Barbara Leaming Bücher

Here is a firsthand portrait of the flamboyant American genius who became a titanic figure in twentieth-century popular culture. Orson Welles revolutionized theatre, terrified a nation of radio listeners, and made cinematic history with Citizen Kane, regarded by many as the greatest American film ever made. Building on two years of uninhibited, in-depth interviews with Welles, and on painstaking research in archives and among Welles's contemporaries, Barbara Leaming tells the full story - from Welles's childhood to his glory days in New York and Hollywood, through the years of European exile to his haunting twilight and, in a new epilogue, his death. Publication of this book was, and is again, a major event.

Winston Churchill rages against time and his own mortality, in conflict with friend and foe alike, in this tumultuous political drama about his last ten years of public life. Churchill Defiant is a gripping, fast-paced narrative of bare-knuckle politics, of life-and-death decisions, of old grudges and fresh blame. This is Churchill in close-up—a vivid, deeply poignant portrait of the great man at his most maddening and devious, but also at his most human and defiant.

The enthralling, previously untold story of the friendships and forces that shaped the Kennedy presidency. In the summer of 1938 a tall, raw-boned Harvard student arrived in London, where his father was the American ambassador and his favorite sister, Kick, had gained entree to a closed group of young aristocrats. In the run-up to World War II, as Winston Churchill called on a reluctant Britain to resist Adolf Hitler before it was too late, Jack Kennedy formed bonds of friendship and family that would forever change his life and the course of American history. Drawing on many new primary sources, this book is the first to trace the dramatic arc of Kennedy's intellectual and political formation, and to detail the goals of his presidency as he saw them. For the first time we get an intimate picture of a leader torn between politics and principle, a president wrestling with private demons and unresolved conflicts dating back to the 1930s, when Churchill and Ambassador Joseph Kennedy were adversaries on the public stage. 24 pages of photographs.

The first major biography of Bette Davis since her death in 1989 provides a revealing look at her rise to the top, her complicated familial relationships, and her bouts with alcoholism and cancer. 65,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Tour.

"An intimate and revealing look at one of the twentieth century's most remarkable―and misunderstood women." ― KIRKUS REVIEWSJacqueline Bouvier Kennedy The Untold Story is the first book to document Jackie's thirty-one-year struggle with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here is the woman as she has never been seen before. Barbara Leaming explores the seemingly magical world of Jackie's 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. This spirited young woman's rejection of the idea of a "safe marriage" as the wife of some socially prominent but utterly predictable man led her to JFK and, in time, international fame. But the trauma of her husband's murder would damage her far more than has been known. Until now.While the life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis has been examined and scrutinized countless times, it is only now that we can truly understand the woman behind the facade, the untold story of this iconic woman.

The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter. A biography of Kathleen Kick Kennedy, from the bestselling and award winning biographer Barbara Learning, that draws on unique access to firsthand accounts and previously unseen sources. číst celé

Citlivě a obratně napsaná biografie se věnuje zdánlivě kouzelnému dětství a mládí slavé Jackie, samozřejmě i pohádkovému manželství s bohatým a pohledným senátorem a pozdějším prezidentem, ale vůbec poprvé podrobně zachycuje život Jackie Kennedyové po tragické smrti jejího prvního manžela. Autorka dokumentuje její osamělý a statečný boj s posttraumatickou poruchou, která ji sužovala víc než třicet let, snaží se porozumět ženě, která se skrývala za mediálním obrazem jedné z nejslavnějších žen světa, a portrétuje Jackie tak, jak jsme ji dosud neznali.