Addie And The King Of Hearts

Author : Gail Rock
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497673844
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Addie and the King of Hearts written by Gail Rock and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1949 a special Valentine’s Day dance in small-town Nebraska teaches thirteen-year-old Addie about real love Kids in Addie’s seventh-grade class are starting to exchange rings and go steady, but Addie hates all that mush. When she grows up, she plans to be a real artist in New York City and never get married. Addie’s best friend is Carla Mae Carter, whose family lives next door. Addie’s worst friend, for as long as she can remember, has been annoying Tanya Smithers, who plans on becoming a ballet dancer. She’s always twirling around or striking a dramatic pose to remind everyone how talented she is. Addie definitely does not have a crush on Billy Wild, even if he is tall and cute and has dark, curly hair and blue eyes. She’s way too busy with her art for such silliness. Anyway, Tanya likes Billy—and they can have each other as far as Addie is concerned. But after Christmas break, the seventh-grade class gets a new teacher, Mr. Davenport, who has movie-star looks and studied art in college and even takes a special interest in Addie’s paintings. Addie starts to notice a strange feeling in her stomach when she’s around the handsome young teacher. Is this what love feels like? Is this what all the other girls have been giggling about? Addie suddenly starts to care about wearing dresses instead of jeans and getting her hairstyle just right. Will Addie get her moment with Mr. Davenport at the Valentine’s Day dance? Or will her true king of hearts be someone in her class—someone she never expected?

Author : Gail Rock
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497673828
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thanksgiving Treasure written by Gail Rock and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Clear River, Nebraska, in 1947, the real meaning of Thanksgiving is friendship and forgiveness—can the holiday end an ancient feud between Addie’s father and his nemesis? Eleven-year-old Addie and her best friend, Carla Mae, are looking forward to Thanksgiving in their small hometown. When the girls make their annual bike ride into the country to pick cattails, milkweed pods, thistles, and gold leaves for their autumn bouquets, they find themselves near Old Man Rehnquist’s farm. Mr. Rehnquist and Addie’s father became archenemies years ago during a feud over a pond that her dad dug for the farmer. At school, Addie and Carla are taught that Thanksgiving is a time for fellowship, and Addie has a great idea. She’ll invite Mr. Rehnquist to Thanksgiving dinner! Will her dad and the grumpy old man be able to bury the hatchet—or will Thanksgiving be the start of a new war between the neighbors? Can the real meaning of Thanksgiving win out?

Author : Gail Rock
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497673836
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dream for Addie written by Gail Rock and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of a famous actress in twelve-year-old Addie’s small hometown makes the Easter of 1948 one she will never forget Pigtailed and bespectacled, Addie lives with her dad and her grandma in Clear River, Nebraska. She dreams of a grown-up life in New York or Paris as a famous artist with famous-artist friends. The most exciting part of Addie’s sixth-grade year has been sewing fancy Easter dresses for the school fashion show with her best friend, Carla Mae, and dyeing Easter eggs until their fingers are stained like rainbows. That is, until famous Broadway actress Constance Payne comes to town to attend her mother’s funeral. Addie and her friends set off on a mission to meet the most exotic woman their town has ever seen. They even convince Constance to present the grand prize at the school style show! But when something goes awry at the awards presentation, Constance turns out not to be quite the glamorous celebrity Addie expected. Will Addie’s dream of getting to know the famous actress come true? Or will she learn the meaning of friendship the hard way?

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476689695
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holiday Specials on Television, 1939-2021 written by Vincent Terrace and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1939, NBC's fledgling television station W2XBS broadcast the first known holiday special, The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Despite its small viewership (very few TV sets existed at the time), the experimental telecast was a harbinger of a now-beloved American tradition: the holiday television special. This book offers a thorough account of holiday television specials in the United States from 1939 to 2021, highlighting variety shows, comedic performances, musical spectaculars and more. From familiar favorites (1964's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) to campy one-offs (1985's He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special), the 1140 programs are covered alphabetically and feature performance casts, production credits and storylines for each. Three appendices cover "lost" holiday specials, along with Christmas and Halloween-themed episodes of popular television series.

Author : Gail Rock
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 149767381X
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House without a Christmas Tree written by Gail Rock and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Christmastime in 1946, and all Addie wants is a pair of cowboy boots and a Christmas tree Ten-year-old Addie lives in Clear River, Nebraska, population fifteen hundred, with her stoic but loving father and quirky grandmother. Carla Mae is her neighbor and best friend in the fifth grade. Carla Mae’s house is different than Addie’s—she has five siblings and another on the way, while Addie is an only child. It’s the week before Christmas, and shopping lists are at the front of the girls’ minds. Addie’s house doesn’t have a tree—her dad says they are a waste of money, and they’ll be opening presents at Uncle Will’s anyway. Uncle Will has a tree, but to Addie, it doesn’t feel like Christmas without a tree of their own. Then she comes up with the perfect plan. Will it make this the best Christmas they’ve ever had, or will her father never forgive her?

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786474440
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Television Specials written by Vincent Terrace and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a complete revision of the author's 1993 McFarland book Television Specials that not only updates entries contained within that edition, but adds numerous programs not previously covered, including beauty pageants, parades, awards programs, Broadway and opera adaptations, musicals produced especially for television, holiday specials (e.g., Christmas and New Year's Eve), the early 1936-1947 experimental specials, honors specials. In short, this is a reference work to 5,336 programs--the most complete source for television specials ever published.

Author : Jerry Roberts
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810863782
Total Pages : 863 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors written by Jerry Roberts and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-06-05 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From live productions of the 1950s like Requiem for a Heavyweight to big budget mini-series like Band of Brothers, long-form television programs have been helmed by some of the most creative and accomplished names in directing. Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors brings attention to the directors of these productions, citing every director of stand alone long-form television programs: made for TV movies, movie-length pilots, mini-series, and feature-length anthology programs, as well as drama, comedy, and musical specials of more than 60 minutes. Each of the nearly 2,000 entries provides a brief career sketch of the director, his or her notable works, awards, and a filmography. Many entries also provide brief discussions of key shows, movies, and other productions. Appendixes include Emmy Awards, DGA Awards, and other accolades, as well as a list of anthology programs. A much-needed reference that celebrates these often-neglected artists, Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of the medium.

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : VNR AG
ISBN 13 : 9780918432711
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials written by Vincent Terrace and published by VNR AG. This book was released on 1986 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Shayne
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480442550
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Double Life written by Alan Shayne and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating, frank and page-turning memoir about the lifelong love affair of two extraordinary men” (Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City). The human story at the center of this debate is told in Double Life, a dual memoir by a gay male couple in a fifty-plus year relationship. With high profiles in the entertainment, advertising, and art communities, the authors offer a virtual timeline of how gay relationships have gained acceptance in the last half-century. At the same time, they share inside stories from film, television, and media featuring the likes of Marlon Brando, Katharine Hepburn, Rock Hudson, Barbra Streisand, Laurence Olivier, Truman Capote, Bette Davis, Robert Redford, Lee Radziwill, and Frances Lear. Double Life is a trip through the entertainment world and a gay partnership in the latter half of the twentieth century. As more and more same sex couples find it possible to say “I do,” the book serves as an important document of how far we’ve come.

Author : Don Franks
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476608067
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Entertainment Awards written by Don Franks and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What show won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 1984? Who won the Oscar as Best Director in 1929? What actor won the Best Actor Obie for his work in Futz in 1967? Who was named “Comedian of the Year” by the Country Music Association in 1967? Whose album was named “Record of the Year” by the American Music Awards in 1991? What did the National Broadway Theatre Awards name as the “Best Musical” in 2003? This thoroughly updated, revised and “highly recommended” (Library Journal) reference work lists over 15,000 winners of twenty major entertainment awards: the Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy, Country Music Association, New York Film Critics, Pulitzer Prize for Theater, Tony, Obie, New York Drama Critic’s Circle, Prime Time Emmy, Daytime Emmy, the American Music Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the National Broadway Theatre Awards (touring Broadway plays), the National Association of Broadcasters Awards, the American Film Institute Awards and Peabody. Production personnel and special honors are also provided.