The top female vocalist of the 1950s and '60s, Connie Francis recorded hit after hit, and became a world-wide success, recording in many languages. She was always dressed in the latest styles and her fashion sense makes her the perfect paper doll. The star herself helped to choose the clothes from her films, TV appearances and concerts. Three dolls and more than 20 glamorous vintage fashions, illustrated by David Wolfe.

Star-studded paper doll collection spotlights 16 rock and pop celebrities, including Rick Nelson, Diana Ross, Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin, Cass Elliott, Sly Stone, Eric Clapton, Roy Orbison, Cher, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, and others. Each is shown in 2 authentically rendered costumes. 16 plates of full-color dolls and costumes.

2 dolls and 24 costumes re-create the turn-of-the-century charm of the Gibson Girl. For doll collectors and fashion historians.

A very special collection of paper dolls by artists of today. Sponsored by the Original Paper Doll Artists Guild (OPDAG), 22 paper dolls by 22 artists are shown in full color, representing a wide variety of subjects and fashion eras including children, fashionable ladies, fanciful fairies, brides, cultural fashions, and contemporary designs. This impressive collaboration includes top paper doll artists and newcomers: Johana Anderton, Rebecca Baier, Larry Bassin, Ange Boursiquot, Michel-Victor Gdanov, Marilyn Henry, Judy M Johnson, Sylvia Kleindinst, Basia Koenig, Brenda Sneathen Mattox, Mary Mauritz, Kwei-lin Lum, Judy McDonald, Norma Lu Meehan, Dorte Meiling Nielsen, Pat Scarbrough, Laura Snow, Tom Tierney, Tere Tronson, Sandra Vanderpool, David Wolfe, Bobby Wyckoff. Edited by OPDAG publisher, Jenny Taliadoros.

“You know, Yossi, we couldn't dress like this in the Philippines… wear earrings, dye our hair, put on make up, lipstick. It's forbidden.” In Tel Aviv, Israel, a group of Filipino immigrants work as live-in carers for elderly Orthodox Jewish men. Six days a week they provide dedicated support to their employers. But on the seventh day they transform into a homespun, sassy musical drag act. Meet the Paper Dolls! An extraordinary true story exploring an unlikely collision of cultures and the universal desire to find 'home'. Based on Tomer Heymann's award-winning documentary of the same name, Paper Dolls explores changing patterns of global immigration and expanding notions of family through the prism of a community of Filipino transvestites who live illegally in Israel.

Language is a Girl's Best Friend -- "Germany and Our Mutual Fascination"--Where the Boys Are 1960-61 -- "Where The Boys Are" 1985 -- "Where The Boys Are" 2009-10 -- No Oscars for Boys -- Nashville-My Home Away From Home -- "Connie at the Copa" -- "This Is Your Life" -- "Darin at the Copa" -- Blame It On My Youth, Francis Albert -- "Oi" (Way) Marie-My Two Maries -- My Aunt Marie and Me -- Follow The Boys - Do I Have To? -- My Dream Home -- Some Like It Not -- "Viva Las Vegas" -- He's A Nice Guy, That Rickles -- "Nice To Meet You, Too, Frank" -- The Sinatra I Knew -- Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee, Charlie Maffia and Me -- "Over the Rainbow" (With Garland) -- "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down? Uncle Ray: "Cut the Shit, Princess!" -- Las Vegas, the Mob and a Little Girl from Jersey -- The Godfather and Me -- "A Rrrreally Big Shoo ..." -- "I'm Glad I Waited For You" -- Index

Paper dolls might seem the height of simplicity--quaint but simple toys, nothing more. But through the centuries paper figures have reflected religious and political beliefs, notions of womanhood, motherhood and family, the dictates of fashion, approaches to education, individual self-image and self-esteem, and ideas about death. This book examines paper dolls and their symbolism--from icons made by priests in ancient China to printable Kim Kardashians on the Internet--to show how these ephemeral objects have an enduring and sometimes surprising presence in history and culture.

The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle us. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, these stories are as eclectic and varied as shadows. This volume of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror offers more than four hundred pages of tales from some of today’s finest writers of the fantastique?sure to delight as well as disturb!