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There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at
the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the
final episode of a TV show called Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck has lived
every one of those miles in his own iconoclastic and joyful way.
Frank, funny and open-hearted, You Never Know is an intimate memoir
from a beloved actor, the story of a remarkable life and thoroughly
accidental career. Journey to the top in Hollywood, learn of his
mistakes and his well-earned success. Selleck clears up an armload of
misconceptions and shares never-told stories. His rambunctious
California childhood. His clueless arrival as a good-looking college
jock in Hollywood (from the Dating Game to the Fox New Talent Program
to co-starring with Mae West). What it was like to emerge as a
mega-star in his mid-thirties and remain so for decades to come, an
actor whose ease on screen connected with audiences worldwide, while
redefining the clichés of manhood.
In You Never Know, Selleck recounts his personal friendships with a
vivid army of A-listers, everyone from Frank Sinatra to Carol Burnett
to Sam Elliott, paying special tribute to his mentor James Garner of
The Rockford Files, who believed, like Selleck, that TV protagonists
are far more interesting when they have rough edges. He tips his hat to
the American western and the scruffy band of actors, directors and
other ruffians who helped define that classic genre, where Selleck has
repeatedly found a happy home. Magnum fans will be fascinated to learn
how Selleck put his career on the line to make Thomas Magnum a more
imperfect hero and explains why he walked away from a show that could
easily have gone on for years longer.
Hollywood is never easy, even for stars who make it look that way.
Selleck explains how he’s struggled to balance his personal and
professional lives, frequently adjusting his career to protect his
family’s privacy and normalcy. His journey offers a truly fresh
perspective on a changing industry and a changing world. Beneath all
the charm, talent, and self-deprecating humor, this memoir reveals an
American icon who reached remarkable heights through authenticity.
There was one lap to go in the 2001 Daytona 500, NASCAR's most
celebrated event. Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were
running one-two. Junior's legendary dad, the driver race fans
called "The Intimidator," was close behind in third, blocking
anyone who might try to pass. Waltrip couldn't stop thinking about
all the times he'd struggled to stay ahead--and the 462 NASCAR Cup
races he'd lost without a single win. He'd been a race-car driver
all his adult life, following in the footsteps of his brother
Darrell, a three-time NASCAR champion. And his losing streak was
getting more painful every race.
But this day, he knew, could be different. He was driving for Dale
Earnhardt now, racing as a team with his close friend and mentor.
Yet as his car roared toward the finish line, ending that losing
streak once and for all, Waltrip had no clue that the greatest
triumph of his life could get mired in terrible tragedy.
This is the story of that fateful afternoon in Daytona, a day whose
echoes are still heard today. But the story begins years earlier in
a small town in Kentucky, with a boy who dreamed of racing cars, a
boy who was determined to go from go-karts to the highest levels of
NASCAR. For the first time ever, Michael Waltrip tells the full,
revealing story of how he got to Daytona, what happened there, and
the huge impact it had on so many in the racing world. He reveals
for the first time how his own life changed as he dealt with guilt,
faced his grief, and searched for the fortitude to climb into a
race car again. It's an inspiring and powerful story, told with
Michael's trademark humor, honesty, and irreverence. It's a story
of family, fulfillment, and redemption--and well-earned victory in
the end.
The "New York Times" bestseller that's "heaven in hardcover" ("New
Orleans Times-Picayune") for Saints fans.
In the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, no symbol of disaster was
more potent than New Orleans' Superdome: it became a horrific
shelter of last resort where the utterly desperate rode out the
storm.
Four years later, in that very stadium, the New Orleans Saints won
the NFC championship and earned their first-ever trip to the Super
Bowl, where they defeated the favored Indianapolis Colts 31-17.
This is the inspirational true story of a city recovering from
disaster and a team with a history of heartbreak, as seen through
the eyes of the coach who would help elevate them both to long-
forgotten greatness.
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