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Based on three years of research and reporting as well as 850 interviews with sources, many of whom have never before spoken for publication, Oprah is the first comprehensive biography of one of the most influential, powerful, and admired public figures of our time.

"After film critic Gene Siskel asked her, "What do you know for sure?" Oprah Winfrey began writing the "What I Know For Sure" column in O, The Oprah Magazine. Saying that the question offered her a way to take "stock of her life," Oprah has penned one column a month over the last fourteen years, years in which she retired The Oprah Winfrey Show (the highest-rated program of its kind in history), launched her own television network, became America's...

Presents a brief biography of Oprah Winfrey, the famous TV personality, and includes information on how she grew up in poverty but later discovered her talent as a reporter and talk show host.

Discusses the accomplishments of the television talk show host, actor, and producer who is one of the most recognized and richest female in the world.

Called the Queen of All Media for her thirty-year career, she has been a television-show host, a movie star, a magazine publisher, and an inspiration to millions. Yet her life was not as glamorous as it appears today.

Discusses the life of talk show host Oprah Winfrey, her early years, life in Baltimore and Chicago, the evolution of her television show, and her charity work.

"In a speech at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards, Oprah Winfrey famously promised young women that "a new day is on the horizon." That sense of determination has helped Winfrey rise to the top of the worlds of entertainment and business, and it's also helped her overcome a painful past to serve as a voice of hope and a force for change. Through detailed text featuring sidebars and eye-catching quote boxes filled with Winfrey's own words, readers discover...

Tells the life story of Oprah Winfrey, describing her difficult youth, her rise to stardom in journalism and television, her acting career, and her humanitarian work.