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Film and Television
Biography

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Edie: American Girl
Edie: American Girl
by Jean Stein
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When Edie was first published a decade ago, it quickly became an international bestseller. In the sixties Edie Sedgwick exploded into the public eye like a comet--aristocratic, glamorous, and Andy Warhol's superstar. Then at 28 her light fizzled and died... (read more)

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How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
by Jenna Jameson
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When the stewardess brought me off the plane in a wheelchair, I lowered my head. I was too scared to even look at my father. I didn't want to see the disappointment and horror on his face. All that hate I had accumulated for him over the years, all the... (read more)

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Mommywood
Mommywood
by Tori Spelling
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If you thought Tinseltown was tough... Tori Spelling might have grown up with everything a girl could wish for, but these days she's just another suburban working mom...whose toddler regularly recognizes her in the pages of Us Weekly. Welcome to... (read more)

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American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
by Craig Ferguson
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In American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson delivers a moving and achingly funny memoir of living the American dream as he journeys from the mean streets of Glasgow, Scotland, to the comedic promised land of Hollywood. Along the way he stumbles through... (read more)

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Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way
Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way
by Bruce Campbell
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Evil Dead star Bruce ("Hail to the king, baby!") Campbell follows his memoir, If Chins Could Kill, with a hilarious "autobiographical novel" about the B-movie king's unexpected starring role in an A-list production directed by Mike Nichols, co-starring... (read more)

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Wishful Drinking
Wishful Drinking
by Carrie Fisher
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Finally, after four hit novels, Carrie Fisher comes clean (well, sort of ) with the crazy truth that is her life in her first-ever memoir. In Wishful Drinking, adapted from her one-woman stage show, Fisher reveals what it was really like to grow up a... (read more)

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The Bruce Lee Story
The Bruce Lee Story
by Linda Lee
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The authorized biography of Bruce Lee, a personal account of the life of the famed martial artist/actor by his wife, Linda Lee. Included are hundreds of photos from their personal albums, many never before published.... (read more)

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Prairie Tale
Prairie Tale
by Melissa Gilbert
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A fascinatiating, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting tale of self-discovery from the beloved actress who earned a permanent place in the hearts of millions when she was just a child. To fans of the hugely successful television series Little House on... (read more)

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Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
by Michael J. Fox
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There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as... (read more)

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Remember How I Love You: Love Letters from an Extraordinary Marriage
Remember How I Love You: Love Letters from an Extraordinary Marriage
by Jerry Orbach
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Every morning for the thirteen years he was on Law & Order, Jerry Orbach wrote his wife a short love poem and placed it next to her coffee cup before he left for work. Over the years Jerry wrote hundreds of notes -- all of which Elaine cherished and... (read more)

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The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas
The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas
by Sally Denton
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A long-overdue political biography of Helen Gahagan Douglas--Broadway star, Congresswoman, Nixon nemesis, and forgotten heroine of A merican liberalism. If Hillary Clinton struggled to crack the glass ceiling in 2008, imagine the challenges that faced... (read more)

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The Loveliest Woman in America: A Tragic Actress, Her Lost Diaries, and Her Granddaughter's Search for Home
The Loveliest Woman in America: A Tragic Actress, Her Lost Diaries, and Her Granddaughter's Search for Home
by Bibi Gaston
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Her name was Rosamond Pinchot: hailed as The Loveliest Woman in America, she was a niece of Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot; cousin to Edie Sedgwick; half sister of Mary Pinchot Meyer, JFK's lover; friend to Eleanor Roosevelt and Elizabeth Arden... (read more)

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Audition (Vintage)
Audition (Vintage)
by Barbara Walters
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Barbara Walters, arguably the most important woman in the history of television, has had an amazingly full life. In the bestselling Audition, she describes her extraordinary public and private journey.... (read more)

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Wishful Drinking
Wishful Drinking
by Carrie Fisher
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Finally, after four hit novels, Carrie Fisher comes clean (well, sort of ) with the crazy truth that is her life in her first-ever memoir. In Wishful Drinking, adapted from her one-woman stage show, Fisher reveals what it was really like to grow up a... (read more)

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Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando (Vintage)
Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando (Vintage)
by Stefan Kanfer
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For everything we know about Brando as a man as well as an actor and artist, he remains a fascination. What are we to make of someone whose life, both personal and professional, hit such dazzling highs and such abysmal lows? Stefan Kanfer answers this... (read more)

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We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-Biz Saga
We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-Biz Saga
by Paul Shaffer
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From Paul Shaffer, lifelong music junkie, hipster, and longtime leader of David Letterman's band, comes a candid, endearing, hilarious, and star-studded memoir of a life in-and love of-show business. How does a kid go from a remote Canadian town at the... (read more)

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Sinatra in Hollywood
Sinatra in Hollywood
by Tom Santopietro
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Oscar-winning actor, acclaimed director, and recipient of the Golden Globe Award for lifetime achievement in film, Frank Sinatra carved out one of the biggest careers in the history of Hollywood, yet his screen legacy has been overshadowed by his... (read more)

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The Time of My Life
The Time of My Life
by Patrick Swayze
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In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze has made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility, passion and fearlessness, he's become one of our most beloved actors. But in February 2008... (read more)

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I Am the New Black
I Am the New Black
by Tracy Morgan
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The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian. Who is Tracy Morgan? The wildly unpredictable funnyman who rocketed to fame on Saturday Night Live? The Emmy-nominated actor... (read more)

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High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly
High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly
by Donald Spoto
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Drawing on his unprecedented access to Grace Kelly, bestselling biographer Donald Spoto at last offers an intimate, honest, and authoritative portrait of one of Hollywood's legendary actresses. In just seven years-from 1950 through 1956-Grace Kelly... (read more)

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