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Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College,...
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2017.
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English
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"The story behind the classic movie High Noon shares insights into the toxic political climate in which it was created, recounting how, during the film shoot, screenwriter Carl Foreman was interrogated and blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Searchers."--
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Pub. Date
2010
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English
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In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; her television show that won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run; and the sorrows that she overcame with her irresistible humor.
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Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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When the Rat Pack returns to Las Vegas for the premier of "Ocean's 11," Eddie G. lends his assistance to Frank Sinatra when he is asked to locate a girl with whom Frank had been supposed to meet, a quest that traps Eddie between the cops and gangsters.
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Centennial Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Celebrate the woman behind the iconic character: a comic genius, perfectionist, loyal wife and friend, savvy businesswoman and devoted mother who was light-years ahead of her time and whose trendsetting influence can still be felt today"--Back cover.
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English
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The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly.
In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked...
In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked...
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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When a rumor spreads that Frank Sinatra's ex-wife, Ava Gardner, was seen at the Sands Hotel & Casino in a state of distress, Eddie G. is asked to check it out. Ava is afraid she did something horrible during an alcoholic blackout and it falls to Eddie to fill in the blanks.
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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It's 1964, and Elvis Presley is heading to Vegas for the opening of his latest film, "Viva Las Vegas". Although he despises rock & roll, Frank Sinatra has always had time for Elvis. So when Elvis' manager contacts Frank to explain that Elvis is out of control and to request Frank's help in safeguarding him while he's in Vegas, Frank calls on Eddie as being just the man for the job. At the same time, Eddie must find out who put his friend, Vegas PI...
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Nancy Clancy volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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It's Nancy Clancy's time to shine as she takes center stage in the school play! There's no way Nancy will get stuck in the chorus again this year--she's been practicing guitar for months and her audition was superb. So when Nancy gets a callback, she's overwhelmed with joy! But after Nancy's performance during the play is captured on a video that gets posted on YouTube, it seems her stardom has gone viral. Will Nancy's humiliation get the best of...
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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"Sands Casino pit boss Eddie Gianelli squelches a sleazy photographer who's trying to blackmail Abby Dalton, Joey Bishop's TV wife. In the wake of the JFK assassination, which hits Frank Sinatra hard, Eddie has to escape a frame for murder while also helping to solve the kidnapping of Sinatra's 19-year-old son, Frankie. Saving his own neck is important, but good-hearted Eddie wants to prevent Sinatra from starting a bloodbath by sending his Mafia...
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