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Darwin Porter

Autore di Frommer's Complete Guide: England

161 opere 3,534 membri 18 recensioni

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Opere di Darwin Porter

Midnight in Savannah (2000) 54 copie
Butterflies in Heat (1605) 47 copie
Blood Moon (1998) 42 copie
Hollywood's Silent Closet (2001) 39 copie
France For Dummies (2003) 28 copie
Razzle-Dazzle (1998) 26 copie
Caribbean for Dummies (2002) 11 copie
AARP Southern Bahamas (2012) 8 copie
AARP The Exumas, Bahamas (2012) 8 copie
AARP Eleuthera, Bahamas (2012) 8 copie
AARP Abacos, Bahamas (2012) 8 copie
British Virgin Islands (2011) 6 copie
St. John, Virgin Islands (2011) 6 copie
Madeira & Porto Santo (2012) 3 copie
Bologna & Emilia-Romagna (2011) 3 copie
Porto & Environs (2012) 3 copie
Coimbra & the Beiras (2012) 3 copie
Alentejo & Ribatejo (2012) 3 copie
Estremadura (2012) 3 copie
Apulia (2012) 3 copie
South of the Tagus (2012) 3 copie
Lisbon (2012) 3 copie
Sardinia (2011) 3 copie
Marika (1979) 2 copie
England $ Wise 85 (1984) 2 copie
Venus: A novel (1982) 2 copie
Marlon Brando Les derniers secrets (2006) — Autore — 2 copie
Italie (2001) — Autore — 2 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1937-09-13
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Istruzione
University of Miami
Attività lavorative
travel writer
biographer
Organizzazioni
Blood Moon Productions
Breve biografia
Darwin Porter is one of the most prolific writers of the Frommer's travel guides and a Hollywood biographer.
He was born in western North Carolina and grew up in Miami Beach. He attended the University of Miami and graduated in 1959. At the age of 20, he became an entertainment columnist for the Miami Herald, later being made bureau chief in Key West.

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Prurient, salacious gossip sometimes unbelievable. I know much of the book is true but some aspects of it seem far fetched. This is a huge book and by the end it felt like the three writers were bragging and lying about the conquest of every man, actor, actress, straight or gay they ever met right up to and including the President of the United States and his wife. Claiming that between the three of them they had had every major male star and if they hadn't then they knew someone who had. Even if every word was true how the author got away with writing these slanderous or libelous (I never know which is which) claims. Fascinating reading regardless of truth.… (altro)
 
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Karen74Leigh | 1 altra recensione | Jul 31, 2019 |
A somewhat shocking story of Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Gore Vidal and their ilk from Hollywood and Broadway. The amount of casual and explicit sex among all the characters with same sex and opposite sex is amazing. Some of the Hollywood stars like Marlon Brando and Paul Newman were bisexuals and had lots of sex with men and women. It was true of most of Hollywood. This is an eye opener. I don't think sex is as free today as it was during the 1950s and early 1960s. The book is too long at 700 pages but it is a fun read. It is not particularly well structured but a good read.… (altro)
 
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SigmundFraud | 1 altra recensione | Oct 21, 2016 |
Love Triangle: Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman & Nancy Davis may find its way onto many a Republican Reagan fan's reading shelf; but those who expect another Reagan celebration will be surprised: this is lurid Hollywood exposé writing at its best, and outlines the truths surrounding one of the most provocative industry scandals in the world.

There are already so many biographies of the Reagans on the market that one might expect similar mile-markers from this: be prepared for shock and awe; because Love Triangle doesn't take your ordinary approach to biography and describes a love triangle that eventually bumped a major Hollywood movie star from the possibility of being First Lady and replaced her with a lesser-known Grade B actress (Nancy Davis).

From politics and betrayal to romance, infidelity, and sordid affairs, Love Triangle is a steamy, eye-opening story that blows the lid off of the Reagan illusion to raise eyebrows on both sides of the big screen.

Black and white photos liberally pepper an account of the careers of all three and the lasting shock of their stormy relationships in a delightful pursuit especially recommended for any who relish Hollywood gossip.
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DDonovan | May 10, 2015 |
I'm genuinely embarrassed to have read this 700 page clunker. It was filled with terrible writing, shoddy editing, dubious source material, errors, inaccuracies...and I couldn't put it down. It may be the trashiest, most lurid "biography" ever written...but oddly compelling!
 
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kittykitty3 | Feb 4, 2015 |

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Opere
161
Utenti
3,534
Popolarità
#7,188
Voto
3.2
Recensioni
18
ISBN
918
Lingue
4

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