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A 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; her popularity and the fascination she held for people the world over during her nearly sixty years in the spotlight can hardly be overestimated. And while that has led to a number of books about her, none has told her...
2) Happy times
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Publisher
Assouline
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
146, [22] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
5) Brangelina
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Publisher
Transit Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
271 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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The superstar couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and their Hollywood spin-machine handlers have successfully manipulated the public into believing a glamorous fairytale that bears little resemblance to the reality of the pair's life together.
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2008
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295 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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An unconventional self-portrait by the son of "Star Trek" celebrity Leonard Nimoy describes his experiences growing up in his father's shadow and the midlife descent into drug addiction that cost him his marriage and prompted numerous career changes.
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xiii, 268 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 cm.
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Friends for thirty years, Texas beauties Alana and Farrah supported each other through the trials of Hollywood life and the raising of their families. Now you can read the private diaries of the woman who was by Farrah's side every step of the way, from the cancer diagnosis in fall of 2006 to the inevitable end.
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Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
vii, 216 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Description
Collects responses from Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire page through which celebrities answer a common series of probing personal questions, in a volume that includes entries for such figures as Bette Midler, Salman Rushdie, and Martin Scorsese.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
A book that explores the seemingly magical world of Jackie Onassis' youth, her fairy-tale marriage to a wealthy and handsome senator and presidential candidate and her astonishing transformation into a deft political wife and unique first lady also explores what the author asserts was Jackie's 31-year struggle with PTSD after the assassination of her husband, John F. Kennedy.
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
ix, 226 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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An in-depth look at the much talked-about -- but never fully revealed -- relationship between Jackie Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy that began as a result of their shared grief over the assassination of the president in 1963 and lasted until Bobby began his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968.
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Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
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xiii, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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The forefront British dance critic and award-nominated author of Bloomsbury Ballerina presents a revisionist assessment of the movement that shattered the boundaries of conventional femininity through the lives of six figures that exemplified it, including Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka.
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2008
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386 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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"Famous by her sixteenth birthday in 1900, Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit was the most photographed woman of her era, an iconic figure who set the standard for female beauty. Women wanted to be her. Men wanted her. When her jealous millionaire husband, Harry K. Thaw, killed her lover--celebrity architect Stanford White, builder of the Washington Square Arch and much of New York City--she found herself at the center of the 'crime of the century' and the...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 646 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.
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A memoir by the bodybuilder, actor, and former governor of California traces his journey to the United States and rise from Mr. Universe champion to millionaire businessman, and discusses his political achievements and the choices he regrets.
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Publisher
Dey St, an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiii, 256 pages : color illustrations, portrait, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm
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"As a professional Internet personality, Hannah Hart spends a lot of time walking the line between public and private. Here, she shares stories from her life that have taken her time to process, in the hope that it will help readers do some internal processing of their own."--
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
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xii, 541 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
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"The Hiltons is a sweeping saga of the success-and excess-of an iconic American family. Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary ideas and unyielding will established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. But outside the boardroom, Conrad struggled with emotional detachment, failed marriages, and conflicted Catholicism. Then there were his children: Playboy Nicky Hilton's tragic alcoholism and marriage to Elizabeth Taylor...
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Gotham Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
ix, 350 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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The only child of MacLaine and her husband of thirty years, Steve Parker, Sachi's surreal childhood began when she was sent to Japan at the age of two to live with her mercurial father and his mistress. She divides her time being raised by a Japanese governess and going back and forth to L.A. to be with her mother, hamming it up on movie sets, in photo shoots, and Hollywood parties. As she gets older and becomes involved in a series of abusive relationships...
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