J. Randy Taraborrelli
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Language
English
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"From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling look at the life of the legendary former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period--as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library--Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli paints an unforgettable new portrait of a woman whose flaws and contradictions...
Author
Language
English
Description
*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
A dazzling biography of three of the most glamorous women of the 20th Century: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, her mother Janet Lee Auchincloss, and her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill.
"Do you know what the secret to happily-ever-after is?" Janet Bouvier Auchincloss would ask her daughters Jackie and Lee during their tea time. "Money and Power," she would say. It was a lesson neither
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
A unique burden was inherited by the children of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his celebrated siblings, Senators Robert and Ted Kennedy. Raised in a world of enormous privilege against the backdrop of American history, this third generation of Kennedys often veered between towering accomplishment and devastating defeat. In his revelatory new book, acclaimed Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli draws back the curtain on the next generation...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
15 audio discs (18 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Formats
Description
A unique burden was inherited by the children born to the original Kennedy icons: JFK and Jackie; Bobby and Ethel; Ted and Joan; and the rest. Raised against a backdrop of American history, their mandate was to be of service, just like their ancestors. Based on exclusive first-hand interviews, as well as oral histories from the JFK Presidential Library and the Ted Kennedy Institute, Taraborrelli takes his listeners behind the scenes of a sweeping...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times bestselling celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli comes Grace & Steel, the epic, hidden history of the exceptional women behind the greatest political dynasty of all time--the Bush family. Bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals the unsung heroines of the inimitable Bush family dynasty: not only First Ladies Barbara and Laura, but other colorful women whose stories have been left out of history for far too long,...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st Grand Central Publishing ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 765 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
There has never been a superstar who broke so many boundaries-- and so many taboos-- as Michael Jackson, yet achieved unheard-of commercial success. Taraborrelli cuts through the rumors and reveals the man behind the myth.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 560 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking book, Taraborrelli draws complex and sympathetic portraits of the women so influential in the actress' life, including her mother, her foster mother, and her legal guardian. He also reveals, for the first time, the shocking scope of Marilyn's own mental illness, the identity of Marilyn's father and the half-brother she never knew, and new information about her relationship with the Kennedy's-Bobby, Jack, and Pat Kennedy Lawford....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
xv, 382 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher:In Madonna: An Intimate Biography, author J. Randy Taraborrelli's scrupulously researched and completely balanced unauthorized biography of one of the world's most celebrated entertainers, the reader is allowed to draw his or her own conclusions. Indeed, the portrait bestselling author Taraborrelli paints here is of a truly complex woman, one who is driven and determined to succeed at any cost, yet who displays remarkable vulnerability...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 541 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogy tables, photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition, [Large print edition].
Physical Desc
xiii, 905 pages (large print), 16 pages of plates : illustrations. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This epic story of the family that established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry sheds new light on its demanding and enigmatic patriarch Conrad Hilton, who struggled with emotional detachment, failed marriages and conflicted Catholicism, and his children.