(Applause Books). Charming, witty, effortlessly debonair, and elegant, Cary Grant was the ultimate leading man, a silver screen icon who seemed to embody all that a movie star should be. But beneath the glamour was a real and complicated man surprisingly vulnerable, unabashedly romantic, often exacting perfectionist who rose above a traumatic childhood and failed marriages to become an incomparable Hollywood legend. In this sublimely truthful and candid portrait, biographer Nancy Nelson draws on interviews with Grant, as well as material from his personal papers, along with loving, revelatory reminiscences from some of his closest friends and loved ones including Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Quincy Jones, James Stewart, and many more to reveal the vaudevillian, actor, lover, and father. With a treasury of both well-loved and rarely seen photographs and a foreword by Grant's wife, Barbara, and daughter, Jennifer, this is the definitive biography of one of the screen's greatest stars.

JOURNEY TO VIRTUE PLANET: An Inter-Active Story with Phrase Cards which put children right in the story. What is a VIRTUE? Visit the Valley of CONFIDENCE and then on to the Land of COURAGE followed by the Mountain of EXCELLENCE. Continue along to the other "Virtuous" locations with siblings, Emerald and Diamond as they try and solve the riddle that will lead them directly to VIRTUE PLANET .
Not only will this story teach the power of knowing your own VIRTUES, but it will also create a fun-filled engaging environment that children will love. Go to www.myvirtueplanet.com to find out more about all of the Do-It-Yourself VIRTUE PLANET PARTIES and other activities.
The various advanced technology (good and bad) and media assault on the pysches of our children, is having quite an impact on their decisions and the forming their self-image.
Let's empower them with what we all have naturally, our VIRTUES. Virtues are the jewels within that come standard as human beings to provide the guidance to know "right" from "trouble." It is what makes us all connected as one human family.
Author, Nancy Nelson-Ewing is a certified facilitator of the world renown Virtues Project Inc. Her noteworthy work with children has led her to develop the fun-filled and easy to implement, VIRTUE PLANET PARTY program for parents and teachers. This program focuses on empowering children ages 5-8, Kindergarten to Third grades, through the use of the arts in understanding their innate wisdom, kindness, integrity etc. Complete with: Hand held instruments, Invitations, Activity floor mat- for a mess-free party, Original Music CD that guides the party, Sing-a-Long Virtue games and more.
Ms. Nelson-Ewing has been developing children's arts based programming in public and private schools, camps and other institutions for almost a decade. Her success along with the compelling social issues facing our youth today, have inspired her to branch out to a wider audience as a way of doing her part as service to humanity.
Ms. Nelson-Ewing is a professional actress for over 25 years, with numerous critically acclaimed television, Broadway and TV commercials to her credits. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Theater/English. She is a playwright, a poet and a proud mother and wife.

This volume seeks to show that the separation of the teaching of reading and writing has been a dominant feature of educational practice at the elementary and secondary levels in the USA since colonial times. It identifies current movements in education which have fostered connections between reading and writing and also those which have tended to push them apart.