Between 1963 and 2003, the Beatles Book chronicled the group`s remarkable career as it happened. During the Golden era of Beatlemania in the 1960s, the Beatles Book was the only officially authorised magazine and this gave them unique and unparalleled access to the band, visiting them backstage, in the recording studio, on the film set, in their homes and during all the other events that marked the Beatles` extraordinary progress from the Casbah Club in the backstreets of Liverpool to the biggest stadiums in the world! Among the contributors to the Beatles Book were many of their closest friend and associates, who were able to provide their private, personal insights into the group. This volume was compiled by Johnny Dean who edited...
Launched in March 1972 priced 20p, `Cosmopolitan` began as it meant to go on: The diet worth eating for; I was a sleep-around girl; How to turn a man on when he`s having problems in bed; Jilly Cooper on what makes David Niven and Roy Jenkins fantastic lovers. `The Best of Cosmopolitan: The 70s and 80s` is a fascinating trawl through these hallowed pages, the woman`s Bible to all things sex, fashion and romance. Featuring the very best of the big name interviews, frank relationship advice and just the occasional fashion faux pas, this is a must have purchase for all fans of the magazine.
In the fall of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in the small town of Oriental, North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart, setting them on radically divergent paths. Now, twenty-five years later, Amanda and Dawson are summoned back to Oriental for a funeral. Neither has lived the life they and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever changed their lives. Forced to confront painful memories, the two former lovers soon realize that everything they thought they knew-about...
One of Dickens` most popular novels, Great Expectations tells the story of an orphan called Pip and his attempts to rise from a poor childhood and become a gentleman. On his way, he meets memorable characters, such as Magwitch the convict, beautiful but arrogant Estella and eccentric Miss Havisham.Retold by Katrina Gormley.
At Davis & Dash, one of New York`s most prestigious publishing houses, five new authors will be published--but only one of them will be a bestseller. They have worked long and hard to write their novels of romance and murder, drama and love. But the story behind the stories is even more exciting. And the vicious competition to get the right agent, the perfect editor, and the choice spot on the bestseller list must be seen to be believed. Master novelist Olivia Goldsmith, bestselling author of The First Wives Club and Marrying Mom, takes a scathing and hilarious inside look at the deviously cutthroat world of publishing. She pierces egos, produces the dish, and punctures more than a few careers in this one-of-a-kind novel where dreams...
ISBN: 0-06-109608-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes, and keep him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again. But Fate has other plans, and it`s not long before Min and Cal meet again. Soon, they`re dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kreme donuts, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a freakishly intelligent cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of. Including...
Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes and keeps him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again. But Fate has other plans and it`s not long before Min and Cal meet again. Soon, they`re dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kreme donuts, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a freakishly intelligent cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of. Including...
ISBN: 978-0-312-98785-5
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
"Beth Levine Shoes" is a showcase of gorgeous, full-color photographs of Beth Levine`s groundbreaking shoe design and the story of this pioneering woman who went from Long Island farm girl to shoemaker for stars such as Nancy Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, and Barbra Streisand. Although she was a truly visionary designer, Levine`s shoes were sold under her husband`s name because female shoe designers were unheard of in her time. This book will give her the credit she deserves for her fashion-forward work, including introducing mules, stilettos, and fashion boots to the American market. Her work is featured in museums around the world. Her designs are still setting trends today and in photographs look as fresh now as when they were first...
Lauren Kate`s irresistible first novel, The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove, features the most ruthlessly ambitious heroine since Lady Macbeth. Natalie is utterly determined to cement her position at the top of the high school social ladder by becoming prom queen. When it looks like an interfering ex-boyfriend might get in her way, she devises a little prank to humiliate him. But when the prank goes devastatingly wrong, Natalie starts to lose control of her life. Caught in a web of dark secrets, shame and abuse of power, it`s not guilt that eventually defeats Natalie. It`s fate: the only thing she can`t
ISBN: 978-0-552-56372-7
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Tallie Jones is a Hollywood legend. An ambitious and passionate film director, her award-winning productions achieve the rare combination of critical and commercial success. But she has little interest in the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, instead focusing intently on her work and family. She has close, loving relationships with her daughter, her elderly father and Hunter Lloyd - her co-producer and partner of four years. Completing her trusted circle is Brigitte Parker - Tallie`s best friend and devoted personal assistant. They`ve been friends since film school, and Brigitte`s polished glamour and highly organized style provides a perfect balance to Tallie`s casual appearance and down-to-earth approach to life. However as Tallie is...
All any of us could talk about was Chris`s disappearance and how bizarre it was that he had last been seen so close to the House of Night. I didn`t want to believe it. But everything inside me said that the kid would be found, but he`d be found Things seem to be going pretty well for Zoey Redbird. She`s settled in at the House of Night finishing school and is coming to terms with her incredible new powers. It all seems too good to be true. And guess what? Someone has begun murdering human teenagers, and all evidence points to the vampyres at Zoey`s school. Which means her first assignment as the leader of the Dark Daughers is finding out which one of her classmates or gulp teachers is a killer. Sigh. And she thought her boyfriends (yes:...
ISBN: 978-1-905654-32-1
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Fledgling vampire Zoey Redbird has managed to settle in at the House of Night. She`s come to terms with the vast powers the vampire goddess, Nyx, has given her, and is getting a handle on being the new Leader of the Dark Daughters. Best of all, Zoey finally feels like she belongs - like she really fits in. She actually has a two. Then the unthinkable happens: Human teenagers are being killed, and all the evidence points to the House of Night. While danger stalks the humans from Zoey`s old life, she begins to realize that the very powers that make her so unique might also threaten those she loves. Then, when she needs her new friends the most, death strikes the House of Night, and Zoey must find the courage to face a betrayal that could...
ISBN: 978-0-312-36028-3
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and The Blank Slate, argues that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. Extraordinarily, however, Steven Pinker shows violence within and between societies - both murder and warfare - really has declined from prehistory to today. We are much less likely to die at someone else`s hands than ever before. Even the horrific carnage of the last century, when compared to the dangers of pre-state societies, is part of this trend. Debunking both the idea...
ISBN: 978-0-14-103464-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Better Writing Through Editing teaches intermediate students how to edit their own writing for correct sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and expression. Using a systematic approach for studying writing and editing problems, students discover the
`Hunter S. Thompson is to drug-addled, stream-of-consciousness, psycho-political black humor what Forrest Gump is to idiot savants` Philadelphia Inquirer Since his blazing 1972 opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In Better than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again without leaving home yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign, in all of its horror, sacrifice, lust, and dubious glory. Complete with faxes sent to and received by candidate Clinton`s top aides, and 100 per cent pure gonzo screeds on Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Oliver North, here is the most true-blue campaign tell-all...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51075-2
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882—1941) was an English writer and literary critic, the leading figure of the modernist literature of the first half of the twentieth century. She also was part of a group of English intellectuals, writers, and artists, graduates of Cambridge, called the Bloomsbury group. The story of the novel "Between the Acts" takes place in an English country house right before the Second World War, in the day of the pageant, the annual celebration of English history attended by the local community. It tells the story of the Oliver family, their hopes, worries, desires, and serves as a moving valedictory, as it is the last thing that Virginia Woolf ever wrote. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07855-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Outwardly a novel about life in a country house in whose grounds there is to be a pageant, Between the Acts is also a striking evocation of English experience in the months leading up to the Second World War. Through dialogue, humour and the passionate musings of the characters, Virginia Woolf explores how a community is formed (and scattered) over time. The tableau, a series of scenes from English history, and the private dramas that go on between the acts are closely interlinked. Through the figure of Miss La Trobe, author of the pageant, Virginia Woolf guestions imperialist assumptions and, at the same time, re-creates the elusive role of the artist.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118452-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
