New Releases by Ed Harris

Fifty Shades of Grey is hilariously sent-up by an exciting new indie author, Ed Harris, in Fifty Shades of Schwarz. Ana Steele, move over and make way for Maya Stein, a sexy 29-year old Brandeis graduate living in trendy Brooklyn and working in Manhattan for an Internet marketing firm. While Ana of that other series - which has sold a mere 65 million copies - may be a virgin who never owned a computer, Maya is a confident, experienced young woman with several notches on her belt and who spends most of her day surfing the web. As the book opens, Maya is dating Jeremy Goldberg, a part-time waiter and yoga teacher who is pursuing an online graduate degree in education and trying to develop a screenplay. Maya is ambivalent about her feelings for Jeremy. She insists that they be allowed to date other people and refuses to change her Facebook status to "in a relationship." A chance encounter on JDate leads Maya to Aaron Schwarz, a brooding, intense commercial real estate broker with unusual tastes in the bedroom as a result of a troubled upbringing. Meanwhile, Maya''s mom, Dottie Stein, is trying to fix Maya up with a single young rabbi, David Teitelbaum. And, more than ten years later, Maya still wonders wistfully if she should have gone to senior prom with Adam Goldman, who is about to graduate from Harvard Medical School. How might her life be different today as a doctor''s wife if she hadn''t turned him down because of his teenage acne? Fifty Shades of Schwarz is laugh-out-loud funny, while also a moving story of trying to find love and romance in a modern, hookup culture. Readers will identify with Maya and the other richly drawn characters, and be entertained by a humorous and fast-paced story. Find out why Stanford grad and former contestant on the TV show The Bachelor, Britt Billmaier wrote: I so enjoyed Fifty Shades of Schwarz! In particular, I love the situations you''ve created to allow the reader to get to know Maya. I''m incredibly impressed at your understanding of the female psyche. In my opinion, you''ve nailed it.

From the first Sherlock Holmes film to the African Queen, the only full account of this important film studio

Bromyard in the 1960''s as seen through the eyes of a group of local motorbike-riding teenagers, who alternate between the local cafe and pub in their quest for adventure and excitement. The novel is based upon extracts taken from a set of 4 diaries that were kept by 4 different local Bromyard girls at that time. All 4 were teenagers in the 1960''s, though one of them turned 20 in 1964. Follow Luke and his friends through various escapades in and around the small market town of Bromyard in Herefordshire.

Bromyard in the 1960''s as seen through the eyes of a group of local motorbike-riding teenagers, who alternate between the local cafe and pub in their quest for adventure and excitement. The novel is based upon extracts taken from a set of 4 diaries that were kept by 4 different local Bromyard girls at that time. All 4 were teenagers in the 1960''s, though one of them turned 20 in 1964. Follow Luke and his friends through various escapades in and around the small market town of Bromyard in Herefordshire.

Follow a group of teenagers during the 1960''s in the small market town of Bromyard, in Herefordshire, UK

Marie is losing herself in her grey office existence, trapped by endless piles of paperwork and the same people saying the same things every single day. But as she is forced to work later and later into the night, she discovers a deeply strange twilight world where a new possibility for rescuing her sanity is illuminated by the fluorescent office lights. Commissioned by Soho Theatre and written by up-and-coming writer Ed Harris, Mongrel Island explores the mind and memory, offering a perspective of how the workplace can strip away our humanity. Combining madcap, surreal humour with an indictment of the corporate world''s subjugation of individualism, Mongrel Island is a bittersweet, touching and darkly humourous play.

This rare union of Twickenham and Isleworth local history will be of interest to those living both sides of the Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow borough divide. It makes for a fascinating story of a modest stream that has served for centuries as the parish and borough boundary, and which survives, in part, despite the indifference of both local authorities and the predations of big business. Its 68 pages are complemented with 50 photos, illustrations and maps in black and white and colour; some never before published. Included is a full-colour pull-out reproduction of Moses Adams'' 1842 survey of Twickenham copyhold Land held in Isleworth parish showing the course of the brook from the site of Whitton Park to Moor Mead with all the modern day landmarks indicated.

The Germans fighting on two fronts were concentrating in the east where the Russians were weakening. In the west, the Allied effort was met with well prepared German defences, and efforts to open a new front on the Gallipoli Peninsula had foundered. Decisive action to break the deadlock on the Western Front saw a mighty attack of six British divisions planned for the autumn of 1915 in the vicinity of the small mining community of Loos en Gohelle where ''The Big Push'' would begin. The bitter recriminations that followed the perceived failure reduced the Battle of Loos to a footnote in the history of the Great War for many decades. Entirely lost in translation has been the Boys'' Own tale of the Tommy who kicked a football ahead of the charge. That soldier was identified as Rifleman Frank Edwards, and through his original research, Ed Harris clearly establishes for the first time that the first great attack by the British army was begun when Edwards kicked a football towards the German lines. Harris sheds light on what it was like to be a part of this crucial battle and questions the largely held view that Loos was a failure, using material sourced from a wide variety of sources form the Imperial War Museum to the National Football Museum.

Explore the history of London through one of its oldest surviving monuments

Examines how effective federal tax rates will change over the coming decade under current law -- that is, if the provisions of tax laws enacted in 2001, 2002, & 2003 phase in, phase out, & ¿sunset¿ as scheduled. Under current law & the assumption that incomes grow at a constant rate, the overall effective federal tax rate drops from 21.5% in 2001 to 19.6% in 2004. It then rises irregularly over the subsequent decade as tax provisions phase in & out. The increases in the effective tax rate between 2005 & 2010 & between 2011 & 2014 occur primarily because rising real incomes move taxpayers into higher tax brackets & the alternative minimum tax affects more taxpayers over time. Charts & tables.

2005 Mastermind semi-finalist Ed Harris, a keen golfer and captain of his local Wimbledon club, has let his grey cells loose on this charming and erudite history of one of the world''s favourite sports. He explores the origins, development, the rules, the clothes, the courses and the competitions as well as famous players, records, trivia and jokes.

These letters started due to a discussion between Sir Edward Kylsoe and his old friend, Lady Harriet Fylldes- Rousse, regarding the story of her Sister, Lady Georgiana. Edward begins to write to Georgiana out of friendship and compassion. This eventually blossoms into love between them, but before this occurs Edward leaves the country after an argument and returns to find matters have taken a dramatic downturn. Can Edward now save his beloved Georgiana and win back her heart?

A real Victorian Romantic novel set within the County of Herefordshire in the UK. Repleat with love, hate, murder and passion. The scene commences in 1845 and leads the reader through many twists and turns in the daily lives of the two main characters, Sir Ralph Edward Forde- Stylles and his wife, Lady Amelia (nee, Peterson), middle Daughter of the Reverend and Mrs Peterson of Brockington Rectory. The story commences with Ralph ardently pursuing Amelia''s Sister, Arabella, until her life is cut short by a jealous rival. The book combines humour, passion and several twists in the tail as the years roll by for this troubled family. The plot involves more of a ''love-quintet'' rather than the more conventional ''love-triangle'', which, as always, ends in sadness and despair for some and joy and happiness for others

Examines effective federal tax rates -- tax liabilities measured as a percentage of income -- over the 1979-1997 period for all households and for quintiles, or fifths, of the income distribution. The analysis uses a comprehensive measure of household income that encompasses not only cash income but also the value of benefits received in kind, such as health care and food stamps. The study provides information on the four major federal taxes: individual and corporate income taxes; social insurance, or payroll, taxes; and excise taxes. It also considers the combination of the four. Illustrated with graphs and tables.

A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.

Here, Harris reveals some of the reasons why millions of viewers and listeners contact the BBC to carp, complain and condemn. In this peek behind the scenes of the quirkiest corner of the corporation, Harris charts the transition of the complaints department from a cosy cottage industry through to outsourced high-tech Information Centre. As well as tweaking the collective memory of a nation glued to the box, the book should appeal to psychiatrists, psychoanalysts and other students of the human condition. After ten years managing the BBC''s complaints department, Harris includes dozens of real-life examples ranging from the utterly hilarious to the downright dotty.

Almost every person that sends a teenager to high school asks the same question. "How can I survive my teenager''s high school years?" The possibility of life derailing encounters of teens sometimes seem insurmountable both to parents and teenagers. Parents can survive by preparing themselves to face the unexpected. In this book, Principal Harris outlines various practical ways in which both parents and teenagers can overcome these obstacles.

Press kit includes 2 pamphlets and 13 photographs.

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