[PDF] Wild And Crazy eBook

Author : Nick de Semlyen
Publisher : Picador
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 176078687X

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Wild and Crazy Guys is the larger-than-life story of the much-loved Hollywood comedy stars that ruled the 1980s. As well as delving behind the scenes of classic movies such as Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places and dozens more, it chronicles the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, John Candy et al. It’s got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S Thompson, while tied to a lawn chair. It’s akin to Peter Biskind’s Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, following the key players through their highs and lows, and their often turbulent relationships with each other. Nick de Semlyen has already interviewed pretty much all the big names for Empire, as well as directors such as Walter Hill, John Landis and Carl Reiner, and is sitting on lots of unseen material. Taking you on a trip through the tumultous ’80s, Wild And Crazy Guys explores the friendships, feuds, triumphs and disasters experienced by these iconic funnymen. Based on candid interviews from the stars themselves, as well as those who entered their orbit, it reveals the hidden history behind the most fertile period ever for screen comedy.

Author : Paul Joynson-Hicks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1668024578

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"The funniest photographs of wildlife from around the world collected here in one ... book [intended] for animal lovers of all stripes"--

Author : Tara Janzen
Publisher : Dell
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 28,49 MB
Release : 2006-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0440335752

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It’s a long way from the jungles of Colombia to a Colorado library, where Special Forces operative Creed Rivera is staking out one of the world’s most dangerous women. With her prim librarian looks, Cordelia “Cody” Stark doesn’t look like a nuclear arms broker. But nabbing her is Creed’s latest mission–until a trio of thugs shows up and he’s suddenly forced to play hero.... Armed with secrets that could ignite a global inferno, Cody was already running out of places to hide. And now a hotshot government agent has blown her cover by throwing himself between her and certain death. Trusting the hero who just saved her life is not an option. Resisting him is something else entirely. And when bullets start to fly, a man and a woman running out of time are gearing up for the wildest adventure of their lives…. From the Paperback edition.

Author : Nick de Semlyen
Publisher : Crown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 30,66 MB
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1984826654

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The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Eddie Murphy—and the beloved films that made them stars, including Animal House, Caddyshack, and Ghostbusters NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEW YORK “An enjoyable romp that vividly captures the manic ups and downs of the remarkable group of funny folk who gave us a golden age of small and big screen comedy, from SNL to Groundhog Day.”—Peter Biskind, author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls Wild and Crazy Guys opens in 1978 with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray taking bad-tempered swings at each other backstage at Saturday Night Live, and closes 21 years later with the two doing a skit in the same venue, poking fun at each other, their illustrious careers, triumphs and prat falls. In between, Nick de Semlyen takes us on a trip through the tumultuous '80s, delving behind the scenes of movies such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and dozens more. Chronicling the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, John Belushi, John Candy, and Rick Moranis, it's got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes, and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S. Thompson while tied to a lawn chair. What's not to like? Based on candid interviews from many of the stars themselves, as well as those in their immediate orbit, including directors John Landis, Carl Reiner, and Amy Heckerling, Wild and Crazy Guys is a fantastic insider account of the friendships, feuds, triumphs, and disasters experienced by these beloved comedians. Hilarious and revealing, it is both a hidden history of the most fertile period ever for screen comedy and a celebration of some of the most popular films of all time. Praise for Wild and Crazy Guys “Eminently readable . . . Children of the 1980s, take note: this is a fond, engrossing look back at the making of movies that became cultural touchstones.”—Booklist (starred review) “Nick de Semlyen smartly charts the pinballing career paths of the stars of this new comic wave. . . . His punchy, nonstop narrative . . . tells a [story] where art and commerce smash hard against each other, sometimes causing destruction, but sometimes making sparks fly.”—The Sunday Times (UK)

Author : Melissa Foster
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781948868303

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Brindle Montgomery and Trace Jericho have been close friends forever and on-again off-again lovers for years. As rebellious as they are stubborn, they're both perfectly happy with their no-strings-attached hookups. But when Brindle returns from a trip to Paris with a baby bump, it sends Trace's wild, crazy heart into a frenzy.

Author : Charles Mee
Publisher : New Word City
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 22,55 MB
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1640191313

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". . . purely provocative in the best sense . . . . hugely entertaining but also lingers in the memory." - Arts-Louisville.com Here are seven enthusiastically received ultra-avant-garde plays by Charles Mee: Thursday, Today, An Afternoon to Remember Forever, Odysseus 2.0, The Glory of the World, Another Person is a Foreign Country, and Under Construction. "I imagine that decades from now, people who were lucky enough to see it will think back to Charles Mee's The Glory of the World . . . as one of the finest, most startling pieces of theater they've ever seen." - LEO Weekly

Author : Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 48,61 MB
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1455501751

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist, and advocate for social justice. In Living With a Wild God, she recounts her quest-beginning in childhood-to find ""the Truth"" about the universe and everything else: What's really going on? Why are we here? In middle age, she rediscovered the journal she had kept during her tumultuous adolescence, which records an event so strange, so cataclysmic, that she had never, in all the intervening years, written or spoken about it to anyone. It was the kind of event that people call a ""mystical experience""-and, to a steadfast atheist and rationalist, nothing less than shattering. In Living With a Wild God, Ehrenreich reconstructs her childhood mission, bringing an older woman's wry and erudite perspective to a young girl's impassioned obsession with the questions that, at one point or another, torment us all. The result is both deeply personal and cosmically sweeping-a searing memoir and a profound reflection on science, religion, and the human condition. With her signature combination of intellectual rigor and uninhibited imagination, Ehrenreich offers a true literary achievement-a work that has the power not only to entertain but amaze.

Author : Jon Scieszka
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,35 MB
Release : 2006-03-23
Category :
ISBN : 9780756966775

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Time Warp Trio series #14.

Author : Dan Mathews
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 19,43 MB
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1501199994

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A hilarious and heartbreaking memoir about a mother and son's outlandish odyssey of self-discovery.

Author : John E. Thomas
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 30,49 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780805444438

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Kids should have a ball creating such wonders as an edible ocean or a greenhouse grown in a plastic bag. Among the 78 recipes are instructions for making such revolutionary new artistic mediums as whipped cream finger paint, dryer lint clay, and toothpaste putty. Quite a few of the concoctions are edible while others make great party activities or simple gifts. Illustrations.