"that ""Playboy"" misquoted him and explained in an interview with the "" New Statesman"" that the quote was ""the opposite of what [he had] said."" While one ""could easily dial up the black-leather-fetishistic-night-dwelling aspects of Batman, and the masculinity of Batman, and get a pretty good gay Batman, [...] ultimately he's not gay because he has no sex life"". Burt Ward, who portrayed Robin in the 1960s television show, has also remarked upon this interpretation in his autobiography ""Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights""; he writes that the relationship could be interpreted as a sexual one, with the show's double"
"was his most controversial work, ""Boy Wonder"" is generally considered his ""magnum opus"", and remains his most popular book. A black satire of the film industry, it is also a parody of the ""oral biographies"" popularized by George Plimpton with his books about Edie Sedgwick and Truman Capote, in that the protagonist's life is revealed in the form of interviews between the writer and the characters. Though it has been praised as ""one of the few novels from the last couple of decades that could justifiably be called a classic"", reviewers have also pointed out that it is probably unfilmable"
"Boy Wonder (novel) Boy Wonder is a novel by James Robert Baker published in 1988. The novel is a mock of oral history of Los Angeles, California in which we hear the life of Hollywood avant-garde film producer Shark Trager. Orange County, California 1950: GALE 'SHARK' TRAGER is born to long-suffering WINNIE TRAGER in the backseat of her car at a drive-in. Shark's arch-conservative father MAC TRAGER (who looks uncannily like actor Glenn Ford) learns the news and ends up running someone off the road on his way to the hospital. Shark immediately is a strange kid, suffering from childhood"
"Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science is the second volume of the autobiographical memoir by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. It was published in English in September 2015. The first volume, titled ""An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist"", tells the first thirty-five years of his life, until the publication of ""The Selfish Gene"" in 1976. In ""Brief Candle in the Dark"", Richard Dawkins continues his autobiography until an academic party for and ""... on my seventieth birthday..."". He explains his inspirations, ideas, encounters and history."
"An Appetite for Wonder An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist is the first volume of the autobiographical memoir by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. The hardcover version of the book was published in both the United Kingdom and the United States on 12 September 2013, and covers Dawkins's childhood, youth, studies and early career up to the writing of ""The Selfish Gene"". A second volume, """", covering the remaining part of his life, was released in September 2015. Early reviews were mixed. Marek Kohn of ""The Independent"" newspaper described it as warm and generous, while Eric Liebetrau"
"released. My Booky Wook My Booky Wook is a memoir, written by English comedian and actor Russell Brand, published in 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton. It was released in North America and Australia in 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers. This ""warts and all"" account of Brand's life follows, in vivid detail, the star's life from his troubled childhood in Gray's End Close, Essex to his first taste for fame in Stage School up to his turbulent drug addiction and his triumphant rise to fame from to Big Brother's Big Mouth to Hollywood. ""My Booky Wook"" is divided into four sections. The"
"Be My Baby (book) Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, Or, My Life as a Fabulous Ronette (also published as Be My Baby: The Autobiography of Ronnie Spector) is a memoir by Ronnie Spector written with Vince Waldron. It is also wittten by Amanda Whittington The book was published on September 1, 1990 by Harmony. ""Be My Baby"" recounts Spector's roller-coaster career as lead singer of the Ronettes and her emotionally abusive marriage to the Phil Spector. Born in Spanish Harlem, Veronica Bennett always loved to sing. As teens, she, her sister, and her cousin met"
"My Booky Wook My Booky Wook is a memoir, written by English comedian and actor Russell Brand, published in 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton. It was released in North America and Australia in 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers. This ""warts and all"" account of Brand's life follows, in vivid detail, the star's life from his troubled childhood in Gray's End Close, Essex to his first taste for fame in Stage School up to his turbulent drug addiction and his triumphant rise to fame from to Big Brother's Big Mouth to Hollywood. ""My Booky Wook"" is divided into four sections. The title"
"private one."" Steven Shapin wrote that the book is ""a loose and multiply digressive collection of reminiscences, anecdotes, addenda, quotes from admirers, and extended quotes from himself."" Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science is the second volume of the autobiographical memoir by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. It was published in English in September 2015. The first volume, titled ""An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist"", tells the first thirty-five years of his life, until the publication of ""The Selfish Gene"" in 1976. In ""Brief Candle"
"AIDS."" ""Gay Community News"" noted ""he has an eye for the absurd, the quixotic, and the downright existential in pop culture"". The modest success of the novel encouraged him to devote himself to what have become his best known works, ""Fuel-Injected Dreams"" (a novel revolving around a character loosely based on record producer Phil Spector) and ""Boy Wonder"". Though he garnered some fame for his books ""Fuel-Injected Dreams"" and ""Boy Wonder"", according to his life partner the move to more mainstream novels instead of writing the fiction he wanted to create were a contributing factor in his suicide. Posthumously, Baker's"
"poor and the audio inaudible. Andy Williams went on to make a public blunder when he asked the blind-since-birth Wonder, “Stevie, can you see us?” In all, Wonder won four out of seven nominations at the Grammys: Album of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Producer of the Year. Over time, the album became a standard, and it is considered Wonder's signature album. ""Of all the albums,"" he told ""Q"" magazine (April 1995 issue), """"Songs in the Key of Life"" I'm most happy about. Just the time, being alive then. To be a"
"The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is a 2006 memoir by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared in ""A Walk in the Woods"" and ""."" Bryson also describes and comments on American life in the 1950s. The title of the book comes from an imaginary alter-ego Bryson invented for himself in his childhood, who has the ability"
"For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder album) For Once in My Life is the ninth (tenth overall) studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder on Motown Records, released in November 1968. Then eighteen years old, Wonder had established himself as one of Motown's consistent hit-makers. This album continued Wonder's growth as a vocalist, songwriter and producer. It featured songs like the title track, ""Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"" and the modest hits ""I Don't Know Why"" and ""You Met Your Match"". It also marked the debut of the Hohner Clavinet on a Stevie Wonder album, which would become a mainstay on albums to"
"on various compilation albums just as the full recording. Both the studio and live versions of the song featured drumming by Marvin Gaye, who had been playing drums for Wonder and other Motown artists in 1960 before becoming a famous hitmaker in his own right. Fingertips ""Fingertips"" is a 1963 hit single recorded live by ""Little"" Stevie Wonder for Motown's then Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, ""Fingertips"" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach No.1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States since Johnny Standley's 1952 comic monologue ""It's in the Book"". Written and composed"
"Wonderful Today Wonderful Today, subtitled The Autobiography, is the 2007 autobiography by English former fashion model and photographer Pattie Boyd, written with journalist and broadcaster Penny Junor.<ref name=""RS/SpillsBeans""></ref><ref name=""Meacham/SMH""></ref> It was published by Headline Review in Britain, on 23 August 2007, and by Harmony Books in the United States, where it was titled Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me. Beginning with her childhood in Kenya, the book covers Boyd's modelling career in London during the 1960s, her marriage to and divorce from Beatle George Harrison and later marriage and divorce of Harrison's best friend, Eric Clapton. The book's"
"Hole in My Life Hole in My Life is an American autobiography of Jack Gantos and was published by Macmillan Publishers in 2002. In 2003 the book was honored with Michael L. Printz Award and the same year became a winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal. The book is set in 1971 and tells about author's life behind bars. Before he goes to jail he dreams of becoming a writer and becomes inspired by William S. Burroughs who according to his knowledge used to use drugs to go through his life as a writer. Because he dropped out of"
"work. The modest success of this novel encouraged him to devote himself to what have become his best known works, ""Fuel-Injected Dreams"" (a novel revolving around a character loosely based on record producer Phil Spector) and the 1986 release ""Boy Wonder"". After the novel was published, he stopped screenwriting in order to solely concentrate on books. He spent the bulk of each day writing and researching, and acted out characters and scenes of his novels on videotape to perfect the dialogue. His primary focus was gay-themed writing, though he also wrote about the entertainment industry. Mostly satirical, his writing was"
"up for his funeral. Afterward, Kathy is given the film canister Shark tried to retrieve... and she cries when she sees it's footage of her on the beach when she was fourteen years old, something a young, lovestruck Shark filmed from afar... Boy Wonder (novel) Boy Wonder is a novel by James Robert Baker published in 1988. The novel is a mock of oral history of Los Angeles, California in which we hear the life of Hollywood avant-garde film producer Shark Trager. Orange County, California 1950: GALE 'SHARK' TRAGER is born to long-suffering WINNIE TRAGER in the backseat of her"
"1925–1928, which was published from Ahmedabad, India. ""The Story of My Experiments with Truth"" was first published in the United States in 1948 by Public Affairs Press of Washington, DC. Gandhi wrote in his autobiography that the three most important modern influences in his life were Leo Tolstoy's ""The Kingdom of God Is Within You"", John Ruskin's ""Unto This Last"", and the poet Shrimad Rajchandra (Raychandbhai). The Story of My Experiments with Truth The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in"
"Boy Wonder (film) Boy Wonder is a 2010 American psychological thriller about vigilantism. The film was written and directed by Michael Morrissey and stars Caleb Steinmeyer, Zulay Henao, Bill Sage, Tracy Middendorf, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Chuck Cooper, and James Russo. A young boy named Sean Donovan lives with his mother and abusive alcoholic father. A carjacker attacks his family one night, which results in his mother's murder. Afterward, his father Terry moves them to a nicer neighborhood. Ten years later, Sean is an excellent student but is antisocial and distant from his peers. He sees abuse in everyday arguments among"
"Fingertips ""Fingertips"" is a 1963 hit single recorded live by ""Little"" Stevie Wonder for Motown's then Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, ""Fingertips"" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach No.1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States since Johnny Standley's 1952 comic monologue ""It's in the Book"". Written and composed by Wonder's mentors, Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby, ""Fingertips"" was originally a jazz instrumental recorded for Wonder's first studio album, ""The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie."" The live version of the song was recorded in June 1962 during a Motortown Revue performance at the Regal"
"With a Song in My Heart (Stevie Wonder album) With a Song In My Heart is Stevie Wonder's third studio album, released in 1963 on the Tamla (Motown) label. The album was the first to drop Wonder's ""Little"" nickname as the 13-year-old singer went the same route of his label mate Marvin Gaye and covered a set of standards. Like Gaye and other Motown acts, label president Berry Gordy wanted all of his artists to be established on a crossover basis. The album did not immediately spell success for Wonder on the adult contemporary set. Veteran jazz arranger Ernie Wilkins"
"Innervisions Innervisions is the 16th studio album by American musician Stevie Wonder, released August 3, 1973, on the Tamla label for Motown Records, a landmark recording of his ""classic period"". The nine tracks of ""Innervisions"" encompass a wide range of themes and issues: from drug abuse in ""Too High"", through inequality and systemic racism in ""Living for the City"", to love in the ballads ""All in Love Is Fair"" and ""Golden Lady"". The album's closer, ""He's Misstra Know-It-All"", is a scathing attack on then-US President Richard Nixon, similar to Wonder's song a year later, ""You Haven't Done Nothin'"". As with"
"2008 to coincide with Wonder's critically acclaimed autumn 2008 European tour. All songs written, produced, and arranged by Stevie Wonder. Side one Side two Innervisions Innervisions is the 16th studio album by American musician Stevie Wonder, released August 3, 1973, on the Tamla label for Motown Records, a landmark recording of his ""classic period"". The nine tracks of ""Innervisions"" encompass a wide range of themes and issues: from drug abuse in ""Too High"", through inequality and systemic racism in ""Living for the City"", to love in the ballads ""All in Love Is Fair"" and ""Golden Lady"". The album's closer, ""He's"
"for Wonder to read, and so sang the song to him as he was recording it. She sang a line ahead of him, and he simply repeated the lines as he heard them. In 2008, Moy commented that ""he never missed a beat"" during the recording. A note-for-note re-recording of Wonder's version was used as the backing track for Bill Cosby's 1967 musical comedy single, ""Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)"". Bill Cosby is not related to the song's co-writer Henry Cosby. Uptight (Everything's Alright) ""Uptight (Everything's Alright)"" is a 1965 hit single recorded by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder for"
"Up-Tight Up Tight (shown as Up-Tight Everything's Alright on the cover) is a 1966 album by American singer Stevie Wonder. It was his fifth studio release. The album was released on May 4, 1966 on Motown Records' Tamla label. The album features the U.S. Top 5 single ""Uptight (Everything's Alright)"", which Wonder co-wrote with Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby. The tracks on ""Uptight (Everything's Alright)"" were the beginning of Wonder's development into a mature recording artist, independent of his earlier ""Little Stevie Wonder"" moniker and his image as a young Ray Charles imitator. Nonetheless, it included two earlier recordings, the"
"parties and dances. In 1961, when aged 11, Wonder sang his own composition, ""Lonely Boy"", to Ronnie White of the Miracles; White then took Wonder and his mother to an audition at Motown, where CEO Berry Gordy signed Wonder to Motown's Tamla label. Before signing, producer Clarence Paul gave him the name Little Stevie Wonder. Because of Wonder's age, the label drew up a rolling five-year contract in which royalties would be held in trust until Wonder was 21. He and his mother would be paid a weekly stipend to cover their expenses: Wonder received $2.50 () per week, and"
"The Story of My Experiments with Truth The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly instalments and published in his journal ""Navjivan"" from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal ""Young India"". It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns. In 1999, the book was designated as one of the ""100 Best Spiritual Books of"
"has a 73/100 rating at the website Metacritic, earning it the rank of ""Generally favorable reviews"". The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is a 2006 memoir by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared in ""A Walk in the Woods"" and ""."" Bryson also describes and comments on American life in the 1950s. The title of the book"
"Boy (book) Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) is an autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. It describes his life from birth until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing as a career. It ends with his first job, working for Royal Dutch Shell. His autobiography continues in the book ""Going Solo"". An expanded edition titled More About Boy was published in 2008, featuring the full original text and illustrations with additional stories, letters, and photographs. Roald Dahl's"
"as a bohemian, acting rebelliously, or appearing to advocate a revolution in manners), artists and gays. In high school during the 1960s he explored his sexuality at underground gay teen nightclubs, while living in fear that his abusive father would find out. At one point, his father hired a private detective to follow him, when he suspected Baker was having an affair with a male neighbor. This family dynamic would be used in many of his novels, most extensively in ""Boy Wonder"". Baker began taking drugs, and became, in his own words, ""an out of control, teenage speed freak"". He"
"come. Side One Side Two ""I'd Be a Fool Right Now"" would be remixed in 1977 for Wonder's ""Looking Back"" Anthology. For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder album) For Once in My Life is the ninth (tenth overall) studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder on Motown Records, released in November 1968. Then eighteen years old, Wonder had established himself as one of Motown's consistent hit-makers. This album continued Wonder's growth as a vocalist, songwriter and producer. It featured songs like the title track, ""Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"" and the modest hits ""I Don't Know Why"" and ""You Met Your Match"". It"
"an ambitious exception, well-made, drawing us in."" Jeannette Catsoulis of ""The New York Times"" wrote, ""Despite its aura of rebellious cool, ""Boy Wonder"" is as frigid and empty as Sean’s vengeful heart."" J. R. Jones of the ""Chicago Reader"" wrote, ""Visually and rhetorically, this is indistinguishable from a network cop show."" Boy Wonder (film) Boy Wonder is a 2010 American psychological thriller about vigilantism. The film was written and directed by Michael Morrissey and stars Caleb Steinmeyer, Zulay Henao, Bill Sage, Tracy Middendorf, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Chuck Cooper, and James Russo. A young boy named Sean Donovan lives with his"