Poor Little Rich Girl: The Life and Legend of Barbara Hutton

In her lifetime, the wealth and glamour of the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton were legendary. Her much-publicized and extravagant lifestyle encompassed lavish parties, seven marriages and many affairs, and her name was constantly linked with film stars and royalty. But there was another side to her life that remained shrouded in mystery for all but a close circle of friends. This was Barbara Hutton the alcoholic, the anorexic, the woman who misused drugs and money, dissipating a huge fortune before her lonely death in 1979. This biography, which makes use of her diaries, letters and journals, is published to tie in with a TV dramatization of her life, starring Farah Fawcett.

Biographies & Memoirs

HEYMANN,C. David

Professionals & Academics

Random House, Inc.

American Aristocracy: The Lives and Times of James Russell, Amy, and Robert Lowell

True Crime

Dodd, Mead, and Company

A biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

A Woman Named Jackie

Kensington Publishing Corporation

Bobby Kennedy

Leaders & Notable People

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Elizabeth Taylor's own story was more dramatic than any part she ever played on the screen. C. David Heymann brings her magnificently to life in this acclaimed biography--updated with a new chapter covering her final years. She was an icon, one of the most watched, photographed, and gossiped-about personalities of our time. Child star, daughter of a controlling stage mother, Oscar-winning actress, seductress and eight-time wife, mother of four children and grandmother of ten, champion of funding for AIDS research, purveyor of perfumes and jewelry, close friend of celebrities and tycoons—Elizabeth Taylor, for almost eight decades, played most completely, beautifully, cunningly, flamboyantly, and scandalously her greatest role of all: herself. The basis of an Emmy Award-nominated miniseries, Liz portrays Taylor’s life and career in fascinating, revealing detail and includes an additional new chapter, bringing her beloved fans up to date on her final years. By way of more than a thousand interviews with stars, directors, producers, designers, friends, family, business associates, and employees and through extensive research among previously disclosed court, business, medical, and studio documents, bestselling author Heymann reminds readers of her very public escapades and unveils her most private moments. Here are the highs and lows of her film career and the intimate circumstances of her marriages to Nicky Hilton, Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton, Senator John Warner, and Larry Fortensky. Here, too, is the truth about Taylor’s father and her friendships with leading men Montgomery Clift, James Dean, and Rock Hudson, as well as with the eccentric Malcolm Forbes and Michael Jackson. From her illnesses, injuries, weight issues, and battles against drug and alcohol, to her sexual exploits, diamond-studded adventures, and tumultuous love affairs, this is the enormously contradictory and glamorous life of Hollywood’s last great star.

Arts & Literature

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Signet

A biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Ezra Pound

Literature & Fiction

United States

VIKING

From the moment of their births, John and Caroline Kennedy occupied a central position in what is generally regarded as the most famous family in the United States, if not the world. Even as young children growing up in the White House, their most subtle gestures and actions made headlines.... Yet until now they have not been the subject of a dual biography. In that sense, this volume represents a first.

American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy

Atria Books

A portrait of the political and social life of Georgetown, comprised of such formidable individuals as Katharine Graham, Lorraine Cooper, and Sally Quinn, cites their behind-the-scenes political power while offering insight into Washington life from the latter days of the Truman administration to the present.

The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club: Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation's Capital

Community & Culture

Atria

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