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Empire of Dreams
The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
BEST KNOWN AS THE DIRECTOR of such spectacular films as The Ten Commandments and King of Kings, Cecil B. DeMille lived a life as epic as any of his cinematic masterpieces.
As a child DeMille learned the Bible from his father, a theology student and playwright who introduced Cecil and his older...
Twitch Upon a Star
The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Based on author Herbie J Pilato’s exclusive interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery prior to her death in 1995, Twitch Upon A Star includes never-before-published material and commentary from several individuals associated with her remarkable life and career before, during, and after Bewitched, including...
by Peter Ustinov
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Sir Peter Ustinov's beautifully crafted autobiography is told with exquisite wit and insight. From his birth in April 1921, it spans his extraordinary career as actor, playwright, film star and director, confirming his early belief that he is 'irrevocably betrothed to laughter'. Ustinov's renowned...
Queen Unseen
My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
For more than a decade, Peter Hince worked alongside one of the greatest bands in the history of rock, touring the world and heading up their road crew. Here he recalls the highlights of those years. He was with Freddie Mercury when he composed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love;" he made...
Soulless
The Case Against R. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
The essential account of R. Kelly’s actions and their consequences, a reckoning two decades in the making
In November 2000, Chicago journalist and music critic Jim DeRogatis received an anonymous fax that alleged R. Kelly had a problem with “young girls.” Weeks later, DeRogatis broke the...
by Patricia Altschul, Deborah Davis
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Patricia Altschul, the surprise breakout star of Bravo’s hit reality show Southern Charm, introduces an essential lifestyle guide as refreshing and fun as a gin martini.
“Patricia on #SouthernCharm, like lookin’ in the damn mirror. Cheers queen.” —Lady Gaga
Fan-favorite Bravolebrity...
by Ben Walker
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
This book is a focused biographical account of the life of Oscar Winning Hollywood actress, Ginger Rogers. It profiles her early life and how her career took off in Hollywood. This book also highlights her most important achievements as an actress before describing her last days and how she passed away.
Luck and Circumstance
A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
From acclaimed director Michael Lindsay-Hogg (The Normal Heart, The Beatles’ Let It Be, Brideshead Revisited, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, etc.), son of glamorous Warner’s movie star Geraldine Fitzgerald: a magical dreamscape memoir of his boyhood, coming-of-age, and making his way...
The Bassoon King
Art, Idiocy, and Other Sordid Tales from the Band Room
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Rainn Wilson’s memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life.
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For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who...
Intimate Strangers
Comic Profiles and Indiscretions of the Very Famous
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
Schwarzenegger intimidates.
Sharon Stone strips.
Leno and Letterman duel.
In twenty years of raw and raucous celebrity profiles
Irreverently bold journalist Bill Zehme has long been celebrated for his ability to get under the skins of our most elusive icons, from the evasive Warren Beatty to...
The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams
The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
This is the true story behind the making of a television legend. There have been many books written about Star Trek, but never with the unprecedented access, insight and candor of authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross. Having covered the franchise for over three decades, they’ve assembled the...
Julie Andrews
An Intimate Biography
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Julie Andrews is the last of the great Hollywood musical stars, unequaled by any in her time.
In My Fair Lady, Julie Andrews had the biggest hit on Broadway. As the title character in Mary Poppins, she won an Academy Award. And, in 1965, The Sound of Music made her the most famous woman in...
Hollywood Madonna
Loretta Young
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Loretta Young (1913-2000) was an Academy Award-winning actress known for devout Catholicism and her performances in The Farmer's Daughter, The Bishop's Wife, and Come to the Stable, and for her long-running and tremendously popular television series. But that was not the whole story.Hollywood...
The Days of our Lives
The True Story of One Family's Dream and the Untold History of Days of our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
On a November day forty-five years ago, the first episode of Days of our Lives appeared on the NBC Network. What few know though is that the show started as the dream of one family, the Corday family, who still owns and runs the show to this day.
These are the days of their lives.
The...