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Book DescriptionWhen Joe A?TorchyA? Torchia, the last of SacramentoA?s legendary great gamblers, died in a hail of bullets in 1970, an era died with him. In his day, A?The TorchA? was many things to many people. To the denizens of the back rooms and back alleys of Sacramento, he was a shrewd bet maker and bookie. To the tax collectors, he was a scofflaw who perpetually evaded their grasp. To the casino owners of Lake Tahoe, he was a high roller tobe put up in high style. To patrons of his Buggy Whip Restaurant, he was an affable host who knew good food and good times. To his female admirers, he was a smooth-talking sharp dresser with looks to die for. To his children and step-children, he was an affectionate and indulgent father. To many observers, he was an embodiment of the American dreamA?a son of Italian immigrants who ended up in a manor house, complete with acreage and horse stables. To scores of...

Book DescriptionThe world's leading media guru tells all about the stories he has put in - and kept out - of the headlines over a forty-year career. Working with the world's leading celebrities on the biggest stories, Max Clifford knows the ins and outs of the public relations machine like no one else. A controversial, funny and compelling autobiography.

Book DescriptionCovering the well-known and public areas of Burt Bacharach's life, as well as those aspects that have previously been hidden from the media, this book examines a celebrated career spanning 50 years. Covered in detail are Bacharach's previously undocumented early life; his work with lyricist Hal David; his golden years composing hit after hit; his numerous relationships with women and his four marriages, including those to Angie Dickinson and Carole Bayer Sager; and his recent collaborations with Elvis Costello and Noel Gallagher.

She was a woman of confidence, focus, and passion, and it made her one of the world's greatest sources of inspiration and influence. She drew on a remarkable wealth of self-knowledge and a sense of purpose to cope with extraordinary public demands and overwhelming private needs. How can anyone emulate Jackie? What Jackie Taught Us offers Jackie's own personal lessons about how best to live one's life with poise, grace, and zest, including wisdom about image and style, courage and vision, men, marriage, motherhood, and motivation, and how best to apply those lessons to everyday life. With the shining example of this American icon, we can illuminate who we are, what we want--and what we truly need from ourselves and each other.

Book DescriptionFor fifteen years, Jacquieline Davis survived as one of the top operators in a male-dominated profession: the secretive, often dangerous world of covert operations. With her first job, guarding an Arabian princess in a London hotel, the biggest enemy was boredom, but combat training ? and a willingness to risk everything for "the client" ? led the author to increasingly dangerous undercover operations: hostage rescues in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a daring infiltration of the Medellin cocaine cartel... and more! First published by Penguin UK in 1998 and now updated with the author's new adventures guarding celebrities and rescuing children and adults around the world, The Circuit is a fascinating account of Jacquie's experiences. Now, for the first time, The Circuit will be available to readers in the United States. Pre-publication copies will be available from this website June 1st, and The Circuit will be on the shelves of fine booksellers throughout...

Book Description This biography traces the life of Agnes Leclerc, a woman from small-town Vermont whose marriage at the age of 21 to Prince Felix Salm, a Prussian officer in the Union Army at the outbreak of the US Civil War, took her to the royal palaces of Europe. She accompanied Felix on his Civil War campaigns, followed him to Mexico to fight for Emperor Maximilian, then returned home to his ancestral castle in Germany. White's history details Agnes' remarkable dealings with such figures as Benito Juarez and Maximilian, and continues through Agnes' life of hospital work and quiet retirement in her later years.

Book DescriptionIn 1944, when Communism devastated Eastern Europe, it uprooted millions, setting the new A?Displaced PersonsA? adrift, most often to a tragic fate. By unusual luck, young Stephane Groueff, a Bulgarian, landed on more hospitable shores. Spared from the destruction of his family and home after a happy, privileged childhood in a small Balkan kingdom, his eventful Odyssey threw him into the fascinating life of a A?Paris-MatchA? foreign correspondent, led him to romantic experiences lived against the backdrop of Montmartre nightclubs, Egyptian pyramids, opulent Irish castles or Alpine ski resorts and involved him in anti-Communist exile activities. The reader of his candid narrative finds the budding historian of the Manhattan Project at the side of general Groves, the maker of the atomic bomb, follows him as a chronicler of science research at oceanography expeditions in the Pacific, at the Mt.Palomar telescope or on...