2020 Winner of the American Ceramic Circle Book Award The early years of the famous
Worcester porcelain factory established by Dr Wall have always been a little mysterious, owing to the destruction of the records of thebusiness for this period. ...
Eva Peron was a star and a legend during her lifetime, one of the most
alluring women of the twentieth century. Through the hit Broadway musical Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber, her story became famous, and with the release of ...
Lynn Bari was Hollywood's consummate contract player during the golden age of movies. Beautiful, immensely
talented and popular with moviegoers and co-workers alike, she had seemed destined to become a major star - but her ascent was sabotaged by unresolved ...
When introverted Jane Appleton and charismatic Franklin Pierce first met, they fell in love immediately,
despite being complete opposites. Jane's pious family vetoed any relationship between them, and it was eight years before they finally married. Their life together was ...
A revealing biography of Lady Bird Johnson exposes startling insights into her marriage to Lyndon
Baines Johnson—and her unexpectedly strong impact on his presidency.Long obscured by her husband’s shadow, Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson emerges in this first comprehensive biography as ...
This is the true, fascinating and fairytale story of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, from childhood,
to her ascension to the top of the music charts as an international phenomenon known as Lady Gaga, with an African American recording, production and ...
When Lady in the Dark opened on January 23, 1941, its many firsts immediately distinguished
it as a new and unusual work. The curious directive to playwright Moss Hart to complete a play about psychoanalysis came from his own Freudian ...
Nobody must guess the terrible truth...Why would beautiful Lady Susan Winthrop throw herself away on
a penniless baron, who has nothing to offer but gambling debts and a dilapidated castle in Cornwall? Everyone had expected the well-connected heiress to make ...