Imperial Gina
Imperial Gina

Author: Luis Canales

Publisher:

Published: 2006-12-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780828321501

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In this highly illustrated biography of one of the great divas of our time, Canales gives a comprehensive picture of the life of this unusually beautiful and talented woman. The author covers her personal life as well, especially the legal battles she waged, almost always successfully, against hacks in the media as well as against those who tried to question her integrity. Her bout with Hollywood machos is extremely well presented. What comes out is a Gina not to be under estimated or taken for granted. Strong-minded, Gina is not prone to compromises regardless of career or of other enterprises. In this book, Gina is imperial in evely dimeilsion and in the strictest meaning of the word. Few know, however, that besides being an international movie star, La Lollo was also a fine operatic singer, a consummate photographer, and a quiet philanthropist: her efforts in the fight against AIDS and, recently, her work on behalf of Mother Theresa in fighting poverty, are well known.

The Dreamer's Challenge
The Dreamer's Challenge

Author: Nikita Wolf

Publisher: Nikita Wolf

Published: 2019-05-28

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1999092392

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It's been over 800 Earth years since the fall of the Solar Empire, over 1200 Venusian days. On a terraformed Venus, the inhabitants of a dark age society struggle to rebuild civilization, only to be attacked century after century by a mysterious enemy, that abducts entire nations, in the long frozen night. Now, the word has come that the last nation on the Isle of West-Istya has fallen in the night, and the President of the Istyan Union has invited the long-banished Solar Legion back from exile on the continent of Afrodyti. He is amassing an army on the eastern shores to West-Istya that will march into the nightfall and destroy whatever is lurking there, and in the process, conquer the vast empty island into the Union. Gina has spent most of her life in the Imperial Spire, following imperial law, and studying diligently. She had wanted to become a medic until she saw the tools they used and became fascinated by technology. Studying technology was strictly controlled under imperial law, too much technology had caused the Solar Empire to fall, and now after years of study, she is ready to take the final exam, the Sleeper's Challenge. If she passes she will become a technician, and spend the rest of her life in the Spire, but if she fails, the imperial guardians will execute her. Now a heretic legionary has arrived stating the spire on the island of West-Istya has fallen in the night, and the president wants technicians, chemists, and engineers for the army he is building. To make things worse, she has just learned her best friend is a sexual deviant and will be executed if the imperial clerics find out. Will she pass her exam, or be executed? And if she passes, will she stay in the spire, or leave forever, and join the president's army?

The Prince
The Prince

Author: Niccolò Machiavelli

Publisher: Branden Books

Published: 2002-07-16

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0937832383

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"The Prince" is a political treatise by Machiavelli that is not considered to be representative of the work published during his lifetime, but is the most remembered. The theories in this book describe methods that an aspiring prince can use to acquire the throne, or an existing prince can use to maintain his reign. These theories include defense and military, perceived reputation, generosity, cruelty versus mercy, gaining honors, fortune and a number of other discourses.

The Man Who Seduced Hollywood
The Man Who Seduced Hollywood

Author: B. James Gladstone

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2013-05-01

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1613745826

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In Hollywood history, no other lawyer has achieved the movie star–like fame and glamour that Greg Bautzer enjoyed. This revealing biography tells, for the first time, the amazing story of a self-made man who for 50 years used his irresistible charm and prodigious legal talent to dominate the courtrooms, boardrooms, and bedrooms of Hollywood. Columnists of the 1930s through 1950s dubbed him “Hollywood Bachelor Number One,” and for good reason. His long-term relationships and momentary conquests were a who’s who of leading ladies. Through exclusive interviews with those who knew him best, the book uncovers the inner workings of not only Bautzer the high-powered Hollywood lawyer—whose clients included billionaire Howard Hughes—but Bautzer the man.

Writing and Performing Female Identity in Italian Culture
Writing and Performing Female Identity in Italian Culture

Author: Virginia Picchietti

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-28

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 3319408356

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This volume investigates the ways in which Italian women writers, filmmakers, and performers have represented female identity across genres from the immediate post-World War II period to the turn of the twenty-first century. Considering genres such as prose, poetry, drama, and film, these essays examine the vision of female agency and self-actualization arising from women artists’ critique of female identity. This dual approach reveals unique interpretations of womanhood in Italy spanning more than fifty years, while also providing a deep investigation of the manipulation of canvases historically centered on the male subject. With its unique coupling of generic and thematic concerns, the volume contributes to the ever expanding female artistic legacy, and to our understanding of postwar Italian women’s evolving relationship to the narration of history, gender roles, and these artists’ use and revision of generic convention to communicate their vision.

The Hook-Up
The Hook-Up

Author: Pat Tucker

Publisher: Aphrodisia

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781599830063

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If all of the good men are gay, married or in jail, just how far will a woman go to get one? Frankie Brown figures they will dig deep into their knock-off Prada bags - and she's right. She finally strikes gold with her new business - The Hook-Up. It's a unique dating service that finds the man of any girl's dreams - with one catch: the future Mr. Right may be behind bars. Sparks fly in the 'hood when the ladies look for love - any way they can!

The Most Beautiful Women in History
The Most Beautiful Women in History

Author: Robert Richard Kiss

Publisher: Mediacom

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9638747315

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This book is a uniquely interesting experiment. The author decided to publish the imaginary photos of legendary women, from Helen of Troy to Cleopatra. He shows how the most beautiful women in history are perceived by a European journalist and writer. He attempts to portray what was Sappho like and how would the wife of the last Chinese emperor look like if she lived in our time. This book is about the women who have influenced the course of history with their charm, exquisite taste, wisdom, sophistication, treachery, evilness or noble deeds. The women, who have contributed to the world we live in now. The last page is left blank, so readers can put there the picture of their choice and describe the woman who is most important to them. The woman they think is the most beautiful and adorable on earth and without whom the world would be a darker place. The author, Dr. Kiss Róbert Richard is a Prima Primissima Award and Pulitzer Memorial Prize winning journalist. He wrote five books on the fantastic hotels of the world and a book about the most beautiful islands on earth. His articles appear in newspapers, radio and television shows in five countries. He is married; his wife was one of the models in this book.

Family in Buddhism
Family in Buddhism

Author: Liz Wilson

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1438447531

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A wide-ranging exploration of Buddhism and family in Asia—from biological families to families created in monasteries. The Buddha left his home and family and enjoined his followers to go forth and “become homeless.” With a traditionally celibate clergy, Asian Buddhism is often regarded as a world-renouncing religion inimical to family life. This edited volume counters this view, showing how Asian Buddhists in a wide range of historical and geographical circumstances relate as kin to their biological families and to the religious families they join. Using contemporary and historical case studies as well as textual examples, contributors explore how Asian Buddhists invoke family ties in the intentional communities they create and use them to establish religious authority and guard religious privilege. The language of family and lineage emerges as central to a variety of South and East Asian Buddhist contexts. With an interdisciplinary, Pan-Asian approach, Family in Buddhism challenges received wisdom in religious studies and offers new ways to think about family and society.