What happens when vast wealth, a virtual media monopoly, and acute shamelessness combine in one man? As the brilliant Alexander Stille demonstrates in this blistering, newsbreaking book, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi has outdone himself, and undone his countr..
Relive the thrill of 24 years in the career of the fabled Georgia Peach -one of the greatest, most colorful, and simply larger-than-life baseball players who ever lived. Arranged in a visually exciting scrapbook format, packed with pictures and memorabilia..
This luxurious tour of the Mediterranean's finest villa gardens, captured in all their beauty in 200 photographs from the archives of the influential Country Life magazine, takes readers to grand private residences in Greece, Spain, and Italy, as well as t..
This absorbing biography, written by Kleberg's top assistant of many years, captures both the life of the man and the spirit of the kingdom he ruled, offering a rare, insider's view of life on a fabled Texas ranch.John Cypher spent forty years (1948-1988) ..
Was she switched for her damaged sister Olympic, did Captain Smith really ignore the ice warnings that flooded into her wireless room, or was there some fabled treasure on board when she went down? Perhaps one of the most enduring tales of Titanic is the m..
In 1908, Englishman Sydney Gibbes was appointed tutor to the children of Tsar Nicholas II, and over the next 10 years, he became deeply attached to the Imperial family--and they to him. Here, Frances Welch draws on a wealth of unpublished material to cast ..
