Step into a world where the dark corners of reality hide the most intense mysteries.“Me & My Shadows: 12 Twisted Tales” is a compelling collection of short stories centered around queer men navigating haunting, surreal, and supernatural landscapes. From ghostly encounters to unexpected twists, these stories explore the full spectrum of human experience and connection.Adult Content Advisory: This collection contains mature adult themes throughout—depicting the compl...

Michael Karol, the author of Lucy A to Z, has done it again! Lucy in Print digs deep to give Lucy fans (and who isn't one?) a unique look at Lucille Ball, her TV shows, and her co-stars, as reported by the press over the past 60 years. With commentary and analysis by the author, and visit to Lucy's birthplace in Jamestown, NY, and two lost plays about I Love Lucy!

In 1953, Desi Arnaz surprised Lucille Ball with a 13th Anniversary Party at this Hollywood club. Name the club.The answer to this question, and hundreds of others, is in this little bottle er, book, the first Lucy quiz book in more than 20 years!So turn on, tune in, and get ready to test your Lucy IQ.

Fifty-five years ago, a sitcom called I Love Lucy transformed the television landscape and made its leading lady, Lucille Ball, a superstar. No one could have known that Ball, formerly a showgirl, B-movie queen, and radio actress, would become one of the world's most beloved performers, and take her place in a rare pantheon reserved for the likes of Elvis, Marilyn, and Chaplin. This book, by acclaimed Lucy author Michael Karol-Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia,

Whether it was Lucy and Ethel (Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance) or Eve Arden as Miss Brooks, Gale Storm as her dad's "little" Margie, always interfering but with the best of intentions, or the more modern Bea Arthur as Maude, flaunting the conventions of how a woman was supposed to behave, we all have our favorite funny ladies who brought us laughter every week, and, for a half-hour at least, took us away from our daily problems. Classic TV expert Michael Karol, in a series of original essay...

Praise for the updated 2012 Kindle edition of Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia"Very important. Fresh insights. The most detailed-and most enjoyable-book available on Lucille Ball. A must-have."-Laura Wagner, Classic Images"As we are producing the I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special, [Lucy A to Z] has been a godsend."-Lucie...

This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett—funny, irreverent, and irresistible.Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time Together, Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching or memorable story after another....

"And in this quiet moment as I close my eyes, spent and sated, I think I'm in the eye of the storm. And in spite of all he's said, and what he hasn't said, I don't think I have ever been so happy."When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, find...

Knowing how much Mom liked Michael Stern, I knew his book would be honestand it is. I HAD A BALL is full of stories no one but Michael would know. His friendship with Mom is evident on every page. A good read. Thank you Michael.DESI ARNAZ JR .Michaels memories are my memories, only clearer. What a talent for details! It was very moving for me to relive so much of our lives through Michaels eyes. Very entertaining. Charming. And, more importantly, true. As Mom wrote ...

I Remember Me weaves an American tapestry of colorful tales, beginning with the timid musings of a young boy on the verge of becoming a man in the Jewish section of New Yorks Bronx neighborhood, and bringing us up to date with the mature insight of a man whose remarkable trajectory has sent him to the top of Hollywoods elite and sparked the careers of dozens of household-name entertainers. Along the way, Reiner treats his loyal readers to everything from the ordinary to the truly unforgett...

Twenty-seven years after she adopted her baby in Ireland, Lena Molloy receives a call from the nun who set up the adoption. Sister Monica claims that she wants merely to tie up loose ends in her old age, but Lena becomes frightened that something more threatening lies behind the call, and she sets off on a journey to Ireland, with her best friend, to find her daughter's birth parents.

The second novel from the Newbery Medal–winning author of A Wrinkle in Time looks at the darker side of love in a Southern town.From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young girl, Henry is drawn to her, a fascination that turns into a lifelong infatuation.As the years pass, Ilsa's memory never leaves him, not until the day he returns to their sle...