Hope in a Ballet Shoe

A portrait based on twenty-five years of interviews offers coverage of some of the Hollywood giant's most crucial life periods, from his childhood and adult relationships to his work in the Godfather trilogy and his eight Academy Award nominations.

This book presents the memories of people that made history in a brilliant or obscure way. With Atila narrating his own experiences in life, the book brings the reader realistic social history. Also includes a large graphic chronological documentation, glossary of special terms & detailed bibliography.

La grandeza y la estatura mental de los líderes, es indescriptible. Es difícil escoger términos para expresar con exactitud el alcance de quienes talvez vivieron dentro de una época, la cual no les correspondía. El general Douglas Mc Arthur es uno de ellos. Con sobradas razones alguien lo denominó el César de Siglo XX. El expresidente de Estados Unidos Richard Nixon lo catalogó como uno de los hombres más grandes de todos los tiempos. Roosevelt lo llamó la encarnación del pueblo americano, pero Harry Trumman lo destituyó del cargo de Comandante Supremo de las Fuerzas Aliadas en el ...

A survivor of the Cuban Revolution recounts his pre-war childhood as the religiously devout son of a judge, and describes the conflict's violent and irrevocable impact on his friends, family, and native land.