(Palm
Beach, FL)--
The
Brazilian Court Hotel Condominium is proud to announce
Parker Ladd’s Seventh Annual Author Breakfast Series for the
2011 season. Part-time
Palm Beach resident and longtime publishing executive, Ladd
is the former host of A & E’s “Open Book,” and serves
as series moderator.
“I am proud that we are
providing a program with such diversity from the biographies
of Louis Armstrong and Cecil B. DeMille to anti-aging expert
Dr. Perricone, who will introduce the Metabolic Diet to
Pulitzer Prize winning author Stacy Schiff, and to silver
screen heartthrob Tab Hunter. We can look forward to some
very stimulating discussions,” said Ladd.
The author breakfasts
are held in The Ballroom at Café Boulud at The Brazilian
Court, and begin at 8:45 a.m., and conclude at 10:00 a.m.
Reservations are required. Tickets are $100 per person and
include breakfast, valet parking and a copy of one of the
featured books.
For reservations and
information call Sandra Rodriguez at (561) 366-4301.
The
2011 Author Breakfast Series Lineup
Friday, Jan.
14
Ted Bell-
War Lords
Gentleman spy Alex Hawke has all but given up on life. The
British-American M16 counterterrorism operative lost the
woman he loved on his last mission, and has sought refuge at
the bottom of a rum bottle ever since. But late one night at
his home on Bermuda, he receives a wake-up call…literally.
War Lords is adventure-thriller fiction of the
highest order told by a master of the art. Bell is the
former chairman of the board and worldwide creative director
of Young & Rubicam, one of the world's largest advertising
agencies. This New York Times bestselling author of Hawke,
Assassin, Pirate, Spy, and Tsar, and a series of young adult
adventure novels, lives in Florida and Colorado.
Arthur
Vanderbilt - Fortune’s Children:
The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt: the very name signifies wealth. The family
patriarch, "the Commodore," built a fortune that made him
the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years
after the Commodore's death, one of his direct descendants
died penniless, and no Vanderbilt was counted among the
world's richest people. Fortune's Children tells the
dramatic story of all the amazingly colorful spenders who
dissipated a vast inheritance. Arthur T, Vanderbilt II is
the author of many books, among them Changing Law, a
biography of his grandfather Arthur T. Vanderbilt, which won
the American Bar Association's Scribes Award. His latest
book, which is witty, entertaining and sad, also merits a
prize for the writer, a lawyer and one among many members of
the fabled family who inherited the Vanderbilt name but not
the wealth. Today's Vanderbilts are not rich-rich; the money
is gone with the families’ grand homes, felled by wrecking
balls in New York and elsewhere, leaving only memories of a
singular time in the American past.
Friday, Jan.
28
Andrew
Cherlin-
The
Marriage Go Round:
The State of
Marriage and the Family in America Today
From one of the nation’s leading experts on the American
family, this book explores the state of marriage in America
today; its evolution culturally; and with regard to religion
and the law, how and why the present state of marriage—a
merry-go-round of partnerships—developed, and the
implications for parents and children. During Cherlin’s 30
years of study and analysis of family life, he determined
that marriage in the United States was different than in
other Western countries. He realized that marriage in
America, unlike in other countries in the world, was seen as
a cultural ideal, and the U.S. government was spending money
to promote its continuation. A sociologist at Johns Hopkins
University, Teachout writes about the changes that have
transformed the American family in the past half-century,
such as divorce, childbearing outside of marriage,
single-parent families, cohabitation, and delayed marriage.
Alexandra
Lebenthal -
The
Recessionistas
The Recessionistas
is a romp of a book -- funny, devilish and decadent. It is
also a razor-edged portrait of that creature known as the
Manhattan upper east sider oh so painfully learning that
life is not always a billion-dollar hedge fund.
Alexandra Lebenthal is the President and CEO of Lebenthal &
Company and its multi family office, Alexandra & James. She
comes from a storied Wall Street family -- her
grandparents, Louis and Sayra Lebenthal founded Lebenthal &
Co., Inc, a municipal bond specialist in 1925. Her
grandmother worked until age 93. Ms. Lebethal joined the
family company in 1988 and became President and CEO in 1995
at the age of 31. She remained at the firm for four years
after its sale, leaving in 2005 before starting anew in
2006.
FEBRUARY 2011
Friday, Feb.
11
Tab Hunter-
Tab Hunter Confidential- The Making of a Movie Star
Tab Hunter Confidential
delivers the straight story on how a young, super comely kid
named Art Gelien, child of an absent father and a repressed,
platitude-spouting mother, suddenly became a teen
heartthrob, known as "The Sigh Guy." Tab Hunter was, in the
1950s, one of the reigning hunks, every teenage girl's
dreamboat. He dated Debbie Reynolds and other starlets, did
countless interviews about the kind of girl he would marry
and, through it all, kept his private life very
private. Tab Hunter was gay before gay meant anything other
than joyful exuberance.
Josh
Kilmer-Purcell- The Bucolic Plague: How Two
Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional
Memoir
Raised in rural Wisconsin, Kilmer-Purcell moved to Manhattan
to work in advertising in the 1990s. In his memoir I Am
Not Myself These Days, he wrote about moonlighting as a
nightclub drag queen. In this book, he recalls how he and
his partner, Dr. Brent Ridge, a Martha Stewart Omni Media
VP, became weekend farmers after purchasing the 19th-century
Beekman Mansion on 60 acres near the beautiful town of
Sharon Springs, N.Y. Kilmer-Purcell writes with dramatic wit
and flair uncovering mirthful metaphors as he plows through
daily experiences, meeting neighbors, signing on a
caretaker, herding goats, canning tomatoes, and digging a
garden, as they fix up the 205-year-old house. The book
cleverly contrasts ad agency life with rustic barn mucking.
A documentary TV series about the dynamic duo's
eco-adventures scheduled to air in the future,
Friday, Feb.
25
Stacy Schiff-
Cleopatra: A Life
This Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the
most intriguing woman in
the history of the world, Cleopatra, the last queen of
Egypt,
a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Although
her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the
contours of the ancient world. At
18, she was already one of history's most remarkable
figures. A lethal political struggle with her brother
marked her early adulthood and set the tone for the rest of
her life. A relationship with Julius Caesar, forged while
under siege in her palace, launched her into a deadly mix of
romance and strategy. A pleasure cruise down the Nile
followed, a child, and a trip to Rome, ended in Cleopatra's
flight. After Caesar's brutal murder, she began a nine-year
affair with Mark Antony, with whom she bore three more
children. Antony and Cleopatra's alliance and attempt to
forge a new empire spelled the end for both.
Terry
Teachout- Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of the 20th
Century and a giant of modern American culture. He knocked
the Beatles off the top of the charts, wrote the finest of
all jazz autobiographies without a collaborator. His
admirers included Johnny Cash, Jackson Pollock and Orson
Welles. Offstage he was witty, introspective and
Complex. His explosive temper and larger-than-life
personality was tougher and sharper than his worshipping
fans ever knew. Wall Street Journal arts columnist
Teachout has drawn on important new sources unavailable to
previous Armstrong biographers and it is certain to be the
definitive word on Armstrong for our generation. Teachout
is
the drama critic of
The Wall Street Journal,
the chief culture critic of
Commentary, and
the author of "Sightings," a column about the arts in
America that appears in the Saturday
Wall Street Journal.
He has written about the arts for many other magazines
and newspapers, including the
New York Times and
National Review.
MARCH 2011
Friday, March
11
Dominique
Browning- Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put On My
Pajamas & Found Happiness
Dominique Browning's 13-year-job as editor-in-chief of
House & Garden defined her days and her identity; and
when the magazine folded two years ago, she was shaken to
the core. Having maintained her house in Westchester and
raising two sons and tending to her extensive garden, her
life and sense of self was radically shaken over the next
year. In this enchanting, funny and gracious memoir,
Browning, many years divorced, recounts how she found
enlightenment on the other side. Writing was one way to
absorb the panic. She went on a muffin-baking binge and
gained 15 pounds; lost track of days, and remained in her
PJs yearning to reconnect to a former lover she calls
“Stroller,” who was deemed wrong for her by everyone she
knew..
Dr. Nicholas
Perricone- Forever Young: The Science of Nutrigenomics
for Glowing, Wrinkle-Free Skin and Radiant Health at Every
Age
Regarded as the “Father of the Inflammation Theory of Aging,
Dr, Perricone’s latest
book, FOREVER YOUNG makes an extraordinary promise: by
following a program designed to decrease wrinkles and
dramatically improve the appearance of the skin. The reader
is also guaranteed more energy, less fat and an improved
mood. The core of Perricone’s appeal is his scientific
grounding and authority. At the heart of the new book is an
exciting new science of skin: Nutrigenomics and gene
expression. With his innovative vision, Perricone has
applied the new science to ease wrinkles, make the skin
supple, smooth and glowing. His prescriptive program will
shave years off the reader's appearance and increase energy.
A board certified dermatologist and
clinical and researcher, Perricone is the author of the
three New York Times # 1 Best Sellers,
APRIL 2011
Friday, April
1
Conrad
Black-
A Matter of Principle
It was Canada's trial of the century - held in an American
court. Former media baron Conrad Black, who was the chairman
of the London Daily Telegraph for 15 years, faced off with
U.S. prosecutors on charges of criminal fraud stemming from
his activities with Hollinger Inc. Black’s new book details
in a fluent and dramatic narrative the assault on him by
zealots of the corporate governance movement and ultimately
the U.S. Department of Justice. The intense legal battle
climaxed in the unanimous vacation of the convictions by the
US Supreme Court and his release from custody. A part time
Palm Beach resident, Black is the author of biographies of
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard M. Nixon, and is a member
of The British House of Lords.
Scott Eyman-
Empire
of Dreams: The Epic Life
of Cecil B. DeMille,
Best known as the director of such spectacular films as The
Ten Commandments and King of Kings, Cecil B. DeMille lived a
life as epic as any of his cinematic masterpieces. He
became one of the biggest names of the silent film era and
was the creative backbone of what became Paramount Studios.
Eyman’s superbly researched biography draws on a massive
reserve of DeMille family papers unavailable to previous
biographers and shows DeMille was much more than his cliché
image.
A gifted director who worked in many genres, he was also a
devoted family man and loyal friend who led a highly
unconventional personal life. The pioneering filmmaker was
a legend whose spectacular career defined an era..
Eyman has written 11 books, has lectured extensively around
the world, and has written for the New York Times,
Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune, as well as
nearly every film magazine. Eyman is the literary critic
for the Palm Beach Post.
2011 Lineup at a Glance
Friday, Jan. 14
Ted
Bell- War Lords
Arthur
Vanderbilt - Fortune’s Children:
The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
Friday, Jan. 28
Andrew
Cherlin-
The Marriage Go
Round:
The State of
Marriage and the Family in America Today
Alexandra Lebenthal -
The
Recessionistas
Friday, Feb. 11
Tab
Hunter- Tab Hunter Confidential- The Making of a Movie
Star
Josh
Kilmer-Purcell- The Bucolic
Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers:
An Unconventional Memoir
Friday, Feb. 25
Stacy
Schiff- Cleopatra: A Life
Terry
Teachout- Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Friday, March 11
Dominique Browning- Slow Love:
How I Lost My Job, Put On My Pajamas & Found Happiness
Dr.
Nicholas Perricone- Forever Young: The Science of
Nutrigenomics for Glowing, Wrinkle-Free Skin and Radiant
Health at Every Age
Friday, April 1
Conrad
Black-
A Matter of Principle
Scott
Eyman- Empire of Dreams: The Epic
Life of Cecil B. DeMille