Acres and Pains

Acres and Pains
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1580800165
ISBN-13 : 9781580800167
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Acres and Pains by : Sidney Joseph Perelman

Perelman's hilarious testament to the joys of owning country property, as he transforms from city lazybones to country squire at the family farm, Rising Gorge. Line drawings.

Matthau

Matthau
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Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9781461625193
ISBN-13 : 146162519X
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Matthau by : Rob Edelman

Funny yet down-to-earth, honest yet full of exaggeration, actor Walter Matthau (1920-2000) will always occupy a place in America's heart as one of the great comic talents of his generation. Born Walter Matuschanskayasky into Jewish tenements on New York's Lower East Side, he was a child actor in New York Yiddish theater, and later a World War II Air Force radioman-gunner. He paid dues for ten years on Broadway, in summer stock, and on television before landing his film debut The Kentuckian in 1955. By the time of his 1968 casting as cantankerous but lovable slob Oscar Madison in the film version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, Matthau had won major Hollywood stardom. Based on dozens of interviews and extensive research, this book covers the breadth of his often-complicated personal life and multi-faceted career, including his unforgettable performances in such films as The Fortune Cookie, A Guide for the Married Man, Plaza Suite, Charley Varrick, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Sunshine Boys, The Bad News Bears, California Suite, and Grumpy Old Men.

N.A.R.D. Notes

N.A.R.D. Notes
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Total Pages : 66
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015073264668
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Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis N.A.R.D. Notes by : National Association of Retail Druggists (U.S.)

From Radio to Television

From Radio to Television
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781476688367
ISBN-13 : 1476688362
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis From Radio to Television by : Vincent Terrace

The early years of television relied in part on successful narratives of another medium, as studios adapted radio programs like Boston Blackie and Defense Attorney to the small screen. Many shows were adapted more than once, like the radio program Blondie, which inspired six television adaptations and 28 theatrical films. These are but a few of the 1,164 programs covered in this volume. Each program entry contains a detailed story line, years of broadcast, performer and character casts and principal production credits where possible. Two appendices ("Almost a Transition" and "Television to Radio") and a performer's index conclude the book. This first-of-its-kind encyclopedia covers many little-known programs that have rarely been discussed in print (e.g., Real George, based on Me and Janie; Volume One, based on Quiet, Please; and Galaxy, based on X Minus One). Covered programs include The Great Gildersleeve, Howdy Doody, My Friend Irma, My Little Margie, Space Patrol and Vic and Sade.

A Cotteswold Manor

A Cotteswold Manor
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Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044081225559
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Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis A Cotteswold Manor by : Welbore St. Clair Baddeley

S.J. Perelman

S.J. Perelman
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Publisher : Praeger
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015012122027
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Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis S.J. Perelman by : Steven Gale

Filling a void with his critical study of an important American humorist, Steven H. Gale has provided a comprehensive description of S.J. Perelman's prose, plays, and screenplays, along with a biographical portrait which emphasizes his connections to other writers of his time. The work is supplemented by a chronology of events, a bibliographic essay, and a general subject index.

Restless in Carolina

Restless in Carolina
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Publisher : Multnomah
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1601421680
ISBN-13 : 9781601421685
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Restless in Carolina by : Tamara Leigh

Bridget Pickwick-Buchanan is on a mission. First she has to come to terms with being a widow at 33. Second, she needs to find an eco-friendly buyer for her family's estate--a Biltmore-inspired mansion surrounded by hundreds of acres of unspoiled forestland.

The Cradle of the Republic

The Cradle of the Republic
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Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X002027440
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Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cradle of the Republic by : Lyon Gardiner Tyler

Sorrowland

Sorrowland
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Publisher : MCD
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9780374722807
ISBN-13 : 0374722803
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Sorrowland by : Rivers Solomon

A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2021 A New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2021 The Stonewall Book Award winner of 2022 Named a Best Book of 2021 by NPR, The New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly and more! A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction. Vern—seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised—flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans to raise them far from the influence of the outside world. But even in the forest, Vern is a hunted woman. Forced to fight back against the community that refuses to let her go, she unleashes incredible brutality far beyond what a person should be capable of, her body wracked by inexplicable and uncanny changes. To understand her metamorphosis and to protect her small family, Vern has to face the past, and more troublingly, the future—outside the woods. Finding the truth will mean uncovering the secrets of the compound she fled but also the violent history in America that produced it. Rivers Solomon’s Sorrowland is a genre-bending work of Gothic fiction. Here, monsters aren’t just individuals, but entire nations. It is a searing, seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold, unignorable voice in American fiction.