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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Publisher : Persephone Books
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 13:
Page : 268 pages
Rating : 4.D/5 (36 users)

Download PDF or read online Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Book by Winifred Watson and published by Persephone Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Miss Pettigrew is a down-on-her-luck, middle-aged governess sent by an employment agency to work for a nightclub singer rather than a household of unruly children. Over a period of just 24 hours, her life is changed - forever.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

by Simon Beaufoy

Publisher :
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 13:
Page : 103 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (266 users)

Download PDF or read online Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Book by Simon Beaufoy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis :

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day ... Illustrated by Mary Thomson

by Winifred Watson

Publisher :
Release Date : 1938
ISBN 13:
Page : 233 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (698 users)

Download PDF or read online Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day ... Illustrated by Mary Thomson Book by Winifred Watson and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis :

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009

by Roger Ebert

Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 2009-06-15
ISBN 13: 0740792164
Page : 944 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (921 users)

Download PDF or read online Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009 Book by Roger Ebert and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Nobody has been more important in telling Americans why we should love film than Roger Ebert. --Michael Shamberg, Editor and Publisher Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert presents more than 650 full-length critical movie reviews, along with interviews, essays, tributes, film festival reports, and Q and As from Questions for the Movie Answer Man. Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009 collects more than two years' worth of his engaging film critiques. From Bee Movie to Darfur Now to No Country for Old Men, and from Juno to Persepolis to La Vie en Rose, Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009 includes every review Ebert has written from January 2006 to June 2008. Also included in the Yearbook, which boasts 65 percent new content, are: * Interviews with newsmakers, such as Juno director Jason Reitman and Jerry Seinfeld, a touching tribute to Deborah Kerr, and an emotional letter of appreciation to Werner Herzog. * Essays on film issues, and tributes to actors and directors who died during the year. * Daily film festival reports from Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, and Telluride. * All-new questions and answers from his Questions for the Movie Answer Man columns.

Interwar Women’s Comic Fiction

by Nicola Darwood

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2020-01-10
ISBN 13: 1527545156
Page : 127 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (451 users)

Download PDF or read online Interwar Women’s Comic Fiction Book by Nicola Darwood and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : This collection of essays examines the work of five intermodernist writers. Some were established authors before the First World War and others continued to write after the Second World War, but this book focuses particularly on their writing between 1918 and 1939. Elizabeth von Arnim, Stella Benson, Bradda Field, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Stella Gibbons and Winifred Watson had much in common: they all wrote novels full of comic moments, which often challenged the cultural politics of the interwar period. Drawing on the literary and critical contexts of each novel, the essays here discuss the use of comic structures that enabled the authors to critique the dominant patriarchal structures of their time, and offer an alternative, sometimes subversive, view of the world in which their characters reside. This book contributes to the growing scholarly interest in interwar fiction, focusing principally on novelists who have fallen out of public view. It widens our understanding both of the authors and of the continuing, highly topical debate about interwar women novelists.

The Literary Almanac

by Francesca Beauman

Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-09-30
ISBN 13: 1529412927
Page : 192 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (129 users)

Download PDF or read online The Literary Almanac Book by Francesca Beauman and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Discover over 300 seasonal book recommendations in the ultimate reading list for book lovers everywhere. ----- 'I will be giving this book to everyone I know' - Elizabeth Day 'Francesca Beauman writes about the books she loves with irresistible passion, knowledge and warmth ... This is the best kind of reading celebration' - Rachel Joyce ----- Spanning the dreary, cold days of January to the first flushes of spring and then the blazing August heat, bibliophile Francesca Beauman offers up a wealth of book recommendations. From The Count of Monte Cristo to Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet, each has been selected to chime with a particular time of year and provide a richer reading experience. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this charming guide will delight, inspire and seriously extend your 'To Be Read' list!

OCR GCSE English Language: Student Book 2: Assessment preparation for Component 01 and Component 02

by Garrett O'Doherty

Publisher : Oxford University Press - Children
Release Date : 2020-07-16
ISBN 13: 1382014929
Page : pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (149 users)

Download PDF or read online OCR GCSE English Language: Student Book 2: Assessment preparation for Component 01 and Component 02 Book by Garrett O'Doherty and published by Oxford University Press - Children. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Student Book 2 provides guidance and activities, in the context of the Component 01 and Component 02 exam questions, on how to improve reading and writing skills. With the types of texts that students will face in the exams, in-context SPAG support and regular opportunities to monitor progress, this book aims to improve exam performance.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

by Peter Boxall

Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-01-10
ISBN 13: 1844037193
Page : 960 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (371 users)

Download PDF or read online 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Book by Peter Boxall and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual novels and authors, and completely revised for 2012, this is the ideal book for everybody who loves reading.

Hollywood Catwalk

by Tamar Jeffers McDonald

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2010-06-22
ISBN 13: 0857733923
Page : 256 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (339 users)

Download PDF or read online Hollywood Catwalk Book by Tamar Jeffers McDonald and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : The High School outsider takes off her glasses, puts on a dress, and becomes the Prom Queen; the dowdy woman has her hair done, buys some chic new clothes and starts to attract the men. Cinderella and Pygmalion stories still provide inspiration for the plots of Hollywood romantic comedies, dramas, and even action films. Their perennial use prompts a series of questions: is, for example, male agency necessary to effect the transformation, or can the woman change herself? Can she ever change him? Most pressingly, what do these images of change and transformation, of improvement and transcendence tell us, the viewers, about what we should be doing? Investigating these questions, this book examines a key but frequently overlooked aspect of film style: the costume. Across all the films discussed, costume and the body it covers becomes the crucial element in the transformation scene, exemplifying the 'before' and 'after' of the successful change. Exploring the fantasies of transcendence and transformation sold through these films and exemplified in the costumes, this book examines "Calamity Jane", "Midnight Cowboy", "Clueless", "The Long Kiss Goodnight", "The Devil Wears Prada", and many other examples from both classic and contemporary Hollywood.

Gate in the Garden Wall

by Sam Pickering

Publisher : Madville Publishing
Release Date : 2022-06-21
ISBN 13: 1956440119
Page : 191 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (41 users)

Download PDF or read online Gate in the Garden Wall Book by Sam Pickering and published by Madville Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Familiar essays by Sam Pickering, who has written more than thirty books and barrows of articles. When not at his desk, he was in the classroom, the last thirty-five years teaching English at the University of Connecticut.

Miss Mole

by E.H. Young

Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-10-01
ISBN 13: 0349014124
Page : 304 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (141 users)

Download PDF or read online Miss Mole Book by E.H. Young and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : 'Young is a sharp and funny writer with a brilliant eye for moral fudging and verbal hypocrisy, and she has a splendid foil in Miss Mole' Sally Beauman WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE 'Who would suspect her sense of fun and irony, of a passionate love for beauty and the power to drag it from its hidden places? Who would imagine that Miss Mole had pictured herself, at different times, as an explorer in strange lands, as a lady wrapped in luxury and delicate garments?' Miss Hannah Mole has for twenty years earned her living precariously as a governess or companion to a succession of difficult old women.Now, aged forty, a thin and shabby figure, she returns to Radstowe, the lovely city of her youth. Here she is, if not exactly welcomed, at least employed as housekeeper by the pompous Reverend Robert Corder, whose daughters are sorely in need of guidance. But even the dreariest situation can be transformed into an adventure by the indomitable Miss Mole. Blessed with imagination, wit and intelligence, she wins the affection of Ethel and her nervous sister Ruth. But her past holds a secret that, if brought to life, would jeopardise everything.

My (not so) Storybook Life

by Elizabeth Owen

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2011-10-18
ISBN 13: 0762777176
Page : 256 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (771 users)

Download PDF or read online My (not so) Storybook Life Book by Elizabeth Owen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Fresh, funny, and poignant, My (not so) Storybook Life is old-fashioned humor mashed with literary spoofery. Elizabeth thinks of herself and her husband, Matt, as a modern-day Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Together they’ve endured paint-color mishaps, sewage disasters, pest infestations, and a schnauzer that poops at tornado sirens. It’s hardly the domestic perfection a young Liz imagined while reading Anne of Green Gables and Pride and Prejudice. Could it be that these literary stalwarts had led her astray? Liz tells the story of her own path to happiness, along the way seeking revenge on her literary heroes: Jo March has to cope with a soul-sucking job, Elizabeth Bennett shepherds a Duggar-size brood of kids, and Anne Shirley deals with a penny-pinching husband. But every comedy is balanced by tragedy. Angela was one of Liz’s closest friends, a kindred spirit who, at age thirty-one, was diagnosed with cancer. Before Angela, Liz was discontented. But it was the journey she took with this friend that made her realize that her house and its decorations and plumbing and dirty-clothes-covered Man Cave were not burdens to be tweaked and perfected, but blessings to be thankful for.

Were Early Modern Lives Different?

by Andrew Hadfield

Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-16
ISBN 13: 1134917937
Page : 150 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (179 users)

Download PDF or read online Were Early Modern Lives Different? Book by Andrew Hadfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Should we assume that people who lived some time ago were quite similar to us or should we assume that they need to be thought of as alien beings with whom we have little in common? This specially commissioned collection explores this important issue through an analysis of the lives and work of a number of significant early modern writers. Shakespeare is analysed in a number of essays as authors ask whether we can learn anything about his life from reading the Sonnets and Hamlet. Other essays explore the first substantial autobiography in English, that of the musician and poet, Thomas Wythorne (1528-96); the representation of the self in Holbein’s great painting, The Ambassadors; whether we have a window into men's and women's souls when we read their intimate personal correspondence; and whether modern studies that wish to recapture the intentions and inner thoughts of early modern people who left writings behind are valuable aids to interpreting the past. This book was originally published as a special issue of Textual Practice.

The Button Box

by Lynn Knight

Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2016-02-18
ISBN 13: 144819153X
Page : 320 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (915 users)

Download PDF or read online The Button Box Book by Lynn Knight and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : A wooden box holds the buttons of three generations of women in Lynn Knight’s family – each one with its own tale to tell... Tracing the story of women at home and in work, from the jet buttons of Victorian mourning, to the short skirts of the 1960s, taking in suffragettes, bachelor girls, little dressmakers, Biba and the hankering for vintage, The Button Box lifts the lid on women’s lives and their clothes with elegance and wit.

The Book of Forgotten Authors

by Christopher Fowler

Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-10-05
ISBN 13: 1786484919
Page : 384 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (849 users)

Download PDF or read online The Book of Forgotten Authors Book by Christopher Fowler and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : 'JOYOUS . . . READERS WILL LOVE THIS FASCINATING BOOK' CATHY RENTZENBRINK 'A GODSEND WITH THE PRESENT SEASON APPROACHING' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A BOOK-OBSESSED FRIEND' STYLIST, 50 UNMISSABLE BOOKS FOR AUTUMN 2017 'EXCELLENT . . . SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE WHO LOVES BOOKS' EVENING STANDARD Absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder. It makes people think you're dead. So begins Christopher Fowler's foray into the back catalogues and backstories of 99 authors who, once hugely popular, have all but disappeared from our shelves. Whether male or female, domestic or international, flash-in-the-pan or prolific, mega-seller or prize-winner - no author, it seems, can ever be fully immune from the fate of being forgotten. And Fowler, as well as remembering their careers, lifts the lid on their lives, and why they often stopped writing or disappeared from the public eye. These 99 journeys are punctuated by 12 short essays about faded once-favourites: including the now-vanished novels Walt Disney brought to the screen, the contemporary rivals of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie who did not stand the test of time, and the women who introduced us to psychological suspense many decades before it conquered the world. This is a book about books and their authors. It is for book lovers, and is written by one who could not be a more enthusiastic, enlightening and entertaining guide. 'A BIBLIOPHILE'S DREAM' FINANCIAL TIMES 'WILL HAVE READERS SCURRYING INTO SECONDHAND BOOKSHOPS' GUARDIAN

Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide

by Leonard Maltin

Publisher : Penguin
Release Date : 2014-09-02
ISBN 13: 0698183614
Page : 2699 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (836 users)

Download PDF or read online Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide Book by Leonard Maltin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 2699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : NEARLY 16,000 ENTRIES INCLUDING 300+ NEW ENTRIES AND MORE THAN 13,000 DVD LISTINGS Summer blockbusters and independent sleepers; masterworks of Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese; the timeless comedy of the Marx Brothers and Buster Keaton; animated classics from Walt Disney and Pixar; the finest foreign films ever made. This 2015 edition covers the modern era, from 1965 to the present, while including all the great older films you can’t afford to miss—and those you can—from box-office smashes to cult classics to forgotten gems to forgettable bombs, listed alphabetically, and complete with all the essential information you could ask for. NEW: • Nearly 16,000 capsule movie reviews, with 300+ new entries • More than 25,000 DVD and video listings • Up-to-date list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos MORE: • Official motion picture code ratings from G to NC-17 • Old and new theatrical and video releases rated **** to BOMB • Exact running times—an invaluable guide for recording and for discovering which movies have been edited • Reviews of little-known sleepers, foreign films, rarities, and classics • Leonard’s personal list of Must-See Movies • Date of release, running time, director, stars, MPAA ratings, color or black and white • Concise summary, capsule review, and four-star-to-BOMB rating system • Precise information on films shot in widescreen format • Symbols for DVDs, videos, and laserdiscs • Completely updated index of leading actors

Simply Sara

by Hillary Manton Lodge

Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Release Date : 2010-09-01
ISBN 13: 0736938532
Page : 290 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (385 users)

Download PDF or read online Simply Sara Book by Hillary Manton Lodge and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Eighteen-year-old Sara Burkholder ran away from her Amish home with a single hope: to one day find a future in fashion design. As she lands a part-time job, buys English clothes, wears makeup, and learns to drive. Sara begins the journey to becoming the person she might have been had she not been born into an Amish family. But as she works toward her goals, Sara faces questions she cannot answer. Can a Plain-raised girl ever fit into an English world?