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James Spada

The seminal biography of legendary actor Peter Lawford. As Publisher's Weekly writes: From Bobby-Sox idol to Kennedy spouse and Marylin Monroe intimate, his life was a dizzying whirl of sex, scandal, an secrets even the tabloids dared not print... Once, Peter Lawford seemed to have it all: a handsome face, a sophisticated wit, a talent that won him overnight stardom and entree into a world of beautiful, powerful people. Veteran of film roles in Easter Parade, Little Women, Good News, and T...

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Patsy M Lightbown, Spada

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Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers

Now in its fifth edition, the award-winning How Languages are Learned has established itself as an indispensable introduction to research in language acquisition and its relationship with classroom practice. Patsy Lightbown and Nina Spada have worked for over four decades in second language research and education. They are highly respected worldwide for making theory and research about language learning accessible and relevant to classroom teaching. This widely acclaimed book remains essen...

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James Spada

An utterly fascinating read about an utterly fascinating star. Grace Kelly was the incredibly beautiful, talented and elegant American movie star who became a real-life princess. In six short Hollywood years she starred in eleven films, eight of which are revered movie classics (like Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and It Takes a Thief). She won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in The Country Girl and ALSO won the amorous attentions of legendary movie stars Gary Cooper, Bing C...

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James Spada

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Ellen Archer

Julia Roberts represents a return to the glamour of the great Hollywood stars of another era. Fans flock to her movies, and she’s a staple cover subject of People magazine and every entertainment show imaginable. But her real life has only been seen in tabloid glimpses—until now.James Spada goes back to Julia’s beginnings in Athens, Georgia, to unearth fascinating facts about her family and her early dating life. He follows her career from movie to movie—both on screen and...

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Vincent Spada

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Ultimate Trivia

Put your baseball expertise to the test with over 600 trivia questions, accompanied by entertaining illustrations capturing your favorite baseball moments throughout history.Quiz yourself or compete with your friends! With challenging questions from baseball history, The Baseball Ultimate Trivia Book is the perfect way to show off your knowledge and prove your superfan status. Arranged by MLB team, with additional quizzes at the end covering baseball histo...

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Alexandra Spada

Kisa Levin has never heard her god. Now a goddess wants her blood.Kisa's family worships Elyhen. She has knelt, prayed, and memorized every verse, and in nine years she has heard nothing. Her father calls it a test of faith. Kisa calls it a curse.So when summer comes, she leaves the prairie for the city of Philas with a plan: find the source of the curse and recover her faith before school starts again. She takes a job with a pious family and tells everyone...

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David Agranoff, Kevin David Anderson, Brian Asman, Peter Clines, Jon Cohn, Ronald Coleman, Dennis K. Crosby, Luke Dumas, S. Faxon, KC Grifant, Indigo Halverson, Theresa Halvorsen, Henry Herz, Elle Jauffret, James Jensen, TJ Kang, Lisa Kastner, Jonathan Maberry, Greg Mollin, C.D. Oakes, Scott Sigler, Benjamin Spada, Chad Stroup, Rose Winter

California is more than beaches, sunshine, and vineyards.Two dozen horror authors are about to drag you into their nightmares, taking you on a wild tour behind the sun-soaked glamour, promising chills and thrills that linger long after the last page. With stories ranging from cosmic to body horror, to the comedic and the strange, Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales is a descent into the darkest corners of Southern California. These pages carry the whispers of ...

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Marcantonio Spada

This book serves as a concise and practical guide on the application of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to problem drinking. Divided into five chapters it provides:a detailed account of the cognitive and behavioural processes involved in the development and maintenance of problem drinkingin-depth coverage of assessment and case formulation and their role in planning and sequencing CBT interventionsconcise and practical illustrations of the ap...

What makes a city alive? What did 20th-century design dreams leave behind?Along with a series of critical commentaries, this book unveils for the first time Townscape in USA, a previously unpublished manuscript written by Gordon Cullen in the early 1960s.Best known for Townscape (1961), Cullen brings his incisive, visually attuned, and often wry perspective to six American cities – New York, Pittsburgh, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. –...

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Gino A. Spada

This is a very basic, easy to read and understand book that teaches the reader how all human beings are meant to eat. Following the three simple rules outlined in this book will inevitably result in better health and a reduction in unwanted, surplus body fat. Infants eat this way, professional athletes eat this way, and so do diabetics. The weight loss industry has made the quest for successful weight loss so complicated that we’ve forgotten the most basic fundamentals of healthy eating. If y...

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James Spada

Best-selling author James Spada has written the definitive biography of one of America’s greatest actresses, Bette Davis. Bette Davis participated in over 100 roles as an actress, including the films, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Jezebel, Dark Victory, and Dangerous. She won two Academy Awards, was the first person to accrue 11 Academy Award nominations, and became the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ame...

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James Spada

Grace Kelly was the incredibly beautiful, talented and elegant American movie star who became a real-life princess. In six short Hollywood years she had starred in eleven films, eight of which are revered movie classics (i.e. Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and It Takes a Thief). She won an Oscar for Best Actress in The Country Girl and also won and welcomed the amorous attentions of legendary actors Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, William Holden and Ray Milland. Then, at the age of 26, she marri...