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Stan and Ollie: the roots of comedy : the double life of Laurel and Hardy
By Simon Louvish. 2001
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have remained, from 1927 to the present day, the screen's most famous and popular comedy…
double act. The author examines the duo from their early lives, to solo careers and through their serendipitous teaming at the Hal Roach Studios. 2001.Spring jaunts: some walks, excursions & personal explorations of town, country & seashore
By Anthony Bailey. 1986
The author's jaunts take him round the Isle of Wight, along the Massachusetts to Maine coastline, into the bizarre and…
hilarious history of Nice's Promenade des Anglais, and down the Severn River. A world of friendly conversation, tranquil landscapes, antique churches and country pubs. 1986.Slow boats to China
By Gavin Young. 1981
The author's love of the sea, inspired by Conrad, led him to set off on a voyage that was to…
take him halfway round the world on small, local boats of every kind. 1981.Sisters: the story of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine
By Charles Higham. 1984
Since you asked
By Pamela Wallin. 1998
Canadian media personality Pamela Wallin tells her story, from her birth in Wadena, Saskatchewan, to her role as host and…
producer of her television show. This book is her answer to the many questions asked about her life, as well as an examination of her own influences and aspirations. 1998.Sinai: the great and terrible wilderness
By Burton Bernstein. 1979
An account of four trips the author took through Sinai reporting on its past and present. Offers a look into…
Bedouin habits, customs, culture, and a description of the beautiful and forbidding land. 1979.Silver linings: travels around Northern Ireland
By Martin Fletcher. 2001
Martin Fletcher was initially sent to Northern Ireland as a reporter for The Times, but while reporting on the tortuous…
peace negotiations his wife was meeting the ordinary people. Although essentially a tour of the country, the real story is told in endless digressions, with the author hunting rats on an island in the middle of the Strangford Lough and participating in the ancient game of road-bowling, in which players compete to hurl iron balls along two or three miles of country lane. 2001.Send yourself roses: thoughts on my life, love, and leading roles
By Kathleen Turner. 2017
Turner shares her childhood challenges--a life lived in countries around the world until her father, a State Department official whom…
she so admired, died suddenly when she was a teenager. She talks about her twenty year marriage, and why she and her husband recently separated, her close relationship with her daughter, her commitment to service, and how activism in controversial causes has bolstered her beliefs. And Turner reveals the pain and heartbreak of her struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, and how, in spite of it, she made a daring decision: to take a break from the movies and relaunch her stage career. Along the way, Turner describes what it's like to work with legends like Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, William Hurt, Steve Martin, Francis Ford Coppola, John Huston, John Waters, and Edward Albee, and, with characteristic irreverent humour, shares her behind-the-screen stories of dealing with all types of creative, intimidating, and inspiring characters. 2017.Shakespeare: the world as stage (Eminent lives series)
By Bill Bryson. 2007
The author documents the efforts of earlier scholars, from today's most respected academics to eccentrics like Delia Bacon, an American…
who developed a firm but unsubstantiated conviction that her namesake, Francis Bacon, was the true author of Shakespeare's plays. Emulating the style of his famous travelogues, Bryson records episodes in his research, including a visit to a bunker-like room in Washington, D.C., where the world's largest collection of First Folios is housed. 2007.Secrets of the savanna: twenty-three years in the African wilderness unraveling the mysteries of elephants and people
By Delia Owens, Mark Owens. 2006
The Owenses recount their efforts from the early 1990s to 2005 to conserve wildlife in and around North Luangwa National…
Park in Zambia by offering villagers alternatives to poaching ivory. They describe befriending an orphan elephant, encounters with lions and other African animals, and dangers from poachers. 2006.Sean Connery
By John Parker. 1993
As a young man, Sean Connery wanted to play professional sports. Entering the theatrical world was purely serendipitous, but various…
people encouraged him to develop his acting skills. Since then, he has acted in more than fifty films and become a true superstar of the screen. 1993.Sea to shining sea: people, travels, places
By Berton Roueché. 1985
The author presents 18 essays about his travels in the United States and Europe. The reader visits wheat-country Kansas, a…
isolated small-town New Mexican doctor, the last surviving Shakers of Mt. Lebanon, New York, as well as Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and France. Some strong language. 1985.Searching for Crusoe: a journey among the last real islands
By Thurston Clarke. 2001
Fascinated with islands, the author traveled worldwide, visiting small, unique islands. He surveys islands that have inspired famous stories like…
South Pacific and Robinson Crusoe, islands with utopian societies, private islands, prison islands and others. It is filled with unique characters, exotic locales and colourful anecdotes. 2001.Salut au grand Sud (Documents)
By Isabelle Autissier, Erik Orsenna. 2007
Sans bagage: un conte d'amour et de voyage : roman
By Clara Bensen, Fabienne Gondrand. 2016
" Après avoir traversé une phase difficile, Clara Bensen, vingt-cinq ans, décide de s'inscrire sur un site de rencontre. Elle…
y fait la connaissance de Jeff, un professeur d'université débordant d'énergie et réputé pour son rejet des conventions - tout son opposé. À peine se connaissent-ils qu'ils se lancent dans une expérience de voyage unique. La règle du jeu ? Pas de réservation d'hôtel ni de programme, juste les billets aller-retour et, surtout, aucun bagage, rien à part les vêtements qu'ils portent. Comment trouver le courage de sortir de sa zone de confort ? Peut-on aimer en délaissant les schémas habituels ? " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: No baggage : a minimalist tale of love & wandering.Sand dance: by camel across Arabia's great southern desert
By Bruce Kirkby. 2000
In the winter of 1999, three Canadians and three Omani Bedu set out across Arabia's great southern desert in an…
attempt to authentically recreate the 1947 crossing by Sir Wilfred Thesiger. Here they share the adventures and misadventures they experienced while crossing the vast, desolate desert. Winner of the 2001 Torgi Talking Book of the Year Award.Salvador: An Anthology
By Joan Didion. 1983
In 1982 the author went to El Salvador. She describes the situation from the government's standpoint since she was unable…
to spend time with the guerrillas. Even so, the picture of terrorism emerges with fear and political repression. 1983.Salon.com's Wanderlust: real-life tales of adventure and romance
By Donald W George. 2000
40 short pieces written by contemporary travellers for the now defunct award-winning travel site Wanderlust. Writers include Simon Winchester in…
Romania; Isabel Allende in the Amazon; Pico Iyer in Bali; Carlos Fuentes in Zurich; Bill Barch in Italy; Sallie Tisdale in Japan and Po Branson in the Caribbean. 2000.Sand rivers
By Peter Matthiessen. 1981
A noted naturalist describes a safari into Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve, one of the largest and most remote strongholds of…
wild animals left on earth. Mattiessen's portrait includes the human and social realities of the Selous as well as its natural magnificence. 1981.Say good night, Gracie!: the story of Burns & Allen
By Cheryl Blythe, Susan Sackett. 1986
Biography of the Burns and Allen team that was a hit on vaudeville, radio and television. Gracie's death at 59…
brought an end to the team, though at 90, George Burns was still performing. 1986.