At her father's death in the 1920s, the press tagged Doris Duke "the richest girl in the world". This biography offers a glimpse into a world where pain and boredom are the only enemies, and money is the whip that keeps them at bay. 8 pages of photographs.

The Essential Guide to Exploring the Garden State From the crowded streets of Hoboken to the tip of Cape May, O'New Jersey captures the landmarks, stories, experiences, and photos that make New Jersey such a fascinating state. Written by two seasoned Jersey experts, this travel guide is filled with descriptive listings, detailed trip advice, and maps--everything you'll need to explore both the familiar favorites and far reaches of the Garden State This fully updated and expanded edition includes: - New chapters covering antique excursions and New Jersey's classic car culture, as well as new material on Edison's vintage recordings. - 24 daytrips to destinations all over the state with maps and detailed directions - Hundreds of listings of historical and cultural points of interest, diners and restaurants, nightspots, parks, and other attractions - Over 150 color and black-and-white illustrations that help readers get a feel for the state's unique flavor

He's my dad— the World's Most Eligible Bachelor! Ever since Grandma, the dowager duchess, told everyone on TV that my dad was in America looking for a wife, unmarried ladies chase him everywhere. We're trying to get to my uncle's ranch, but now we're hiding out. Those women can be rough on a guy! My dad is real cute…I can tell when Sydney looks at him. She's the nice lady who gave us a lift. My daddy looks at her kind of funny too, like he's eaten bad broccoli. But my daddy says we can't tell Sydney he's a duke. I like pretend, but I sure wish Sydney knew. Maybe then she'd want to marry my dad…and be my new mommy! Ever hopeful, Penny

Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand. Typically that would be: work in the fields for a few years; have a few babies; give them to mum to take care of and back to work until her kids had their own children and she could stop working to take care of them. One day a catastrophe occurred out of the blue – her father died young and with huge debts that the family knew nothing about. Lek was twenty and she was the only one who could prevent foreclosure. However, the only way she knew was to go to work in her cousin’s bar in Pattaya. Translator: Owen Jones PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Margaret Hatcher was a wounded, wordless child who cried when her classmates made fun of her and put on a brave face for a mother who struggled with acute depression. As life presented her with new experiences, she slowly let go of her fearfulness, becoming an acclaimed educator who won numerous national awards, a national speaker, writer, and visual artist. Underneath It All: A Collection of Memoirs shows snapshots of her evolution: Flying out of a giant tree. A Long John Silver's out-of-body experience. Rehab with an ex-Marine. Honorable closure. Throughout, Hatcher shares her deep love of the places that formed and informed her, from a small town in Texas to the top of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado and the high deserts of Arizona. Spanning more than seven decades, Underneath It All takes us on an expedition to discover the truth of one remarkable woman's life.

A dazzling novel that draws readers into the ultra-glamorous lives of legendary heiresses Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton, the public rivalry that defined them, and the secret bond that sustained them both, from the author of the acclaimed Such Good Friends. The press dubs them “the Gold Dust twins.” Born within a week of one another in Manhattan in 1912, Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton both inherit unimaginable fortunes. By the time of their lavish coming-out balls, they are two of the richest women in the world. Barbara, heiress to the Woolworth millions, amasses seven husbands over her lifetime. Doris, meanwhile, has a sophistication and financial savvy that Barbara tries endlessly to emulate. When filmmaker Emma Radetsky begins researching her new documentary about prominent women and their jewelry collections, she’s familiar with the lore surrounding both Doris and Barbara—the couture gowns, exotic homes, and romantic interludes—including sequential marriages to the same notorious playboy. And of course, the priceless jewels they acquire as easily as candy. Yet delving into their backgrounds with the help of one of Doris’s closest companions, Oliver Wendell Shaw, Emma encounters a deeper story—of a private game to manipulate the media, and a hidden, life-long kinship between two complex women who understood each other as no one else could. Interweaving past and present, filled with sumptuous details from an age of excess, Stephen Greco’s novel is also a mesmerizing story about the nature of celebrity and the transformative power of friendship.

You will laugh and cry as you read about the memories of Fanny, Junior, Chi Chi and Florian's family life with Daddy and Mama through the Depression and World War II in Buffalo, New York and the Western New York area until their deaths in 1956 and 1996. Pictures.

"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 1958 by Michael Joseph Ltd., London and in the United States in 1959 as Cave of Ice by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York."--Title page verso.

The author of A Woman Named Jackie and The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club draws on intimate sources to offer insight into the relationship between Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, sharing details about an affair that was an open secret for decades among family insiders.