Television personality Padma Lakshmi examines "her journey from [a humble family kitchen], led by ferocious and unforgettable women, to the judges' table of Top Chef and beyond. It chronicles the fierce devotion of the remarkable people who shaped her along the way, from her headstrong mother who flouted conservative Indian convention to make a life in New York, to her Brahmin grandfather--a brilliant engineer with an irrepressible sweet tooth--to the man seemingly wrong for her in every way who proved to be her truest ally"--Amazon.com.
Oprah Winfrey--talk-show host, actress, producer, media mogul, and philanthropist--wasn't always so fortunate. She suffered through a rough childhood and went on to use her personal struggles as motivation for success and became the richest African American person of the twentieth century.
A biography of American media personality Oprah Winfrey that discusses her childhood, early television career, popular show, charitable work, and other related topics.
An illustrated portrait of the beloved educational television personality describes the background and career of Fred Rogers, covering his work as a minister and musician, his childhood interest in puppetry, his courageous visit to Cold War Russia and his messages about kindness and imagination.
A brief biography of CBS anchor, Katie Couric, that profiles her childhood in Arlington, Virginia, early career in journalism, personal tragedies, and success in television news broadcasting.
