It's Gintime

It's showtime! What do Brigitte Bardot or Erroll Flynn, Johnny Depp or the Rolling Stones, Gracia Patricia or Callas, Gunter Sachs, Albert Einstein, Herbert von Karajan or Willy Brandt have in common? Two things: whether they are clever or crowned heads, film stars or artists, playboys or industrialists - they are all VIPs and share their love of ships and the sea and (mostly) sleek yachts as a grandiose stage for self-dramatization, as amusingly illustrated in the book VIPs on Board, which uses rarely shown black-and-white images, short texts and original quotes to explore the question of what draws these people to the water and what kind of figure they cut. The book is divided into five main chapters:- Crowned Heads / Emperors, Kings, Princes and the Pope - Gracia Patricia, Kaiser Wilhelm, the English Royal Family- Moneyed Nobility / Industrialists, Tycoons, Heirs and Playboys - Aristotle Onassis, Gunter Sachs, Larry Ellison, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach- Celebrities - Actors, musicians, stars and starlets - Erroll Flynn, Brigitte Bardot, Romy Schneider and Alain Delon, Johnny Depp, Beatles, Rolling Stones- Brilliant minds / politicians, scientists, writers and artists - Albert Einstein, Helmut Schmidt, John F. Kennedy, Herbert von Karajan Kennedy, Herbert von Karajan- Showtime - film and television - Udo Jürgens, Steven Spielberg, James BondWitty and contemporary black-and-white and color photographs evoke glamour and jet-set life - and often leave the reader smiling and delighted. People on Board (AT)This book presents famous people on board - well known and less known photos in addition to short, entertaining and informative text will try to bring light into the fascination of why VIPs love the water. It is planned that Dr. Michael Naumann (former Cultural Minister of State, Author and Publisher) writes the foreword. Topic: The Ocean as a stage (?)Instead of a conventional list of contents, it is planned to show five double pages with photos per chapter. Each of the five main chapters shall have a kind of editorial - a picture journey with singled out quotes as well as longer text corresponding very special celebrities.1. Crowned Heads - Emperors, Kings, Counts and the PopeGracia Patricia, Emperor Wilhelm, the British Royal Family (King Edward, his mistress and the sailor Elizabeth II.) and many more2. Money Nobility - Industrials, Tycoons, Beneficiaries and PlayboysAristoteles Onassis, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sir Thomas Lipton, Larry Ellison and more and their colorful life on board3. Celebrities - Actors, Musicians, Stars and StarletsThe glamorous world of jetsetsets and their idols. Eroll Flynn, Brigitte Bardot, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and many more4. Masterminds - Politicians, Scientists, Literates and ArtistsAlbert Einstein, Helmut Schmidt, John F. Kennedy, Herbert von Karajan and many more5. Showtime - Cinema and TVA very colorful journey into the history of cinema and television with background information 144 pages, bilingual (German/English), format 24 x 30 cm, hardcover with dust jacket, Delius Klasing Published approx. 10.04.2014