Download or read book Red Carpet Riot written by David Van Etten and published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Mallory, daughter of a soap opera star, is faced with new challenges when the soap opera that she created and wrote is nominated for an Emmy award and she has to deal with sneaky saboteurs while trying to decide between her boyfriend and her show's leading man.

Download or read book Likely Story written by David Levithan and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Mallory Hayden, sixteen-year-old producer and creator of her own soap opera. Can she survive life with her backstabbing soap-star mother, keep her friends close and her enemies closer (and tell the difference between them), find true love (supersweet boyfriend-or the show's supercute male lead?), and make her show a hit in this world of high-stakes drama and sudsy sabotage? Originally published as separate hardcover novels, here are all three Likely Story novels in one sizzling volume! "A fresh, hip glimpse into the life of daytime soaps and everyday teens. . . . Soapdish meets Sweet Valley High. . . . If you are a soap fan, YA novel fan or simply looking for a good, dishy, well-written read, Likely Story is a must-have." -Daytime Confidential "More twists, turns, and intrigue than a daytime soap. . . . Sure to be a hit." -School Library Journal

Download or read book The Big Dog written by Patrick M. Sheridan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like most of his predecessors, President Preston Armstrong had a serious domestic agenda for his second term in offi ce. A challenge to his plan is presented which threatens the historic interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and the future confi guration of the United States. A series of events including assassinations of high profi le Americans, both in and out of the government, further interfere with his domestic agenda. Debate within the White House is divided between whether or not these murders are random acts of violence or harbingers of worse things to come from organized terrorists. President Armstrong asks his new Vice President Mike Henning to work with his personal covert operative, Tim Shannon, to learn from his sources in the Middle East whether a major terrorist attack against the United States is planned. Despite Osama bin Laden having been killed by the CIA in 2011, al-Qaeda continued to grow and spread their terrorist attacks throughout the world. Now that al-Qaeda had a martyr, recruiting became even easier. Tim Shannon and his team of his twin brother Jim, plus John Murphy, and a couple of new players undertake their new assignment with their usual expertise and foreign contacts. But the clock is running down to identify, fi nd, and arrest the men behind the greatest terrorist threat in history against the United States, and destroy the plan and its operatives before they can carry it out.

Download or read book Art and Protest in Putin s Russia written by Lena Jonson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pussy Riot protest, and the subsequent heavy handed treatment of the protestors, grabbed the headlines, but this was not an isolated instance of art being noticeably critical of the regime. As this book, based on extensive original research, shows, there has been gradually emerging over recent decades a significant counter-culture in the art world which satirises and ridicules the regime and the values it represents, at the same time putting forward, through art, alternative values. The book traces the development of art and protest in recent decades, discusses how art of this kind engages in political and social protest, and provides many illustrations as examples of art as protest. The book concludes by discussing how important art has been in facilitating new social values and in prompting political protests.

Download or read book A History of California Literature written by Blake Allmendinger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blake Allmendinger's A History of California Literature surveys the paradoxical image of the Golden State as a site of dreams and disenchantment, formidable beginnings and ruinous ends. This history encompasses the prismatic nature of California by exploring a variety of historical periods, literary genres, and cultural movements affecting the state's development, from the colonial era to the twenty-first century. Written by a host of leading historians and literary critics, this book offers readers insight into the tensions and contradictions that have shaped the literary landscape of California and also American literature generally.

Download or read book Tactical Performance written by Larry Bogad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tactical Performance tells fun, mischievous stories of underdogs speaking mirth to power - through creative, targeted activist performance in the streets of cities around the world. This compelling, inspiring book also provides the first ever full-length practical and theoretical guide to this work. L.M.Bogad, one of the most prolific practitioners and scholars of this genre, shares the most effective non-violent tactics and theatrics employed by groups which have captured the public imagination in recent years. Tactical Performance explores carnivalesque protest in unique depth, looking at the possibilities for direct action and sometimes shocking confrontation with some of the most powerful institutions in the world. It is essential reading for anyone interested in creative pranksterism and the global justice movement.

Download or read book Red Carpet written by Joseph Finder and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1983 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A New republic book." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Download or read book Red Carpet written by Frank Trapper and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2007, Red Carpet struck a chord with all of us who can't get enough of the Hollywood red carpet scene at the biggest celebrity award shows, movie premieres, and parties. No book since the original edition has brought the reader so close to the velvet rope. Now, in this updated volume, relive 30 years of red carpet moments captured in more than 250 photographs of style makers and A-listers. Red Carpet provides an unending runway show of the entertainment industry's most celebrated personalities in the greatest gowns and high fashion. Celebrity photographer Frank Trapper shares his front-row seat to nearly every major star-studded Hollywood event for the past three decades: the Oscars, Emmys, and A-list movie premieres.

Download or read book The Harvest of American Racism written by Robert Shellow and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1967, in response to violent demonstrations that rocked 164 U.S. cities, the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, a.k.a. the Kerner Commission, was formed. The Commission sought reasons for the disturbances, including the role that law enforcement played. Chief among its research projects was a study of 23 American cities, headed by social psychologist Robert Shellow. An early draft of the scientists’ analysis, titled “The Harvest of American Racism: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967,” provoked the Commission’s staff in November 1967 by uncovering political causes for the unrest; the team of researchers was fired, and the controversial report remained buried at the LBJ Presidential Library until now. ​ The first publication of the Harvest report half a century later reveals that many of the issues it describes are still with us, including how cities might more effectively and humanely react to groups and communities in protest. In addition to the complete text of the suppressed Harvest report, the book includes an introduction by Robert Shellow that provides useful historical context; personal recollections from four of the report’s surviving social scientists, Robert Shellow, David Boesel, Gary T. Marx, and David O. Sears; and an appendix outlining the differences between the unpublished Harvest analysis and the well-known Kerner Commission Report that followed it. “The [Harvest of American Racism] report was rejected by Johnson administration functionaries as being far too radical—politically ‘unviable’... Social science can play an extremely positive role in fighting racial and other injustice and inequality, but only if it is matched with a powerful political will to implement the findings. That will has never come from within an American presidential administration—that will has only been forged in black and other radical communities’ movements for justice. The political power for change, as incremental as it has been, has come from within those communities. Washington responds, it does not lead." —from the Foreword by Michael C. Dawson

Download or read book The Red Carpet written by Henry Blake Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions written by Ian Stuart-Hamilton and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and expanded edition has over 5000 explanations that help unlock the meaning of everyday idiomatic expressions and dispel the confusion that arises from the misinterpretation of language. Both informative and entertaining, the book addresses an important aspect of social communication for people with Asperger Syndrome, who use direct, precise language and 'take things literally'. Each entry is clearly explained, with a guide to its politeness level and suggestions for when and how it might be used. The book covers British and American English and includes some Australian expressions. Although the dictionary is primarily for people with Asperger Syndrome, it is useful and fun for anyone who struggles to understand idiomatic and colloquial English. This is an essential, accessible resource for everyday use.

Download or read book Media Entertainment Law written by Ursula Smartt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media & Entertainment Law presents a contemporary analysis of the law relating to the media and entertainment industries both in terms of its practical application and its theoretical framework, providing a broad and comprehensive coverage of these fast changing branches of the law. Fully restructured to complement how media law is taught today in the digital age, this third edition explores recent updates in the law including the outcomes of the Google Spain case and the ‘right to be forgotten’, the use of drones in breach of privacy laws, internet libel and the boundaries of media freedom and press regulation following the Leveson inquiry. Media & Entertainment Law uses the most up-to-date authorities to explore privacy and confidentiality subjects, such as the Prince Charles 'black spider' letters, the Maximilian Schrems and the celebrity superinjunction PJS v Newsgroup Newspapers cases. The book also covers defamation, contempt of court and freedom of information, plus Scots law. New to this edition: A brand new chapter is dedicated to exploring technology and the media, including contemporary issues such as the dark web, the surveillance state, internet censorship and the law and social media, including bloggers, vloggers and tweeters. The chapters on regulatory authorities have been expanded to provide greater clarification and explanation of broadcasting, press and advertising regulation, including the protection of journalistic sources and comparisons with EU Law. The chapter on intellectual property and entertainment law has been streamlined to match media law courses more effectively. This text provides students with detailed coverage of the key principles, cases and legislation as well as a critical analysis of this vibrant subject.

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Download or read book Red Carpet written by Katrina Fried and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive 21 years of red carpet glamour in this new, updated edition of Red Carpet--an unprecedented collection of photographs by veteran celebrity photographer Frank Trapper. Trapper has had a front row seat to nearly every major star-studded Hollywood event for more than two decades. He shares this very exclusive point of view in Red Carpet, an unending runway show of images that capture high fashion, fabulous footwear, glitzy gowns, immaculate grooming, and style dos and don'ts. Trapper's extensive collection is organized chronologically, and covers every type of red carpet event for the past 21 years, from the high-profile Academy Awards to the dressed-down movie premieres that capture celebrities as you've never seen them before. Even includes up-to-the-minute photos from the 2008 Academy Awards! Stylish enough to belong on the red carpet itself, this book has been updated and redesigned with 32 pages of new images now in a paperback edition with flaps and foil-stamping. Priced at $27.50 and at an expanded 532 pages and 1000 full-color photographs, this chunky, jam-packed, flamboyant volume is the ultimate treat for fashion fans and celebrity star-gazers--not to mention a tremendous value!

Download or read book Amityville House of Pancakes 2 written by Allen Pete S. and published by Creative Guy Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As if one suspect post-mortem breakfast trip wasn't enough, AHOP returns in its second annual volume to delight the sad souls who enjoy humorous speculative fiction. We can't promise AHOP 2 will be funnier than last year's edition, but we can promise that it will be greasier. AHOP 2 will again feature four novella length works from some of today's most demented, twisted and depraved, er... rather creative and talented minds. --------- More mayhem from the folks that aren't sure of the difference between funny-haha and funny peculiar, these four new novellas are guaranteed (offer not valid where prohibited by law) to tickle, please, delight and restore you, all via the magic of humorous speculative fiction. Amityville House of Pancakes: You don't have to be dead to eat here, but it helps.

Download or read book Red Carpet Rivals written by Bobbi Kornblit and published by Bak Lot Press. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The action in RED CARPET RIVALS swirls around the glamour and chaos of the most celebrated entertainment ceremony: the Movie Constellation Awards. The novel presents a rollicking story of high-powered Hollywood insiders fighting their way to the top of the movie industry. Savvy, sexy, and funny , RED CARPET RIVALS provides an inside scoop about the studios and the stars in Hollywood from the 1980s to the present. The novel takes readers on an exciting walk down the most famous red carpet in the world.

Download or read book The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms written by Christine Ammer and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “all systems go” to “senior moment”—a comprehensive reference to idiomatic English. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms explores the meanings and origins of idioms that may not make literal sense but play an important role in the language—including phrasal verbs such as kick back, proverbs such as too many cooks spoil the broth, interjections such as tough beans, and figures of speech such as elephant in the room. With extensive revisions that reflect new historical scholarship and changes in the English language, this second edition defines over 10,000 idiomatic expressions in greater detail than any other dictionary available today—a remarkable reference for those studying the English language, or anyone who enjoys learning its many wonderful quirks and expressions. “Invaluable as a teaching tool.” —School Library Journal