"or anyone else..."" – ""Newsweek"" ""Incredibly absorbing… . Just as in life, Flynn spares himself nothing—and from his book emerges the same roguish charm that endeared his celluloid incarnation to millions."" – ""Saturday Review"" ""Flynn writes cleverly, as he talked. He has left us a good book."" – ""The New York Times"" A TV movie adaptation called My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn directed by Don Taylor and starring Duncan Regehr as Flynn was released in 1985. Doris Keating, daughter of Barry Mahon, Flynn's one time business manager, optioned the book in 1977. It took her several"
"his biographies of Harriet Tubman. He wrote a fantasy novel about an African American nation being carved out of the American South, a country in the shape of Africa. Conrad penned these following works under his name, or with collaboration. Earl Conrad Earl Conrad (17 December 1912 - 17 January 1986), birth name Cohen, was an American author who penned at least twenty works of biography, history, and criticism, including books in collaboration. At least one that he 'ghost' wrote was the autobiography of actor Errol Flynn, titled ""My Wicked, Wicked Ways"". Conrad was born to Eli and Minnie Cohen"
"Earl Conrad Earl Conrad (17 December 1912 - 17 January 1986), birth name Cohen, was an American author who penned at least twenty works of biography, history, and criticism, including books in collaboration. At least one that he 'ghost' wrote was the autobiography of actor Errol Flynn, titled ""My Wicked, Wicked Ways"". Conrad was born to Eli and Minnie Cohen in Auburn, New York, into a Jewish family with nine siblings. He was ""reared in the Judaic tradition"" but chose to Anglicize his name when he began his career as a professional journalist. He wished to be a writer from"
"The Way I Am (book) The Way I Am is a 2008 autobiography by American rapper Eminem. The book was first published on October 21, 2008 by Dutton Adult. It is a collection of Eminem's personal stories, reflections, photographs, original artwork, and lyric sheets. It details his struggles with poverty, drugs, fame, heartbreak, family and depression, along with stories about his rise to fame and commentary on past controversies. The book is illustrated with never before published photos of Eminem's life. It also contains original drawings, previously unpublished lyric sheets, and other rare memorabilia. The autobiography is named after the"
"the expression, and later claimed that he wanted to call his memoir ""In Like Me"". (The publisher insisted on a more tasteful title, ""My Wicked, Wicked Ways"".) Flynn had various mirrors and hiding places constructed inside his mansion, including an overhead trapdoor above a guest bedroom for surreptitious viewing. The Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood toured the house as a prospective buyer in the 1970s, and reported, ""Errol had two-way mirrors... speaker systems in the ladies room. Not for security. Just that he was an A-1 voyeur."" In March 1955, the popular Hollywood gossip magazine ""Confidential"" ran a salacious article"
"My Own Peculiar Way My Own Peculiar Way is the ninth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was his last release in the 1960s. Bergen White was the conductor and arranger. This became Willie's first studio album in which he used his new classical acoustic guitar called Martin N-20 which he named ""Trigger"". Nelson recorded the title track on his debut album for Liberty seven years earlier. The song had also been covered by Perry Como. The album contains several Nelson originals, as well as a song written with Nelson’s songwriting friend Hank Cochran, “Any Old Arms Won’t"
"Playing It My Way Playing It My Way is the autobiography of former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. It was launched on 5 November 2014 in Mumbai. The book summarises Tendulkar's early days, his 24 years of international career and aspects of his life that have not been shared publicly. It entered the ""Limca Book of Records"" for being the best selling adult hardback across both fiction and non-fiction categories. In India, it broke the record set by Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs for being the most pre-ordered biographical book. In the book, Sachin Tendulkar mentioned that just months before"
"leukemia in 2009. At the end of his life span, he wrote a quote for the book wonder. ""When given the choice between being right or kind, choose being kind."" Wayne Dyer Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. His first book, ""Your Erroneous Zones"" (1976), is one of the best-selling books of all time, with an estimated 35 million copies sold to date. Dyer was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Melvin Lyle Dyer and Hazel Irene Vollick, and spent much of his first ten years in an"
"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his ""Memoirs"". Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them. There are actual breaks in the narrative between the first three parts, but"
"Wonderland Avenue Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess, first published in 1989, is the personal memoir of late author and The Doors' publicist Danny Sugerman, who went on to manage the emergence of Ray Manzarek's solo-career and first album. It is one of several books Sugerman wrote about The Doors. In the book, Sugerman recounts his life, beginning with his childhood in Beverly Hills that was pleasant until his father filed for divorce from his mother. Sugerman asserts that this event, as well as the resulting difficult relationships he had with his father and stepfather, set the stage for"
"Unbreakable: My Story, My Way Unbreakable: My Story, My Way is a 2013 New York Times best-selling autobiography written by Mexican-American singer-songwriter Jenni Rivera. It was published by Pocket Books. Rivera died in a plane crash in December 2012. The autobiography was released on the first birth date after her death on July 2, 2013 According to her family, the book was written on napkins and loose papers between tours and work travels. In its first week on the U.S. market it was in the top 25 most purchased books. According to Nielsen BookScan, ""Unbreakable: My Story, My Way"" reached"
"Losing My Virginity Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography is the autobiography of the British businessman Richard Branson. Published in 1998, it was later followed by other biographical books by Branson, including ""Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur"" (2008) and ""The Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead"" (2014). A paperback version () was released in 2002. An updated edition was released in 2005 in hardback and paperback expressing Branson's views on 9/11 and how it has affected his business, especially his airline Virgin Atlantic. ""Losing My Virginity"" was positively reviewed by Tom Fawcett writing for CNN"
"(Boston, 1851); ""The Boy's Own Guide"" (1852); and ""The Boy's Book of Morals and Manners"" (1855). William Simonds (author) William Simonds (October 30, 1822 – July 7, 1859) was an American author who usually used the pen-name Walter Aimwell. He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and his father died when he was young. After attending school at Salem and spending some time in learning the jewelry business at Lynn, Massachusetts, he was apprenticed to a Boston printer in 1837. While thus engaged he wrote his first book, ""The Pleasant Way"" (1841), which was published by the Massachusetts Sabbath-school society. This"
"Wayne Dyer Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. His first book, ""Your Erroneous Zones"" (1976), is one of the best-selling books of all time, with an estimated 35 million copies sold to date. Dyer was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Melvin Lyle Dyer and Hazel Irene Vollick, and spent much of his first ten years in an orphanage on the east side of Detroit, after his father walked out on the family, leaving his mother to raise three small boys. After graduating from Denby High School, Dyer"
"The Three Roads The Three Roads is a 1948 mystery novel written by Kenneth Millar. This was Millar's fourth novel, and the final one published using his real name—he is generally better known by his later pseudonym Ross Macdonald. ""For now I am discovered vile, and of the vile. O ye three roads, and thou concealed dell, and Oaken copse, and narrow outlet of three ways, which drank my own blood..."" - Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus Lieutenant Bret Taylor married his wife after knowing her only over a single overnight drinking binge while on shore leave during the war. His ship"
"My Way (Frank Sinatra album) My Way is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1969. The album is a collection of contemporary pop songs, such as Simon and Garfunkel's ""Mrs. Robinson"", and The Beatles' ""Yesterday"", French songs such as ""If You Go Away"", and the anthemic title song ""My Way"", which effectively became Sinatra's theme song in this stage of his career. On December 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, a few hours before going to celebrate the New Year 1969, at The Sands Casino from Las Vegas, ""My Way"" was recorded and mixed at EastWest Studios, then"
"Jean's Way Jean's Way (originally subtitled A Love Story), a book by Derek Humphry, is an account of Humphry's terminally ill wife's planned suicide from suffering. The book is his first on the issue of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide. Derek Humphry, a journalist on the ""London Sunday Times"" and author of ""Because They're Black"", published ""Jean's Way"" in 1978. The book became a bestseller in the UK, was translated into eight languages, and has been reprinted 17 times.+ The 2003 printing in English by Norris Lane Press () is 160 pages and includes a new full-color jacket and updated"
"My World, My Way (album) My World, My Way is the fourth studio album by American rapper Silkk the Shocker, released on February 27, 2001 on No Limit Records and Priority Records in the United States. Due to the departure of Beats By the Pound, the album was produced by a variety of producers including Donald XL Robertson and Myke Diesel. Recording sessions took place for the album during 2000 and 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Though it was still successful it was not as successful as his two previous double platinum & triple platinum selling albums, ""My World, My"
"My Life and Loves My Life and Loves is the autobiography of the Ireland-born, naturalized-American writer and editor Frank Harris (1856–1931). As published privately by Harris between 1922 and 1927, and by Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press in 1931, the work consisted of four volumes, illustrated with many drawings and photographs of nude women. The book gives a graphic account of Harris' sexual adventures and relates gossip about the sexual activities of celebrities of his day. The work was banned in both the United States and Britain for a span of 40 years. At one time it was sold in Paris"
"years to find finance. ""Some people at the networks felt maybe he just wasn't likable enough,"" Miss Keating said, ""But I persisted. I felt I owed it to him to present his story the way he wrote it. The film is my valentine to him."" She managed to get up the film as a TV movie for CBS. The film focuses on the years 1935 to 1943, ending with the rape trial. Keating said if the film was successful she wanted to do a prequel about Flynn's life in New Guinea, but this did not eventuate. My Wicked, Wicked Ways"
"the No. 12 position by selling more than 6,000 copies. The Spanish language version, ""Inquebrantable: Mi Historia, A Mi Manera"" reaching the no. 2 overall spot on Amazon. Unbreakable: My Story, My Way Unbreakable: My Story, My Way is a 2013 New York Times best-selling autobiography written by Mexican-American singer-songwriter Jenni Rivera. It was published by Pocket Books. Rivera died in a plane crash in December 2012. The autobiography was released on the first birth date after her death on July 2, 2013 According to her family, the book was written on napkins and loose papers between tours and work"
"Her Wicked Ways Her Wicked Ways (also known as Lethal Charm) is a 1991 American made-for-television thriller-drama film starring Barbara Eden and Heather Locklear. Directed by Richard Michaels and produced by ITC Entertainment, it originally aired on CBS on January 1, 1991. Tess O'Brien (Barbara Eden) is a TV reporter and a White House Correspondent who lives a life of power and glamour. When Melody Shepherd (Heather Locklear) is assigned to assist her, Tess takes the younger woman under her wing. Melody idolizes Tess and is more than eager to learn to help any way she can. Soon, Melody is"
"My Way (Willie Nelson album) My Way is the sixty-eighth studio album by Willie Nelson. It was released on September 14, 2018, by Legacy Recordings. The album is a tribute to Frank Sinatra, who was a close friend of Nelson's. Nelson first teased the album on April 27, 2018, while promoting his album ""Last Man Standing"" in an article published by ""Variety"", saying that the Great American Songbook ""is a deep well, because good songs never die. If it was good a hundred years ago, it's still good today."" The album was formally announced on July 19, 2018. It is"
"Mark Twain Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"" (1876) and its sequel, the ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"" (1885), the latter often called ""The Great American Novel"". Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for ""Tom Sawyer"" and ""Huckleberry Finn"". He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on"
"a successful film and a television series respectively. He published almost a hundred books on different subjects, including ten volumes of autobiography: ""My Life and Times"" (1963–71). He wrote history (on the Battle of Marathon and the Battle of Salamis), biography (""Mr Roosevelt"", a 1943 biography of FDR), literary criticism, satires, apologia (""Sublime Tobacco"" 1957), children's stories, poetry and so on. Of his fiction, ""The Four Winds of Love"" is sometimes considered his ""magnum opus"". He was admired by F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose first book, ""This Side of Paradise"", was written under the literary influence of Compton. ""Sinister Street"", his"
"""This Is Your Life"", then formally dissolved their partnership in 1957. In his posthumously-published 1959 autobiography, ""My Wicked, Wicked Ways"", Errol Flynn claims that he triggered the breakup. Flynn, an inveterate practical joker, invited them, along with their wives and children, to his house for dinner, and afterwards, he commenced to show a home movie that ""accidentally"" turned out to be hard-core pornography. While Flynn pretended to be baffled, Costello and Abbott each blamed the other for the film's substitution. In his last years, Costello made about ten solo appearances on ""The Steve Allen Show"" doing many of the old"
"William Simonds (author) William Simonds (October 30, 1822 – July 7, 1859) was an American author who usually used the pen-name Walter Aimwell. He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and his father died when he was young. After attending school at Salem and spending some time in learning the jewelry business at Lynn, Massachusetts, he was apprenticed to a Boston printer in 1837. While thus engaged he wrote his first book, ""The Pleasant Way"" (1841), which was published by the Massachusetts Sabbath-school society. This was followed in 1845 by ""The Sinner's Friend,"" which was also well received. In December, 1845,"
"also mused on Sinatra's performances of ""My Way"", and the new year. My Way (Frank Sinatra album) My Way is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1969. The album is a collection of contemporary pop songs, such as Simon and Garfunkel's ""Mrs. Robinson"", and The Beatles' ""Yesterday"", French songs such as ""If You Go Away"", and the anthemic title song ""My Way"", which effectively became Sinatra's theme song in this stage of his career. On December 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, a few hours before going to celebrate the New Year 1969, at The Sands Casino from"
"John S. Watts Jr John S. Watts, Jr., also known as John Boy (born March 9, 1959), is an American author and former drug dealer who is best known for his autobiography ""The Rollin 80's"" and ""Power of the V"". John Watts, a.k.a. John Boy was the eldest of eight children living is South Central, Los Angeles, California. After his father refused to work, the family was forced to look into welfare as a means of support. In 1970, when John Watts was 12 years of age, he found himself hustling on the streets to help provide additional food for"
"My Autobiography (Mussolini) My Autobiography is a book by Benito Mussolini. It is a dictated, narrative autobiography recounting the author's youth, his years as an agitator and journalist, his experiences in World War I, the formation and revolutionary struggles of the Fascist Party, the March on Rome, and his early years in power. It was first published in 1928; Richard Washburn Child, together with Luigi Barzini, Jr., served as the book's ghostwriter. Mussolini dictated parts of the text to his brother Arnaldo Mussolini who handed the manuscripts, together with other material supplied by Mussolini's lover Margherita Sarfatti, to Richard Washburn"
"Ways of Escape Ways of Escape is ostensibly the second volume of autobiography by British novelist Graham Greene, first published in 1980, but it is not a conventional autobiography, concentrating more on the author's work than his life and often blurring the line between the two. ""Ways of Escape"" is the autobiography of a writer rather than a man. Instead of recounting the details of his life he gives the histories of his novels. How they came to be written, what he had intended to convey in those novels and whether or not he believed he succeeded. He also details"
"The Point of View of My Work as an Author The Point of View For my Work as an Author (subtitle: ""A Direct Communication, Report to History"") is an autobiographical account of the 19th century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard's use of his pseudonyms. The work was written in 1848, published in part in 1851 (as ""On my Work as an Author""), and published in full posthumously in 1859. This work explains his pseudonymous writings and his personal attachment to those writings. Walter Lowrie, a Kierkegaardian translator and scholar called this an autobiography ""so unique that it has no parallel in"
"the impression that the author lived a very interesting and varied life but not a happy one. Ways of Escape Ways of Escape is ostensibly the second volume of autobiography by British novelist Graham Greene, first published in 1980, but it is not a conventional autobiography, concentrating more on the author's work than his life and often blurring the line between the two. ""Ways of Escape"" is the autobiography of a writer rather than a man. Instead of recounting the details of his life he gives the histories of his novels. How they came to be written, what he had"