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Better Than the Movies

Autor: Lynn Painter

Número de Páginas: 315

Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Ali Hazelwood, this “sweet and funny” (Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks) teen rom-com is hopelessly romantic with enemies to lovers and grumpy x sunshine energy! Liz hates her annoyingly attractive neighbour but he’s the only in with her long-term crush… Perpetual daydreamer and hopeless romantic Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar—and maybe snag him as a prom date—even befriend Wes Bennet. The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbour might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in. But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must re-examine...

Better Than The Movies. Meglio che nei film

Autor: Lynn Painter

Número de Páginas: 278

Se l’amore fosse un film, per Liz sarebbe una commedia romantica. Il suo lieto fine, però, è ancora tutto da scrivere. Sin da quando era bambina, Liz sogna un amore da film. Grazie a una passione smisurata per le commedie romantiche, nella sua testa il copione è già scritto: un giorno incontrerà il ragazzo perfetto e insieme vivranno per sempre felici e contenti. Perciò, quando la sua cotta storica torna in città, Liz non può che interpretarlo come un segno del destino: il lieto fine è in arrivo, è lui quello giusto. Il primo passo per mettere le basi del loro eterno amore è convincerlo a invitarla al ballo di fine anno. Per farlo, Liz ha bisogno di un piccolo aiuto. E anche se controvoglia, è costretta a chiederlo a Wes, il suo vicino di casa nonché nemico giurato, lo stesso che le ha infilato una rana nella casa di Barbie. Più tempo passano insieme, però, più Liz si rende conto che Wes non è più il bambino dispettoso di un tempo. Adora provocarla e sa essere una discreta spina nel fianco, ma è anche capace di farla ridere, la ascolta e sembra capirla sul serio. All’improvviso Liz è costretta a riesaminare tutto quello che credeva di sapere sull’amore....

Better than the movies

Autor: Lynn Painter

Número de Páginas: 0

If You Can't Be Better Than an N-Word, Then Who Can You Be Better Than?

Autor: Thomas Sass

Número de Páginas: 716

America's elites utilize the divide-and-conquer strategy, and with African Americans, they have found their first target. Centuries of brainwashing have instilled a superiority high in many whites and at the same time placed blacks in less-than positions. I intend to show to what extent Apartheidism and the "less-than" culture affect blacks in several different environments, such as how the criminal "justice" system is used to marginalize and criminalize blacks at rates disproportionate to their population. Even the sports world can be more problematic for blacks than for non-blacks. I will present people and events that will show the double standards society has been led to not only accept but to expect, and just how easily we seem to have been manipulated. Most, and perhaps none of which could have been so relatively easily accomplished if the "drug" of superiority did not cloud our perceptions.

Literature into Film

Autor: Linda Costanzo Cahir

Número de Páginas: 317

For most people, film adaptation of literature can be summed up in one sentence: "The movie wasn't as good as the book." This volume undertakes to show the reader that not only is this evaluation not always true but sometimes it is intrinsically unfair. Movies based on literary works, while often billed as adaptations, are more correctly termed translations. A director and his actors translate the story from the written page into a visual presentation. Depending on the form of the original text and the chosen method of translation, certain inherent difficulties and pitfalls are associated with this change of medium. So often our reception of a book-based movie has more to do with our expectations and reading of the literature than with the job that the movie production did or did not do. Avoiding these biases and fairly evaluating any particular literary-based film takes an awareness of certain factors. Written with a formalistic rather than historical approach, this work presents a comprehensive guide to literature-based films, establishing a contextual and theoretical basis to help the reader understand the relationships between such movies and the original texts as well as the...

Who Better Than You?

Autor: Will Packer

Número de Páginas: 273

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The billion-dollar Hollywood producer provides a master mentorship by sharing secrets to success honed from working with the biggest stars in the world. As Kevin Hart says of working with Will Packer: “I became a student and learned from the way he was moving. The man helped me grow and gave me the knowledge.” Whether you’re just starting out or ready to make a major move, Who Better Than You? is a wildly entertaining roadmap to being successful in an unpredictable world, featuring behind-the-scenes Hollywood lessons, empowering guidance, and indispensable encouragement. From Stomp the Yard to Ride Along to Girls Trip and many more, Will Packer’s films have collectively grossed more than $1 billion at the box office, with ten opening at number one! To outsiders, the unabashed confidence that has driven him since his college days—when he was trying to sell a micro-budget indie film—may look like arrogance. To Packer, that’s just what it took to make it on his own terms. With Who Better Than You?, Packer has created the success toolkit he wished he’d had back then, filled with illuminating and laugh-out-loud stories as well as practical...

Hearings

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Education

Número de Páginas: 1530

More Than You Know

Autor: Michael J. Mauboussin

Número de Páginas: 354

Since its first publication, Michael J. Mauboussin's popular guide to wise investing has been translated into eight languages and has been named best business book by BusinessWeek and best economics book by Strategy+Business. Now updated to reflect current research and expanded to include new chapters on investment philosophy, psychology, and strategy and science as they pertain to money management, this volume is more than ever the best chance to know more than the average investor. Offering invaluable tools to better understand the concepts of choice and risk, More Than You Know is a unique blend of practical advice and sound theory, sampling from a wide variety of sources and disciplines. Mauboussin builds on the ideas of visionaries, including Warren Buffett and E. O. Wilson, but also finds wisdom in a broad and deep range of fields, such as casino gambling, horse racing, psychology, and evolutionary biology. He analyzes the strategies of poker experts David Sklansky and Puggy Pearson and pinpoints parallels between mate selection in guppies and stock market booms. For this edition, Mauboussin includes fresh thoughts on human cognition, management assessment, game theory, the...

Better Than the Movies

Autor: Lynn Painter

Número de Páginas: 298

Der TikTok-Liebling jetzt auf Deutsch! Liz träumt vom perfekten Prom-Date. Doch dafür müsste sie erst einmal ein Liebesleben haben. Als ihr Kindheits-Crush Michael zurück in ihre Stadt zieht, sieht sie ihr Glück in greifbarer Nähe. Zu dumm, dass Michael in ihr immer noch die niedliche kleine Liz von früher sieht. Damit sich das ändert, braucht sie die Hilfe von Wes: Der beliebte Bad Boy, der nebenan wohnt, raubt ihr zwar seit sie denken kann den letzten Nerv, ist aber mit Michael befreundet und damit ihr Türöffner. Wes tut alles, damit Liz und Michael zusammenfinden. Allerdings bringen seine Bemühungen auch ihn und Liz einander näher. Und Liz muss sich fragen, wem ihr Herz wirklich gehört ...

Lloyd Kaufman

Autor: Mathew Klickstein

Número de Páginas: 146

After nearly fifty years of disrupting media, gleefully Rabelaisian uberindie filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman (b. 1945) has been maligned, mocked, and—worst of all—ignored throughout the general course of his wildly eclectic and impactful filmography. As the equally huckster-ish and self-denigrating cofounder and president of Troma Entertainment—responsible for the likes of such schlocky “midnight movie” fare as The Toxic Avenger, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., Surf Nazis Must Die, Class of Nuke ’Em High, Tromeo & Juliet, and, most recently, #ShakespearesShitstorm—Kaufman has indisputably left his slimily viscous fingerprints on moviemaking throughout the past half century. Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews gathers together no-holds-barred commentaries, op-eds, Q&As, arguments, and retorts from the prodigious filmmaker. Considering the typical Troma film is known, if at all, for the brand’s signature egregious gore, unabashedly scandalous sexual fetishism, sophomoric scatology, and provocative contrarianism, it’s easy to understand why Kaufman and his (still metastasizing) oeuvre go without much notice in the mainstream trades or classroom discussions. Like a modern-day P. T. Barnum,...