Book Description
"Inspired by the Autograph collection of the Los Angeles Public Library."
Author : Josh Kun
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 27,95 MB
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781626400597
"Inspired by the Autograph collection of the Los Angeles Public Library."
Author : Eric Burns
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 18,80 MB
Release :
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1616140925
A thoughtful, sensitively written tale about a man and his adolescent daughter after the death of the girl's mother. . . . This quietly uplifting book is for parents and children of all ages. -Advocate, Stamford, CTThis book is not only charming, but it contains some great wisdom. . . . It's a terrific book . . . a great gift for you, for your family. . . -Terry Meeuwsen, co-host of The 700 ClubEric Burns is a writer fighting for family values in a razzle-dazzle celebrity-laced culture. And the characters he creates here are geniune in description, dialogue, and emotions. -CompassA powerful indictment of a culture in celebrity's thrall . . . In this little work of fiction, he's told the shallow story of our time, pretending it's just a heart-warming tale about a different kind of princess and her dad. -NewsdayThis hard-cover gift book has the power to mist up the eyes of even the sternest reader. It will be especially potent for fathers and their daughters, if the latter are in their teens or older. Because of its message, it's one heck of an emotional gift for a girl or woman to give her dad if she admires him for the person he is rather than for the things he's accumulated. -Journal InquirerDo not expect to read [this book] and still have a dry eye. [It] will be every parent and child's favorite. -Barnes & Noble EventsFinally, a book for young readers that questions the meaning and importance of fame, a book that tries to put a few human priorities back where they belong. -Ellis Henican comments on Bloomberg Radio
Author : John Lahr
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 12,6 MB
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1453288767
DIVHailed as a “tour de force” by the New York Times, this irresistible novel captures John Lahr’s madcap genius /divDIV Meet Benny Walsh: busboy at the Homestead restaurant in New York City by day, compulsive autograph hunter by night. Known for going to extraordinary lengths for a much-coveted signature, Benny is also tangled up with an actress and fellow autograph hound named Gloria, and drawn into an embittered battle with his archenemy, a headwaiter with a grudge. Lahr’s acclaimed debut novel captures one wild week in Benny’s life. It is an introduction to a brilliantly drawn and determined character who will stay with you long after the final page./div
Author : Zadie Smith
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 2003-08-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1400034434
From the New York Times bestselling author of Swing Time and one of the most revered writers of her generation comes an "intelligent ... exquisitely clever [novel] about fame, mortality, and the triumph of image over reality” (The Boston Globe). Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. His business is to hunt for names on paper, collect them, sell them, and occasionally fake them—all to give the people what they want: a little piece of Fame. But what does Alex want? Only the return of his father, the end of religion, something for his headache, three different girls, infinite grace, and the rare autograph of forties movie actress Kitty Alexander. With fries. The Autograph Man is a deeply funny existential tour around the hollow trappings of modernity: celebrity, cinema, and the ugly triumph of symbol over experience. It offers further proof that Zadie Smith is one of the most staggeringly talented writers of her generation.
Author : Adrian Hoffman Joline
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 38,73 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Autographs
ISBN :
Author : Tony V Francis
Publisher : Manjul Publishing
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 12,10 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 938150699X
Author : George Wise
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 50,76 MB
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3846056510
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Author : Frederick George NETHERCLIFT
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 1855
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Vitamin C
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 42,12 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781558539105
No song in recent memory has captured the imagination of American youth as has GRADUATION (FRIENDS FOREVER) by pop star Vitamin C. Not only a success on the record charts, the hundreds of requests from high schools across the country asking for permission to play the song at commencement exercises are evidence of the incredible and enduring popularity of this song. This beautiful gift book contains the lyrics to GRADUATION (FRIENDS FOREVER) as well as pages on which students can have their friends sign as a special memory book.
Author : Mike Birbiglia
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1538701537
With laugh-out-loud funny parenting observations, the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one. In 2016 comedian Mike Birbiglia and poet Jennifer Hope Stein took their fourteen-month-old daughter Oona to the Nantucket Film Festival. When the festival director picked them up at the airport she asked Mike if he would perform at the storytelling night. She said, "The theme of the stories is jealousy." Jen quipped, "You're jealous of Oona. You should talk about that." And so Mike began sharing some of his darkest and funniest thoughts about the decision to have a child. Jen and Mike revealed to each other their sides of what had gone down during Jen's pregnancy and that first year with their child. Over the next couple years, these stories evolved into a Broadway show, and the more Mike performed it the more he heard how it resonated—not just with parents but also people who resist all kinds of change. So he pored over his journals, dug deeper, and created this book: The New One: Painfully True Stories From a Reluctant Dad. Along with hilarious and poignant stories he has never shared before, these pages are sprinkled with poetry Jen wrote as she navigated the same rocky shores of new parenthood. So here it is. This book is an experiment—sort of like a family.