Party Animals

Allan Carr was Hollywoods premier party-thrower during the towns most hedonistic era the cocaine-addled, sexually indulgent 1970s. Hosting outrageous soirees with names like the Mick Jagger/Cycle Sluts Party and masterminding such lavishly themed opening nights as the Tommy/New York City subway premiere, it was Carr, an obese, caftan-wearing producer the ultimate outsider who first brought movie stars and rock stars, gays and straights, Old and New Hollywood together. From the stunning success of Grease and La Cage aux Folles to the spectacular failure of the Village Peoples Cant Stop the Music, as a producer Carrs was a rollercoaster of a career punctuated by major hits and phenomenal flops none more disastrous than the Academy Awards show he produced featuring a tone-deaf Rob Lowe serenading Snow White, a fiasco that made Carr an outcast, and is still widely considered to be the worst Oscars ever. Tracing Carrs excess-laden rise and tragic fall and sparing no one along the way Party Animals provides a sizzling, candid, behind-the-scenes look at Hollywoods most infamous period.

A curmudgeonly chicken and a cheerful worm explore what it means to be best friends while sharing three adventures.

'An affectionate and insightful account of 20th-century history that also amounts to a manifesto for the power of words - and belonging.' Helen Davies, a Sunday Times Book of the Year In July 1961, just before David Aaronovitch's seventh birthday, Yuri Gagarin came to London. The Russian cosmonaut was everything the Aaronovitch family wished for - a popular and handsome embodiment of modern communism. But who were they, these ever hopeful, defiant and (had they but known it) historically doomed people? Like a non-magical version of the wizards of J. K. Rowling's world, they lived secretly with and parallel to the non-communist majority, sometimes persecuted, sometimes ignored, but carrying on their own ways and traditions. Where others went to church they went to Socialist Sunday School, society's up was their down and its heroes were their villains. Who wanted American TV when you could have Russian movies? A memoir of early life among communists, Party Animals first took David Aaronovitch back through his own memories of belief and action. But there was much more to it. He found himself studying the old secret service files, uncovering the unspoken shame and fears that provided the unconscious background to his own existence as a party animal. Only then did he begin to understand what had come before - both the obstinate heroism and the monstrous cowardice. And the elements that shape our fondest beliefs.

Chapter book readers' favorite kitten mermaids can't wait to celebrate a birthday with their unicorn mermaid friends and a very special guest...a manatee! It's Angel's birthday and she can't wait to celebrate with her purrmaid and mermicorn best friends! But the girls don't seem very excited to celebrate with her. They keep sneaking off to be alone. Angry and hurt, Angel swims out in the ocean by herself and finds Minnie -- a manatee who needs help! Can the girls all work together to save Minnie? Or are Angel's friends too busy with their secret plans? The adorable mermaid-kittens in this chapter book series will have readers paw-sitively hooked from page one!

Onyx, our nonbinary high school nerd, would rather spend Saturday night studying than going out. But once word spreads that the all-star quarterback is hosting a house party, Onyx’s parents force them to go out and have fun for once. Once there, Onyx bumps into Reggie, the school's biggest drama queen. Reggie can’t stand Onyx, but are there deeper feelings beneath the surface? Meanwhile, house party host/obnoxious jock Caesar rounds up his teammates to complete “the ritual”. Only on the full moon can the three of them drink Caesar’s mysterious potion and begin the transformation. Suddenly, three SNARLING WEREWOLVES burst out into the crowd, tearing apart everything in their path! Onyx and Reggie try to escape, only to run into Caesar's hench-wolves. But these two are more like giant teddy bears rather than ferocious beasts. Teaming up with Onyx and Reggie, this motley crew prepares to fight back against Caesar. Facing what could be their final moments, Reggie and Onyx find themselves admitting their deepest feelings... …Only to be interrupted by a werewolf fight! Nobody can stop Caesar's evil plot, unless Onyx and Reggie can find a solution in time. Silver can stop any werewolf in their tracks, right? Right?! WRONG! How can our heroes escape this wild werewolf? Will Onyx and Reggie fall in love or fight their feelings? Find out all of this and more in an ending you definitely won't see coming!

A one-of-a-kind publication filled with colorful party animals that folds out into a six-foot tower of fun Do you know the hoopoe? Today is the birthday of this beautiful bird, and all her animal friends arrive for a party, piling in to form a teetering tower of tails and trunks, fur and feathers. Readers will delight in a book that unfolds into one giant page that is six feet long, filled with fantastically bright scenes and featuring the many animal characters attending the hoopoe’s party. Join the celebration and see how many different creatures you can spot in this wonderful, colorful crowd!

In today's world of texting and social networking, the legendary art of partying has been left to amateurs, wannabes, and party crashers. The true Party Animal stands out from the crowd, dances like a fool, knows the best pranks, gets the girl, and can smooth talk his way out of any sticky situation. The Book of the Party Animal reveals the crucial elements of being a Party Animal, detailing some of history's most famous partiers, compiling a list of the best Party Animal drinks (complete with recipes), and explaining how to rule the dance floor with certified Party Animal moves. The perfect gift for all sorts of occasions, this entertaining guide is sure to improve parties everywhere—one Party Animal at a time.

Allan Carr was Hollywood's premier party-thrower during the town's most hedonistic era -- the cocaine-addled, sexually indulgent 1970s. Hosting outrageous soirees with names like the Mick Jagger/Cycle Sluts Party and masterminding such lavishly themed opening nights as the Tommy/New York City subway premiere, it was Carr, an obese, caftan-wearing producer -- the ultimate outsider -- who first brought movie stars and rock stars, gays and straights, Old and New Hollywood together. From the stunning success of Grease and La Cage aux Folles to the spectacular failure of the Village People's Can't Stop the Music, as a producer Carr's was a rollercoaster of a career punctuated by major hits and phenomenal flops -- none more disastrous than the Academy Awards show he produced featuring a tone-deaf Rob Lowe serenading Snow White, a fiasco that made Carr an outcast, and is still widely considered to be the worst Oscars ever. Tracing Carr's excess-laden rise and tragic fall -- and sparing no one along the way -- Party Animals provides a sizzling, candid, behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood's most infamous period.