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Thirteen-year-old Harry just accepted the adventure of a lifetime: A summer visit sailing around Novia Scotia with his fun triplet cousins Wendy, Pauline, and Peter, along with their courageous dog, Pip.With slapstick comedy hi-jinks on the high seas, can the four cousins solve the cryptic clues while searching for the true Centuries-long secret treasure, still buried today on the mysterious Oak Island...? Trapped in underground tunnels! Dangerous currents of hidden rivers! An elusive Ghost Ship! Dynamite explosions! Can the teens find the treasure before they get kidnapped by real-life Pirates?Is this risky escapade worth their very lives? Who can save the day? This story was written in 1963 through the eyes of the brilliant, hilarious, adventurous imagination of the author: Mr. Bertram Smith.The manuscript was never published and tucked away, long forgotten, only to be rediscovered in the family attic in 2022 by his granddaughter, Pamdiana JonesAlready an adventure author in her own right, and already fascinated by the 200-year long true history of the Oak Island Treasure Hunt, Pamdiana Jones decided to type up this manuscript, word for word from his era, and hand it to her mother, triplet Wendy, as a gift for her 75th birthday. Truly enjoy this fun, inspiring, exciting family's escapades!

How would you feel if your serene, idyllic peace was shattered in the dark of night by an unfamiliar noise? What if the noise was cannon fire from nearby Fort Sumter, catapulting your family into a war that would forever mark history? That's where the Murphy family find themselves. Nelson Murphy and his wife, Blanche, having been reared on large plantations, are now prominent city dwellers in Charleston, South Carolina. Going against their families' beliefs, they think slavery is an abomination to human beings, but the country is now at war with the seceded Southern states going against the Union military. Nelson Murphy is caught in a conundrum. Should he join the Union who uphold his beliefs, or should he remain loyal to the new Confederacy? What would happen to his beloved family? If he joins the Union, his family will be ostracized and maybe killed. If he joins the Southern Cause he doesn't believe in, how can he live with himself? Could his family survive if he's killed? Could his wife learn ways to cope and support their children? Immerse yourself into the Murphy's lives as they traverse a journey of unprecedented dangers and emotional upheavals while the Civil War rages in the deadliest war that will forever change America

A Bridge Too Far, released in 1977, was the last epic WWII movie made in the Hollywood studio system. Its ambitious goal: to recreate the Allied plan Operation Market-Garden in September 1944. The plan was a disaster for the Allies, with the battle for the Arnhem bridge vicious as the British First Airborne held out against overwhelming odds. Producer Joseph E. Levine packed his cast with top stars Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford, Sean Connery, James Caan, Michael Caine, Elliott Gould, Dirk Bogarde, and Laurence Olivier and shot on location in and around Arnhem. Making ' A Bridge Too Far' answers WWII buffs' questions about the production. Author Simon Lewis interviewed many in the cast and crew and uncovered a story about bringing WWII to life in 1976 Holland with vintage tanks and aircraft, legions of stunt men and paratroopers, all led by director Sir Richard Attenborough. Making ' A Bridge Too Far' will prove a delight for armchair generals and lovers of old Hollywood. Fun facts: Dutch survivors of the war had no patience for actors dressed as German soldiers; Dirk Bogarde was a British war veteran who had participated in Market-Garden and bore the mental scars to prove it.

A woman in wartime Hollywood and her dream of the perfect motion picture. Renie Lee has climbed the ladder in a man's world to be head of the Story Department at Warner Bros. Studios. Renie is an idealist who believes that "the perfect film" can be created. When she pulls an unproduced stage play set in Morocco out of the slush pile, she has a feeling this one is special, maybe not perfect but special enough to secure her place as an equal to the studio's most powerful men. No one agrees with her until two brash young studio writers, Julius and Philip Epstein, decide to back Renie's gamble and bring the Morocco story to the screen. Their screenplay's name: Casablanca. Renie uses her charms on executive producer Hal Wallis until he finally agrees to her plan, but the problems seem insurmountable from the start, and Renie's gamble threatens to become a career killer for not only Renie but also her confederates, the Epsteins. Set against the backdrop of Pearl harbor and the first months of World War II, Season of the Gods careens across the Warner Bros. lot, from the Writers Building to the dressing rooms and soundstages to tell the spellbinding and unlikely story of Hollywood's greatest masterpiece through the eyes of all who made it happen.

Eight-year-old introvert Ryan Cassidy is told by his father that he'll be spending the afternoon at the house of a famous actor, who turns out to be James Cagney from Hollywood's golden age. Despite expecting a typical tough character, Ryan finds Cagney to be gentle and imaginative, resembling Santa Claus more than a gangster. During their time together, away from the pressures of his strict father, the child relaxes and is enchanted by Cagney's encouragement to explore imagination. Afterwords, he feels transformed, gaining confidence and readiness for future adventures.

"Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s looks at the fashions of the femmes fatales who were so good at being bad, and the suits and trench coats of definitive noir actors such as Humphrey Bogart and Alan Ladd. Film and fashion historian Kimberly Truhler explores twenty definitive film noir titles from 1941 to 1950 and traces the evolution of popular fashion in the decade of the '40s, the impact of World War II on home-front fashion, and the influence of the film noir genre on popular fashion then and now. Meet not only the fabulous women of noir, including Betty Grable, Veronica Lake, Gene Tierney, Lauren Bacall, Barbara Stanwyck, Ava Gardner, and many others, but also the costume designers that created and recreated these famous stars as killers--and worse--through the clothes they wore."--Provided by publisher.

"This fresh look at Hollywood's "Queen of Screwball," Carole Lombard, presents a first-ever examination of the events that led to the shocking flight mishap that took her life on the side of a Nevada mountain in 1942. It also provides a day-by-day account of the struggles of Lombard's husband, Clark Gable, and other family, friends, and fans to cope with the tragedy"--Provided by publisher.