Edna Ferber's Hollywood reveals one of the most influential artistic relationships of the twentieth century—the four-decade partnership between historical novelist Edna Ferber and the Hollywood studios. Ferber was one of America's most controversial popular historians, a writer whose uniquely feminist, multiracial view of the national past deliberately clashed with traditional narratives of white masculine power. Hollywood paid premium sums to adapt her novels, creating some of the most me...

Four women became best friends in college, and the years have done nothing to break their bond. As life begins to hit them hard, they are even more determined to hold each other together. Joanna is a successful marketing executive with drive and ambition. She's tough enough to handle herself in a man's world and smart enough to know her worth, but the fear of disappointment keeps her from opening her heart to the possibility of true and lasting love. Jessica is a doctor who loves hard and ...

In Reconstructing American Historical Cinema: From Cimarron to Citizen Kane, J. E. Smyth dramatically departs from the traditional understanding of the relationship between film and history. By looking at production records, scripts, and contemporary reviews, Smyth argues that certain classical Hollywood filmmakers were actively engaged in a self-conscious and often critical filmic writing of national history. Her volume is a major reassessment of American historiography and cinematic hist...

Emma and her group of mean girls wouldn't be caught dead on the arm of a college guy. Yet, when cheerleader Emma goes through a dry spell, she decides to lower her standards for a night of sucking, fucking, DP and creampies with the football coach and his entire team of college varsity hunk!Another hot 'n horny smash hit from JJ Smythe, author of Pleasuring the Pack. A bedtime story with a guaranteed happy ending!

The spirit of the book may be illustrated by referring to the roast turkey in the story of The Little Match Girl. The story was told as dear old Hans Christian Andersen gave it to the little German children of fifty years ago. But American children have a different idea of the fowl which graces the table at Christmas time. The story as it came from the lips of the children referred to the "turkey," and "goose" was used in only one instance. As the story was to appeal to our children, the w...

A little pine tree was growing in the woods, surrounded by very different trees. It wished for pretty leaves, not prickly needles! But what would happen when this magical wish came true? A compelling story about resilience, acceptance and discovery illustrated by Suzane Lopes.

Here is the story of the rise, spread, and fall of the Orange Order in Canada. Beginning in 1800, the Order grew steadily in many parts of the country during the nineteenth century, reaching its peak in the early part of the twentieth century. Since then, with the changes in Canadian society, the Order has declined in popularity and since 1945 has almost disappeared.The Sash Canada Wore explains how this immigrant, ethnic ideology, widely known for its Protestant Irishness...

If you’re already a comfortable programmer, familiar with your single board computer and microcontroller, and are ready to refine your projects, then let’s get started! This book covers advanced methods and techniques for creating, implementing, monitoring and controlling your experiments and projects with your Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Projects will use Python and the Tkinter GUI and will also cover software development for adding real time data display to the Raspberry Pi.You'll ...

Christine is on the hunt to find out more about her great aunt, Rose, hoping to decipher their severed relationship and the murder Rose committed, for which June is in prison. With a stroke leaving Rose incapacitated, it's a rush against time to find the truth.Things are doubly complicated when Christine's girlfriend Terrie is accused of assaulting someone. Nervous about what she might do next, Christine and her friends avoid Terrie. With everything at stake, Christine must stick t...

Austin commits a fatal mistake and births a miracle—a child who could possibly change the trajectory of a small Southern town and even the world.A GENERATION OF LIGHTED EVERGREENS is a heartwarming and wholesome read. This story will be enjoyed for seasons to come. For readers who treasured the movie WAR ROOM, believe and dream again.* * *Guilty, but redeemed . . .Austin—a sugar cane field handGus—a nine-year-old yellow Labrador...

Examining a wide range of works, from Gulliver's Travels to The Hunger Games, Representing the Modern Animal in Culture employs key theoretical apparatuses of Animal Studies to literary texts. Contributors address the multifarious modes of animal representation and the range of human-animal interactions that have emerged in the past 300 years.

Interferon alpha-2 is a genetically engineered, highly purified pharmaceutical agent that has undergone extensive phase I and phase II clinical study in more than 1000 patients. The material has biological activity by intravenous, intramus cular and subcutaneous routes. Clinical toxicity principally involves the 'influen za like' syndrome previously seen with native interferons. Other important toxi cities include anorexia, hepatitis, confusion and myelosuppression. Tolerable doses in mult...