Voodoo. Vampires. Jazz. There's no city quite like New Orleans, a city that whispers stories and where writers come to eavesdrop. "New Orleans Stories" collects the very best writing on the Big Easy by a stellar gallery of writers for whom the city has played host and muse -- from Walt Whitman and William Faulkner to Anne Rice, Truman Capote, ...
For more than 30 years, Peter Sallis has played Clegg in 'Last of the Summer Wine', the world's longest-running sitcom. With his dry, cynical wit and cautious nature, Clegg has been taken to the hearts of the nation. Now the man behind this creation, and the voice of Wallace in Wallace & Gromit, is telling his story. From his early days in the ...
With intimate photos and paintings, Where Inspiration Lives explores ten writers, artists, and the places that inspire them. From painter Richard Diebenkorn, whose Ocean Park paintings capture the pale light of his southern Californian beachfront home, to Terry McMillan, for whom a house is simply a home for her family rather than a profound ...
This collection of photographs and tributes celebrates the most passionate and romantic aspects of life and the great couples of our era. The book commemorates long and happy marriages, star-crossed adulterers and memorable fiery affairs. Couples include Bogart and Bacall and the McCartneys.
Documenting the takeover of Canadian daily newspapers by profit-oriented corporations, the rise of Conrad Black, and the danger that these trends pose to the long-term survival of the daily press, this book presents a fascinating journey from the editorial offices of the big daily newspapers where the author once worked to a small town in Quebec ...
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