Don't Shoot, It's Only Me
- 358 pages
- 13 hours of reading
The long-time king of show business offers a chronicle of his life and career, from Hollywood to the battlefields of North Africa, Europe, Korea, and Vietnam
Bob Hope Books
Bob Hope was a British-born American comedian and actor renowned for his work across vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television, and film. His legacy is deeply intertwined with his extensive entertainment for the U.S. Armed Forces, bringing laughter to military personnel through numerous USO tours. Beyond his comedic genius, Hope was recognized for his humanitarian efforts and was notably honored by the U.S. Congress as the first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces.
The legendary comedian`s "swinging" memoirs are available at last in paperback, featuring a brand new chapter and photographs.
Typical! Just when I thought I'd found THE ONE, he gets all stroppy about a snog that wasn't even my fault and storms off. Well, enough is enough! It's time for me to wake up and smell the coffee (or at least the hot chocolate) and forget all about romance. Who needs a fairytale happy ending anyway? From now on, will deal only in cold hard facts ...I'm Rachel Riley - welcome to my so-called life.
America's Number One Expert (Old Sincere to his friends) didn't really cheat the Russians out of their money when he fled from Moscow. He left his writers there as security. They may have sneaked home by now, though. Someone had to write this book. It took guts. But on second thought...open the book and read a few pages. Could any hireling hand write this? Definitely not. For this you gotta have Hope: On London fog: "I saw a light in the distance. Slowly it became clearer and clearer and finally I could make it out. It was the end of my cigarette." On nervousness in planes: "Flying over to Europe I read a novel. Coming back I read the second page." On Air Force transportation: "I didn't know how old the plane was, but Lindbergh's lunch was still on the seat. The path to the washroom was outside." On Khrushchev in Hollywood: "Nikita was thrilled about coming to lunch at Twentieth Century Fox. He thought the studio was named after him." To Marines at a remote training camp: "I hear one Marine rolled out of the lean-to this morning and shaved three times before he realized he was staring into a bear." To sailors at Guantanamo: "My grandfather was the Naval hero who said, 'I have not yet begun to fight.' And you know, he never did. You probably remember him--Admiral Tuna, the chicken of the sea?" There's more, lots more, inside this book. And it isn't all that serious.
What the Songs Look Like
Contemporary Artists Interpret Talking Heads' Songs
- 125 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Blending musical influences from blues, country, reggae and classical music with their own original style, Talking Heads are "the thinking man's rock band" whose last four albums have each sold over one million copies. 60 four-color plates.