Download or read book Palm Springs Confidential written by Howard Johns and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A star-studded guided tour of Palm Springs, California, where some of Hollywood's best-loved movie stars have lived and died. It lifts the lid on the secret lives of the rich and famous individuals who have resided in this world-renowned tourist resort during the last century.
Download or read book The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes written by Eric G. Meeks and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 600+ Palm Springs Celebrity Homes, including: Lucille Ball, Johnny Bench, Ray Bradbury, Sonny Bono, Cher, Tony Curtis, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Walt Disney, Kirk Douglas, Errol Flynn, Gerald Ford, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Goldie Hawn, Katherine Hepburn, Bob Hope, Howard Hughes, John F. Kennedy, Jerry Lewis, Liberace, Barry Manilow, Dean Martin, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne, Elvis Presley, Harold Robbins, Edward G. Robinson, Kurt Russell, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Suzanne Somers, Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Darryl F. Zanuck, and many more!
Download or read book Rat Pack Confidential written by Shawn Levy and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 1999 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the 'Rat Pack' - Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, this is the brilliant story of their rise and fall, and their connections with the Kennedys and the Mafia.
Download or read book The Skinny Confidential written by Lauryn Evarts and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Real Deets on How to Live a Skinny, Happy, Sexy Life Not sure how to keep it all together? Well, babes, you're in luck. With my lifestyle tips and tricks you'll be able to keep your bod, your love life, your personal style and everything else hot & sexy. Whether you're trying to tone those bat wings, wanting to develop healthier eating habits, wondering about juice cleanses or curious about how to attain that Victoria's Secret curl-I got ya covered. It's all about learning to balance your life. I'm Lauryn Evarts, the creator of The Skinny Confidential, a blog that was rated the most popular health and fitness blog in the world. I've also been featured in The Huffington Post and frequently blog for television personality Giuliana Rancic's Fab Fit Fun. With easy exercises, delicious and affordable recipes and accessible tips on everything from keeping your hair looking hot and healthy to how to steal your boyfriend's clothes for your own quick wardrobe makeover, my book has it all. If you love my blog, this book will give you the bigger picture-a total lifestyle guide.
Download or read book Palm Springs in Vintage Postcards written by Judy Artunian and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palm Springs has been a desert vacation oasis for nearly a century and remains the ultimate posh desert spa in pop culture. Film stars put Palm Springs on the map as a destination for weekend getaways. In the postwar era, it became a centerpiece for golfers and a second home for such Hollywood icons as Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Over the years, postcards portraying Palm Springs have concentrated on its hotels, spas, golf courses, celebrities, and other aspects that have fed the national reputation of the city and its environs as a playground for the rich and famous.
Download or read book Concierge Confidential written by Michael Fazio and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York City's top concierge gives up a keyhole view into the luxe hotel rooms, private dining and dressing rooms of the ridiculous, rich and demanding Michael Fazio is the ultimate behind-the-scenes support man. Want two orchestra tickets to the Broadway musical that just won the Tony? Call Fazio. How about an upgrade to first class on an overbooked overnight flight to Tokyo? Call Fazio. Or a roomful of fresh hydrangeas—in winter? That's right. Call Fazio. From his early start as the harried and neglected personal assistant to a typical L.A. casting agent, Fazio took what he learned there and moved into concierge work at New York City's Intercontinental Hotel, where he was eventually able to parlay his services into a large and successful business of his own. In Concierge Confidential, Fazio reveals the behind-thescenes madness that goes into getting the rich and famous what they want, and shares some great insider knowledge on how to get access to the unattainable without making the concierge, waiters and other service people crazy. A few of Fazio's tips include: • When and how much to palm in tips • How to get a seat or ticket to the hottest thing in town • How to avoid being labeled a rube the minute you walk through the door • How you can become your favorite store or restaurant's most beloved customer • And much more
Download or read book Palm Springs written by Mary Jo Churchwell and published by Ironwood Editions. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Julius Shulman written by and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2008-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through Julius Shulman’s lens, the architecture of Southern California became iconic images of modernism. His photographs heralded the glamor and casual elegance of a lifestyle and architecture that has become revered worldwide. Focusing on the desert paradise of Palm Springs, which was his seminal crucible, this book presents his masterpieces. Images range from Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House and Albert Frey’s Raymond Loewy House, to Paul R. Williams’ house for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Frank Sinatra’s house, John Lautner’s house for Bob Hope, as well as other famous landmarks. The book features more than sixty buildings by fifteen of the most notable mid-twentieth-century architects. With new photography and images culled from his personal collection as well as the Getty Center, this book includes many images never before seen.
Download or read book Seduction written by Karina Longworth and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood’s glamorous golden age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul’s obsessions with sex, power and publicity trapped, abused, or benefitted women who dreamt of screen stardom. In recent months, the media has reported on scores of entertainment figures who used their power and money in Hollywood to sexually harass and coerce some of the most talented women in cinema and television. But as Karina Longworth reminds us, long before the Harvey Weinsteins there was Howard Hughes—the Texas millionaire, pilot, and filmmaker whose reputation as a cinematic provocateur was matched only by that as a prolific womanizer. His supposed conquests between his first divorce in the late 1920s and his marriage to actress Jean Peters in 1957 included many of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, among them Billie Dove, Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, and Lana Turner. From promoting bombshells like Jean Harlow and Jane Russell to his contentious battles with the censors, Hughes—perhaps more than any other filmmaker of his era—commoditized male desire as he objectified and sexualized women. Yet there were also numerous women pulled into Hughes’s grasp who never made it to the screen, sometimes virtually imprisoned by an increasingly paranoid and disturbed Hughes, who retained multitudes of private investigators, security personnel, and informers to make certain these actresses would not escape his clutches. Vivid, perceptive, timely, and ridiculously entertaining, The Seducer is a landmark work that examines women, sex, and male power in Hollywood during its golden age—a legacy that endures nearly a century later.
Download or read book Palm Springs True Crime written by Eric G Meeks and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-23 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of true crime stories of Palm Springs and the surrounding communities.
Download or read book San Francisco Confidential written by Raymond Mungo and published by Birch Lane Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the unusual figures, events, and traditions that characterize the history and popular culture of the city
Download or read book The Lawgiver written by Herman Wouk and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lighthearted and delightful tour de force" (The Washington Times). A romantic and suspenseful epistolary novel about a group of people trying to make a movie about Moses in the present day, The Lawgiver is a story that emerges from letters, memos, e-mails, journals, news articles, Skype transcripts, and text messages. At the center of The Lawgiver is Margo Solovei, a brilliant young writer-director who has rejected her rabbinical father’s strict Jewish upbringing to pursue a career in the arts. When an Australian multibillionaire promises to finance a movie about Moses, Margo does everything she can to land the job, including reunite with her estranged first love, an influential lawyer with whom she still has unfinished business. Two other key characters in the novel are Herman Wouk himself and his wife of more than sixty years, Betty Sarah, who, almost against their will, find themselves entangled in the movie. As Wouk and his characters contend with Moses and marriage, the force of tradition, rebellion and reunion, The Lawgiver reflects the wisdom of a lifetime. Inspired by the great nineteenth-century novelists, one of America’s most beloved twentieth-century authors has now written a remarkable twenty-first-century work of fiction.
Download or read book Gateway to Everywhere written by Ernest Frankel and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending fiction and history, the story begins in China in 1900 on the eve of the Boxer Rebellion and takes the reader on a heart-pounding escape from Peking and across the pirate-infested high seas to the parched and inhospitable environment of Palm Springs, California. At the heart of this dazzling story is the love story of Clay and Shannon.
Download or read book Beautiful Lies written by Emilie Richards and published by Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four romance classics by the "USA Today" bestselling author are now beautifully repackaged, just in time to coincide with the July release of Richards's brand-new titles, "Endless Chain" and "Wedding Ring." Reissue.
Download or read book Raven Rock written by Garrett M. Graff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a 6-part mini-series called Why the Rest of Us Die airing on VICE TV! The shocking truth about the government’s secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil—even if the rest of us die—is “a frightening eye-opener” (Kirkus Reviews) that spans the dawn of the nuclear age to today, and "contains everything one could possibly want to know" (The Wall Street Journal). Every day in Washington, DC, the blue-and-gold first Helicopter Squadron, codenamed “MUSSEL,” flies over the Potomac River. As obvious as the Presidential motorcade, most people assume the squadron is a travel perk for VIPs. They’re only half right: while the helicopters do provide transport, the unit exists to evacuate high-ranking officials in the event of a terrorist or nuclear attack on the capital. In the event of an attack, select officials would be whisked by helicopters to a ring of secret bunkers around Washington, even as ordinary citizens were left to fend for themselves. “In exploring the incredible lengths (and depths) that successive administrations have gone to in planning for the aftermath of a nuclear assault, Graff deftly weaves a tale of secrecy and paranoia” (The New York Times Book Review) with details "that read like they've been ripped from the pages of a pulp spy novel" (Vice). For more than sixty years, the US government has been developing secret Doomsday strategies to protect itself, and the multibillion-dollar Continuity of Government (COG) program takes numerous forms—from its potential to evacuate the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to the plans to launch nuclear missiles from a Boeing-747 jet flying high over Nebraska. Garrett M. Graff sheds light on the inner workings of the 650-acre compound, called Raven Rock, just miles from Camp David, as well as dozens of other bunkers the government built for its top leaders during the Cold War, from the White House lawn to Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado to Palm Beach, Florida, and the secret plans that would have kicked in after a Cold War nuclear attack to round up foreigners and dissidents and nationalize industries. Equal parts a presidential, military, and cultural history, Raven Rock tracks the evolution of the government plan and the threats of global war from the dawn of the nuclear era through the War on Terror.
Download or read book 100 Things to Do in Palm Springs Before You Die written by Lydia Kremer and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Things to Do in Palm Springs Before You Die gives the reader a comprehensive insider's glimpse into this storied Southern California sun-kissed desert paradise which was the playground for countless celebrities such as Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe, Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball, Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack pals. The palm tree-lined streets, the soaring mountain vistas, and the 360 days of sunshine still retain their allure. Today Palm Springs is still an international glamorous enclave and a treasured getaway for 13 million annual leisure visitors and snowbirds, many who flock to the desert communities to escape harsh winters. This book is an easy reference guide to Palm Springs' culture, recreation, dining, shopping, and entertainment options for every age, style, budget, and interest.
Download or read book Palm Springs Babylon written by Ray Mungo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1993-01-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palm Springs, California, is a city of philanthropists and philanderers, movie stars and media moguls, athletes, actors, and aesthetes. Mungo's Palm Springs Babylon is the conflagration of their secrets, packed with pictorial persiflage and damning documentation--Hollywood's history at its sleaziest and most corrupt.
