From Blitz to Glitz

From Blitz to Glitz
Title From Blitz to Glitz PDF eBook
Author Jess Conrad
Publisher Andrews UK Limited
Pages 293
Release 2024-02-22
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 1837914591

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Jess Conrad is a name that will be instantly recognisable to anyone familiar with 1960s pop culture. Emerging from the decade as one of Britain's most versatile stars, Jess has sung on hit records, starred in cult movies, headlined stage shows... and hasn't stopped ever since! In this fascinating autobiography we are given unparalleled access to Jess's entire life story, from his childhood in London during the Blitz to his time as a Teddy Boy on the wrong side of the tracks, from being discovered by legendary music producer Jack Good to his work with peers such as Billy Fury and Cliff Richard, from starring in dozens of movies to wowing live theatre audiences all over the world... and so much more! Even in his eighties, Jess Conrad OBE remains one of the entertainment world's most sought-after figures, recently starring in ITV's hit reality series Last Laugh in Vegas, featuring on the BBC's much-loved quiz show Pointless and playing Batman actor Adam West in a critically-acclaimed biopic. As he has done throughout his life, Jess continues to raise funds for numerous good causes and was even voted 'King Rat' - the head of charitable showbiz institution The Grand Order of Water Rats, an organisation that has counted Laurel & Hardy, Bob Hope and Charlie Chaplin amongst its members. With anecdotes that will have you crying out with laughter and amazing revelations about some of the world's biggest stars that will surely leave you open-mouthed, From Blitz to Glitz is one of the year's must-read biographies. Co-written with TV producer and long-time friend Simon Withington, this is one book that you won't be able to put down.

From Lowbrow to Nobrow

From Lowbrow to Nobrow
Title From Lowbrow to Nobrow PDF eBook
Author Peter Swirski
Publisher McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Pages 236
Release 2005-10-24
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0773573240

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Swirski begins with a series of groundbreaking questions about the nature of popular fiction, vindicating it as an artform that expresses and reflects the aesthetic and social values of its readers. He follows his insightful introduction to the socio-aesthetics of genre literature with a synthesis of the century long debate on the merits of popular fiction and a study of genre informed by analytic aesthetics and game theory. Swirski then turns to three "nobrow" novels that have been largely ignored by critics. Examining the aesthetics of "artertainment" in Karel Capek's War with the Newts, Raymond Chandler's Playback, and Stanislaw Lem's Chain of Chance, crossover tours de force, From Lowbrow to Nobrow throws new light on the hazards and rewards of nobrow traffic between popular forms and highbrow aesthetics.

Destiny...Unlimited!

Destiny...Unlimited!
Title Destiny...Unlimited! PDF eBook
Author Sobina Mahboob
Publisher Xlibris Corporation
Pages 41
Release 2014-08-29
Genre Poetry
ISBN 149908904X

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'Don't ask for that which is impossible, ask for that which is possible'. Travel through this book and analyse the themes of destiny and fate. Many of you may relate to these experiences. Open up your heart and delve in the secrets that are held within. This is the writer's first book and she hopes to reach out to and invite poetry lovers to read through this collection, relate to it and be moved by it. 'Fate is in the hands of destiny'.

Pussyfoot

Pussyfoot
Title Pussyfoot PDF eBook
Author Carole Nelson Douglas
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 310
Release 1994-01-15
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780812516838

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As public relations woman Temple Barr tracks a killer at a striptease convention, Midnight Louie, Temple's cat, tries to prevent fading film star Savannah Ashleigh and her purebred Persian from becoming the next victims.

Zen and The Art of Murder

Zen and The Art of Murder
Title Zen and The Art of Murder PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth M. Cosin
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 308
Release 1999-10-15
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780312969486

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Meet Zen Moses, an unforgettable quirky private investigator in a fresh new mystery series. When Zen tries to get a pint of beer at her favorite bar, she trips over her long lost cousin--murdered and wrapped around a keg of beer. Author Web site at www.zenmoses.com. Martin's Press.

Power Play

Power Play
Title Power Play PDF eBook
Author Beverly Long
Publisher Harlequin
Pages 168
Release 2018-01-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1488092869

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A security expert puts everything on the line when a woman from his past turns to him for protection. From the author of Bodyguard Reunion. Kellie McGarry is off-limits to Trey Riker. Building a security empire is the perfect distraction for him, but a threat against Kellie changes everything. In jeopardy and caught in a terrorist group’s web, she’s the one woman Trey will do anything to protect. For Kellie, the sparks between her and Trey are more than inconvenient. She’s torn between the evidence that implicates him and her instinct to trust him. Determined to get the truth about Trey and save her own life, Kellie must make a choice now—but the wrong one could be her last. Wingman Security: Personal protection, bold passion Discover the full miniseries . . . Book 1: Bodyguard Reunion Book 2: Power Play Book 3: Snowbound Security Book 4: Protecting the Boss “Long knows how to draw the suspense out, punctuating it with ferocious action and simmering desire to keep readers hooked.” —RT Book Reviews

Shaliz - the Secret Star

Shaliz - the Secret Star
Title Shaliz - the Secret Star PDF eBook
Author Wale Owoeye
Publisher Xlibris Corporation
Pages 108
Release 2013-02-28
Genre Poetry
ISBN 1483600114

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SHALIZ-THE SECRET STAR is a codex of freedom. Written as odes recited in invocation and praise of Light, the book chronicles the legend of avatars in their journey through the celestial circuits to reach the Grove of Gold. Set in glowing 24 cantos of 24 stanzas each, the book opens into a vista of splendor, grandeur and joy for those bold enough to follow through to know the secret of stars.