Download or read book Charlie Chaplin s Red Letter Days written by Fred Goodwins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of 1914, Charlie Chaplin had become the most popular actor in films, and reporters were clamoring for interviews with the comedy sensation. But no reporter had more access than Fred Goodwins. A British actor who joined Chaplin’s stock company in early 1915, Goodwins began writing short accounts of life at the studio and submitted them to publications. In February 1916 the British magazine Red Letter published the first of what became a series of more than thirty-five of Goodwins’s articles. Written in breezy prose, the articles cover a two-year period during which Chaplin’s popularity and creativity reached new heights. Only one copy of the complete series is known to exist, and its recent rediscovery marks a significant find for Chaplin fans. Charlie Chaplin’s Red Letter Days: At Work with the Comic Genius is a vivid account of the ebb and flow of life at the Chaplin studio. Goodwins was an astute observer who deepens our understanding of Chaplin’s artistry and sheds new light on his personality. He also provides charming and revealing portraits of Chaplin’s unsung collaborators, such as his beloved costar Edna Purviance, his burly nemesis Eric Campbell, and other familiar faces that populate his films. Goodwins depicts Chaplin in the white heat of artistic creation, an indefatigable imp entertaining and inspiring the company on the set. He also describes gloomy, agonizing periods when Chaplin was paralyzed with indecision or exhaustion, or simply frustrated that it was raining and they couldn’t shoot. Reproduced here for the first time, the articles have been edited by film historian David James and annotated by Chaplin expert Dan Kamin to highlight their revelations. Illustrated with a selection of rare images that reflect the Chaplin craze, including posters, sheet music, and magazine covers, Charlie Chaplin’s Red Letter Days provides a fascinating excursion into the private world of the iconic superstar whose films move and delight audiences to this day. It will appeal to movie fans, comedy buffs, and anyone who wants to know what really went on behind the scenes with Chaplin and his crew.

Download or read book Josh Charlie written by Claire Raye and published by Claire Raye. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PURSUE ME Life at its best is the pursuit. Josh Cooper is just a fling and she’s determined to keep it that way. She has too much at stake to fall for him. Charlie McCall is the beautiful blonde he met on his trip to the States and he’s desperate to win her over. But he’s failing miserably. Unable to stay away from each other, they finally give into the idea of a relationship and of what it could become for both of them. But the pursuit may be the only thing that’s keeping them together. PROTECT ME Life at its greatest is worth protecting. Josh Cooper stayed when everything in her life suddenly fell apart. She wants to believe it’s forever, but she still hasn’t told him the truth. Charlie McCall is everything he ever wanted. His present and his future. But he’s only just beginning to learn the true depth of her secrets. Paralysed by fear that a future together just isn’t possible, they struggle with how to deal with the trauma life has thrown at them. But it’s only now that everything’s come to light, will they do whatever they can to protect it.

Download or read book Alaska written by Walter R. Borneman and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 1069 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches -- and ever present are new people with competing views over how the valuable resources should be used: Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of "Gold!"; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in world war; oil wildcatters looking for a different kind of mineral wealth; and always at the core of these disputes is the question of how the land is to be used and by whom. While some want Alaska to remain static, others are in the vanguard of change. Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land shows that there are no easy answers on either side and that Alaska will always be crossing the next frontier.

Download or read book The Charlie Greene Mysteries written by Marlys Millhiser and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Hollywood literary agent and single mother is a reluctant sleuth—and psychic—in this delightfully quirky quartet of paranormal mysteries. Kicking off with the “entertainingly oddball” debut novel in the Charlie Greene series, this volume gathers four of Millhiser’s best high-spirited whodunits (Kirkus Reviews). Murder at Moot Point: Charlie Greene heads to foggy Moot Point, Oregon, to meet with a client, reclusive New Age author Jack Monroe, who is currently experimenting with out-of-body experiences. But when a real body is found under Charlie’s car, she must find the real killer before she goes out of her mind. Death of the Office Witch: Gloria Tuschman—the receptionist at Charlie’s office and also a practicing witch—rubbed everyone the wrong way, so someone rubbed her out. With Gloria’s ghost calling to her from the great beyond, Charlie has no choice but to find who did it before someone else gets a cold-blooded reception. “Humorous, inviting . . . written in crisp, likable prose” (Library Journal). Murder in a Hot Flash: Charlie’s mother, biology professor and rodent specialist Edwina Greene, is in Utah consulting on a documentary. Unfortunately, she’s also the prime suspect in the murder of a science fiction film director. Now Charlie must team up with a Hollywood hunk and track down the dirty rat who did the deed if she hopes to clear her mom’s name. “Likable protagonists and wry humor make this a hit ” (Library Journal). Voices in the Wardrobe: Charlie takes her dear friend Maggie Stutzman to an exclusive San Diego spa to get some much-needed R&R. But tensions rise after a celebrity motivational speaker is found dead in one of the pools and Maggie is facing murder charges. Charlie will need to flush out the killer hiding among the spa’s pampered elite if she hopes to save her friend.

Download or read book Protect Me Josh Charlie 2 A Heartbreaking New Adult Romance written by Claire Raye and published by Claire Raye. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protect Me is book two in Josh and Charlie’s duet and book eight in the Hawthorn Hills Duet Series. A two-part, angst-filled, heartbreaking New Adult romance. Pursue Me must be read before Protect Me in order to enjoy the full story. Life at its greatest is worth protecting. Josh Cooper stayed when everything in her life suddenly fell apart. She wants to believe it’s forever, but she still hasn’t told him the truth. Charlie McCall is everything he ever wanted. His present and his future. But he’s only just beginning to learn the true depth of her secrets. Paralysed by fear that a future together just isn’t possible, they struggle with how to deal with the trauma life has thrown at them. But it’s only now that everything’s come to light, will they do whatever they can to protect it. The Hawthorn Hills Duet Series follows eight couples. Each two-book duet must be read in order to enjoy the couple’s full story, but the series can be read in any order. You’ll find angst-filled, slow-burn, epic love stories along with topical storylines and some amazingly real and raw characters.

Download or read book The Charlie Cameron Series written by Owen Mullen and published by Bloodhound+ORM. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When people disappear into the Scottish fog, Glasgow PI Charlie Cameron goes hunting—and find murder, mayhem and the mob in this crime thriller trilogy. Games People Play When a baby is stolen from Ayr beach on Scotland’s west coast, Private Investigator Charlie Cameron goes searching for a kidnapper…only to realize that he’s on the trail of a brutal serial killer. Old Friends and New Enemies A simple missing person case leads Private Investigator Charlie Cameron into Glasgow’s seedy underworld—and an impossible case that would be dangerous to refuse. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead When a medical whistleblower goes missing, Private Investigator Charlie Cameron begins to suspect murder—and soon finds himself once again tangling with Glasgow’s most powerful mob boss.

Download or read book Charlie Siringo s West written by Howard R. Lamar and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Siringo (1855–1928) lived the quintessential life of adventure on the American frontier as a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, writer, and later as a consultant for early western films. Siringo was one of the most attractive, bold, and original characters to live and flourish in the final decades of the Wild West. His love of the cattle business and of cowboy life was so great that in 1885 he published A Texas Cowboy, or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony—Taken From Real Life, which Will Rogers dubbed the “Cowboy’s Bible.” Howard R. Lamar’s biography deftly shares Siringo’s story within seventy-five pivotal years of western history. Siringo was not a mere observer but a participant in major historical events including the Coeur d’Alene mining strikes of the 1890s and Big Bill Haywood’s trial in 1907. Lamar focuses on Siringo’s youthful struggles to employ his abundant athleticism and ambitions and how Siringo’s varied experiences helped develop the compelling national myth of the cowboy.

Download or read book Replicate written by Andre Gonzalez and published by M4L Publishing . This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every experiment reaches a conclusion… Jeremy Heston believes his experiment is going as planned. He meets those interested in helping him recover, despite his belief that he is still in charge of his own fate. Once settled in to his new home, Jeremy receives a visit from an old friend and learns disturbing truths about the past. Longing for a life of freedom, he dedicates every day to finding a way out, and even receives help from an unlikely companion. Filled with doubt about the effects of his experiment, Jeremy decides to test uncharted territory by moving to the final step of any good psychological experiment: replication. Join Jeremy in this thrilling finale as he learns about the societal and psychological effects of his experiment.

Download or read book Iyla and Friends Celebrate Charlie the Goose s Birthday written by Bernadette A. Bohan and published by The Box Factory Publishing Press. This book was released on 2022-11-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iyla and Friends Celebrate Charlie the Goose's birthday is a book about friendship and fun and celebrating birthdays together.

Download or read book The Secret War written by Michael A. Campbell and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Game Apart written by Neal Collins and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest football tournament on earth will take place in Africa for the first time next year, with the World Cup kicking off in Johannesburg on June 11. A GAME APART tries to explain just how miraculous that simple fact is. Based largely on what I witnessed myself as a student, footballer and sports journalist, this is an honest - but fictional - account of what it was like to play football in South Africa before democracy came rolling in with Nelson Mandela in 1993. There was trouble on the pitch, trouble on the streets, trouble on the beaches. Apartheid and trouble went hand in hand. A lot of the publicity surrounding the upcoming World Cup has been negative, with the focus on crime and corruption. My perception is very different. I believe the country has changed massively for the better in 16 short years. I've waited all that time to let my memories loose, and the World Cup seems an appropriate time to write a novel that, I hope, will help people to remember exactly what the Rainbow Nation has been through. This novel will annoy some, please others. All I ask is that the reader recognizes this is how a young Englishman might have viewed the South Africa I grew up in. A strange but beautiful country riven by cruelty and mistrust and headed for a bloody revolution... until the release of Mandela in 1990. For those who visit the country, for those who view it on a television screen, for those who read about it in the newspapers, I hope to offer some perspective. Apartheid should never be forgotten. Otherwise somebody will repeat the process. And that must never be allowed to happen.

Download or read book The Shadow Self in Film written by Gershon Reiter and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines 13 movies that deal with the protagonist and his projected "other." The cinematic Other is interpreted as an unconscious personality, a denied part of the protagonist that appears in his life as a shadowy menace who won't go away. Devoting a chapter to each movie, the book starts with Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and three cinematic pairs: two Hitchcock films, Shadow of a Doubt and Strangers on a Train; two versions of Cape Fear, J. Lee Thompson's 1962 original and Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake; and a pair of Clint Eastwood films, In the Line of Fire and Blood Work. The book then examines Something Wild, Sea of Love, Fight Club, Desperately Seeking Susan, Apocalypse Now and The Lives of Others. Overall the book aims to show how movies envision the unconscious Other we all too often project on other people.

Download or read book Mr President written by Curt Hayden and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2000-05-20 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Rick Riley, an intelligent, fun-loving and charismatic factory worker in Indiana, loses his job and decides to run for Congress, he encounters some unexpected opposition from the local Democratic party, his father, and his former boss, a multi-millionaire bent on revenge. After his campaign falters, he decides instead to run for President in the Democratic primaries on a lark, using the Internet as his medium. In January, just weeks before the Iowa primary, an extraordinary event occurs that thrusts Riley into the limelight and lands him at the top of the polls. He considers such a prospect a hilarious turn of events, and he places everything in perspective, poking fun at the establishment and riding the wave despite an unorthodox platform. He successfully thwarts the drastic tactics of his enemies, in particular his former boss, Fenton Stecher, and his primary opponent Mac Malone, the Senate Majority Leader from Texas. Along the way, he also falls in love with Joanne Schaffer, a Congresswoman from Arizona and another presidential candidate. Together, they change the whole idea of how politics works and challenge the stranglehold of special interests in Washington. If you ever wished for a presidential candidate who could tell it like it is and win the hearts of everyone, this book is for you.

Download or read book Charlie D and the Celebration Crabapple Tree written by Sherry Lee and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Charlie D's favourite activity is celebrating special occasions with friends under the crabapple tree. Charlie D, Bell, and Barholomoew invite you to join them in the festivities!" -- publisher.

Download or read book Do Your Happy Dance written by Charles M. Schulz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate with the Peanuts gang in this sweet book about Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and friends. It's the perfect gift for graduates of all ages and for everyone who needs a little inspiration to work hard, believe in themselves, and put on their dancing shoes!

Download or read book Portsea written by Colin Powell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie and Violet were born in Portsmouth at the end of , the Victorian era. Their story is the true story of two , young people being born and raised in a great garrison , town, becoming childhood sweethearts, and then being , separated by the Great War. When Charlie returns from , the Western Front, badly wounded, Violet nurses him back , to health but their relationship is affected by the social , changes caused by the war. Women had found new roles , in society and in the home. This story shows how the , conflict changed the lives of ordinary people like Charlie , and Vi and how they had to struggle to build a new society , from the ashes.,

Download or read book Charlie s Birthday Wish written by Rene Micka and published by Better Day Books. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the New Apple Award 2015, an award for Excellence in Independent Publishing. Charlie’s Birthday Wish, has light-hearted rhyme with an anti-bullying message, told from the point of view of the antagonist, Charlie. Charlie bullies his way into a crisis when he alienates his friends with his unkindness, just as his birthday quickly approaches. Charlie sets out to change his fate before he finds himself alone at his own party. In the end, he experiences the power of forgiveness and learns that friendships must be earned.