James Spada, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-28565-4
According to Spada, star biography specialist (Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Jacqueline Kennedy), Julia Roberts inspires every response, from the accusation by high school classmates that she "liked to steal other girls' boyfriends" to...
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James Spada, Author Ivy Books $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8041-1119-5
Biographer Spada presents the life story of the multi-talented entertainer. (Sept.)
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James Spada, Author St. Martin's Press $25.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-312-33514-4
Right on time for the Republican National Convention, Spada (Ronald Reagan: His Life in Pictures) presents this pictorial biography in five parts, which illustrates the private and political life of our current president and his family--including,...
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James Spada, Author Doubleday Books $17.95 (346p) ISBN 978-0-385-19299-6
Striving to add oomph to his routine show-biz cum royal bio, Spada (Fonda, Hepburn, etc.) emphasizes that before she married Kelly slept around a lotWilliam Holden, Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper among the manyand suggests that for this well-mannered...
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James Spada, Author Bantam Books $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-09512-8
While Bette Davis's fans in the 1930s thought of her as ``a bedrock of Christian values,'' off-camera the willful, temperamental actress experienced abortion, adultery and sexual blackmail. In the 1950s Davis (1908-1989) and fourth husband Gary...
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James Spada, Author Crown Publishers $25 (552p) ISBN 978-0-517-59753-8
Seasoned celebrity biographer Spada (Grace: The Secret Life of a Princess) here provides an evenhanded and highly detailed look at the life of Barbra Streisand. Beginning with his subject's childhood as a skinny Brooklynite from a broken home, Spada
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