{"product_id":"the-kalacakra-tantra-the-chapter-on-sadhana-together-with-the-vimalaprabha-commentary-hc-copy","title":"One Helluva Ride: A Memoir by Michael Douglas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e“I spent a significant portion of my career playing some version of the modern, flawed, American male. You’ll see from these pages that it wasn’t exactly a stretch for me.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeginning with his fractured childhood and a complex relationship with his superstar father, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas finally gives the full and uncensored account of a remarkable life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Helluva Ride\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals incredible behind-the-scenes stories featuring a Who’s Who of Hollywood, many of them never revealed before and some outrageously funny, with an unflinching honesty about his sometimes bad-boy life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInitially dismissed as just the handsome son of a legendary movie star, at age thirty-one he shook up Hollywood when he won his first Oscar for producing the five-time Academy Award-winning classic film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Told he would never be more than a “TV actor,” he quit the hit series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Streets of San Francisco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to become an international movie star, with a list of classic films that have grossed billions of dollars, winning a second Oscar for his riveting performance as Gordon Gekko in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I can’t think about my life without thinking of my movies,” Douglas says, and he recounts his career through twelve of his most iconic films, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe China Syndrome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRomancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFatal Attraction, Wall Street, War of the Roses, Basic Instinct, Falling Down, The American President, Traffic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBehind the Candelabra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.  These movies not only captured the cultural zeitgeist but often defined it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet as Douglas's fame grew, so did his personal struggles. He recounts the full, unfiltered story of his turbulent first mar­riage; infidelity and affairs with some of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood; his own serious struggle with alcohol, drugs and rehab; the heartbreaking fight to save his son from an addiction that sent him to prison; and his against-all-odds battle with stage IV cancer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe saw Catherine Zeta Jones on a movie screen and instantly fell for her. Their incredible love story transformed his life and proved all the tabloids wrong, enduring after twenty-five years of marriage. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFather, son, husband, actor, producer, brother and friend. This is the real, raw, deeply honest and vulnerable Michael Douglas you didn't know―until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68214706012439,"sku":"9781538782224","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/2466\/4855\/files\/81f5jI4ER4L._SL1500_146a7b81-8ecd-41a5-bc4d-b5c293f2224c.jpg?v=1793817424","url":"https:\/\/shop.thus.org\/products\/the-kalacakra-tantra-the-chapter-on-sadhana-together-with-the-vimalaprabha-commentary-hc-copy","provider":"TIBET HOUSE US NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}