DescriptionAn element of drama has always attended Rupert Everett, even before he swept to fame with his outstanding performance in Another Country . He has spent his life surrounded by extraordinary people, and witnessed extraordinary events. He was in Moscow…
DescriptionThe rag-to-riches story of the silent film star Rudolph Valentino, who moved from Italy in 1913 when he was 18, and whose big break came in 1920, when he first played a Latin lover in Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse . His tragic death at the age of 31 caused riots at the funeral home when fans charged police to see his body.
DescriptionOn September 8, 1945, Bess Myerson became the first and only Jewish "Miss America". She enjoyed an extensive career in television on such shows as The Big Payoff and I've Got a Secret, and subsequently served as New York's ground-breaking Commissioner of Consumer Affairs and then Cultural Affairs. An ovarian cancer survivor, she sponsors several ovarian cancer support groups. She also sponsors the annual "Bess Myerson Campus Journalism Awards", an Anti-Defamation League project to encourage young journalists who promote intergroup harmony on campus.
DescriptionThis frank biography chronicles Anicka's 7 years of living hell with the NBA great and master showman, Dennis Rodman, and offers an intimate, tragic glimpse into Dennis Rodman's bizarre personality. Anicka, a beautiful, wealthy model, met Dennis just as his career was taking off, and the couple spent 7 tumultuous years together. During this time they had a daughter, a tragic accident ended Anicka's modeling career, and Anicka married Dennis. During their marriage the pair had many vicious fights, both private and public, which revealed the basketball icon's immaturity, dishonesty, and abusiveness toward his wife and child. The whole sordid story is laid out in lurid detail in this revealing audio.
DescriptionThe image we have of Amelia Earhart today - a tousle-haired, androgynous flier clad in shirt, silk scarf, leather jacket, and goggles - is only one of her many personas, most of which have been lost to us through the years. Through years of research and interviews with many of the surviving people who knew Amelia, Susan Butler has recreated a remarkably vivid and multifaceted portrait of this enigmatic figure. Listeners will experience Amelia in all her permutations: not just as a pilot, but also as an educator, a social worker, a lecturer, a businesswoman, and a tireless promoter of women's rights. We experience a remarkably energetic and enterprising woman who battled incredible odds to achieve her fame, succeeded beyond her wildest dreams, and yet never lost sight of her beginnings, ensuring that her success would secure a path for women after her.
DescriptionSharon Osbourne has lived in her own words "fifty lives in fifty years". As the daughter of notorious rock manager Don Arden, Sharon's childhood was a chaotic mix of glamour and violence, villains and diamonds. In rock star Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon found her…
DescriptionThe life of the famed magician (born David Seth Kotkin in Metuchen, New Jersey) who began performing magic at age 12, taught magic at New York University at age 16, and became one of the highest paid entertainers in the world.
DescriptionThe saga of the incredible journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. On their two-year (1804-1806), 8, 000-mile trip, Lewis and Clark drew maps of the wilderness, made contact with Native Americans, studied plants, animals, and minerals, and charted a route to America's West.
DescriptionMichael Palin has kept a diary since being newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter (for David Frost, the Two Ronnies, etc). Monty Python was just around the corner. In this first volume of his diaries, he tells for the first time how Python emerged and triumphed. Perceptive and funny, it chronicles not only his struggle to find a niche in the world of television comedy, but also the extraordinary goings on of the many powerful personalities who coalesced to form the Monty Python team.
DescriptionHere's the unauthorized, best selling biography of one of America's brightest - and most flamboyantly glamorous - stars. Elizabeth Taylor has beguiled audiences since National Velvet, and her many loves and peccadilloes have provided endless spice and interest for the movie-going and star-watching public. Biographer Kitty Kelley tells all - even the parts Liz would rather keep secret! - in this uncensored biography.
