His writing career began when he embarked on a two-year trip around the world where he lived in Bali, Spain, England and many other places. Following his studies of art and business, he moved for 12 years to South Africa where he worked, painted, and was an acting member of a satirical theater group. Wilhelm was born in Bremen, (Germany) where he grew up. Some of his best-known books include "I'll Always Love You", "Bunny Trouble" series, "Tyrone The Horrible" series, "Waldo" series, and the "Noodles" books. Presently there are over forty two million books by Hans Wilhelm in print. Many of them have been made into animated television series. They have been translated in more than thirty languages and have won numerous international awards and prizes. Hans Wilhelm has written and/or illustrated over 200 books – mostly for children. Hans Wilhelm (born September 21, 1945) is a German-American writer, children's book author and illustrator, and artist.
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John Huston Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Alfred Hitchcock Marlon Brando Spencer Tracy 7. He is founding artistic director of First Stage in Hollywood and is the author of seven books including Theatrical Anecdotes, Broadway Anecdotes, and the forthcoming MGM: When the Lion Roared. Hay is a pro at unearthing acerbie or outrageous sayings or events his topical arrangement is smooth and his delivery fluid." Booklist "Enjoyable.Light, browse-able entertainment." Kirkus Reviews Born in Budapest and educated at Oxford, Peter Hay has taught at several universities in Canada and the United States. Movie Anecdotes Praise for Movie Anecdotes "Hay is a generous storyteller.he has gathered the oral tradition of the Hollywood tribe with both love and cunning." The Los Angeles Times "Amusing, critieal tales-tall and true. Tall and gruff, dressed in a hooded robe that completely conceals his features, and riding a black mare, Merrick might as well be the Grim Reaper.īut appearances are deceiving. When he first sees Merrick, William thinks he's been dropped into a medieval horror story. And so William finds himself in a carriage bound for the remote woods upstate, where he'll spend the next years of his life learning a new trade under some old master. He narrowly avoids the brutal prison system thanks to his mother, who negotiates with the judge to secure him a five year apprenticeship in lieu of a prison sentence. New York, 1799: the future looks bright for the charming young book dealer William Lacy, until a raucous night of drinking lands him in shackles. None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (Mar. 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Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers.īusiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. Sweeter than a box of chocolates, this is the PERFECT Valentine's Day read. I won't tell you what happens next, but if you cry at the end of It's a Wonderful Life, well you'd better get out your hankies. He tries something different for dinner, and even bakes brownies for the neighbors. On Monday, he takes the box of candy to work with him, and shares it with all his coworkers. could she be the one who sent him the gift? And, he can't help wondering about each woman he sees. He puts on a wacky tie, and goes for a walk around the neighborhood. It's a huge heart-shaped box, filled with candy.Īnd, it comes with a card that says "Somebody loves you." Hatch a large package wrapped in brown paper. 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The Dressmaker (Audio CD / Audio, Film Tie-In)īy Ham, Rosalie Read by Griffiths, RachelĪfter twenty years spent mastering the art of dressmaking at couture houses in Paris, Tilly Dunnage returns to the small Australian town she was banished from as a child. And where there is delight to be found, Qian relishes it: her first bite of gloriously greasy pizza, weekly “shopping days,” when Qian finds small treasures in the trash lining Brooklyn’s streets, and a magical Christmas visit to Rockefeller Center-confirmation that the New York City she saw in movies does exist after all.īut then Qian’s headstrong Ma Ma collapses, revealing an illness that she has kept secret for months for fear of the cost and scrutiny of a doctor’s visit. Shunned by her classmates and teachers for her limited English, Qian takes refuge in the library and masters the language through books, coming to think of The Berenstain Bears as her first American friends. Instead of laughing at her jokes, they fight constantly, taking out the stress of their new life on one another. In Chinatown, Qian’s parents labor in sweatshops. In China, Qian’s parents were professors in America, her family is “illegal” and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world. For Larry Gelbart’s “City of Angels,” a musical comedy thriller about private eyes, moviemaking and Hollywood romance, he came up with 46 scene changes - one every three or four minutes. The versatility of his work was similarly impressive. Between 19, he designed 63 Broadway plays and musicals, according to his daughter Christie Wagner Lee, garnering Tony Awards for the original Broadway productions of “The Producers,” “On the Twentieth Century” and “City of Angels.” Another seven of his shows brought him Tony nominations. Wagner, who died in his sleep May 29, was 89. Robin Wagner, the legendary Broadway set designer who created the stage worlds of “The Producers,” “Angels in America,” “Crazy for You,” “Hair,” “Dreamgirls” and dozens more, framed “ A Chorus Line” in black velour and mirrors, and once plopped Mick Jagger in the center of a chromium lotus for the Stones’ 1975 Tour of the Americas, has died at his Manhattan home. Mo’s work books have been translated into a myriad of languages, spawned animated shorts and theatrical musical productions, and his illustrations, wire sculpture, and carved ceramics have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation. The New York Times Book Review called Mo “the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's." In addition to such picture books as Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Time to Pee, Mo has created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early readers, and published You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons, an annotated cartoon journal sketched during a year-long voyage around the world in 1990-91. #1 New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems is best known for his Caldecott Honor winning picture books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale. Of course where cops (even those clad in tights) go, alas, crime follows. The one role he relishes the other requires, well, ruby tights. He's been "invited" to attend a royal function as both detective and diplomat. So where is it? When duty calls, Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary answers. But weren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there were. Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. So what happened to the fifth elephant? An investigation of an attempted assassination leads Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary on a wild goose-or rather, elephant-chase that will lead him to discover the truth about the missing pachyderm. But aren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there are. The flat world is supported on the backs of four elephants. |