|
|
|
|  | The Kennedy Curse
In this probing expose, renowned Kennedy biographer Edward Klein-a bestselling author and journalist personally acquainted with many members of the Kennedy family-unravels one of the great mysteries of our time...
Death was merciful to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, for it spared her a parent's worst nightmare: the loss of a child. But if Jackie had lived to see her son, JFK Jr., perish in a plane crash on his way to his cousin's wedding, she would have been doubly horrified by the familiar pattern in the tragedy. Once again, on a day that should have been full of joy and celebration, America's first family was struck by the Kennedy Curse.
In this probing expose, renowned Kennedy biographer Edward Klein-a bestselling author and journalist personally acquainted with many members of the Kennedy family-unravels one of the great mysteries of our time and explains why the Kennedys have been subjected to such a mind-boggling chain of calamities.
Drawing upon scores of interviews with people who have never spoken out before, troves of private documents, archives in Ireland and America, and private conversations with Jackie, Klein explores the underlying pattern that governs the Kennedy Curse.
The reader is treated to penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy's father, Honey Fitz ; the dynasty's founding father Joe Kennedy and his ill-fated daughter Kathleen, President Kennedy, accused rapist William Kennedy Smith, and the star-crossed lovers, JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Each of the seven profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book: The Kennedy Curse is the result of the destructive collision between the Kennedy's fantasy of omnipotence-an unremitting desire to get away with things that others cannot-and the cold, hard realities of life.
CATEGORY: Biographies 
|
 | Jazz Singing by Will Friedwald
This comprehensive study of jazz singing is a revelation to anyone who owns at least one jazz recording and a must for the serious jazz enthusiast. Friedwald traces the growth and development of jazz, discusses performers who have never been thought of as jazz singers, and looks at contemporary artists who have incorporated jazz into their music. 16-page insert. AUTHOR: Will Friedwald
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
 | So Great a Cloud by James C. Howell, Rita Collett
You won't find just your brand-name saints in Howell's colorful hagiography. This collection of biographies covers saints of all kinds in thoughtful and detailed chapters. AUTHOR: James C. Howell, Rita Collett
PUBLISHER: Upper Room Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
 | Bill Gates by Charnan Simon
A biography of Bill Gates, focusing on the Seattle business community and the global village that he has helped create through his work as a computer software entrepreneur. AUTHOR: Charnan Simon
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
 | The Bush Dyslexicon by Mark Crispin Miller
A large collection of Bushisms accompanies this analysis of the role of television in Election 2000. Professor Miller critiques the state of television, television news, and television news bureaus and commentators, with special emphasis on the role they played in the ascendance of George W. Bush to the presidency. AUTHOR: Mark Crispin Miller
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
 | Boris Mikhailov by Boris Mikhailov
Though Mikhailov considers the conditions of his particular place of residence for over fifty years crucial to his work, he is not providing a recollection of the specific history of Khar'kov, Ukraine -- but rather bringing out the condition humaine of this city. Characterized by industry and Factories, by newly installed Coca Cola billboards as well as socialist architecture, Khar'kov provides the backdrop for Mikhailov's moving portraits. He describes the decay of social structures as well as of individual lives. We witness street kids taking drugs, adults in search of food, trying to re-install their social self by cleaning their bodies in the artist's own house. Despite the devastating poverty, the women and men in Mikhailov's images look back at us with great dignity. Their eyes express an unbroken will to survive in a social system that has fallen to its lowest possible level Mikhailov depicts very warmly the harshness of everyday life in a society not as far away from ours as we might think. AUTHOR: Boris Mikhailov
PUBLISHER: Scalo Verlag
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
|
|
