Download or read book Leggy Blonde written by Aviva Drescher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir from the Real Housewife of New York City.
Download or read book Breathing Out written by Peggy Lipton and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peggy Lipton's overnight success as Julie Barnes on television's hit The Mod Squad made her an instant fashion icon and the "it" girl everyone-from Elvis to Paul McCartney-wanted to date. She was the original and ultimate California girl of the early seventies, complete with stick-straight hair, a laid-back style, and a red convertible. But Lipton was much more: smart and determined to not be just another leggy blonde, she struggled for a way to stay connected to her childhood roots, though her coming of age had not been an easy one. And when she fell in love with Quincy Jones, that wasn't easy, either: their biracial marriage made headlines and changed her life. Lipton's passionate and complicated seventeen-year marriage to Jones plunged her into motherhood and also into periods of confusion and difficulty. Her struggle to keep moving forward in the world while maintaining a rich inner life informed many of her decisions as an adult. When Lipton's marriage to Jones ended, she returned to television, appearing in David Lynch's Twin Peaks as well as in The Vagina Monologues and other stage productions. But her most recent triumph has been her overcoming a surprising diagnosis of colon cancer in 2003. Breathing Out is full of fresh stories of life with the pop culture icons of our times, but is also a much more thoughtful book about life in the limelight, work, motherhood, and marriage. It's a refreshing and real look at the life of an actress who became, in many senses, a woman of her times.
Download or read book Zeitgeist written by Bruce Sterling and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 1999, and in the Turkish half of Cyprus, the ever-enterprising Leggy Starlitz has alighted — pausing on his mission to storm the Third World with the G-7 girls, the cheapest, phoniest all-girl rock group ever to wear Wonderbras and spandex. His market is staring him in the face: millions of teenagers trapped in a world of mullahs and mosques, all ready to blow their pocket change on G-7’s massive merchandising campaign — and to wildly anticipate music the band will never release. Leggy’s brilliant plan means doing business with some of the world’s most dangerous people. Among these thieves, schemers, and killers, he must act quickly and decisively. Y2K is just around the corner — and the only rule to live by is that the whole scheme stops before the year 2000. But Leggy’s G-7 Zeitgeist is in serious jeopardy, for in Istanbul his former partners are getting restless — and the G-7 girls are beginning to die.... From the Paperback edition.
Download or read book Against the Mark written by Kat Martin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect murder is a work of art In one catastrophic instant, Haley Warren's estranged father was taken from her. She never got the chance to reconnect with him, so now she's doing it the only way she's got left: by proving the explosion that killed him was no accident. When Tyler Brodie, the provocative and handsome P.I. hired by Haley, discovers that her father was investigating a suspected art theft, he knows his death is no coincidence. After all, tens of millions of dollars worth of stolen art could motivate a thief to go to any lengths—including getting rid of anyone poking around where they don't belong. As Haley and Ty get closer to the truth, the truth gets ugly: Did Haley's dad know too much…or was he in on the take? And although Ty's a consummate professional, he's having trouble focusing on the facts of the case, and not the figure of his gorgeous client. The two are determined to get to the bottom of the case, even if it means they die trying.
Download or read book The Black Eyed Blonde written by John Banville and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe returns in The Black-Eyed Blonde—also published as Marlowe as by John Banville—the basis for the major motion picture starring Liam Neeson as the iconic detective. "Somewhere Raymond Chandler is smiling . . . I loved this book. It was like having an old friend, one you assumed was dead, walk into the room." —Stephen King "It was one of those Tuesday afternoons in summer when you wonder if the earth has stopped revolving." The streets of Bay City, California, in the early 1950s are as mean as they get. Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and the private eye business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: blond, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover. Almost immediately, Marlowe discovers that the man's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest and most ruthless families—and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune. “It’s vintage L.A., toots: The hot summer, rain on the asphalt, the woman with the lipstick, cigarette ash and alienation, V8 coupes, tough guys, snub-nosed pistols, the ice melting in the bourbon . . . . The results are Chandleresque, sure, but you can see Banville’s sense of fun.” —The Washington Post
Download or read book The Blue Hammer written by Ross Macdonald and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The desert air is hot with sex and betrayal, death and madness and only Detective Lew Archer can make sense of a killer who makes murder a work of art. Finding a purloined portrait of a leggy blonde was supposed to be an easy paycheck for Archer, but that was before the bodies began piling up. Suddenly, Archer find himself smack in the middle of a decades-long mystery of a brilliant artist who walked into the desert and simply disappeared. He left behind a bevy of muses, molls, dolls, and dames-each one scrambling for what they thought was rightfully theirs.
Download or read book What Remains written by Carole Radziwill and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author traces her life and marriage to Anthony Radziwill, President Kennedy's nephew, in an account that describes her work as a journalist, her friendship with JFK, Jr., and his wife, and her husband's struggle with terminal cancer.
Download or read book A Monk Swimming written by Malachy McCourt and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “irresistible memoir that’s equal parts pathos and belly laughs,” the Irish American writer and actor shares stories from his first decade in the US (People). Malachy McCourt left behind a childhood of poverty and painful memories of his father and mother in Limerick, Ireland, when he followed his brother, Frank, to America in 1952. In A Monk Swimming, McCourt recounts the decade that followed. With not much to his name other than his sharp wit and knack for storytelling, McCourt was unsure what he would do after arriving in New York City. He worked as a longshoreman on the Brooklyn docks, became the first celebrity bartender in a Manhattan saloon, performed on stage with the Irish Players, and told tales to Jack Paar on The Tonight Show. Although McCourt gained success, money, women, and, eventually, children of his own, he still carried memories of the past with him. So, he fled again. He found himself in the Manhattan Detention Complex, otherwise known as the Tombs. He was arrested several times: poolside in Beverly Hills, in Zurich with gold-smugglers, and again in Calcutta with sex workers. McCourt’s journey also took him to Paris, Rome, and even Limerick again, until finally he was forced to grapple with his past. “[A] funny, oddly winning book.” —The New York Times “A rollicking good read that, as the Irish say, would make a dead man laugh.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “A triumphant tale. . . . You will find yourself laughing through the tears.” —Newsday “Howlingly funny.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Build[s] on the story of the McCourts’ early life so dazzlingly told in Angela’s Ashes by his brother Frank.” —Thomas Keneally, author of the international bestseller Schindler’s List
Download or read book The Secret Millionaire written by Ryanne Corey and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNDERCOVER LOVER Wealthy Zack Daniels kept his fortune secret to ensure acceptance by his fellow cops. There was nothing Zack enjoyed more than fighting crime…until he found himself locked in a basement playing Truth or Dare with leggy blonde Anna Smith. Zack was on temporary leave from the LAPD, so he eagerly accepted the undercover assignment Anna offered…as her boyfriend-of-convenience. Though Anna needed Zack's help to discourage the attentions of a soon-to-be-married male friend, she knew they were playing a dangerous game, for there was nothing make-believe about Zack's hold on her heart. Her captivating cop was everything she wanted—but could he give her the security she needed?
Download or read book Unstoppable written by Maria Sharapova and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004, in a stunning upset against the two-time defending champion Serena Williams, seventeen-year-old Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon, becoming an overnight sensation. Out of virtual anonymity, she launched herself onto the international stage. "Maria Mania" was born. Her success would last: she went on to hold the number-one WTA ranking multiple times, to win four more Grand Slam tournaments, and to become one of the highest-grossing female athletes in the world. And then -- at perhaps the peak of her career -- she was charged by the ITF with taking the banned substance meldonium, only recently added to the ITF's list. The resulting suspension would keep her off the professional courts for fifteen months -- a frighteningly long time for any athlete. But Sharapova's career has always been driven by her determination and by her dedication to hard work. Her story doesn't begin with the 2004 Wimbledon championship, but years before, in a small Russian town, where as a five-year-old she played on drab neighborhood courts with precocious concentration. It begins when her father, convinced his daughter could be a star, risked everything to get them to Florida, that sacred land of tennis academies. It begins when the two arrived with only seven hundred dollars and knowing only a few words of English. From that, Sharapova scraped together one of the most influential sports careers in history.
Download or read book Tracey Cunningham s True Color written by Tracey Cunningham and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photo-packed exploration of the world of hair color and a guide to making it work for you, as told by Hollywood’s most influential hair colorist Tracey Cunningham is the world’s most in-demand hair colorist, working with Hollywood’s biggest celebrities, and her influence on the beauty industry is unparalleled. In this book, Tracey traces the history of hair color and its global cultural influence and provides a practical manual for transforming your hair into its perfect true color—or even trying your hand at being an actual colorist. Tracey equips you with nutrition and lifestyle habits for healthy hair (the canvas for any good dye job), your essential pre-salon checklist, countless sources of hair color inspiration (including exclusive personal photos from and interviews with her A-list clients), and much more. She also takes you inside the mind of an expert colorist and shares her own epic entrepreneurial journey in the process. With Tracey Cunningham’s True Color as your guide, you’ll never look at hair the same way—and never leave the salon anything but happy again.
Download or read book Noir written by Richard Matheson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noir contains three long-lost thrillers by Richard Matheson, the grand master of suspense. Originally published in the 1950s, at the very beginning of Matheson’s distinguished career, these page-turning classics have been largely out-of-print for decades. Now readers everywhere can savor three unforgettable tales of crime, corruption, and cold-blooded murder. . . . Someone Is Bleeding--Dave Newton has fallen hard for Peggy, a leggy blonde with a lurid past and a heartbreaking smile. But as bloody corpses begin to litter his path, Dave is forced to confront the terrifying possibility that the woman he loves is a deranged killer! Fury on Sunday--In the wee hours of one fateful Sunday morning, a homicidal maniac embarks on a rampage of terror and violence that threatens everyone who crosses his path, culminating in a deadly confrontation in a Manhattan apartment building. Ride the Nightmare--Chris and Helen had the perfect suburban life--until Helen discovers her husband’s guilty secret. Overnight, their peaceful existence descends into a vortex of fear and brutality that may cost them the life of their only child!
Download or read book One Night with a Cowboy written by Cat Johnson and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professor’s one-night stand with a bull rider leads to a wild ride when they meet again in a sizzling romance by the New York Times bestselling author. A single look at the leggy blonde in the stands and rodeo cowboy Tucker Jenkins is ready to buck all night long. It's time to forget all about his cheating ex and his usual hands-off policy. It’s a care-free night of unbridled passion: no strings attached—and no contact info exchanged. An English professor from the East Coast, Becca Hart isn’t your average buckle bunny. But no advanced degree could prepare her for Tuck’s moves in the arena—or in bed. But most shocking of all is when she finds herself sitting across from him at her first Oklahoma State University staff meeting. Once they’ve reconnected, Tuck knows it's all about holding on. Now he just has to convince Becca that a rough start out of the chute doesn't mean they can’t go the distance. "A sweet and hot hero you'll want to keep around for longer than one night!"—Lorelei James New York Times bestselling contemporary western romance author of the Rough Riders and Blacktop Cowboys series.
Download or read book The Sunset Murders written by Louise Farr and published by Pocket Star Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The true story of a woman who would do anything for love and the lover who taught her to kill"--Jacket subtitle.
Download or read book After My Own Heart written by Sophia Blackwell and published by Limehouse Books. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruby is gay and proud and, like the rest of her much-loved London life, that doesn't need to change. But when her girlfriend leaves her, everything she cared about is suddenly up for debate. In the midst of her confusion, Ruby finds that she is having feelings for an old friend - who just happens to be male.
Download or read book Stalking Horse written by Bill Shoemaker and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straight from the Winner's Circle, the greatest jockey of all time draws on his vast experience on and off the track to spin one of the most suspenseful mysteries of the year.... Coley Killebrew was one of the best jockeys in the business -- until a race-fixing scandal got him barred from the track. Now the man responsible for blackening his name, racing steward Raymond Starbuck, offers Coley a chance to redeem his reputation. All Coley has to do is investigate some underworld characters who are muscling in on a track in New Orleans, resist the irresistible redhead he loved and lost. Francie Dorn, and reckon with Lea, Starbuck's leggy blonde daughter, who's its adept at seducing men as she is at blowing them away....
Download or read book The Three Sunrises written by Kristen Hartman and published by . This book was released on 2010-10-31 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best friends Alison and Nicole can't wait to start their summer vacation on Captiva Island before jumping into the next phases of their lives. But these smart and sexy twenty-somethings are about to experience a whole lot more than lazy beach reading. And what happens next could lead to endless pleasure--or pain.Alison isn't on vacaation even a whole day before she finds herself in a steamy, fast moving relationship with her dream man:a gorgeous, undercover FBI agent named Rafe McDonough. And Nicole never expects her grandmother to play matchmaker by sending over Ali's hunky older brother as a surprise. Now both women must navigate tricky emotional waters as they confront a world that isn't always as it seems.For Alison, a burgeoning affair is about to collide with the facts of her lover's dangerous investigation into a local real-estate magnate. His run-of-the-mill inquest could balloon larger than anyone expects when a suspected tax-cheating scheme warps into a plot involving drugs and illegal immigrants.Meanwhile, Nicole's long-since buried feelings for Aliison's brother are bubbling to the surface. Bolstered by the fact that Matt no longer sees her as a young girl, Nicki plans to make sure he sees the woman she has become.Fast-paced and addictive, this savvy romance-thriller set off the Florida coast will have you booking passage to a remarkable land filled with lust, intrique, and danger...
