{"product_id":"beautiful-stephen-michael-shearer-9781250041838","title":"Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedy Lamarr's exotic beauty was heralded across Europe in the early 1930s. Yet she became infamous for her nude scenes in the scandalous movie \u003ci\u003eEcstasy\u003c\/i\u003e. Trapped in a marriage to one of Austria's munitions barons, a friend of Mussolini's who hid his Jewish heritage to become an honorary Aryan at the onset of World War II, Lamarr fled Europe for Hollywood, where she was transformed into one of film's most glamorous celebrities, appearing opposite such actors as Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and James Stewart. As her career faded, she went from one husband to the next, her personal troubles and legal woes casting a shadow over her phenomenal intelligence and former image. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStephen Michael Shearer separates the truth from the rumors regarding the life of Hedy Lamarr, and highlights her astonishing role as inventor of a technology that has become an essential part of everything from military weaponry to today's cell phones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Michael Shearer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 125004183X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250041838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.30d","brand":"Stephen Michael Shearer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043811684607,"sku":"9781250041838","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2012c6d5-d9cb-471b-bba1-75253488d6b7.jpg?v=1684969280","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beautiful-stephen-michael-shearer-9781250041838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}