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Author : Richard Hack
Publisher : Phoenix Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597775495
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (977 download)
Download or read book Hughes The Private Diaries, Memons and Letters written by Richard Hack and published by Phoenix Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Hack
Publisher : New Millennium Press
ISBN 13 : 9781932407303
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Hughes written by Richard Hack and published by New Millennium Press. This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly uncovered personal letters and over 100,000 pages of sealed court testimony reveal the man behind the many myths in this story of the secretive billionaire who led a uniquely American life. Photos.
Author : Richard Hack
Publisher : Phoenix Books Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781597775106
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (751 download)
Download or read book Hughes written by Richard Hack and published by Phoenix Books Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Richard Hack gives us a brilliant portrait of America's first billionaire, painting the life of the legendary man who was at once an aeronaut, film producer, playboy, and recluse."--"AudioFile."
Author : Michael Drosnin
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767919343
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Citizen Hughes written by Michael Drosnin and published by Crown. This book was released on 2004-11-02 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator, Howard Hughes is legendary as a playboy and pilot—but he is notorious for what he became: the ultimate mystery man. Citizen Hughes is the New York Times bestselling exposé of Hughes’s hidden life, and a stunning revelation of his “megalomaniac empire in the emperor’s own words” (Newsweek). At the height of his wealth, power, and invisibility, the world’s richest and most secretive man kept what amounted to a diary. The billionaire commanded his empire by correspondence, scrawling thousands of handwritten memos to unseen henchmen. It was the only time Howard Hughes risked writing down his orders, plans, thoughts, fears, and desires. Hughes claimed the papers were so sensitive—“the very most confidential, almost sacred information as to my innermost activities”—that not even his most trusted aides or executives were allowed to keep the messages he sent them. But in the early-morning hours of June 5, 1974, unknown burglars staged a daring break-in at Hughes’s supposedly impregnable headquarters and escaped with all the confidential files. Despite a top-secret FBI investigation and a million-dollar CIA buyback bid, none of the stolen secret papers were ever found—until investigative reporter Michael Drosnin cracked the case. In Citizen Hughes, Drosnin reveals the true story of the great Hughes heist—and of the real Howard Hughes. Based on nearly ten thousand never-before-published documents, more than three thousand in Hughes’s own handwriting, Citizen Hughes is far more than a biography, or even an unwilling autobiography. It is a startling record of the secret history of our times.
Author : Robert Maheu
Publisher : HarperPrism
ISBN 13 : 9780061090332
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Next to Hughes written by Robert Maheu and published by HarperPrism. This book was released on 1993-04 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody was closer to the source of Howard Hughes's vast influence than Robert Maheu, and nobody witnessed his catastrophic descent more closely. Maheu made all Hughes's business deals and represented him and his holdings to the outside world for 13 years. Now he tells the shocking true story behind the life and death of this powerful man. Photographs.
Author : Graham Simons
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783831553
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (838 download)
Download or read book Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose written by Graham Simons and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard Hughes' life ambition was to make a significant contribution to the field of aviation development. But the monumental folly of his endeavours on the H-KI Hercules meant that he came to be known and remembered to a great extent for all the wrong reasons. The 'Spruce Goose' (a name Hughes detested) became a product of his wild fixation on perfection and scale. Once completed, it was the largest flying machine ever built. Its wingspan of 320 feet remains the largest in history. Yet it only completed one flight; flying for a mile on its maiden voyage above Long Beach Harbour, before being consigned to the history books as a failure.??Experienced author Graham M. Simons turns his attention to the production process that saw this colossus take shape. In words and images, all aspects of this process are illustrated. We have shots taken during the initial design period, images of the craft under construction, and photographs taken at the test flights. In addition, Simons has been gifted access to the highly prized and rarely seen aircraft manual produced for the aircraft, content from which has been extracted and used to supplement the narrative.??The book goes on to explore the political issues that sprung up as a result of Hughes' endeavours, looking into the Senate War Investigations Committee's findings which explored the extent to which government funds had been utilised in the development and construction of the airship, adding a whole new layer of controversy to the proceedings.
Author : Tom Shone
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0525655328
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)
Download or read book The Nolan Variations written by Tom Shone and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at Christopher Nolan, considered to be the most profound, commercially successful director at work today, written with his full cooperation. A rare, revelatory portrait, "as close as you're ever going to get to the Escher drawing that is Christopher Nolan's remarkable brain" (Sam Mendes). In chapters structured by themes and motifs ("Time"; "Chaos"; "Dreams"), Shone offers an unprecedented intimate view of the director. Shone explores Nolan's thoughts on his influences, his vision, his enigmatic childhood past--and his movies, from plots and emotion to identity and perception, including his latest blockbuster, the action-thriller/spy-fi Tenet ("Big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable"--Variety). Filled with the director's never-before-seen photographs, storyboards, and scene sketches, here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. "Fabulous: intelligent, illuminating, rigorous, and highly readable. The very model of what a filmmaking study should be. Essential reading for anyone who cares about Nolan or about film for that matter."--Neal Gabler, author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood and Walt Disney, The Biography
Author : Arelo C. Sederberg
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475969228
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)
Download or read book Hughesworld written by Arelo C. Sederberg and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hughesworld is an authentic account written by a press spokesman for Howard Hughes that traces the highlights of his varied life in motion pictures and aviation but concentrates on the management struggle that followed his death in 1976. Hughes died intestate, or without a valid will, opening up a circus of phony will documents. In addition hundreds of far-distant relatives staked claims. A first cousin, Texas lawyer William Lummis, assumed control after a long and bitter struggle with executives and lawyers who had previously managed Hughes businesses. Hughes is shown as a brilliant aviation pioneer and aircraft designer, as well as a motion picture producer and an able if unorthodox industrialist. At one time he owed a major airline, TWA, a leading oil well drilling bit company, Hughes Tool, and a missile and electonics concern, Hughes Aircraft. In the final phase of his business life, he owned six Las Vegas hotel-casinos. He ended as a tragic character, living secluded in pain from injuries sustained in plane crashes, rendered helpless by drugs.
Author : Richard B. Jewell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520289668
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Slow Fade to Black written by Richard B. Jewell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slow Fade to Black completes Richard B. JewellÕs richly detailed two-part history of the RKO film studio, which began with RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born, published in 2012. This second volume charts the studioÕs fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the postwar period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. Drawing on hard-to-access archival materials, Jewell chronicles the period from 1942 to the companyÕs demise in 1957. Towering figures associated with the studio included Howard Hughes, Orson Welles, Charles Koerner, Val Lewton, Jane Russell, and Robert Mitchum. In addition to featuring an extraordinary cast of characters, the RKO story describes key aspects of entertainment history: HollywoodÕs collaboration with Washington, film noir, censorship, HUAC, the rise of independent film production, and the impact of television on film. Taken as a whole, JewellÕs two-volume study represents the most substantial and insightful exploration of the Hollywood studio system to date.
Author : Fiona Ross
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442252286
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Dining with the Rich and Royal written by Fiona Ross and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dining with the Rich and Royal is a marvelous journey into the gastronomic peccadilloes of the great, the good, and the not-so-good. When the world is at your feet, what is on your table? Dining with the Rich and Royal serves up the glamour of the jet set on a plate, from the silver spoon to the last Kleenex wipe. We follow the food adventures of Hilton, Hefner, and Howard Hughes; the great transatlantic dynasties: Onassis, the Vanderbilts, the Astors and the Rothschilds.Royals watchers and history twitchers will find out the effect of too many fairy feasts on Ludwig of Bavaria; how Hirohito and Ibn Saud tasted East-Meets-West diplomacy. Would you try the cake that killed Rasputin or suck on a suicide sweet with Antony and Cleo? Was it sex or raspberry soufflé that won Mrs. Simpson a king’s heart? It’s all here: a succession of abdications, executions, revolutions, coronations, tales of toothache and posh picnics spiced with the odd military coup or two. Mind your manners now.
Author : Michelangelo Capua
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496850270
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)
Download or read book Jean Peters written by Michelangelo Capua and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1947 to 1955, Jean Peters (1926–2000) appeared in films opposite such Hollywood leading men as Tyrone Power, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, and Robert Wagner, as well as international stars including Louis Jourdan and Rossano Brazzi. Despite her talent and status, Peters eschewed the star-studded lifestyle of 1950s Hollywood, turning down roles that were “too sexy” and refusing to socialize with other actors, discuss her private life in the press, or lead the glamorous lifestyle often associated with her peers. She was seen as a mystery to reporters, who constantly tried to discover tidbits about her personal life. In 1957, her marriage to Howard Hughes led to her retirement from acting and her further withdrawal from social events in Hollywood. Instead, she shifted her attention to charitable work, arts and crafts, and university studies in psychology and anthropology. Her status as an enigma only grew as she agreed never to speak of her marriage with Hughes. After her divorce, however, Peters attempted to resume her acting career in television but never regained her previous level of stardom. Jean Peters: Hollywood's Mystery Girl grants an in-depth analysis of each of her nineteen films and is enriched by several high-quality photographs from the author’s personal collection.
Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2028 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular English-language Film Directors written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 2028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Harry Brown
Publisher : Warner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780751536362
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Howard Hughes written by Peter Harry Brown and published by Warner Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just in time for the November release of Miramax's "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, this fascinating biography tells the full story of one of the most daring, enigmatic, and reclusive power brokers America has ever known. Photos.
Author : R. A. Scotti
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 031605478X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Sudden Sea written by R. A. Scotti and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2008-12-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Now, R.A. Scotti tells the story.
Author : Charles Carey Jr.
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1438182147
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Revised Edition written by Charles Carey Jr. and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition: "This fun-to-read source will add spice for economics and business classes..."—American Reference Books Annual "...worthy of inclusion in reference collections of public, academic, and high-school libraries. Its content is wide-ranging and its entries provide interesting reading."—Booklist "A concise introduction to American inventors and entrepreneurs, recommended for academic and public libraries."—Choice American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Revised Edition profiles more than 300 important Americans from colonial times to the present. Featuring such inventors and entrepreneurs as Thomas Edison and Madame C. J. Walker, this revised resource provides in-depth information on robber barons and their counterparts as well as visionaries such as Bill Gates. Coverage includes: Jeffrey Bezos Michael Bloomberg Sergey Brin and Larry Page Michael Dell Steve Jobs Estée Lauder T. Boone Pickens Russell Simmons Oprah Winfrey Mark Zuckerberg.
Author : Leo Paul Dana
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849808457
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)
Download or read book World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship written by Leo Paul Dana and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics covered include: business angels, Chinese clan entrepreneurship, criminal entrepreneurship, defining the entrepreneur, education, employee start-ups, entrepreneurship policy, ethics, ethnic minority entrepreneurship, family business, global entrepreneurship and trans-nationalism, indigenous entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship, internationalisation, involuntary entrepreneurship, Islam and entrepreneurship, island entrepreneurship, mature-age entrepreneurs, pastoralism, religion as an explanatory variable for entrepreneurship, rural entrepreneurship, selfefficacy, social entrepreneurship and venture capital. There are also entries on individuals including Conrad Hilton, Howard Hughes and Joseph Schumpeter.
Author : Rosa Walston Latimer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625850573
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Harvey Houses of Texas written by Rosa Walston Latimer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the twentieth century, small-town Texas was still wild country lacking in the commodities and cultural centers of larger cities. This changed, however, with the arrival of the Santa Fe rail line, followed quickly by the Harvey House. Established in Kansas by English immigrant Fred Harvey, Harvey Houses could be found throughout the Southwest and adjoined local depots in sixteen Texas towns. Found in every corner of the state, Harvey Houses were not just restaurants and hotels for weary, hungry travelers but were also bustling social centers and often the only commercial outlet for the communities that developed around them. Author Rosa Walston Latimer tells the history of hospitality the "Fred Harvey way" in turn-of-the-century Texas, woven from personal stories of the famous "Harvey Girls" and other employees of Texas Harvey Houses.
