Some Liked It Hot

Some Liked It Hot
Title Some Liked It Hot PDF eBook
Author Kristin A. McGee
Publisher Wesleyan University Press
Pages 338
Release 2011-07-21
Genre Music
ISBN 0819569674

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Women have been involved with jazz since its inception, but all too often their achievements were not as well known as those of their male counterparts. Some Liked It Hot looks at all-girl bands and jazz women from the 1920s through the 1950s and how they fit into the nascent mass culture, particularly film and television, to uncover some of the historical motivations for excluding women from the now firmly established jazz canon. This well-illustrated book chronicles who appeared where and when in over 80 performances, captured in both popular Hollywood productions and in relatively unknown films and television shows. As McGee shows, these performances reflected complex racial attitudes emerging in American culture during the first half of the twentieth century. Her analysis illuminates the heavily mediated representational strategies that jazz women adopted, highlighting the role that race played in constituting public performances of various styles of jazz from "swing" to "hot" and "sweet." The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Hazel Scott, the Ingenues, Peggy Lee, and Paul Whiteman are just a few of the performers covered in the book, which also includes a detailed filmography.

Why Some Like It Hot

Why Some Like It Hot
Title Why Some Like It Hot PDF eBook
Author Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher Island Press
Pages 0
Release 2004-08-10
Genre Science
ISBN 9781559634663

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Do your ears burn whenever you eat hot chile peppers? Does your face immediately flush when you drink alcohol? Does your stomach groan if you are exposed to raw milk or green fava beans? If so, you are probably among the one-third of the world's human population that is sensitive to certain foods due to your genes' interactions with them. Formerly misunderstood as "genetic disorders," many of these sensitivities are now considered to be adaptations that our ancestors evolved in response to the dietary choices and diseases they faced over millennia in particular landscapes. They are liabilities only when we are "out of place," on globalized diets depleted of certain chemicals that triggered adaptive responses in our ancestors. In Why Some Like It Hot, an award-winning natural historian takes us on a culinary odyssey to solve the puzzles posed by "the ghosts of evolution" hidden within every culture and its traditional cuisine. As we travel with Nabhan from Java and Bali to Crete and Sardinia, to Hawaii and Mexico, we learn how various ethnic cuisines formerly protected their traditional consumers from both infectious and nutrition-related diseases. We also bear witness to the tragic consequences of the loss of traditional foods, from adult-onset diabetes running rampant among 100 million indigenous peoples to the historic rise in heart disease among individuals of northern European descent. In this, the most insightful and far-reaching book of his career, Nabhan offers us a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way we understand human health and cultural diversity. This book marks the dawning of evolutionary gastronomy in a way that may save and enrich millions of lives.

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
Title Some Like It Hot PDF eBook
Author Susan Andersen
Publisher HQN Books
Pages 335
Release 2013-07-30
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0373777760

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Harper, a dedicated wanderer, and Max, a man with deep roots in his community, embark on a red-hot affair, despite the fact that Harper will be leaving after a few months.

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
Title Some Like It Hot PDF eBook
Author Tony Curtis
Publisher Random House
Pages 240
Release 2010-04-13
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0753536072

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Some Like it Hot is one of the most famous films of all time and is also the most profitable comedy in the history of film, not to mention one of the most beloved. It was voted number one funniest movie ever by the American Film Institute and as well as starring Hollywood legend Tony Curtis, it brought together the comedy talents of Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder. It has contributed numerous quotes, styles and stories to Hollywood film lore and has remained the film that Curtis is still most asked about by its legions of fans. For the first time, Curtis will share the untold story behind the making of this legendary film. Told in his frank and inimitable voice, the book will reveal much about his working relationship with Jack Lemmon and the director Billy Wilder. It will explain why the film was changed from colour production to black and white and tell the story of its initially lukewarm reception. The book will also reveal much about Marilyn Monroe, including Curtis' romance with her, her alleged abortion and her conflict with Wilder. Finally, it will describe the film's ongoing impact on Curtis' life and will feature many exclusive never-before-seen photographs from his own collection.

Hot and Heavy

Hot and Heavy
Title Hot and Heavy PDF eBook
Author Erika Wilde
Publisher Erika Wilde
Pages 163
Release 2020-06-23
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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He swore he wouldn’t touch her, but she’s about to test his restraint. Prim and proper secretary Melodie Turner has been in lust for her boss for years . . . and she's finally going to do something about it. P.I. Cole Sommers might be able to barely resist her sexy new attitude and flirtatious behavior, but when she takes a cue from his current case and decides to seduce Cole’s mind with highly provocative letters, she knows his body won't be very far behind . . . Cole is definitely in over his head. He's got more cases than he can handle, but all he can think about is taking his secretary to bed, turning her over his knee, and showing her what happens to naughty girls who don’t behave. At every turn, Melodie is there, taunting him, teasing him, making him burn with a deep, undeniable need. But Cole promised her father that he’d protect her—even from himself—which means she’s off-limits. Only he hadn't counted on being the target of Melodie's irresistible sensual assaults. Nor had he planned to lose his hardened heart in the battle . . .

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
Title Some Like It Hot PDF eBook
Author Pamela J. Gartin
Publisher Gibbs Smith
Pages 228
Release 2007
Genre Gardening
ISBN 9780941711913

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The second in a series of comprehensive guides to flowering plants and gardening in hot and humid climates

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
Title Some Like It Hot PDF eBook
Author Clifford Wright
Publisher Harvard Common Press
Pages 750
Release 2005-09-13
Genre Cooking
ISBN 1558325360

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300 spicy recipes from some of the most flavorful and piquant cuisines.