Author: Charles Stumpf
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786460237
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Most often remembered for her gestures, expressive eyes, and body language on the screen, ZaSu Pitts was an unusual actress (and also an excellent cook: she often gave homemade candies to her coworkers, and her collection of candy recipes was published posthumously). This affectionate study of both her private life off-screen and her public persona details how the multi-talented actress become one of filmdom's favorite comediennes and character players. The book includes many rare photographs.
Author: Nancy Reagan
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307766020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 433
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The former First Lady discusses her life, the Reagan administration, her shaky relationship with her children and key White House personnel, her husband’s involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, and her bout with cancer. “During our White House years I said almost nothing about how I really felt regarding the controversies that swirled around me. . . . But now those years are over, and it’s my turn to describe what happened. . . .” About Ronald Reagan: “Although Ronnie loves people, he often seems remote, and he doesn’t let anybody get too close. There’s a wall around him. He lets me come closer than anyone else, but there are times when even I feel that barrier.” About being a mother: “What I wanted most in all the world was to be a good wife and mother. As things turned out, I guess I’ve been more successful at the first than at the second.” About her influence: “I make no apologies for telling Ronnie what I thought. Just because you’re married doesn’t mean you have no right to express your opinions. For eight years I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn’t give you special access, I don’t know what does.” About astrology: “What it boils down to is that each person has his or her own ways of coping with trauma and grief, with the pain of life, and astrology was one of mine. Don’t criticize me, I wanted to say, until you have stood in my place. This helped me. Nobody was hurt by it—except, possibly, me.” About Don Regan: “His very first day on the job, Don said that he saw himself as the ‘chief operating officer’ of the country. But he was hired to be chief of staff. . . . Although I believed for a long time that Donald Regan was in the wrong job, my ‘power’ in getting him to leave has been greatly exaggerated. Believe me, if I really were the dragon lady that he described in his book, he would have been out the door many months earlier.”
Author: Bernard F. Dick
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1617039802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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A fascinating story of Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Davis
Author: Marvin Lachman
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476618755
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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Live theatre was once the main entertainment medium in the United States and the United Kingdom. The preeminent dramatists and actors of the day wrote and performed in numerous plays in which crime was a major plot element. This remains true today, especially with the longest-running shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Sweeney Todd. While hundreds of books have been published about crime fiction in film and on television, the topic of stage mysteries has been largely unexplored. Covering productions from the 18th century to the 2013-2014 theatre season, this is the first history of crime plays according to subject matter. More than 20 categories are identified, including whodunits, comic mysteries, courtroom dramas, musicals, crook plays, social issues, Sherlock Holmes, and Agatha Christie. Nearly 900 plays are described, including the reactions of critics and audiences.
Author: Leona Dalrymple
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Author: Jack W. Regan
Publisher: Jack W. Regan
ISBN: 1442114592
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Young Max Ransome watched his father die, killed by marauding phantors as they swept through T'Aragam at the bidding of the evil wizard Zadok. Barely escaping with his own life, Max is thrust into a whirlwind journey as he races against time to save T'Aragam, the world he loves, from a dark dominion. Can Max overcome the horror of his father's death and save T'Aragam from the grasping talons of its enemies? Woven with a charming mix of zany humor and genuine danger, "T'Aragam" immerses the reader in a world of original characters and tightly-woven plot. Young Max leads the cast and is ably supported by, among others, a faithful medgekin friend named Gramkin, two monster brothers named Doom and Gloom, and an equuraptor named Dresden. Coupled with quirky supporting characters, such as mercenary Captain Baggywrinkle, Lord Stench, and a perpetually hungry sea serpent named Bob, this cast of characters steps from the pages and pulls the reader into the story. Intended for readers 10+
Author: Louis Botto
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1476850275
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1163
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(Applause Books). Theatregoers' favorite history of Broadway is back in an updated and expanded 2010 edition including more than 500 color production photos, vintage archival photos, and Playbill covers from all forty currently operating Broadway theatres. Thirty-eight of the original chapters have been expanded to cover all the shows that have opened in the ten years since the popular 2000 edition, with two new chapters added to include Broadway theatres recently refurbished and returned to life. This unique chronicle is the first work to present a detailed theatre-by-theatre roundup of players and productions that have enchanted audiences at Broadway's great playhouses from 1900 to 2010. The work is an expanded treatment of "At This Theatre," the popular feature in Playbill's Broadway theatre programs. "At This Theatre" offers playgoers instant nostalgia by listing notable hits (and some famed fiascos) that have played through the years in the theatre that they are attending. The book also pays tribute to the distinguished impresarios who built and managed these houses, and the brilliant architects and interior designers who created them. The original 1984 edition was created by Playbill senior editor Louis Botto. Botto worked with editor Robert Viagas on the 2000 update. With the third edition, Botto has passed the author torch to Viagas, who founded Playbill.com and the acclaimed Playbill Broadway Yearbook series, and who has written the updates in Botto's style.
Author: Oliver Johnson
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473211719
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
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It is a time of great darkness, when the sun is in danger of being forever extinguished, and mankind has been divided into two warring factions: the worshipers of the God of Light and the servants of Eternal Night. Now three unsuspecting travelers are called by prophecy to face a legion of the undead and the powers of the Dark Lord in the faint hope of reclaiming the world for the light.
Author: Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1786560313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 9615
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Famous for his 1894 adventure novel ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’, Anthony Hope was an Edwardian era novelist whose works spawned the Ruritanian romance genre. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Hope’s complete works (except for two books not in the US public domain), with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hope’s life and works * Concise introductions to the famous novels and other texts * 29 novels, with individual contents tables * Includes rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including LUCINDA * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the Edwardian texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes Hope’s rare war essays – available in no other collection * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, Hope’s last novel ‘Little Tiger’ and his autobiography ‘Memories and Notes’ cannot appear in this edition. When the texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels A MAN OF MARK FATHER STAFFORD MR WITT’S WIDOW A CHANGE OF AIR HALF A HERO THE GOD IN THE CAR THE INDISCRETION OF THE DUCHESS THE PRISONER OF ZENDA THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO THE HEART OF PRINCESS OSRA PHROSO RUPERT OF HENTZAU SIMON DALE THE KING’S MIRROR QUISANTÉ TRISTRAM OF BLENT THE INTRUSIONS OF PEGGY DOUBLE HARNESS A SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC SOPHY OF KRAVONIA HELENA’S PATH THE GREAT MISS DRIVER SECOND STRING MRS MAXON PROTESTS A YOUNG MAN’S YEAR CAPTAIN DIEPPE THE SECRET OF THE TOWER BEAUMAROY HOME FROM THE WARS LUCINDA The Short Story Collections SPORT ROYAL AND OTHER STORIES FRIVOLOUS CUPID THE DOLLY DIALOGUES COMEDIES OF COURTSHIP TALES OF TWO PEOPLE The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction DIALOGUE: A LECTURE THE NEW (GERMAN) TESTAMENT: SOME TEXTS AND A COMMENTARY MILITARISM, GERMAN AND BRITISH WHY ITALY IS WITH THE ALLIES Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
Author: Anthony Hope
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 292
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