A sympathetic biography of Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Stanwyck

Biographies & Memoirs

Madsen, Axel

Leaders & Notable People

Harpercollins

An incisive biography explores the life of actress Barbara Stanwyck, her rise to stardom, her marriages, and her part the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s. Reprint.

Stanwyck: A Biography

A biography of Russian-born artist Sonia Delaunay, a major figure in the birth of abstract painting, offers an intimate glimpse of the artist, her famous contemporaries, and Paris culture since the 1920s

Sonia Delaunay: Artist of the Lost Generation

Arts & Photography

McGraw=Hill

Describes the experiences of modern truckers, the problems they face from government regulation and economic hard times, and the rewards of independence and freedom that keep them driving

Open Road: Truckin' on the Biting Edge

Harcourt

The first major biography of the famous and controversial director John Huston, whose thirty-seven films-including The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, and The African Queen-are considered classics and garnered him fifteen Academy Award nominations and two wins.

John Huston

DOUBLEDAY

An insightful, unauthorized investigation of the investigators who run TV's leading newsmagazine and how responsibly they choose to wield their vast power and influence

Sixty Minutes: The Power and the Politics of America's Most Popular TV News Show

Humor & Entertainment

Television

Dodd, Mead

Madsen, Axel, Living For Design: The Yves Saint Laurent Story

Living for design: The Yves Saint Laurent story

DELACORTE PRESS

A classic American success story with a twist Like J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie, Marshall Field was one of the overlords of triumphant capitalism in the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century. However, his phenomenal wealth and generous philanthropy masked a disastrous personal life. Deserted by his wife and alienated from his children, the founder of the Field dynasty left a legacy of immense wealth and misery to match. The Marshall Fields recounts the classic tale of Field s spectacular success as well as the tragic story of a man who, while making millions by knowing what women wanted, had no inkling of his own wife s emotional needs. This revealing account follows the next five generations of the Field family, concentrating on the most important and controversial figures in each generation. What emerges is a startling saga of money, madness, and mystery. From the son who may have been shot by a chorus girl to the great-great grandson who used his millions to create Hollywood fantasies, Field s descendants have caromed wildly between rebellion and folly. Their story offers a new and penetrating take on wealth, success, and the nightmare that often accompanies the American dream.

The Marshall Fields: The Evolution of an American Business Dynasty

Professionals & Academics

wiley

The roller-coaster life of the flamboyant creator of General Motors William C. Durant did big things the big way: he overreached, but, until his final failure, he picked up the pieces time after time to confound his competitors. From a turbulent childhood in the small town of Flint, Michigan, to his phenomenal success in creating General Motors, Durant's meteoric career easily rivals the success stories of modern legends like Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch, and Bill Gates. With his trademark smile and personal charisma, Durant assembled General Motors in a few short years, buying companies at the rate of one every thirty days. Durant's deal-making artistry even tempted Henry Ford, and had Durant upped his acquisition price Ford would be a division of GM today. Durant's story illuminates the conflict between innovation and control of innovation -of the uneasy alliances struck again and again between inventors and their sources of capital. His years of heady success building General Motors were marked by epic struggles with bankers. But he depended on only a few sources of big money to finance his exploding business, and pitted himself against forces he underestimated or refused to consider. Gambling on a run on GM stock, he was finally forced into a buyout that ousted him from his role in the GM empire. Into the dramatic tale of this early twentieth-century mogul come the fascinating automotive pioneers -Henry Ford, David Buick, Charles Nash, Albert Champion, Louis Chevrolet, and Alfred P. Sloan. On Wall Street, J. P. Morgan turned down Durant's request for a loan while Pierre du Pont invested in Durant's expansion. Tracing the fortunes of a man and his era, The Deal Maker is a fast-paced, rousing tale of Durant's dizzying success and ultimate failure.

The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

On The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors: "A well-written biography."-New York Times On Stanwyck: The Life and Times of Barbara Stanwyck: "Madsen's admirably researched, insightful portrait of her aloof nature . . . reveals she was always torn between her wish to give of herself and her need to be in control."-Christian Science Monitor On Chanel: A Woman of Her Own: "Fascinating . . . . Takes the reader behind the coromandel veneers of Chanel's life."-New York Times Book Review "Carefully knits together the complex pattern of Chanel's complicated existence. It's not an easy task."-Toronto Globe and Mail On Gloria and Joe: "Axel Madsen finally gives the public a fascinating chronicle of the romance that could have ruined more than two careers."-Dallas Morning News On Cousteau: "Both critical and understanding. And it is exceptionally readable. Readers are well advised to take the plunge."-Chicago Tribune On Malraux: "Will stand as the best of more than a dozen books about Malraux in print."-Kansas City Star

John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire

Historical

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