Author: Charles Busch
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573695117
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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A contemporary Cinderella story set in Greenwich Village, reminiscent of the classic screwball comedies of the 1930s. Christopher, a shy and eccentric young electrologist, helps an elderly millionaire, Mr. Rosenberg, when the old man faints in the street. Rosenberg, touched by the young man's generous spirit, becomes his benefactor and sends Christopher off to a fabulous charity ball where he meets his Prince Charming, in the form of a neurotic young publicist. Fate takes a turn when Mr. Rosenbe
Author: Philip J. Reilly Jr.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491725532
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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Born in 1927, Phil grew up in the Inwood Section of Manhattan and subsequently lived in Blauvelt NY, Tulsa OK, and Clearwater Fl. He was educated at Princeton, Fordham and NYU. At midlife he attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard. He holds an MBA degree in Corporate Finance and was a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the States of New York and Oklahoma. He served with military and was commissioned at the Armored School at Fort Knox in 1945. Phil is the father of five children, has ten grandchildren and five grand dogs. The mother of his children, Eleanor Johnsen is deceased. He married a second time to Lynn Smith, a Louisvillian businesswoman. Early in his career he was employed by the FBI and Arthur Andersen & Company. He retired in 1983 from Cities Service Company, a large oil company, where he served as an Executive Officer and Corporate Controller. He taught at three colleges, served on the Boards of Directors of a number of non-profit companies, and did consulting work with Tescot, an organization of retired executives that serviced non-profit and government entities.
Author: Judy Astley
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446465373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Certain to raise a smile and warm your heart; escape for an afternoon with this gem from Judy Astley. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley... 'Warm, funny and unerringly true to life' - Katie Fforde 'A light, enjoyable, well-written read populated by appealing characters you won't be able to resist warming to.' - Sara Lawrence, DAILY MAIL 'Frothy fun from an author worth noting' - DAILY EXPRESS ****************************************************** SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK... Viola hasn't had much luck with men. Her first husband, Marco, companion of her youth and father of her only child, left her when he realised he was gay. Her second, Rhys, ended his high-octane, fame-filled life by driving his Porsche into a wall. No wonder her family always believes she needs looking after, and her friends think she really shouldn't be allowed out on her own. Which is why, at the age of thirty-five, she finds herself back at home, living with Mum. Viola knows she has to take charge, and fast. With a stroppy teenage daughter, a demanding mother, and siblings who want to control her life for her, where is she going to turn?
Author: Kathy Levine
Publisher: Gallery Books
ISBN: 9781451661903
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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After more than a decade of TV fame, fifty million fans, and the New York Times bestseller It's Better to Laugh, Kathy Levine is the one who's laughing. Kathy brings us up to date on her personal life by telling all, and she means all, in a book that's as irresistible as an intimate diary accidentally left open to a juicy part. Discover the naked truth about: Love after forty...the date from hell, the romantic fling with a much younger man, the truly terrifying mistake—and more!
Author: Linda Sunshine
Publisher: Crown Archetype
ISBN: 0307338304
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places? Are you so fed up with blind dates that you’re considering the merits of celibacy? Is even the geekiest Mr. Wrong beginning to look like Mr. Right? Frustrated singles, don’t spend another Saturday night in front of the TV with a pint of Häagen-Dazs! Bestselling humorist Linda Sunshine’s tongue-in-cheek advice will help you survive and conquer the daunting dating game with aplomb. This fully revised edition of Sunshine’s 1988 classic includes everything you need to know in the search for the man of your dreams—or at the very least, the man of your mother’s dreams. From online and blind dating to more eccentric methods such as surrogate dating, the quest for your dream date has never been more hilarious. You’ll learn: •Where to find prospective dates (off-track betting, seedy bars, and the Alaskan Tundra are top picks) •How to prepare for a date in just under six minutes–or six hours, depending on your schedule •How to turn that tawdry affair (one date) into a lasting, meaningful relationship (two dates) •How to wash that man out of your hair–without getting split ends Complete with helpful tests and quizzes (“How Desperate Are You?” and “Am I a Good Lover, or What?”), Women Who Date Too Much offers single women everywhere this compelling message of hope: “Most people aren’t really in love. They just act that way to aggravate their friends.”
Author: Nicola Griffith
Publisher: MCD x FSG Originals
ISBN: 0374265925
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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"[This novel is] the profoundly personal and emphatically political story of a confident woman forced to confront an unnerving new reality when in the space of a single week her wife leaves her and she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis"--Amazon.com.
Author: Robert Paul Wolff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Karl Marx's great work, Capital, has intrigued and puzzled readers for more than a century by its mystifyingly intricate arguments and dramatic literary embellishments. In this book, Robert Paul Wolff dispels much of the mystery surrounding Capital by providing a literary-philosophical analysis of the text and of Marx's intentions.
Author: Grace Wethor
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985034433
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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16 year old Grace Wethor brings levity and a fresh young eye to the twists and turns of modern cancer survival through poems, art, excerpts and chapter takeovers from other survivors in this exhilarating debut book. "A lot of people tell me "you're so lucky" after they hear my story. Well okay, first they say "OMG, I'm so sorry" and then they say "you're so lucky." But what is luck anyways? Would you have told me I was lucky three years ago when I was literally given a death sentence?"
Author: Dawn O’Porter
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008126089
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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*Dawn O’Porter’s brand new novel, CAT LADY, is available to buy now! * *The Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick* ‘A total joy’ Matt Haig ‘Unputdownable’ Marian Keyes
Author: Paul Zollo
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 0857127640
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 459
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“...the notoriously media-wary Petty responds...about his life, career, and craft…” Publishers Weekly Conversations with Tom Petty is the first authorized book to focus solely on the life and work of the man responsible for some of the most memorable rock anthems of our generation, including: American Girl, Breakdown, Don’t Come Around Here No More, I Won’t Back Down, Free Fallin’, Runnin’ Down a Dream, You Don’t Know How It Feels , and many others. He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 and his work with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, as well as his solo albums and those with the Traveling Wilburys, have been critically acclaimed the world over and have earned numerous Platinum-status awards from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), as well as Grammys, MTV Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and many other honours. Author, Paul Zollo, conducted a series of in-depth discussions with Tom about his career, with special focus on his song writing. The conversations are reprinted with little or no editorial comment alongside rare photographs of the legend and represent a unique perspective on Tom’s entire career.
