Profiles the seven members of the first U.S. women's gymnastics team to win the team gold at the Olympics
Hal B. Wallis was an old-style independent producer. He sourced his own projects, developed his own stars and was funded by Paramount. Initially a cinema manager with a flair for publicity, Wallis had joined Warner Bros. and quickly ...
Seven friends and their 'Imagination' adventures.
The book also summarizes Bernstein’s early Western scores, noting that although they are clearly in the mainstream of the genre’s musical style, they are also enhanced by Bernstein’s own distinctive touches.
When her grandparents come to visit from India to California, thirteen- year-old Sunita finds herself resenting her Indian heritage and embarrassed by the differences she feels between herself and her...
The Avengers are dead--long live the Avengers!
Traces the experiences of Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug and her efforts alongside her Magnificent Seven teammates to secure their first gold medal for America, describing the surprises and competition that challenged their efforts.
"A life with you just isn't possible."
In this landmark work of history and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Joseph J. Ellis explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals—Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison—confronted the ...
The Magnificent Seven
Professor Brustein addresses this issue in his chapter on "Anti-Theatrical Prejudice," in which he cites the disdain for actors and acting expressed over 2,500 years ago in Plato's Republic: The Philosopher cautioned, "Suppose that an ...