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Gospel Side of Elvis
by Joe MoscheoGospel music was a significant part of not only who Elvis became as a man, but as an artist as well. As Elvis mania continues to consume generation after generation throughout the world, fans still crave new insights into the person of Elvis Presley. This book takes a look at his roots and the role of gospel in his foundational years, as well as the comfort, solace, and strength it offered him in the years of his meteoric rise in popularity. With the addition of "150 Little Known facts about Elvis" and eight unique appendices not included in the original hardcover book, this paperback edition THE GOSPEL SIDE OF ELVIS reveals much about the Elvis so many have yet to discover and is sure to become a collector's treasure.
Gossip Boys: The double unauthorised biography of Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford
by Liz KayeOMG. It's Chuck Bass and Nate Archibald from Gossip Girl in one book. We're all mad about the boys, but is it Ed Westwick's bad-guy allure that ticks your box, or Chace Crawford's pretty-boy looks? Or - naughty - both? Well, to help you decide, Gossip Boys, the unauthorised double biography of Chace and Ed, charts the lives of these hot young things, who are best friends both on the show and in real life. Brit-born Westwick has the edgy cool of his character, having fronted the indie band The Filthy Youth, and appearing in cult films such as Son of Rambow and Children of Men. Crawford meanwhile is the ultimate all-American idol, signed by the first talent agent who interviewed him and being named 'Summer's Hottest Bachelor' by People and winning the Teen Choice Award for 'Male Hottie'. The huge success of Gossip Girl has seen these actors become two of the biggest pin-ups around, and favourites of magazines like Grazia and teen TV programming such as T4. Now you can learn all about the boys: their early days, their flames old and new, their careers and the bromance that has made them scorching stars.
Gossip, Women, Film, and Chick Flicks
by Sarah-Mai DangThis book addresses the relationship between gossip, women, and film with regards to the genre of chick flicks. Presenting two case studies on the films Easy A (Will Gluck 2010) and Emma (Douglas McGrath 1996), Dang demonstrates that hearsay plays a defining role in the staging of these films and thus in the film experience. While the lack of women’s voices in the general public sphere remains an issue, the female voice is very present in the contemporary woman’s film. In its analysis of gossip, this book focuses on a form of communication that has traditionally been assigned to women and is consequently disregarded. Dang provides a theoretical framework for the understanding of speech acts in the popular, yet undertheorized, genre of chick flicks.
Got Your Back: Protecting Tupac in the World of Gangsta Rap
by Heidi Cuda Frank AlexanderOn September 13, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas. Millions of fans wept, while many critics claimed it was the inevitable result of a thugged-out lifestyle. The mystery surrounding the shooting-a suspect has yet to be named-has increased, and rumors of gang wars, disloyalty, and government conspiracies continue to linger. Only Frank Alexander, Tupac's bodyguard druing the last year of his life, knows the real story. Got Your Back details the exploits of one of the most famous rappers of all time. The drugs, the women, the violence, the money-all provided fuel to the fire that was Tupac's life. As his platinum-selling, posthumously released albums prove, Tupac lives on through his music. Complete with exclusive new interview material with Tupac's mother, Afeni, Got Your Back provides an insider's view of a life gone awry.
Got a Revolution!: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane
by Jeff TamarkinThe most successful and influential rock band to emerge from San Francisco during the 1960s, Jefferson Airplane created the sound of a generation. Their smash hits "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" virtually invented the era's signature pulsating psychedelic music and, during one of the most tumultuous times in American history, came to personify the decade's radical counterculture. In this groundbreaking biography of the band, veteran music writer and historian Jeff Tamarkin produces a portrait of the band like none that has come before it. Having worked closely with Jefferson Airplane for more than a decade, Tamarkin had unprecedented access to the band members, their families, friends, lovers, crew members, fellow musicians, cultural luminaries, even the highest-ranking politicians of the time. More than just a definitive history, Got a Revolution! is a rock legend unto itself. Jann Wenner, editor-in-chief and publisher of Rolling Stone, wrote, "The classic [Jefferson] Airplane lineup were both architects and messengers of a psychedelic age, a liberation of mind and body that profoundly changed American art, politics, and spirituality. It was a renaissance that could only have been born in San Francisco, and the Airplane, more than any other band in town, spread the good news nationwide."
Got the Life: My Journey of Addiction, Faith, Recovery, and Korn
by FieldyWhat have you got when you Got the Life? From Korn's legendary bassist comes a no-holds-barred look at the extreme highs and drug-and-booze-fueled lows of the biggest heavy metal band of our era Music was in his bones. From the time he was an infant, Fieldy watched his dad's band perform, and soon enough he found his own calling: the bass. After high school, with a guitar and little else, he left his small California town for the music scene in L.A. Before long, Fieldy, Brian "Head" Welch, James "Munky" Shaffer, drummer David Silveria, and Jonathan Davis would gel together and form a band with a completely new sound-Korn. What happened next was something Fieldy had always dreamed of but was totally unprepared for: Korn exploded, skyrocketing to the top of the charts and fronting the nu metal phenomenon. Fieldy was thrust into the fast-paced, hard-rocking spotlight. Korn began to tour incessantly, creating intense live shows fueled by wild offstage antics. Fieldy became a rock star, and he acted like one, notorious not only for his one-of-a-kind bass lines, but also for his hard-partying, womanizing, bad-boy ways. The more drugs he took, the more booze he drank, the worse he became: He was unfaithful, abusive, mean, and sometimes violent. By all appearances, Fieldy had the life. But he was on the dark path of excess, alienating friends, families, and loved ones, nearly destroying himself and the band. It took an unexpected tragedy to straighten him out: the death of his father, a born-again Christian, to a mysterious illness. Following his father's dying wish, Fieldy found God. Filled with the spirit of his new faith, Fieldy quit drugs and drinking cold turkey, and found the best part of himself. With never-before-seen photos, and never-before-heard stories, Got the Life is raw, candid, and inspiring-the ultimate story of rock and redemption.
Goth Parenting: The Dark Joys of Raising Baby Bats
by Casey GillyFrom the cradle bars to pre-preteen goo goo mucks, Goth Parenting is an illustrated humor book with heart for families who do things a little differently.Your local mall goths and graveyard lurkers experience the same milestones of parenthood as anyone else. Goths just do it with a little extra style and more Edgar Allan Poe references.Goth Parenting takes you from a baby bat’s very earliest days through age seven, illustrating parents’ memorable moments, challenges, and rewards along the way. Like figuring out how to child-proof your tomb sweet tomb, what to feed a toddler to make sure they live deliciously, and how to cope if your little monster doesn’t wish every day was Halloween. Whether your gashlycrumb tiny is a ball of darkness like you or a little ray of sunshine, there’s something here for every alternative parent. Because being a goth parent is about more than just Victorian accessories and black clothing—it’s about acceptance, love, and always being yourself. And also black clothing.CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS GOTH: The funny, gentle advice is peppered with instantly recognizable references, from Dracula to Edward Gorey to The Sisters of Mercy.BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED ALT PARENTING BOOK: Cute and colorful pictures illustrate diverse, loving goth families on every page.GREAT GIFT: Super-relatable moments make this an ideal present for goths at any stage of their parenting adventures. Wrap in a sheet of skull floral paper for baby shower, birthday, or stocking stuffer gift-giving to moms, dads, or couples.Perfect for:Moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and caretakers with an offbeat sense of humorKids of goth parents looking for a Mother's Day, Father's Day, or birthday presentGen X mall goths, alternative millennials, and older Gen Zers starting familiesGoths, punks, witches, graveyard lurkers, reformed Hot Topic teens, proud emo crybabies, and anyone who admires the goth aesthetic and lifestyleFans of My Chemical Romance, The Addams Family, and Netflix’s Wednesday reboot
Gothic Cinema: An introduction
by Katharina ReinGothic Cinema closes a gap in German-language film discourse: for the first time, the volume sheds light on a hitherto little-discussed film context. It considers Gothic Cinema as a form of unofficial historiography that allows a look not only at the history of film and its technique, but also at moral concepts, gender relations, collective fears or aesthetic currents. A delimitation and definition of the term and the central elements of the Gothic are followed by a comprehensive historical overview from 1896 to the present day. Three in-depth analyses of individual post-2015 gothic films and television series round out the review. On the one hand, the examples examined are representative in terms of typical elements, motifs or topoi, and on the other hand, they exhibit peculiarities and breaks that prove fruitful for a cultural and media studies investigation.
Gothic Cinema: Eine Einführung (Genrediskurse)
by Katharina ReinMit Gothic Cinema schließt sich eine Lücke im deutschsprachigen Filmdiskurs: Erstmalig beleuchtet der Band einen bislang wenig diskutierten Filmzusammenhang. Er betrachtet das Gothic Cinema als als eine Form inoffizieller Historiographie, die einen Blick nicht nur auf die Geschichte des Films und seiner Technik, sondern auch auf Moralvorstellungen, Geschlechterverhältnisse, kollektive Ängste oder ästhetische Strömungen zulässt. Auf eine Abgrenzung und Bestimmung des Begriffs und der zentralen Elemente des Gothic folgt ein umfassender historischer Überblick von 1896 bis zur heutigen Zeit. Drei ausführliche Analysen einzelner Gothic-Filme und Fernsehserien nach 2015 runden die Betrachtung ab. Die untersuchten Beispiele sind einerseits repräsentativ im Hinblick auf typische Elemente, Motive oder Topoi und weisen andererseits Besonderheiten und Brüche auf, die sich für eine kultur- und medienwissenschaftliche Untersuchung als fruchtbar erweisen.
Gothic Nostalgia: The Uses of Toxic Memory in 21st Century Popular Culture (Palgrave Gothic)
by Simon Bacon Katarzyna Bronk-BaconThis book is an original and innovative study of how Gothic nostalgia and toxic memory are used to underpin and promote the ongoing culture wars and populist politics in contemporary popular culture. The essays collected here cover topics from the spectral to the ecological, deep fakes to toxic ableism, Mary Poppins to John Wick to reveal how the use of an imaginary past to shape the present, creates truly Gothic times that we can never escape. These ‘hungry ghosts’ from the past find resonance with the Gothic which speaks equally of a past that often not only haunts the present but will not let it escape its grasp. This collection will look at the confluence between various kinds of toxic nostalgia and popular culture to suggest the ways in which contemporary populism has resurrected ideological monsters from the grave to gorge on the present and any possibility of change that the future might represent.
Gothicka
by Victoria NelsonThe Gothic, Romanticism's gritty older sibling, has flourished in myriad permutations since the eighteenth century. In Gothicka, Victoria Nelson identifies the revolutionary turn it has taken in the twenty-first. Today's Gothic has fashioned its monsters into heroes and its devils into angels. It is actively reviving supernaturalism in popular culture, not as an evil dimension divorced from ordinary human existence but as part of our daily lives. To explain this millennial shift away from the traditionally dark Protestant post-Enlightenment Gothic, Nelson studies the complex arena of contemporary Gothic subgenres that take the form of novels, films, and graphic novels. She considers the work of Dan Brown and Stephenie Meyer, graphic novelists Mike Mignola and Garth Ennis, Christian writer William P. Young (author of The Shack), and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. She considers twentieth-century Gothic masters H. P. Lovecraft, Anne Rice, and Stephen King in light of both their immediate ancestors in the eighteenth century and the original Gothic-the late medieval period from which Horace Walpole and his successors drew their inspiration. Fictions such as the Twilight and Left Behind series do more than follow the conventions of the classic Gothic novel. They are radically reviving and reinventing the transcendental worldview that informed the West's premodern era. As Jesus becomes mortal in The Da Vinci Code and the child Ofelia becomes a goddess in Pan's Labyrinth, Nelson argues that this unprecedented mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like.
Gott in Serie: Theologische Rezeption populärer Narrationen (pop.religion: lebensstil – kultur – theologie)
by Simon Eckhardt Hans-Martin Gutmann Julian Sengelmann Anna Lena VeitDer Sammelband beschäftigt sich mit Serien als festem Bestandteil gegenwärtiger Popkultur, die Erzählmuster bekannter Hollywoodformate ablösen. In den Großerzählungen der Serienlandschaft werden religiöse Themen explizit und implizit verhandelt und zum handlungstragenden Element.
Grace (I Like to Read)
by Kate ParkinsonGrace's name may be a bit of a misnomer, for graceful she is not. She wants to be a ballerina, but dancing is not her forte. "Give it up, Grace," the other girls tell her. Saddened, Grace turns to drawing--and when she does, she starts to feel better. Grace is good at drawing and the other girls love her artwork. Grace finds a way to be part of the ballet using her true talent--she paints the sets! But the indefatigable Grace also keeps dancing in this easy reader that encourages youngsters to celebrate their own special gifts.
Grace After Midnight: A Memoir
by David Ritz Felicia PearsonWhile Felicia is a brilliant actor in a truly chilling role, what's most remarkable about "Snoop" is what she has overcome in her life. Snoop was born a three-pound cross-eyed crack baby in East Baltimore. Those streets are among the toughest in the world, but Snoop was tougher. The runt of the ghetto showed an early aptitude for drug slinging and violence and thrived as a baby gangsta until she landed in Jessup state penitentiary after killing a woman in self-defense. There she rebelled violently against the system, and it was only through the cosmic intervention of her mentor, Uncle Loney, that she turned her life around. A couple of years ago, Snoop was discovered in a nightclub by one of The Wire's cast members and quickly recruited to be one of television's most frightening and intriguing villains.
Grace Kelly
by Cristina MoratóCristina Morató ofrece una fascinante mirada, más allá de la leyenda, de una mujer atravesada por el deseo de la emancipación. Grace Kelly es para el imaginario colectivo un mito dorado. Elegante y sensual a partes iguales, su recuerdo evoca el Hollywood que nunca volverá y el cuento donde por fin la doncella consigue ser princesa. Más allá del lujo y del glamour, de Hitchcock y James Stewart, de la corte, el protocolo y el palacio, Gracia de Mónaco fue una mujer real, vulnerable, tímida, sometida a los mandatos paternos, que solo deseaba libertad. Libertad para vivir independientemente, para experimentar su sexualidad, para escoger su carrera, para amar. Pero el amor, aunque a algunos sorprenda, le fue esquivo y su vida estuvo marcada por la soledad, los desengaños, la abnegación y el desasosiego. Cristina Morató nos descubrió el lado más humano de las grandes estrellas en Divas de Hollywood. Hoy Flash selecciona el capítulo dedicado a Grace Kelly para ahondar en el que fue el papel más ingrato y difícil de su carrera: ser mujer. «Tuve que alejarme de lo que había sido Grace Kelly, y me resultó muy duro. Pero no podía ser dos personas a la vez, una actriz norteamericana y la esposa del príncipe de Mónaco. Entonces, durante un tiempo, perdí mi identidad». Grace Kelly De Divas Rebeldes se dijo:«Cristina Morató sigue fiel a su empeño en profundizar en grandes mujeres de leyenda».El Mundo «Un interesante libro que descubre aspectos inéditos de siete mujeres que pisaron fuerte y dejaron huella por su personalidad y su trabajo».El Periódico de Catalunya De Divina Lola se dijo:«La escritora Cristina Morató ha recreado la asombrosa historia de la que conocemos como Lola Montes en un libro de corte biográfico que hace honora la desmesura y pasión de su existencia y que se lee, y en este caso no es ninguna frase hecha, como una novela».Jacinto Antón, El País «Divina Lola es en efecto una biografía, pero está escrita en clave de novela. Solo curtidas escritores como Morató consiguen que las costuras entre ambos géneros no se noten hasta poner en pie una narración apasionante, subyugante, para leer de una sentada».Manuel Mateo Pérez, El Mundo De Cautiva en Arabia se dijo:«Una historia digna de conocerse, en el mejor catálogo de mujeres audaces y adelantadas de su tiempo».Qué leer
Grace Kelly
by Donald SpotoSi un accidente de coche no hubiera acabado con su vida en septiembre de 1982, hoy Grace Kelly tendría poco más de ochenta años, y aún podemos imaginarla hermosa y cálida.Donald Spoto, que la tuvo como amiga, pasó con ella muchas horas charlando y tomando notas, pero le prometió que no revelaría nada de lo hablado hasta que hubieran pasado veinticinco años de su muerte. Ahora por fin se publica esta biografía, que revela los aspectos más íntimos de Grace.Nacida en Filadelfia en 1929 e hija de una de las familias más ricas de la ciudad, Grace Kelly pasó solo siete años trabajando en Hollywood, pero su presencia y su manera de actuar la convirtieron en un icono del siglo xx. Cuando tenía veintisiete años, la actriz interrumpió su trabajo para casarse con Rainiero de Mónaco. La boda llenó cientos de páginas de las revistas de entonces y su fama creció aún más si cabe. No fue fácil para ella adaptarse a su nueva vida, y la relación con Rainiero tuvo sus altibajos, pero sus tres hijos eran fuente de satisfacción y orgullo.Spoto revela en estas páginas la verdadera vida de Grace Kelly, recurriendo a documentos hasta ahora inéditos y también a los recuerdos de quien trabajó con ella, desde James Stewart a Cary Grant y Alfred Hitchcock. De ahí que esta biografía pueda considerarse el retrato definitivo de una mujer que con su belleza e inteligencia supo reinar en Hollywood y en Europa.«¿Quién ha dicho que Grace era fría? Cualquiera que haya rodado una escena de amor con ella, sabe que esta mujer no era fría.»James Stewart
Grace Kelly: Hollywood Dream Girl (Apple FF)
by Jay Jorgensen Manoah BowmanThe definitive visual biography of Grace Kelly’s unforgettable Hollywood career, chronicled in 400 extraordinary black-and white and color photographs, including many never-before-seen."Mr. Hitchcock taught me everything about cinema. It was thanks to him that I understood that murder scenes should be shot like love scenes and love scenes like murder scenes."—Grace KellyNo movie star of the 1950s was more beautiful, sophisticated, or glamorous than Grace Kelly. The epitome of elegance, the patrician young blonde from Philadelphia conquered Hollywood and won an Academy Award for Best Actress in just six years, then married a prince in a storybook royal wedding. Today, more than thirty years after her death, Grace Kelly remains an inspiring fashion icon.Filled with a dazzling array of photographs, many from original negatives, Grace Kelly showcases the legend’s brief yet significant acting career as never before. Blending pictures and memorabilia, this breathtaking compendium traces every step of her artistic journey, including her early television appearances, her breakout role opposite Gary Cooper in High Noon (1952), her exceptional collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock on her most indelible films—Dial M for Murder with Ray Milland (1954), Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart (1954), and To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant (1955)—and her performance in the musical High Society (1956) alongside Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby.A stunning gallery of more than 400 prized and rare photographs and illustrations—precious childhood snapshots, previously unpublished Edith Head and Helen Rose wardrobe sketches, original portraits, scene stills, on-set candids, wardrobe test shots, vintage magazine covers, and rare reproductions of exhibitor’s showmanship manuals showing how film studios marketed Grace Kelly as a star—Grace Kelly captures this beloved luminary’s eternal beauty as never before, and is a fresh, celebratory look at her remarkable career and her enduring cultural influence.
Grace Kelly: The Life Of Grace Kelly
by Donald SpotoLa biografía de una de las mujeres más fascinantes del siglo XX Si un accidente de coche no hubiera acabado con su vida en septiembre de 1982, hoy Grace Kelly tendría poco más de ochenta años, y aún podemos imaginarla hermosa y cálida. Donald Spoto, que la tuvo como amiga, pasó con ella muchas horas charlando y tomando notas, pero le prometió que no revelaría nada de lo hablado hasta que hubieran pasado veinticinco años de su muerte. Ahora por fin se publica esta biografía, que revela los aspectos más íntimos de Grace. Nacida en Filadelfia en 1929 e hija de una de las familias más ricas de la ciudad, Grace Kelly pasó solo siete años trabajando en Hollywood, pero su presencia y su manera de actuar la convirtieron en un icono del siglo XX. Cuando tenía veintisiete años, la actriz interrumpió su trabajo para casarse con Rainiero de Mónaco. La boda llenó cientos de páginas de las revistas de entonces y su fama creció aún más si cabe. No fue fácil para ella adaptarse a su nueva vida, y la relación con Rainiero tuvo sus altibajos, pero sus tres hijos eran fuente de satisfacción y orgullo. Spoto revela en estas páginas la verdadera vida de Grace Kelly, recurriendo a documentos hasta ahora inéditos y también a los recuerdos de quien trabajó con ella, desde James Stewart a Cary Grant y Alfred Hitchcock. De ahí que esta biografía pueda considerarse el retrato definitivo de una mujer que con su belleza e inteligencia supo reinar en Hollywood y en Europa. «¿Quién ha dicho que Grace era fría? Cualquiera que haya rodado una escena de amor con ella, sabe que esta mujer no era fría.» James Stewart
Grace Notes
by Karen ComerThis song has a grace note,a tiny note that's there for embellishmentbut can easily be ignored,not played.Tonight, I add it in -just because.We can all do with an extra noteof grace.Grace Dalfinch is a talented violinist who longs to play contemporary music in bars, but her mum forbids her. James Crux is an aspiring street artist who promised his dad he wouldn't paint in public until he's finished school. When Crux witnesses Grace's impromptu performance on a deserted tram, he's inspired to paint her and her violin; and when Grace stumbles across her portrait in a Melbourne alley by an anonymous street artist, she sets out to find its creator.Grace Notes is a debut YA verse novel, set in one of the most locked-down cities in the world - Melbourne, 2020. For fans of Cath Crowley and Pip Harry.'A classic in the making; Grace Notes is a vital balm of a book, a story to press into everybody's hands.'DANIELLE BINKS'Poetry, music and art, woven together in an uplifting story about endless lockdowns and first love.'NOVA WEETMAN'Comer captures the beats of Melbourne's 2020 and the unique experience of a generation of teens in one of the most locked-down cities in the world.'Books+Publishing'Heart and soul triumph over Covid lockdowns and restrictions . . . Karen has used the verse novel to beguile, dance and demand layers of emotion and depth that only poetry can sustain. A masterful debut!'LORRAINE MARWOOD'Like the grace note of the title, this beautiful story strikes the perfect tone, mixing colour, light and music at a time when we needed it most.'NICOLE HAYES
Grace Notes: My Recollections
by Katey SagalGripping, singular, and gorgeously reflective, Grace Notes is a memoir told in essays by beloved actress, Hollywood veteran, and singer/songwriter Katey Sagal—perfect for fans of Mary Louise Parker’s Dear Mr. You and Patti Smith’s M Train.Popular and award-winning star Katey Sagal chronicles the rollercoaster ride of her life in this series of evocative and beautifully written vignettes, resulting in a life story recounted unlike any other Hollywood memoir you’ve read before. Sagal takes you through the highs and lows of her life, from the tragic deaths of her parents to her long years in the Los Angeles rock scene, from being diagnosed with cancer at the age of twenty-eight to getting her big break on the fledgling FOX network as the wise-cracking Peggy Bundy on the beloved sitcom Married…with Children. Sparse and poetic, Grace Notes is an emotionally riveting tale of struggle and success, both professional and personal: Sagal’s path to sobriety; the stillbirth of her first daughter, Ruby; motherhood; the experience of having her third daughter at age fifty-two with the help of a surrogate; and her lifelong passion for music. Intimate, candid, and offering an inside look at a remarkable life forged within the entertainment industry, Grace Notes offers unprecedented access to the previously unknown life of a woman whom audiences have loved for over thirty years.
Grace Will Lead Me Home
by Robin GivensRobin Givens delves into the history of her Southern family to explore the sustenance offered by a strong faith in God and celebrate the indomitable spirit of its women and matriarchs. Rummaging through their memories and searching through the past, she uncovers the secret legacy of domestic violence and its consequences that haunted her own life and her family. In this intelligent, meditative memoir, Robin brings to life the amazing women--from her grandmother Grace, to the aunts from Lexington, Kentucky to Harlem, and to her beloved mother--who blazed a trail of independence and determination for her to follow when her own path was rocky. Robin also makes it clear that she is a survivor of more than her volatile marriage to Mike Tyson. Her vividly evoked journey takes her through her own dark days and painful nights to the other side into her own state of grace. Robin was groomed to achieve. As an honor student at Sarah Lawrence, she debuted on the Cosby Show and went on to television and film success. She was a golden girl. And then she encountered the man she loved who became her greatest challenge. Robin speaks with candor, creating a chilling picture of a smart young woman and her stubborn desire to love this man enough to save them both. But Robin refused to be crippled and looked to her belief and to her family to draw strength. It is through her children, and her stalwart mother and sister, that she has been able to come to terms with her choices, her faith, and ultimately herself. Grace Will Lead Me Home is her extraordinary, yet poignantly universal story. Robin Givens attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sarah Lawrence College. A theater, film, and television actress, she lives with her sons in New York and Florida. This is her first book. It is a compelling examination of women surviving their wife-battering husbands and going on to support themselves and be supportive, loving, mothers.
Grace and the Fever
by Zan RomanoffRainbow Rowell’s Fangirl meets Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty in this contemporary YA about what it means to be a fan—and what it means to be a friend—when your whole world is in flux. In middle school, everyone was a Fever Dream fan. Now, a few weeks after her high school graduation, Grace Thomas sometimes feels like the only one who never moved on. She can’t imagine what she’d do without the community of online fans that share her obsession. Or what her IRL friends would say if they ever found out about it. Then, one summer night, the unthinkable happens: Grace meets her idol, Jes. What starts out as an elusive glimpse of Fever Dream’s world turns into an unlikely romance, and leads her to confront dark, complex truths about herself and the realities of stardom. From the author of A Song to Take the World Apart, Grace and the Fever is a heart-clutching reminder of what it’s like to fall in love—whether it’s with a boy or a boy band—and how difficult it is to figure out who you are after you’ve fallen out of love again."A wise, bittersweet coming-of-age story for the thinking fangirl." —Anna Breslaw, author of Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here"Super addictive." —Goldy Moldavsky, New York Times bestselling author of Kill the Boy Band"A smart, warm, feminist ode to anyone who has ever been eighteen, made a mess of their own life, spent their late night hours on Tumblr, or loved a band so much it hurt." —Katie Coyle, author of Vivian Apple at the End of the World
Grace of Monaco
by Jeffrey RobinsonThe acclaimed biography by Jeffrey Robinson, now revised and updated to coincide with the major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace. It was one of the most famous romances of the 20th century#151;Europe's most eligible bachelor, Prince Rainier of Monaco, and America's most beautiful movie star, the Academy Award-winning actress Grace Kelly, fell in love against the backdrop of the closest thing the modern world has to a magical kingdom, the French Riviera's Principality of Monaco. Told with affection and humor, and written with the unprecedented cooperation of Prince Rainier III and his children, Prince Albert, Princess Caroline, and Princess Stephanie, Grace of Monaco takes readers beneath the surface glitz and the glamour of Monte Carlo for a never-to-be-forgotten portrait of the House of Grimaldi
Grace: A Biography
by Thilo WydraThirty years ago, Grace Kelly was tragically killed when her vehicle tumbled forty meters from the serpentine roads of Monaco. She has since become a myth, a style icon existing between the glamour of Hollywood and the royalty of Monaco. As Hitchcock's favorite actress to work with, Kelly acted in classic films including Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, opposite actors such as Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant. Yet her private life remained in the shadows. Her marriage to Prince Rainier III was not anchored by love, and her life on the Riviera was more akin to a golden cage. She was an individual torn between illusion and reality, simultaneously idolized by millions.This comprehensive biography draws from previously unreleased photographs and documents from the Grimaldi family archive and, for the first time, access to the letters between Kelly and Hitchcock. It is also based on interviews with Kelly's companions and relatives, including an exclusive interview with Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Gracefully Grayson
by Ami PolonskyGrayson Sender has been holding onto a secret for what seems like forever: "he" is a girl on the inside, stuck in the wrong gender's body. The weight of this secret is crushing, but sharing it would mean facing ridicule, scorn, rejection, or worse. <P><P>Despite the risks, Grayson's true self itches to break free. Will new strength from an unexpected friendship and a caring teacher's wisdom be enough to help Grayson step into the spotlight she was born to inhabit? <P>Debut author Ami Polonsky's moving, beautifully-written novel about identity, self-esteem, and friendship shines with the strength of a young person's spirit and the enduring power of acceptance.