The seminal biography of legendary actor Peter Lawford. As Publisher's Weekly writes: From Bobby-Sox idol to Kennedy spouse and Marylin Monroe intimate, his life was a dizzying whirl of sex, scandal, an secrets even the tabloids dared not print... Once, Peter Lawford seemed to have it all: a handsome face, a sophisticated wit, a talent that won him overnight stardom and entree into a world of beautiful, powerful people. Veteran of film roles in Easter Parade, Little Women, Good News, and T...

Best-selling author James Spada has written the definitive biography of one of America’s greatest actresses, Bette Davis. Bette Davis participated in over 100 roles as an actress, including the films, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Jezebel, Dark Victory, and Dangerous. She won two Academy Awards, was the first person to accrue 11 Academy Award nominations, and became the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ame...

An utterly fascinating read about an utterly fascinating star. Grace Kelly was the incredibly beautiful, talented and elegant American movie star who became a real-life princess. In six short Hollywood years she starred in eleven films, eight of which are revered movie classics (like Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and It Takes a Thief). She won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in The Country Girl and ALSO won the amorous attentions of legendary movie stars Gary Cooper, Bing C...

By the author of Abram's Streisand: In the Camera Eye, this is the definitive biography of Barbra Streisand. The New York Times bestseller updated to 2013. Almost 200,000 words and packed with photos. This compulsively readable, monumental work is based on more than 200 interviews with Barbra's family, friends and colleagues. James Spada has followed Barbra's life and career for forty-five years and paints an intimate, frequently surprising portrait of a woman who continues to cap...

Grace Kelly was the incredibly beautiful, talented and elegant American movie star who became a real-life princess. In six short Hollywood years she had starred in eleven films, eight of which are revered movie classics (i.e. Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and It Takes a Thief). She won an Oscar for Best Actress in The Country Girl and also won and welcomed the amorous attentions of legendary actors Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, William Holden and Ray Milland. Then, at the age of 26, she marri...

Julia Roberts represents a return to the glamour of the great Hollywood stars of another era. Fans flock to her movies, and she's a staple cover subject of People magazine and every entertainment show imaginable, but her real life has only been seen in tabloid glimpses until now. James Spada has gone back to Julia's beginnings in Athens, Georgia to unearth fascinating facts about her family and her early dating life. And he's followed her career from movie to movie-both on screen ...

They were America's children, symbolic of hope and youth, then of tragedy, and finally of the enduring power of the Kennedy legacy. In the 255 vibrant photographs in this book - mostly never before published - we watch John and Caroline grow up in the adoring, and sometimes harsh, glare of public attention.They were the youngest children to live in the White House in over a century - Caroline just three and John Jr. a newborn when their father took the oath of office. Symbolizing th...

From the New York Times –bestselling author: "These 251 black and white photos capture her well-lived, much-photographed life in adoring detail." — Publishers WeeklyA legendary life shown in rare, mostly never before published photographs. Arguably the most famous woman of the twentieth century, certainly one of its most photographed, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis lived an astonishing life; ...

"[James Spada's] fascinating first novel," writes Garth Von Buchholz, founder of The International Edgar Allen Poe Society, "Days When My Heart Was Volcanic" (the title itself taken from Poe's ballad, Ulalume) deftly blends fact and fiction by setting the story at a critical juncture in Poe's personal and professional life.... Days is an excellent, credible and well-researched book. Spada ties in many of the real characters and events during this period i...

California is more than beaches, sunshine, and vineyards.Two dozen horror authors are about to drag you into their nightmares, taking you on a wild tour behind the sun-soaked glamour, promising chills and thrills that linger long after the last page. With stories ranging from cosmic to body horror, to the comedic and the strange, Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales is a descent into the darkest corners of Southern California. These pages carry the whispers of ...

Roger Windsor’s stories of life as, first, a naive student at vet school, then as a junior vet in general practice, and finally as a senior member of the Veterinary Investigation Service runing a laboratory in Africa, certainly give James Herriot a run for his money. His vignettes of animal woe and human frailty have enduring appeal, and the story of setting up such a valuable service in Botswana, and helping to build that country’s agricultural and forensic veterinary resources, is truly ...

Questa è la storia di Donald, che viene coinvolto in una battaglia tra il bene e il male che si svolgerà in un remoto futuro nell’America del Nord post-apocalittica. Donald non è perfetto ed è uno studioso di storia, ma si trova costretto a conoscere il mondo. Commette errori, provoca una tragedia a coloro che ama, ma non si arrende mai. È una storia di violenza, amore, fede e redenzione in una cultura che ricorda il passato medievale. È una fantasia epica, ma in un mondo molto simile al n...