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Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A charmingly illustrated and timely tribute to the women who broke glass ceilings in film and television, debuting during an historic time of change in the entertainment industry. Renegade Women: 50 Game Changers in Film and TV blends stunning illustrations, fascinating biographical profiles, and exclusive interviews with icons like Barbra Streisand, Rita Moreno, and Sigourney Weaver to celebrate the accomplishments of 50 extraordinary women throughout...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
The 1954 motion picture Creature from the Black Lagoon featured a monster designed by a woman, Milicent Patrick. But Patrick's contribution was claimed by a jealous male colleague, her career was cut short, and she soon after disappeared from film history. Working in the horror film industry, O'Meara set out to right the wrong and in the process discovered the full, fascinating story of an ambitious, artistic woman ahead of her time. Patrick began...
12) Hot schemes
Author
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In Miami, a police detective and his girlfriend search for a missing uncle, the probe taking them into the world of Cuban exiles and anti-Castro terrorists as they plan raids on Cuba. A detailed portrait of the Cuban community in Miami. By the author of Hot Money.
Series
Readings in gender studies volume 4
Publisher
School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
16) Tropical Blues
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Join debutante turned amateur sleuth Molly DeWitt in these two classic mysteries from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods. Hot Property Finding a corpse in the card room of her elegant new Key Biscayne apartment complex was not what Molly DeWitt had in mind for a fresh new start--especially when the knife in the dead Ocean Manor's president's back appears to be her own. But when charming homicide detective Michael O'Hara decides to...
17) The Sunset crowd
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From Rodeo Drive to the French Riviera, Karin Tanabe's The Sunset Crowd is a tale of survival and reinvention, of faking it until you make it, and the glittering appeal of success and stardom, as it seeks to answer that timeless question--who gets to have the American dream? Money and fame: in 1970's Los Angeles, everyone is fighting to reach the top, but very few have the talent, ambition, and luck to get there. Meet LA darling Evra Scott. The daughter...
Author
Publisher
Zibby Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
What if achieving your professional dreams comes at too high a personal cost? That's what screenwriter Patty Lin started to ask herself after years in the cutthroat TV industry. One minute she was a tourist, begging her way into the audience of Late Night with David Letterman. Just a few years later, she was an insider who-through relentless hard work and sacrifice-had earned a seat in the writers' rooms of the hottest TV shows of all time. While...