Download or read book Hollywood Double Agent written by Jonathan Gill and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true story of Golden Age Hollywood and Cold War espionage is a “captivating, fast-paced narrative [that] reads like a thriller” (Library Journal). Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and ’40s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others. But as J. Edgar Hoover would discover, these successes were a cover for one of the most incredible espionage tales in the history of the Cold War—Boris Morros also worked for Russian intelligence. Morros’s assignments took him to the White House, the Vatican, and deep behind the Iron Curtain. The high-level intel he provided the KGB included military secrets and compromising information on prominent Americans: his friends. But in 1947, Morros flipped. At the height of the McCarthy era, he played a leading role in a deadly tale. Jonathan Gill’s Hollywood Double Agent is an extraordinary story about Russian spies at the heart of American culture and politics, and one man caught in the middle of the Cold War. “Well-written and perceptive . . . Morros was an empty vessel who could be turned left or right depending on how it satisfied his personal interest.” —New York Journal of Books “Reads like an espionage thriller . . . with malevolent, powerful—and sometimes bumbling—characters.” —Kirkus Reviews “A fascinating and swift-reading biography.” —The Wall Street Journal

Download or read book Calm Down Boris written by Sam Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boris is often too big, kissy and tickly to get along well with others, but when a scary dog jumps over the fence into the park, being, big, kissy and tickly is just what's needed.

Download or read book The Tale of Boris written by John Mooy and published by . This book was released on 1991-10-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories written by Daniel Manus Pinkwater and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the hilarious and subversive children's author, essayist and NPR commentator, true tales drawn from his cordial--if dysfunctional--relationships with the dogs in his life. illustrations.

Download or read book Amos Boris written by William Steig and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amos the mouse and Boris the whale: a devoted pair of friends with nothing at all in common, except good hearts and a willingness to help their fellow mammal. They meet after Amos sets out to sea in his homemade boat, the Rodent, and soon finds himself in extreme need of rescue. Enter Boris. But there will come a day, long after Boris has gone back to a life of whaling about and Amos has gone back to his life of mousing around, when the tiny mouse must find a way to rescue the great whale. The tender yet comical story of this friendship is recorded in text and pictures that are a model of rich simplicity. Here, with apparent ease and concealed virtuosity, Caldecott medalist William Steig brings two winning heroes to life. Amos & Boris is a 1971 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Notable Children's Book of the Year, and Outstanding Book of the Year.

Download or read book Tiger for Breakfast written by Michel Peissel and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boris and Bella written by Carolyn Crimi and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bella Legrossi and Boris Kleanitoff, the messiest and cleanest monsters in Booville respectively, do nothing but argue until the night of Harry Beastie's Halloween party.

Download or read book Boris Karloff Presents More Tales of the Frightened written by Boris Karloff and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Zhivago Affair written by Peter Finn and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on newly declassified government files, this is the dramatic story of how a forbidden book in the Soviet Union became a secret CIA weapon in the ideological battle between East and West. In May 1956, an Italian publishing scout took a train to a village just outside Moscow to visit Russia’s greatest living poet, Boris Pasternak. He left carrying the original manuscript of Pasternak’s first and only novel, entrusted to him with these words: “This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.” Pasternak believed his novel was unlikely ever to be published in the Soviet Union, where the authorities regarded it as an irredeemable assault on the 1917 Revolution. But he thought it stood a chance in the West and, indeed, beginning in Italy, Doctor Zhivago was widely published in translation throughout the world. From there the life of this extraordinary book entered the realm of the spy novel. The CIA, which recognized that the Cold War was above all an ideological battle, published a Russian-language edition of Doctor Zhivago and smuggled it into the Soviet Union. Copies were devoured in Moscow and Leningrad, sold on the black market, and passed surreptitiously from friend to friend. Pasternak’s funeral in 1960 was attended by thousands of admirers who defied their government to bid him farewell. The example he set launched the great tradition of the writer-dissident in the Soviet Union. In The Zhivago Affair, Peter Finn and Petra Couvée bring us intimately close to this charming, passionate, and complex artist. First to obtain CIA files providing concrete proof of the agency’s involvement, the authors give us a literary thriller that takes us back to a fascinating period of the Cold War—to a time when literature had the power to stir the world. (With 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations.)

Download or read book Just Boris written by Sonia Purnell and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major and controversial new biography of one of the most compelling and contradictory figures in modern British life. Born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, to most of us he is just ‘Boris’ – the only politician of the age to be regarded in such familiar, even affectionate terms. Uniquely, he combines comedy with erudition, gimlet-eyed focus with jokey self-deprecation, and is a loving family man with a roving eye. He is also a hugely ambitious figure with seemingly no huge ambitions to pursue – other than, perhaps, power itself. In this revealing biography, written from the vantage point of a once close colleague, Sonia Purnell examines how a shy, young boy from a broken home became our only box-office politician – and most unlikely sex god; how the Etonian product fond of Latin tags became a Man of the People – and why he wanted to be; how the gaffe-prone buffoon charmed Londonders to win the largest personal mandate Britain has ever seen; and how the Johnson family built our biggest – and blondest – media and political dynasty. The first forensic account of a remarkable rise to fame and power, Just Boris unravels this most compelling of political enigmas and asks whether the Mayor who dreams of crossing the Thames to Downing Street has what it takes to be Prime Minister.

Download or read book Boris and Stella and the Perfect Gift written by and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boris is a musician, playing the songs he learned growing up in Russia. Stella is a baker, baking cakes and pastries like her father used to back in Italy. Boris and Stella live in the city and are best friends. They like movies, hats, and each other. At holiday time, Stella wants to give Boris the perfect present for Hanukkah. She wants him to know how special he is. Boris wants to give Stella the perfect present for Christmas—she means so much to him. But perfect presents cost money and their savings banks contain very little. To make their dreams of perfect presents come true, Boris and Stella each sacrifice something very special. In a nod to O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi comes this tender story celebrating traditions, friendships, and gifts from the heart.

Download or read book Tough Boris written by Mem Fox and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boris von der Borch is a mean, greedy old pirate--tough as nails, through and through, like all pirates. Or is he? When a young boy sneaks into Boris' ship, he discovers that Boris and his mates aren't quite what he expected! Full color.

Download or read book A Billion for Boris written by Mary Rodgers and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-01-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1976, this hilarious follow-up to the classic "Freaky Friday"--also known as "ESP TV"--is updated with colorful new cover art that gives this edition an uproarious new look.

Download or read book Sir Boris the Brave and the Tall Tales Princess written by Marc Starbuck and published by . This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny fairytale with an unlikely hero and a twist ending from debut picture book author Marc Starbuck. Sir Boris the Brave is the boldest, bravest and busiest Knight in all the land. He's always busy despatching dragons, jousting with giants and toppling trolls. Sir Boris is busy removing a particularly pongy piece of goblin poo from his shoes when an urgent message arrives from Princess Tilly Talltales. It's an emergency (according to Tilly) and she needs rescued. But it turns out that Princess Tilly Talltale's idea of an emergency is a bit different to what Boris imagined . . . This is a very funny story that will appeal to both girls and boys, with a surprising twist end. The book comes with an amazing foam sword and shield, so children can dress up and become their very own knight in shining armour!

Download or read book Ladies written by Doris Vallejo and published by Running PressBook Pub. This book was released on 1999 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates the classic tales of goddesses and heroines including Medea who helped Jason capture the golden fleece, and Persephone who was kidnapped by Pluto and forced to live with him in the underworld

Download or read book Boris and the Worrisome Wakies written by Helen Lester and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A badger named Boris stays awake when he should be asleep and then pays the price when he snores through school.

Download or read book Boris the Cat The Little Cat with Big Ideas written by Erwin Moser and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved Austrian author/illustrator Erwin Moser’s Boris stories—told with humor and heart—all in one volume for the first time in English Boris is a special cat! Be it spring, summer, fall, or winter, Boris and his friends experience big and little adventures every day, often without even looking for them! From driving a bathtub to pretending to be a scarecrow to helping a friend, these charming comic-book style mini-stories—told in six pictures—are perfect for read aloud and beginning reader fun. "Children and adults will both appreciate these morsels of masterful ministorytelling." -Kirkus Reviews