She spent her life in the movies. Her childhood is still there to see in Miracle on 34th Street. Her adolescence in Rebel Without a Cause. Her coming of age? Still playing in Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story and countless other hit movies. From the moment Natalie Wood made her debut in 1946, playing Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles's ward in Tomorrow Is Forever at the age of seven, to her shocking, untimely death in 1981, the decades of her life are marked by movies that--for their moments--summed up America's dreams. Now the acclaimed novelist, biographer, critic and screenwriter Gavin Lambert, whose twenty-year friendship with Natalie Wood began when she wanted to star in the movie adaptation of his novel Inside Daisy Clover, tells her extraordinary story. He writes about her parents, uncovering secrets that Natalie either didn't know or kept hidden from those closest to her. Here is the young Natalie, from her... Views: 69
Captain Jamie Westcott, not one to wait, advances on the McDougall clan with one plan, to rescue his sister. But upon seeing Cailyn McDougall again, can he leave her behind? Views: 69
Erotica/Romance. 14981 words long. Views: 69
Review"The love story between Cheng and Jia is flawlessly presented...a fabulous foriegn fable." -* All About Romance"Capturing the Silken Thief* by Jeannie Lin is everything a good short story should give readers. It's has a fully realized plot, well developed characters, and is a complete story." - Wendy the Super Librarian"Lin gives the reader a great sense of what life was like during the Tang Dynasty. You can definitely imagine that you're there." - A Bookish Affair"Lin has written a perfect novella...beautifully descriptive, bringing ancient China to life." - Reading Between the Wines Product DescriptionTang Dynasty China, 823 A.D.Musician Jia needs a valuable book of poems by a famous courtesan to buy her freedom...and she believes Luo Cheng has taken it. Her attempt to steal the book from him fails, but the tall and powerful scholar unexpectedly offers to help her quest! But when they finally find the book—and the arousing poems and artwork inside—Jia's longing for freedom is replaced with a new kind of desire for Cheng.... Views: 69
Saddle up for another equine adventure! Charlie’s horse has become tricky to ride, and when he bolts one day, Charlie is left injured. To make matters worse, strange things are happening at the yard tack is being moved and animals let out of the field. The Pony Detectives suspect that someone might be sneaking in and meddling, but can they discover exactly what’s going on before it's too late? Views: 69
Thirteen is a lucky number for Series XIII, for some of the best horror tales of the last thirteen years were published in time to make this volume. As Karl Edward Wagner says, “I sifted through to find stories that hold the power to chill readers’ imagination—whether through icy terror or with a disquieting shiver. Here are the eighteen stories from 1984 that best succeeded in evoking a mood of horror.”Here is Stephen King, of Pet Semetary fame, with one of his scariest, Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut.Here is Ramsey Campbell, of Incarnate, with Watch the Birdie, a shocker.Here are Charles L. Grant, Dennis Etchison, and Gardner Dozois and a dozen more tellers of terrors!This is the Thirteenth! Views: 69
The harassment of WikiLeaks and other Internet activists, together with attempts to introduce anti-file sharing legislation such as SOPA and ACTA, indicate that the politics of the Internet have reached a crossroads. In one direction lies a future that guarantees, in the watchwords of the cypherpunks, “privacy for the weak and transparency for the powerful”; in the other lies an Internet that allows government and large corporations to discover ever more about internet users while hiding their own activities. Assange and his co-discussants unpick the complex issues surrounding this crucial choice with clarity and engaging enthusiasm.released by the CypherTeam Views: 69
