Mary Jane Ross Libri

"An intimate, revealing portrait of Frank Sinatra--from the man closest to the famous singer during the last decade of his life. More than a hundred books have been written about legendary crooner and actor Frank Sinatra. Every detail of his life seems to captivate: his career, his romantic relationships, his personality, his businesses, his style. But a hard-to-pin-down quality has always clung to him--a certain elusiveness that emerges again and again in retrospective depictions. Until now. From Sinatra's closest confidant and an eventual member of his management team, Tony Oppedisano, comes an extraordinarily intimate look at the singing idol. Deep into the night, for more than two thousand nights, Frank and Tony would converse--about music, family, friends, great loves, achievements and successes, failures and disappointments, the lives they'd led, the lives they wished they'd led. In these full-disclosure conversations, Sinatra spoke of his close yet complex relationship with his father, his conflicts with record companies, his carousing in Vegas, his love affairs with some of the most beautiful women of his era, his triumphs on some of the world's biggest stages, his complicated relationships with his talented children, and, most important, his dedication to his craft. Toward the end, no one was closer to the singer than Oppedisano, who kept his own rooms at the Sinatra residences for many years, often brokered difficult conversations between family members, and held the superstar entertainer's hand when he drew his last breath. Featuring never-before-seen photos and offering startlingly fresh anecdotes and new revelations that center on some of the most famous people of the past fifty years--including Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Sam Giancana, Madonna, and Bono--Sinatra and Me pulls back the curtain to reveal a man whom history has, in many ways, gotten wrong"-- Provided by publisher

The son of the head of the Gambino crime family's squad of killers and thieves describes coming of age in the world of organized crime, the murder of his father when he was seventeen, and his determination to escape his father's fate.

Die Autobiografie einer außergewöhnlichen Frau: gefühlvoll - aufwühlend - dramatisch Als Priscilla Elvis Presley am 1. Mai 1967 heiratete, schien sich der große Traum einer jungen Frau erfüllt zu haben. Doch schon 1973 ließen sich die beiden scheiden. Was danach folgte, ist der Stoff, aus dem Filme gemacht werden. Priscilla Presley schildert in ihrer ehrlichen und offenherzigen Autobiografie die schwierige Zeit nach der Trennung, den Schock, als sie vom Tod von Elvis erfuhr und den langen Weg zur Selbstbestimmung. Die Karriere als Schauspielerin bei Dallas, Die nackte Kanone oder Melrose Place, eine neue Partnerschaft mit dem Regisseur Marco Garibaldi oder die Mitgliedschaft und der spätere Ausstieg bei Scientology sind nur einige der Stationen ihres turbulenten Lebens. Aber Priscilla wurde immer mit neuen Schicksalsschlägen konfrontiert. 2023 musste sie ihre Tochter Lisa Marie Presley zu Grabe tragen, ein traumatisches Erlebnis, das sie immer noch belastet. Doch eine Konstante bestimmt auch heute noch Priscilla Presleys Leben: Es ist die andauernde Liebe zum »King of Rock'n'Roll« und die Bewahrung seines Vermächtnisses. Durch ihr ambitioniertes Engagement lebt die Musik eines der talentiertesten Künstler des 20. Jahrhunderts weiter.