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The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters

The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee


2018

EN

New York Times–Bestseller: "A lush picture of the complicated relationship between . . . Jackie Onassis and Lee Radziwill. . . . Gossipy gems are studded throughout." — Vanity FairWhen sixty-four-year-old Jackie Kennedy Onassis died in her Fifth Avenue apartment, her younger sister Lee wept inconsolably. Then Jackie's thirty-eight-page will was read. Lee discovered that substantial cash bequests were left to family members, friends, and employees—b...

15,89 €

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Runaway Train

or, The Story of My Life So Far


2024

EN

In this brutally candid memoir, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts pulls no punches about the ups and downs of his career and his sometimes stormy relationship with his famous sister, Julia.Eric Roberts grew up in Georgia, spending most of his teens away from his mother and sisters, Lisa and Julia. Instead, he stayed with his controlling father, a grifter jealous of his early success. At age 17, Eric moved to New York to pursue acting, where he wor...

13,56 €

Furious Love

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century

2010

EN

"[An] entertaining, blow-by-blow account of the life and times of an epic Hollywood couple . . . There is no shortage of saucy anecdotes in Furious Love." — Wall Street JournalFrom veteran entertainment reporter Sam Kashner and biographer Nancy Schoenberger comes the definitive account of the greatest Hollywood love story ever told—the romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Kashner has interviewed Elizabeth Taylor numerous times and is th...

13,66 €

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When I Was Cool

My Life at the Jack Kerouac School

2009

EN

First student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself -- the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped to emulate.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

12,29 €

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Life isn't everything

Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his closest friends.

2019

EN

An intimate portrait of the legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian, as told by his closest friends in show business and the arts.Featuring candid conversations from the likes of Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Lorne Michaels, and many more.The work of Mike Nichols pervades American cultural consciousness: The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Angels in America, The Birdcage

12,29 €

Runaway Train

or, The Story of My Life So Far


Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

2024

EN

**This program is read by the author, Golden Globe–winning actor Eric Roberts.In this brutally candid memoir, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts pulls no punches about the ups and downs of his career and his sometimes stormy relationship with his famous sister, Julia.**Eric Roberts grew up in Georgia, spending most of his teens away from his mother and sisters, Lisa and Julia. Instead, he stayed with his controlling father, a grifter jealous of his early su...

20,51 €

The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters

The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee


Unabridged

10 hours 40 min

2018

EN

A poignant, evocative, and wonderfully gossipy account of the two sisters who represented style and class above all else—Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill—from the authors of Furious Love.When sixty-four-year-old Jackie Kennedy Onassis died in her Fifth Avenue apartment, her younger sister Lee wept inconsolably. Then Jackie’s thirty-eight-page will was read. Lee discovered that substantial cash bequests were left to family members, friends, and employees—but nothing...

24,37 €

Furious Love

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century


Unabridged

17 hours 36 min

2010

EN

From veteran entertainment reporter Sam Kashner and biographer Nancy Schoenberger comes the definitive account of the greatest Hollywood love story ever told—the romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Kashner has interviewed Elizabeth Taylor numerous times and is the only journalist given access to her extensive collection of personal letters and journals, and he and Schoenberger have also interviewed the Burton family at length, including Burton’s actress daughter Kate. This is t...

39,21 €

Life isn't everything

Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his closest friends.

Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

2019

EN

"Superb narrators Stephen Bel Davies and Suzanne Toren make the listening informative and entertaining...A perfect vehicle for audio." — AudioFile MagazineAn up close and personal portrait of a legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian, drawing on candid conversations with his closest friends in show business and the arts—from Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep to Natalie Portman and Lorne Michaels.The work of Mike Nichols p...

24,08 €

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