The Hiltons

Author : J. Randy Taraborrelli
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781455582365

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The Hiltons by J. Randy Taraborrelli Pdf

THE HILTONS is a sweeping saga of the success-and excess-of an iconic American family. Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary ideas and unyielding will established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. But outside the boardroom, Conrad struggled with emotional detachment, failed marriages, and conflicted Catholicism. Then there were his children: Playboy Nicky Hilton's tragic alcoholism and marriage to Elizabeth Taylor was the stuff of tabloid legend. Barron Hilton, on the other hand, deftly handled his father's legacy, carrying the Hilton brand triumphantly into the new millennium. Eric, raised apart from his older brothers, accepted his supporting role in the Hilton dynasty with calm and quiet-a stark contrast to the boys' much younger half-sister Francesca, whose battle for recognition led her into courtrooms and conflict. The cast of supporting players includes the inimitable Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was married to Conrad briefly and remained a thorn in his side for decades, and a host of other Hollywood and business luminaries with whom the Hiltons crossed paths and swords over the years.

Author : Jerry Oppenheimer
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307351951

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House of Hilton by Jerry Oppenheimer Pdf

This intimate, shocking—and thoroughly unauthorized—portrait of the Hiltons chronicles the family’s amazing odyssey from poverty and obscurity to glory and glamour. From Conrad Hilton, the eccentric “innkeeper to the world” who built a global empire beginning with a fleabag in a dusty Texas backwater, to Paris Hilton, his great-granddaughter, whose fame took off with a sex video, House of Hilton is the unauthorized, eye-popping portrait of one of America’s most outrageous dynasties. If you want to know how Paris Hilton became who she is, you have to know where she came from. From scores of candid and exclusive interviews, from private documents and public records, New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer has dug deeply into her paternal and maternal family roots to reveal the often shocking, tragic, and comic lives that helped shape the world’s most famous and fabulous “celebutante.” The cast of characters includes Paris’s maternal grandmother, a materialistic “stage mother from hell.” There is Paris’s maternal grandfather, who became an alcoholic housepainter. The life of Paris’s mother, Kathy Hilton, groomed by her mother to be a star and marry rich, is candidly revealed, too, as is that of Paris’s father, Rick, Conrad’s grandson. Paris’s tabloid antics are truly in the Hilton tradition. Set against a glittery Hollywood backdrop—with appearances by stars like Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Natalie Wood, and Joan Collins—House of Hilton brings to light a cornucopia of closely held Hilton family secrets and sexual peccadilloes, such as the many affairs and the nightclub-brawling, boozing, and pill-popping life of Paris’s great-uncle, Nick Hilton. The story of his hellish marriage to Liz Taylor alone rivals any of today’s Hollywood breakups. Behind it all was Conrad Hilton, who built his worldwide empire through the Great Depression while others were jumping out of windows. A devout Catholic publicly, his personal life was that of an unrepentant sinner. His first marriage was to Mary Barron Hilton, a sexy, hard-drinking, gambling Kentucky teenager half Conrad’s age. Wife number two was the gorgeous Zsa Zsa, who, like Paris, was famous for being famous. Their tumultuous marriage and headline-making divorce are revealed here in all their juicy glory. In all, House of Hilton is a gripping American saga, from the fire and passions that built a business empire to the debauchery and amorality passed on from one generation to the next.

Author : Aileen M. Carroll
Publisher : Walch Publishing
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0825114977

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150 Great Short Stories by Aileen M. Carroll Pdf

Saves time in preparing team activities and assessments Includes story synopsis, teaching suggestions, quiz, and answer key Note: The short stories are not included in this publication.

Author : CONRAD AUTOR HILTON
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Hospitality industry
ISBN : 9780671761745

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Be My Guest by CONRAD AUTOR HILTON Pdf

Author : Perez Hilton,Jared Shapiro
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781101651247

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Red Carpet Suicide by Perez Hilton,Jared Shapiro Pdf

Perez Hilton—self-proclaimed “Queen of All Media” and founder of PerezHilton.com—cuts loose with a book that secures his reputation as “the most-hated man in Hollywood” (Rolling Stone). The best part: it’s hysterically funny—and shockingly true… Psycho celebs dominate news, fashion, and trends, influencing how we speak and what we wear. We’re obsessed! Our reality-based, gossip-driven world has set the barometer for what’s in and what’s out. So, how do we become like the famous? Well, post a grainy sex video online, drive high and wasted against oncoming traffic, flash your coochie for the cameras, and if those don’t work, attempt suicide—and you’re bound to become a “Hilton.” Now the man infamous for breaking raw superstar dish and jaw-dropping commentary lends his fearless voice, notorious sense of humor, and outrageous sensibility to Red-Carpet Suicide, a generation-defining, hilarious survival guide.

Author : Annabel Jane Wharton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226894201

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Building the Cold War by Annabel Jane Wharton Pdf

In postwar Europe and the Middle East, Hilton hotels were quite literally "little Americas." For American businessmen and tourists, a Hilton Hotel—with the comfortable familiarity of an English-speaking staff, a restaurant that served cheeseburgers and milkshakes, trans-Atlantic telephone lines, and, most important, air-conditioned modernity—offered a respite from the disturbingly alien. For impoverished local populations, these same features lent the Hilton a utopian aura. The Hilton was a space of luxury and desire, a space that realized, permanently and prominently, the new and powerful presence of the United States. Building the Cold War examines the architectural means by which the Hilton was written into the urban topographies of the major cities of Europe and the Middle East as an effective representation of the United States. Between 1953 and 1966, Hilton International built sixteen luxury hotels abroad. Often the Hilton was the first significant modern structure in the host city, as well as its finest hotel. The Hiltons introduced a striking visual contrast to the traditional architectural forms of such cities as Istanbul, Cairo, Athens, and Jerusalem, where the impact of its new architecture was amplified by the hotel's unprecedented siting and scale. Even in cities familiar with the Modern, the new Hilton often dominated the urban landscape with its height, changing the look of the city. The London Hilton on Park Lane, for example, was the first structure in London that was higher than St. Paul's cathedral. In his autobiography, Conrad N. Hilton claimed that these hotels were constructed for profit and for political impact: "an integral part of my dream was to show the countries most exposed to Communism the other side of the coin—the fruits of the free world." Exploring everything the carefully drafted contracts for the buildings to the remarkable visual and social impact on their host cities, Wharton offers a theoretically sophisticated critique of one of the Cold War's first international businesses and demonstrates that the Hilton's role in the struggle against Communism was, as Conrad Hilton declared, significant, though in ways that he could not have imagined. Many of these postwar Hiltons still flourish. Those who stay in them will learn a great deal about their experience from this new assessment of hotel space.

Author : New Hampshire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097924757

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Provincial and State Papers by New Hampshire Pdf

Author : New Hampshire. Governor and Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Land grants
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026543327

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Town Charters by New Hampshire. Governor and Council Pdf

Author : Matthew Richley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Bishop Auckland (England)
ISBN : OXFORD:590840196

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History and characteristics of Bishop Auckland by Matthew Richley Pdf

Author : Matthew Richley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000662105

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History and Characteristics of Bishop Auckland: Including a Description of the Parish Church of St. Andrew's Auckland, St. Ann's Chapel, the Bishop's Palace, and Other Places of Historic Interest in the Neighbourhood. Embellished with Steel Engravings, Fac-similes of the Parish Registers, &c by Matthew Richley Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : New England
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124410031

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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Anonim Pdf

Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. no.

Author : John Norris McClintock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : New Hampshire
ISBN : NYPL:33433081902318

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Colony, Province, State, 1623-1888 by John Norris McClintock Pdf

Author : John Timbs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z252800003

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Abbeys, Castles, and Ancient Halls of England and Wales; Their Legendary Lore and Popular History. Re-ed., Revised, and Enlarged by Alexander Gunn by John Timbs Pdf

Author : John Timbs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : OXFORD:555050100

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Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales: North by John Timbs Pdf

Author : John Timbs,Alexander Gunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCM:5327121285

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Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales by John Timbs,Alexander Gunn Pdf