This is the story of Mario Lavandeira and how he became Perez Hilton, a celebrity blogger with millions of readers around the globe, revealing the man behind the blog.
Biography
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Author:Eriksson, Leif, Svensson, Martin, Hilton, PerezSummary: -
Author:Grace, SherrillSummary:"It's the life story of the eminent Canadian author Timothy Findley (1930-2002), who was instrumental in the development of Canadian literature of the 1970s and 80s. Author Sherrill Grace provides insight into Findley's...
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Author:Rhodes-Courter, AshleySummary:Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes. In this inspiring, unforgettable memoir, Ashley finds the courage to succeed and in doing so discovers the power of her own voice.
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Author:Nelson, CraigSummary:John Adams told Thomas Jefferson that "history is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine." Thomas Edison called him "the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible." He was a founder of both the United States...
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Author:Hitchens, ChristopherSummary:Hitchens brings the character of Jefferson to life as a man of his time and also as a symbolic figure beyond it. Conflicted by power, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as Minister to France yet yearned for a...
- Author:Pentland, JennySummary:
Jenny Pentland's childhood was a literal sitcom. Many of the storylines for her mother's smash hit series, Roseanne, were drawn from Pentland's early family life in working-class Denver. By adolescence, Jenny struggled...
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Author:Burnett, CarolSummary:In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; her television show that won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run; and the...
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Author:Read, Charles H.Summary:Dr. Read entered the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 and worked for three years as a flight surgeon. When the war was winding down, he realized that his career as a flight surgeon was also over. But he remembered how much he had enjoyed the...
- Author:Schieffer, Bob.Summary:
In this memoir, the chief Washington correspondent for CBS News goes beyond the news events everyone is familiar with to share the compelling anecdotes only his colleagues were previously privy to.
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Author:Ford, Clyde W.Summary:John Stanley Ford became IBM's first black software engineer. But not all of the company's white employees accepted having a black colleague and did everything in their power to humiliate, subvert, and undermine Ford. Yet Ford would not...
- Author:Johnston, SueSummary:
Sue Johnston always seemed to be disappointing her mother. As a girl she never stayed clean and tidy like her cousins. As she grew older, she spent all her piano lesson money on drinks for her mates down the pub, and when she discovered...
- Author:Wright, James K., Rogers, AllysonSummary:
Eldon Davis Rathburn (1916-2008), one of the most multi-dimensional, prolific, and endlessly fascinating composers of the twentieth century, wrote more music than any other Canadian composer of his generation. During a long and...
- Author:Rodgers, SugarSummary:
Sugar Rodgers describes growing up in dire poverty, being homeless, struggling with academics, and clinging to basketball to keep focused and sane and then becoming an all-star in the Women's National Basketball Association.
- Author:Andersen, Christopher P.Summary:
They were the original power couple--outlandishly rich, impossibly attractive, and endlessly fascinating. Now, in this rare behind-the-scenes portrait of the Kennedys in their final year together, Christopher Andersen shows us a side...
- Author:Thomas, LewisSummary:
Presents a discussion of the evolution of medicine and the autobiographical notes of a medicine-watcher.
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Author:Hanagarne, JoshuaSummary:At first glance, Josh Hanagarne seems an improbable librarian. He stands 6'7", competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette's syndrome. But books are his first love. Everything in Josh's life--from his...
- Author:Pierce, Barbara edSummary:
Collection of essays on the use of Braille
- Author:Price, JillSummary:
Jill Price cannot forget anything. Ask her what she had for breakfast on any given day in 1970, and she'll tell you. She'll even tell you the major news events for that day. In this astonishing memoir, she shares what it's like to...
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- Author:Moore, KateSummary:
Committed to an insane asylum in 1860 to keep her in line, Elizabeth Packard refused to be silenced and challenged the medical science of the day.
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