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A forty-ton truck hurtles out of control on a snowy country road, a teenage girl on horseback in its path. In a few terrible seconds the life of a family is shattered. And a mother's quest begins -- to save her maimed daughter and a horse driven mad by pain. It is an odyssey that will...

Emma Klar, ehemalige Polizistin und nun Privatdetektivin in Wismar, bekommt einen scheinbar einfachen Auftrag. Eine Frau macht sich um einen alten Schulfreund Sorgen, weil er sich lange nicht gemeldet hat. Emma stellt fest, dass Ingo Beyer tatsächlich verschwunden ist. Beyer stand einmal wegen Kindesmordes vor Gericht, er wurde jedoch freigesprochen. Hat sich nun jemand an ihm gerächt? Oder plant er einen neuen Mord? Als Emma eine Leiche findet, glaubt sie, einem Serientäter auf der Spur zu sein, und bittet Johanna Krass vom BKA um Unterstützung.

A lively and colorful biography of Hollywood's first superagent - one of the most outrageous showbiz characters of the 1960s and 1970s, whose clients included Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Faye Dunaway, Michael Caine, and Candice Bergen. Before Sue Mengers hit the scene in the mid-1960s, talent agents remained quietly in the background. But staying in the background was not possible for Mengers.

Lovers of old-time radio hold a special place in their heart for Agnes Moorehead. She was one of the busiest and most definitive actresses of that medium. The bottom line is that Agnes Moorehead is one of the few actresses who succeeded in every realm of show business: stage, radio, film, and television. This impressive biography proves to listeners and scholars alike that she was much more than the witch of Endor! This is the second edition of the best-selling book, with new material!

Hollywood Madonna explores the full saga of Loretta Young's professional and personal life. She made her film debut at age four, became a star at fifteen, and many awards and accolades later, made her final television movie at age seventy-six. This biography withholds none of the details of her affair with Clark Gable and the daughter that powerful love produced. Bernard F. Dick places Young's affair in the proper context of the time and the choices available to women in 1935.

Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This audiobook, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable nurses, nuns, and housekeepers to life on screen and stage.

Emma Klar war eine der besten Polizistinnen - bis ein Einsatz schiefging. Nun arbeitet sie in Wismar vorgeblich als Privatdetektivin, in Wahrheit jedoch als verdeckte Ermittlerin. Ihr neuer Fall scheint ein Kinderspiel zu sein: Sie soll einen Mann beschatten, der wegen Totschlags zehn Jahre im Gefängnis saß, dessen Tatmotiv jedoch unklar geblieben ist. Als am Salzhaff zwei bizarre Morde geschehen, glaubt Emma, eine Verbindung zu Klausen zu erkennen.

Mord an Fidelmas Hochzeitstag. Irland, Februar 668: Schwester Fidelma und Bruder Eadulf haben beschlossen zu heiraten. Aus diesem Anlaß sind weltliche und geistliche Würdenträger aus ganz Irland nach Cashel gekommen. Da wird Abt Ultan, ein entschiedener Anhänger des Zölibats, ermordet. Für Fidelma und Eadulf ist jetzt keine Zeit mehr zum Feiern.

Anno Domini 666. In einer irischen Schwesternabtei findet man im Klosterbrunnen eine junge Frau, nackt und enthauptet. Man ruft Schwester Fidelma, eine Nonne königlichen Geblüts, um das Verbrechen aufzuklären. Fidelma, die unabhängige und selbstbewusste Heldin dieser Krimiserie, agiert in einer Welt des frühen Christentums, in der keltische Mythen und Bräuche noch starken Einfluss haben. Toleranz und Aufgeklärtheit der gebildeten Frau sichern ihr Macht und Einfluss.

The first comprehensive history of Hollywood's high-flying career women during the studio era, Nobody's Girl Friday covers the impact of the executives, producers, editors, writers, agents, designers, directors, and actresses who shaped Hollywood film production and style, led their unions, climbed to the top during the war, and fought the blacklist. Based on a decade of archival research, author J. E. Smyth uncovers a formidable generation working within the American film industry and brings their voices back into the history of Hollywood.

Judy: A Legendary Film Career tells the story of Garland’s movie work in unprecedented detail. Hundreds of never-before-published photos, newly-assembled contemporary reviews, insight from her costars and coworkers, and production histories are provided for each film in which she appeared. Highlighting and complimenting the feature films is a definitive biography; an examination of Judy’s short subjects; details of the movies she did not complete; and an enthralling compendium of film projects for which she was considered or rumored.

With the success of the Wonder Woman movies and the results following the outcry of the #MeToo movement, now is the time to highlight the female influences in film history previously left unheard!

Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 - August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model who appeared in advertisements and small television and film roles. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic and dramatic acting performances, Tate was hailed as one of Hollywood's most promising newcomers, being compared favorably with the late Marilyn Monroe. Her first major role was as Jennifer North in the 1967 American drama film Valley of the Dolls, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.

A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book.… Without a doubt, not only the very best film book [but] also one of the best books of the year in any genre. An...

Conversations about gender equity in the workplace accelerated in the 2010s, with debates inside Hollywood specifically pointing to broader systemic problems of employment disparities and exploitative labor practices. Compounded by the devastating #MeToo revelations, these problems led to a wide-scale call for change. The Value Gap traces female-driven filmmaking across development, financing, production, film festivals, marketing, and distribution, examining the realities facing women working in the industry during this transformative moment.

Rufus is super famous, super rich, and super attractive. Women all over the world adore him, but he loves Kelly. Women all over the world will do anything to be with him, and photographers will do anything to get pictures of him. His life belongs to the world, but his heart belongs to Kelly. But is that enough? Can their love survive their different lifestyles, different worlds?

My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker is based on Melissa Burch's experiences as a war journalist for BBC, CBS, and other networks. Her team was one of the first documentary crews allowed in the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, and she was featured in a New York Times story about her time in Afghanistan. She was just in her 20s when she traveled with the moujahedeen, filmed an attack on a Soviet convoy, slept with an Afghan commander, and climbed 14,000-foot mountains in the Hindu Kush.

A thrilling Cold War narrative of superpower showdowns, media suppression, and two escape tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall. In the summer of 1962, the year after the rise of the Berlin Wall, a group of young West Germans risked prison, Stasi torture, and even death to liberate friends, lovers...

Beyond Bombshells analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about female agency, power, and sexuality. This book explores how action heroines reveal and reconfigure perceptions about how and why women are capable of physically dominating roles in modern fiction.

WINNER OF THE 2019 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE A mother and son move to a village in northern Norway, each ensconced in their own world. Their distance has fatal consequences. Love is the story of Vibeke and Jon, a mother and son who have...