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Garbo
Greta Garbo's uniquely photogenic beauty belies her great talent as an actress, as her performances in "Queen Christina" and "Camille" prove. A hint of a Garbo smile, touch, or glance...
Company of Heroes: My Life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company
When Harry Carey, Sr. died in 1947, director John Ford cast Carey's 26-year-old son, Harry, Jr. in the role of The Abilene Kid in 3 Godfathers. Ford and the elder...
Forever Young: A Memoir
What happens when a girl tries to grow up in a world where everyone wants her to remain a child? Hayley Mills' teenage decade in Hollywood produced some of the...
Conversations with Clint: Paul Nelson's Lost Interviews with Clint
Clint Eastwood has forged a remarkable career as a movie star, director, producer and composer. These newly discovered conversations with legendary journalist Paul Nelson return us to a point when,...
High Society: Grace Kelly and Hollywood
This biography draws on a series of unpublished interviews and offers a startling and intitmate portrait of one of the most glamourous icons of the 20th century. This biography draws...
Blood and Circuses: An irresponsible memoir
In his early years on TV he was the 'wog' who was always being told to 'Leave the money on the fridge' by Ted Bullpitt in Kingswood Country . And...
Backing into the Spotlight: A Memoir
' Backing into the Spotlight is a hilarious and an unashamedly non-PC memoir . . . Now in his eighth decade, Whitehall is a fine raconteur, gloriously unreconstructed and still...
Clark Gable: A Biography
Warren Harris's lively biography not only reveals details of his private life such as his two illegitimate children and a clandestine fourth marriage - it also describes an incredibly long,...
Humphrey Bogart
'Look, I'm hardly pretty, he seems to say. I sound like gravel; I look rough and tough; and, honest, I don't give you the soft, foolish answers the pretty boys...
I Am What I Am
Anything Goes , John's first book, gave you the story so far. I Am What I Am reveals more about the man behind the television sensation, focusing on John's unique...
Out of Character: From Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey, and
A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey : it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to...
American Prince: My Autobiography
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"All my life I had one dream and that was to be in the movies." He was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age. A prince of the silver screen....
Miranda Hart - the Unauthorised Biography
For the first time, author Sophie Johnson reveals the story behind Miranda's rise to fame. The comedian was born in Torquay in 1972, yet despite graduating with a degree in...
Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep
Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming-of-age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school to her...
Young Winstone
Ray Winstone's amazing talent for bringing out the humanity buried inside his often brutal screen characters - violent offender in Scum , wife-beater in Nil by Mouth , retired blagger...
Gielgud's Letters
'In this comprehensive volume, we see the actor in a range of roles: loving son, wicked gossip, star actor, indecisive director, anguished lover, brilliant anecdotist...This splendid book reveals an infinitely...
Ever, Dirk: The Bogarde Letters
The success of John Coldstream's bestselling biography of Dirk Bogarde demonstrates that the interest in one of Britain's leading actors, memoirists and novelists does not diminish, even though it is...
Searching for John Ford: A Life
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Hollywood has given us no greater director than John Ford. Between 1917 and 1970, Ford directed and/or produced some 226 pictures, from short silent films to ambitious historical epics and...
Peter Sallis - Summer Wine & Other Stories
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Peter Sallis is known to millions as Norman Clegg in the classic BBC series Last of the Summer Wine, and to millions more - whether they realise it or not...
Dr Who's Who
Doctor Who has had children hiding behind sofas since 1963. With it's re-launch in 2005, it is now more popular than ever. Eleven actors have played the famous Time Lord,...
Travelling to Work: Diaries 1988-1998 (Volume 3)
A rollercoaster ride driven by the Palin hallmarks of humour, curiosity and a sense of adventure. Michael Palin was not the BBC's first choice for the travel series AROUND THE...
Ken Dodd: The Biography
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For more than sixty years Ken Dodd discomknockerated audiences in packed venues across Britain with his unique blend of madcap humour. Despite his advancing years he continued to perform his...
Blood Rivals
Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner: read all about these two teen heartthrobs and how they have learned to stay grounded throughout their meteoric rise to fame, while the entire world...
Delicacy: AS SEEN ON BBC2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS
'Mesmerising . . . an extraordinary piece of writing.' - The i paper 'A book that has the rare quality of being both poetic and accessible . . . missing...
And That's Not All: The Memoirs of Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright first met Laurence Olivier in the mid-1950's when he was still married to Gone With the Wind star Vivien Leigh. Joan was the daughter of a north country...
Different Aspects: The magical memoir from the West End legend
DISCOVER THE CHARMING MEMOIR FROM THE BELOVED WEST END LEGEND In 1989, a young Michael Ball landed the lead role in the musical Aspects of Love. It was a moment...
Forever Young: A Memoir
What happens when a girl tries to grow up in a world where everyone wants her to remain a child? Hayley Mills' teenage decade in Hollywood produced some of the...
Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis: The long-awaited memoir
'This intimate new book will change the way we think about the King of Rock 'n' Roll' Telegraph 'A rollercoaster of love and loss' Washington Post The long-awaited, candid memoir...
Enough: Scenes from Childhood
'Riveting and revelatory.' Philip Pullman 'Wonderfully vivid and touching.' Literary Review 'Warm, wise and unflinching.' Sunday Times 'Witty and heartfelt.' Financial Times Stephen Hough is indisputably one of the world's...
The Road is Good: The inspiring memoir from the star of The Residence
A powerful, timely memoir of Black immigrant identity, maternal love, and a unique coming-of-age story by Emmy-winning star of The Residence and Orange Is the New Black Uzo Aduba. Actress...
Keep Coolidge and Carry On: The Wisdom of Jennifer Coolidge
Whether your boss has just fired you through a bathroom door or you need a reminder that hot people aren't that interesting, there's no better guide than Jennifer Coolidge. The...
Paris Made Me...
Born in the shadow of Windsor Castle in Great Britain, the author left England for the Mediterranean in search of the sun. Adventures in several capitals allowed him to meet...
Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis: The long-awaited memoir
'This intimate new book will change the way we think about the King of Rock 'n' Roll' Telegraph 'A rollercoaster of love and loss' Washington Post The long-awaited, candid memoir...
Alec Guinness The Unknown: A Life
The definitive, highly revealing biography of a great actor whose career spanned the twentieth century.Alec Guinness appeared in 77 films and 55 plays, winning acclaim for commanding roles such as...
David Mitchell: Back Story
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David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep...
Autopsy (of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob): (poems of rage, love, sex, and
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Writer, director, and actor Avan Jogia delivers a bright and acidic poetry collection on fame, rage, love, and sadness. A biting postmortem of the modern age, for fans...
Leading Couples
William Powell and Myrna Loy. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Bogart and Bacall. Tracy and Hepburn. These on-screen (and sometimes off-screen) couples made audiences swoon and defined romantic chemistry and...
American Prince
At the height of Hollywood s Golden Age, Tony Curtis starred in Houdini and Spartacus, made comedy history with Jack Lemmon in the unforgettable Some Like It Hot, was friends...
Uma Thurman: The Biography
Presently at the peak of her career following her towering performance in Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2, Uma Thurman is an intriguing paradox: the beautiful muse of Quentin Tarantino...
UnApologetically Me
Known and loved by her many New Zealand and Australian fans as a down-to-earth broadcaster, radio host and social media sensation, Bree Tomasel is an irrepressible force of nature. But...
Victoria Wood: The Biography
Victoria Wood is still an extraordinarily popular star in the UK. This biography is a warts-and-all portrait of a star who is much more complex than she has shown herself...
Actress: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE
From the greatest living Irish author, a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths *LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE...
CLARK GABLE A PORTRAIT OF A MISFIT
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Songs My Mother Taught Me
In this memoir, Marlon Brando talks of his struggle to become an actor, of his remarkable career first on the stage and then in film, and of his on- and...
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Beautiful, damaged, the ultimate sex symbol, publicly celebrated, privately unhappy - Marilyn Monroe's tumultuous life and untimely death continue to fascinate us. When Marilyn Monroe became famous in the 1950s,...
Jack's Life: Biography of Jack Nicholson
The book titled Jack's Life: Biography of Jack Nicholson by the author Patrick McGilligan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon
The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the twentieth century's most famous film...