Los Angeles is the Peninsula Hotel, Spago Beverly Hills, and a beach place in Malibu. It's also...Barney's Beanery, Koo Koo Roo chicken, and 24-hour fitness centers. Not to mention the parents' place in the Valley with its wet bar and kidney-shaped pool. In Stephen Randall's hilarious novel of manners and mores in Los Angeles, twin brothers Perry and Tim Newman fight the ties that bind them to their pasts on the other side of Mulholland while trying to make their mark in the teeming competitive world spread out below the canyons. While Perry swaggers home with a new girlfriend on his arm and a development deal in his pocket, Tim toils in the decidedly temporary offices of a web site, Hollywood Today, and wonders if there will ever be a right moment to spring his sexuality on his parents. But Syd and Ann Newman's lives haven't stopped because the boys moved into town. Syd's life work, Newman's Super Honda, is under attack, and Ann's serial passions for therapy, activism, and real estate are beginning to take their toll. When Tim has a rare chance to be a hero, will he take it? Will the balance of fraternal power shift once and for all?

The Other Side of Mulholland: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Randall, Stephen

Humor & Satire

L.A. Weekly Books

The Other Side of Mulholland is: "a frothy, fast-paced exploration of the dichotomies between the two distinct sections of Los Angeles: upper L.A. with 'all the glitz and the big houses and beautiful women and BMWs, and lower L.A., the suburbs 'too dull to be the subject of a TV show or a Joan Didion novel.'"-Washington Post The Other Side of Mulholland is: everything the image-makers of Los Angeles want to keep under wraps: the tract housing, the car dealerships, and the parents' place with its wet bar and kidney-shaped pool. The Other Side of Mulholland is: "a wise exploration of how, for many of us, family ties can not only bind, but gag."-Laura Zigman, author of Animal Husbandry The Other Side of Mulholland is: the cord that tethers twin brothers Perry and Tim Newman to their shared past when the present-with Perry a sleek television producer and Tim a lowly journalist-feels as competitive as Hollywood itself. The Other Side of Mulholland is:"a hugely readable debut by a terrific new voice in American fiction."-Jerry Stahl, author of Plainclothes Naked A Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of 2001

The Caribbean Basin (The New International History)

The Caribbean Basin: An International History provides a study of the entire Caribbean region, including Central America and the Caribbean coast of northern South America. It also offers analysis of: * the role of international intervention * the complex interaction among major world powers in the area * conflicts over colonial possessions and trade routes * Soviet-American confrontation in the Cold War years. Integrating the recent political, social and economic history of the Caribbean with its miltary and diplomatic past, this book charts the region's emergence from colonialism during the course of the twentieth century.

The Caribbean Basin: An International History (The New International History)

History

Mount, Graeme

Americas

Routledge

“A witty novel of manners and mores in the two Los Angeles… Satire that’s more affectionate than barbed; a good-humored look at the L.A. that Randall…grew up in, still lives in, and is titillated by.” -Kirkus Review. Los Angeles is the only major city literally divided by a mountain range: the Santa Monica Mountains, along which winds the infamous Mulholland Drive. On one side of the mountains is Upper L.A., the city everyone knows and dreams about, while on the other side of Mulholland is the San Fernando Valley, a gigantic suburb that seems to exist only as a geographic punchline. These mountains also divide the Newmans, a mildly dysfunctional but charming family. Twin sons Tim and Perry live in Upper Los Angeles, trying to make it in the creative snake pits of show business and journalism. Their parents, Syd and Ann, reside in a sprawling empty nest in the Valley where they raised their family, complete with kidney-shaped pool, a mandatory wet bar, and some less-than-idyllic problems brewing. Relentlessly funny, The Other Side of Mulholland follows the Newmans as Tim and Perry—one gay, one straight, one adrift in life, one seemingly together—try to create a future while Mom and Dad watch, help, hinder, and figure out their own path. When one brother is given an opportunity that could shift the fraternal dynamic, will he take it? In this modern satire, Randall pokes fun at living in the world’s most misunderstood city, showing how life, especially family life, can be warped by influences and dichotomies unique to the City of Angels: show business, delicatessen wars, entertainment websites, car washes, brush fires, auto worship, malls, the Chabad telethon, and more.

The Other Side of Mulholland

Superficial Insights, LLC

The United States and Canada have the world’s largest trading relationship and the longest shared border. Spanning the period from the American Revolution to post-9/11 debates over shared security, Canada and the United States offers a current, thoughtful assessment of relations between the two countries. Distilling a mass of detail concerning cultural, economic, and political developments of mutual importance over more than two centuries, this survey enables readers to grasp quickly the essence of the shared experience of these two countries.
This edition of Canada and the United States has been extensively rewritten and updated throughout to reflect new scholarly arguments, emphases, and discoveries. In addition, there is new material on such topics as energy, the environment, cultural and economic integration, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, border security, missile defense, and the second administration of George W. Bush.

Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies

Thompson, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies John

University of Georgia Press

Nobody Told Jamaal

Children's Books

Geography & Cultures

Better Day Publishing, LLC

The best movies speak in a universal language, communicating effortlessly on both the emotional and the intellectual levels. While there have been many great films, only a few directors have achieved such facility with the filmmaking medium. In this collection of remarkably candid interviews, seventeen of the screen's most widely acclaimed and creative filmmakers discuss what drives and inspires them. These revealing, thought-provoking and highly personal interviews, possible only in Playboy's open forum, range from Roman Polanski's thoughts on the murder of his wife in the Manson Family massacre to Oliver Stone's frank discussions about the challenges he faced in creating his memorable films. Includes interviews with Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick, Clint Eastwood, Francis Ford Coppola, David Mamet, Spike Lee and the Coen brothers, among others.

The Playboy Interviews: The Directors

M. Press

Power. Control. Influence. In every business, in every area of professional achievement, only a handful of people have taken control of their industry or marketplace. With vision, determination and passion, these people have bent the world to their will. Some were millionaires from birth, others have risen to the upper echelons of power by their bootstraps. From the computers you use, to the shoes you wear, to the cars you drive, their hands have shaped the fabric of your daily existence. In Movers and Shakers, 15 of the most important people from the last 45 years of American business speak candidly about their rise to power. M Press is honored to collect the historic Playboy Interviews with Donald Trump, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates Malcolm Forbes and Hugh Hefner, among others. These entrepreneurs have moved America forward and have shaken the foundation of who we as Americans believe ourselves to be. Many of these interviews are being presented in this volume for the first time since their original publication.

The Playboy Interviews: Movers And Shakers

Fame: It's a world unto itself. Only certain people -- the lucky few--are permitted entrance. Their notoriety and influence shape our views on politics, art, commerce, music, even the way we dress and speak. Our lives become defined by how we were before they existed and how we see ourselves after. Everyone remembers where they were the first time they heard the Beatles, watched Muhammad Ali step into the ring, or how they sat in amazement as Marlon Brando filled the big screen. For the last 40 years, Playboy magazine has gone into the living rooms and into the minds of America's glittering few, capturing in candid interviews the thoughts and emotions of these historic men and women at the height of their fame. Now, Playboy and M Press are honored to collect the interviews of 14 people who shaped the world, who can truly be called Larger Than Life.

The Playboy Interviews: Larger Than Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

For fifty years, Playboy has been asking the candid questions, letting the comedians give a straight response. In this collection of The Playboy Interviews, Jim Carrey talks about life in Hollywood, and George Carlin talks about life in the fast lane. Jon Stewart tackles politics as humor, while Jerry Seinfeld takes on the comedy of socks, sneakers, and cereal. Bill Cosby explains his position on race and entertainment, while Chris Rock tells about his big break. The Comedians digs deep into the heart of comedy, one of America's most vibrant art forms, offering a side-splitting chance to spend time with America's greatest wits.

The Playboy Interviews: The Comedians

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The Other Side of Mulholland: A Novel

The Other Side of Mulholland: A Novel

The Caribbean Basin: An International History (The New International History)

The Other Side of Mulholland

Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies

Nobody Told Jamaal

The Playboy Interviews: The Directors

The Playboy Interviews: Movers And Shakers

The Playboy Interviews: Larger Than Life

The Playboy Interviews: The Comedians