Author: Anthony Tarquinto
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145002310X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Youve seen the movie. Now read the book! We found one. A real live forty-year-old virgin, in Orange County, California, of all places! So if youve ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a forty-year-old straight male whos never . . . well, you know . . . read on! From politics, to business, to religion, and culture, the Virgin covers it all. But youd better have your homework done because its fast and furious. For more, check out www.orangecountyvirgin.com and click on the blog for the latest updates.
The Real 40 Year Old Virgin
Author: Anthony Tarquinto
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145002310X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Youve seen the movie. Now read the book! We found one. A real live forty-year-old virgin, in Orange County, California, of all places! So if youve ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a forty-year-old straight male whos never . . . well, you know . . . read on! From politics, to business, to religion, and culture, the Virgin covers it all. But youd better have your homework done because its fast and furious. For more, check out www.orangecountyvirgin.com and click on the blog for the latest updates.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145002310X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Youve seen the movie. Now read the book! We found one. A real live forty-year-old virgin, in Orange County, California, of all places! So if youve ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a forty-year-old straight male whos never . . . well, you know . . . read on! From politics, to business, to religion, and culture, the Virgin covers it all. But youd better have your homework done because its fast and furious. For more, check out www.orangecountyvirgin.com and click on the blog for the latest updates.
Seth Rogen
Author: Andy Koopmans
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1420508385
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Canadian-born Seth Rogen has an accomplished career. With more than forty acting credits, four produced screenplays, more than a dozen short film and TV show scripts, and sixteen producing credits, Rogen is anything but the slacker character he has played in his most popular and often R-rated films. The author addresses the more controversial aspects of Rogen's movies and explains how the content and comedic style of these productions have sometimes put Rogen at the center of battles over censorship and ratings, as well as stirred controversy among critics, the media, and parental watch groups.
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1420508385
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Canadian-born Seth Rogen has an accomplished career. With more than forty acting credits, four produced screenplays, more than a dozen short film and TV show scripts, and sixteen producing credits, Rogen is anything but the slacker character he has played in his most popular and often R-rated films. The author addresses the more controversial aspects of Rogen's movies and explains how the content and comedic style of these productions have sometimes put Rogen at the center of battles over censorship and ratings, as well as stirred controversy among critics, the media, and parental watch groups.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin Witch
Author: Raven Storm
Publisher: Raven Storm
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
A vampyre, a werewolf, and a warlock walk into a bar… But seriously. Aggie gave up that life long ago--even moving across the ocean to avoid it. Power, spells, and the coven's manipulations were supposedly left behind in the States. When Aggie thought to treat herself on her fortieth birthday, the last thing she expected was to be followed home by three hunky, magickal men. She's spent most of her life keeping everyone at arm's length, so why is she suddenly attracting the paranormal like flies to honey? Now, these three men are competing for one prize--her. The only problem? Aggie isn't up for the taking. If she gives up her virginity she unlocks her full powers, and loses her life of solitude once her coven finds her. What's a horny virgin to do? It's like her mother always said, you can't take the itch out of the witch--especially one who's a forty-year-old virgin.
Publisher: Raven Storm
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
A vampyre, a werewolf, and a warlock walk into a bar… But seriously. Aggie gave up that life long ago--even moving across the ocean to avoid it. Power, spells, and the coven's manipulations were supposedly left behind in the States. When Aggie thought to treat herself on her fortieth birthday, the last thing she expected was to be followed home by three hunky, magickal men. She's spent most of her life keeping everyone at arm's length, so why is she suddenly attracting the paranormal like flies to honey? Now, these three men are competing for one prize--her. The only problem? Aggie isn't up for the taking. If she gives up her virginity she unlocks her full powers, and loses her life of solitude once her coven finds her. What's a horny virgin to do? It's like her mother always said, you can't take the itch out of the witch--especially one who's a forty-year-old virgin.
The Must List
Author: The Editors of Entertainment Weekly
Publisher: Liberty Street
ISBN: 1618933159
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Get ready to obsess over the last twenty-five years of pop culture hits, misses, and cult classics. THE MUST LIST is an elegantly packaged, gift-worthy compilation of 100 illustrated top 25 lists celebrating the best in TV, movies, books, and music from the editors of Entertainment Weekly. Beginning with an introduction highlighting the "25 Things We've Forgotten About 1990", this full-color, deep-dive into the past twenty-five years of obsessive pop-culture coverage features the magazine's incisive criticism, trademark humor, and 2,500 amazing moments. Featured topics include: Greatest Villains, One-Hit Wonders, Best Superheroes, Mobsters, Zombies, Dystopias, Shocking Snubs, Unsexiest Sexy Moments, British Imports, Memorable Deaths, Late Night Comedy Wars, and many more binge-worthy lists.
Publisher: Liberty Street
ISBN: 1618933159
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Get ready to obsess over the last twenty-five years of pop culture hits, misses, and cult classics. THE MUST LIST is an elegantly packaged, gift-worthy compilation of 100 illustrated top 25 lists celebrating the best in TV, movies, books, and music from the editors of Entertainment Weekly. Beginning with an introduction highlighting the "25 Things We've Forgotten About 1990", this full-color, deep-dive into the past twenty-five years of obsessive pop-culture coverage features the magazine's incisive criticism, trademark humor, and 2,500 amazing moments. Featured topics include: Greatest Villains, One-Hit Wonders, Best Superheroes, Mobsters, Zombies, Dystopias, Shocking Snubs, Unsexiest Sexy Moments, British Imports, Memorable Deaths, Late Night Comedy Wars, and many more binge-worthy lists.
The Office
Author: Andy Greene
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524744972
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the twenty-first century, told by its creators, writers, and actors When did you last hang out with Jim, Pam, Dwight, Michael, and the rest of Dunder Mifflin? It might have been back in 2013, when the series finale aired . . . or it might have been last night, when you watched three episodes in a row. But either way, long after the show first aired, it’s more popular than ever, and fans have only one problem—what to watch, or read, next. Fortunately, Rolling Stone writer Andy Greene has that answer. In his brand-new oral history, The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, Greene will take readers behind the scenes of their favorite moments and characters. Greene gives us the true inside story behind the entire show, from its origins on the BBC through its impressive nine-season run in America, with in-depth research and exclusive interviews. Fans will get the inside scoop on key episodes from "The Dundies" to "Threat Level Midnight" and "Goodbye, Michael," including behind-the-scenes details like the battle to keep it on the air when NBC wanted to pull the plug after just six episodes and the failed attempt to bring in James Gandolfini as the new boss after Steve Carell left, spotlighting the incredible, genre-redefining show created by the family-like team, who together took a quirky British import with dicey prospects and turned it into a primetime giant with true historical and cultural significance. Hilarious, heartwarming, and revelatory, The Office gives fans and pop culture buffs a front-row seat to the phenomenal sequence of events that launched The Office into wild popularity, changing the face of television and how we all see our office lives for decades to come.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524744972
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the twenty-first century, told by its creators, writers, and actors When did you last hang out with Jim, Pam, Dwight, Michael, and the rest of Dunder Mifflin? It might have been back in 2013, when the series finale aired . . . or it might have been last night, when you watched three episodes in a row. But either way, long after the show first aired, it’s more popular than ever, and fans have only one problem—what to watch, or read, next. Fortunately, Rolling Stone writer Andy Greene has that answer. In his brand-new oral history, The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, Greene will take readers behind the scenes of their favorite moments and characters. Greene gives us the true inside story behind the entire show, from its origins on the BBC through its impressive nine-season run in America, with in-depth research and exclusive interviews. Fans will get the inside scoop on key episodes from "The Dundies" to "Threat Level Midnight" and "Goodbye, Michael," including behind-the-scenes details like the battle to keep it on the air when NBC wanted to pull the plug after just six episodes and the failed attempt to bring in James Gandolfini as the new boss after Steve Carell left, spotlighting the incredible, genre-redefining show created by the family-like team, who together took a quirky British import with dicey prospects and turned it into a primetime giant with true historical and cultural significance. Hilarious, heartwarming, and revelatory, The Office gives fans and pop culture buffs a front-row seat to the phenomenal sequence of events that launched The Office into wild popularity, changing the face of television and how we all see our office lives for decades to come.
Yes, I Could Care Less
Author: Bill Walsh
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250006635
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A lighthearted usage guide shares a latest treasury of language pet peeves and common grammatical mistakes.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250006635
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A lighthearted usage guide shares a latest treasury of language pet peeves and common grammatical mistakes.
The Novel: An Alternative History, 1600-1800
Author: Steven Moore
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1623567408
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Winner of the Christian Gauss Award for excellence in literary scholarship from the Phi Beta Kappa Society Having excavated the world's earliest novels in his previous book, literary historian Steven Moore explores in this sequel the remarkable flowering of the novel between the years 1600 and 1800-from Don Quixote to America's first big novel, an homage to Cervantes entitled Modern Chivalry. This is the period of such classic novels as Tom Jones, Candide, and Dangerous Liaisons, but beyond the dozen or so recognized classics there are hundreds of other interesting novels that appeared then, known only to specialists: Spanish picaresques, French heroic romances, massive Chinese novels, Japanese graphic novels, eccentric English novels, and the earliest American novels. These minor novels are not only interesting in their own right, but also provide the context needed to appreciate why the major novels were major breakthroughs. The novel experienced an explosive growth spurt during these centuries as novelists experimented with different forms and genres: epistolary novels, romances, Gothic thrillers, novels in verse, parodies, science fiction, episodic road trips, and family sagas, along with quirky, unclassifiable experiments in fiction that resemble contemporary, avant-garde works. As in his previous volume, Moore privileges the innovators and outriders, those who kept the novel novel. In the most comprehensive history of this period ever written, Moore examines over 400 novels from around the world in a lively style that is as entertaining as it is informative. Though written for a general audience, The Novel, An Alternative History also provides the scholarly apparatus required by the serious student of the period. This sequel, like its predecessor, is a “zestfully encyclopedic, avidly opinionated, and dazzlingly fresh history of the most 'elastic' of literary forms” (Booklist).
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1623567408
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Winner of the Christian Gauss Award for excellence in literary scholarship from the Phi Beta Kappa Society Having excavated the world's earliest novels in his previous book, literary historian Steven Moore explores in this sequel the remarkable flowering of the novel between the years 1600 and 1800-from Don Quixote to America's first big novel, an homage to Cervantes entitled Modern Chivalry. This is the period of such classic novels as Tom Jones, Candide, and Dangerous Liaisons, but beyond the dozen or so recognized classics there are hundreds of other interesting novels that appeared then, known only to specialists: Spanish picaresques, French heroic romances, massive Chinese novels, Japanese graphic novels, eccentric English novels, and the earliest American novels. These minor novels are not only interesting in their own right, but also provide the context needed to appreciate why the major novels were major breakthroughs. The novel experienced an explosive growth spurt during these centuries as novelists experimented with different forms and genres: epistolary novels, romances, Gothic thrillers, novels in verse, parodies, science fiction, episodic road trips, and family sagas, along with quirky, unclassifiable experiments in fiction that resemble contemporary, avant-garde works. As in his previous volume, Moore privileges the innovators and outriders, those who kept the novel novel. In the most comprehensive history of this period ever written, Moore examines over 400 novels from around the world in a lively style that is as entertaining as it is informative. Though written for a general audience, The Novel, An Alternative History also provides the scholarly apparatus required by the serious student of the period. This sequel, like its predecessor, is a “zestfully encyclopedic, avidly opinionated, and dazzlingly fresh history of the most 'elastic' of literary forms” (Booklist).
Abstinence Cinema
Author: Casey Ryan Kelly
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813575133
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
From the perspective of cultural conservatives, Hollywood movies are cesspools of vice, exposing impressionable viewers to pernicious sexually-permissive messages. Offering a groundbreaking study of Hollywood films produced since 2000, Abstinence Cinema comes to a very different conclusion, finding echoes of the evangelical movement’s abstinence-only rhetoric in everything from Easy A to Taken. Casey Ryan Kelly tracks the surprising sex-negative turn that Hollywood films have taken, associating premarital sex with shame and degradation, while romanticizing traditional nuclear families, courtship rituals, and gender roles. As he demonstrates, these movies are particularly disempowering for young women, concocting plots in which the decision to refrain from sex until marriage is the young woman’s primary source of agency and arbiter of moral worth. Locating these regressive sexual politics not only in expected sites, like the Twilight films, but surprising ones, like the raunchy comedies of Judd Apatow, Kelly makes a compelling case that Hollywood films have taken a significant step backward in recent years. Abstinence Cinema offers close readings of movies from a wide spectrum of genres, and it puts these films into conversation with rhetoric that has emerged in other arenas of American culture. Challenging assumptions that we are living in a more liberated era, the book sounds a warning bell about the powerful cultural forces that seek to demonize sexuality and curtail female sexual agency.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813575133
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
From the perspective of cultural conservatives, Hollywood movies are cesspools of vice, exposing impressionable viewers to pernicious sexually-permissive messages. Offering a groundbreaking study of Hollywood films produced since 2000, Abstinence Cinema comes to a very different conclusion, finding echoes of the evangelical movement’s abstinence-only rhetoric in everything from Easy A to Taken. Casey Ryan Kelly tracks the surprising sex-negative turn that Hollywood films have taken, associating premarital sex with shame and degradation, while romanticizing traditional nuclear families, courtship rituals, and gender roles. As he demonstrates, these movies are particularly disempowering for young women, concocting plots in which the decision to refrain from sex until marriage is the young woman’s primary source of agency and arbiter of moral worth. Locating these regressive sexual politics not only in expected sites, like the Twilight films, but surprising ones, like the raunchy comedies of Judd Apatow, Kelly makes a compelling case that Hollywood films have taken a significant step backward in recent years. Abstinence Cinema offers close readings of movies from a wide spectrum of genres, and it puts these films into conversation with rhetoric that has emerged in other arenas of American culture. Challenging assumptions that we are living in a more liberated era, the book sounds a warning bell about the powerful cultural forces that seek to demonize sexuality and curtail female sexual agency.
Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance
Author: Jonathan A. Allan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351240005
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance seeks to open a lively and accessible discussion between critical studies of men and masculinities and popular romance studies, especially its continued interest in what Janice Radway has called "the purity of his maleness." Popular romance novels, perhaps more than any other genre, explore sexuality and gender, creating an ideal space in which to consider and explore theoretical models that think seriously about gender. The romance novel has long been criticized and celebrated by feminist critics. How can these novels maintain, according to some, feminist ideals, while also upholding what Raewyn Connell has long theorized as "hegemonic masculinity"? This volume is an original and important contribution examining the previously underexamined nexus of masculinity and popular romance studies. It will be of key interest to undergraduates and postgraduates in Masculinities, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Literary Studies, and highly relevant to courses in Masculinity Studies, Pop Culture Studies, Queer Studies and Sexuality Studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351240005
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance seeks to open a lively and accessible discussion between critical studies of men and masculinities and popular romance studies, especially its continued interest in what Janice Radway has called "the purity of his maleness." Popular romance novels, perhaps more than any other genre, explore sexuality and gender, creating an ideal space in which to consider and explore theoretical models that think seriously about gender. The romance novel has long been criticized and celebrated by feminist critics. How can these novels maintain, according to some, feminist ideals, while also upholding what Raewyn Connell has long theorized as "hegemonic masculinity"? This volume is an original and important contribution examining the previously underexamined nexus of masculinity and popular romance studies. It will be of key interest to undergraduates and postgraduates in Masculinities, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Literary Studies, and highly relevant to courses in Masculinity Studies, Pop Culture Studies, Queer Studies and Sexuality Studies.
Summary of Scott Meslow's From Hollywood with Love
Author: Everest Media,
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The modern romantic comedy’s origins can be traced back to the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan in 1984, when Nora Ephron and Rob Reiner met for what would be one of the most remarkable lunches in Hollywood history. #2 Ephron’s ability to get to the heart of something and share it with the widest possible audience was a skill she had come by honestly. She had taken her mother’s advice that everything is copy, and used that to her advantage. #3 The movie has no plot, but it is still difficult to find the perfect Harry and Sally. The movie depends on your caring about those two people. #4 For the music for When Harry Met Sally, Billy Crystal recommended Marc Shaiman, with whom he had previously worked on Saturday Night Live. The soundtrack album for the movie was a hit, and it launched the career of a pianist named Harry Connick Jr.
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The modern romantic comedy’s origins can be traced back to the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan in 1984, when Nora Ephron and Rob Reiner met for what would be one of the most remarkable lunches in Hollywood history. #2 Ephron’s ability to get to the heart of something and share it with the widest possible audience was a skill she had come by honestly. She had taken her mother’s advice that everything is copy, and used that to her advantage. #3 The movie has no plot, but it is still difficult to find the perfect Harry and Sally. The movie depends on your caring about those two people. #4 For the music for When Harry Met Sally, Billy Crystal recommended Marc Shaiman, with whom he had previously worked on Saturday Night Live. The soundtrack album for the movie was a hit, and it launched the career of a pianist named Harry Connick Jr.