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  Dark History of Hollywood -...

  Kieron Connolly

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  This recording has been digitally produced, by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration. 
  'Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.' – Marilyn Monroe It is now over 100 years since Hollywood became the centre of American cinema and, while it has always presented itself as a place of glamour and home to the beautiful and talented, from its very creation there was a darker side to Tinseltown. Film-makers didn’t just move to southern California for its sunny weather, they went West to evade the patent laws restricting the use of movie cameras. From its earliest days, Hollywood, the home of fantasy, created a hothouse of excess – too much money, too much adulation, too much expectation and too much ego. Some actors would trade sex in the, often vain, hope of career advancement, mobsters muscled in on the unions and extorted the studios, while the accountants appear to be among Hollywood’s most creative people, managing to ensure that even the Star Wars films haven’t yet shown a profit. But while stars have always been indulged, once their moment in the limelight has passed, their fall can be cruel. From the setting up of the studios by the movie moguls to the corporations that run them today, from drug addictions to McCarthy-era witch-hunts to the Mob, Dark History of Hollywood is the story of sex and excess, murder and suicide, ambition and betrayal, and how money can make almost everyone compromise. Intensively researched and superbly entertaining, Dark History of Hollywood reveals that the stories behind the silver screen are at least as gripping as many of those on it.

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  Remington

  Frederic Remington

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  It is impossible to reflect upon Frederic Remington’s art without thinking of the merely human elements. Remington became interested in the American Indian, probably because he became interested in the active, exciting life of the American Great Plains. The Indian appealed to him not in any histrionic way, not as a figure stepped out from the pages of Hiawatha, but just as a human subject. Remington hit upon this truth when he travelled west. What he found there was majesty that he did not make, solely, an affair of Indians in war paint and feathers.
  Remington knew how the light of the moon or of the stars is diffused, how softly and magically it envelops the landscape. There is a sort of artistic honesty in his nocturnal studies. He never set out to be romantic or melodramatic, just to develop his affinity and closeness to nature. The beauty of the painter’s motive, too, has communicated itself in his technique. His grey-green tones fading into velvety depths take on transparency, and in his handling of form he uses a touch as firm as need be. The determining influence in his career was that of the creative impulse, urging him to deal in the translation of visible things into pictorial terms.

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  Gunsmoke - Volume 6 - Renegade...

  John Meston

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  Director, Actor, Genius. Orson Welles was all these things and more.  But talent can sometimes make people afraid., And Hollywood was very afraid of Orson Welles. 
   
  So Welles went Indie, making his own works on the proceeds of various jobs that required a big name and that very distinguished voice; perfect for radio.  Here, in the Black Museum, he sets the scene as true life crime is retold.  Mr. Welles, we’re ready……

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  HowExpert Guide to Ballet - 101+...

  HowExpert, Lauren Dillon

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  If you are thinking about taking ballet classes, have a child who is starting to dance, or want to know more about ballet, then HowExpert Guide to Ballet is for you. This book covers many things, such as: 
  - How to find the best studio for you. 
  - Elements to look for in classes from ages 3 to 18. 
  - What to wear to class if you are a child or an adult dancer. 
  - Things to bring to class in your dance bag. 
  - How to make the perfect ballet bun. 
  - Proper ballet etiquette. 
  - How to behave in class, at the barre, and when dancing in the center of the room. 
  - Warm-up exercises to do sitting and standing. 
  - Basic feet and arm positions. 
  - The five major methods of ballet instruction. 
  - Advice and encouragement for adult beginners. 
  - The history of pointe shoes. 
  - How dancers soften or harden their pointe shoes from ripping them apart to baking them in the oven. 
  - What dancers wear inside their pointe shoes to make them comfortable. 
  - How to Identify “dead pointe shoes” and why they are dangerous. 
  - The history of male dancers in ballet. 
  - Information for parents whose sons want to take ballet classes. 
  - What Men’s Classes and Partnering Classes are. 
  - Featuring expert advice, tips and tricks, and stories from the barre. 
  About the Author 
  Lauren Dillon is a multifaceted writer who has been dancing classical ballet for over two decades. She has worked as a dance instructor for children and enjoys sharing classical ballet with others. Born and raised in Florida, Lauren was inspired to take ballet classes by her mother, who took ballet classes as an adult. Lauren earned her Bachelor of Arts in Russian & Eastern European Studies from Florida State University (FSU). 
  HowExpert publishes how to guides by everyday experts.

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  Introduction to Giacomo...

  Anthony Anderson, Peter Wickham

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  Peter Wickham talks about the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova, and his explosive autobiography, The Story of My Life.  Perhaps best known for his serial womanising, Casanova led an extraordinary life with many wild and incredible adventures, many of which are contained in The Story of My Life.

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  Abbott and Costello: Spanish...

  Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

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  Costello wants to become a dramatic actor from Brazil...another Carmen Veranda! Bob Matthews (an ex-aerial gunner) sings for the first time on the show (and sounds like an off-key Mel Torme).

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