Kenny Kenny: 466 books

Jodie Foster is an American actress, film director and producer. An Academy Award-winning actress, Jodie Foster began acting at age three, and received her first Oscar nomination at age 13. She went on to win Oscars for her roles in "The Accused" and "Silence of the Lambs". She...

Audrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian. Having starred in several British films and playing the title role in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi, Hepburn successfully performed the Academy Award-winning lead part in Roman Holiday (1953). Next, the actress with gracefully petite figure and...

Nicole Mary Kidman is an American-born Australian actress, fashion model, singer and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm.   Her performances in films such as To Die For (1995)...

Amy Adams is an Italian-born American actress. She got her star in the entertainment industry by performing in dinner theater all across the country before landing a series of small parts in television and in films.   Her film roles were mostly B movies until she she landed the...

Dancing at the Fountain: In Conversation with World-leading Hoteliers is a unique book of conversations and interviews by Conor Kenny, a leading hotel and hospitality learning and development expert. The hoteliers interviewed in the book include: Kiaran MacDonald, The Savoy Hotel, London; Philippe...

Mary Kenny’s stunning biography of the notorious Lord Haw-Haw is the most intimate, revealing and dramatic account yet of one of the twentieth century’s most infamous lives. William Joyce – aka ‘Lord Haw-Haw’ – was the notorious propaganda voice for Adolf Hitler, and the last man to be...

When Kenny Pearl arrived in New York City, determined to succeed as a dancer, he was penniless, friendless and jobless. His memories shine against the backdrop of the turbulent ’60s and ’70s, including Vietnam War protests, the military draft and the rampant crime that once plagued the city. From...

Mass manipulation was never a conspiracy, it was always a reality. The author presents the facts and answers to the question, "who is lying to us, and how do they do it?". Living in a democracy doesn't mean you're entitled to the truth, and it doesn't always mean you're living in a country better than...

America is in decline, and the rise of the East suggests a bleak future for the world's only superpower – so goes the conventional wisdom. But what if the traditional measures of national status are no longer as important as they once were? What if America's well-being was assessed according to entirely...

Following on from Giant Steps, comes the second instalment in Kenny Mathieson's series of jazz histories. Cookin' examines the birth and development of two of the key jazz styles of the post-war era, hard bop and its related offshoot, soul jazz. Hard bop was the most exciting jazz style of its day,...

The inspiring true story of how Frederick Douglass learned to read and write, in his own words.

A great gift for any new parent, or parent-to-be! Many parenting books deal with pregnancy and mothers-to-be. Some mention fatherhood or focus on the humorous side of a dad who is all thumbs. This book is a unique story by an expectant dad who is remarkably candid about how terrifying and overwhelming...

Temptation waits just around the corner. Follow and see where it leads. Life is good for Michael and Laura Richards, if a little stale. That is, until Michael follows his neighbor, Dane, to the house of the married Jessica, and watches Dane take full advantage of the voluptuous brunette. Michael...

At the start of the twentieth century, the modern metropolis was a riot of sensation. City dwellers lived in an environment filled with smoky factories, crowded homes, and lively thoroughfares. Sights, sounds, and smells flooded their senses, while changing conceptions of health and decorum forced...