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  My Sister Marilyn

  by Berniece Baker Miracle

  Previously unavailable personal letters and photographs highlight an intimate portrait of the private life of Marilyn Monroe by her half-sister, describing Marilyn's early family history and the sisters' relationship throughout her career. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.
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  Goddess : The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe

  by Anthony Summers

  She was born Norma Jeane but the world knew and loved her as Marilyn. Her life was one of unprecedented fame and private misery, her death a tragedy surrounded by mysteries. Drawing on first-hand interviews Anthony Summers offers both a classic biography and a shockingly revealing account of the screen goddess's relations with John and Robert Kennedy. 'The definitive story of the legend ...more convincing at... (more)
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  Marilyn Monroe

  The Biography

  by Donald Spoto

  Relying on over 150 interviews as well as Marilyn's letters and diaries, this work by best-selling biographer Spoto casts new light on every aspect of the actress's tempestuous life.
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  Marilyn

  by Gloria (George Barris, Photographs) Steinem, Gloria Steinem, George Barris

  In this sensitive, provocative portrait of Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Steinem reveals the woman behind the myth--the child Norma Jean--and the forces in America that shaped her into the fantasy and icon that has never died. 16 pages of full-color photos.
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  The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe

  by Sarah Bartlett Churchwell

  There are many Marilyns: sex goddess and innocent child, crafty manipulator and dumb blonde, liberated woman and tragic loner. The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe reviews the unreliable and unverifiable--but highly significant--stories that have framed this Hollywood legend, all the while revealing the meanings behind the American myths that have made Marilyn what she is today.   In incisive and passionate prose,... (more)
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  Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting

  by Bert Stern

  Bert Stern / Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting Bert Stern, the famous commercial and fashion photographer of the 60s, was the last to be granted a sitting by Marilyn Monroe six weeks before her tragic death. The three-day session yielded nearly 2,600 pictures—fashion, portrait, and nude studies—of indescribable sensual and human vibrancy, of which no more than 20 were published. And yet these few... (more)
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  Milton's Marilyn: The Photographs of Milton H. Greene

  by James Kotsilibas-Davis

  Top fashion photographer Milton Greene first met Marilyn in 1953. Throughout the next five years, the two became close friends and collaborated in many photo shoots. This loving, lavishly illustrated book contains over 125 never-before-published photos that bring out an extraordinary depth and vulnerability in Monroe.
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  Falling for Marilyn: The Lost Niagara Collection

  by Jock Carroll

  In 1952, a Canadian magazine asked photojournalist Jock Carroll to write a story with photographs of Marilyn Monroe, on the set of her movie NIAGARA, then shooting at Niagara Falls. Here are 60 stunning, never-before-seen photographs of the legendary star at the height of her beauty at age 26.
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  Marilyn and Me

  Sisters, Rivals, Friends

  by Susan Strasberg

  The daughter of Actors Studio guru Lee Strasberg recounts her bittersweet relationship with Marilyn Monroe, describing how the Strasbergs became Monroe's surrogate parents and recalls her own adoration and resentment of Monroe. Reprint.
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  Fragments

  Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters

  by Marilyn Monroe

  Fragments is an event—an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe’s humanity. Marilyn’s image is so universal that we can’t help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were... (more)
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  Marilyn. Vivere e morire d'amore

  by Alfonso Signorini

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  Marilyn Monroe

  A Case for Murder

  by Jay Margolis

  It is one of the greatest mysteries of the twentieth century: How did Marilyn Monroe die? Although no pills were found in her stomach during the autopsy, it was still documented in the Los Angeles coroner's report that she had swallowed sixty-four sleeping pills prior to her demise. In Marilyn Monroe: A Case for Murder, author Jay Margolis presents the most thorough investigation of Marilyn Monroe's death to... (more)
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  Marilyn: A Biography

  by Norman Mailer

  An extraordinary biography of the legendary screen star Marilyn Monroe (originally published in 1973) by Norman Mailer, one of America's most important writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Mailer, the winner of two Pullitzer Prizes, was the first writer to explore the relationship between Monroe and Bobby Kennedy .When first published, this book was the subject of Time and Life Magazine cover... (more)
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  Marilyn

  The Last Take

  by Peter H. Brown

  A look at the death of Marilyn Monroe explores her affairs with the two Kennedy brothers and uses newly discovered studio documents to argue that what was ruled as suicide was more likely murder. Reprint.
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  Of Women and Their Elegance

  by Norman Mailer

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  Bernard of Hollywood's Marilyn

  by Susan Bernard

  The daughter of the late Sunset Boulevard photographer narrates an illustrated tribute that chronicles Marilyn Monroe's professional relationship with Bernard through photographs he took of her over a period of seventeen years.
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  Elvis And Marilyn 2X Immortal

  This book is a visual and conceptual consideration of the phenomenon of Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe in our time.One could think of this as a retrospective on the lives of these artists with extensive commentary plus color & black & white photographs from an array of sources. Some of the plates are copies of paintings done by various artists.
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  Lucky Thirteen

  by Marilyn Kaye

  Amy thinks being perfect can be a real drag. Everyone expects her to behave responsibly and to use her extraordinary talents for good. But when she meets one of her clones--an unexpected Amy, Number Thirteen, who goes by the name Aly--she gets a taste of normal teen life and wants more. Aly is a reject from Project Crescent. She runs with a wild crowd whose motto is Good Times Now! She convinces Amy to hang loose... (more)
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  The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe

  by Donald H Wolfe

  This book is the fully documented story of Marilyn Monroe's death - a heart-stopping account of the events that led to the circumstances of 4th August 1962. To this day the Los Angeles police and the District Attorney's office have perpetuated a cover-up that was generated over 30 years ago. For the first time in 80 books and acres of newsprint, the complete story of her demise is revealed. It includes the reasons... (more)
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  The Marilyn Encyclopedia

  by Adam Victor

  This stunning visual compendium of Marilyn's life includes hundreds of rare photographs and easy access to all of the information on Marilyn's life and times. With complete information on Marilyn's films, including comprehensive credit listings, cross-referencing, a comprehensive bibliography, and an extensive name index, The Marilyn Encyclopedia surpasses everything that has come before it.