{"product_id":"book-4578","title":"Let's Face It","description":"\u003cp\u003eKirk Douglas has been one of the brightest stars in Hollywood, a hard-charging actor whose intensity on the screen has been mirrored in his personal life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, Douglas contemplates what life is all about, weighing current events from his present frame of mind while summoning the passions of his younger days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKirk Douglas is a born storyteller, and throughout \u003cem\u003eLet's Face It\u003c\/em\u003e he offers wonderful tales, favorite jokes, and hard-won insights. He explores the mixed blessings of growing older and looks back at his childhood, his young adulthood, and his storied, glamorous, and colorful life and career in Hollywood. He tells delightful stories of the making of such films as \u003cem\u003eSpartacus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLust for Life\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChampion\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Bad and the Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e, and many others, and he includes anecdotes about such friends as Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Lauren Bacall, Ronald Reagan, Ava Gardner, Henry Kissinger, Fred Astaire, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, and Johnny Cash. He reveals the secrets that have kept him and his wife, Anne, happily married for more than five decades and talks fondly and movingly of times spent with his sons and grandchildren. He also reflects upon his Jewish faith and offers strong opinions on everything from racism to corporate greed to the war in Iraq and the situation in Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA must-read for every fan, this engrossing memoir provides an indelible self-portrait of one of America's screen icons-while sharing the wit and wisdom Kirk Douglas has accumulated over a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49314248753456,"sku":"BD4578","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49314248786224,"sku":"ZE4578","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49314248818992,"sku":"ZM4578","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/4578-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775578852","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-4578","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}