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We're Back!: The Wildest Show on Earth
by Francine HughesTwo New York City kids, Louie and Cecilia, meet four friendly dinosaurs that can talk! They all go to the Eccentric Circus, become hypnotized, then escape. Quick paced story.
A Tiger Walks
by Ian NiallYosef and Ram Sing stop in a small Welsh village, get a little drunk and release a tiger.
The Bremen-Town Musicians
by Ruth Belov GrossOn their way to Bremen-town, a donkey, a cat a rooster, and a dog, all planning on a new career in music, serenade some robbers.
The Other Man: A Love Story - John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette, and Me
by Michael BerginNow, for the first time, Michael Bergin reveals the truth behind a life lived in the limelight and a relationship shrouded in secrecy. From his early days growing up in a small blue-collar Connecticut town, to his meteoric rise as fashion icon and television star, to the passion he shared with the enigmatic and complex Carolyn Bessette, this is an inside look at the world of beauty, power, and celebrity. In 1992, Michael and Carolyn met in a bar in New York City. She was unlike any woman he had ever known - sophisticated, successful, with bewitching grace. An intensely passionate relationship was born. Not long after, Michael landed the coveted Calvin Klein underwear campaign, and his career took off. The future looked bright, and Carolyn and Michael seemed destined for a long and happy life together. But it was not to be. Four years later Michael was an international fashion icon and Carolyn was Mrs. John F. Kennedy Jr. - however, the story doesn't end there. This is the truth about their lives, a tale full of warmth, humor, heartbreak, and tragedy. Above all, The Other Man is a testament to the enduring power of love and a story about the painful choices we make with our all-too-human hearts.
Storming the Barricades
by Larry ChristiansenChristiansen's goal is to instill the sense of adventure and spirit that is so important to successful warfare on the chessboard. He warns - the kind of ruthless, aggressive chess described and celebrated in this book is not for the faint-hearted! He discusses king hunting, ripping apart the king position and when not to attack.
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations
by Al FrankenA snarky, sometimes vitriollic examination of the title proposition, as well as a number of other political scandals and issues of the past two decades.
The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family
by Mark I. PinskyReligion journalist Pinksy looks at the role religion and spirituality plays in The Simpsons.
Unauthorized America: A Travel Guide to the Places the Chamber of Commerce Won't Tell You About
by Vince Staten"The travel brochures never mention JFK's Love Nest, where he and Marilyn Monroe would meet for an after-noon tryst, or Elvis's Drugstore, where the King loaded up on downers. But let's face it: not everyone wants to spend summer vacation watching Junior slither down the water slide or trailing Grandpa as he treks from one historic marker to the next. Not everyone wants a Disney World vacation. This book boldly dares to take you where no travel brochures have taken you before, to the out-of-the-way sights and the offbeat vacation spots nobody touts. This is an underground guide to America, to the places that you Really want to see: where John Lennon was shot, where Margaret Mitchell was run over by a car, where Sean Penn punched out a photographer, where Fawn Hall shredded boss Ollie North's papers. These are the places the local Chamber of Commerce won't tell you about. But we will."
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
by Stefan FatsisStefan Fatsis first became intrigued with Scrabble as he watched serious players in New York's Washington Square. As he delved deeper, he found that professional players approached the game with obsessive zeal, memorizing word lists, comparing ratings, and calculating mathematical odds of drawing a winning rack of tiles. Fatsis himself became fascinated with the game and honed his own skills until he was able to enter tournaments with the pros. In this book Fatsis introduces many of the eccentrics who make Scrabble their life, and traces the history of the game from its origins in the 1930s.
Tales From Margaritaville: Fictional Facts and Factual Fictions
by Jimmy BuffettCollection of bizarre tales and essays from singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett
Ask The Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel
by Patrick SmithThough we routinely take to the air, for many of us flying remains mystery. Few of us understand the how and why of jetting from New York to London in six hours. How does a plane stay in the air? Can turbulence bring it down? What is windshear? How good are the security checks? Patrick Smith, an airline pilot and author of Salon.com's popular column, "Ask the Pilot," unravels the secrets and tells you all there is to know about the strange and fascinating work of commercial flight. He offers: A nuts and bolts explanation of how planes fly -Insights into safety and security -Straight talk about turbulence, air traffic control, windshear, and crashes -The history, color, and controversy of the world's airlines The awe and oddity of being a pilot The poetry and drama of airplanes, airports, and traveling abroad In a series of frank, often funny explanations and essays, Smith speaks eloquently to our fears and curiosities, incorporating anecdotes, memoir and a life's passion for flight. He tackles our toughest concerns, debunks conspiracy theories and myths, and in a rarely heard voice dares to return a dash of romance and glamour to air travel.
Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon -- The Case Against Celebrity
by Mark Ebner Andrew Breitbart"Reading Hollywood Interrupted is like sitting on a stakeout and having a telescopic view into the darkest reaches of the corruption and perversity of today's celebrity culture. From the very first page to the last, Breitbart and Ebner's probing reporting spells out in graphic detail how Hollywood lives by a set of norms the rest of America finds appropriately appalling--and endlessly fascinating. The authors have the unusual courage to take on Scientology. They provide revelations about Michael Jackson's sickness that go beyond even today's headlines. They rip the phony veneer off the political correctness of Rosie O'Donnell and Barbra Streisand. They give readers a behind-the-scenes understanding of how snooping private eyes and ruthless information brokers feed scoops to the tabloids. And, in one riveting chapter, they document how a young woman in the AOL backroom unmasked the bizarre fetishes of some of Tinseltown's top names. Hollywood. Interrupted no channel fluff. It's disturbing stuff. But it's all too real and it's utterly riveting."
Motorcycle Enlightenment
by Charles SidesALAN PIERCE-in his forties, divorced, clueless, a bit neurotic, without a job-can't find his way across the street without getting lost, it seems. The only thing Pierce knows for certain is where to find really good pizza on the Ocean City, New Jersey, boardwalk-and that's as far as he gets in his "cross-country motorcycle odyssey" in search of enlightenment. He ditches the idea of traveling to the West Coast (he can't find it), sells his motorcycle (he gets leg cramps), and digs in where he finds himself. As he searches for inner peace and self-understanding, his life becomes a paradoxical study of indirection: he goes by not going, he bikes by selling his bike. Following his "doughnut" wisdom, Alan calms down, relaxes his mind, and learns to meditate, all the while observing himself with the bemused and sometimes startled fascination of an anthropologist. Quirky, clever, and somehow actually instructive, Motorcycle Enlightenment is a stand-up comic's take on adventure along the spiritual path.
In the Kitchen with Rosie: Oprah's Favorite Recipes
by Rosie Daley50 of Oprah's favorite recipes, created by Rosie Daley, dishes that helped Oprah lose weight and feel good.
Confessions of a Stripper: Tales from the VIP Room
by Lacey LaneI started moving slowly, trying to work my way into the core of the beat. Soon, I forgot I was perched atop a bar and thought only of the music's rhythm, freeing my body to move in synch with the beat. I peeled my bottom wrap off seductively and hardly heard the whistles and catcalls that followed. Ditto for my top; I was now just a skimpy T-back away from full nudity, and the best part about it was that I was becoming more at ease with the situation. Or maybe I was an exhibitionist at heart. Or I was so goddam petrified that nothing mattered. Whatever the A A case, inside, I was celebrating. I truly felt liberated. / / Find out first-hand, as career stripper Lacey Lane unlocks the doors to the secret sanctums at the center of the action in gentlemen's clubs across America. Confessions of a Stripper puts you in the middle of the VIP Room, /here freaks, fetishists, scammers, and even normal guys match wits /ith the dancers. Here, outlandish fantasies are bought and sold, and Imost nothing is beyond the realm of possibility. These true stories, culled from Lane's years of performing in doz-is of clubs around the country, also provide the lowdown on the ins id outs of the topless trade, including suggestions on tipping, finessig the bouncers, negotiating for services, avoiding sucker traps, and ?s, even scoring a date with a dancer.
Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter
by Loretta Lynn George VecseyHere is the story of a resourceful woman whose talent has taken her a far piece from being nervous and pregnant and poor - a bride at thirteen, a mother of four by eighteen - in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, to reigning as America's undisputed queen of country music. Though still a coal miner's daughter at heart, Loretta Lynn is Big Time: the Country Music Association has feted her with more- honors than any other recording artist; she's the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year and the first woman in country music to win a gold record.
McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in the West Of Ireland
by Pete Mccarthy"It was half past five in the mornin' as I lurched through the front door of the B&B. Mrs. O'Sullivan appeared just in time to see me pause to admire the luminous Virgin holy water stand with integral night-light, and knock it off the wall. Politely declining the six rounds of ham sandwiches on the tray she was holding, I edged gingerly along the hallway to the wrong bedroom door and opened it." Despite the many exotic places Pete McCarthy has visited, he finds that nowhere else can match the particular magic of Ireland, his mother's homeland. In McCarthy's Bar, his journey begins in Cork and continues along the west coast to Donegal in the north. Traveling through spectacular landscapes, but at all times obeying the rule,"never pass a bar that has your name on it," he encounters McCarthy's bars up and down the land, meeting fascinating people before pleading to be let out at four o'clock in the morning. Through adventures with English hippies who have colonized a desolate mountain; roots-seeking, buffet-devouring American tourists; priests for whom the word "father" has a loaded meaning; enthusiastic Germans who "here since many years holidays are making;" and his fellow barefoot pilgrims on an island called Purgatory, Pete pursues the secrets of Ireland's global popularity and his own confused Irish-Anglo identity. Written by someone who is at once an insider and an outsider, McCarthy's Bar is a wonderfully funny and affectionate portrait of a rapidly changing country.
Harry and the Lady Next Door
by Gene Zion"One day Harry's family gave a party. They invited the lady next door. She came with her music. When she started to sing, Harry almost bit her leg. ... That night, Harry slept in the doghouse." What can Harry do? He tries many things in this hilarious adventure, but the lady next door just sings higher and louder until ... This is a delightful, fast-paced story for younger readers. This file should make an excellent embossed braille copy.
Writing the Short Film (second edition)
by Ken Dancyger Pat CooperWriters who want to write a fil will find this to be a useful book. The usefulness of this book goes beyond the writing or filmmaking class.
Honky Tonk Angel: the Intimate Story of Patsy Cline
by Ellis NassourEarthy, sexy, and vivacious, the life of beloved country singer, Patsy Cline, who soared from obscurity to international fame to tragic death in just thirty short years, is explored in colorful and poignant detail. An innovator—and even a hell-raiser—Cline broke all the boys’ club barriers of Nashville’s music business in the 1950s and brought a new Nashville sound to the nation with her pop hits and torch ballads like “Walking After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces“ and "Crazy.” She is the subject of a major Hollywood movie and countless articles, and her albums are still selling 45 years after her death. Ellis Nassour was the very first to write about Cline and did so with the cooperation of the stars who knew and loved her—including Jimmy Dean, Jan Howard, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Roger Miller, Dottie West, and Faron Young. He was the only writer to interview Cline's mother and husbands.
Berlioz The Bear
by Jan BrettBerlioz and band are on their way to play a concert. Their wagon gets stuck in a hole in the road and their mule can't get teh wagon out. Critters passing by try to help but the final push is provided by an unlikely character.
Pieces of Time: The Life of James Stewart
by Gary FishgallThis book covers the life of Jimmy Stewart, focusing primarily on each movie in which he acted and starred. There is no in-depth personal information, the book preferring to focus on each of his pictures and what critics of the day had to say about them. people
The Ragman's Son: An Autobiography
by Kirk DouglasRaised in poverty, longing for his father's approval, Issur Danielovitch went on to become a legendary Hollywood star - Kirk Douglas. Here in his own words is the story of his life.