false 236403 0 0 2600805 1401323022 9781401323028 40 <![CDATA[Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256070077m/2600805.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256070077s/2600805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2600805.Somewhere_in_Heaven_The_Remarkable_Love_Story_of_Dana_and_Christopher_Reeve 3.73 100 "Dana is my life force."

--Christopher Reeve

"A terrible thing happened. I wish it hadn't. But would I change who I married? Never."

--Dana Reeve

He was a hero in every sense of the word--the chiseled-from-granite star of four blockbuster Superman films and the romantic classic Somewhere in Time who, after being paralyzed in a freak horseback riding accident, became a symbol of hope for millions. Dana Reeve was no less heroic, standing steadfastly by her husband's side until his surprisingly sudden and unexpected death at age fifty-two. When Dana, a non-smoker, passed away from lung cancer just seventeen months after Chris's death, she left behind their thirteen-year-old son, Will, to be raised by friends and family. Dana was only forty-four years old.

That fate could have dealt such a cruel hand to this golden couple seemed unfathomable. That they could endure it all with grace, courage, and humor defied belief.

Yet for all the millions of words that have been written about their public causes and private struggles following Chris's accident, little is known about the lives they led as passionate young lovers. Now, in the manner of his poignant-yet-stirring bestsellers Jack and Jackie, Jackie After Jack, An Affair to Remember, The Day Diana Died, After Diana, and The Day John Died, No. l New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen draws on those who knew them best to examine in touching detail the Reeves' unique partnership and the romance, faith, and fortitude that defined it.

Sometimes heartbreaking, often uplifting, always compelling, Somewhere in Heaven is more than just a portrait of a marriage. It is the profoundly human story of two souls whose brief lives made a difference, a bittersweet saga of tragedy, triumph, and loss, and--above all else--a love story for the ages.

]]> 236403 3.67 759 153 2008 6879 0380731584 9780380731589 14 <![CDATA[An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love Story of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604797m/6879.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604797s/6879.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6879.An_Affair_to_Remember_The_Remarkable_Love_Story_of_Katharine_Hepburn_and_Spencer_Tracy 3.72 60 An Intimate Portrait of Films Legendary Lovers--On Screen and Off

During their twenty-six years together, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy mesmerized movie audiences worldwide with their famous on-screen chemistry like no other couple. Yet their private love affair--which ended only with Tracys death in 1967--remained shrouded in secrecy.

Now, international best-selling author Christopher Andersen draws on his own extensive conversations with the immortal Hepburn as well as others who knew the legendary duo intimately to tell the poignant yet often heartbreaking love story of these beloved American icons and the life they shared . Revealing the strength, wit and dignity that characterized this historic partnership, Andersen offers a captivating portrait of a great American romance.

]]> 236403 3.67 759 153 1997 685891 0380819589 9780380819584 5 <![CDATA[The Day John Died]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177185401m/685891.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177185401s/685891.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/685891.The_Day_John_Died 3.84 57 The Day John Died is a misleading title, because it's mostly about his life: his family dynamics, romances, dreams, and achievements. Christopher Andersen, a former Time and People editor, gives a surprisingly well rounded account of John's character--along with 73 eloquent photos and lots of the dishy details inquiring minds want to know. The book is both trashy and classy. Though some of the inside stuff is tough to know for sure (was Carolyn Bessette really a manic druggie who denied John sex for a year?), Andersen knows more than most, having spent years researching Jack and Jackie and Jackie After Jack. We feel Jackie's power over her unstudious, scatterbrained, yet rather smart son, and Andersen plausibly sketches her brilliant job of shielding him from the worst influences of the Kennedy clan, her withering effect on his acting career, her revulsion over his stint as Madonna's boy toy, and much more. Andersen's expertise about the family makes us less skeptical of, say, his account of Bessette's wily seduction technique (she used an expertly timed cold shoulder and a hunky model-actor from Baywatch to make John jealous), or their spat over Sharon Stone.

There's gobs of drama besides the finale: John the child saved from death in a fiery Hawaiian luau pit (by the same father-figure Secret Service man who saved his mom from drowning), John repeatedly risking death by flying his ultralight into the ocean and power lines, John twice saving pals from drowning, once while diving for a pirate ship. Andersen omits no dirt (yes, JFK Jr. snorted coke from a JFK ashtray in college), yet he's fair (JFK Jr. had no real drug problem, while his dad was a chronic speed-needle freak). All in all, John comes off as a hell of a nice guy--almost the opposite of his Machiavellian father. He was about one-thousandth as promiscuous as he could've been, and all his exes remained his friends, even Daryl Hannah (the only girl he could've married for her money), who went down on one knee to propose, but was opposed by Jackie and Caroline.

Mostly, it's a poignant book. When told that JFK had gone to heaven, JFK Jr. asked his nanny, "Did Daddy take his big plane with him?" The nanny said, "Yes." --Tim Appelo

]]> 236403 3.67 759 153 2000 1003100 0688147607 9780688147600 3 <![CDATA[Jack and Jackie: Portrait of an American Marriage]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180136846m/1003100.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180136846s/1003100.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1003100.Jack_and_Jackie_Portrait_of_an_American_Marriage 3.77 47 236403 3.67 759 153 1996 865511 1857823028 9781857823028 4 <![CDATA[The Day Diana Died]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179010661m/865511.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179010661s/865511.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865511.The_Day_Diana_Died 3.80 41 The Day Diana Died leaves no sacred rock unturned. What was the expression on Prince Charles's face when he saw Diana's mutilated body? How did Prince William and Harry react when they first heard the devastating news? Was there cocaine in the Mercedes? Inquiring minds want to know, and Christopher Andersen serves up a hefty portion of hearsay for those with an insatiable Diana appetite. Not meant for individuals with delicate sensibilities, this collage of reliable, low-profile sources covers everything from the measurements of Diana and Dodi's wounds to Camilla Parker-Bowles's two cents on her rival's death. In other words, if People magazine were to offer a class about the late princess, The Day Diana Died would be required reading. --Rebekah Warren ]]> 236403 3.67 759 153 1998 447971 0061032255 9780061032257 10 <![CDATA[Sweet Caroline: Last Child of Camelot]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174861850m/447971.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174861850s/447971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/447971.Sweet_Caroline_Last_Child_of_Camelot 3.50 44 She is the heiress to a legacy of power, wealth, unfulfilled promise, and unspeakable tragedy. Her father was gunned down before a stunned world forty years ago, forever changing the course of history. Her mother became the most celebrated American woman of the twentieth century -- an icon of style, glamour, and personal courage. Her brother was the most promising Kennedy of his generation -- a global heartthrob who was killed when his plane crashed within sight of his mother's estate on Martha's Vineyard. Through it all, the sole surviving member of Camelot's First Family, Caroline Kennedy, has remained largely a mystery. Until now. In the manner of his #1 New York Times bestsellers The Day Diana Died and The Day John Died, as well as his other bestselling books on the Kennedys, Jack and Jackie and Jackie After Jack, Christopher Andersen draws on important sources -- many speaking here for the first time -- to provide a full, compelling portrait of Caroline, the young wife and mother left to carry on in her legendary family's name. Among the revelations:

<ul> <li>New details about life inside the Kennedy White House -- and the events surrounding JFK's assassination -- from Caroline's unique perspective. <li>A spellbinding account of the surreal years she spent as the stepdaughter of Aristotle Onassis. <li>Caroline's own battles with a variety of harrowing personal problems, both physical and emotional. <li>The times she, too, cheated death; the stalkers who have caused her to fear for her life. <Li>Her often frustrating attempts to carve out an identity for herself in the shadow of her famous mother. <li>Her loves, and the enigmatic character she chose to marry. <li>The way she coped with the heartbreaking losses of her father, mother, and brother -- as well as the countless catastrophes that have plagued the Kennedy family over the last half-century and the demons that haunt her to this day. <li>How she is raising her children, and what lessons she is teaching them about love -- and loss. </uL>

Sweet Caroline: Last Child of Camelot is an often moving, always captivating look at the life of one little girl who was handed more than her share of heartache -- and has not only survived but flourished. It is the story of America's daughter.

]]> 236403 3.67 759 153 2003 806060 1401303609 9781401303600 9 <![CDATA[After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178560058m/806060.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178560058s/806060.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/806060.After_Diana_William_Harry_Charles_and_the_Royal_House_of_Windsor 3.75 40 For all the millions of words that have been written about the People's Princess, no one has yet penetrated palace walls to reveal what has really happened to the Royal Family she left behind ten years ago. Until now. In the manner of his No. 1 New York Times bestsellers The Day Diana Died and The Day John Died, as well as such other bestsellers as his Jack and Jackie, Jackie After Jack, and Diana's Boys, Christopher Andersen (who was consulted by Operation Paget, Scotland Yard's official inquiry into Diana's Death) draws on important new sources to paint the first full portrait of a Royal Family still haunted by the ghost of Diana.

All the compelling elements of a true dynastic saga are here: power, sex, wealth, intrigue, betrayal, tragedy, and scandal. But so, too, is the Princess's legacy of love and compassion‹alive in the sons who have grown to manhood and are now forging a legacy of their own.

Among After Diana's many stunning revelations:

The many times Diana predicted with uncanny accuracy how she would die, why she feared for Camilla's life as well as her own -- and the surprising, never-before-revealed identity of the woman Diana really felt might one day be Queen.

New details about the hours and days after Diana's death: Charles's reaction the moment he saw Diana's body, how Camilla dealt with suddenly becoming the most hated woman in the world, and her secret eight-year campaign to replace Diana.

How William and Harry have dealt with the public and private pressures -- the troubling influence of their substance-abusing aristocrat friends; from drugs to Nazi uniforms to lap dances and barroom brawls, fresh details about the Princes' wild behavior and the demons that still haunt them.

How Charles cheated on Camilla as well as Diana, and the intriguing other women in the Prince of Wales's life.

Despite Charles's heated denials, the behind-the-scenes maneuvering to make Camilla Queen -- and the Palace power struggle that rages today.

Inside Operation Paget, Scotland Yard's ongoing probe into Diana's death -- why, ten years after, investigators were still shocked by what they found.

The day Charles was asked point-blank by Scotland Yard if he killed his wife -- and what he said.

The many beautiful young women in the lives of William and Harry over the past ten years -- including Will's longtime love Kate Middleton, her chances of one day becoming Queen, and why he fears she may meet the same fate as his mother.

William's obsession with speed, Harry's hunger for risk-taking, and a shared thirst for battle that could lead both Princes to combat in Iraq.

New information on whether the Queen plans to step aside and who she really wants to see succeed her on the throne.

Sometimes heartbreaking, often inspiring, always riveting, After Diana is more than just the first comprehensive, compelling biography of the House of Windsor as it is today. It is a bittersweet tale of love, loss, duty, and destiny. It is the story of a family.

]]> 236403 3.67 759 153 1999 183347 0066213703 9780066213705 9 <![CDATA[George and Laura: Portrait of an American Marriage]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172517695m/183347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172517695s/183347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/183347.George_and_Laura_Portrait_of_an_American_Marriage 3.56 39 They would be called upon to lead a nation in one of its darkest hours -- but were they up to the task? He had been the wild, hard-drinking scion of one of America's premier political families. She was the school librarian with a warm smile and a tragic secret of her own. Yet after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, they rose to the challenge: He became the embodiment of America's fighting spirit and she assumed the role of "First Comforter" with effortless grace. Still, the true nature of their relationship has remained a mystery.

Until now. In the style of his #1 New York Times bestsellers The Day Diana Died and The Day John Died, as well as his bestselling books about another President and First Lady, Jack and Jackie and Jackie After Jack, Christopher Andersen draws on important sources -- many speaking here for the first time -- to paint a vivid, sometimes startling, often inspiring portrait of America's First Couple. Among the intriguing insights and stunning revelations: <UL><LI>Important new information about 9/11 and its aftermath -- including a gripping moment-by-moment account of how the President and First Lady coped as the horrific drama unfolded.<LI>The true extent of George W.'s drinking problem, the strains it put on his marriage, and the ultimatum that changed his life -- and the course of history.<LI>Their heartbreaking battle against infertility and how close Laura came to dying in childbirth.<LI>The early tragedies that shaped them, including the car crash caused by a teenage Laura that took the life of a former boyfriend -- and changed her life forever.<LI>Laura's surprising behind-the-scenes influence on U.S. policy -- foreign and domestic.<LI>The pressures of raising headstrong twin daughters in the glare of the media -- and how 9/11 has brought the Bushes and their children closer together than ever before.

George and Laura is a compelling look at their unique partnership, and the courage, grace, and humor that defines it. It is a stirring wartime saga of triumph and tragedy and, above all, a uniquely American love story.

]]> 236403 3.67 759 153 2002 27557 0446607436 9780446607438 5 <![CDATA[Jackie After Jack: Portrait of the Lady]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881744m/27557.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881744s/27557.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27557.Jackie_After_Jack_Portrait_of_the_Lady 3.62 37 Jackie After Jack: Portrait of the Lady is one steamy read. Andersen claims that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had affairs with Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, William Holden, Warren Beatty, Bobby Kennedy, and JFK's former deputy secretary of defense. He writes that she battled anorexia, was both cheap and greedy, wore big sunglasses partly to cover up bruises inflicted by Aristotle Onassis, tried to sign Princess Diana to a book contract, offered Camilla Parker Bowles $2 million to tell all, and dropped Michael Jackson, whose book she edited, when he stood accused of pederasty. Andersen suggests that the cancer that killed Jackie may have been related to her habits: 40 to 60 cigarettes a day, four decades of carcinogenic black hair dye, and countless amphetamine and carcinogenic steroid injections in the 1960s. Many of the juiciest stories come from anonymous sources, and, according to Newsweek, Brando's biographer claims the alleged Jackie tryst never happened. Some readers may feel that Andersen's breezy assertion that Castro murdered JFK may not fully settle the question. But many will want to check out what ex-People magazine writer Andersen has to say. --Tim Appelo ]]> 236403 3.67 759 153 1988 1548026 0688172040 9780688172046 2 <![CDATA[Diana's Boys: William and Harry and the Mother They Loved]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185049298m/1548026.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185049298s/1548026.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1548026.Diana_s_Boys_William_and_Harry_and_the_Mother_They_Loved 3.72 32 New York Times #1 bestseller The Day Diana Died, Christopher Andersen draws on important sources -- many of whom have agreed to speak here for the first time -- to paint this sympathetic yet often startling portrait of William and Harry, and reveal how their mother remains a constant presence in their lives. Among the revelations:</p><li>New details about the hours and days after they lost their mother, how they coped in the wake of the tragedy, and who William blames for the crash that killed Diana.</li></ul></p><li>How the young princes were caught in the crossfire of their parents' tempestuous, often brutal marriage, and what impact that continues to have on them as young men.</li></ul></p><li>The behind-the-scenes maneuvering by the Queen to mold her grandsons in the Windsor image, and to what extent she has succeeded or failed.</li></ul></p><li>Camilla's growing role in the boys' lives, her secret pledge to Charles's sons, and whether they would accept her as their stepmother.</li></ul></p><li>The disturbing influence of William's friends -- including rebellious, drug-abusing aristocrats -- and the Palace's fight to keep them from leading the future king astray.</li></ul></p><li>The undisclosed threats on the princes' lives and the recurring nightmare that still haunts William.</li></ul></p><li>Harry's story -- his hopes, dreams, and fears as he struggles with life in the shadow of his brother.</li></ul></p><li>The women in William's life and what he has confided he wants in a future queen.</li></ul></p>Diana's Boys is more than the first comprehensive biography of the world's two most celebrated royals. Just as Andersen's bestsellers Jack and Jackie, Jackie After Jack, and The Day John Died allowed us to once again experience Camelot, readers will relive the tender relationship between Diana and her spirited offspring. This is the story of a mother who died too young and the children who are her living legacy.</p>]]> 236403 3.67 759 153 2001