Colin Clark

In 1956, fresh from Eton and Oxford, the 23-year-old Colin Clark (younger son of Lord Clark of Civilisation, younger brother of notorious maverick Tory MP and diarist Alan) worked as a humble gofer on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that united Sir Laurence Olivier (directing) with Marilyn Monroe, on honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller.

My Week with Marilyn

The documentary film and television producer recounts his observations of Marilyn Monroe and Sir Laurence Olivier through diaries written forty years ago while working as a gofer on a London movie set

Six Months on the Set with Marilyn and Olivier

The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me

The Cost of Living

Brown Watson Limited

A dictionary for preschoolers giving definitions of more than 500 words in words and pictures.

My First Picture Dictionary

Imagine sneaking away to spend seven days with the most famous woman in the world… In 1956, fresh from Oxford University, twenty-three-year-old Colin Clark began work as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that united Sir Laurence Olivier with Marilyn Monroe. The blonde bombshell and the legendary actor were ill suited from the start. Monroe, on honeymoon with her new husband, the celebrated playwright Arthur Miller, was insecure, often late, and heavily medicated on pills. Olivier, obsessively punctual, had no patience for Monroe and the production became chaotic. Clark recorded it all in two unforgettable diaries—the first a charming fly-on-the- wall account of life as a gofer on the set; the other a heartfelt, intimate, and astonishing remembrance of the week Clark spent escorting Monroe around England, earning the trust and affection of one of the most desirable women in the world. Published together here for the first time, the books are the basis for the upcoming major motion picture My Week with Marilyn starring Michelle Williams, Judi Dench, and Kenneth Branagh. England was abuzz when Monroe arrived to shoot The Prince and the Showgirl. She hoped working with the legendary Olivier would give her acting further credibility, while he hoped the film would give his career a boost at the box office and some Hollywood glamour. But Monroe, feeling abandoned when Miller left the country for Paris, became difficult on the set. Clark was perceptive in his assessment of what seemed to be going wrong in Monroe's life: too many hangers-on, intense insecurity, and too many pills. Olivier, meanwhile, was impatient and condescending toward her. At a certain point, feeling isolated and overwhelmed, Monroe turned her attention to Clark, who gave her comfort and solace. Before long, she escaped the set and a remarkable true adventure took place. Monroe and Clark spent an innocent week together in the English countryside and Clark became her confidant and ally. And, like any man would be expected to, he fell a bit in love. Clark understood how best to handle Monroe and became Olivier's only hope of getting the film finished. Before long, young Colin was in over his head, and his heart may well have been broken by the world's biggest movie star. A beguiling memoir that reads like a fable, My Week with Marilyn is above all a love letter to one of our most enduring icons.

And Other Prehistoric Animals

The World of Dinosaurs

Market pitchers routinely transform a patch of bare ground into a sea of eager purchasers using little more than their 'gift of the gab' and some homespun 'psychology' to convince passers-by to stop and buy their goods. Employing some of the world's most successful selling techniques, in one of the oldest and most difficult of all marketing situations, their rhetoric and social skills have to equal that employed by the most accomplished salespersons, politicians and professional persuaders. Between 1984 and 1994 sociologists Clark and Pinch recorded over 75 pitching routines on street markets and other sales sites throughout the UK, mainland Europe and the United States. Using examples of pitchers attracting a crowd, describing and demonstrating their goods, building bargains, cajoling the unconvinced to make a purchase and coping with problem customers, the authors reveal, for the very first time, the reasons for these traders' extraordinary success-both on and away from the markets. Comparing their findings with more orthodox sales situations-direct response TV home shopping and infomercials, as well as other forms of grass-roots selling (fly pitching, the mock auction sales con, street entertaining and urban 'hustling')-the authors highlight many important lessons that have relevance for everyone involved in all types of marketing, advertising and persuasion.In this revised, updated and extended edition the authors also reveal why, today, pitching on markets appears to have become a dying art. Original, authoritative and highly readable, The Hard Sell is an essential and often hilarious guide for anyone who wants to understand how real-life selling really works.

Hard Sell

Trevor J. Pinch

Street traders use some of the oldest and most successful selling techniques. This book analyzes the reasons for their success, and shows how people involved in selling or marketing can benefit from their skills. Street sellers use rhetoric skillfully, dealing directly and at a personal level with their customers. Their skills, at attracting an audience, demonstrating their goods, building up customers' perceptions of the value of these goods, encouraging people to purchase, and coping with trouble-makers, are needed by business people at every level on a daily basis.

The Language and Lessons of Street-wise Marketing

The Hard Sell

Donald Kenrick

Gypsies arouse strong passions, but there is growing interest in who they are, where they come from and how they have survived centuries of discrimination. This is the only general introduction to the struggle of Gypsies to survive as a people in Britain today. The illustrations show the reality of life now that caravans have replaced bender tents and vardoes (horse drawn caravans). Gypsies are often 'moved on' by the police but a new generation hopes for a better future. The title of the book is taken from a poem by a Gypsy girl studying for a law degree. A profile of the Gypsy community, their origin, how they work and where they live, including refugees from eastern Europe and the Balkans, is followed by chapters on the Kale of Wales (who spoke pure Romani until recently), the Nawkens of Scotland and, more controversially, New (Age) Travellers.

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