Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

The Girl on the Balcony

Olivia Hussey Finds Life after Romeo and Juliet

by Olivia Hussey ...

The 1960s starlet, immortalized on the silver screen as Juliet, tells her story in this celebrity biography—with a forward by director Franco Zeffirelli.In 1968, sixteen-year-old Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's classic film Romeo & Juliet. For a simple girl from Buenos Aires, Argentina, the role was an opportunity of a ... Read more

$10.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: Audiobook

The 1960s starlet, immortalized on the silver screen as Juliet, tells her story in this celebrity biography—with a forward by director Franco Zeffirelli.In 1968, sixteen-year-old Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's classic film Romeo & Juliet. For a simple girl from Buenos Aires, Argentina, the role was an opportunity of a
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Girl on the Balcony

Olivia Hussey Finds Life after Romeo & Juliet

by Olivia Hussey, Alexander Martin ...

Narrated by Carol Monda ...

Unabridged

9 hours 52 min

In 1968, Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as the definitive Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet. Now the iconic girl on the balcony shares the ups and downs of her truly remarkable life and career …At only sixteen-years-old, she was an internationally celebrated overnight discovery. The part was an opportunity of a lifetime for a simple girl ... Read more

$19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

In 1968, Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as the definitive Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet. Now the iconic girl on the balcony shares the ups and downs of her truly remarkable life and career …At only sixteen-years-old, she was an internationally celebrated overnight discovery. The part was an opportunity of a lifetime for a simple girl
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Volume 1

Everything I Didn't Say

by Cerys O'Sullivan, Madeline Vermier ...

High school teaches you a lot - but not how to handle the feelings that hit hardest.In Volume I: Everything I Didn't Say, Cerys O'Sullivan opens the door to the emotions she kept quiet: the first spark of love, the heartbreak that shattered her, the anger that changed her, and the leaving that forced her to grow.These poems are for anyone who has ever cried over someone who didn't stay, missed a ... Read more

$3.99 USD

High school teaches you a lot - but not how to handle the feelings that hit hardest.In Volume I: Everything I Didn't Say, Cerys O'Sullivan opens the door to the emotions she kept quiet: the first spark of love, the heartbreak that shattered her, the anger that changed her, and the leaving that forced her to grow.These poems are for anyone who has ever cried over someone who didn't stay, missed a
... Read more

Audiobook

Audiobook

Finding Zsa Zsa

The Gabors behind the Legend

by Sam Staggs ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

14 hours 35 min

For decades, the Gabor dynasty was the epitome of glamour and fairy tale success. But as biographer, film historian, and Gabor family friend Sam Staggs reveals, behind the headlines is a true story more dramatic, fabulous, and surprising than their self-styled legend would have you believe…In 1945, after barely escaping Hitler’s invasion of Hungary followed by “liberation” of the country by the ... Read more

$24.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

For decades, the Gabor dynasty was the epitome of glamour and fairy tale success. But as biographer, film historian, and Gabor family friend Sam Staggs reveals, behind the headlines is a true story more dramatic, fabulous, and surprising than their self-styled legend would have you believe…In 1945, after barely escaping Hitler’s invasion of Hungary followed by “liberation” of the country by the
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Housewife Assassin

The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford

by Geri Spieler ...

Narrated by Rosemary Benson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 24 min

President Gerald Ford suffered two attempts on his life during his term in office: one by a young woman in Charles Manson's Family, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, and the other by a far more unlikely candidate—an average middle-aged mother of five—Sara Jane Moore. After thirty years in contact with Moore in prison, journalist Geri Spieler deconstructs her life in Housewife Assassin, tracing the path ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

President Gerald Ford suffered two attempts on his life during his term in office: one by a young woman in Charles Manson's Family, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, and the other by a far more unlikely candidate—an average middle-aged mother of five—Sara Jane Moore. After thirty years in contact with Moore in prison, journalist Geri Spieler deconstructs her life in Housewife Assassin, tracing the path
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Selfie Generation, The

How Our Self Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Sex, Consent, and Culture

by Alicia Eler ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

Whether it’s Kim Kardashian uploading picture after picture to Instagram or your roommate posting a mid-vacation shot to Facebook, selfies receive mixed reactions. But are selfies more than, as many critics lament, a symptom of a self-absorbed generation?Digital native Alicia Eler’s The Selfie Generation is the first book to delve fully into this ubiquitous and much-maligned part of social media, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Whether it’s Kim Kardashian uploading picture after picture to Instagram or your roommate posting a mid-vacation shot to Facebook, selfies receive mixed reactions. But are selfies more than, as many critics lament, a symptom of a self-absorbed generation?Digital native Alicia Eler’s The Selfie Generation is the first book to delve fully into this ubiquitous and much-maligned part of social media,
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Aruba

The Tragic Untold Story of Natalee Holloway and Corruption in Paradise

by Dave Holloway, R. Stephanie Good, Larry Garrison ...

Narrated by Corey Snow ...

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min

One father's mission to find his daughter, 18 years before the chilling confession of Joran van der Sloot.I am a father who has no idea what has happened to his child. The questions run through my mind all day long. They keep me awake at night. Is she dead? Is she alive? Is she being held captive somewhere? Are they hurting her? Is she crying out for me?These are the impassioned words of Dave ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

One father's mission to find his daughter, 18 years before the chilling confession of Joran van der Sloot.I am a father who has no idea what has happened to his child. The questions run through my mind all day long. They keep me awake at night. Is she dead? Is she alive? Is she being held captive somewhere? Are they hurting her? Is she crying out for me?These are the impassioned words of Dave
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

The North Country Murder of Irene Izak

Stained by Her Blood

by Dave Shampine ...

Narrated by Matthew Josdal ...

Unabridged

4 hours 31 min

A road trip becomes a dead end for a schoolteacher in this haunting cold case of murder that became a fifty-year fight for justice.In June of 1968, Irene Izak, a young French teacher from Scranton, Pennsylvania, was pulling an all-nighter on the road toward the promise of a new life in Quebec. The last time she was seen alive was at 2:09 a.m. by a toll collector at Thousand Island Bridge who ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

A road trip becomes a dead end for a schoolteacher in this haunting cold case of murder that became a fifty-year fight for justice.In June of 1968, Irene Izak, a young French teacher from Scranton, Pennsylvania, was pulling an all-nighter on the road toward the promise of a new life in Quebec. The last time she was seen alive was at 2:09 a.m. by a toll collector at Thousand Island Bridge who
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Pain, Parties, Work

Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

by Elizabeth Winder ...

Narrated by Xe Sands ...

Unabridged

5 hours 29 min

"I dreamed of New York, I am going there."On May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college issue. Over the next twenty-six days, the bright, blond New England collegian lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended Balanchine ballets, watched a game at ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

"I dreamed of New York, I am going there."On May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college issue. Over the next twenty-six days, the bright, blond New England collegian lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended Balanchine ballets, watched a game at
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Enigma of Ted Bundy

The Questions and Controversies Surrounding America’s Most Infamous Serial Killer

by Kevin M. Sullivan ...

Narrated by Peter Berkrot ...

Unabridged

7 hours 56 min

If you want a view into the world that lies behind the Ted Bundy murders, this last work in a series of six books on Bundy is definitely for you. For within this audiobook you will find many questions still surrounding this fascinating and intricate case, as well as the answers that are only now being provided here. There’s so much more to learn, and new information is still surfacing about Bundy, ... Read more

$19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

If you want a view into the world that lies behind the Ted Bundy murders, this last work in a series of six books on Bundy is definitely for you. For within this audiobook you will find many questions still surrounding this fascinating and intricate case, as well as the answers that are only now being provided here. There’s so much more to learn, and new information is still surfacing about Bundy,
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Not Just Evil

Murder, Hollywood, and California’s First Insanity Plea

by David Wilson ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

Twelve-year-old Marion Parker was kidnapped from her Los Angeles school by an unknown assailant on December 15, 1927. Her body was found days later, delivered to her father by the killer, who fled with the ransom money. When William Hickman was hunted down and charged with the killing, he admitted to all of it, in terrifying detail, but that was only the start . . .His insanity plea was the first ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

Twelve-year-old Marion Parker was kidnapped from her Los Angeles school by an unknown assailant on December 15, 1927. Her body was found days later, delivered to her father by the killer, who fled with the ransom money. When William Hickman was hunted down and charged with the killing, he admitted to all of it, in terrifying detail, but that was only the start . . .His insanity plea was the first
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Hour of Peril

The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

by Daniel Stashower ...

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini ...

Unabridged

13 hours 44 min

"It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller." **—**Harlan CobenDaniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award–winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War.In February of 1861, just days before he assumed the presidency, Abraham Lincoln faced a ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

"It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller." **—**Harlan CobenDaniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award–winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War.In February of 1861, just days before he assumed the presidency, Abraham Lincoln faced a
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“olivia hussey”

The Girl on the Balcony

The Girl on the Balcony

Volume 1

People who read these also enjoyed

Finding Zsa Zsa

Housewife Assassin

Selfie Generation, The

Aruba

The North Country Murder of Irene Izak

Pain, Parties, Work

The Enigma of Ted Bundy

Not Just Evil

The Hour of Peril

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“olivia hussey”

Show:

People who read these also enjoyed