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With his complex and unconventional films, Robert Altman often draws an impassioned response from critics but bafflement and indifference from the general public. Some audiences have dismissed his movies as insignificant, unsatisfying, and unreadable. Ironically, Altman might agree: he makes films in order to challenge filmgoers' expectations of straightforward narratives and easily understood endings. In Robert Altman's Subliminal Reality, Robert T. Self sheds light on Altman's work and provides the most comprehensive analysis of his films to date. With close readings of classics like MASH, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and Nashville, as well as the more recent films The Player, Short Cuts, and Cookie's Fortune, Self asserts the value of Altman's work not only to film theory and the entertainment industry but to American culture. Book jacket.

An absorbing chronicle of a much overlooked chapter in Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's life—her nineteen-year editorial career History remembers Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as the consummate first lady, the nation's tragic widow, the millionaire's wife, and, of course, the quintessential embodiment of elegance. Her biographers, however, skip over an equally important stage in her life: her nearly twenty year long career as a book editor. Jackie as Editor is the first book to focus exclusively on this remarkable woman's editorial career. At the age of forty-six, one of the most famous women in the world went to work for the first time in twenty-two years. Greg Lawrence, who had three of his books edited by Jackie, draws from interviews with more than 125 of her former collaborators and acquaintances in the publishing world to examine one of the twentieth century's most enduring subjects of fascination through a new angle: her previously untouted skill in the career she chose. Over the last third of her life, Jackie would master a new industry, weather a very public professional scandal, and shepherd more than a hundred books through the increasingly corporate halls of Viking and Doubleday, publishing authors as diverse as Diana Vreeland, Louis Auchincloss, George Plimpton, Bill Moyers, Dorothy West, Naguib Mahfouz, and even Michael Jackson. Jackie as Editor gives intimate new insights into the life of a complex and enigmatic woman who found fulfillment through her creative career during book publishing's legendary Golden Age, and, away from the public eye, quietly defined life on her own terms.

Desire, a spark, and a decision made too fast. A Las Vegas stripper is plunged into the depraved world of a psychopath. But is she the only target of his twisted desires? A regular Sunday night in a Las Vegas strip club is rocked when a local oddball dies mysteriously during a private dance. Amber falls immediately in lust with the hot paramedic who arrives, and follows him outside. But her casual encounter quickly descends into a terrifying, twisted nightmare from which she is unable to escape. Five days later, it’s Lana’s next shift at the club. She’s a fly-in-fly-out dancer paying her way through law school – and she’s Amber’s best friend. But where is Amber, and what about the dead client? Was it an accident, suicide, or murder? Finding neither the police nor the club are taking much interest, Lana conducts her own inquiries. Thrust into a web of lies and deceptions she is determined to unravel, she's desperate to uncover the truth about the death, but the person she most needs to speak to is Amber. An addictively dark, psychological thriller, Isobel Blackthorn's 'Twerk' exposes the working lives of strippers beyond the glamor - the challenges, the rewards, and the risks.

Step into a world where the unthinkable becomes a reality. In this gripping and eye-opening fiction series, delve into the dark and sinister world of medical kidnap, where children are taken from their families due to their medical conditions. Follow the harrowing journeys of children who fall victim to this heinous crime, their families torn apart, and a group of brave teenagers who refuse to let injustice prevail. Gabriel and Renata lead the charge against a system that values profit over justice and the safety of innocent lives. As they fight against an unfair and corrupt system to save themselves and others from the clutches of profit-driven doctors, social workers, and judges, will they succeed in their fight against the corrupt forces that threaten to destroy them? With heart-pounding suspense and a thought-provoking storyline, this collection will leave you on the edge of your seat. Mito, EDS, Proxy, Toxo, Pain, and Fail will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions, leaving you questioning the very fabric of our society. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The plot was FANTASTIC. I've read a lot of stories about foster children, but never anything quite like what happens in Mito. I never even realized that medical kidnap could very well be a thing happening "behind the scenes" in foster care, but after reading this book my mind is blown. I just. Wow. I don't want to go into a whole lot of detail so I think I might stop this review here, but, gah. I can't even form words I'm so freaking mind blown. This book was amazing!! Britt, Goodreads Reader Join Gabriel and Renata on their courageous journey to expose the truth and save innocent lives. Get your copy of this gripping fiction series today and discover a world that will leave you breathless.

All three books in 'A Dark Thrillogy', a series of suspense novels by Isobel Blackthorn, now in one volume! The Legacy Of Old Gran Parks: While middle-aged stalwart Miriam arrives into town, deer hunter Frankie is up in the forested hinterland with her gun. Meanwhile, fisherwoman Old Pearl sits on her front deck, a glass of whiskey in hand, and Emily, the English backpacker, is scrubbing out the pie-encrusted kitchen at the roadhouse. But all is not well... Gran Parks is stirring. Four troubled women. One restless spirit. Who will survive? Twerk: A Sunday night in a Las Vegas strip club is rocked, when a local oddball dies during a private dance. Amber falls for the hot paramedic who arrives, but her casual encounter quickly descends into a terrifying, twisted nightmare from which she is unable to escape. The Cabin Sessions: It’s Christmas Eve and hapless musician Adam Banks is standing on the bridge. A storm is rolling into the narrow mountain pass. He thinks of turning back, but instead decides to fulfill his obligation and perform the guest spot at The Cabin Sessions. Fear stirs when he opens the door on The Cabin’s incense-choked air. Meanwhile, the memories of Philip's sister, Eva, begin to surface. But what happened so long ago, on that fateful day by the river?

Nothing inflames the language gripers like a misplaced disinterested, an illogical irregardless, a hideous operationalisation. To purists these are 'howlers' and 'non-words', fit only for scorn. But in their rush to condemn such terms, are the naysayers missing something? In this provocative and hugely entertaining book, Rebecca Gowers throws light on a great array of horrible words, and shows how the diktats of the pedants are repeatedly based on misinformation, false reasoning and straight-up snobbery. The result is a brilliant work of history, a surreptitious introduction to linguistics, and a mischievous salute to the misusers of the language. It is also a bold manifesto asserting our common rights over English, even as it questions the true nature of style.

Reinventing Poetry: The Final Edition, a collection of Poems, is designed to inspire the core of personal experience and initiate an inner exploration. My poems speak for the unheard and queries into, suggest alternatives with, and exist with their own creative individuality and magnetism. They explore and attempt to redefine conventionally held concepts and beliefs in light of the species improved and expanded awareness. They also aspire to influence the subconscious mind and conscious-reasoning processes to examine alternative methods of reasoning by utilizing and combining visualization, word association, and ideas from official and unofficial point of views. It also offers suggestions through the medium of poetry for achieving personal growth and transformation.