Selasa, 27 Juni 2006

Journey Without Maps

Journey Without Maps

Journey Without Maps

His mind crowded with vivid images of Africa, Graham Greene set off in 1935 to discover Liberia, a remote and unfamiliar republic founded for released slaves. Now with a new introduction by Paul Theroux,
Journey Without Maps
is the spellbinding record of Greene's journey. Crossing the red-clay terrain from Sierra Leone to the coast of Grand Bassa with a chain of porters, he came to know one of the few areas of Africa untouched by colonization. Western civilization had not yet impinged on either the human psyche or the social structure, and neither poverty, disease, nor hunger seemed able to quell the native spirit.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

ISBN: 0143039725
Author: Graham Greene
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Rating: 3.58

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Kamis, 22 Juni 2006

The First Assistant: A Continuing Tale from Behind the Hollywood Curtain

The First Assistant: A Continuing Tale from Behind the Hollywood Curtain

The First Assistant: A Continuing Tale from Behind the Hollywood Curtain

The further fortunes of everyone?s favorite assistant as she struggles to keep her footing on Hollywood?s slippery slope

In The Second Assistant, readers fell in love with smart, witty East Coast girl Elizabeth Miller. Now that Lizzie has been promoted, can she still keep her pumps firmly on the ground in the city of stars? With a viperish subordinate after her job, the world?s hottest teen starlet to keep out of trouble and a boyfriend on location with a beautiful actress, she certainly has her hands full.

The satire is sharper than ever as Naylor and Hare take another wry and hilarious look at the wheeling, dealing, schmoozing, and snubbing that make Hollywood the cutthroat capital of the world. The First Assistant is a lesson in how to survive in a town where tonight?s Oscar frock is tomorrow?s laughing stock.

ISBN: 0670034975
Author: Clare Naylor
Publisher: Viking
Rating: 3.62

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