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Written with his trademark warmth and candour, The Nation Holds Its Breath is George Hamilton's eagerly awaited and wonderfully told journey through a rich and varied career in broadcasting. As the undisputed voice of Irish football, George's evocative and celebrated commentary is familiar to millions. He has captured the highs and lows of Irish sport for generations of fans, ever since he first took up the microphone in the mid-seventies, and he has been enthralling his audiences ever since.

The greatest story never told, this formidable and gorgeously written biography documents the amazing and controversial short life of Calixa Lavallée--the composer of "O Canada"--and the tumult of 19th-century North America. The story of "O Canada" is one of the great unknowns of our collective...

*A New York Times Bestseller* The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America’s favorite guilty pleasure. For sixteen years and thirty-six seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers’ lives. Since it...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City, bestselling author Karen Abbott “pioneered sizzle history” (USA Today). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of America’s coming-of-age—told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee...

Rechtzeitig zu seinem 60. Geburtstag blickt Wolfgang Bahro auf sein bisheriges Leben zurück, in dem Rechtsanwalt Jo Gerner eine besonders große Rolle spielt. Diesen Juristen mit einem fatalen Hang zu ungesetzlichen Handlungen verkörpert Bahro in der Kultserie "Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten" seit 1993. Und zwar so gut, dass er damit zum Publikumsliebling wurde. Obwohl es ein Leben vor Gerner gab und sogar eines neben ihm gibt, in dem Bahro erfolgreich Theater spielt und eigene Kabarettprogramme aufführt, überstrahlt dieser Typ alles.