Willie Kettle
Willie Kettle

Author: V. M. Catanio

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-03-05

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1469138387

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A Journey into War
A Journey into War

Author: Gerry Feld

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2017-03-07

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1524578126

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My manuscript is a historical fiction novel. The story line follows a young Minnesota farm boy into the army after the outbreak of the war. It follows him through basic training, jump school, and then on into the war. The book covers the Normandy Invasionthe battle known as The Bridgeto far up into Holland and finally, the Battle of the Bulge. Throughout the book, I take the reader back to Minnesota so they may see how war affects family and friends on the home front. All the characters are fictional. However, all the military bases in the US and Europe are factual. Each battle my characters are involved in are accurate by timeline and locations. Anyone who is a student of the war or readers who love this genre should appreciate those facts. However, as the novel is a fictional work, I have taken literary license to add drama and hold-your-breath scenes throughout the story.

The Cross and the Gavel
The Cross and the Gavel

Author: Cliff Garris

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1644589966

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Wayne Jackson is a social action pastor who is leading his members, colleagues, and campus ministry students into being a Sanctuary Movement to bring undocumented political refugees into his church to protest the administration's decision to not follow the Refugee Act of 1980. They want their day in court to challenge the administration. They believe that administration pressure has been put on Federal Judges to not let them speak in court. For Wayne the Sanctuary Movement becomes conflict between "the cross and the gavel." His biggest clergy adversary is Danny Burns, a successful pastor of a church with five thousand members and a school with member-families only. What Wayne considers as his calling has cost him his marriage. He meets Joyce Barton on the beach. She is a single mom, a nurse, and a singer. They begin a romantic journey. TC Woolard, a retired Air Force veteran, owns Fox's Den and wants her to sing there. He dislikes all ministers.

Creature Features
Creature Features

Author: William Schoell

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-09-30

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 147661072X

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This work offers a critical, colorful and informative examination of different types of monster movies, spanning the silent period to today. Chapter One focuses on dragons, dinosaurs, and other scaly giants from films like 1953's The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, an impressive stop-motion production that ushered in a new era of atomic-spawned monster films. Chapter Two examines "big bug" flicks, beginning with 1954's giant ant-infested Them! Chapter Three focuses on ordinary animals grown to improbable proportions through scientific or sinister experimentation, such as the huge octopus in 1955's It Came from Beneath the Sea. Chapters Four, Five, and Six look at films in which nature goes berserk, and otherwise innocuous animals flock, swarm, hop or run about on a menacingly massive scale, including 1963's The Birds and 1972's Frogs. Finally, Chapter Seven focuses on films featuring beasts that defy easy definition, such as 1958's The Blob and Fiend Without a Face.

The Collected Plays of Neil Simon
The Collected Plays of Neil Simon

Author: Neil Simon

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1986-11-01

Total Pages: 753

ISBN-13: 0452263581

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The eight plays in the second volume of The Collected Plays of Neil Simon bear eloquent witness to the unique genius of a master playwright who so magnificently blended the joy of laughter and the love of life. This volume includes: • Little Me • The Gingerbread Lady • The Prisoner of Second Avenue • The Sunshine Boys • The Good Doctor • God's Favorite • California Suite • Chapter Two • And an Introduction by the author: “As Time Flies By” Nothing can take away the pleasure that Neil Simon's plays have given literally millions of theatergoers in the past quarter of a century. They and the critics agree that a trip to see any one of this master of comedy's stage triumphs ranks among the most wonderful experiences that the American theater offers.

The Slapstick Queens
The Slapstick Queens

Author: James Robert Parish

Publisher: South Brunswick : A. S. Barnes

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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At one time or another, most every nostalgia-conscious film enthusiast has laughed heartily at the wild onscreen antics of gifted movie comediennes Marjorie Main, Joan Davis, Martha Raye, Judy Canova, and Phyllis Diller. The Slapstick Queens provides an in-depth study and appraisal of the professional work of these exceptionally noteworthy funsters. Each of these five talents has a lengthy, comprehensive chapter devoted to her oncamera and personal life, containing, as well, a detailed filmography of the subject's screen work. In addition, the book provides a full survey of each of these stars' stage, radio, television, nightclub, recording, and book-writing careers. Personal interviews with Phyllis Diller and Judy Canova give this volume an added dimension. The Slapstick Queens delves deeply into the lives and times of five major laugh makers, numbered among the cream of comediennes, particularly in motion pictures and television. Moreover, these antic talents--Marjorie Main, Joan Davis, Martha Raye, Judy Canova, and Phyllis Diller--were among the highest paid non-glamour actresses in the annals of Hollywood. This volume extols not only the film careers of these exceptionally skilled comics, but also the essence of their mirthful work in other media. The Slapstick Queens is a chronicle of, and a testament to, the fabulous careers of a quintet of Hollywood's most memorable comediennes!