Natasha – The Biography of Natalie Wood – Suzanne Finstad – Audio Book

Natasha – The Biography of Natalie Wood – Suzanne Finstad : After twenty years, the story of Natalie Wood’s extraordinary life and mysterious death is revealed in a riveting new biography We watched her mature on the movie screen before our eyes in Miracle on 34th Street, Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story, Splendor in the Grass, and on and on. She has been hailed, along with Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, as one of the top three movie actresses in film history, a legend in her own lifetime and beyond. But the story of what she endured, of what her life was like when the doors of the soundstages slid closed, has long been obscured. Natasha is based on years of exhaustive research into Natalie’s turbulent life and mysterious death. Suzanne Finstad conducted more than four hundred interviews with Natalie’s family, close friends, legendary costars, lovers, film crews, attorneys, police officials, and Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the coroner who investigated her strange death by drowning.

Finstad has reconstructed a life of emotional abuse and exploitation, of almost unprecedented fame, great loneliness, and loss. Finstad tells this tragic beauty’s story with sensitivity and grace, revealing a complex and conflicting mix of fragility and strength in a woman who was swept away by forces she could not control. Natasha is the definitive biography of Natalie Wood.

This book about Natalie Wood if its not perfect has at least the merit to be true. We are left with a vivid idea of the person Natalie Wood truly was. We realize as well that she was a person with a kind nature. Unhappily for her, her mother has totally controlled (or tried to) her life not only as human being but as actress too.

And we still ask us, even after having read this book, what really happened to Natalie Wood. I highly recommend this audio book.

The Private World of Kenneth Williams – Kenneth Williams – Audio Book

The Private World of Kenneth Williams – Kenneth Williams : Whether he was a sad, self-obsessed man or a tortured comic genius, Williams had a unique talent. Yet his hugely successful career in theatre, film, radio and television often seems at odds with his stated loathing of himself, his work and those around him.

Benson’s portrayal of this sensitive and secretive man reveals Williams’ predictable poisonous lows as well as his lesser-known emotional highs. With even more readings and clips than originally transmitted – from Round the Horne , Beyond Our Ken and others
– this portrait of the much-loved comedy actor succeeds in making a very private world
a little more public.

For a very long time I always thought that Kenneth William was certainly very boring in his private life. This audio book made me change my opinion.If you want to listen to a really good story this one is for you!

Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites – Tucker Carlson – Audio Book

Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites – Tucker Carlson :

Every weeknight, millions of Americans tune in to see Tucker Carlson anchor
the right side of the aisle on CNN’s Crossfire. Named by New York magazine
as the journalist most likely to succeed in the Years of Bush, he has charmed
liberals and roused conservatives with his singular brand of acerbic wit and
razor-sharp insight.

Tossed by fate (and the O.J. Simpson murder trial) into the trenches of electronic
journalism, Carlson learned early that “television brings out the crazy in people.
” Naturally, he started taking notes. The result is a hilarious and brilliantly
revealing look at the most powerful and weirdest medium there is. Carlson has not
only seen television from the inside, but dares to describe it.

In this audio book, he takes you behind the curtain of a political talk show and if
you want to spend a some relaxing hours, just listen to it.

Lauren Bacall Biography (Audio)

Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924 and is a Golden Globe- and Tony Award winner, as well as Academy Award-nominated, American film and stage actress. A biography about Lauren Bacall (Audio book) tells her live story:

The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to astound generations with her audacious spirit and on-screen excellence. Together with Humphrey Bogart, she produced some of the most electric scenes in movie history, and their romance on and off screen made them Hollywood’s most celebrated couple.