A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearWhen Duncan Wall visited his first nouveau cirque as a college student in Paris, everything about it—the monochromatic costumes, the acrobats singing Simon and Garfunkel, the juggler reciting Proust—hooked him. Soon he was attending circuses two or three nights a week, and soon after that, he entered the intensively competitive training program at France’s École Nationale des Arts du Cirque. The Ordinary Acrobat is a magical, funny, sometimes scar...
Celine Dion is the most successful female singer in the world. In just two years, she sold more than 50 million albums. And then along came TITANIC and her themesong, 'My Heart Will Go On', which has received more radio play than any other piece of music in history. Celine's income for 1997 has been estimated at $55 million. But it hasn't always been like this. Now, for the first time, you can read the story of Celine's rise and rise. Drawing on 15 years of research material as well as first-h...
Presidents, Kings, and Convicts
by Bob Clement, Dava Guerin, and Pete Weichlein
This work tells the story of Eddie Fisher's life. He married Debbie Reynolds, and then left her for Elizabeth Taylor. He watched his marriage fall apart when she got together with Richard Burton. There were wild parties with Sinatra and the Rat Pack, and lots of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.
Thirty years after she first heard his voice singing to her from a jukebox at her local drive-in, Barbara began her love affair with Frank Sinatra. After a tempestuous courtship, she finally heard him say the wedding vows that began his fourth, final, and most enduring marriage; one that would last more than two decades until the end of his life. Generous and jealous, witty and wicked, Frank comes alive in this poignant inside story of the highs and lows of marriage to one of the world's most fa...
Love is Colder Than Death (Paladin Books)
by Robert Katz and Peter Berling
This is a biography of Winona Ryder. A child star at 13, she grew up in front of the camera and is the first American actress since Natalie Wood to transcend a career from adolescence to adulthood. It is the story of an A-list actress who refuses to conform to the Tinseltown ideal of fame. Winona built her career on her own terms to create a fan following from her early roles in "Beetlejuice", "Edward Scissorhands" and "Heathers", and later in "The Age of Innocence", "Little Women" and "The Cruc...