První hluboká sonda do života fenoménu, který si říká Lady GaGa. Zpěvačka, skladatelka, tanečnice i autorka šokujících aranžmá ve svých vystoupeních mixuje všemožné hudební styly, a přesto ji hudební kritika oceňuje. Kdo je vlastně Lady GaGa? Navenek sebevědomá a provokativní mladá žena – v soukromí nejistá a citlivá dívka bojící se samoty...
Na sklonku 90. let změnily tři postavy navždy tvář módy a kultury - Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen a Kate Mossová. Všichni tři měli úžasný talent a každý měl nějakou temnou stránku, která ho téměř zničila. Společně představovali zlomový moment v módě a lidové kultuře, který skoncoval se vším, co bylo předtím - a změnil všechno, co následovalo. Tato trojice se objevila přesně ve chvíli, kdy dlouhonohé supermodelky ustoupily heroinové eleganci a kdy grunge vystřídal hair metal. V 90. letech se stala hnací silou kultury móda a tito tři vizionáři, spolu s dalšími, kteří vstoupili do jejich oběžné dráhy, vytvořili lektvar umění, dekadence a génia, který představuje nejen naprostý obrat v módě, ale i větší posun ve stylu, obchodování a kultuře. Bylo to desetiletí, kdy se alternativní stalo hlavním proudem a hlavní proud se stal miliardovým byznysem. Ve více než stovce původních rozhovorů zkoumá Maureen Callahanová toto období prostřednictvím života tří lidí, kteří se stali ikonami, popisuje příběhy skupiny ztracených duší a vzpurných géniů, kteří navždy změnili tvář světa kolem nás.
Většina z nás o Israeli Keyesovi nikdy neslyšela, přesto je však nejambicióznějším a děsivým sériovým vrahem v moderních dějinách. Nejlepší vyšetřovatelé FBI jej označují za nevídaného a jeden žalobce jej popsal jako „čiré zlo“. Keyes útočil na území celých Spojených států, schovával si své zbraně a vybavení na odlehlých místech, cestoval za lovem tisíce kilometrů a během pouhých několika hodin se těl zbavil v jiném státě.Po návratu na Aljašku pokračoval v životě spolehlivého stavebního dělníka a oddaného otce své dcery.Kniha Americký predátor je výsledkem roky trvajících rešerší a sběru informací. Odkrývá skutečný příběh, vedoucí k zatčení pachatele – příběh, který FBI nechce, abyste znali – a uvádí nás do děsivé mysli neúnavného vraha, který působí jako noční můra.
Presents information about diet and health, describing a revised eating pyramid and discussing the scientific evidence upon which it is based; offers advice on how to develop healthy eating habits; and includes a selection of recipes.
“Callahan tracks the artist’s transformation from unremarkable to unforgettable, ‘one sequin at a time.’” --USA Today In just a two-year span, Stefani Germanotta, a struggling performer in New York’s Lower East Side burlesque scene, has become the global demographic-smashing pop icon known as Lady Gaga. She is a once-in-a-decade artist, a gifted singer, composer, designer, and performance artist who mixes high and low culture, the avant-garde with the accessible, authenticity with artifice. Who is Lady Gaga She is a twenty-five-year-old woman whose stage mantra—“I’m a free bitch!”—is the polar opposite of who she is offstage: isolated, insecure, and unable to be alone. She is an outrÉ artist who wanted to be a sensitive singer-songwriter. She is a woman who says no man can ever compete with her career, but who goes back and forth with the ex-boyfriend who said she was too ambitious. She claims not to care what people think, but spends her downtime online, reading what people have to say about her. She claims to be a con artist and utterly authentic. She is never less than compelling. Based on more than fifty original interviews with friends, employees, rivals, and music industry veterans, Poker Face is the first in-depth biography of the extraordinary cultural phenomenon that is Lady Gaga.
Israel Keyes was one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history. The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented. Over the course of fourteen years, Keyes would fly to a city, rent a car, and drive thousands of miles in order to kill. He would break into a stranger's house, abduct his victims in broad daylight, and kill and dispose of them in hours. And then he would return home to Alaska, resuming life as a quiet construction worker devoted to his daughter. When journalist Maureen Callahan first heard about Israel Keyes she was captivated by how a killer of this magnitude could go undetected for over a decade. And so began a project that consumed her - uncovering the true story behind how the FBI ultimately caught Israel Keyes, and trying to understand what it means for a killer like Keyes to exist.
A New York Times BestsellerA USA Today "20 of the Season's Hottest New BooksTed Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history. American Predator is the culmination of years of interviews with key figures in law enforcement and in Keyes's life, and research uncovered from classified FBI files. Callahan takes us on a journey into the nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.
Examines the 1990s fashion scene through the lives of Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, and Alexander McQueen, three icons of design and fashion.
A glittering history of fashion in the 1990s, told through the lives of Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen. The 1950s had rock 'n' roll and the 60s had the Beats. In the 70s and 80s, it was punk rock and modern art. But for the 1990s, it was all about fashion and Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, and Alexander McQueen were the trio of rebel geniuses who made it great. Each had an amazing talent and each had demons that would jeopardize that same talent. Collectively, they represented a "moment" in fashion and pop culture that upended everything that had come before it. In the tradition of pop-cultural histories like Girls Like Us and Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Maureen Callahan explores a particular, pivotal time - the moment when the 1980s gave way to the 1990s, the alternative became the mainstream, and Gen X took over the reins of power in the fashion industry - through the lives of three people who would become both fashion icons and cautionary tales of the era. Callahan interviews insiders and reveals exclusive insights into the biggest dramas surrounding the most celebrated personalities of the decade: why Kate Moss and Johnny Depp broke up, how Marc Jacobs came through the crucible of the AIDS crisis, and what really drove Alexander McQueen to suicide. Champagne Supernovas is the story of that singular time, as exemplified the lives of the three luminaries who forever changed the way we think about fashion and culture.
From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family's generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem—and the women who have paid the price for our obsession with Camelot.