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Dutch Girl : Audrey Tears of Battle : an Hepburn and World War II Animal Rights Memoir by Robert Matzen by Brigitte Bardot Near the end of 1939, ten-year-old The legendary actress recounts flew from boarding her decades-long fight orf school in England into the animal rights, establishing a Netherlands, which would soon non-profit organization, become a war zone. What she meeting with world leaders, experienced in five years of Nazi and lobbying for animal welfare occupation has never been explored until now. Dutch Girl sets the story straight, revealing the Nazi past of Audrey's parents and how their daughter dealt with this information. The book examines her career as an The Castle on Sunset : acclaimed young ballerina, her involvement with the Life, Death, Love, Art, Dutch Resistance, an active role tending wounded, and Scandal at and dark months in the line of fire as the end drew near for the Nazi regime Hollywood's Chateau Marmont Brother & Sister : A by Shawn Levy Memoir The best-selling author of Rat Pack Confidential presents a by deeply researched history of the The Academy Award-winning iconic Hollywood hotel that film star and best-selling author explores its storied role in wild of Then Again presents a celebrity revelries, scandalous memoir of her complicated liaisons and creative breakthroughs relationship with a beloved brother, who transitioned from a close sibling The Girl in White into a troubled and reclusive Gloves : a Novel of alcoholic. by Kerri Maher I am C-3PO : the Inside A vivid reimagining of the life of Story Princess Grace of Monaco by Anthony Daniels follows the experiences of an The beloved Star Wars actor Oscar-nominated actress who shares insights into the falls unexpectedly in love with a concepts, evolution and prince before overwhelming unexpected hazards of his loneliness prompts her search iconic character while for a greater purpose. describing his collaborations with such legends as Sir Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher and George Lucas.

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The Hollywood Book Club : If Keanu Were Your Reading with the Stars Boyfriend : the Man, by Steven Rea the Myth, the WHOA! "Classic film stars: heT y're just like us! by Marisa Polansky They too love books! This collection of Presents the life of the photography captures a range of stars American actor, describing his taking a break with a good book. On set or shot in long film areer,c fascination films, or during quiet moments in the stars' wo n with motorbikes, study of homes and libraries. Each photo will have a fun philosophy, and laid-back caption about the star, what they are reading, and lifestyle when and where the moment was captured. The photography covers a range of book categories -- The World According novels, non-fiction, thrillers, ookbookc s, and more -- all in the clutches of luminaries from the world of to : the film, including: Brando, Bogart, , Life, the Obsessions, Audrey Hepburn, Lana Turner, Natalie Wood, and the Good Deeds of much more. TCM with a library card!" America's Most Decent Guy In Pieces : a Memoir by Gavin Edwards by Through extensive research and From Gidget's sweet-faced "girl interviews, the best-selling next door" to the dazzling author of The Tao of Bill Murray complexity of Sybil to the provides insight into the Academy Award-worthy ferocity optimism and integrity in both and depth of Norma Rae and the personal life and career of Mary Todd Lincoln, Sally Field actor Tom Hanks. has stunned audiences time and time again with her artistic Whiskey in a Teacup : range and emotional acuity. Yet What Growing up in there is one character who always remained hidden: the the South Taught Me shy and anxious little girl within. With raw honesty, about Life, Love, and Field brings readers behind-the-scenes for not only Baking Biscuits the highs and lows of her star-studded early career in by Reese Witherspoon Hollywood, but deep into the truth of her lifelong An Academy award-winning relationships -- including her complicated love for her actress, producer and own mother entrepreneur invites readers into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm. Read yb the author.

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Funny Man : Mel Seduction : Sex, Lies, Brooks and Stardom in by Patrick McGilligan Howard Hughes's "The fourth and last child of Max Hollywood and Kitty Kaminsky, Mel Brooks by Karina Longworth was born on his family's kitchen Describes the Hollywood table in Brooklyn, New York, in culture of the first half fo the 1926, and was not quite three- twentieth century as seen in the years-old when his father died life and career of influential of tuberculosis. Growing up in a director and producer Howard household too poor to own a Hughes and his complicated radio, Mel was short and entanglements with aspiring homely, a mischievous child actresses and other directors and producers whose birth role was to make the family laugh. throughout the era Beyond boyhood, after transforming himself into Mel Brooks, the laughs that came easily inside the Kaminsky family proved more elusive. His lifelong The Girl on the crusade to transform himself into a brand name of Balcony : Olivia Hussey popular humor is at the center of master biographer Finds Life after Romeo Patrick McGilligan's Funny Man. In this exhaustively & Juliet researched and wonderfully novelistic look at Brooks' by Olivia Hussey personal and professional life, McGilligan lays bare "In 1968, Olivia Hussey became the strengths and drawbacks that shaped Brooks' one of the most famous faces in psychology, his willpower, his persona, and his the world, immortalized as the comedy. McGilligan insightfully navigates the epic definitive Juliet in Franco ride that has been the famous funnyman's life story, Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet. Now from Brooks's childhood in Williamsburg tenements the iconic girl on the balcony and breakthrough in early television -- working shares the ups and downs of alongside Sid Caesar and Carl Reiner -- to Hollywood her truly remarkable life and career ... In this candid and Broadway peaks (and valleys). His book offers a memoir, Olivia Hussey tells her story: from being an "It meditation on the Jewish immigrant culture that Girl" in swinging '60s London and her enduring influenced Brooks, snapshots of the golden age of friendship with Romeo & Juliet co-star Leonard comedy, behind-the-scenes revelations about the Whiting, through three tumultuous marriages, celebrated shows and films, and a ellingt look at the motherhood, stage-four breast cancer, debilitating four-decade romantic partnership with actress Anne agoraphobia, bankruptcy, and ultimately, a journey of Bancroft that superseded Brooks' troubled first self-discovery in India that led her on a path to marriage. Engrossing, nuanced and ultimately fulfillment" poignant, Funny Man delivers a great man's unforgettable life story and an anatomy of the American dream of success"

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