In his moving introduction to this book, Tony Bennet remembers being in the studio when his friend Frank Sinatra recorded "Summer Wind" : "He did it in one take. One take, and Sinatra gets into this gorgeous Italian sports car; rolls down his window and says to me, 'Was that all right, kid?' and - zing - he drives away. Perfect Sinatra!" Perfect Sinatra: Ten years after the great singer's de…
Hillary Clinton's surprising defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary brought her to the nadir of her political career, van squished by a much younger whose message of change and cutting-edge tech learn ran circles around her stodgy campaign. And yet, six years later, she has reemerged as an oven more powerful and influential figure, a formidable stateswoman and the presumed front runner for the 2…
Nearly eight years after George W. Bush left White House, his legacy still shapes American policy at home and abroad. Award-winning historian and biographer Jean Smith has written the most complete account yet of the Bush presidency in this revelatory biography of America's forty-third president. A lackluster student with a fondness for alcohol, "W" became a born-again Christian and turned h…
I was asked to write this book to commemorate the bicentenary of my great great great grandfather’s birth. He was born on 7 February 1812; the year 2012 is a celebration not only of his life, but of the vast and exciting legacy he left behind him. I am so pleased with the way Andre Deutsch produced this book, one of its most unique aspects is that there are a large number of removable do…
Kelly Osbourne is a televison personality, host, fashiion designer, singer and actress. She first came to prominence while appearing on the Emmy Award-winning reality series The Osbournes. Since then, Osbourne co-hosted E!'s hit show Fashion Police and has also appeared on Dancing with the Stars and gusest-starred on various other television shows. Osbourne was also recently a judge on Australi…
Einstein adalah manusaia yang memuarkan secara luar biasa. Di balik kejeniusan dan ketenarannya, ia selalu bersikap dengan kesederhanaan lengkap dan tidak pernah tampak mngklaim keunggulan apa pun. Aku percaya, pekerjaan dan diolinnya memberi dia suatu takaran besar kebahagiaan, tetapi simpatinya yangluas dan keprihatinannya terhadap basib umat manusia mencegah dia mendapatkan takaran ketentram…
When Winston Churchill was asked by George VI to take the reins pf power in May 1940 he later recalled that I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.rnrnOur relationship with Greatest Briton is similarly framed by this same sense of an inevitable fare. It is difficult, from our perspective, to disentangle the…
Tony Barrow coined the Beatales's nickname the Fab Four, wrote the sleeve notes for a number of the group's album covers, set up their huge international press conferences, selected their media interviews and fixed up their photo shoots at home and abroad during the touring years, and finally collaborated with Paul Caratney in 1967 to compile the strip-cartoon story booklet that came with the …