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1) Nolly
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Nolly reveals the story of Noele 'Nolly' Gordon, one of the most famous faces on British TV in the 1960s and 70s, whose unceremonious firing from her hit show at the height of her career was front-page news. A bold exploration of how the establishment turns on women who refuse to play by the rules, Nolly is an enjoyable and wildly entertaining ride through Gordon's most tumultuous years, and a sharp, affectionate, and heart-breaking portrait of a...
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Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
The quiet, introverted daughter of a flamboyant soap-star agrees to take her Elvis-obsessed mother to Graceland one last time before she dies despite leaving Memphis with a secret and a signed agreement never to return.
Hope Robinson can't seem to please anyone lately: not her pink-haired teenage daughter Dylan, and especially not her mother, flamboyant soap-star, Olivia Grant. Now that she's on oxygen, Olivia insists Hope take her on a final trip...
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Primas of power volume 1
Description
Rendered the subject of tabloid gossip by a messy public breakup, soap star Jasmine takes a part in a new bilingual comedy at the side of a telenovela costar who would revitalize his career.
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"Ex-cop Cat O'Connor is bored working for her sister, Chloe, as a personal assistant on the set of her soap opera. Until Chloe gets an opportunity to audition for the role of a lifetime and asks her identical twin to substitute for her on the soap with no one the wiser. It's a perfect switch--until Cat attracts the attention of the mysterious Mr. Tall, Dark, and Way-Too-Handsome leading man. Grayson Alexander never thought being snowbound in the charming...
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Series
Corinna Chapman mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Corinna Chapman, talented baker and reluctant investigator, accepts an offer from a caterer friend to do the baking for the film set of a new soap called "Kiss the Bride." While on the other side of town, a young woman is being unmercifully bullied by her corporate employers -- employers who spend a lot of time cooking the books.
Author
Publisher
Archon Books
Pub. Date
1982
Description
"Upon its first publication, Loving with a Vengeance was a ground-breaking study of women readers and their relationship to mass-market romance fiction. Feminist scholar and cultural critic Tania Modleski here revisits her widely read book, bringing to this new edition a review of the issues that have, in the intervening years, shaped and reshaped questions of women's reading, including romance novels, soap operas, and "chick lit." With her understanding...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A ratings sensation for ABC, it was already a successful 1956 novel and 1957 film, made its way to network television in 1964. A prime-time soap opera whose influences can be seen in later beloved programs such as Dallas, Knots Landing, and Twin Peaks, the show examined the complex web of scandals, schemes, and sex in a New England town.
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Catalina Incognito volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
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Description
Catalina is excited to find out a new student, Esmeralda, has joined her third-grade class at Valle Grande Elementary School. But despite Catalina's attempts to introduce herself, Esme won't talk to anyone but her own cousin, Jazmín. Could Jazmín be keeping Esme from making new friends? According to Catalina's frenemy Pablo, it's just like what happened to the secret princess in the telenovela hit The Hidden Crown! With Tía Abuela's magical...
10) Temptation
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Wall Street broker Callie Smith is taken by surprise with TV network president Jason Kane's offer of a recurring role on a failing soap opera, not to mention his romantic attentions or her growing closer to her mother and family.
Description
Contains 35 of the series' rare, early episodes before Barnabas. Victoria Winters' journey begins as her train arrives in Collinsport. An orphan in search of her identity, Victoria is befriended by Burke Devlin. At the eerie Collinwood mansion, Victoria meets matriarch Elizabeth, her brother Roger, his son David, and Elizabeth's daughter Carolyn. David warns Victoria that she will regret she came to live at Collinwood and be his governess. Episodes...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The phenomenon of the show reaches its crowning conclusion in the astonishing ninth and final season. A lifelong, deadly secret stuns everyone, marriages, fortunes, and lives are shattered forever, and the war between the Carrington and Colby empires rages on to the very end. The glittering cast, the spectacular glamour, the jaw-dropping twists - they're all here with a shocking series climax.
13) Tootsie
Series
Criterion collection volume 738
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Follows the increasingly elaborate deception of a down-on-his-luck New York actor who disguises himself as a woman to get a coveted soap opera gig; while his female persona skyrockets to fame, he finds himself learning to be a better man.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A ratings sensation for ABC, it was already a successful 1956 novel and 1957 film, made its way to network television in 1964. A prime-time soap opera whose influences can be seen in later beloved programs such as Dallas, Knots Landing, and Twin Peaks, the show examined the complex web of scandals, schemes, and sex in a New England town.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2009
Description
The winter holidays have come and gone, and the new year begins with a fresh dusting of snow and the return of Elliot Carson to Peyton Place. Behind the picket fences of the clapboard houses, beyond the historic pillory in the quaint town square, the neatly wrapped New England town continues to unravel in ways no one could have imagined.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Based on the Grace Metalious novel. Set in a small New England town, Peyton Place deals with the secrets and scandals of two generations of the town's inhabitants. An unmarried woman, Constance, and her daughter Allison are at the dramatic center of the story.
Publisher
Cbs Paramount Network Television
Pub. Date
2011, c1985
Description
Follows the exploits of the Carringtons and Colbys, both 'oil rich' family dynasties in Denver, Colorado, as they accrue and manipulate power and wealth. Includes fifteen episodes, and features the debut of Emma Samms as Fallon, plus the shocking cliffhanger of the royal wedding massacre! Special features include bonus footage from Entertainment Tonight.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Volume One of Season Six follows in the wake of the violent terrorist attack with a daring rescue attempt, while the battle between the Carrington and Colby empires turns more personal than ever with a clandestine abduction and a ruthlessly ingenious impersonation scheme.--Container