Ted Morgan
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
Morgan is one of the few biographers of Franklin Roosevelt to attempt a complete life in one volume. His Roosevelt, opportunistic and shallow as a young man, was transformed by his fight with polio. As president, he was a political artist whose genius lay in being able to embody the country's collective will. Morgan takes special pains to defend Roosevelt against old charges of trickery at Pearl Harbor and gullibility at Yalta.
8) Maugham
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
Uses previously undisclosed letters written by Maugham and the personal correspondence of his friends to portray Maugham's literary successes, intelligence work, marriage, and inability to come to terms with his own homosexuality.
Publisher
Dollar-DVD
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles police detective Kyle York (David Soul) was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has teamed with Officer Ross Garfield (Louis Gossett jr.) to clear the streets of underage girls working in prostitution. Pretty, young runaway Hailey Atkins (Linda Purl) has been turned out. Down deep she wants to go straight but has had great difficulty escaping her pimp and doesn't even...