Forget everything youve heard about Hollywood. What Just Happened: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line is the real deal. In Art Linsons true & uproarious tale of what it is to make movies we get to explore at close range finicky directors clueless executives shameless marketers famous actors battered screenwriters & hapless producers crossing paths in such calamitous ways that its a miracle these films get made at all. Whether hes trying to persuade an executive that Gwyneth Paltrow has enough chin to carry the lead in a movie forcing an enraged Alec Baldwin to shave off his mountain-man beard discussing ankle hair loss with Dustin Hoffman or sitting through an excruciating reading of a David Mamet script as Robert De Niro toys with the notion of heading up the cast Linson gives us a brutally honest funny & comprehensive tour through the horrors of Hollywood from script to screen. If you love the movies or not you wont be able to resist the stories behind them. You also wont be able to resist Linson a born story-teller whose wicked sense of humor leaves nobody safe-not even himself. ...

A gorgeous & unique cookbook from the award-winning Katie Quinn Davies. What Katie Ate is a feast for your eyes as well as your table; a perfect gift for those who love Tessa Kiros' Apples for Jam or Falling Cloudberries fans of Nigel Slater Lorraine Pascale or Nigella or anyone who enjoys cookbooks & good food but wants something new. What Katie Ate started out as an award-winning food blog by renowned food photographer designer writer & cook Katie Quinn Davies. Dublin-born Katie's simple & delicious recipes complemented by her truly stunning photography brought hundreds of thousands of fans from across the globe to Katie's table fans who continue to log on regularly to see what Katie will eat next & be inspired by her spellbinding approach to home cooking. This debut cookbook is full of honest doable recipes part inspired by Katie's love for throwing a good meal for friends & family & part inspired by the diversity of the good ingredients. A cookbook like no other What Katie Ate features over 100 simple elegant recipes you immediately want to cook plus ideas on how you can adapt them; stories from Katie's foodie travels & experiences; menu suggestions to tempt & inspire
- & all brought to life through her extraordinary images. Beautiful inspirational & thoroughly delightful What Katie Ate is a treasure to be given & enjoyed. Recipes Include: Sizzling Prawns Caramelised Onion & Goats Cheese Tartlets with Balsamic Syrup Creamy Macaroni Bake with Salami & Chilli Beef & Guinness Pie Katie's Fish Pie with Crunchy Bacon & Leek Topping Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Apple Cider Slaw Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter Sauce & Roasted Pecans Mini Raspberry & Chocolate Meringue Kisses Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Salted Butterscotch Sauce & Honey Roasted Almond Brittle
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Katy Carr intends to be beautiful & beloved & as sweet as an angel one day. For now though her hair is forever in a tangle her dress is always torn & she doesnt care at all for being called good. But then a terrible accident happens & Katy must find the courage to remember her daydreams & the delightful plans she once schemed; for when she is grown up she wants to do something grand.. . This is a wonderful family story with an inspiring introduction from the hugely popular Cathy Cassidy. ...

I mean to do something gr&. I dont know what yet; but when Im grown up I shall find out. Katy Carr is the longest girl that was ever seen. She is all legs & elbows & angles & joints. She tears her dress every day hates sewing & doesnt care a button about being called good. Her head is full of schemes & one day she plans to do something important. But a great deal is to happen to Katy before that time comes... ...

Katy Carr is untidy tall & gangling & lives with her brothers & sisters planning for the day when she will be beautiful & beloved & amiable as an angel". An accidental fall from a swing seems to threaten her hopes for the future but Katy struggles to overcome her difficulties with pluck vitality & good humour." ...

Katy Carr can hardly believe it when she is invited to spend a whole year in Europe with Mrs Ashe & Amy. Although a year seems like a long time away from her beloved family living in the small American town of Burnet Katy embarks enthusiastically on her greatest adventure. This charming story first published in 1886 is the third of Susan Coolidges three hugely popular Katy books. ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics. Likened to Louisa May Alcott's Little Women What Katy Did Next is a timeless classic for both children & adults to enjoy. The story of Katy Carr the lanky good-hearted tomboy who learns to be gentle & patient is continued in this third instalment of Susan Coolidge's popular Katy series. When Mrs Ashe a widower discovers that her visiting nephew has scarlet fever she sends her only daughter Amy to stay with the Carr family. Amy finds a true friend in Katy Carr & Mrs Ashe invites Katy to join them on a trip to Europe. After some initial reluctance she agrees. We follow Katy as she is reunited with her old friends from Hillsover including the mischievous Rose Red Browne. Katy's journey takes her to rainy England where she finds out what constitutes a 'fine day' for the English & what a Dickens-commended muffin tastes like. The Carr family from her most popular Katy series was modelled on Coolidge's own family with the protagonist Katy modelled on Coolidge herself. ...

Why do some artworks stand out head & shoulders above others? Exceptional art somehow satisfies at a deeper level than the rest. What Makes Great Art showcases a selection of 80 outstanding paintings & sculptures from around the world & throughout time assessing just what it is that makes them so great. Some owe their greatness to composition of colour others offer profound insights into their human subjects & some convey their message particularly effectively. Andy Prankhursts succinct appraisive text will open your eyes to the unique defining qualities of these key works enabling you to appreciate the groundbreaking talents of every age. ...

Why are some photographs so much more effective & powerful than others? What Makes Great Photography showcases 80 outstanding photographs from the first daguerrotypes to todays digital masterpieces & by photographers as diverse as Alfred Stieglitz Diane Arbus Ernst Haas & Don Mc Cullin. Val Williams highlights the elements of each photograph that distinguishes it from its peers such as composition colour texture & fidelity to subject explaining just what it is that makes it so great. Her insightful text will open your eyes to the defining qualities of the key photographs of every period & genre from portraiture to landscape & from photojournalism to the nude. ...

Is there any sex in Austen? What do the characters call each other & why? What are the right & wrong ways to propose marriage? & which important Austen characters never speak? In What Matters in Austen John Mullan shows that you can best appreciate Jane Austens brilliance by looking at the intriguing quirks & intricacies of her fiction
- by asking & answering some very specific questions about what goes on in her novels he reveals their devilish cleverness. In twenty-one short chapters each of which answers a question prompted by Jane Austens novels Mullan illuminates the themes that matter most to the workings of the fiction. So the reader will discover when people had their meals & what shops they went to how they addressed each other who was allowed to write letters to whom who owned coaches or pianos how vicars got good livings & how wealth was inherited. What Matters in Austen explores the rituals & conventions of her fictional world in order to reveal her technical virtuosity & sheer daring as a novelist. Though not a book about Jane Austens life it uses biographical detail & telling passages from her letters to explain episodes in her novels; readers will find out for example what novels she read or how much money she had to live on or what she saw at the theatre. Inspired by an enthusiastic readers curiosity written with flair & based on a lifetimes study What Matters in Austen will appeal to all those who love & enjoy Jane Austens work.
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