November Harper Highlights

Seduction: Sex, lies and stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood K AR I NA LONGWOR TH

Homebody: A guide to creating spaces you never want to leave JOANNA GA I N E S

In recent months, the media has reported on entertainment figures who used their power and money in Hollywood to sexually harass and coerce some of the most talented women in cinema and television. But as Karina Longworth, creator of ‘You Must Remember This’, reminds us, long before the Harvey Weinsteins there was Howard Hughes – the Texas millionaire and pilot whose reputation as a cinematic provocateur was matched only by that as a prolific womaniser.

Non Fiction | November 2018

Magnolia co-founder, fixer-upper and New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines shows you how to cultivate your home’s unique story and create a place you love.

In her design book, Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave , Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. This comprehensive guide will help you assess your priorities and your instincts, as well as your likes and dislikes, with practical steps for navigating and embracing your authentic design style. Joanna Gaines is the co-founder of Magnolia, a home and lifestyle brand based in Waco, Texas, which she started with her husband, Chip. She is the author of Magnolia Table and editor-in-chief of the brand’s lifestyle magazine, Magnolia Journal . Joanna and Chip co-authored the New York Times million-copy bestseller, The Magnolia Story .

His supposed conquests between his first divorce in the late 1920s and his last marriage in 1957 included some of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, among them Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner and Lana Turner. From promoting bombshells, to his contentious battles with the censors, Hughes commodified male desire as he objectified and sexualised women. Yet there were also numerous women pulled into Hughes’s grasp who never made it to the screen, sometimes virtually imprisoned by an increasingly paranoid Hughes, who retained multitudes of private investigators, security personnel and informers to make certain these actresses would not escape his clutches.

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9780062898210 | e 9780062440532 | 22/10/18 TPB | 544pp | AU $29.99 NZ $35.00 Publicity Contact: Nicola.Woods@harpercollins.com.au

9780062801975 | e 9780062801982 | 07/11/18 NSH | 352pp | AU $49.99 NZ $55.00 Publicity contact: Kajal.Narayan@harpercollins.com.au

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