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By Michael Barker
Seldom has a biography produced such a ribald cast of characters, from saints to scoundrels, from war heros to draft dodgers, from movie stars to could-have-beens. Growing up in a show business family during World War II, the author relishes in prose unique glimpses of the lives and times of those who entertained and enlightened the greatest generation.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Marika Hufford-Zaslow, Susan Hufford, Michael Zaslow
NOT THAT MAN ANYMORE "An extraordinary and deeply moving account of a woman who lost her husband, Emmy award winner Michael Zaslow to Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS). Hufford has become a prime mover in the battle to eliminate ALS."-Mike Wallace, Cbs Correspondent "Obviously I knew how the book would end, but as I was reading I was completely mesmerized. Susan Hufford writes so beautifully and poetically. It felt like I was reading a great mystery. The book simply took my breath away. I applaud Hufford for her truth, honesty and humor and for her passion to show the world that there was a man in that ravaged body, and he had, and continues to have-a powerful soul. This book must be read!"-Amy Schor Ferris, Author & Columnist Famous for his portrayals of the vicious Roger Thorpe and the enigmatic David Renaldi, Michael Zaslow was at the top of his game when a mysterious vocal symptom propelled him on an odyssey that led to traditional medical resources and to the very non-traditional. Hufford, a novelist and psychotherapist interweaves Zaslow's experience and her own along with observations from friends, family, physicians and fans. This compelling mosaic offers a unique perspective of illness and of the enduring power of love that reaches beyond the boundaries of life as we know it. Not That Man Anymore is life affirming, passionate and resonant with hope for all of us.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Richard Jensen
The Amazing Tom Mix
The Most Famous Cowboy of the Movies Tom Mix was a town marshal and cowboy in the Oklahoma Territory, a rodeo champion and a wild west show performer. With his devil-may-care attitude, quick wit and penchant for doing breath-taking stunts on his wonder horse, Tony, Tom Mix went on to become the #1 movie cowboy of silent films, earning millions of dollars at a time when movie tickets cost pennies. While he basked in this incredible acclaim, Tom Mix lived in fear that his deep, dark secrets would be discovered and his career and his cherished heroic image would be destroyed. Celebrated author Richard D. Jensen has spent more than 30 years researching the life of Tom Mix, the man hailed as "the idol of every American boy." With incredible detail, much of it gained from hundreds of original letters, records, documents and eyewitness accounts, The Amazing Tom Mix cuts through 100 years of public relations mythology, tall tales and outright lies to bring the true and inspiring story of a man whose Saturday matinee cowboy image would become the standard for all of the movie cowboys who rode the silver screen after him. "Here is Tom Mix as he really was...a captivating biography ... brilliant ... delightful ... It is a splendid book."
-Richard S. Wheeler, five-time Spur Award winning author of Trouble In Tombstone. "... the most complete biography of Mix's life of trials, tribulations and victories."
-John Duncklee, author of Bull By The Tale.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Rexino Mondo
The Immigrants’ Daughter chronicles the growth of corruption, its highs... its lows, from the early nineteenth century, through the romantic ‘20s and ‘30s to the present egregious courtroom dramas. It uncovers the obscene abuse she suffered at the hands of her family and the California Court System. In her unrelenting fight for justice and truth, she found a love – few have ever known. The immigrants’ daughter created her own fortune from scratch and gave faith, hope, and love to others—even her enemies. The author witnessed, in part, the corrupt, inconsolable crimes committed against her by her two sons, and Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Counties, which led to the most bizarre rape ever pulled off by California court judges. They stripped her of her good name, her reputation, her lifetime achievements, her entrepreneurship, and her fortune. A depraved woman medical doctor, fraudulently assisted by the Santa Maria District Attorney and her attorney lover, diagnosed her as having a mental disorder, then Dementia and finally Alzheimer’s. They had the Santa Barbara Alzheimer’s Association award her a scholarship to a Senior Day Care facility. In essence she was branded as insane when there was nothing wrong with her mental capacities. She did nothing wrong. She was then disqualified from testifying against the corrupt judiciary. This is her story!
FORMAT: Hardcover
By Rexino Mondo
The Immigrants’ Daughter chronicles the growth of corruption, its highs... its lows, from the early nineteenth century, through the romantic ‘20s and ‘30s to the present egregious courtroom dramas. It uncovers the obscene abuse she suffered at the hands of her family and the California Court System. In her unrelenting fight for justice and truth, she found a love – few have ever known. The immigrants’ daughter created her own fortune from scratch and gave faith, hope, and love to others—even her enemies. The author witnessed, in part, the corrupt, inconsolable crimes committed against her by her two sons, and Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Counties, which led to the most bizarre rape ever pulled off by California court judges. They stripped her of her good name, her reputation, her lifetime achievements, her entrepreneurship, and her fortune. A depraved woman medical doctor, fraudulently assisted by the Santa Maria District Attorney and her attorney lover, diagnosed her as having a mental disorder, then Dementia and finally Alzheimer’s. They had the Santa Barbara Alzheimer’s Association award her a scholarship to a Senior Day Care facility. In essence she was branded as insane when there was nothing wrong with her mental capacities. She did nothing wrong. She was then disqualified from testifying against the corrupt judiciary. This is her story!
FORMAT: E-Book
By Rexino Mondo
The Immigrants’ Daughter chronicles the growth of corruption, its highs... its lows, from the early nineteenth century, through the romantic ‘20s and ‘30s to the present egregious courtroom dramas. It uncovers the obscene abuse she suffered at the hands of her family and the California Court System. In her unrelenting fight for justice and truth, she found a love – few have ever known. The immigrants’ daughter created her own fortune from scratch and gave faith, hope, and love to others—even her enemies. The author witnessed, in part, the corrupt, inconsolable crimes committed against her by her two sons, and Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Counties, which led to the most bizarre rape ever pulled off by California court judges. They stripped her of her good name, her reputation, her lifetime achievements, her entrepreneurship, and her fortune. A depraved woman medical doctor, fraudulently assisted by the Santa Maria District Attorney and her attorney lover, diagnosed her as having a mental disorder, then Dementia and finally Alzheimer’s. They had the Santa Barbara Alzheimer’s Association award her a scholarship to a Senior Day Care facility. In essence she was branded as insane when there was nothing wrong with her mental capacities. She did nothing wrong. She was then disqualified from testifying against the corrupt judiciary. This is her story!
FORMAT: Softcover
By Tom Shachtman, Patrick Reynolds
“Fascinating…Illuminating…stunning detail.” Chicago Tribune “Fascinating insight into the evolution of a family over three generations that is simply a good read…panoramic sweep, bitter irony and tragic touches.” Detroit Free Press “Fascinating insider’s view of three generations of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco family…compelling.” Richmond Times-Dispatch “An altogether fascinating story [that] quickly builds speed and interest and becomes an absorbing story of fortune and misfortune.” Washington Post Book World “Readers of this captivating account may need to remind themselves that it is not fiction. There are colorful characters, a family rising from humble beginnings to attain fabulous wealth and power, scandal and tragedy wrought by excess—and an irony-laden finale.” Publishers Weekly “A courageous and worthwhile book. More than an entertainment, it documents the danger of parents who confuse money with love.” New York Times Book Review * * * The Gilded Leaf is the riveting, dramatic saga of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco family, one of America's richest and most intensely private clans. R.J. was the original founder of the company that became part of RJR Nabisco, which in 1988 was involved in the largest business takeover in history. Spanning three generations, the Reynolds's story moves from the triumphs of founder and corporate genius R. J. to the dissipation, scandal, and tragedy that plagued his children and grandchildren. There is a redemptive close, with grandson Patrick Reynolds founding Smokefree America and becoming a leading anti-smoking advocate. The Gilded Leaf presents, for the first time, a complete account of the family who captured, spent and redeemed the American dream. For more information, please visit, www.tobaccofree.org/book/.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Tom Shachtman, Patrick Reynolds
“Fascinating…Illuminating…stunning detail.” Chicago Tribune “Fascinating insight into the evolution of a family over three generations that is simply a good read…panoramic sweep, bitter irony and tragic touches.” Detroit Free Press “Fascinating insider’s view of three generations of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco family…compelling.” Richmond Times-Dispatch “An altogether fascinating story [that] quickly builds speed and interest and becomes an absorbing story of fortune and misfortune.” Washington Post Book World “Readers of this captivating account may need to remind themselves that it is not fiction. There are colorful characters, a family rising from humble beginnings to attain fabulous wealth and power, scandal and tragedy wrought by excess—and an irony-laden finale.” Publishers Weekly “A courageous and worthwhile book. More than an entertainment, it documents the danger of parents who confuse money with love.” New York Times Book Review * * * The Gilded Leaf is the riveting, dramatic saga of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco family, one of America's richest and most intensely private clans. R.J. was the original founder of the company that became part of RJR Nabisco, which in 1988 was involved in the largest business takeover in history. Spanning three generations, the Reynolds's story moves from the triumphs of founder and corporate genius R. J. to the dissipation, scandal, and tragedy that plagued his children and grandchildren. There is a redemptive close, with grandson Patrick Reynolds founding Smokefree America and becoming a leading anti-smoking advocate. The Gilded Leaf presents, for the first time, a complete account of the family who captured, spent and redeemed the American dream. For more information, please visit, www.tobaccofree.org/book/.
FORMAT: Hardcover
By David Marshall
I am told that the first two names I recognized as a child were President Eisenhower and Marilyn Monroe. Hopefully, for my parents' sake, this was after I understood who Mama and Daddy were. To be truthful, I'm not at all certain. By the time the newsman interrupted my cartoons on Sunday morning, August 5, 1962, to tell me that Marilyn Monroe had been found dead of an overdose at the age of 36, she had become such a natural part of my daily life that I could not quite grasp the concept of a world where she was not still out there going about her surely incredible life. To even begin to attempt to understand that someone as big as Marilyn Monroe could actually die threw my seven-year-old brain into serious philosophical doubt. I kept a close watch on my parents, my teachers, even my close friends. The way I saw it, if Marilyn Monroe could die, everyone was up for grabs.
-author David Marshall, from the introduction to The DD Group: An Online Investigation Into the Death of Marilyn Monroe
FORMAT: E-Book
By Giovanna S. Phillips, Tony Phillips
A cosmopolitan par excellence, Giovanna Sodi Phillips takes the reader through the tragicomic adventures of her vivid life. From a Tuscan childhood shared with a younger brother, their American musician mother, their Italian officer father and a succession of French au-pairs, she leads us through her years at a strict Swiss convent, her adolescence at the often hilarious Liceo Dante in Florence, through romances at Smith College to two years in Rome's fascinating diplomatic world, culminating in her "marriage miracle." The author's portrayal of life in New York as a "museum wife" with three children brings on a new cast of characters: the curators, collectors and dealers in the couple's social set, and the foreign help "at home" who involve the family in their own often touching, at times heart-rending sentimental adventures. More colorful encounters await us when the author and her husband move to Palm Beach. Here she creates Les Girls, a group of women from different countries, missing their own habitat and "becoming American" together. The association is currently fifty nations strong and quite unique. Each episode of this multicultural life has the vivid, humorous, and heartwarming detail to make the book an unforgettable experience.
FORMAT: Softcover
By ABIMBOLA COLE IDRIS
Beyond Millionaire's Thinking: change that creates great wealth will give you the motivation and inspiration needed to succeed in life, make great wealth and become a self made millionaire with good mindset. it will also show the reader the following. - Five important concepts of success.
- Six steps needed to turn your dream into reality.
- Five ideas on what to do in order become successful and create wealth.
- Four laws to keep your customers happy.
- Three actions to keep your businesses expanding.
- Three principles needed to make real estate your fast train to becoming a millionaire.
- How to change for better.
- It shows that financial success can be achieved at any age.
- It also brings you courage, hope, inspiration and love needed to succeedin life.
- How to believe in yourself takes necessary actions and become a winner.
- Finally it shows you all the success principles required to prosper
FORMAT: Softcover
By ABIMBOLA COLE IDRIS
Beyond Millionaire's Thinking: change that creates great wealth will give you the motivation and inspiration needed to succeed in life, make great wealth and become a self made millionaire with good mindset. it will also show the reader the following. - Five important concepts of success.
- Six steps needed to turn your dream into reality.
- Five ideas on what to do in order become successful and create wealth.
- Four laws to keep your customers happy.
- Three actions to keep your businesses expanding.
- Three principles needed to make real estate your fast train to becoming a millionaire.
- How to change for better.
- It shows that financial success can be achieved at any age.
- It also brings you courage, hope, inspiration and love needed to succeedin life.
- How to believe in yourself takes necessary actions and become a winner.
- Finally it shows you all the success principles required to prosper
FORMAT: E-Book
By Giovanna S. Phillips, Tony Phillips
A cosmopolitan par excellence, Giovanna Sodi Phillips takes the reader through the tragicomic adventures of her vivid life. From a Tuscan childhood shared with a younger brother, their American musician mother, their Italian officer father and a succession of French au-pairs, she leads us through her years at a strict Swiss convent, her adolescence at the often hilarious Liceo Dante in Florence, through romances at Smith College to two years in Rome's fascinating diplomatic world, culminating in her "marriage miracle." The author's portrayal of life in New York as a "museum wife" with three children brings on a new cast of characters: the curators, collectors and dealers in the couple's social set, and the foreign help "at home" who involve the family in their own often touching, at times heart-rending sentimental adventures. More colorful encounters await us when the author and her husband move to Palm Beach. Here she creates Les Girls, a group of women from different countries, missing their own habitat and "becoming American" together. The association is currently fifty nations strong and quite unique. Each episode of this multicultural life has the vivid, humorous, and heartwarming detail to make the book an unforgettable experience.
FORMAT: E-Book
By Reece Halsey MAIN, Don Widener
Lemmon’s scenes are alternately funny, sad, wild, tender, adding up to the rollicking story of the boy with the face that any mother could love who became the man who had the “grace to make a fool of himself” and the talent to pull it off. Packed with outrageous tales that never made the pages of Variety or the Hollywood gossip columns, Lemmon sparkles with the verve and humor characteristic of his most memorable stage and screen performances. Lemmon is far more than a biography of the lovable, bumbling “loser” who “falls on a fumble into the end zone and wins the game.” It is a front-row view of the long pull towards stardom that an outstanding actor, equally skilled at comedy and serious drama, richly deserved. And maintains.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Michele Campanelli
A collection of short stories previously published in some of the hottest selling short story anthology books in America's history.
FORMAT: Softcover
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