Cuddly Dudley

Cuddly Dudley
Author: Jez Alborough
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Brothers and sisters
ISBN: 9781406310740

Tired of being surrounded by a family who cuddles him and wishing only to live alone, Dudley Penguin waddles away from home and encounters something even worse than an affectionate family. Suggested level: junior.

Dudley Moore

Dudley Moore
Author: Barbra Paskin
Publisher: New Millennium Entertainment (CA)
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781893224179

For this authorized biography, the BBC's Hollywood correspondent has had extraordinary access to all aspects of Dudley Moore's life as an actor comedian, musician, and composer. From his fondness for jazz to his film success in 10 and Arthur, Paskin tells it all. of color photos.

You Can't Cuddle a Crocodile

You Can't Cuddle a Crocodile
Author: Diana Hendry
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2019-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444927469

A little girl takes an imaginative romp through the animal kingdom in this delightful tale from award-winning author Diana Hendry! Everyone knows that little sisters can be a handful. But this little sister is more - she's a zoo-ful! She's a monkey, a bear, a camel, a penguin, a crocodile... If only she'd be a little girl now and again. After all, you can't cuddle a crocodile... A fresh and funny picture book from much-loved author Diana Hendry. Read more about Diana Hendry at dianahendry.co.uk

Walt Disney's The Ugly Duckling (Disney Classic)

Walt Disney's The Ugly Duckling (Disney Classic)
Author: Annie North Bedford
Publisher: Golden/Disney
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0736435727

Based on Walt Disney’s The Ugly Duckling Silly Symphonies animated short from 1939, this classic Little Golden Book was originally published in 1952. Now the beloved book is back to delight a new generation of boys and girls ages 2 to 5—as well as collectors of all ages!

Dudley Moore

Dudley Moore
Author: Rena Fruchter
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2011-06-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1446460274

Rena Fruchter was Dudley's concert piano partner, and the friend who looked after him in the final years of his life until his death at the age of 66. This is her intimate portrait of the extraordinarily brilliant, complex character that was Dudley Moore. During the last ten years of his life Dudley changed. He stepped off the podium and into real life. Physically life was difficult, professionally it was turbulent, but during his final years he blossomed, and in the midst of his illness from the debilitating effects of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, he found peace. Rena writes beautifully of Dudley's final years but also takes us back through his life story - conveying his inimitable talent, humour and vibrancy; evoking the atmosphere of a working-class upbringing in 1940s Britain, life in 1950s London and his relationship with Peter Cook, and the excesses of 1980s LA. With style and precision she unravels his personality, looks back at his childhood and career, weaving a moving and compelling story of a unique man.

Chicago Television

Chicago Television
Author: Daniel Berger
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738577135

The history of television in Chicago begins with the birth of the medium and is defined by the city's pioneering stations. WBKB (now WLS-TV) was the principal innovator of the Chicago School of Television, an improvisational production style that combined small budgets, personable talent, and the creative use of scenery and props. WNBQ (now WMAQ-TV) expanded the innovative concept to a wider audience via the NBC network. WGN-TV scored with sports and kids. Strong personalities drove the success of WBBM-TV. A noncommercial educational station, WTTW, and the city's first UHF station, WCIU, added diversity and ethnic programming. The airwaves in Chicago have been home to a wealth of talented performers and iconic programs that have made the city one of the country's greatest television towns. Chicago Television, featuring photographs from the archives of the Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) and the collections of local stations and historians, gives readers a front-row seat on a journey through the fi rst 50 years of Chicago television, 1940-1990. Founded in 1982 by broadcaster Bruce DuMont, the MBC Web site offers over 10,000 digital assets.

Duck in the Truck

Duck in the Truck
Author: Jez Alborough
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 5
Release: 1999
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 0001983466

A humorous story in rhyme about a duck, who gets his truck stuck in some yucky brown muck. Suggested level: junior.

Toast on Toast

Toast on Toast
Author: Steven Toast
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2015-10-22
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1782117504

Toast on Toast is the must-have book for all budding actors - and non-actors too. In this part memoir, part 'how to act' manual, Steven Toast draws on his vast and varied experiences, providing the reader with an invaluable insight into his journey from school plays to RADA, and from 'It's a Right Royal Knockout' to the Colony Club. Along the way, he reveals the secrets of his success. He discloses how to brush up on and expand your technical and vocal skills, how to nail a professional voiceover, and how to deal with difficult work experience staff in a recording studio. He also reveals the dangers of typecasting, describes the often ruthless struggle for 'top billing', and shares many awesome nuggets of advice. The end result is a book that will inspire and educate anyone who wants to tread the floorboards. It will also inform (and entertain) anybody who simply wants to discover what a jobbing actor's life is actually like.

After Annie

After Annie
Author: Michael Tucker
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1468300113

He and Annie have been famous, nobodies, and mingled with the rich and crazy. Through it all, they've been passionate lovers and fast friends. But when Annie dies of cancer, Herbie is lost. If you think this is going to be a tragic tale about grief, think again. Herbie is too cantankerous, sly, and charming to keel over. Enter Olive, a beautiful bartender who just might be a great actress; Candy, Herbie and Annie's neurotic daughter; and a woman named Billy, the tough-talking golf pro who teaches Herbie more about his psyche than about his lousy swing. After Annie is a hilarious and beautifully rendered novel about a man off the rails, battling through the middle-aged wilderness days he hoped never to face alone. It is a book that examines the inevitable passing of time with clarity and wry brilliance, and a story of surprising power.

The Grey Sisters

The Grey Sisters
Author: Jo Treggiari
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2019-09-24
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0735262993

Two years after a deadly plane crash, best friends D and Spider head into the mountains to face their grief. A gripping psychological thriller for fans of The Cheerleaders and Sadie. D and Spider have always been close friends, and they are further united in their shared heartbreak: they both lost siblings in a horrific plane crash two years earlier. A chance sighting of a beloved cuddly toy in a photograph of the only survivor spurs D to finally seek closure. She and Spider and their friend, Min, set off on a road trip to the mountainside site of that terrible crash. Ariel has lived on the mountain all her life. She and her extended family are looked down upon by neighboring townsfolk and she has learned to live by her wits, trusting few people outside of her isolated, survivalist community. A terrifying attack sends her down the mountain for help; on her way, she comes upon the three girls -- a chance encounter that will have far-reaching consequences for them all.