Jodee Blanco
Author
Language
English
Description
Written by one of the country's leading publicists, this is an authoritative, in-depth guide to the unique form of publicity needed to successfully launch a book. Step by step, readers are coached through the stages of a book's publicity lifecycle. The nuts and bolts of book promotion are covered for fiction, nonfiction, hardcover trade, mass market, and trade paperbacks. A thorough "publicity toolbox" of sample press kits.
2) Please Stop Laughing at Us: The Sequel to the New York Times Bestseller Please Stop Laughing at Me
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The New York Times–bestselling author and anti-bullying activist offers "essential reading for teens, parents, and educators" (Booklist). Jodee Blanco follows up her "courageous and honest" bestseller Please Stop Laughing at Me with a behind-the-scenes look at her career working against bullying in schools. Intertwining stories from her own life as a once-bullied child, she tells of traveling far and wide, spreading the word to today's students,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The novel traces Toole's life in New Orleans through his adolescence, his stay at Columbia University in New York, his attempts to escape the burden of his demanding mother and his weak father, his retreat into a world of his own creation, and finally the invention of astonishing characters that came to living reality for both readers (and the author himself) in his prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett's story begins with the youthful optimism of new love between two charismatic and beautiful stars. Soon, though, reality intrudes: troubled children from previous marriages; Farrah's first husband, Lee Majors, reluctant to leave; mismatched career trajectories; the birth of their son; and drug abuse -- all leading to an inevitable break-up. After a relationship with a younger woman, midlife fears of growing older, and...
