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  1. This Time Together

    by Carol Burnett

    THIS TIME TOGETHER is 100 percent Carol Burnett — funny, irreverent and irresistible. Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won 25 Emmys in its remarkable 11-year run.... (learn more about this book)

  2. Big Russ and Me

    by Tim Russert

    Tim Russert's #1 New York Times bestseller -- now in paperback. Now in paperback -- the #1 best-selling Father’s Day book of 2004, with over half a million copies sold in hardcover. Tim Russert, one of America’s most watched and trusted news anchors‚ connected with readers across the... (learn more about this book)

  3. Good Eats

    by Alton Brown

    Alton Brown is a foodie phenomenon: a great cook, a very funny guy, and—underneath it all—a science geek who’s as interested in the chemistry of cooking as he is in eating. (Well, almost.) Here, finally, are the books that Brown’s legion of fans have been salivating for—two volumes that... (learn more about this book)

  4. What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America

    by David Ritz, Tavis Smiley

    “I Have a Dream,” Dr. King intoned. In English class, we were just starting to learn about similes and metaphors and figures of speech. Those concepts weren’t immediately clear to me as Dr. King talked about “symbolic shadow,” but …I understood the power of symbolic language. Over the next... (learn more about this book)

  5. The Making of Pride and Prejudice (BBC)

    by Sue Birtwistle, Susie Conklin

    The Making of Pride and Prejudice reveals in compelling detail how Jane Austen's classic novel was transformed into the stunning television drama starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. It vividly brings to life every stage of production of this sumptuous series.

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  6. Film Directing Shot by Shot

    by Steven D. Katz

    A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. It concentrates on the 'storytelling' school of filmmaking, utilizing the work of the great stylists who established the versatile vocabulary of technique that has dominated the movies since 1915. This graphic approach includes... (learn more about this book)

  7. One More Time

    by Carol Burnett, Don Musgraves

    Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Christian Scientist with a buried past. The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett presents a... (learn more about this book)

  8. My First Five Husbands..And the Ones Who Got Away

    by Rue McClanahan

    “'You will do foolish things' said the great writer Colette, 'but do them with enthusiasm!' And that, my darlings, I have done! So put your feet up, relax, and let me take you on one woman's journey through the beguiling, bewildering wilderness of romantic encounters, replete with puppy love,... (learn more about this book)

  9. Friends 'Til the End: The Official Celebration of All Ten Years

    by David Wild

    Friends fans around the world are mourning the end of the show's 10-year run, but they'll have this lavishly illustrated book to console them. Photographs, both from the episodes and behind-the-scenes, abound, but the many "exit interviews" will be what draws readers. Interviews with the... (learn more about this book)

  10. The Making of Star Trek

    by Stephen E. Whitfield, Gene Roddenberry

    A complete history of what may be the most popular TV series ever -- the original Star Trek "TM" episodes! Filled with quotations from cast members, memos to and from Gene Roddenberry, biographies of cast members, sketches, photographs, set descriptions, and even budgets and cast schedules,... (learn more about this book)

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