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A Man Called Harris
Richard Harris was a giant who oozed charisma on screen. But off screen he was troubled and addicted to every pleasure life could offer. Coming from a repressed Irish Catholic background, he was forced by a teenage illness to abandon his beloved rugby, but not his macho appetites. Discovering theatre saved him. He had found his calling. Despite marrying the daughter of a peer, he never tried to fit in. He was always a hell-raiser to the core, along with legendary buddies Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole. But he was more; he was a gifted poet and singer. He was an intelligent family man who took great interest in his craft, a Renaissance man of the film world. Every time his excesses threatened to kill his career – and himself – he rose magnificently from the ashes, first with an Oscar-winning performance as Bull McCabe in The Field, then in the Harry Potter franchise.
Behaving Badly: Richard Harris
Richard Harris was never an easy person to get along with. He was a difficult schoolboy (and was later disowned by his Limerick teachers), then he went to work in the family flour and milling business - where he organised a strike against his father. It was as a gifted and compelling actor that Richard Harris dominated stage and screen for more than four decades. He was nominated for an Oscar twice: for his earthy portrayal of a rugby player in This Sporting Life and as a dominant and bullish Irish farmer in The Field. More recently he delivered gripping screen performances in Gladiator and two Harry Potter films. But it was his violent, drunken, womanising private life that fed the public myth and made Harris, one of a new breed of rogue male actors, an international celebrity. Married and divorced twice, with three sons - two actors, one a film director - he claimed the only time he had been miscast was as a husband. His lovers included legends such as Merle Oberon, Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner and Vanessa Redgrave.
Richard Harris
Callan provides a warts-and-all biography of Richard Harris, who died in 2002 having introduced himself to a new generation as Albus Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. A legendary 1960s hellraiser, he starred in hits like 'Mutiny on the Bounty', 'Camelot' and 'A Man Called Horse'.
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Richard Harris
The intimate biography of the celebrated actor Richard Harris, written with his cooperation over ten years by New York Times bestselling author and friend of Harris, Michael Feeney Callan. The book follows Harris' life from humble beginnings in Limerick, Ireland, through the teenage illness that almost killed him to triumph on the London stage and, finally, life in Hollywood. Drawing on lengthy interview sessions with Harris and his friends, co-workers and family, Callan explores the obsessions that forged Harris' success in legendary movies like This Sporting Life, Camelot and the megahit Harry Potter series. Described by The Guardian as 'thorough and entertaining', by Kirkus Reviews as 'meticulous' and by the Mail on Sunday as 'irresistible' this incident-packed account is destined to remain the definitive Life of Richard Harris. "Thorough and entertaining" Guardian "Irresistible" Mail on Sunday "Meticulous" Kirkus Reviews
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Rigor Mortis
An essential book to understanding whether the new miracle cure is good science or simply too good to be true American taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but over half of these studies can't be replicated due to poor experimental design, improper methods, and sloppy statistics. Bad science doesn't just hold back medical progress, it can sign the equivalent of a death sentence for terminal patients. In Rigor Mortis, Richard Harris explores these urgent issues with vivid anecdotes, personal stories, and interviews with the top biomedical researchers. We need to fix our dysfunctional biomedical system -- before it's too late.
