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Beginningby Kenneth BranaghISBN 0312058225 (0-312-05822-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beginning'Book summary:As both star and director of the acclaimed film Henry V, young Branagh has had his career compared to that of Lawrence Olivier. Full of charm, humor, and insight into an actor's craft, Branagh's intriguing autobiography tells of his childhood in Belfast, his training at the Royal Academy of Drama, and his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company. [via]
Best Movies of the 90sby Jurgen MullerISBN 3822841145 (3-8228-4114-5)
Hardcover, Taschen America Llc
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Bring on the Empty Horsesby David NivenISBN 0440108241 (0-440-10824-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bring on the Empty Horses'Book summary:David Niven is remembered as one of Britain's best-loved actors. The archetypal English gentleman, he starred in over ninety films. He is also one of Hollywood's finest chroniclers. In this second volume, David Niven turns his attention to 'The Great Days of Hollywood' between 1935 and 1960. These were times of legendary film stars and despotic producers, of tycoons, of oddballs, and of classic movies. Rich in anecdote, and written in his inimitable humorous style, BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES is perhaps the most acclaimed sequel to an autobiography ever written. [via]
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- Bring on the Empty Horses: ISBN 0241892732 (0-241-89273-2)
Hardcover, Hamilton - Bring on the Empty Horses: ISBN 0399115420 (0-399-11542-0)
Hardcover, Putnam - Bring on the Empty Horses: ISBN 0816163693 (0-8161-6369-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Bring on the Empty Horses: ISBN 0440108241 (0-440-10824-1)
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- Bring on the Empty Horses: ISBN 0241892732 (0-241-89273-2)
Cary Grant: A Biographyby Marc EliotISBN 140005026X (1-4000-5026-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Crowd Pleasersby Rosemary RogersISBN 0380389274 (0-380-38927-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crowd Pleasers'Book summary:Fleeing a loveless marriage to become a film star, Anne Hyatt is sought after by several ruthless men, including the notorious Webb Carnahan, and she decides to retaliate by beating her enemies at their own games. Reprint. PW. [via]
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Die Satanischen Verseby Salman RushdieISBN 3426606488 (3-426-60648-8)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Duchovny Files: The Truth Is in Hereby ECW Press StaffISBN 1550222848 (1-55022-284-8)
Softcover, ECW Press
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El Sueno De Una Noche De Veranoby William ShakespeareISBN 8497644697 (84-9764-469-7)
Softcover, Edimat Libros
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Sueno De Una Noche De Verano'Book summary:For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including drama, fiction, poetry, and essays.[via]Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo.More editions of El Sueno De Una Noche De Verano:
The Films of Gary Cooperby Homer DickensISBN 0806502797 (0-8065-0279-7)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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Forbidden Lovers : Hollywood's Greatest Secret--Female Stars Who Loved Other Womenby Axel MadsenISBN 0806580054 (0-8065-8005-4)
Softcover, Carol Publishing Group
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Great Movie Stars: The Golden Yearsby David ShipmanISBN 0809051702 (0-8090-5170-2)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Groucho and Meby Groucho MarxISBN 0306806665 (0-306-80666-5)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Groucho Y Yoby Groucho MarxISBN 847223875X (84-7223-875-X)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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Growing up Bradyby Chris Kreski, Barry WilliamsISBN 0060965886 (0-06-096588-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Growing up Brady : I Was a Teenage Gregby Barry WilliamsISBN 0061091227 (0-06-109122-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Halliwell's Who's Who in the Moviesby Leslie Halliwell, John WalkerISBN 0060935073 (0-06-093507-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies'Book summary:Now in its 14th edition, this classic movie reference, formerly known as The Filmgoer's Companion, has informed and delighted film fans for more than 30 years. Opinionated, witty, and packed with more information per square inch than any other film guide, Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies is as wonderfully unclassifiable as it is impossible to put down.
Who's Who remains a treasure trove of information on who's who and what's what in the movies. Its more than 11,000 entries illuminate the stars of yesterday and today, as well as the bit players and character actors, directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, composers, and all the other talent involved in making movies. You'll find sections on movie sequels, series, and remakes; themes and genres; technical terms; studios and production companies; cinema around the world; year-by-year listings of Oscar winners and other major awards; a brief history of the movies from their beginnings until today; and much more.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition features hundreds of new entries, and once again spices up the proceedings with scores of "quotable quotes," ranging from the revealing to the revolting, which, in addition to being exceedingly entertaining, add a human dimension missing from every other guide to the facts and figures. Upholding the outstanding tradition of Leslie Halliwell, editor John Walker delivers the lively humor and keen insight that have always been the hallmarks of Halliwell's. [via]
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Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies : The Bestselling Encyclopedia of Film, Actors, Directors, Producers, and Writersby Leslie L. HalliwellISBN 0060534230 (0-06-053423-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Who's Who remains a treasure trove of information on who's who and what's what in the movies. Its more than 12,000 entries illuminate the stars of yesterday and today as well as the bit players and character actors, directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, composers, and all the other talent involved in making movies. You'll find sections on movie sequels, series, and remakes; themes and genres; technical terms; studios and production companies; cinema around the world; year-by-year listings of Oscar winners and other major awards; and a brief history of the movies from Chaplin to Carrey, Garbo to Kidman, Capra to Cameron.
This updated edition features hundreds of new entries and offers scores of "quotable quotes," ranging from the revealing to the revolting; in addition to being exceedingly entertaining, they add a human dimension missing from every other guide to film facts and figures. Upholding the outstanding tradition of Leslie Halliwell, editor John Walker delivers the lively humor and keen insight that have always been the hallmarks of Halliwell's.
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Jenaro Talens, Manuel Angel ConejeroISBN 8437610974 (84-376-1097-4)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones
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Softcover, Bibliotex - Hamlet: ISBN 987550629X (987-550-629-X)
Softcover, Longseller S.A. - Hamlet: ISBN 2080707620 (2-08-070762-0)
Hardcover, GF-Flammarion - Hamlet: ISBN 8437610974 (84-376-1097-4)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones
- Hamlet: ISBN 9706660488 (970-666-048-8)
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Happy Trailsby Michael Stern, Jane Stern, Dale Evans, Rogers, Roy and Evans, DaleISBN 0684804360 (0-684-80436-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Happy Trails'Book summary:American popular culture icons Roy Rogers and Dale Evans trace their triumphs and tragedies, from Roy's days with the Sons of the Pioneers, through their meeting and marriage, and their immense success in films and television. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. AB. [via]
Happy Trailsby Carlton Stowers, Dale Evans Rogers, Rogers, Roy and Evans, DaleISBN 0849900867 (0-8499-0086-7)
Hardcover, Word Books
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Happy Trailsby Dale Evans, Rogers, Roy and Evans, DaleISBN 0553142534 (0-553-14253-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Hollywoodby Charles BukowskiISBN 843391426X (84-339-1426-X)
Softcover, Editorial Anagrama
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hollywood'Book summary:Henry Chinaski siempre ha estado en pie de guerra, sin bajar la guardia contra el establishment y sus infinitos tentaculos. Pero en Hollywood no le sera nada facil: John Pinchot, un enloquecido director de cine, se empena en llevar a la pantalla sus relatos de juventud, o sea, la autobiografia de un alcoholico empedernido. Chinaski desconfia del proyecto, aunque acepta a reganadientes escribir el guion de la pelicula. Y aqui comienzan los verdaderos problemas. Bukowski cuenta en este libro las experiencias de su alter ego Chinaski durante la filmacion de la pelicula Barfly, dirigida por Barbet Schroeder e interpretada por Mickey Rourke y Faye Dunaway. Una vision sarcastica, acida y corrosiva de los entretelones de Hollywood, en la que desfilan personajes curiosos y excentricos: productores, escritorzuelos, artistas de todo lo imaginable, ejecutivos fantasma, periodistas... Un mundo duro donde todo gira al compas del sacrosanto dolar, que es paradojicamente, el unico medio para realizar lo suenos mas subversivos y las empresas mas enloquecidas. / Henry Chinaski has always fought tooth and nail against the establishment and its infinite tentacles. But in Hollywood this is not going to be easy: John Pinchot, a crazed film director, has decided to embark on a project that will take the stories of his youth to the screen, to create an autobiography of a hardened alcoholic. This is the story of Bukoswski´s alter ego during the filming of Barfly, directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway. A corrosive look at behind-the-scenes Hollywood; a tough world where everything revolves around the sacred dollar [via]
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Hollywood Babylonby Kathleen AngerISBN 0440153255 (0-440-15325-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Hollywood Babylonby Kenneth AnglerISBN 0517344084 (0-517-34408-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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I Am Spockby Leonard NimoyISBN 0786889101 (0-7868-8910-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Am Spock'Book summary:Filled with behind-the-scenes anecdotes about his years on the Star Trek television series as the remorselessly logical Dr. Spock, the actor and director reflects on his relationship to his hugely popular character. National ad/promo. Tour. [via]
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If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of A B Movie Actorby Bruce CampbellISBN 0312291450 (0-312-29145-0)
Softcover, LA Weekly Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of A B Movie Actor'Book summary:My Chin Can Kill is a delightfully irreverent, yet oddly touching, epic of ambition and disappointment, fame and anonymity, and lots of fake blood. Told in Bruce's wry, sarcastic voice, it is a "Hollywood from the bleacher seats" look at his experiences in film and TV and at his status as a cult horror and sci-fi movie god. This man with the face of a matinee idol and the heart of a Three Stooge first attracted what has grown into an enormous cult following as the star of Sam Raimi's legendary Evil Dead trilogy of thriller-comedies. With tireless good humor and biting wit, Bruce acted, produced, and directed his way through a baker's dozen of "B" horror films and space operas before finally enjoying mainstream stardom on prime-time TV. Deeply earnest and fiercely funny, this book tells the story of an unlikely star who continues to lead a unique double life as cult movie icon and regular Joe.[via]More editions of If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of A B Movie Actor:
Jimmy Stewart : A Wonderful Lifeby Frank SanelloISBN 0786005068 (0-7860-0506-8)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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Johnny Depp: A Kind Of Illusionby Denis MeikleISBN 1905287046 (1-905287-04-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Just Williams: An Autobiographyby Kenneth WilliamsISBN 0460046888 (0-460-04688-8)
Hardcover, Dent
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Kate Rememberedby A. Scott BergISBN 0425199096 (0-425-19909-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kate Remembered'Book summary:Published a mere 13 days after the death of Katharine Hepburn, Kate Remembered is best appreciated as a valentine of devoted friendship. It's a moving study of mutual trust and admiration between Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg and legendary Hollywood icon Hepburn, who'd established an instant rapport in 1983, beginning a 20-year conversation that blossomed into this enchanting "biographical memoir." As a casual but authoritative survey of Hepburn's career, Berg's book offers little new information to anyone who's read previous Hepburn biographies or Me: Stories of My Life, Hepburn's bestselling 1991 memoir. But the duality of Berg's title reinforces his purpose: "More than my remembrances," writes Berg in his author's note, "this book intends to convey hers." As such, Kate Remembered offers a rare, unvarnished portrait of one of the 20th century's most influential women, achieving a personal intimacy while making the reader feel welcomed in Hepburn's private world of privilege.
Although Berg (the acclaimed biographer of legendary editor Max Perkins, producer/mogul Samuel Goldwyn, and aviator Charles Lindbergh) had written all but the final paragraphs by 2001, Hepburn insisted this book remain unpublished until after her death, which came, in quiet dignity at age 96, on June 29, 2003. Given the book's pre-publication secrecy, it's hardly tabloid-worthy, serving instead to correct or clarify details from Hepburn's glory days--especially her long-term affair with Spencer Tracy--while offering choice bits of Hollywood gossip, Hepburn's frequently scathing assessments of other actors, and amusing encounters with such luminaries as Michael Jackson and Warren Beatty (both of whom appear as mock suitors with selfish motivations). It's a brisk read but a substantial one, richly emotional and as dignified as Hepburn herself, whose faults and foibles make her even more appealing than her beloved public persona. --Jeff Shannon [via]
Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburnby Charles HighamISBN 0393325989 (0-393-32598-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Lauren Bacall : By Myselfby Lauren BacallISBN 0345333217 (0-345-33321-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Lives of the Circus Animals: A Novelby Christopher BramISBN 0060542543 (0-06-054254-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lives of the Circus Animals: A Novel'Book summary:Critically acclaimed novelist Christopher Bram has written some of his best work about life in the performing arts. In Father of Frankenstein, the basis for the Academy Award-winning movie Gods and Monsters, it was Hollywood in the thirties and fifties. In The Notorious Dr. August: His Real Life and Crimes, it was the strange world of Victorian music and spiritualism. Now, in Lives of the Circus Animals, Bram explores contemporary New York theater, spending several days and nights with a diverse handful of men and women.
There is Caleb Doyle, a hot new playwright whose newest work, Chaos Theory, has just bombed. His sister, Jessie, also loves theater but has no outlet for her talents except to work as the personal assistant to British actor Henry Lewse, "the Hamlet of his generation," while he does a Broadway musical. Henry loves Shakespeare, money, grass, and boys.
Then there's Frank Earp, an ex-actor who courts Jessie and is directing a troupe of acting students in a homemade play. Among the students is Toby Vogler, a nice kid from the Midwest who has a whole other career at night. Toby was once Caleb Doyle's boyfriend.
Overseeing this world like an unhappy god is Kenneth Prager, second-string theater critic for the New York Times.
Leaping from one life to another, one day to the next, the novel throws these people together in a serious comedy about love and work and make-believe. Lives of the Circus Animals is a cross between a Mozart opera and a Preston Sturges movie. A look at theater people who are just like everyone else, only more so, it's a comic celebration of how we all strive to stay sane while living in the shadow of those two impostors, success and failure.
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Lucky Man: A Memoirby Michael J. FoxISBN 0786888741 (0-7868-8874-1)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lucky Man: A Memoir'Book summary:The same sharp intelligence and self-deprecating wit that made Michael J. Fox a star in the Family Ties TV series and Back to the Future make this a lot punchier than the usual up-from-illness celebrity memoir. Yes, he begins with the first symptoms of Parkinson's disease, the incurable illness that led to his retirement from Spin City (and acting) in 2000. And yes, he assures us he is a better, happier person now than he was before he was diagnosed. In Fox's case, you actually might believe it, because he then cheerfully exposes the insecurities and self-indulgences of his pre-Parkinson's life in a manner that makes them not glamorous but wincingly ordinary and of course very funny. ("As for the question, 'Does it bother you that maybe she just wants to sleep with you because you're a celebrity?' My answer to that one was, 'Ah...nope.'") With a working-class Canadian background, Fox has an unusually detached perspective on the madness of mass-media fame; his description of the tabloid feeding frenzy surrounding his 1988 wedding to Tracy Pollan, for example, manages to be both acid and matter-of-fact. He is frank but not maudlin about his drinking problem, and he refreshingly notes that getting sober did not automatically solve all his other problems. This readable, witty autobiography reminds you why it was generally a pleasure to watch Fox onscreen: he's a nice guy with an edge, and you don't have to feel embarrassed about liking him. --Wendy Smith [via]
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Hardcover, Hyperion Books - Lucky Man: A Memoir: ISBN 0786890568 (0-7868-9056-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub - Lucky Man: A Memoir: ISBN 0786888741 (0-7868-8874-1)
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- Lucky Man: ISBN 0375431411 (0-375-43141-1)
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Marilynby Gloria Steinem, George BarrisISBN 1567311253 (1-56731-125-3)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marilyn'Book summary: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. [via]
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Marilyn Monroe: The Biographyby Donald SpotoISBN 0061091669 (0-06-109166-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Softcover, Chivers North Amer - Marilyn Monroe: The Biography: ISBN 0060179872 (0-06-017987-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Marilyn Monroe: The Biography: ISBN 0792717368 (0-7927-1736-8)
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Marilyn Monroeby D. SpotoISBN 0517132095 (0-517-13209-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Marlene Dietrichby Maria RivaISBN 0345386450 (0-345-38645-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Marlene Dietrich : By Her Daughterby Maria E. RivaISBN 0394586921 (0-394-58692-1)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Marlene Deitrich was considered one of the most glamorous stars of her day. A determined perfectionist with an incredible ego, her beauty, her style, her sense of the outrageous, made her a star. In this candid, illuminating, and detailed biography full of photographs, her only daughter Maria Riva, tells the incredible, fascinating, story of the star's life and career, loves and hates, hits and misses, as only a daughter can.
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Moab Is My Washpotby Stephen FryISBN 1569472025 (1-56947-202-5)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography'Book summary:Stephen Fry is not making this up! Fry started out as a dishonorable schoolboy inclined to lies, pranks, bringing decaying moles to school as a science exhibit, theft, suicide attempts, the illicit pursuit of candy and lads, a genius for mischief, and a neurotic life of crime that sent him straight to Pucklechurch Prison and Cambridge University, where he vaulted to fame along with actress Emma Thompson. He wound up starring as Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde, costarring in A Civil Action, and writing funny, distinguished novels.
This irresistible book, the best-written celebrity memoir of 1999, concentrates on Fry's first two tumultuous decades, but beware! A Fry sentence can lead anywhere, from a ringing defense of beating schoolchildren to a thoughtful comparison of male and female naughty parts. Fry's deepest regrets seem to be the elusiveness of a particular boy's love and the fact that, despite his keen ear for music, Fry's singing voice can make listeners "claw out their inner ears, electrocute their genitals, put on a Jim Reeves record, throw themselves cackling hysterically onto the path of moving buses... anything, anything to take away the pain." A chance mention of Fry's time-travel book about thwarting Hitler, Making History (a finalist for the 1998 Sidewise Award for Best Alternative History), leads to the startling real-life revelation that Fry's own Jewish uncle may have loaned a young, shivering Hitler the coat off his back.
Fry's life is full of school and jailhouse blues overcome by jaunty wit, à la Wilde. The title, from Psalm 108:9, refers to King David's triumph over the Philistines. Fry triumphs similarly, and with more style. --Tim Appelo [via]
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- Moab Is My Washpot: ISBN 0091801613 (0-09-180161-3)
Hardcover, Hutchinson - Moab Is My Washpot: ISBN 0099727315 (0-09-972731-5)
Hardcover, Barrow Books - Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography: ISBN 0375502645 (0-375-50264-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography: ISBN 1569472025 (1-56947-202-5)
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- Moab Is My Washpot: ISBN 0091801613 (0-09-180161-3)
The Moon's a Balloonby David NivenISBN 0440158060 (0-440-15806-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Moon's a Balloon:Reminiscences: Reminiscencesby David NivenISBN 024102062X (0-241-02062-X)
Hardcover, Hamilton
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My Life So Farby Jane FondaISBN 0375435026 (0-375-43502-6)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learnedby Alan AldaISBN 1400064090 (1-4000-6409-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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My mother didnt try to stab my father until I was six, begins Aldas irresistible story. The son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on, after early struggles, to achieve extraordinary success in his profession.
Yet Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is not a memoir of show-business ups and downs. It is a moving and funny story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only just begun to grow.
It is the story of turning points in Aldas life, events that would make him what he isif only he could survive them.
From the moment as a boy when his dead dog is returned from the taxidermists shop with a hideous expression on his face, and he learns that death cant be undone, to the decades-long effort to find compassion for the mother he lived with but never knew, to his acceptance of his father, both personally and professionally, Alda learns the hard way that change, uncertainty, and transformation are what life is made of, and true happiness is found in embracing them.
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, filled with curiosity about nature, good humor, and honesty, is the crowning achievement of an actor, author, and director, but surprisingly, it is the story of a life more filled with turbulence and laughter than any Alda has ever played on the stage or screen.
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Rich: The Life of Richard Burtonby Melvyn BraggISBN 0340405376 (0-340-40537-6)
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Richard Burton: A Lifeby Melvyn BraggISBN 0446359386 (0-446-35938-6)
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The Sewing Circle : Sappho's Leading Ladiesby Axel MadsenISBN 075820101X (0-7582-0101-X)
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Stars on the Set: Stolen Momentsby Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, Marc Brincourt, Guillaume ClavieresISBN 285018716X (2-85018-716-X)
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With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grantby Richard E. GrantISBN 0879519355 (0-87951-935-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Franny Y Zooey/ Franny and Zooeyby J. D. SalingerISBN 8420637491 (84-206-3749-1)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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Movies of the 90s : A Story in Celluloidby Jürgen Müller, Filmbild Fundus Robert Fischer Muenchen StaffISBN 3822858781 (3-8228-5878-1)
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Enciclopedia Do Cinema Brasileiroby Luiz Felipe Miranda, Fernao RamosISBN 8573590939 (85-7359-093-9)
Hardcover, Editora SENAC Sao Paulo
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Aller Tage Abendby Fritz KortnerISBN 3423005564 (3-423-00556-4)
Hardcover, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
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