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Small vials of smelly ingredients, the diaries of a dead magician, and a secret story about immortality have two less-than-sociable kids on the hunt to solve a strange mystery, in a challenging middle reader filled with word-games, anagrams, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Fictional attorney Anthony Petrocelli was first introduced by Barry Newman in The Lawyer (1970), loosely based on real-life Sam Shepperd, a neurosurgeon initially convicted for the 1954 brutal bludgeoning murder of his wife, Marilyn. The success of the pilot Night Games (1974) led to the television series Petrocelli (1974-1976), again starring Newman, and also including Susan Howard and Albert Salmi. It was created by E. Jack Neuman and Sidney J. Furie, produced by Edward K. Milkis and Thomas L. Miller. Each episode followed the search for clues to how and why a crime occurred. Author Sandra Grabman explores the series' history, development, cast, and critical reception, as well as behind-the-scenes glimpses, a trivia chapter, an episode guide, the stars' post-series lives. Illustrated with 50 photos. Episode guide. Foreword by Barry Newman. Introduction by Max Allan Collins. Index. About the author: Sandra Grabman's other works include Classic Images' 2004 Book of the Year, Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi Story, Plain Beautiful: The Life of Peggy Ann Garner, Pat Buttram, the Rocking-Chair Humorist, No Retakes! (with Wright King), and Lloyd Nolan: An Actor's Life With Meaning (with Joel Blumberg). "Now it's time to enjoy Sandy Grabman's fun, informative valentine to the best lawyer series of the 1970s, and one of the best of all time. That's my verdict." - Max Allan Collins. "Sandy's book is magnificent! She took my memories, as well as Susan's and those of other people who were involved in the show, and is presenting them to you, the reader. I hope you'll enjoy this book as much as I have." - Barry Newman.

The society pages announce it before she even arrives: Griselda Satterlee, daughter of the princess of Rome, has left her career as an actress behind and is traveling to Manhattan to reinvent herself as a fashion designer. They also announce the return of the dashing Montefierrow twins to New York after a twelve-year sojourn in Europe. But there is more to this story than what's reported, which becomes clear when the three meet one evening during a walk, and their polite conversation quickly takes a menacing turn. The twins are seeking a rare and powerful gem and they believe it's stashed in the unused apartment where Griselda is staying. Baffled by the request, she pushes them away, but they won't take no for an answer. When they return, accompanied by Griselda's long-estranged younger sister, the murders begin...Drenched in the glamour and luxury of the New York elite, The So Blue Marble is a perfectly Art Deco suspense novel in which nothing is quite as it seems. While different in style from her later books, Dorothy B. Hughes's debut highlights her greatest strengths as an author, rendered with both the poetic language and the psychology of fear for which she is known today.

It was a big bestseller when it was originally published in 1969. It became a major motion picture that provided Robert DeNiro with his first film role. Its title has entered into the language as a catch phrase. And it's terrific fun! The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight is the story of Papa Baccala, a Brooklyn Mafia boss, and Kid Sally Palumbo, a would-be capo who "couldn't run a gas station at a profit even if he stole the customers' cars." There's also Kid Sally's grandmother, who will go to extravagant lengths to see her boy make his mark. A love interest? Sure. Kid Sally's sister tumbles for an artistic type who rides a bicycle and has recently arrived from Calabria... The high adventure begins with a six-day bike race that is only partly responsible for a rash of obituary notices reading: "Died. Suddenly." Eventually it all gets worked out in fine Sicilian fashion -- and, in the end, everybody gets his, in a manner of speaking.

A handy cheat sheet providing more than 700 key Japanese vocabulary words and phrases in an at-a-glance, easy-to-carry format! This language card is an invaluable tool for anyone who wants to quickly build their command of Japanese vocabulary, and an essential resource for those studying for JLPT N5, N4 and the AP Japanese Language and Culture test. Designed for convenience, this study card is: Laminated: to hold up over time and avoid being ruined by coffee spills 3 hole punched: giving the option to put it in a binder 8.5x11 inches: to easily fit into a folder or notebook alongside other study materials A quick reference: alongside the vocabulary, Hiragana and Katakana alphabet charts are provided for convenience Each English vocabulary word is given three Japanese renditions—Kanji, Kana, and romanized Japanese, presented in easy-to-read, color-coded charts. Online audio recordings give native-speaker pronunciation for every word. Vocabulary items are laid out in clearly defined sections, including: Daily Expressions Countries, Nationalities and Language People and Families & Personal Information Numbers, Counters & Money Clock Time & Time Expressions Days of the Week, Months of the Year & Days of the Month Seasons and Calendar & Weather, Climate and Natural Disasters Basic Verbs, Adverbs of Degree and Frequency, Adjectives & Conjunctions Where is it? Colors and Shapes Education, Workplace & Occupations Clothing, Body and Health IT, Communications and Media Ecology Globalization

Seamus O' Kelly is an acknowledged great of the short story form, and this collection of seven stories merits every commendation. His expertise was in the recreation of atmosphere and movement, and in this collection, his versatility in showing his Irish characters in various circumstances and aspects of Irish life is a dominant feature. The casual rhythm of his canal barge trilogy, with the unconsummated and distant love of Michael and Mary and the humorous touch in The Man with the Gift transposes the reader in thought to scenes which were familiar to the author...' Free Press

Your anxiety has an important message for you. Are you listening?The mistake most people make with anxiety is trying everything in their power to get rid of it. They may try meditation and breathwork, medication or therapy. The aim is almost always the same: to get rid of anxiety because "anxiety is the problem."But anxiety is not the problem.In fact, anxiety is a necessary and useful emotional response that has played a critical role in our survival for millions of years. Unfortunately, most of us have not been taught what to do with anxiety when it becomes loud and intrusive. So we become afraid of it and view anxiety as a problem we want to solve once and for all.But getting rid of anxiety is impossible because it's a natural emotional response. And trying to get rid of it only causes more anxiety because the more we fear anxiety, the more we feel it, until we become anxious about being anxious.Anxiety comes to use when it has an important message. It is our internal alarm system for potential threats in life. It is designed to keep you safe and alert you to areas of your life that need attention. But when you treat anxiety like it is the problem without paying attention to its message for you, the deeper problems remain, and anxiety only gets louder.In The Gift of Anxiety, clinical psychologist Diante Fuchs offers a new way to respond to anxiety. Sharing the unique EASE Method for working with anxiety, the book offers a powerful, calm approach that has helped hundreds of people transform their relationship with anxiety and with themselves. With this step-by-step guidance anyone can learn to how to stop fighting anxiety, listen to it, and use it as the gift it truly is.This book is specifically designed to help those suffering from anxiety find peace one simple step at a time.In this book you will discover:The difference between ordinary anxiety and stuck anxietyWhy some people struggle with stuck anxiety and others don'tHow anxiety becomes stuck and how to get yourself unstuckThe messages anxiety has for you and how to listen to themHow to respond to anxiety in a way that calms it downHow anxiety can be a gift that serves you in creating a happier, healthier, more peaceful life

Lorsqu’en 1847 George Sand, qui a déjà fait paraître ses plus grands romans, entreprend à quarante-trois ans son Histoire de ma vie, elle définit ainsi son futur livre : « C’est une série de souvenirs, de professions de foi et de méditations dans un cadre dont les détails auront quelque poésie et beaucoup de simplicité. Ce ne sera pourtant pas toute ma vie que je révélerai. » Son modèle n’est pas Rousseau, ni d’ailleurs les Mémoires d’outre-tombe qui vont commencer à être publiés et où elle voit trop de pose et de drapé. Son ambition n’est pas d’inscrire sa vie dans le mouvement de l’Histoire, mais d’offrir le récit d’une existence de femme et d’écrivain qui côtoie rapidement Balzac et Sainte-Beuve, l’abbé de Lamennais et le socialiste Pierre Leroux – et bien sûr Musset et Chopin.Le lecteur trouvera ici le tiers, environ, de cette œuvre immense dont les vingt volumes commencent à paraître en 1854 et qui occupe une place essentielle dans l’histoire de l’autobiographie. Car si d’autres femmes, avant Sand, ont écrit des mémoires, la singularité de son Histoire de ma vie est qu’on y découvre pour la première fois le récit de formation d’une jeune fille qui a voulu être artiste – mais un récit sans égotisme parce que au miroir de sa propre existence elle désire que se retrouvent tous les autres enfants du siècle :« Ecoutez ; ma vie, c'est la vôtre. »Edition de Brigitte Diaz.