Michael Gross
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There are at least two Ralph Laurens. To the public he's a gentle and modest, yet secure and purposeful man. Inside the walls of Polo Ralph Lauren, though, he was long seen by some as a narcissist, an insecure ditherer, and, at times, a rampaging tyrant. The author, Michael Gross, lays bare the truths of this fashion emperor's rise, and reveals not only the secrets of his meteoric success in marketing our shared fantasies, but also the unknown...
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"Fifteen families. Four hundred years. The complex saga of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite in America's history. For decades, writers from Cleveland Amory to Joseph Alsop to the editors of Politico have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America. While the WASP elite has, in the last half century, indeed drifted from American centrality to...
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"In this rollicking account of fashion photography's golden age, bestselling author Michael Gross brings to life the wild genius, ego, passion, and antics of the men (and a few women) behind the camera... From the postwar covers of Vogue to the triumph of the digital image, the fashion photographer sold not only clothes but ideals of beauty and visions of perfect lives... Focus probes the lives, hang-ups, and artistic triumphs of more than a dozen...
5) Quackerz
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On the little island lost in far sunny China the regular life of mandarin ducks in an instant turns into chaos: the flock of the military mallards making a cruise to Hawaii, by mistake lands on the mandarins' island. The chief of mallards, Duckmus doesn't want to reckon with the local traditions, as well the mandarins' Emperor doesn't like uninvited guests. The Cold War breaks out between two clans. The heir of the of mandarins' Emperor, Longway,...
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Investigative journalist Michael Gross delves into the history of models and takes us into the private studios and hidden villas where models play and are preyed upon, going beyond modeling's carefully constructed facade of glamour to expose the scandal and untold truths that permeate the seemingly glamorous business.
Here for the first time is the complete story of the international model business-and its evil twin: legalized flesh peddling. It's...
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This is my story about being alienated as a parent and becoming a targeted individual. They may go hand in hand and maybe they both happen for the same reason or because of the same person. one of these Mysteries that I may never you're out. I don't think anyone can understand what it's like to be an alienated parent unless they're one of us. I don't care how much empathy you have or what degree in Psychology you have, you don't have a clue. of how...
11) Rogues' gallery: the secret history of the moguls and the money that made the Metropolitan Museum
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[2009]
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First edition.
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English
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[2010]
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First paperback edition.
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Filled with the juicy details of the lives of the powerful players who made the Metropolitan Museum of Art what it is today, "Rogue's Gallery" delivers the unauthorized history of America's wealthiest and arguably the world's greatest art museum.
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[2011]
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First edition.
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Michael Gross, chronicler of America's rich and powerful, goes west to uncover the very secret history of Los Angeles, specifically those wealthiest and most private of enclaves--Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, and Beverly Park--through their most mind-boggling estates, and the fascinating, fabulous folks who created and populate them. Gross begins with the mob-driven history of the newest mega-mansion district in L.A., Beverly Park. Using the...
19) Oscar's book
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[2018]
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English
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Sesame Street's resident grouch devises several ingenious and humorous schemes to escape from his persistent readers.
20) Ender's shadow
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Follows the life of Ender Wiggin's comrade Bean, from his escape from the mean streets of Rotterdam, to his student days at the Battle School, and to his role as Ender's right hand ally, strategist, and friend in the epic struggle to save Earth from alien invaders.
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