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Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Individual actors & performers
One of the youngest survivors of the Warsaw ghetto, author
Sahbra Anna Markus lived a life only those who have survived
Hitler's hell can imagine. In Only a Bad Dream? she narrates the
drama of her early years through her most vivid memories. Sahbra
courageously recounts those childhood experiences in her compelling
voice, now freed from the repeated warnings: "Don't tell anyone
you're a Jew." "Don't forget you're a Jew." "It was only a dream."
"Hang on tight, or you'll get lost and die."
She tells of traipsing through forests at night, fleeing certain
death, of her parents hiding her in a church, desperate to save her
life. A frantic search for surviving family found the Markuses
traveling throughout Europe on foot, by rowboat, military train,
farm wagon, trucks, and finally the ship Caserta that delivered
them to the land of hope, freedom, and new beginnings-the only
Jewish homeland, Israel.
Only a Bad Dream shares how, in the midst of hunger and
deprivation, Sahbra still found joy in simple things like cats, the
moon, wolves, and fireflies. A story of the triumph of the human
spirit, this memoir provides strong insight into the courage,
strength, and dignity possessed by those who endured the
Holocaust.
As the candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have proven,
Americans are mad as hell about the problems facing our country.
George Noory hears these problems every night, all night, and this
is how he would deal with them. This is Mad as Hell. --- I'm angry
because sometimes I feel like a stranger in America. We live in a
dangerous world that is sorely in need of an effective political
system that deals with the ongoing destruction of the middle class,
an aging population, permeable borders, technology out of control,
and shocking, mindless violence and wars. But we can bring back the
America that makes us proud. It will take hard work and pulling
together as a society. People are stressed because they don't know
where the world is heading or where it is taking them. With a radio
show heard by millions, I consider myself not an entertainer or
someone to dictate how we should live, but a facilitator who can
help guide the path chosen. I have been called a voice in the
darkness. The concepts I deal with are not only on the cutting edge
of science and technology, but with subjects as provocative as
aliens and angels, as challenging as supervolcanos and the fire and
brimstone of the End Time. Join me by reading why I am mad . . .
and maybe you will get as angry as I am about conditions in the
country we love.
Clint Eastwood-actor, director, composer, musician, and
politician-is undeniably one of the most prolific and accomplished
celebrities of the modern age. This book provides insights into
Eastwood's life and entire career, from early television
appearances to recent award-winning films. He established himself
early in his acting career as "the strong silent type" and became
known as the "actor's director." In a career that spans seven
decades, Eastwood's work has been influential for multiple
generations of film audiences as well as actors, directors, and
producers. This biography investigates the man who made his
characters' lines such as "Go ahead-make my day" and "Get off my
lawn" unforgettable, and shows why his movie roles and the films he
directed are honored, studied, quoted, and remembered. The book
describes everything from Eastwood's formative years and early days
as a struggling actor to his family and personal life to his
lifelong love of jazz music and his political leanings. The
chapters describe not only his tremendous accomplishments and
countless successes but also his notable failures-coverage that
will intrigue readers interested in the film industry, in the
acting craft, and in enduring popular cultural icons. Reviews
Eastwood's accolades, honors, reviews, awards, and specific
achievements throughout his lifetime Provides detailed information
regarding Eastwood's long television and film career Documents why
Eastwood is a cultural icon and considered by many to be the most
respected filmmaker in the film industry today Supplies information
about lesser-known aspects of Eastwood's life, such as his
accomplishments as a composer and musician as well as in politics
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"Book of the Year." -- MOJO Magazine"Outstanding Book of the Year."
--The Herald (Glasgow) A Best Book of the Year by NPR, Pitchfork,
The Telegraph, and UncutA tender and intimate memoir by one of the
most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music, the
two-time Grammy Award-winning "premiere song-stylist and songwriter
of her generation" (Hilton Als), Rickie Lee Jones This troubadour
life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that
can be broken to smithereens and still keep beating out the rhythm
for a new song. Last Chance Texaco is the first-ever
no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award-winner
Rickie Lee Jones in her own words. It is a tale of desperate
chances and impossible triumphs, an adventure story of a girl who
beat the odds and grew up to become one of the most legendary
artists of her time, turning adversity and hopelessness into
timeless music. With candor and lyricism, the "Duchess of
Coolsville" (Time) takes us on a singular journey through her
nomadic childhood, to her years as a teenage runaway, through her
legendary love affair with Tom Waits and ultimately her longevity
as the hardest working woman in rock and roll. Rickie Lee's stories
are rich with the infamous characters of her early songs -
"Chuck-E's in Love," "Weasel and the White Boys Cool," "Danny's
All-Star Joint," and "Easy Money"-- but long before her notoriety
in show business, there was a vaudevillian cast of hitchhikers,
bank robbers, jail breaks, drug mules, a pimp with a heart of gold
and tales of her fabled ancestors. In this tender and intimate
memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious
women in music are never-before-told stories of the girl in the
raspberry beret, a singer-songwriter whose music defied
categorization and inspired American pop culture for decades.
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