Entirely Up To You Darling

Author : Diana Hawkins
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448106044
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Entirely Up to You, Darling written by Diana Hawkins and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Attenborough and Diana Hawkins have been friends and colleagues for nearly 50 years.They have now teamed up to write this frank and funny account of their unlikely partnership and his extraordinary life. Together, laughing and squabbling, they have travelled the world, meeting people and making films. Among the eclectic cast of characters who appear in this two-handed memoir are Steve McQueen, Mother Teresa, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Mugabe, Edward G Robinson, Ronald Reagan, David Lean, Margaret Thatcher, John Mills, Steven Spielberg, Noel Coward, Indira Gandhi, Gordon Brown and Nelson Mandela. Prompted by his adventures in the movie business, Attenborough reflects on the highs and lows of a long life, both in and out of the public gaze. He writes revealingly of his passion for football and politics, of his avuncular relationship with Princess Diana and finally about the tsunami tragedy which engulfed his family in December 2004.

Author : Sally Dux
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526111780
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard Attenborough written by Sally Dux and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Attenborough’s film career has stretched across seven decades; surprisingly, Sally Dux’s book is the first detailed scholarly analysis of his work as a filmmaker. Concentrating on his work behind the camera, she explores his initial role as a producer, including his partnerships with Bryan Forbes in Beaver Films (1959–64) and with Allied Film Makers (1960–64). As we know, Attenborough went on to direct twelve films, many of which achieved great acclaim, most notably Gandhi, which won eight Academy Awards in 1982 Attenborough is most renowned for his biographical films including Young Winston, Cry Freedom, Chaplin and Shadowlands, which helped to establish the genre within British cinema. Although his work has often attracted controversy, particularly regarding the representation of individuals and historical events, his films are noted for extracting acclaimed performances from unknown actors such as Ben Kingsley (Gandhi), while maintaining his moral and thematic concerns.

Author : Harry Berry
Publisher : Authors On Line Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780755201556
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Darling Wife, Or, How I Passed the Time of Day Between 18th April 1940 and 5th November 1945 written by Harry Berry and published by Authors On Line Ltd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a detailed account, told mainly in the form of the true letters and dairy notes of one young man s experience of World War II from the day he was called up to the day he returned home almost five years later. There are no heroics, no sex, and any drama is hidden between the lines. The letters to his wife, Gwen, are matter-of-fact, at times almost naive, but often with a touch of humour. They were written in uncomfortable and sometimes primitive conditions from barrack rooms in England, India and Malaya, from the crowded decks of troopships and as censored postcards and letters from Japanese POW Camps in Singapore, Taiwan and Japan. They appear exactly as written. Nothing added, nothing taken away. Parts of the Diary and other notes written during the first 19 months of captivity were confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Army in Tokyo. The remainder were hidden and brought safely home. Harry Berry's wife Gwen, never gave up hope even though it was 18 months from the fall of Singapore before she received news of her husband. She kept all his letters, without which this small insignificant slice of 20th century history would never have been preserved for posterity! "

Author : Megan McCafferty
Publisher : Broadway Books
ISBN 13 : 0676806643
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sloppy Firsts written by Megan McCafferty and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2002-03-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the New York Times bestselling Jessica Darling series When her best friend, Hope Weaver, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated. A fish out of water at school and a stranger at home, Jessica feels more lost than ever now that the only person with whom she could really communicate has gone. How is she supposed to deal with the boy- and shopping-crazy girls at school, her dad’s obsession with her track meets, her mother salivating over big sister Bethany’s lavish wedding, and her nonexistent love life? A fresh, funny, utterly compelling novel, Sloppy Firsts is an insightful, true-to-life look at Jessica’s predicament as she embarks on another year of teenage torment. From the dark days of Hope’s departure through her months as a type-A personality turned insomniac to her completely mixed-up feelings about Marcus Flutie, the intelligent and mysterious “Dreg” who works his way into her heart, this poignant, hilarious novel is sure to appeal to readers who are still going through it, as well as those who are grateful that they don’t have to go back and grow up all over again. “A hilarious trip down memory lane. You’ll laugh out loud–and cringe–as this first novel by McCafferty takes you back to the soap opera that was high school.”—Glamour

Author : Gabriel Tallent
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735211183
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Absolute Darling written by Gabriel Tallent and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FINALIST ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST’S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF NPR’S ‘GREAT READS’ OF 2017 A USA TODAY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN AMAZON.COM BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A BUSINESS INSIDER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Impossible to put down." —NPR "A novel that readers will gulp down, gasping.” —The Washington Post "The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one." —Stephen King A brilliant and immersive, all-consuming read about one fourteen-year-old girl's heart-stopping fight for her own soul. Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But while her physical world is expansive, her personal one is small and treacherous: Turtle has grown up isolated since the death of her mother, in the thrall of her tortured and charismatic father, Martin. Her social existence is confined to the middle school (where she fends off the interest of anyone, student or teacher, who might penetrate her shell) and to her life with her father. Then Turtle meets Jacob, a high-school boy who tells jokes, lives in a big clean house, and looks at Turtle as if she is the sunrise. And for the first time, the larger world begins to come into focus: her life with Martin is neither safe nor sustainable. Motivated by her first experience with real friendship and a teenage crush, Turtle starts to imagine escape, using the very survival skills her father devoted himself to teaching her. What follows is a harrowing story of bravery and redemption. With Turtle's escalating acts of physical and emotional courage, the reader watches, heart in throat, as this teenage girl struggles to become her own hero—and in the process, becomes ours as well. Shot through with striking language in a fierce natural setting, My Absolute Darling is an urgently told, profoundly moving read that marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.

Author : Geoffrey Macnab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350140716
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Film Industry in 25 Careers written by Geoffrey Macnab and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against considerable odds, have become successful producers, distributors, writers, directors, editors, props masters, publicists, special effects technicians, talent scouts, stars and, sometimes, even moguls. Some, such as Richard Attenborough and David Puttnam, are well-known names. Others, such as the screenwriter and editor Alma Reville, also known as Mrs Alfred Hitchcock; Constance Smith, the 'lost star' of British cinema, or the producer Betty Box and her director sister Muriel, are far less well known. What they all have in common, though, is that they found their own pathways into the British film business, overcoming barriers of nationality, race, class and gender to do so. Counterpointing the essays on historical figures are interviews with contemporaries including the director Amma Asante, the writer and filmmaker Julian Fellowes, artist and director Isaac Julien, novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi, and media entrepreneur Efe Cakarel, founder of the online film platform MUBI, who've come into today's industry, adjusting to an era in which production and releasing models are changing – and in which films are distributed digitally as well as theatrically.

Author : Millie E. Wheeler
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434925374
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Loves of Ms. Millie written by Millie E. Wheeler and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mildred was born in this world to parents of middle age. Although the exact circumstances were not explained to her, it was clear her birth changed their life and their lifestyle as time passed. Her life rapidly changed as she grew older, attending high school, going to dances, taking part-time jobs . . . then on the way to Canada with friends, she sat close to an interesting guy, whom she never thought would be her husband. They both liked each other, but it was World War II so Paul had to enlist for service. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, but she found her strength from her husband¿s soldier friends, especially Carl, who she corresponded with from then on, until romantic feelings for each other sparked and led them to a happy married life. The Life and Loves of Ms. Millie, by Millie E. Wheeler, is an interesting love story supported by actual copies of love letters.

Author : Michael Demers
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 149075783X
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Becoming Adam written by Michael Demers and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 4 of the Becoming Adam series continues the contemporary saga that has become the love/unlove story of Michael and Jenthe beautiful wife Michael abandoned in her garden in search of his dream to find "Eve," the woman with whom he hopes to share a perfect love gone right. Michael knew when he left home that he was growing older, that he didn't have a whole lot of time to fulfill his fantasy. Now he discovers a time bomb growing in his body; he's told that he is dying. How do Michael's dear ones, the women he met along the way, handle the news? How does Jen react? Will they move closer or further apart? What pearls of wisdom and what true experiences does Michael add to the stories hospice nurse Suzanne tells as he unexpectedly begins to live out his own dying? Does law of attraction continue to play a big part in his life? Michael concludes this book by writing: "I am content because I rise above contention and go forward with love and purpose. Its easy to be who I am, I am Becoming Adam, I walk always towards the greater light. It is there in the garden that a perfect love awaits my coming. Ill soon be there, Im going home . . ." Is he referring to a garden in heaven, or is Michael going home to Jen?

Author : Grace Livingston Hill
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1634095359
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flower Brides written by Grace Livingston Hill and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved author Grace Livingston Hill has been delighting romance readers for generations. This collection of three full-length novels is sure to sweetly satisfy. In Marigold, the lovely Marigold Brooke travels to Washington, DC, where one man sweeps her off her feet, but another helps her see what real love—and faith—are all about. In Mystery Flowers, Diana Disston is heartbroken and comforted only by anonymous and mysterious gifts of flowers. In White Orchids, Camilla Chrystie is joined by a handsome stranger in a desperate effort to save her mother’s life.

Author : Brianna Fenty
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504085450
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monster and the Magpie written by Brianna Fenty and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She supplies the goods and services that killers need. And in that line of work, the last thing you want is a dissatisfied customer . . . Hope Rippa may look like your average fashionista, but a dark secret bankrolls her luxury lifestyle. Although she might appear a legitimate businesswoman by day, after dark Hope serves as a personal shopper to some of Europe’s wealthiest murderers. You name it, she’ll find it—and charge a hefty sum for the convenience. She didn’t plan to marry one, though. Fifteen years ago, her engagement with prison chaplain Killian Glass ended after she discovered that he moonlighted as a murderer. Since then, their relationship has been strictly professional. In fact, he’s even her best client. Their arrangement works—that is, until Hope makes a mistake and Killian changes the rules. Now, a gruesome game of cat-and-mouse is about to be played in the never-ending night of Iceland’s northern winter . . . But who will come out on top? This literary thriller is perfect for fans of the TV Series Killing Eve and will keep you hooked right until the last page. This book contains reference to drug use, violence, and sex.