BOYS IN THE TREES reveals Carly Simon’s remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster. It was a childhood enriched by music and culture, but also one shrouded in secrets that eventually would tear her family apart. Simon captures moments of creative inspiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories behind writing "Anticipation" and "We Have No Secrets," among many others. Romantic entanglements with some of the most famous men of the day fueled her confessional lyrics, as well as the unraveling of her storybook marriage to James Taylor.
With three hit shows on television and three children at home, the uber-talented Shonda Rhimes had lots of good reasons to say NO when an unexpected invitation arrived. Then Shonda’s sister laid down a challenge: just for one year, try to say YES to the unexpected invitations that come your way. Shonda reluctantly agreed --- and the result was nothing short of transformative. In YEAR OF YES, Shonda Rhimes chronicles the powerful impact saying Yes had on every aspect of her life --- and how we can all change our lives with one little word. Yes.
Now retired and happily married, Quarry turns down a million-dollar contract to assassinate a presidential candidate. It's not the sort of assignment you can just walk away from without consequences --- but coming after Quarry has consequences, too.
It's normal to see bodies on the set of an adult film. But when they're dead bodies --- and the cast and crew discover they're trapped in a house with a serial killer --- Quarry has his work cut out for him.
Putting his plan in motion to target other hitmen, Quarry follows one from steamy Florida to the sober Midwest. But this killer isn't a man at all --- she's a sloe-eyed beauty, as dangerous in bed as she is deadly on the job. Has Quarry finally met his match?
When the man he worked for abruptly exits the business, Quarry finds himself in the crosshairs as a rival tries to take over. But what does Quarry have that the new man wants? And how did the beautiful blonde in the swimming pool become a target?
The assignment was simple: stake out the man's home and kill him. Easy work for a professional like Quarry. But when things go horribly wrong, Quarry finds himself with a new mission: learn who hired him and make the bastard pay.
As soon as tough cop Tilda Morrison moves into a fixer-upper on Candy Cane Lane, vandals destroy the neighborhood’s festive Christmas decorations. While Tilda works to catch the vandals red-handed, she forms a neighborly bond with snooty divorced mom Ivy Bohn and super volunteer Maddy Donaldson. However, she's quickly distracted by town bad boy Devon Black and his hard-muscled body. Turns out that beneath Tilda’s no-nonsense demeanor and shiny badge, she wears some mighty sexy lace. Will Christmas on Candy Cane Lane work its magic on Tilda and Devon?
In the vein of DOG SHAMING or SHAKE, TAILS FROM THE BOOTH captures the loving, hilarious way dogs interact with each other. The photos allow the personalities of the different breeds to shine through and highlight the friendship they project. The dogs' willingness to adapt and improvise, and their innate sense of concern for one another, is evident, while they still maintain their larger-than-life personalities. The dogs smooch, stick their tongues out at each other, laugh, yawn, howl, sneeze, frown, and make awkward facial expressions, all while Lynn Terry chases them in and out of the frame.
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December's Books on Screen roundup includes the films The Housemaid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, 100 Nights of Hero,The Chronology of Water and Not Without Hope; the series premiere of Paramount+'s "Little Disasters"; the season premiere of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" on Disney+ and Hulu; the season finales of HBO's "IT: Welcome to Derry" and Apple TV+'s "Down Cemetery Road"; the midseason finales of "Tracker" and "Watson" on CBS; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Karen Kingsbury's The Christmas Ring and Black Phone 2.