Author: Christine Schwab
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162636883X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Forty-six million people suffer from arthritis. Frustrated with the lies, driven to deceit by a career that celebrates beauty and fashion, lifestyle reporter Christine Schwab is not most people. She managed to keep her illness a secret for years, even as a recurring guest on Live with Regis & Kelly, Oprah!, The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, and elsewhere. She juggled her career with a thrilling personal life in Hollywood: married to Shelly Schwab, then the president of television distribution at Universal Studios, she traveled, dined with celebrities, and met presidents of the United States. How could she allow a devastating disease associated with aging and disfigurement to take over her life? Rather than let it, she hid it—a skill learned well in childhood. In Take Me Home from the Oscars, Schwab openly speaks of her arthritis for the first time, looking to her past for clues of how she managed the deception, but also of lessons learned when she could no longer hide. A turning point came when she had to leave her tenth-row Oscar seat because she was in too much pain to sit for even a moment longer. From her nineteen-year journey through the UCLA Medical Center to the exhilaration of more than twenty years of appearing on national television, Schwab’s voice is at once smart and friendly. The reader will root for her at every step, and cheer when, through medication, she ultimately finds remission.
Take Me Home from the Oscars
Author: Christine Schwab
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162636883X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Forty-six million people suffer from arthritis. Frustrated with the lies, driven to deceit by a career that celebrates beauty and fashion, lifestyle reporter Christine Schwab is not most people. She managed to keep her illness a secret for years, even as a recurring guest on Live with Regis & Kelly, Oprah!, The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, and elsewhere. She juggled her career with a thrilling personal life in Hollywood: married to Shelly Schwab, then the president of television distribution at Universal Studios, she traveled, dined with celebrities, and met presidents of the United States. How could she allow a devastating disease associated with aging and disfigurement to take over her life? Rather than let it, she hid it—a skill learned well in childhood. In Take Me Home from the Oscars, Schwab openly speaks of her arthritis for the first time, looking to her past for clues of how she managed the deception, but also of lessons learned when she could no longer hide. A turning point came when she had to leave her tenth-row Oscar seat because she was in too much pain to sit for even a moment longer. From her nineteen-year journey through the UCLA Medical Center to the exhilaration of more than twenty years of appearing on national television, Schwab’s voice is at once smart and friendly. The reader will root for her at every step, and cheer when, through medication, she ultimately finds remission.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162636883X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Forty-six million people suffer from arthritis. Frustrated with the lies, driven to deceit by a career that celebrates beauty and fashion, lifestyle reporter Christine Schwab is not most people. She managed to keep her illness a secret for years, even as a recurring guest on Live with Regis & Kelly, Oprah!, The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, and elsewhere. She juggled her career with a thrilling personal life in Hollywood: married to Shelly Schwab, then the president of television distribution at Universal Studios, she traveled, dined with celebrities, and met presidents of the United States. How could she allow a devastating disease associated with aging and disfigurement to take over her life? Rather than let it, she hid it—a skill learned well in childhood. In Take Me Home from the Oscars, Schwab openly speaks of her arthritis for the first time, looking to her past for clues of how she managed the deception, but also of lessons learned when she could no longer hide. A turning point came when she had to leave her tenth-row Oscar seat because she was in too much pain to sit for even a moment longer. From her nineteen-year journey through the UCLA Medical Center to the exhilaration of more than twenty years of appearing on national television, Schwab’s voice is at once smart and friendly. The reader will root for her at every step, and cheer when, through medication, she ultimately finds remission.
Take Me Home from the Oscars
Author: Christine Schwab
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 161608264X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A successful television fashion reporter turned National Arthritis Foundation spokesperson tells her story for the first...
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 161608264X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A successful television fashion reporter turned National Arthritis Foundation spokesperson tells her story for the first...
Our Unhappy Ending
Author: Eric Pastrana
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365829618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Its about two guys who fall in love and one of the guys has a past and an ugly present and Eric the main character has to decide whether to continue the relationship or leave his partner Oscar who has a daughter. Eric gets to deep into oscars mess. Deep enough that theres no going back now. Eric finds out what oscars been doing and now Eric has to fight for his life, his family, his relationship, and fight for Oscar. Drugs, violence, abuse, and drama all come together in this short story.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365829618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Its about two guys who fall in love and one of the guys has a past and an ugly present and Eric the main character has to decide whether to continue the relationship or leave his partner Oscar who has a daughter. Eric gets to deep into oscars mess. Deep enough that theres no going back now. Eric finds out what oscars been doing and now Eric has to fight for his life, his family, his relationship, and fight for Oscar. Drugs, violence, abuse, and drama all come together in this short story.
Carry Me Home
Author: Diane McWhorter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743226488
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Now with a new afterword, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatic account of the civil rights era’s climactic battle in Birmingham as the movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., brought down the institutions of segregation. "The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America’s long civil rights struggle. Child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent marches against segregation. Ku Klux Klansmen retaliated by bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four young black girls. Diane McWhorter, daughter of a prominent Birmingham family, weaves together police and FBI records, archival documents, interviews with black activists and Klansmen, and personal memories into an extraordinary narrative of the personalities and events that brought about America’s second emancipation. In a new afterword—reporting last encounters with hero Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and describing the current drastic anti-immigration laws in Alabama—the author demonstrates that Alabama remains a civil rights crucible.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743226488
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Now with a new afterword, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatic account of the civil rights era’s climactic battle in Birmingham as the movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., brought down the institutions of segregation. "The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America’s long civil rights struggle. Child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent marches against segregation. Ku Klux Klansmen retaliated by bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four young black girls. Diane McWhorter, daughter of a prominent Birmingham family, weaves together police and FBI records, archival documents, interviews with black activists and Klansmen, and personal memories into an extraordinary narrative of the personalities and events that brought about America’s second emancipation. In a new afterword—reporting last encounters with hero Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and describing the current drastic anti-immigration laws in Alabama—the author demonstrates that Alabama remains a civil rights crucible.
The Spa at Lavender Lane
Author: Phyllis Melhado
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
ISBN: 1684334640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
From her elegant atelier office, Nadia Demidova discreetly monitors the arrival of her latest guests. Legendary doyenne of the fabled Palm Springs getaway, she can always tell from the moment the women arrive, which ones will be problems. This group will not disappoint: a burned-out Fifth Avenue retail executive...a striking former model and Chicago socialite… an overweight Texas housewife on the brink of her second divorce and her beautiful, teenage daughter...and a CEO who, unhappy with recent plastic surgery, is secluded in her room. Fortunately, Madame Demidova can rely on her Assistant Director to help manage the herd, not knowing that this valued employee is poised to make an audacious move. Lust, ambition, secrets, betrayal, competition for the ownership of the world’s premier spa and a chance to snag the uber-eligible man who unexpectedly arrives on the scene are all on the menu at The Spa at Lavender Lane.
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
ISBN: 1684334640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
From her elegant atelier office, Nadia Demidova discreetly monitors the arrival of her latest guests. Legendary doyenne of the fabled Palm Springs getaway, she can always tell from the moment the women arrive, which ones will be problems. This group will not disappoint: a burned-out Fifth Avenue retail executive...a striking former model and Chicago socialite… an overweight Texas housewife on the brink of her second divorce and her beautiful, teenage daughter...and a CEO who, unhappy with recent plastic surgery, is secluded in her room. Fortunately, Madame Demidova can rely on her Assistant Director to help manage the herd, not knowing that this valued employee is poised to make an audacious move. Lust, ambition, secrets, betrayal, competition for the ownership of the world’s premier spa and a chance to snag the uber-eligible man who unexpectedly arrives on the scene are all on the menu at The Spa at Lavender Lane.
The Disease In Disguise
Author: Jesse Boylan
Publisher: JD's Books
ISBN: 1793144656
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
A detailed true story about how an average teenage boy, Jesse, lost all control of himself at the age of nineteen. After quickly entering a downwards spiral, a lifestyle full of weapons, drugs, and life-threatening situations quickly became the norm. Always running from the police, Jesse was constantly on the road jumping from province to province. As the years passed by, the substance abuse, rage, and impulsiveness only worsened, resulting into a full criminal lifestyle. Battling to survive and maintain personal relationships, Jesse surrounded himself with all of the wrong people and always ended up finding himself between a rock and a hard place. Coming a long way, Jesse struggles to adapt and create stability in his life after so many years of living in the shadows. The story full of self-destruction and inner turmoil shows how a small town kid with a big heart could be transformed to a cold careless individual due to a disease in disguise.
Publisher: JD's Books
ISBN: 1793144656
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
A detailed true story about how an average teenage boy, Jesse, lost all control of himself at the age of nineteen. After quickly entering a downwards spiral, a lifestyle full of weapons, drugs, and life-threatening situations quickly became the norm. Always running from the police, Jesse was constantly on the road jumping from province to province. As the years passed by, the substance abuse, rage, and impulsiveness only worsened, resulting into a full criminal lifestyle. Battling to survive and maintain personal relationships, Jesse surrounded himself with all of the wrong people and always ended up finding himself between a rock and a hard place. Coming a long way, Jesse struggles to adapt and create stability in his life after so many years of living in the shadows. The story full of self-destruction and inner turmoil shows how a small town kid with a big heart could be transformed to a cold careless individual due to a disease in disguise.
Never Say Never: A Triangle of Three Men The Third book in a Trilogy
Author: Nydia Sagre
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483416127
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Carmen had finally found peace, moving beyond her tumultuous past. Her only desire was to add four children, orphans like herself, to her family. Except, her husband had little interest in children, adopted or otherwise. Then she met an actor that wanted to whisk her away and make her dreams come true, but first she needed to return home to seek her Nana's advice. That's when she comes face to face with her first love, and new possibilities. She must choose one man in her Triangle of Three Men. The third book in a trilogy
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483416127
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Carmen had finally found peace, moving beyond her tumultuous past. Her only desire was to add four children, orphans like herself, to her family. Except, her husband had little interest in children, adopted or otherwise. Then she met an actor that wanted to whisk her away and make her dreams come true, but first she needed to return home to seek her Nana's advice. That's when she comes face to face with her first love, and new possibilities. She must choose one man in her Triangle of Three Men. The third book in a trilogy
A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century
Author: Jane Vandenburgh
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1582435596
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Born into "a certain kind of family"—affluent, white, Protestant—Jane Vandenburgh came of age when the sexual revolution was sweeping the cultural landscape, making its mark in a way that would change our manners and mores forever. But what began as an all–American life soon spun off and went spectacularly awry. Her father, an architect with a prominent Los Angeles firm, was arrested several times for being in gay bars during the 1950s, and only freed when her grandfather paid bribes to the L.A.P.D. He was ultimately placed in a psychiatric hospital to be "cured" of his homosexuality, and committed suicide when she was nine. Her mother—an artist and freethinker—lost custody of her children when she was committed to a mental hospital. The author and her two brothers were raised by an aunt and uncle who had, under one roof, seven children and problems of their own. In the midst of private trauma and loss, Vandenburgh delights in revealing larger truths about American culture and her life within it. Quirky, witty, and uncannily wise, A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century is a brilliant blend of memoir and cultural revelation.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1582435596
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Born into "a certain kind of family"—affluent, white, Protestant—Jane Vandenburgh came of age when the sexual revolution was sweeping the cultural landscape, making its mark in a way that would change our manners and mores forever. But what began as an all–American life soon spun off and went spectacularly awry. Her father, an architect with a prominent Los Angeles firm, was arrested several times for being in gay bars during the 1950s, and only freed when her grandfather paid bribes to the L.A.P.D. He was ultimately placed in a psychiatric hospital to be "cured" of his homosexuality, and committed suicide when she was nine. Her mother—an artist and freethinker—lost custody of her children when she was committed to a mental hospital. The author and her two brothers were raised by an aunt and uncle who had, under one roof, seven children and problems of their own. In the midst of private trauma and loss, Vandenburgh delights in revealing larger truths about American culture and her life within it. Quirky, witty, and uncannily wise, A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century is a brilliant blend of memoir and cultural revelation.
The Music of James Bond
Author: Jon Burlingame
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019986330X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This volume is a comprehensive chronicle of the songs and scores written for the movie adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007. New interviews with Bond songwriters and composers coupled with previously undiscovered details make this book a 'must' read for all 007 fans.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019986330X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This volume is a comprehensive chronicle of the songs and scores written for the movie adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007. New interviews with Bond songwriters and composers coupled with previously undiscovered details make this book a 'must' read for all 007 fans.
How I Went to the Oscars Without A Ticket
Author: Dee Thompson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450081738
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
A true story that is about faith and believing in whatever it is that you believe in. A phenomenal story about God and his power. A trip to the 69th Academy Awards (Oscars) and Governor ́s Ball is granted to a gentleman that prays and asks God to grant his wish to attend the event. God grants his wish. Travel with this ticket-less faith believer as this miracle takes place in a cinderella-like series of events.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450081738
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
A true story that is about faith and believing in whatever it is that you believe in. A phenomenal story about God and his power. A trip to the 69th Academy Awards (Oscars) and Governor ́s Ball is granted to a gentleman that prays and asks God to grant his wish to attend the event. God grants his wish. Travel with this ticket-less faith believer as this miracle takes place in a cinderella-like series of events.