Author: Mark Penrose
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781291638721
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first ever Biography of Robert Newton. From an idyll Cornish childhood to a desperate death amidst the Hollywood elite. Cowboy, beach-bum; loaded and flat broke. He survived the bloodiest naval arena in the second world war; married four times he failed as a husband and a father. He starred in dozens of films, dozens of plays. Newton was more than an actor; yet he is the quintessential pirate, Disney's 'Long John Silver', is the brutal Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist. Farmer, tax exile, he ran his own theatre and loved Rolls Royces. In America and Australia. Generous, gregarious, needful, lost, he swept through life and left people reeling in his wake. Olivier, Burton, Coward, Wayne. Laughing, infected with his joyous lust for life. He hid discretion under a coat of folly; but he was the man who would tell you, tell everybody, loudly, that the King was naked...
Apologise Later
Author: Mark Penrose
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781291638721
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first ever Biography of Robert Newton. From an idyll Cornish childhood to a desperate death amidst the Hollywood elite. Cowboy, beach-bum; loaded and flat broke. He survived the bloodiest naval arena in the second world war; married four times he failed as a husband and a father. He starred in dozens of films, dozens of plays. Newton was more than an actor; yet he is the quintessential pirate, Disney's 'Long John Silver', is the brutal Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist. Farmer, tax exile, he ran his own theatre and loved Rolls Royces. In America and Australia. Generous, gregarious, needful, lost, he swept through life and left people reeling in his wake. Olivier, Burton, Coward, Wayne. Laughing, infected with his joyous lust for life. He hid discretion under a coat of folly; but he was the man who would tell you, tell everybody, loudly, that the King was naked...
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781291638721
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first ever Biography of Robert Newton. From an idyll Cornish childhood to a desperate death amidst the Hollywood elite. Cowboy, beach-bum; loaded and flat broke. He survived the bloodiest naval arena in the second world war; married four times he failed as a husband and a father. He starred in dozens of films, dozens of plays. Newton was more than an actor; yet he is the quintessential pirate, Disney's 'Long John Silver', is the brutal Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist. Farmer, tax exile, he ran his own theatre and loved Rolls Royces. In America and Australia. Generous, gregarious, needful, lost, he swept through life and left people reeling in his wake. Olivier, Burton, Coward, Wayne. Laughing, infected with his joyous lust for life. He hid discretion under a coat of folly; but he was the man who would tell you, tell everybody, loudly, that the King was naked...
A Day No Pigs Would Die
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307574512
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story of a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307574512
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story of a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.
The life of ... Robert Newton
Author: Thomas Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Runner
Author: Robert Newton
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375837442
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
In Richmond, Australia, in 1919, fifteen-year-old Charlie Feehan becomes an errand boy for a notorious mobster, hoping that his ability to run will help him, his widowed mother, and his baby brother to escape poverty.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375837442
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
In Richmond, Australia, in 1919, fifteen-year-old Charlie Feehan becomes an errand boy for a notorious mobster, hoping that his ability to run will help him, his widowed mother, and his baby brother to escape poverty.
A Part of the Sky
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307574369
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Robert Newton Peck's bestselling classic, A Day No Pigs Would Die, here is the eagerly anticipated sequel. This must for schools, libraries, and summer reading lists is now available for the first time in paperback. Times are difficult during the Great Depression, and thirteen-year-old Rob Peck must struggle to keep his family together after the death of his father. Disaster after disaster strikes and the family is forced to sell their farm. Relying solely on their strong Shaker faith and close family ties, the Pecks finally prevail and young Rob learns that true wealth extends beyond money and that real values are priceless.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307574369
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Robert Newton Peck's bestselling classic, A Day No Pigs Would Die, here is the eagerly anticipated sequel. This must for schools, libraries, and summer reading lists is now available for the first time in paperback. Times are difficult during the Great Depression, and thirteen-year-old Rob Peck must struggle to keep his family together after the death of his father. Disaster after disaster strikes and the family is forced to sell their farm. Relying solely on their strong Shaker faith and close family ties, the Pecks finally prevail and young Rob learns that true wealth extends beyond money and that real values are priceless.
Extra Innings
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064472299
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
After an airplane crash that claims the lives of most of his family, sixteen-year-old Tate finds unexpected solace in the stories of his great-aunt Vidalia's childhood travels with a Depression-era Negro League baseball team.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064472299
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
After an airplane crash that claims the lives of most of his family, sixteen-year-old Tate finds unexpected solace in the stories of his great-aunt Vidalia's childhood travels with a Depression-era Negro League baseball team.
The Life of the Rev. Robert Newton, D.D.
Author: Thomas Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Arly
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 080273555X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Although Arly Poole seems bound to follow in his father's footsteps as a field worker in Jailtown, Florida, where his family lives in 1927 in the shadow of a cruel boss, his world suddenly seems larger when a schoolteacher comes to town.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 080273555X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Although Arly Poole seems bound to follow in his father's footsteps as a field worker in Jailtown, Florida, where his family lives in 1927 in the shadow of a cruel boss, his world suddenly seems larger when a schoolteacher comes to town.
When We Were Two
Author: Robert Newton
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1742534082
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Dan had to go, He felt he had no choice, but leaving home was never going to be easy . . . Dan and his brother Eddie take off for the coast, in search of their lost mother, in search of a better life . . . but it's a long road they face and Dan must use all his wits to get them there in one piece. When they are taken under the wings of a group of would-be soldiers marching over the mountains to join up for the Great War, Dan and Eddie's journey becomes something quite unexpected. The experiences they share will shape their future beyond recognition. This extraordinary rite of passage is a powerful, heart-rending story – Robert Newton at his very best.
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1742534082
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Dan had to go, He felt he had no choice, but leaving home was never going to be easy . . . Dan and his brother Eddie take off for the coast, in search of their lost mother, in search of a better life . . . but it's a long road they face and Dan must use all his wits to get them there in one piece. When they are taken under the wings of a group of would-be soldiers marching over the mountains to join up for the Great War, Dan and Eddie's journey becomes something quite unexpected. The experiences they share will shape their future beyond recognition. This extraordinary rite of passage is a powerful, heart-rending story – Robert Newton at his very best.
The Life of Isaac Newton
Author: Richard S. Westfall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316453952
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Isaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. His achievements in mathematics and physics marked the culmination of the movement that brought modern science into being. Richard Westfall's biography captures in engaging detail both his private life and scientific career, presenting a complex picture of Newton the man, and as scientist, philosopher, theologian, alchemist, public figure, President of the Royal Society, and Warden of the Royal Mint. An abridged version of his magisterial study Never at Rest (Cambridge, 1980), this concise biography makes Westfall's highly acclaimed portrait of Newton newly accessible to general readers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316453952
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Isaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. His achievements in mathematics and physics marked the culmination of the movement that brought modern science into being. Richard Westfall's biography captures in engaging detail both his private life and scientific career, presenting a complex picture of Newton the man, and as scientist, philosopher, theologian, alchemist, public figure, President of the Royal Society, and Warden of the Royal Mint. An abridged version of his magisterial study Never at Rest (Cambridge, 1980), this concise biography makes Westfall's highly acclaimed portrait of Newton newly accessible to general readers.