Catalog Search Results
1) Spare
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Before losing his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Harry was known as the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. Because he blamed the press for his mother's death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight. From the beginning, his romance with Meghan was preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Here Prince Harry tells his own story: one of insight, revelation, self-examination,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a kid, Diana was known for her selflessness--she won a prize for being the most caring girl in school. When she married Prince Charles and became a princess, she used her status to advocate for all kinds of different charities. Her legacy of kindness changed the world forever.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she "the people's princess," who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Journalist Tina Brown knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself. In this book, you will meet a formidable female cast and understand as never before the society...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty-five years after Diana: Her True Story was published, biographer Andrew Morton has revisited the secret tapes he made with the late princess to reveal startling new insights into her life and mind. This fully revised edition of his groundbreaking biography is the closest we will ever come to an autobiography of Diana, an icon in life and a legend in death.
7) Find a way
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On September 2, 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West after completing a 110 mile, 53 hour, record-breaking swim through shark-infested waters from Cuba to Florida. Her memoir shows why, at 64 she was able to achieve what she couldn't at 30 and how her repeated failures contributed to her success"--
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This collection of more than twenty-five critical essays, speeches, and biographical pieces written and/or chosen by Diana Wynne Jones will be required reading for the author's many fans and for students and teachers of the genre. Reflections includes insightful literary criticism alongside autobiographical anecdotes about reading tours (including an account of the author's famous travel jinx), revelations about the origins of the author's books,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1992.
Language
English
Description
In a shocking, headline-making story (coming as an NBC TV movie), Andrew Morton goes beyond speculation to present the facts about Princess Diana and her royal marriage--written with the full cooperation and support of Diana's family and friends, who speak freely in a sizzling, insider's tell-all.
12) Diana
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Draws on interviews with individuals closest to the late princess to discuss her life behind the scandals, tracing her courtship with Prince Charles, transformation into a high-profile public figure, and the role of Camilla Parker Bowles in the collapse of her marriage.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world spotlight, capturing the imagination of millions as a real life fairytale princess. Although the storybook marriage didn't have a happy ending, Diana learned to use her fame as a way to champion charitable causes near to her heart. She became the People's Princess by humanizing the image of the royal family and showing care and concern for all people, including the homeless,...
Publisher
EOne Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
During Diana Vreeland's fifty year reign as the 'Empress of Fashion,' she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie Onassis, and established countless trends that have withstood the test of time. An intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. An enduring icon who has had a strong influence on the course of fashion, beauty, publishing and culture.
17) Diana
Publisher
eOne
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the story of Princess Diana's secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan during the last two years of her life.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters--each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next--dominate the English scenes. Though they've weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister's lead all the way to Munich, inciting rumors that she's become Hitler's mistress. As the Nazis rise in power, novelist Nancy Mitford grows suspicious...
19) A world apart
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Set in South Africa in 1963, the story concerns an idealistic journalist Diana Roth who defies the government and becomes the first woman arrested under the 90-day Detention Act-- both a story of government abuse and a look at one mother's neglect of her family because of her involvement with a larger cause. Based on a true story.
20) Ballerina
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the grand tradition of the Ballets Russes comes a portrait of five Russian ballerinas from the Mariinsky Theatre (also known as the Kirov). Behind any great ballerina lies the discipline and rigor that comes from decades of training and practice. Superstars like Nijinsky, Baryshnikov and Pavlova established the reputation of Russian dancers as the best in the world. The five dancers profiled in this revealing film are tough, insightful and exceptionally...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Orem Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. NOTE: WILL REQUIRE A POSTAGE FEE
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? You can put in a request for us to add it to the collection. Submit Request