Robert Dance’s new evaluation of Joan Crawford looks at her entire career and—while not ignoring her early years and tempestuous personal life—focuses squarely on her achievements as an actress, and as a woman who mastered the studio system with a rare combination of grit, determination, beauty, and talent.Crawford’s remarkable forty-five-year motion picture career is one of the industry’s longest. Signing her first contract in 1925, she was crowned an MGM star four years later and...

Named a 2022 Richard Wall Award Finalist by the Theatre Library AssociationFrom the late 1920s through the thirties, Greta Garbo (1905–1990) was the biggest star in Hollywood. She stopped making films in 1941, at only thirty-six, and thereafter sought a discreet private life. Still, her fame only increased as the public and press clamored for news of the former actress. At the time of her death, forty-nine years later, photographers continued to stalk her, and her ...

Joan Crawford's remarkable forty-five-year motion picture career is one of the industry's longest. Signing her first contract in 1925, she was crowned an MGM star four years later and by the mid-1930s was the most popular actress in America. In the early 1940s, Crawford's risky decision to move to Warner Bros. was rewarded with an Oscar for Mildred Pierce. This triumph launched a series of film noir classics. She teamed with rival Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, two ballet artists whose performances grace the world's most famous stages discover a more passionate connection when they engage in a Dance of Dreams.Five years have passed since prima ballerina Ruth Bannion joined the company founded by Russian choreographer Nikolai Davidov. Five years of intense training and conditioning to achieve the physical perfection her impulsive mentor demands of all...

AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIMEImpulsive, big-hearted Maddy O'Hurley is one of Broadway's brightest stars. And while it's fun to see her name up in lights, Maddy isn't interested in the trappings of stardom. All she really cares about is music and dancing - that is until she meets charismatic, ruthless record mogul Reed Valentine...Reed is happy to back Maddy's newest show - it's a good business project. And Reed is all about the business - ...

When Nell Channing arrives on Three Sisters Island, she dares to hope she's found refuge from the life of terror she has left behind. But even in this quiet sanctuary, Nell remains alert to danger. Concealing her true identity, she takes a job at the local bookstore-café - and begins to explore her feelings for Sheriff Zack Todd.As Nell starts her new life, she discovers that the island suffers under a terrible curse. It can only be lifted by the descendants of the Three Sisters, th...

Great Leaders Make Big Moves - Ellis Was Willing to Give Up Everything For EqualityIn Life's A Dance, Cliff Ellis - a four-time Basketball Hall of Fame Coach and one of the winningest coaches in Division I history - opens up about his philosophies, challenges, and triumphs throughout his career as a former rock 'n' roll star and basketball coach - giving readers a unique perspective into the very heart and mind of an incredible leader. Ellis was willing to give up ...

“The most successful novelist on Planet Earth” (Washington Post), #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts choreographs a passionate novel of the O’Hurleys featuring a woman following the rhythm of her heart to capture the man of her dreams in Dance to the Piper.Dancer Maddy O’Hurley conjures magic from the music that guides her movements across Broadway stages, bringing her standing ovations after every performance. Reed Valenti...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts—hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a storyteller of immeasurable diversity and talent”—presents the first book in her Three Sisters Island trilogy.When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she’s finally found refuge from her abusive husband—and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago…Careful to conceal her true identity, she takes ...

A rich and evocative tale set in a mythic 15th century Britain, to rival the work of Bernard Cornwell.In the peaceful village of Nether Norton life goes on as it has for centuries in the Realm. On Loaf Day, as the villagers celebrate gathering in the first of their harvest, Will looks back fondly on the two years since he and his sweetheart Willow circled the fire together, especially the year since their daughter Bethe was born. But despite his good fortune, a feeling of unease is...

AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIMEPrima ballerina Ruth Bannion has always been in awe of her demanding, charismatic mentor Nickolai Davidov. She has admired him from a distance, never allowing her emotions to spill over into anything serious. But when they are partnered together in a sensual new ballet, Ruth can't deny the heat of their attraction. The dance of her dreams has begun . . .Includes an extract from Dark Witch

On November 7, 1940, the third-longest suspension bridge in the world began to twist like a ribbon in a mild wind. For hours, "Galloping Gertie" undulated wildly while spectators watched in horror. Then, it tore itself apart and fell into the Puget Sound. The only casualty was a terrified dog named Tubby trapped in a car. This engineering post-mortem explains the phenomenon of aeroelastic flutter (not simple resonance, as often taught). It details the hubris of designers who prioritized sl...