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I will fly at last. I will unfold my wings. I will unpack my head. I will step back outside. One day I may even make love again. But one thing at a time. Let''s not get ahead of ourselves. Film mogul, aviator, addict, inventor, visionary, recluse, serial womanizer, and political meddler: Howard Hughes was one of the strangest and most significant figures of the 20th century. His obsessive-compulsive disorder would end up crippling and isolating him; in the end he self-medicated his way into oblivion. It''s a summer night in 1973, and holed up in his hotel penthouse in London, Hughes can''t sle
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THE EMPIRE OF MY BED; I; ROUND-THE-WORLD RECORD, 1938; VERY MANAGEABLE CONTROLS; AIRPLANES IN HEAVEN; I KNEW THE NAMES OF ALL THE BIRDS; STATISTICS ARE VERY HELPFUL; HOW EACH THING FITS; Memo, 1958: No matter what; THE FERROUS ORIGINS OF DESIRE; A DIFFERENT SORT OF PRESSURE IN THE GROIN; KATHARINE ON THE WING; THE HORSE WHO LIVES ON IN THE STABLES OF THE INFINITE; Memo, 1951: Coats; VISTA DEL ARROYO, 1923; VEINS; THE ELLA-BONE IS CONNECTED TO THE BILLIE-BONE; JEAN HARLOW HAD THE KNOWLEDGE; THE TENDENCY OF GRAVITY; THE LUXURY OF A COHERENT REALITY; RICOCHET; COOL ARE THE FAIRWAYS AT NIGHT
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THE BILLIE-BONE IS CONNECTED TO THE WORLD-BONETHE HANDSOME YOUNG MEN; THE END OF HISTORY; FLUSH RIVETING; TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORD, JANUARY 14, 1936; FUNDAMENTALS OF OXYGEN; I HIT THE GROUND RUNNING; II; ROUND-THE-WORLD RECORD, 1938; OASIS OF BLOSSOM AND LIGHT; LESSENING THE RISK OF FAILURE; GORGEOUS GIRLS LOOKING FOR SCREEN BREAKS; THRUMMING; FORTY FATHOMS DEEP; FAITH HAD THE RANGE OF THE PALACE; IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT; IF I TELL YOU I HAD SUCKED ON JANE GREER'S DELICATE NIPPLE; BAY OF PLENTY; DEBS; THE ANSWERING ECHO; UNCROWDED HORIZONS; Memo, 1958: Delivering film canisters to the bungalow
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THE EMPEROR OF EMPIRINCOUNT OLEG THE BRAVE; SELF-MEDICATION; BUT THERE WERE STILL MOMENTS; ONE COULD IMAGINE HER WETNESS; A DELICATE OPERATION; MULBERRY BUSH; AS IF FOREVER; III; ROUND-THE-WORLD RECORD, 1938; WEDDING BELLS BURIED IN THE CALIFORNIA STATUTES; THE STREAMING OF THE LIGHT; Memo, 1961: Jean's cat is missing; HIGHER TRUTHS OF THE DESERT; THE CLEAN MEN; BRONZE BELL TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE; Memo, 1967: Malarial with anxiety; YOU GET THE THING YOU WANT, BUT . . .; NAKED IN THE EPOCH OF THE CLOTHES; Memo, 1959: On retrieving my hearing-aid cord from the cabinet
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THE SHEET BLEW ALL AROUND HER LIKE A SAILNIXONBURGER; Memo to Bob Maheu, June 6, 1968; PLANETS FILLED WITH MEN; THE EARLY BIRD; THE NATURE OF ACCIDENTS; BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE; IV; ROUND-THE-WORLD RECORD, 1938; COULD I CUT THE ENGINES; Memo, 1961: Summer; PROCEDURAL PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LANGUAGE OF POWER; Memo to Bob Maheu, 1966: Helicopters; MALEVOLENCE OF MICROBES; Memo, 1961: Backflow of germs; STEAM RISING OFF ME; THE FIRST AND THE LAST; I COULD NOT WORK OUT THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; THE PHYSICAL BODY; NICARAGUA, DECEMBER 23, 1972; Memo on memos, 1973; V; ROUND-THE-WORLD RECORD, 1938
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NO MORE SLEEPSPOSTSCRIPT; SOME BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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