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In the ring : the trials of a Washington lawyer
Robert S. Bennett.
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An attorney speaks out on his forty-year career as the legal representative for many of Washington's power elite, going inside some of his most difficult and intriguing cases to reveal how he prepared for trials, handled witnesses, and crafted arguments.
2008; 391 p.; isbn:0307394433 More Information |
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Not the girl next door : Joan Crawford, a personal biography
Charlotte Chandler.
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Draws on personal interviews and private records to trace the Hollywood star's life and career from her own perspective, in a portrait of Crawford that covers her four marriages and notorious relationship with her adopted children.
2008; 316 p.; isbn:1416547517 More Information |
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Glamour, interrupted : how I became the best-dressed patient in Hollywood
Steven Cojocaru
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Before Steven Cojocaru was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, he could never have imagined himself living anything other than a high-glam Hollywood lifestyle. Red carpet guru for Entertainment Tonight and fashion correspondent for the Today show, he hauled his designer boots from New York to Los Angeles and back every week. But a painful and ...
2007; 159 p.; isbn:9780060791360 More Information |
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Bill Mauldin : a life up front
Todd DePastino.
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2008; 370 p.; isbn:0393061833 More Information |
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Five easy decades : how Jack Nicholson became the biggest movie star in modern times
Dennis McDougal.
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"Unconventional, uninhibited, and unrestrained, Jack Nicholson is both a famous and infamous pop-culture icon known for his romantic escapades, his hair-trigger temper, and his love affair with the L.A. Lakers. Now, this biography gives you an incisive look at the megawatt Method actor with the enigmatic Cheshire cat grin." "Jack rose to fame with portrayals ...
2008; 484 p.; isbn:0471722464 More Information |
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President Lincoln : the duty of a statesman
by William Lee Miller.
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"The American president has come to be the most powerful figure in the world - and back in the nineteenth century a great man held that office. William Lee Miller's new book closely examines that great man in that hugely important office: Abraham Lincoln as president. Wars waged by American presidents have come to be pivotal historical events. Here ...
2008; 497 p.; isbn:1400041031 More Information |
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The lodger Shakespeare : his life on Silver Street
Charles Nicholl.
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"In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster - and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken, words, were recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage dowry - but it opens an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life story. Some eight years earlier, we learn, Shakespeare was lodging ...
2008; 377 p.; isbn:0670018503 More Information |
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Chasing the flame : Sergio Vieira de Mello and the fight to save the world
Samantha Power.
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Traces the political career of the United Nations humanitarian who lost his life in the 2003 terrorist attack on the UN Headquarters in Iraq, citing his role in the peace negotiations in post-invasion Lebanon and the cease-fire talks in Bosnia.
2008; 622 p.; isbn:1594201285 More Information |
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Send yourself roses : --and other thoughts on life, love, and leading roles
Kathleen Turner in collaboration with Gloria Feldt.
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A self-portrait by the award-winning actress discusses such topics as the father she lost at a young age, her struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, and her relationships with such fellow celebrities as Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, and Francis Ford Coppola.
2008; 265 p.; isbn:0446581127 More Information |
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