Gilda: 48 books

To honor the twentieth anniversary of beloved comedienne Gilda Radner’s death from ovarian cancer comes a commemo- rative edition of her memoir, It’s Always Something—featuring a newly updated resource guide for people living with cancer and a tribute by Radner’s former colleagues at Saturday...

Gilda is a woman who has never had to fight for anyone or anything. Her determination is a great strength. Born to a middle-class New York family, she has had everything necessary for a healthy life. Unfortunately, she did not have the luxury of having being born with a silver spoon or on an platinum...

What’s a woman to do when one Prince Charming after another turns out to be a frog? Dr. Gilda Carle cautions against bestowing “princely” expectations on a man. “When you dream of princes, you wake up with toads,” her Gilda-Gram warns. As an alternative, she shows singles the secrets to attracting...

Can you imagine waking up one day, announcing you are taking a trip to a distant landmark and driving off, with no directions, no plans? What are the chances that taking any road that appeals to you would actually get you where you wanted to go? So many of us treat our lives that way. We don't think...

In this nonfiction memoir, My Father's Daughter From Rome to Sicily, we are captivated by a trilogy travel adventure, with ancient sites of Rome, contrasting the landscape of a picturesque countryside, the seaside villages of Sicily, and olive trees in the valley of Mount Etna. This Novello Literary...

Cockney Girl is a second-generation Jewish-British childs eyewitness account of tumultuous East London and her eccentric family in England 1934-1950. The writer was then aged 5-20. This zeitgeist, before, during and after World War two, is based on memories and diaries and is, according to Elie Wiesel,...

An essential handbook for students and professionals on writing eloquently, accurately, and originally about contemporary art How to Write About Contemporary Art is the definitive guide to writing engagingly about the art of our time. Invaluable for students, arts professionals and other aspiring...

Today the achievement gap is hotly debated among pundits, politicians, and educators. In particular this conversation often focuses on the two fastest-growing demographic groups in the United States: Asian Americans and Latinos. In Academic Profiling, Gilda L. Ochoa addresses this so-called gap by going...

Garbatella, Roma, una mite sera di primavera. Sulla soglia della più rinomata pasticceria del quartiere, una giovane studentessa si accascia, uccisa da un proiettile. È una morte inspiegabile: nessun’arma del delitto, nessun sospettato, nulla nel passato o nella vita della vittima che permetta...

O quadro 'As meninas', de Velázquez chega de uma forma surpreendente ao laboratório da neurocientista Ana Pamplona e dá início a uma série de questionamentos sobre seu passado. Ana e seus amigos precisam encontrar a linhagem de um gene especial. Entre suas descobertas, são reveladas Ordens Ocultas...

'Every page is a delight. Every chapter made vivid by a writer who has poured heart and soul into her book'. Val Hennessy, Daily Mail The East End of London - cockneys, criminals, street markets, pub singalongs, dog racing, jellied eels ... it is a place at once appealing and unruly, comforting...

This book foretells of events that will occur in 2012, and into the new millennium. It has a unique yet controversial edge, that involves extraterrestrials arriving on Earth to assist mankind. Actual contact has been made through the medium Gilda. Through her transcripts and questions, she answers...

On the surface, Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants to the United States seem to share a common cultural identity but often make uneasy neighbors. Discrimination and assimilationist policies have influenced generations of Mexican Americans so that some now fear that the status they have gained by...

A settembre le sere romane sono ancora calde e accoglienti, i giovani si riversano per le strade per vivere gli ultimi giorni d’estate. All’alba il risveglio ha il colore del sangue: sul lungotevere viene trovato il corpo senza vita di una ragazza, atrocemente mutilata. La fine delle vacanze si...