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This book takes readers back to David Niven's childhood days, his humiliating expulsion from school and to his army years and wartime service. After the war, he returned to America and there came his Hollywood success in films such as "Wuthering Heights" and "Around the World in 80 Days".

Dustin Grubbs: Take Two! (Dustin Grubbs)

Dustin Grubbs: Take Two! (Dustin Grubbs)

by John J. Bonk

Maybe wanting to be an actor is kind of an ambitious career goal for an 11-year-old, but this doesn+t stop Dustin Grubbs. He refuses to accept defeat, like when the school play he+s assistant directing and starring in, The Castle of The Crooked Crowns, seems doomed to failure at every turn. Then Jeremy Jason Wilder, international star of Dustin+s favorite sitcom Double Take, moves to Buttermilk Falls. Can Dustin... (more)

Mommie Dearest

by Christina Crawford

With the 20th Anniversary Edition of Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford becomes one of the only authors in publishing history to re-issue a number one best-seller. "The new edition is published as I intended it. More than 100 pages - mostly that delve into my adult relationship with Mother - that were left out of the original version are back in," said Ms. Crawford. "I've also added eyewitness accounts from... (more)

Who on Earth Is Tom Baker?

An Autobiography

by Tom Baker

A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father

A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father

by Chris Lemmon

Jack Lemmon was one of our most beloved movie stars. A two-time Academy Award winner, he appeared in dozens of memorable films, including such classics as Some Like It Hot, Mister Roberts, The Odd Couple, Grumpy Old Men, Missing, The Apartment, and The China Syndrome . On-screen, he came across as a kind of "everyman"—audiences loved him because they felt they knew him, because he was on of them. In A Twist... (more)

John Gielgud: The Authorized Biography

by Sheridan Morley

Sir John Guildud's acting career was among the most distinguished of his generation. In a lifetime that lasted nearly a century, he appeared in hundreds of theatrical productions and films, receiving virtually every acting honor given, including an Academy Award for his performance as Hobson the butler in the film Arthur. Now, in this insightful authorized biography, written with unprecedented access to Gielgud's... (more)

The Authorized AlAl Yankovic, Tino Insana

The Authorized Al

by Tino Insana

YA Yankovic, the clown prince of rock-and-roll, pokes fun at the whole genre of rock biographies and at himself. This tongue-in-cheek examination of the life and music of this "superstar" covers from his birth to his rise to stardom. The Authorized Al is actually based on the mock rocumentary HBO special and video The Complete Al (CBS/Fox, 1984), and the two items work well as a complementary package. The video... (more)

Situation Tragedy

by Simon Brett

West End Television are planning a new situation-comedy series, to be called The Struttters. From the outset, things go horribly wrong with the new series. Odd accidents—if they are accidents—remove, one by one, the sharp-tongued Production Assistant, the self-effacing script-writer, the hearty Floor Manager. Death even takes from us the revolting Yorkshire terrier, Cocky, who’s the idol of the indestructible... (more)

Das Superwieb

by Hera Lind

Mack Made Movies

by Don Brown

Mack Sennett invented the Keystone Kops, filmed the first pie-in-the-face skit, and introduced Charlie Chaplin to the movies. Here Don Brown tells the story of this American movie genius, from his beginnings as a Vaudeville actor to his triumph as the "King of Comedy"

Playing Period Plays

by Lyn Oxenford

Licence to Thrill

by James Chapman

When James Chapman's rip-roaring journey through the annals of celluloid Bond first appeared in 2000, the London Evening Standard said, "Chapman demonstrates that there is more to the 007 franchise than just girls, guns and globe trotting." Stephen O'Brien, writing in SFX magazine called the book "Thoughtful, intelligent, ludicrous and a bit snobby. Bit like Bond, really." Licence to Thrill went on to... (more)

Fall Down, Laughing: How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis and Didn't Tell Nobody

Fall Down, Laughing: How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis and Didn't Tell Nobody

by David L. Lander

In the summer of 1999, David Lander revealed publicly that he suffers from multiple sclerosis-a secret he'd kept for fifteen years even while living and working in Hollywood's celebrity fishbowl. Diagnosed with the illness after filming the last episode of Laverne and Shirley , Lander continued to develop his film and television career while hiding his illness. His success was an astonishing testament to... (more)

The Days of My LifeMacDonald Carey

The Days of My Life

by Macdonald Carey

A star of TV's Days of Our Lives soap opera since its inceptionin 1965, Carey, 77, here offers a combination of autobiography and"life inventory," as defined by Alcoholics Anonymous. Until 1982,Carey had coped with such problems as a shaky marriage, his absenteefatherhood and doubts about his acting by drinking himself intooblivion. Besides detailing his long battle with the bottle, he givesan entertaining history... (more)

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

by Steve Martin

The Emmy and Grammy Award-winner's candid, spectacularly amusing memoir of his years in stand-up In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. Born Standing Up is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away." At age ten Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling... (more)

Against All Odds: My Story (Unabridged)

by Chuck Norris, Ken Abraham

Millions of people around the world know Chuck Norris as the star of more than 20 motion pictures, including "Delta Force," "Missing in Action," and "Return of the Dragon." Millions more know him as a martial arts expert, the only man in the Western Hemisphere to hold an 8th degree Black Belt Grand Master in Tae Kwon Do. And then there are others who know him from his eight seasons on CBS’s longest running ... (more)

Grow Up

by Keith Allen

The intimate and hilarious memoirs of notorious and controversial actor, bon viveur , father of pop sensation Lily Allen, and sometime songwriter—the irrepressible Keith Allen. "He'll either win the Victoria Cross or go to prison," said Keith Allen's headmaster in 1966. Born a Navy baby, Keith Allen learned young that when things get too settled you move on. That's the way he has lived his life ever since—always... (more)

Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography

by Andrew Morton

1992: Andrew Morton showed a Princess in a light we had never seen before-- Diana: Her True Story became a #1 New York Times bestseller. 1999: Andrew Morton revealed the young woman behind the blue dress-- Monica’s Story was a #1 New York Times bestseller. January 15, 2008: Andrew Morton uncovers the true story of the biggest celebrity of our age. Everyone knows Tom Cruise---or at least what he... (more)

Tony Curtis the autobiographyTony Curtis

Tony Curtis the autobiography

by Tony Curtis

The Working ActorKatinka Matson

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by David Niven