It is nearly fifty years since the horrific assassination in Dallas & during that time the appeal of John & Jackie Kennedy a uniquely glamorous presidential couple frozen in eternal youth by the terrible & sudden truncation of their reign has if anything only deepened. Until now however no single book has gone beyond the gossip & the conspiracy theories to tell the whole story of the Kennedy White House
- soberly comprehensively & compellingly. In a major work of history Sally Bedell Smith now does just that. Grace & Power is a compassionate & poignant chronicle of pivotal historical events seen from the inside out behind the headlines & the carefully staged television appearances. When John Kennedy entered the White House he was only 43; his stunning wife Jackie astonishingly was just 31. Amidst all the superficial opulence & lavish partying we see political crises like the Bay of Pigs & the burgeoning clamour for civil rights from the perspective of a president often barely well enough to appear in public & a lonely young woman wounded by her husbands insouciant philandering & trying to build a new identity for herself. We see how John Kennedy constructed his circle of advisers lieutenants & officials with equal measures of altruism & expediency & the claustrophobic dynamics of the Camelot court. With immense pathos Sally Bedells narrative shows how at the very moment when the President & First Lady had come through the first difficult years of his term & could begin to contemplate a campaign for re-election a snipers bullets ended everything & forced Jackie Kennedy to assume the biggest role of her life. Above all Grace & Power enables us to see the Kennedys & their inner circle beset by the sudden turns of history while at the same time their style & politics were shaping the history of America & indeed the world. For those too young to remember the era of the Kennedys as much as for those who will never forget it Grace & Power is the classic account of a historical moment that left an indelible mark on the last four decades.
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To Grace family has always meant her Ma her Nana & her cat Paw-Paw so when Papa invites her to visit him in the Gambia she dreams of finding the kind of family that is idealised in stories. But as Grace soon finds out families are what you make them. A warm & delightful follow-up to the international best-seller Amazing Grace. ...

John visits his ageing mother Mary in her nursing home by the sea & mourns the slow fading of her mind. Hoping to shore up her memory he prompts her with songs photographs & questions about the 1940s when she was a young woman & he a child in a small Cumbrian town. But he finds that most of all it is her own mother she longs for
- Grace the mother she barely knew. John sets out to recreate their buried family history delving into the secrets & silences of Mary's fractured childhood as he imagines the life of her spirited mother. Reaching from the late 19th century to the present this becomes a deeply moving reflective elegy on three generations linked by a chain of love loss & courage.
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John visits his ageing mother Mary in her nursing home by the sea & mourns the slow fading of her mind. Hoping to shore up her memory he prompts her with songs photographs & questions about the 1940s when she was a young woman & he a child in a small Cumbrian town. But he finds that most of all it is her own mother she longs for
- Grace the mother she barely knew. John sets out to recreate their buried family history delving into the secrets & silences of Mary's fractured childhood as he imagines the life of her spirited mother. Reaching from the late 19th century to the present this becomes a deeply moving reflective elegy on three generations linked by a chain of love loss & courage.
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Like many young women Grace Barnum's life is a precarious mix of sensible choices & uncomfortable compromise. She dutifully edits children's textbooks that she fears may be more harmful than helpful. She is engaged to a patent attorney with whom she has a reliable relationship. She's wary of her fascinating father a renowned New York painter & she prefers her mother slightly drunk. Always organised always a planner Grace carries her life around in a handbag
- that is until the responsibility-challenged Tyler Wilkie shows up with his warm eyes & a smile that makes Grace drop things. Worst of all he writes tender loving devastating songs
- about her. Tyler reaches something in Grace something she needs but can't admit to. Something she wants but won't succumb to. Falling in love with him would ruin everything. & yet...

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An illustrated celebration of Grace Kelly one of Hollywoods brightest stars is already long overdue. This book will also coincide with two significant anniversaries: 2006 sees 50 years since she married Prince Rainier & 2007 is the 25th anniversary of her death. The book will include a detailed biography & over 160 pictures & contact sheets many of which are reproduced for the first time. H&-written documents & famous"es on & from Grace Kelly complement impressive iconographic research (family pictures national archives private collections press agencies newspapers). Also included are images & contact sheets from prestigious photographers all of which give us a highly individual portrait of a cinematic legend. ...

Synonymous with cool elegance & impeccable good taste Grace Kelly remains a style icon of the twentieth century. This book is the first to explore exclusively Grace Kelly's personal style & how she carefully cultivated her public image through dress. The three sections looking at Grace Kelly as an actress bride & princess introduce her unrivalled wardrobe from spectacular film costumes meticulously tailored suits & American casual wear to glamorous ballgowns designed by couturiers such as Givenchy Balenciaga & Dior. A fascinating range of illustrations including film stills dress details & formal portraits accompany H. Kristina Haugland's engaging text as it charts Grace Kelly's unique influence on twentieth century fashion. ...

It's Queen Titania's & King Oberon's 1000th jubilee & the seven Party Fairies are in charge of making the celebratory party extra-special! However naughty Jack Frost has decided to sabotage the celebrations by hosting his own party & in order to make his bigger & better than the kings & queen's he has sent his naughty goblins to steal each of the seven Party Fairies' magical party bags...if he succeeds the Fairyland celebrations will be ruined! Can Kirsty & Rachel help Grace the Glitter Fairy to rescue her party bag so that the king & queen's party can be full of magical sparkles & glitter? ...

When Sophie Walkers daughter Grace was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome her world unravelled. Her high-powered job was in disarray she couldnt sleep often woke in tears & felt hopeless & useless in her role as a mother. One day she realised she hadnt done any exercise for months
- neglecting her physical health as well as her mental wellbeing. Previously a keen runner she set herself the challenge of running the London Marathon to raise awareness of Asperger Syndrome & make herself physically strong enough to support her daughter. Invigorated by the physical challenge she had set herself Sophie began a blog
- Grace Under Pressure
- writing about both day-to-day life raising Grace alongside training for the marathon. The combination caught the imagination of readers & the blog took off garnering praise from a wide range of sources. Now transformed into a book Grace Under Pressure is a moving story that charts the highs & lows of raising a child with Asperger Syndrome & the physical challenge of training for a long-distance running event.


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In a world where people born with an exceptional skill known as a Grace are feared & exploited Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. She lives under the command of her Uncle Randa King of the Middluns & is expected to carry out his dirty work punnishing & torturing anyone who displeases him. Breaking arms & cutting off fingers are her stock-in-trade. Finding life under his rule increasingly unbearable Katsa forms an underground Council whose purpose is to combat the destructive behaviour of the seven kings
- after all the Middluns is only one of the Seven Kingdoms each of them ruled by their own king & his personal agenda for power. When the Council hears that the King of Liend's father has been kidnapped Katsa investigates.. .and stumbles across a mystery. Who would want to kidnap him & why? & who was the extraordinary Graced fighter who challenged her fighting skills for the first time as she & the Council rushed the old man to saftey? Something dark & deadly is rising in the north & creeping across the continent & behind it all lurks the shadowy figure of a one-eyed king.. .
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