As the brother in law to JFK and a member of the Rat Pack, Peter Lawford was one of America's most acclaimed movie stars. Lawford led an extraordinary life. His story, as told by the woman who knew him best, is the always candid, sometimes shocking unveiling of the most intriguing show business personalities and significant political events of our time. Now fully updated and revised for 2014 this is a must read for anyone interested in Hollywood, film, and celebrity gossip. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
From the bestselling author of Grace: The Secret Lives of a Princess comes a fascinating, heartrending story of a deeply troubled man, whose life was a dizzying whirl of sex, scandal and secrets even the tabloids dared not print.
First biography of The Rat Pack -- Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop et al -- the original Swingers. Brilliant and beautifully written story of...
Tensions had been building between the caretaker boss and the Genovese faction, with Vito, the head of that family, making no secret of his ambition to take over as head of the syndicate. Luciano cleverly resurrected the capo di tutti ...
Detective Phil Irwin said they had all burst into the apartment adding: 'Almost all of Mr. Sinatra's statements were false.' Sinatra asked the jury: 'Who you gonna believe? Me or a guy who kicks in doors for a living?
Symptoms of Withdrawal is a poignantly honest portrayal of Lawford's life as a Kennedy, a journey overflowing with hilarious insider anecdotes, heartbreaking accounts of Lawford's addictions to narcoticsas well as to celebrity and, ...
'Bitch, The Autobiography of Lady Lawford, was narrated to me by Lady Mary (May) Sommerville Lawford between the years of 1967 and 1969.
In celebration of the Rat Pack's Sixtieth anniversary this book details the meteoric rise of this infamous group.
"Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra, by former valet-aide George Jacobs with an oh-so-able assist by William Stadiem, has at least five quotable and shocking remarks about the famous on every page.
Burt Lancaster is perhaps most widely remembered as the tough, iron-jawed star of films such as Gunfight at the OK Corral and Airport. But as this superbly readable and insightful...
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