In the Company of Legends

In the Company of Legends
Author: Joan Kramer
Publisher: Beaufort Books
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2015-04-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0825306728

Starting with their award winning profiles of Fred Astaire in 1980, Joan Kramer and David Heeley documented the lives and careers of many Hollywood legends, establishing a reputation for finding the un-findable, persuading the reluctant, and maintaining unique relationships long after the end credits rolled. These were recognized as high-quality, definitive film portraits, which revitalized the genre and made it a mainstay of television programming. This is their insiders’ view of the famous and the powerful: Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Lew Wasserman, Ronald Reagan, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Jane Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Audrey Hepburn, and Bette Davis, among others. Kramer and Heeley’s behind the scenes stories of the productions and the personalities involved are amusing, sometimes moving, often revealing, and have never been told before.

Legends

Legends
Author: Tim O'Brien
Publisher: Casa Flamingo Literary Arts
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Amusement ride owners
ISBN: 9781893951136

OBriens multi-book series pays homage to the greatest of the great--those who made the amusement parks, theme parks, and waterparks what they are today.

Maps and Legends

Maps and Legends
Author: Michael Chabon
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2011-12-20
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1453234136

The Pulitzer Prize winner explores the literary joys of sci-fi and superheroes, gumshoes and goblins, and the stories that bring us together. “I read for entertainment, and I write to entertain. Period.” Such is the manifesto of Michael Chabon, an author of indisputable literary renown who maintains a fierce appreciation of the seductive arts of so-called “genre” fiction. In this lively collection of sixteen critical and personal essays, the author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay champions the cause of westerns, horror, and all the stories, comics, and pulp fiction that get pushed aside when literary discussion turns serious. Whether he’s taking up Superman or Sherlock Holmes, Poe or Proust, Chabon makes it his emphatic mission to explore the reasons we tell one another tales. Throughout, Chabon reveals his own blooming as a writer, from The Mysteries of Pittsburgh to The Yiddish Policeman’s Union. He is living proof of his theory that the stories that give us great pleasure are in many ways our truest, best art—the building blocks of our shared imagination—and in Maps and Legends, he “makes an inviting case for bridging the gap between popular and literary writing” (O, The Oprah Magazine). This ebook features a biography of the author.

Legends

Legends
Author: Robert Littell
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1683359224

A Brooklyn P.I. and ex-CIA agent looks for a missing man while suffering from an identity crisis in this thriller by the bestselling author of The Company. Martin Odum is a onetime CIA field agent turned private detective in Brooklyn, struggling his way through a labyrinth of memories and past identities—“legends” in Agency parlance. But who is Martin Odum? Is he a creation of the Legend Committee at the CIA’s Langley headquarters? Is he suffering from multiple personality disorder, brainwashing, or simply exhaustion? Widely considered one of the true grand masters of American spy fiction, Robert Littell shifts focus from the broad Cold War canvas of his international bestseller The Company to the life of a single CIA operative caught in a contradictory “wilderness of mirrors” in which remembering the past and forgetting it are both deadly options. From unforgettable opening to astonishing ending, Legends again proves Littell’s unparalleled prowess as a seductive storyteller. “Littell provides plenty of inside intelligence info in his superb new thriller, but he adds a decidedly comic spin. . . . As the bodies of his friends and clients begin to pile up, Odum searches for answers about not only the missing husband but also himself. Wonderful writing and a great sense of fun make this another winner.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Now and then novels come along of such originality and power that they blow me away.... [Legends] makes it blazingly clear that Littell’s is one of the most talented, most original voices in American fiction today.” —The Washington Post

Corporate Legends and Lore

Corporate Legends and Lore
Author: Peg Neuhauser
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This thought-provoking book spotlights the art of storytelling in the workplace and suggests the many ways managers can use this over-looked tool--strategically and systematically--to move people to achieve extraordinary results.

The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill

The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill
Author: Don Russell
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1960
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780806115375

Attempts to discern the truths behind the legends built up around his career.

Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park

Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park
Author: Jeff Kurtti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2008-08-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

50 years ago, Walt Disney utterly transformed the concept of outdoor entertainment venues. Using his innate talent for combining disparate skills and personalities, he assembled a creative team that blended imagination with engineering and called them 'Imagineers'. Kurtti introduces a core group of the originators of Disneyland and the other Disney parks. He explores their individual relationships with Walt and each other, their creative breakthroughs and failure, their rivalries and professional politics. Lavishly illustrated with rare never-before-seen photos.

Legends of Vancouver

Legends of Vancouver
Author: E. Pauline Johnson
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1922
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

"These legends (with two or three exceptions) were told to me personally by my honored friend, the late Chief Joe Capilano, of Vancouver, whom I had the privilege of first meeting in London in 1906, when he visited England and was received at Buckingham Palace by their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. To the fact that I was able to greet Chief Capilano in the Chinook tongue, while we were both many thousands of miles from home, I owe the friendship and the confidence which he so freely gave me when I came to reside on the Pacific coast. These legends he told me from time to time, just as the mood possessed him, and he frequently remarked that they had never been revealed to any other English-speaking person save myself."--Author's pref.

Righteous Fury

Righteous Fury
Author: Markus Heitz
Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2015-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1623658845

From the author of the bestselling fantasy series The Dwarves--which has sold over one million copies--come the dynamic new series The Legends of the Alfar. In Righteous Fury, the elves, dwarves and humans all know the alfar to be dark, relentless warriors. In Dson Faimon, the realm of the alfar, the warriors are planning a military campaign. Caphalor and Sinthoras are looking to enlist a powerful demon to strengthen their army - but the two alfar have very different goals. While Caphalor is determined to defend the borders of their empire and no more, the ambitious Sinthoras is intent on invasion: and he has the kingdoms of dwarves, elves, and me firmly in his sights.

Infernal Legends

Infernal Legends
Author: Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 765
Release: 2017
Genre: Demonology
ISBN: 9780997074512