Dorothy Parker
27) Saboteur
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Barry Kane is a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses a Nazi agent firebombing his plant. However, it is Barry who is accused of the fiery sabotage, and to clear his name he sets off on a desperate, action-packed cross-country chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to New York's Radio City Music Hall to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Hitchcock's first film with an all-American cast moves with breakneck speed toward its final heart-pounding...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A selection of stories, poems, essays, articles, and reviews by the American humorist reveals the range of her wit and satire. When it comes to expressing the pleasure and pain of being just a touch too smart to be happy, Dorothy Parker is still the champion, after all these years. Along with Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, and the rest of the Algonquin Round Table, she dominated American popular literature in the 1920s and 1930s. This collection...
32) A star is born
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Norman Main, a drunk and failing Hollywood star, unexpectedly meets Ester Boldgett, a farm girl looking to become a showgirl. They fall in love and marry. Her career skyrockets, while his continues to fade with tragic results.
33) A Star is born
Language
English
Description
A fading star meets an aspiring actress, falls in love with and marries her. Her career skyrockets, while his continues to fade with tragic results.
34) A star is born
Language
English
Formats
Description
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a shot at stardom, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamour machine . She and her idol Norman marry; but as her star rises, his comes crashing down.
35) Patriots day
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish version].
Language
English
Description
The story of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath.
36) Saboteur
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
After witnessing sabotage and murder by a Nazi agent, a factory worker is wrongly accused and he sets out to prove his innocence.
37) Funny Business
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From wild and wacky to knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud fun, these humorous tales represent some of the best of recent seasons of the hit public radio series Selected Shorts. Comedian Wyatt Cenac gives a killer performance of Simon Rich's hilarious tale of woe from the point of view of a condom in a young man's wallet. Alec Baldwin gives a delightful over-the-top performance of James Thurber's wonderfully silly classic tale of the day everybody in a...
38) Big blonde
Series
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
The Dorothy Parker short story chronicles the decline of a vivacious showroom model and good-time party girl in the 1920's, who gives up her high-life for marriage with a travelling salesman. When he turns out to be a hard-drinking philanderer, the marriage deteriorates, as she turns to drinking for solace, moving from man to man, and sinking into an alcoholic haze and deep funk.
39) The little foxes
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Regina Giddens is a woman who will stop at nothing to outwit her brothers in running the family business, even if it means sacrificing the health of her husband or the love of her young daughter.
40) Saboteur
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A riveting wartime thriller following an innocent man who suddenly finds himself in a very deadly situation. After aircraft factory worker Barry Kane witnesses his plant's firebombing by a Nazi agent, he finds himself falsely accused of sabotage and killing his best friend. To clear his name, Kane begins a relentless cross-country chase that takes him from Los Angeles to Boulder Dam and New York's Radio City Music Hall. The suspense builds to a climactic...
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