invites readers to radically reconsider their settled ideas of creativity, disability, and care, while learning about lives devoted to making.
Betty Boop Paper Dolls
Author:
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486801713
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Two dolls come with a fetching wardrobe of 30 outfits that showcase the lovable cartoon character's versatile talents. Dress Betty as a cheerleader, pirate, doctor, geisha, mermaid, flapper, and other colorful personalities.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486801713
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Two dolls come with a fetching wardrobe of 30 outfits that showcase the lovable cartoon character's versatile talents. Dress Betty as a cheerleader, pirate, doctor, geisha, mermaid, flapper, and other colorful personalities.
Betty Boop
Author: Roger Langridge
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
ISBN: 9781524103187
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The most famous female cartoon star of all is back! All-new adventures of Betty Boop (with her pals Koko the Clown and Bimbo, natch!) Join Betty as she works at the Oop-A-Doop Club, dreams of hitting the big-time, looks after her old Grampy, fights ghosts and giant bugs, dances to hot jazz, and much more!
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
ISBN: 9781524103187
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The most famous female cartoon star of all is back! All-new adventures of Betty Boop (with her pals Koko the Clown and Bimbo, natch!) Join Betty as she works at the Oop-A-Doop Club, dreams of hitting the big-time, looks after her old Grampy, fights ghosts and giant bugs, dances to hot jazz, and much more!
Laughter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Mr. Boop
Author: Alec Robbins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945509803
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The beloved webcomic collected in its entirety for the first time in a beautiful deluxe edition! Author Alec Robbins is deeply in love with his wife, 1930s cartoon superstar Betty Boop. And wouldn't you know it, she loves him back! It's the perfect marriage, and nothing will ever go wrong. They'll be happy together forever and nothing will ever come between them--not other famous cartoon characters, not intellectual property law, and certainly not Alec's own towering insecurities. Basically, they're just both really happy together and everything's good and nice and that's the end of it. No more questions. Don't even bother reading this comic. Absurdist humor, a middle finger to corporate IP, and a sweetly romantic heart blend together into one of the most inventive comics of the Twitter age.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945509803
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The beloved webcomic collected in its entirety for the first time in a beautiful deluxe edition! Author Alec Robbins is deeply in love with his wife, 1930s cartoon superstar Betty Boop. And wouldn't you know it, she loves him back! It's the perfect marriage, and nothing will ever go wrong. They'll be happy together forever and nothing will ever come between them--not other famous cartoon characters, not intellectual property law, and certainly not Alec's own towering insecurities. Basically, they're just both really happy together and everything's good and nice and that's the end of it. No more questions. Don't even bother reading this comic. Absurdist humor, a middle finger to corporate IP, and a sweetly romantic heart blend together into one of the most inventive comics of the Twitter age.
Boo's Foster Homes and Beyond
Author: Joe Schrantz
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741423723
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741423723
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Unforgotten
Author: Laura Powell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501181238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
“A smart and gripping debut that saves its best for last.” —Chris Cleave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Little Bee “[A] thoroughly satisfying and suspenseful debut…the final twist in the murder plot will catch many readers unaware, as will the surprising emotional heft of the narrative, which traces the damage wrought by secrets and good intentions gone awry.” —Publishers Weekly For fans of Louise Penny and Tana French, this “unsettling…compelling” (Glamour) thriller explores the devastating repercussions of a long-ago crime as it delves into forbidden relationships, the emotional bond between mothers and daughters, and the dark consequences of harboring secrets. It is the summer of 1956, and fifteen-year-old Betty Broadbent has never left the Cornish fishing village of St. Steele or ventured far beyond the walls of the Hotel Eden, the slightly ramshackle boarding house run by her moody, unpredictable mother. But Betty’s world is upended when a string of brutal murders brings London’s press corps flooding into the village, many of whom find lodging at the Hotel Eden. She is instantly transfixed by one of the reporters, the mysterious and strangely aloof Mr. Gallagher—and he, fully twice her age, seems equally transfixed by her. The unlikely relationship that blooms between Betty and Mr. Gallagher is as overlaid with longing and desire as it is with impropriety and even menace. And as the shocking death toll rises, both Betty and Mr. Gallagher are forced to make a devastating choice, one that will shape their own lives—and the life of an innocent man—forever. The revelations in Powell’s haunting debut will give you chills, and her unforgettable heroine will break your heart.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501181238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
“A smart and gripping debut that saves its best for last.” —Chris Cleave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Little Bee “[A] thoroughly satisfying and suspenseful debut…the final twist in the murder plot will catch many readers unaware, as will the surprising emotional heft of the narrative, which traces the damage wrought by secrets and good intentions gone awry.” —Publishers Weekly For fans of Louise Penny and Tana French, this “unsettling…compelling” (Glamour) thriller explores the devastating repercussions of a long-ago crime as it delves into forbidden relationships, the emotional bond between mothers and daughters, and the dark consequences of harboring secrets. It is the summer of 1956, and fifteen-year-old Betty Broadbent has never left the Cornish fishing village of St. Steele or ventured far beyond the walls of the Hotel Eden, the slightly ramshackle boarding house run by her moody, unpredictable mother. But Betty’s world is upended when a string of brutal murders brings London’s press corps flooding into the village, many of whom find lodging at the Hotel Eden. She is instantly transfixed by one of the reporters, the mysterious and strangely aloof Mr. Gallagher—and he, fully twice her age, seems equally transfixed by her. The unlikely relationship that blooms between Betty and Mr. Gallagher is as overlaid with longing and desire as it is with impropriety and even menace. And as the shocking death toll rises, both Betty and Mr. Gallagher are forced to make a devastating choice, one that will shape their own lives—and the life of an innocent man—forever. The revelations in Powell’s haunting debut will give you chills, and her unforgettable heroine will break your heart.
All That Lives Must Die
Author: Ivor Eisenstadt
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1836287372
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A retired GP seeks solace from tragedy by spending time in his holiday lodge on the Suffolk Heritage Coast. He finds refuge in nature. He also finds suspicion, obsession and murder. Dr Max Middleton suffers self-doubt, guilt and anxiety having misdiagnosed a child who dies and neglected his late wife Kathy’s early signs of cancer. He retires to a lodge on the idyllic Suffolk coast where he begins to recover. Then he discovers the body of his holiday-park neighbour Gertrude half-way down the site cliff. The police treat her death as accidental, but from her injuries Max suspects she’s been pushed. He begins to investigate. He begins to obsess. Max spends his time getting to know his neighbours, uncovering their secrets, finding their motives. His obsession and anxiety are compounded as events unfold, but he finds comfort in nature, distraction in the rich birdlife and support from his fully fledged children Greg and Emma. Then everything changes. They are on the hunt for a serial killer, and time is running out. ‘All That Lives Must Die’ is a bright, entertaining thriller. It is intelligent, with a sensitivity to nature that makes beautiful Suffolk as clear and important as a character.’Leonard Whiting: Golden Globe winning actor and narrator.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1836287372
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A retired GP seeks solace from tragedy by spending time in his holiday lodge on the Suffolk Heritage Coast. He finds refuge in nature. He also finds suspicion, obsession and murder. Dr Max Middleton suffers self-doubt, guilt and anxiety having misdiagnosed a child who dies and neglected his late wife Kathy’s early signs of cancer. He retires to a lodge on the idyllic Suffolk coast where he begins to recover. Then he discovers the body of his holiday-park neighbour Gertrude half-way down the site cliff. The police treat her death as accidental, but from her injuries Max suspects she’s been pushed. He begins to investigate. He begins to obsess. Max spends his time getting to know his neighbours, uncovering their secrets, finding their motives. His obsession and anxiety are compounded as events unfold, but he finds comfort in nature, distraction in the rich birdlife and support from his fully fledged children Greg and Emma. Then everything changes. They are on the hunt for a serial killer, and time is running out. ‘All That Lives Must Die’ is a bright, entertaining thriller. It is intelligent, with a sensitivity to nature that makes beautiful Suffolk as clear and important as a character.’Leonard Whiting: Golden Globe winning actor and narrator.
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393066223
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The #1 New York Times Bestseller "Lewis has such a gift for storytelling…he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons." —Janet Maslin, New York Times When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family’s love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback’s greatest vulnerability, his blind side.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393066223
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The #1 New York Times Bestseller "Lewis has such a gift for storytelling…he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons." —Janet Maslin, New York Times When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family’s love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback’s greatest vulnerability, his blind side.