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Elizabeth Taylor A Life in Pictures
Larger than life and sparkling like diamonds, there was only one violet-eyed screen goddess--only one Liz Elizabeth Taylor was one of the first great actresses to embrace the Hollywood lifestyle. Accomplished in her field and revered for her beauty, Liz's career firmly placed her in the limelight from an early age. Films such as National Velvet, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof paved the way for her to become the first actress to be paid $1 million for her infamous appearance with Richard Burton in Cleopatra. Elizabeth's off-screen life was as eventful as her on-screen one: the press's fascination with her many marriages created the kind of celebrity obsession we see today. Her involvement with charity work, especially her own AIDS charity, has shown another side to this award-winning actress. Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures documents the life and career of this beauty icon, showing many images of the woman, both in private and in public, which will be a delight to her many fans. A detailed biography accompanies the images.
Paul Newman
Drawing together scores of rare and never-before-seen photos, this is the first definitive photo book ever published about this giant of the cinema. 170 photos, many in full color.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
A celebration in photographs of the life of John F Kennedy.
Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly--whose cool, blond beauty defined the aloof sexiness of the classic Hitchcock heroine--left a lasting impression on Hollywood and the world. Although her career was brief, she lit up the screen in films like High Society, Rear Window, and The Country Girl, for which she won an Oscar. She was not only a fine actress, great beauty, and icon of American style, but she was also a passionate philanthropist, known for her generosity and kindness. This ambitious photographic biography with 160 images shows it all--capturing the early years, film career, royal marriage, and private life of this remarkable woman. Handwritten documents and famous quotes on and from Grace Kelly complement this impressive iconographic research.
Sophia Loren
"One of the most famous sex symbols in cinema, Sophia Loren is renowned for her beauty, charisma and voluptuous figure. Yet her life away from the screen has contradicted her roles as a siren. Married to the film producer, Carlo Ponti, throughout her career and until his recent death in 2007, she struggled to become a mother and has said that she considers her two children her greatest accomplishment." "Escaping impoverished roots, Loren rose to fame in the late 1950s, becoming one of the greatest Italian actresses of all time. The only woman to win a Best Actress award for a foreign film at the Oscars, her career now spans over 50 years and 100 films." "Illustrating the contrasts and contradictions of Loren's private and public persona, Sophia Loren: A Life in Pictures celebrates the achievements and captures the true essence of this much loved actress in stunning pictures and an incisive biography."--BOOK JACKET.
Audrey Hepburn A Life in Pictures
A pictoral biography of Audrey Hepburn features personal and professional photographs of the actress and activist.
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II is the most extensive visual diary ever compiled of this most respected of religious leaders. From his days growing up in the small town of Wadowice, Poland, to his extensive travels around the Christian world, this astounding collection bears witness to his transformation into the vicar of Jesus Christ and the Patriarch of the West. Included among the images are some of his lesser known, but equally powerful moments, such as his visit to the man who tried to kill him in 1981. Comprehensive and complete, this is a powerful compendium.
Steve McQueen A Life in Pictures
A pictoral biography of Steve McQueen features personal and professional photographs of the actor.
Testament
Testament is a collection of photographs and writing by late photojournalist Chris Hondros spanning over a decade of coverage from most of the world's conflicts since the late 1990s, including Kosovo, Afghanistan, the West Bank, Iraq, Liberia, Egypt, and Libya. Through Hondros' images, we witness a jubilant Liberian rebel fighter exalt during a firefight, a U.S. Marine remove Saddam Hussein's portrait from an Iraqi classroom, American troops ride confidently in a thin-skinned unarmored Humvee during the first months of the Iraq war, "the probing eyes of an Afghan village boy," and "rambunctious Iraqi schoolgirls enjoying their precious few years of relative freedom before aging into more res...
Project Lives
For a generation, tabloids, television, and Hollywood have defined the public image of New Yorkers who live in the city's 334 housing projects. Focusing on crime, disrepair, and other ills that afflict these islands of red brick, such portrayals ironically have made it all too easy for government to reduce the support these projects have relied on since their birth some eighty years ago. And so conditions worsen further yet, as the buildings try to soldier on past their useful life, at times crumbling around the 400,000+ tenants. What if these New Yorkers had the tools and training to document their own lives? And the opportunity to share the result? Project Lives takes you on a remarkable j...
