The pages of this manuscript tell one man's personal story, exploring the full range of human emotions that are symbolic of the masks of show business and depicting some classic and wonderful tales involving some legendary ladies from the world of entertainment. Through the eyes and heart of Stephen Preston, this lead dancer, singer, and actor makes the reader feel like they were there with Judy Garland at the Palace in New York, the Palladium in London, the Las Vegas stages with Betty Grable, Debbie Reynolds; some off-the-wall, hilarious escapades with Tallulah Bankhead, and an inside look at the social Me of Garland's daughter, Lisa Minnelli. Mr. Preston, who performed with and became close friends with these major stars, gives you a first-hand look into the moments of joy, laughter, success and, yes, some tears and even failure. Written in a light, candid, and sometimes almost campy kind of style, this is the first time a book has come along that does not gossip about their failed marriages, sex lives or prey upon their human weaknesses! In fact, we see a side of these bigger-than-life performers that, in the past, little has been written or talked about The reader will come along on train and plane trips; be there backstage at Broadway, television, movie, and night club performances. They'll sit with the Royal Family at the Palladium in London and will party at the Beverly Hills private homes of Hollywood celebrities. and the reader will even witness the final days of Betty Grable's long, hard battle with cancer. "Dancing in the Rainbow is a fascinating account of some of the days of their lives, including Stephen Preston's. Those days are gone and so are some of the people, but the time spent is what can make life on this planet so very interesting and worthwhile! Mr. Preston is retired from show business but is an active business man and lives in Palm Springs, California.
As a young woman, Nell Neill James traveled the world for a quarter century, writing books about exotic sojourns to places even the most inrepid adventurers and war correspondents rarely saw. Then, in midlife, she stopped, settling down for the next fifty years in a remote Mexican pueblo. Why? In this biographical novel, author Stephen Preston Banks explores a fascinating though fictional possibility involving espionage and broken promises.
This bibliography gleans a comprehensive study of the late 19th century woman through both her status as an unsolicited political figure and her social contributions. Between both tenures of her husband's Presidency to her re-marriage and ardent involvement in the National Security League and Needlework Guild, Frances Cleveland transformed the persona of how the modern woman was viewed for the following century. Particular detail is given as to how she transformed the White House and socio-political landscape of her time with a forethought toward the future.
Not Peace But a Sword provides a case study in religious radicalism, as exemplified by the Puritanism of the English Revolution. Based on sermons preached to the Long Parliament and other political bodies, Stephen Baskerville demonstrates how Puritan religious and political ideas transformed the English Civil War into the world’s first great modern revolution. To understand why, Baskerville analyzes the underlying social changes that gave rise to Puritan radicalism. The Puritan intellectuals developed the sermon into a medium that conveyed not only popular political understanding but also a sophisticated political sociology that articulated a new social and political consciousness. In the process, they challenged the traditional political order and created a new order by appealing to the needs and concerns of a people caught up in the problems of rapid social and economic change. The book explores the social psychology behind the rise of Puritanism, as the Puritan ministers themselves presented it, through textual criticism of their own words, placing them in the mental context of their time, and offers a new understanding of the link between religious ideas and revolutionary politics.
A reference dictionary containing over 1,400 entries covering the period 1639-1660, including 625 biographies of English, Scots, and Irish rulers, politicians, soldiers, sailors, and philosophers, and over 300 battles and skirmishes.
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