Traces types of screen love from unselfish sacrifice to sexual obsession, providing photographs and commentary on Hollywood's most romantic screen couples

Streisand: A Biography is much more than the story of the world's greatest living performer, how she got there, and why she remains at the top after three decades, it is also, in Anne Edward's sure hands, a compelling chronicle of a woman's fight to validate her appearance, her talent, and her right to love and be loved. Time and time again Streisand has demonstrated the ability to reinvent herself to keep pace with the continuing changes in musical taste. This updated edition of Edwards's pioneering biography chronicles her public life as a political activist as well as her private life as Mrs. James Brolin.

Film and television adaptations of classic literature have held a longstanding appeal for audiences, an appeal that this book sets out to examine. With a particular focus on Wuthering Heights , the book examines adaptations made from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, providing an understanding of how they help shape our cultural landscape.

Throughout the history of the movies, certain couples have captured our imagination. "Lovers" is a rare and vibrant celebration of the actors and actresses who have personified and glorified our romantic fantasies over the last 6 decades: Garbo and Gilbert, Gable and Harlow, Crawford and Gable, Astaire and Rogers, Loy and Powell, MacDonald and Eddy, Flynn and De Havilland, Garland and Rooney, Garson and Pidgeon, Bogart and Bacall, Leigh and Olivier, Taylor and Burton, Newman and Woodward, Hepburn and Tracy, Allen and Keaton, and Allen and Farrow. Includes 232 extraordinary movie stills; some never before seen in print, all lavishly reproduced in B & W duotone.

This book offers an inquiry into the ways in which entertainment discourse extends beyond entertainment and its initial humorous function due to its political and ideological underpinnings. Rather than considering entertainment discourse as “just for fun”, this book justifies the importance of taking it seriously. Humorous features in entertainment discourses can trivialize some stereotypical moments, and, in doing so, encourage viewers to downplay the seriousness of the events they are watching. In other words, these stereotypical images are camouflaged and mitigated by the inclusion of humorous elements and imaginative images, which can lead the audience to perceive them as natural scenes that do not deserve criticism. Embedding banalities within entertainment discourses remains an effective strategy that drives the audience to laugh, meaning that they fail to detect the embedded ideologies regarding different cultures and identities. This confirms the fact that “small talk” can often become “big talk”.

A unique anthology featuring adoption-themed fictional short stories from a diverse range of celebrated Young Adult authors. The all-star roster includes Mindy McGinnis, Adi Alsaid, Lauren Gibaldi, and many more.

Stuffed with lore, history, tips, tricks and theories about love, romance, and relationships, The Lovers' Book is the ultimate-and almost erudite-confection for everyone who is in love or wants to attract a lover. Charmingly designed and simply but elegantly presented, The Lovers' Book can be the perfect starter for a new romance or reviver of a long-term one. In The Lovers' Book, students of the art of attraction will find: --All the types of kisses (from butterfly to vacuum and French) --A lover's glossary (from "oscillation" to "uxorious") --The perfect recipes for breakfast in bed (from Champagne fizz to strawberries dipped in honey) --The most romantic places in the United States (from Charleston, SC to New Orleans, LA) --The ten most romantic movies (from "An Affair to Remember" to "Titanic") --The most fascinating stories from lovers throughout history (from Elizabeth Barrett Browning & Robert Browning to Annie Oakley and Frank Butler) --The science behind falling in love (from why attraction happens to what makes it stick, chemically) Full of swoonworthy tips, facts and amorous anecdotes, The Lovers' Book is a far smarter gift than that ubiquitous box of chocolates or tired old red rose bouquet.