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Ball of fire: the tumultuous life and comic art of Lucille Ball
Par Stefan Kanfer. 2003
Details the life and times of comedienne and sit-com star Lucille Ball (1911-1989), beginning with her difficult childhood in upstate…
New York. Covers her unhappy marriage to Desi Arnaz and the evolution of her career until she became "the first woman with major economic power in postwar Hollywood." Bestseller. 2003Bob Hope: my life in jokes
Par Bob Hope. 2003
The late comedian, who died in 2003 at one hundred years of age, tells his life through jokes--organized by decade--revealing…
his family, experiences, interests, and personal and political thoughts. Reminisces about his long career in show business on the radio, screen, and television--and in the war theater entertaining American troops. Introduction by daughter Linda. 2003"Marilyn s'est-elle vraiment suicidée ? Quelle machination se cache derrière les événements de Mai 68 ? A-t-on marché sur la…
Lune en 1969 ? Kennedy a-t-il été assassiné par la mafia, à Dallas ? Nous a-t-on tout révélé sur l'attentat du 11 septembre 2001 ? Quelle vérité émerge de l'affaire du Rainbow Warrior ? Et de l'ahurissant décès du pape Jean-Paul Ier ? Et si la saga Star Wars était l'une des plus énormes conspirations politiques du XXe siècle ? Claude François est-il mort comme on le croit ? Et Diana ? Et Elvis Presley ? Et la Callas ? [...] Comme il n'est pas de complot sans secret, le romanesque n'est jamais loin... Dix-huit écrivains se sont ainsi divertis à livrer leur propre version de complots d'hier et d'aujourd'hui." -- 4e de couvChère Sénateur
Par Solange Chaput-Rolland. 1992
Ces assassins qui ont voulu changer l'histoire
Par Pierre Accoce. 1999
Circonstances, mobiles et psychologie d'attentats et d'assassinats politiques en France moderne de 1800 à nos jours: l'assassinat d'Henri IV par…
Ravaillac; attentats sur Napoléon 1er, Louis-Philippe, Napoléon III, Sadi Carnot, Emile Loubet, Jean Jaurès, Paul Doumer, Lewis Barthou, l'amiral Darlan, Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, le général de Gaulle et l'enlèvement de Ben Barka. Cette douzaine de dossiers correspond à des affaires d'Etat qui suscitèrent l'agitation de l'opinion publique. [SDMLes liens du sang: l'apogée et la chute d'une grande famille de la mafia
Par Antonio Nicaso. 2001
Ainsi que le résume bien le sous-titre de ce livre, il s'agit-là de l'apogée puis de la chute de deux…
toutes puissantes familles siciliennes, devenues les "Rothschild de la Mafia", immensément riches et influentes à force de crime et de corruption. Les deux auteurs, Nicaso et Lamothe, ont fait appel aux documents de la police et de la Cour, aux informations de sources de la pègre et à l'avis d'experts en criminalité pour, à la fois, mettre en relief la puissance de cette organisation et montrer comment le Canada est devenu la capitale mondiale du blanchiment d'argentKate remembered
Par A. Scott Berg. 2003
Berg's memoir of his twenty-year personal dialog with Academy Award-winning actress Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003). He recalls her reminiscences about her…
family, her acting career, and her relationship with Spencer Tracy, along with his own memories of his time spent with her. Bestseller. 2003Confidences d'un homme innocent
Par William Sampson. 2006
"Le matin du 17 décembre 2000, à Riyadh, en Arabie Saoudite, William Sampson est arrêté en se rendant à son…
travail. On l'escorte jusqu'à un centre d'interrogation où il est détenu sans voir d'avocat, battu et privé de sommeil. On l'accuse d'être un espion britannique. Il est forcé d'avouer un crime qu'il n'a pas commis : l'attentat à la voiture piégée qui a tué l'ingénieur britannique Christopher Rodway. Les confessions d'un homme innocent raconte l'histoire brutale de la détention solitaire de Sampson dans une prison arabe, et sa survie à plus de deux ans de mauvais traitements dont il a cru que la mort seule pouvait l'en libérer. C'est l'histoire de la guerre qu'il a menée contre ses geôliers et de l'indifférence manifestée par son ambassade.[...]" -- 4e de couvCette aveuglante absence de lumière: roman
Par Tahar Ben Jelloun. 2001
Lucien Rivard, [le caïd au cœur du scandale: Un Bandit Génial Et Glorieux
Par Benoît Gignac. 2008
"2 mars 1965. Lucien Rivard, le narcotraficant, celui-là même qui a été à l'origine du plus grand scandale de l'histoire…
politique canadienne vient de s'échapper de façon spectaculaire de la prison de Bordeaux. Mais qui peut bien être ce bandit génial, ce globe-trotter que tous les corps policiers du Canada poursuivent? D'où vient-il? Pourquoi toute cette agitation à la chambre des Communes, à l'Assemblée législative du Québec? Raconter l'aventure singulière de Rivard, c'est se souvenir du Québec au moment où la province se cherchait des héros, c'est se souvenir d'autres temps et d'autres moeurs, c'est découvrir l'un des "meilleurs" de sa profession. Un bandit pratiquement adulé par toute une génération. Lucien Rivard ne fut pas qu'un simple criminel. Depuis près de cinquante ans, il alimente toujours les discussions et les souvenirs. Son histoire méritait d'être racontée". -- 4e de couvIf you would have told me: A memoir
Par John Stamos. 2023
This program is read by the author. " ...I love him, and I respect him, and I need him. We…
all do. " —from the foreword, written and read by Jamie Lee Curtis If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad's fast-food joint that one day he'd be a household name and that, at the height of his success, he'd be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he might've asked, "You want fries with that?" John burst onto the scene in General Hospital , propelling him into the teen idol stratosphere, a place that's often a point of no return. But Stamos beat the odds and over the past four decades has proved himself to be one of his generation's most successful and beloved actors. Whether showing off his comedic chops on Full House or his dramatic skills on ER , pushing the boundaries on Broadway or living out his youthful dreams as an honorary Beach Boy, John has surprised everyone, most of all himself. A universal story about friendship, love, loss, and the courage to embrace love once more, John Stamos's memoir is filled with some of the most memorable names in Hollywood, both old and new. Funny, deeply poignant, and brutally honest, If You Would Have Told Me is a portrait of a boy who went from believing in Disney magic to a man who learns that we have to create our own magical moments in life. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & CompanyOpposable thumbs: How siskel & ebert changed movies forever
Par Matt Singer. 2023
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten…
Tomatoes or IMDB. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it “two thumbs up.” On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before they’d ever exchanged a word) met for lunch in a Chicago pub. Gene Siskel was the film critic for the Chicago Tribune . Roger Ebert had recently won the Pulitzer Prize—the first ever awarded to a film critic—for his work at the Chicago Sun-Times. To say they despised each other was an understatement. When they reluctantly agreed to collaborate on a new movie review show with PBS, there was at least as much sparring off-camera as on. No decision—from which films to cover to who would read the lead review to how to pronounce foreign titles—was made without conflict, but their often-antagonistic partnership (which later transformed into genuine friendship) made for great television. In the years that followed, their signature “Two thumbs up!” would become the most trusted critical brand in Hollywood. In Opposable Thumbs , award-winning editor and film critic Matt Singer eavesdrops on their iconic balcony set, detailing their rise from making a few hundred dollars a week on local Chicago PBS to securing multimillion-dollar contracts for a syndicated series (a move that convinced a young local host named Oprah Winfrey to do the same). Their partnership was cut short when Gene Siskel passed away in February of 1999 after a battle with brain cancer that he’d kept secret from everyone outside his immediate family—including Roger Ebert, who never got to say goodbye to his longtime partner. But their influence on in the way we talk about (and think about) movies continues to this day. Photographer/© ABC/Getty ImagesTupac shakur: The authorized biography
Par Staci Robinson. 2023
The first and only estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful…
legacy, including mementos, handwritten poetry, musings, and more Artist, poet, actor, revolutionary, legend Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time. More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996 at the age of just twenty-five, he continues to be one of the most misunderstood, complicated, and prolific figures in modern history. Drawing on exclusive access to Tupac’s private notebooks, letters, and uncensored conversations with those who loved and knew him best, this estate-authorized biography paints the fullest and most intimate picture to date of the young man who became a legend for generations to come. In Tupac Shakur, author and screenwriter Staci Robinson—who knew Tupac from their shared circle of high school friends in Marin City, California, and who was entrusted by his mother, Afeni Shakur, to share his story—unravels the myths and unpacks the complexities that have shadowed Tupac’s existence. Decades in the making, this book pulls back the curtain to reveal a powerful story of a life defined by politics and art—a man driven by equal parts brilliance and impulsiveness, steeped in the rich intellectual tradition of Black empowerment, and unafraid to utter raw truths about race in America. It is a story of a mother and son bound together by a love for each other and for their people, and the relationship that endured through their darkest times. It is a political story that begins in the whirlwind of the 1960s civil rights movement, and through a young artist’s awakening to rage and purpose in the ’90s era of Rodney King. It is a story of dizzying success and its devastating consequences. And, of course, it is the story of Tupac’s music, his timeless message that will never die as it continues to touch and inspire us todayThe secret life of john le carre
Par Adam Sisman. 2023
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive. Secrecy…
came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden. Nowhere was this more so than in his private life. Apparently content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs over five decades. To these relationships he brought much of the tradecraft that he had learned as a spy - cover stories, cut-outs and dead letter boxes. These clandestine operations brought an element of danger to his life, but they also meant deceiving those closest to him. Small wonder that betrayal became a running theme in his work. In trying to manage his biography, the novelist engaged in a succession of skirmishes with his biographer. While he could control what Sisman wrote about him in his lifetime, he accepted that the truth would eventually become known. Following his death in 2020, what had been withheld can now be revealed. The Secret Life of John le Carré reveals a hitherto-hidden perspective on the life and work of the spy-turned-author and a fascinating meditation on the complex relationship between biographer and subject. "Now that he is dead," Sisman writes, "we can know him better."Un parti politique au pouvoir pendant 15 ans. Des soupçons de corruption et de trafic d'influence. Une enquête colossale qui…
s'éternise. Un corps policier qui implose sur fond de guerre intestine. Est-ce que le parti politique de Jean Charest a vendu le pouvoir du gouvernement au plus offrant en échange de financement politique ? PLQ inc. révèle les déboires de l'enquête Mâchurer, menée par l'Unité permanente anticorruption. Depuis 2014, les enquêteurs de l'UPAC tentent en vain de faire la lumière sur les allégations de financement illégal au Parti libéral du Québec. L'équipe du Bureau d'enquête a eu accès à des sources hautement privilégiées et a analysé des milliers de documents d'enquête. Ils remontent ici le fil de l'une des plus ambitieuses investigations policières entreprises au Québec, levant le voile sur l'une des périodes les plus sombres de la politique québécoisePour un peu d'amour
Par Huguette Rayno. 1984
Récit autobiographique de la soeur de Ginette Reno. Jeunesse pleine de déboires, délinquance, drogue, échec dans le mariage, quelques années…
dans le showbusiness, etc. Ce retour sur le passé s'accompagne d'une prise de conscience lucide et d'optimisme pour l'avenir. [SDMAnd justice for all: the legal rights of young people
Par Sandra Nunez. 1997
Explores several legal issues, including First Amendment protections, right to privacy, labor laws, and discrimination, as they relate to young…
people. Presents case histories and events that compelled courts and legislatures to reexamine the prerogatives and protections of the youth in America. For senior high and older readersBeyond the grave: the right way and the wrong way of leaving money to your children (and others)
Par Gerald Condon. 2001
Two attorneys, father and son, discuss the emotional and psychological aspects of inheritance and family conflicts that can arise. Includes…
information on living trusts, wills, avoiding probate, the IRS, grandchildren, disabled children, second spouses, pets, and more. 2001Law 101: everything you need to know about the American legal system
Par Jay Feinman. 2000
A law professor provides an overview of information typically taught in the first year of law school. Using well-known cases…
to illustrate his points, Feinman discusses constitutional law; the litigation process; personal injury and tort law; contract, criminal, and property law; and more. 2000