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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Up to a quarter of the UK population is currently believed to misuse alcohol. This first self-help book aimed specifically at problem drinking uses an approach based on real clinical practice, first to recognize alcohol misuse and then, using proven Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques, to show the drinker how to turn the tables and regain control of alcohol consumption.For anyone who feels alcohol is beginning to rule their lives, this is an indispensable guide, combinin...

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...

By the author of Abram's Streisand: In the Camera Eye, this is the definitive biography of Barbra Streisand. The New York Times bestseller updated to 2013. Almost 200,000 words and packed with photos. This compulsively readable, monumental work is based on more than 200 interviews with Barbra's family, friends and colleagues. James Spada has followed Barbra's life and career for forty-five years and paints an intimate, frequently surprising portrait of a woman who continues to cap...

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...

Does informed consent truly guarantee a subjective, free, and informed right to health for everyone, without discrimination? In other words, does informed consent—as it is actually practiced—serve as a guarantor of rights? This paper will attempt to answer these questions by presenting the findings of an anthropological study conducted in the gynecology and obstetrics department of a university hospital in the Emilia-Romagna region. Drawing on philosophical and legal reflections, the autho...

The Law of Conservation is a poetry collection intensely attuned to landscape, both geographic and metaphorical.Borders blurred as cities cede to rural land; the body as a changing place on an equally unstable map; the subsoil of sexuality; the terrain of memory, both rich and painful; new countries traveled and new roots set down as an adult, navigating desire, loneliness, and love.In the context of gender and sexual identity, Spada’s work pays su...