The award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author pens the funniest, most accessible and timely book of her career, detailing all the things she's over.. .and a few things she's not. Shirley MacLaine is one of the most admired Hollywood actresses, and indubitably one of the most fearless. Whatever the topic - show business, ageing, politics, family or the future of mankind and the universe, Shirley has never shied away from sharing opinions that are as fascinating as they are honest. In a series of short essays Shirley shares her opinions and insights on all the things that drive her crazy, inspire her to action, and keep her firmly in the public eye. With essay titles such as I Am Not Over Good Journalists, I'm Trying to Get Over Anger, Sex Got Over Me and I Can't Remember If I'm Over Memory Loss, this is Shirley's pithiest and funniest book to date. As frank and personal as Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck - which, incidentally, Shirley doesn't since she knows the secrets of good lighting - I'm Over All That is MacLaine at her acerbic and irreverent best. The size of this book is 22.5cm in height and 14.4cm wide with 218 pages.
His best-selling books are violent, terrifying, brilliantly written and have sold millions od copies around the world, but Steig Larsson was not there to witness any of their international success. This difficult man, brilliant and multifaceted, here receives a penetrating biography
In Beg, Borrow, Steal, Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practise his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring doomed movie scripts; selling cosmetics from an ironing board in front of a women's department store; writing about golf, a game he has never played; and, botching his debut as a waiter in a posh restaurant. Central characters include Michael's father, whose prediction that Michael's 'scribbling' wouldn't get him on the subway almost came true; his artistic first wife, whom he met in a Greenwich Village high school; and, their son who grew up on the Lower East Side, fluent in the language of the street. Then there are Greenberg's unexpected encounters: a Holocaust survivor who, on his deathbed, tries to leave Michael his fortune; a repentant communist who confesses his sins; a man who becomes a woman; a Chilean film-maker in search of his past; and, rats who behave like humans and cease to live underground. Hilarious and bittersweet, Greenberg's stories invite us into a world where the familial, the literary, the tragic and the mundane not only speak to one another, but deeply enjoy the exchange. The size of this book is 22.4cm in height and 14.3cm wide with 216 pages
The Author David Day (a Tolkien devotee) has produced an illustrated interpretation of the fantasy world that Tolkien produced as a thoroughly detailed bestiary. This book shows a genealogy of the races of men, elves and free folk of middle-earth and the undying lands, the world that is renown for its part in The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit and the Silmarillion. Detailed descriptions of Balrogs, Dragons, Hobbits, Eagles, and different races of this fantasy world make this bestiary an excellent way to get to grips with Tolkien's life work.
This book explores Tolkien's mythical world of Middle-earth and the Undying lands, the backdrop to his saga 'The Lord of the Rings'. Arranged in an A-Z format, it explains the creatures, plants, events and places that make up these strange and wonderful places.