Book Description
The legendary founding editor of "Cosmopolitan" magazine is also a master of correspondence: from rants to raves, from love notes to memos to the fashion editor. This book is a confection of her finest writing.
Author : Helen Gurley Brown
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 12,66 MB
Release : 2004-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780312317577
The legendary founding editor of "Cosmopolitan" magazine is also a master of correspondence: from rants to raves, from love notes to memos to the fashion editor. This book is a confection of her finest writing.
Author : Edward Lear
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 16,60 MB
Release : 2007-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1553378288
Edward Lear's beloved poem has charmed readers since it was first published in 1871. 4+ yrs.
Author : Peyo
Publisher : Papercutz
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 43,48 MB
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1629914088
From comics master Peyo (The Smurfs, Benny Breakiron) comes Pussycat--a lovable, mischievous tuxedo cat who spends his time chasing after milk and snacks and framing other members of his family for his shenanigans. This cat isn't exactly the noble hunting type-- he'd rather play a game of kickball with the resident mouse than chase after him-- and most of the humor originates from his clever, yet often foolish ways of trying to get what he wants (e.g. milk and snacks). Originally published in Spirou magazine in France, this is a delightful collection of comics that can be enjoyed by all-ages.
Author : Upendrakishore Roychoudhuri
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 2015-12-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8184758855
This book is a selection of the best of stories by Upendrakishore Roychoudhuri, and the most fascinating of his characters: Goopy and Bagha, dedicated but unsuccessful musicians who are cast out of their homes because their music drives their families and neighbours crazy; Tuntuni, the little bird; the clever fox; Majantali Sarkar, the cat; the intrepid Granny Hunchback; and many others. Swagata Deb’s vibrant translation brings Upendrakishore’s unique magic to a wider audience, giving a new lease of life to these evergreen tales.
Author : Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 18,49 MB
Release : 2015-05-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1503528952
In My Mothers Front Porch, four siblings celebrate their mothers life while struggling to deal with her declining years. Staying Connected offers an older persons frustrated yelp against technology mayhem. In 8th Grade Reunion, childhood friends discover who they are 35 years later. Brooklyn Rx follows a musical romance in a beloved neighborhood. In Sister Spirit, a chaplain nun makes a difference on Rikers Island. Homeland Security parodies a real threat of police protection.
Author : Amber Jo Illsley
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1452529019
Seamus OReilly can talk and he has plenty to say. To the adorable feline and notorious male chauvinist Reilly, the world is a fascinating place and he is the most fascinating part of it. Reilly manages to ingratiate himself with many of the people around him, providing he leaves his claws retracted. However Reilly, who is filled with feline attitude, is more than content to make enemies of most catsexcept his demure girlfriend. Katie OBrien, who is prone to becoming stuck on neighbours rooftops, must rely on subtle methods to overcome Reillys pushy ways and win him over. Caught in the middle of the big pussycats capers is Reillys owner who already knows there is no one the ornery feline is more protective of than her. In this semi-fictional story accompanied by illustrations and poetry, Reilly the cat continues with his carefree adventures, entertaining antics, and witty repartee with his girlfriend and his owner.
Author : Gerald Thomas
Publisher : Breakwater Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9781550810554
Newfoundland is well known for the strong traditions and folklore of its English-speaking inhabitants. Until recently, however, few outside this province realized that there is also a small but vigorous Francophone population, situated mainly on the west coast of the island in and around the Port au Port Peninsula. The culture and folklore, and particularly their storytelling traditions, are the focus of the work by noted folklorist and memorial university professor Gerald Thomas. Thomas has conducted extensive and exhaustive research on the Port au Port Peninsula for more than twenty years, focusing on, though not limited to, the music and story telling in Franco Newfoundland communities, through the study of the repertoire, context and lives on three people: Mrs. Blanche Ozone, Mrs. Angela Kerfont, and Emile Benoit.
Author : Gerri Hirshey
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0374712239
In Not Pretty Enough, Gerri Hirshey reconstructs the life of Helen Gurley Brown, the trailblazing editor of Cosmopolitan, whose daring career both recorded and led to a shift in the sexual and cultural politics of her time. When Helen Gurley Brown’s Sex and the Single Girl first appeared in 1962, it whistled into buttoned-down America like a bombshell: Brown declared that it was okay— even imperative—for unmarried women to have and enjoy a sex life, and that equal rights for women should extend to the bedroom and the workplace. “How dare you?” thundered newspapers, radio hosts, and (mostly male) citizens. But more than two million women bought the book and hailed her as a heroine. Brown was also pilloried as a scarlet woman and a traitor to the women’s movement when she took over the failing Hearst magazine Cosmopolitan and turned it into a fizzy pink guidebook for “do-me” feminism. As the first magazine geared to the rising wave of single working women, it sold wildly. Today, more than 68 million young women worldwide are still reading some form of Helen Gurley Brown’s audacious yet comforting brand of self-help. “HGB” wasn’t the ideal poster girl for secondwave feminism, but she certainly started the conversation. Brown campaigned for women’s reproductive freedom and advocated skill and “brazenry” both on the job and in the boudoir—along with serial plastic surgery. When she died in 2012, her front-page obituary in the New York Times noted that though she succumbed at ninety, “parts of her were considerably younger.” Her life story is astonishing, from her roots in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, to her single-girl decade as a Mad Men–era copywriter in Los Angeles, which informed her first bestseller, to her years at the helm of Cosmopolitan. Helen Gurley Brown told her own story many times, but coyly, with plenty of camouflage. Here, for the first time, is the unvarnished and decoded truth about “how she did it”—from her comet-like career to “bagging” her husband of half a century, the movie producer David Brown. Full of firsthand accounts of HGB from many of her closest friends and rediscovered, little-known interviews with the woman herself, Gerri Hirshey’s Not Pretty Enough is a vital biography that shines new light on the life of one of the most vibrant, vexing, and indelible women of the twentieth century.
Author : David Wood
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,23 MB
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1408176424
If there is anyone who should be the children's playwright laureate it is David Wood' (Evening Standard) The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See - '... the funniest, prettiest and most melodious children's show I have ever seen' (Guardian); The BFG - 'Any child not delighted by the BFG must have a head filled with squashed flies, and deserves to be fed for a year on disgustatious snozzcumbers' (Guardian); The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner - 'A milestone in children's entertainment' (Theatre Review); Save the Human - 'A first-rate show, it's colourful, entertaining and thought-provoking' (Sunderland Echo)
Author : Alexandra Powe Allred
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 30,28 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1612342930
The cat is out of the bag. Alexandra Powe Allred has written another fun- and fact-filled book in Potomac's Most WantedOao series, CatsOCO Most WantedOao: The Top 10 Book of Mysterious Mousers, Talented Tabbies, and Feline Oddities. Allred provides fascinating details about the history of the cat, from Greek mythology and medieval superstitions to the modern-day family pet. She also offers loads of trivia about this regal creature from which millions strive to gain affection.Curious about which breed is right for you? Allred has the facts, with lists of the best and worst breeds for kids, most dog-like cats, most unusual breeds, most popular names, and more. CatsOCO Most WantedOao also has tips on how to keep your cat healthy and to correct behavior problems. Believing that cats cannot be trained is the catOCOs joke on us! Allred also gives full details on Hollywood cats, such as Morris the Cat and Morris II, who had an unbelievable ability to stay where he had been put; big cats like the cheetah, the only member of the cat family that is unable to retract its claws, which might play an important role in the animalOCOs speed; and about remarkable rescue stories such as Precious, WestministerOCOs 2001 OC Cat of the Year, OCO who was discovered on a New York City roof after September 11, suffering from dehydration, burns, eye injuries from flying glass, and smoke inhalation."