Author: Tara Brown
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542963367
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
What if you could enter the world created inside of your favorite novel? Close your eyes and live for a day as Elizabeth Bennet or Harry Potter? Experience every magical sentence ever written, first hand? Escape the ordinary and live the extraordinary! That's the sales pitch for Dr. Emma Hartley's dream machine, Lucid Fantasies. The fantastical machine transports people into their favorite novels or movies, for a day. It allows them to live as their beloved characters did, savoring the slow kisses, frightening vampires, or magic as if it were real. Letting them forget their worries and get lost in a world of fiction. But that wasn't why it was created. The dark purpose of it lies within Dr. Hartley herself. A secret, a flaw in the machine. One that she keeps hidden away. For some people, your greatest fantasies are also your worst nightmares. And the line between them is finer than we think. This is a standalone, full length novel
Lost in La La Land
Author: Tara Brown
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542963367
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
What if you could enter the world created inside of your favorite novel? Close your eyes and live for a day as Elizabeth Bennet or Harry Potter? Experience every magical sentence ever written, first hand? Escape the ordinary and live the extraordinary! That's the sales pitch for Dr. Emma Hartley's dream machine, Lucid Fantasies. The fantastical machine transports people into their favorite novels or movies, for a day. It allows them to live as their beloved characters did, savoring the slow kisses, frightening vampires, or magic as if it were real. Letting them forget their worries and get lost in a world of fiction. But that wasn't why it was created. The dark purpose of it lies within Dr. Hartley herself. A secret, a flaw in the machine. One that she keeps hidden away. For some people, your greatest fantasies are also your worst nightmares. And the line between them is finer than we think. This is a standalone, full length novel
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542963367
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
What if you could enter the world created inside of your favorite novel? Close your eyes and live for a day as Elizabeth Bennet or Harry Potter? Experience every magical sentence ever written, first hand? Escape the ordinary and live the extraordinary! That's the sales pitch for Dr. Emma Hartley's dream machine, Lucid Fantasies. The fantastical machine transports people into their favorite novels or movies, for a day. It allows them to live as their beloved characters did, savoring the slow kisses, frightening vampires, or magic as if it were real. Letting them forget their worries and get lost in a world of fiction. But that wasn't why it was created. The dark purpose of it lies within Dr. Hartley herself. A secret, a flaw in the machine. One that she keeps hidden away. For some people, your greatest fantasies are also your worst nightmares. And the line between them is finer than we think. This is a standalone, full length novel
La La Land
Author: Hannah Lewis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197682588
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This book offers a new look at the development, style, and reception of the 2016 film musical La La Land. Drawing on extensive personal interviews with the film's creators, it explores La La Land's aesthetic approach to the film musical genre, its simultaneous engagement with and subversion of the classic Hollywood musical's stylistic and narrative expectations, the film's depiction of jazz, and the reception of the film.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197682588
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This book offers a new look at the development, style, and reception of the 2016 film musical La La Land. Drawing on extensive personal interviews with the film's creators, it explores La La Land's aesthetic approach to the film musical genre, its simultaneous engagement with and subversion of the classic Hollywood musical's stylistic and narrative expectations, the film's depiction of jazz, and the reception of the film.
Departure Stories
Author: Elisa Bernick
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253064090
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
"We weren't religious per se. The most frequent mention of God in our house was my mother yelling 'Goddammit!'" Elisa Bernick grew up "different" (i.e., Jewish) in the white, Christian suburb of New Hope, Minnesota during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the center of her world was her mother, Arlene, who was a foul-mouthed, red-headed, suburban Samson who ultimately shook the walls of their family until it collapsed. Poignant and provocative, Departure Stories peers through the broader lens of Minnesota's recent history to reveal an intergenerational journey through trauma that unraveled the Bernick family and many others. Deftly interweaving reporting, archival material, memoir, jokes, scrapbook fragments, personal commentary, and one very special Waikiki Meatballs recipe, Bernick explores how the invisible baggage of place and memory, Minnesota's uniquely antisemitic history, and the cultural shifts of feminism and changing marital expectations contributed to her family's eventual implosion. Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies) is a personal exploration of erasure, immigrants, and exiles that examines the ways departures—from places, families and memory—have far-reaching effects.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253064090
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
"We weren't religious per se. The most frequent mention of God in our house was my mother yelling 'Goddammit!'" Elisa Bernick grew up "different" (i.e., Jewish) in the white, Christian suburb of New Hope, Minnesota during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the center of her world was her mother, Arlene, who was a foul-mouthed, red-headed, suburban Samson who ultimately shook the walls of their family until it collapsed. Poignant and provocative, Departure Stories peers through the broader lens of Minnesota's recent history to reveal an intergenerational journey through trauma that unraveled the Bernick family and many others. Deftly interweaving reporting, archival material, memoir, jokes, scrapbook fragments, personal commentary, and one very special Waikiki Meatballs recipe, Bernick explores how the invisible baggage of place and memory, Minnesota's uniquely antisemitic history, and the cultural shifts of feminism and changing marital expectations contributed to her family's eventual implosion. Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies) is a personal exploration of erasure, immigrants, and exiles that examines the ways departures—from places, families and memory—have far-reaching effects.
Going Down in La-La Land
Author: Andy Zeffer
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781560235972
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Going Down in La-La Land is a candid, sexy, and outrageously funny look at what an actor can-and will-do to survive in Hollywood.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781560235972
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Going Down in La-La Land is a candid, sexy, and outrageously funny look at what an actor can-and will-do to survive in Hollywood.
“Hey, Notes!” - Chapter One
Author: AJ Tan
Publisher: AJTanPiano
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Music Theory for Young Beginners―“Hey, Notes!” is a digital workbook series. The series is split into three chapters. “Hey, Notes!” Chapter 1 focuses on the basic rhythm of quarter notes to whole notes and on recognizing the keyboard and music alphabet. We also look at dynamics, tempo, and repeat signs.
Publisher: AJTanPiano
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Music Theory for Young Beginners―“Hey, Notes!” is a digital workbook series. The series is split into three chapters. “Hey, Notes!” Chapter 1 focuses on the basic rhythm of quarter notes to whole notes and on recognizing the keyboard and music alphabet. We also look at dynamics, tempo, and repeat signs.
50 Oscar Nights
Author: Dave Karger
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 0762486333
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told tales of Hollywood's biggest night, in a collection of original interviews with Turner Classic Movies host and entertainment media journalist Dave Karger. For almost a century, movie fans have been riveted by the Academy Awards and the stars who have won Oscars. 50 Oscar Nights takes readers behind the scenes of Hollywood’s most storied awards show through new and exclusive interviews with dozens of A-list actors, filmmakers, and craftspeople spanning sixty years of the Oscars. Here these artists reflect on their winning work and recount all the details of how they got ready, how they felt when they heard their name and got up on stage to accept their award, what they wore, how the entire experience impacted their life, and more. Some interviews bring to light fun stories like why Hilary Swank decided to celebrate her Academy Award at the Astro Burger in West Hollywood, or insight into the work as Elton John explains why he was convinced he won his Best Original Song award for the wrong tune. Other interviews illuminate why for some honorees, such as Julia Roberts, John Legend, and Octavia Spencer, the day remains a life highlight to be treasured, while for Marlee Matlin, Mira Sorvino, and Barry Jenkins, complex emotions cloud what most think would be a purely celebratory moment. Filled with more than 150 photos of red-carpet moments, emotional acceptances, and after-party play, 50 Oscar Nights is both a stunning record of cinema glamour and a must-read for any movie lover. Full list of interviewees: Nicole Kidman, Elton John, Jennifer Hudson, Steven Spielberg, Jane Fonda, Barry Jenkins, Halle Berry, J. K. Simmons, Julia Roberts, John Legend, Rita Moreno, Martin Scorsese, Marlee Matlin, Dustin Hoffman, Hannah Beachler, Cameron Crowe, Mira Sorvino, Kevin O’Connell, Sally Field, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Eddie Redmayne, Lee Grant, Louis Gossett Jr., Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Jessica Yu, Michael Douglas, Catherine Martin, Francis Ford Coppola, Allison Janney, Mel Brooks, Emma Thompson, Peter Jackson, Marcia Gay Harden, Mark Bridges, Sofia Coppola, Joel Grey, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Olivia Colman, Rob Epstein, Whoopi Goldberg, Alan Menken, Melissa Etheridge, Sissy Spacek, Keith Carradine, Estelle Parsons, Geoffrey Fletcher, Octavia Spencer, Aaron Sorkin, Meryl Streep
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 0762486333
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told tales of Hollywood's biggest night, in a collection of original interviews with Turner Classic Movies host and entertainment media journalist Dave Karger. For almost a century, movie fans have been riveted by the Academy Awards and the stars who have won Oscars. 50 Oscar Nights takes readers behind the scenes of Hollywood’s most storied awards show through new and exclusive interviews with dozens of A-list actors, filmmakers, and craftspeople spanning sixty years of the Oscars. Here these artists reflect on their winning work and recount all the details of how they got ready, how they felt when they heard their name and got up on stage to accept their award, what they wore, how the entire experience impacted their life, and more. Some interviews bring to light fun stories like why Hilary Swank decided to celebrate her Academy Award at the Astro Burger in West Hollywood, or insight into the work as Elton John explains why he was convinced he won his Best Original Song award for the wrong tune. Other interviews illuminate why for some honorees, such as Julia Roberts, John Legend, and Octavia Spencer, the day remains a life highlight to be treasured, while for Marlee Matlin, Mira Sorvino, and Barry Jenkins, complex emotions cloud what most think would be a purely celebratory moment. Filled with more than 150 photos of red-carpet moments, emotional acceptances, and after-party play, 50 Oscar Nights is both a stunning record of cinema glamour and a must-read for any movie lover. Full list of interviewees: Nicole Kidman, Elton John, Jennifer Hudson, Steven Spielberg, Jane Fonda, Barry Jenkins, Halle Berry, J. K. Simmons, Julia Roberts, John Legend, Rita Moreno, Martin Scorsese, Marlee Matlin, Dustin Hoffman, Hannah Beachler, Cameron Crowe, Mira Sorvino, Kevin O’Connell, Sally Field, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Eddie Redmayne, Lee Grant, Louis Gossett Jr., Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Jessica Yu, Michael Douglas, Catherine Martin, Francis Ford Coppola, Allison Janney, Mel Brooks, Emma Thompson, Peter Jackson, Marcia Gay Harden, Mark Bridges, Sofia Coppola, Joel Grey, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Olivia Colman, Rob Epstein, Whoopi Goldberg, Alan Menken, Melissa Etheridge, Sissy Spacek, Keith Carradine, Estelle Parsons, Geoffrey Fletcher, Octavia Spencer, Aaron Sorkin, Meryl Streep
Mirachip
Author: Jason O’Neil
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665559039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
In this novel an American company invents, produces and markets a novel face mask with a miracle computer chip, MIRACHIP. The chip diagnoses an airborne virus in real-time and causes a vaccine mist to be released at the mouth and nose of the wearer. It is proven very effective and saves millions of lives around the world. The book walks the reader through a simplified chip production process in its facilities in Mexico. The company develops a series of chip-based wearable patches which address a wide variety of ailments including but not limited to burn and pain relief, anxiety, obesity and insomnia. China, which unleashes multiple global viruses, attempts to neutralize the effectiveness of the MIRACHIP so it can continue on its path of global domination. The reader follows the country’s attempt to bypass the company’s patents, steal chips for reverse-engineering and even attacks the factory with a computer virus to ransom the chip’s architecture. The MIRACHIP company not only thwarts these attempts but responds with its own computer virus which disables China’s cyberwarfare center in Guantanamo, Cuba. In the process, two of the company’s employees are awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine, the company’s stock is a bonanza for investors, and the company builds a resort headquarters in Bermuda so employees may maximize their creativity to develop new life-saving products.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665559039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
In this novel an American company invents, produces and markets a novel face mask with a miracle computer chip, MIRACHIP. The chip diagnoses an airborne virus in real-time and causes a vaccine mist to be released at the mouth and nose of the wearer. It is proven very effective and saves millions of lives around the world. The book walks the reader through a simplified chip production process in its facilities in Mexico. The company develops a series of chip-based wearable patches which address a wide variety of ailments including but not limited to burn and pain relief, anxiety, obesity and insomnia. China, which unleashes multiple global viruses, attempts to neutralize the effectiveness of the MIRACHIP so it can continue on its path of global domination. The reader follows the country’s attempt to bypass the company’s patents, steal chips for reverse-engineering and even attacks the factory with a computer virus to ransom the chip’s architecture. The MIRACHIP company not only thwarts these attempts but responds with its own computer virus which disables China’s cyberwarfare center in Guantanamo, Cuba. In the process, two of the company’s employees are awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine, the company’s stock is a bonanza for investors, and the company builds a resort headquarters in Bermuda so employees may maximize their creativity to develop new life-saving products.
Just For The Record
Author: Geri Halliwell
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448147840
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In 2002, Just For The Record was the book that everyone was talking about. Then in 2003, repackaged in a new, compact mass-market format, Just For The Record did it all over again being one of the most read books of the year. Since the break up of the Spice Girls, Geri has continued to intrigue the media and the masses. But how many of the stories are true? Just For The Record reveals all. With particular focus on her personal battle to overcome the eating disorders that have plagued her since childhood, and the stark reality of weight obsession, Geri shares the facts about life after the girl band. This is Geri's story: revealing, frank, brutally honest, and at times shocking.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448147840
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In 2002, Just For The Record was the book that everyone was talking about. Then in 2003, repackaged in a new, compact mass-market format, Just For The Record did it all over again being one of the most read books of the year. Since the break up of the Spice Girls, Geri has continued to intrigue the media and the masses. But how many of the stories are true? Just For The Record reveals all. With particular focus on her personal battle to overcome the eating disorders that have plagued her since childhood, and the stark reality of weight obsession, Geri shares the facts about life after the girl band. This is Geri's story: revealing, frank, brutally honest, and at times shocking.
Multilingual La La Land
Author: Claire Hitchins Chik
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429016891
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Home to immigrants from more than 140 countries speaking over 180 languages, Los Angeles is a microcosm of the world. While Los Angeles' ethnic enclaves have been the subject of study by researchers from a wide range of fields, these enclaves remain under-researched from a linguistic standpoint. Multilingual La La Land addresses the sociolinguistic landscape of the Greater Los Angeles (GLA) area, providing in-depth accounts of the sixteen most spoken languages other than English in the region. Each chapter introduces the history of the language in the L.A. region, uses census figures and residential densities to examine location-based and network-based speech communities, and discusses the patterns of usage that characterize the language, including motivations to maintain the language. How these patterns and trends bear on the vitality of each language is a central consideration of this book.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429016891
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Home to immigrants from more than 140 countries speaking over 180 languages, Los Angeles is a microcosm of the world. While Los Angeles' ethnic enclaves have been the subject of study by researchers from a wide range of fields, these enclaves remain under-researched from a linguistic standpoint. Multilingual La La Land addresses the sociolinguistic landscape of the Greater Los Angeles (GLA) area, providing in-depth accounts of the sixteen most spoken languages other than English in the region. Each chapter introduces the history of the language in the L.A. region, uses census figures and residential densities to examine location-based and network-based speech communities, and discusses the patterns of usage that characterize the language, including motivations to maintain the language. How these patterns and trends bear on the vitality of each language is a central consideration of this book.
La La Land (Easy Piano)
Author: Justin Hurwitz
Publisher: Faber Music Ltd
ISBN: 0571590322
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The romantic musical comedy-drama film La La Land is the winner of six Oscars, seven Golden Globes and five BAFTAs. This selection of songs from the Oscar-winning music by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul has been simplified for easy piano. Features the Oscar-winning song 'City of Stars'. This is the eBook version of the original, artist-approved edition. Contents: - Another Day of Sun - Someone in the Crowd - Mia & Sebastian's Theme - A Lovely Night - City of Stars - Planetarium - Start a Fire - Engagement Party - Audition (The Fools Who Dream) - Epilogue
Publisher: Faber Music Ltd
ISBN: 0571590322
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The romantic musical comedy-drama film La La Land is the winner of six Oscars, seven Golden Globes and five BAFTAs. This selection of songs from the Oscar-winning music by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul has been simplified for easy piano. Features the Oscar-winning song 'City of Stars'. This is the eBook version of the original, artist-approved edition. Contents: - Another Day of Sun - Someone in the Crowd - Mia & Sebastian's Theme - A Lovely Night - City of Stars - Planetarium - Start a Fire - Engagement Party - Audition (The Fools Who Dream) - Epilogue