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"You think you know her . . ."
Now read the stories even her famous children haven't heard in this
gripping and inspirational "New York Times "bestseller from the
superstar matriarch of one of the biggest celebrity empires of our
time.
On "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," we've watched Kris Jenner do
it all. She runs a household, manages her children's blockbuster
careers, produces four television shows featuring her
larger-than-life family, and still finds time to tweet to her fans.
In this thoughtful, candid, and no-nonsense memoir, Kris opens up
about the parts of her life that aren't always in the spotlight:
her marriage to Robert Kardashian, the late father of her four
oldest children; her husband Olympic champion Bruce Jenner's
pivotal role in ending the Kardashians' messy divorce so they could
all move forward as a family; her close relationships with Nicole
Brown Simpson and O. J. Simpson and her insider knowledge about the
murder, its aftermath, and the infamous trial; and even her
controversial decision to make her charming family into an
international brand.
If you think your life is chaotic, try keeping up with Kris Jenner.
""On the night of February 10, 1943, at the moment I was born, my
identity was sent into exile. At age 53 I learned for the first
time what my mother had never before told me: I am Frank Sinatra's
daughter." Julie Sinatra" Imagine what you would do as this
shocking news about who you are comes as the spotlights are rapidly
fading from your legendary father's life-you have missed all of
this man who has lived larger than life. Julie's story is both
fascinating and compelling. Her desire to meet her father fuels her
determination to out the facts surrounding her birth and establish
her rights. She meets with resistance from Sinatra family members
on all fronts. They work to block her efforts to meet her father
and become legally recognized in the courts. As the outsider child
longing to know the man behind the mystique, Julie provides a new
provocative look at Frank Sinatra-their shared temperaments,
philosophies and spirituality. Hers is a very moving and
inspirational story about the unknown blue-eyed daughter's journey
to her own identity . she had to find him to find her.
A wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an
extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye
A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the
Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day,
Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood
child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of
mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit
of a career in Hollywood.
"The Outsiders" placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth
movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on "The
West Wing," he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and
politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in
between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that
marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and
sobriety.
Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected
glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and
one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the
last twenty-five years. These stories are as entertaining as they
are unforgettable.
'Swan Dive is to ballet what Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen
Confidential was to restaurants, a chance to go behind the serene
front of house to the sweaty, foul-mouthed, psychofrenzy
backstage.' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times Award-winning New York City
Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives
readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet - the
gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don't see from the
orchestra circle. In this love letter to the art of dance and the
sport that has been her livelihood, NYCB's first Asian American
female soloist Georgina Pazcoguin lays bare her unfiltered story of
leaving small-town Pennsylvania for New York City and training amid
the unique demands of being a hybrid professional athlete/artist,
all before finishing high school. She pitches us into the
fascinating, whirling shoes of dancers in one of the most revered
ballet companies in the world with an unapologetic sense of humour
about the cutthroat, survival-of-the-fittest mentality at NYCB.
Some swan dives are literal: even in the ballet, there are plenty
of face-plants, backstage fights, late-night parties, and raucous
company bonding sessions. Rocked by scandal in the wake of the
#MeToo movement, NYCB sits at an inflection point, inching toward
progress in a strictly traditional culture, and Pazcoguin doesn't
shy away from ballet's dark side. She continues to be one of the
few dancers openly speaking up against the sexual harassment,
mental abuse, and racism that in the past went unrecognized or was
tacitly accepted as par for the course - all of which she has
painfully experienced firsthand. Tying together Pazcoguin's fight
for equality in the ballet with her infectious and deeply moving
passion for her craft, Swan Dive is a page-turning, one-of-a-kind
account that guarantees you'll never view a ballerina or a ballet
the same way again.
NEFFE A story that doesn't justify the streets but glorifies a
destiny unfolding through time. As you read this book, as you
digest each portion of my poured out soul, I need you to understand
that these words are not just apart of me but apart of you. No
matter who you are No matter how old you are No matter your race,
religion, economical status, sexuality, gender, occupation, or IQ.
I challenge you to journey through these pages of broken promises,
revived hopes, and countless dreams without being able to relate. I
dare you to continue over looking the dysfunctional instabilities
that society tends to disregard behind heavy coats of bull...and
expose them for the traumatizing burdens they weigh down to be. I
encourage you to read my story and deny a need to call out the
counterfeit, unveil the hypocrite and assist with reconstructing
the destruction of innocence. I warn you as this book is in your
possession to wake up the worrier within and re-affirm that life is
not about being perfect but being in position I plead that you take
heed and rise above the circumstances trusting that there is a
bigger promise awaiting your arrival. as I testify to you, The
truth The whole truth And nothing but.....
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