Trust Me

Trust Me
Author: George Kennedy
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1557839166

(Applause Books). "These are memoirs of a kid born in New York City in 1925. His dad, George Senior, was a pianist, composer, and orchestra leader at Proctor's Vaudeville Theatre, and his mother, Helen, played in a classic dance troupe. Hanky-panky ensued. They married, and I soon was the result... I write like I talk. A long time ago I tried making 'talking and telling the truth' one and the same. That isn't just difficult; it means painfully reviewing things you've been led to believe since you were a child. That's very hard to do. Like many, I have marched along adhering to conventions (sex, color, church, party, gang) without examination. There's a wonderful, protective 'togetherness' in that anonymity. You obey or are damned, less joined together than stuck together. You become an echo rather than a voice. This book is about what happens when you stop fearing and think. I like writing, but warmed-over BS is not on the menu. You are the most important thing in life. Every phrase in the book awkward or not is how I think and question everything. I wrote every word as if we were sitting together. I want you to think, too..." George Kennedy, from the preface

Trust Me, I'm a Doctor.

Trust Me, I'm a Doctor.
Author: Sandeep Kapoor
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2017-08-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781542575027

For years, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor chronicled his daily life in simple spiral-bound notebooks. These journals were his safe space: he could be fully himself, totally vulnerable, and completely free in the absolute privacy of those pages. Private-until a patient died under his watch, and his happy, normal life spiraled into chaos. That patient was celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, and Dr. Kapoor's journals were suddenly considered evidence in the trial that would determine whether Kapoor played a role in Smith's death. Throughout the next hectic months, Kapoor found himself forced into the spotlight as the media and public speculated about Smith's death and Kapoor's involvement. Dr. Kapoor continued to journal throughout this arduous time, and Trust Me, I'm a Doctor is his memoir of the events surrounding this tragedy. His is a complex story of how one poor decision led to years of persecution. It's a compelling behind-the-scenes look at not only Anna Nicole Smith's story but also the personal and professional life of one man who simply wants to provide care for those in pain. With warm humor, honesty, and humility, Dr. Kapoor tells it all-find out what really happened and who Dr. Kapoor really is.

Verity

Verity
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 153872474X

Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Author: Iain Reid
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2016-06-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501126962

Now a Netflix original movie, this deeply scary and intensely unnerving novel follows a couple in the midst of a twisted unraveling of the darkest unease. You will be scared. But you won’t know why… I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there. Always. Jake once said, “Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.” And here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t want to be here. In this smart and intense literary suspense novel, Iain Reid explores the depths of the human psyche, questioning consciousness, free will, the value of relationships, fear, and the limitations of solitude. Reminiscent of Jose Saramago’s early work, Michel Faber’s cult classic Under the Skin, and Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk about Kevin, “your dread and unease will mount with every passing page” (Entertainment Weekly) of this edgy, haunting debut. Tense, gripping, and atmospheric, I’m Thinking of Ending Things pulls you in from the very first page…and never lets you go.

Trust in Me

Trust in Me
Author: Sophie McKenzie
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1471111776

The bestselling author of Close My Eyes returns with a chilling psychological thriller. Julia has always been the friend that Livy turns to when life is difficult. United fifteen years ago by grief at the brutal murder of Livy's sister, Kara, they've always told each other everything. Or so Livy thought. So when Julia is found dead in her home, Livy cannot come to terms with the news that she chose to end her own life. The Julia that Livy knew was vibrant and vivacious, a far cry from the selfish neurotic that her family seem determined to paint her as. Troubled by doubt but alone in her suspicions, Livy sets out to prove that Julia was in fact murdered. But little does she realise that digging into her best friend's private life will cause her to question everything she thought she knew about Julia. And the truth that Livy discovers will tear the very fabric of her own life apart.

The Stepping Off Place

The Stepping Off Place
Author: Cameron Kelly Rosenblum
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2020-07-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0062932098

From debut author Cameron Kelly Rosenblum comes a stunning teen novel that tackles love, grief, and mental health as one girl must process her friend’s death and ultimately learn how to stand in her own light. Perfect for fans of All the Bright Places and We Were Liars. It’s the summer before senior year. Reid is in the thick of Scofield High’s in-crowd thanks to her best friend, Hattie, who has been her social oxygen since middle school. But summer is when Hattie goes to her family’s Maine island home. Instead of sitting inside for eight weeks, waiting for her to return, Reid and their friend, Sam, enter into a pact—to live it up, one party at a time. But days before Hattie is due home, Reid finds out the shocking news that Hattie has died by suicide. Driven by a desperate need to understand what went wrong, Reid searches for answers. In doing so, she uncovers painful secrets about the person she thought she knew better than herself. And the truth will force Reid to reexamine everything.

The False Prince

The False Prince
Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2012-06-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407135295

If you love the danger and sword-fighting of MERLIN, you'll like this! In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point - he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. As Sage's journey continues, layer upon layer of treachery and deceit unfold, until finally a truth is revealed that proves more dangerous than all of the lies put together.

Love in the New Millennium

Love in the New Millennium
Author: Can Xue
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2018-11-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0300240481

The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flowerbeds and false reports fly. Conspiracies abound in a community that normalizes paranoia and suspicion. Some try to flee—whether to a mysterious gambling bordello or to ancestral homes that can only be reached underground through muddy caves, sewers, and tunnels. Others seek out the refuge of Nest County, where traditional Chinese herbal medicines can reshape or psychologically transport the self. Each life is circumscribed by buried secrets and transcendent delusions. Can Xue's masterful love stories for the new millennium trace love's many guises—satirical, tragic, transient, lasting, nebulous, and fulfilling—against a kaleidoscopic backdrop drawn from East and West of commerce and industry, fraud and exploitation, sex and romance.

The Marketing Edge for Filmmakers: Developing a Marketing Mindset from Concept to Release

The Marketing Edge for Filmmakers: Developing a Marketing Mindset from Concept to Release
Author: Russell Schwartz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1351613448

Written for working and aspiring filmmakers, directors, producers and screenwriters, The Marketing Edge for Filmmakers walks through every stage of the marketing process - from concept to post-production - and illustrates how creative decisions at each stage will impact the marketability of a film. In this book, marketing experts Schwartz and MacDonald welcome you behind the curtain into the inner workings of Marketing department at both the studios and independents. They also track films of different budgets (studio, genre, independent and documentary) through the marketing process, examining how each discipline will approach your film. Featuring interviews with both marketers and filmmakers throughout, an extensive glossary and end-of-chapter exercises, The Marketing Edge for Filmmakers offers a unique introduction to film marketing and a practical guide for understanding the impact of marketing on your film.

The Day Daniel Left

The Day Daniel Left
Author: Brandon Dean
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2018-08-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1984542753

On a gloomy day in 2040, middle-aged Daniel Connor returns home from an unfortunate doctor’s visit. With his wife by his side, he is soon visited by a dear friend, and together they finish Daniel’s account of the night of a special reunion—how those dearest to him, including a stubborn journalist, a police officer, an army veteran, and the one that got away, made their way to that night and how their lives have been altered since. Weaving through childhood glory days to the endurance test that is adulthood, Daniel navigates several relationships and career opportunities, but he cannot escape the past. After a heartbreaking setback, he sets out for a new course in life and is ready to leave everything behind, unaware of what awaits him. The Day Daniel Left is a novel about the subtle strings, which tie people together, loosening its slack as we grow older and how we eventually realize its ability to tighten once again when all hope seems lost.