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Kirk Douglas More Is Never Enough
Oozing Masculinity, a Young Horndog Sets Out to Conquer Hollywood & To Bed Its Leading Ladies
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
Kirk Douglas was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, his father a collector and seller of rags. After service in the Navy during World War II, he moved to Hollywood, oozing masculinity and charm. Conquering Tinseltown and bedding its leading ladies, he became the personification of the American...
by Liliana Porter
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This book is your ultimate Sigourney Weaver resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Sigourney Weaver's whole picture right away. Get countless...
Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition
An Unauthorised Performance Biography
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, Star Trek: Into Darkness, The Hobbit trilogy, Twelve Years a Slave, August: Osage County, The Fifth Estate; Hedda Gabler, After the Dance, Frankenstein; Hawking, To the Ends of the Earth, The Last Enemy, Parade's End, and, of course, Sherlock. For most actors, these...
by J Porter
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
This Contemporaneous account tells of the destruction caused by the three consecutive devastating storms during the month of December 1839.First published in pamphlet form in 1840, Boston.
Storm Tossed
How a U.S. Serviceman Won the Battle of Sex Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
By the time Jake was nineteen he was viewing X-rated videos to feed an insatiable lust that was looking for an opportunity to act out. He found plenty of opportunities in Mediterranean ports while serving as an aviation ordinanceman aboard the USS America. At a time when the Gulf War was unfolding,...
by Nicholas Porter
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
An excellent ready Iain Glen reference. This book is your ultimate resource for Iain Glen. Here you will find the most up-to-date 131 Success Facts, Information, and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Iain Glen's...
Just Passin' Thru
A Vintage Store, the Appalachian Trail, and a Cast of Unforgettable Characters
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
Like a well-crafted stage play, Just Passin' Thru delivers one suspenseful scene after another. But in this historic setting -- a store on the Appalachian Trail called Mountain Crossings -- the characters who show up are no fictional creations. They are the real-life stars of the author's new life...
by Eleanor H. Porter
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
The young orphan Pollyanna is sent to live with her stern Aunt in a dour New England town. Refusing to be cast down by her circumstances, Pollyanna begins teaching the town "the glad game", which her father taught her. To play, one must find something to be glad about in every situation. Gradually, the...
Shakespeare's London
Everyday Life in London 1580-1616
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Shakespeare's London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that was growing so rapidly that the government took repeated, and ineffectual, steps to curb its expansion. From contemporary letters, journals and diaries,...
by Kevin J. Porter, Michael Bernard-Donals, Jeff Rice
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
This collection is organized around the concept of abduction, a logical operation introduced by Charles Sanders Peirce that explains how new ideas are formed in response to an uncertain future. Responding to this uncertain future with rigor and insight, each essay imagines new methods, concepts, and...
by Marc Gaskins, Sasha Johnson, Angelo Porter
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
A young boy struggles with the effects of cancer and dreams of a more normal life. These are the simple components of the emotional story written by teen authors Marc, Sasha, Angelo, and Sean. Experienced in working with young people, these teens uncovered the most important aspect of childhood: play....
All About Mom
From Mark Twain to Maya Angelou--Insights, Thoughts, And Life Lessons on Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2006
Nothing else in life compares to the one-of-a-kind bond mothers have with their children. Filled with more than 400 heartfelt reflections from such luminaries as Sylvia Plath, Booker T. Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, Jamaica Kincaid,...
The Seven Deadly Sins
A Celebration of Virtue and Vice
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
We live with the idea of sin every day – from the greatest transgressions to the tiniest misdemeanours. But surely the concept was invented for an age where divine retribution and eternal punishment dominated the collective consciousness?
In this lively collection of new writing, Nicola...