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  • Moguls

    The Lives and Times of Hollywood Film Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck

    The incredible true story of the most powerful brothers in Hollywood history—an wildly entertaining saga studded with glamorous stars, scandals, mobsters, murders, and one legendary blond bombshell. . . .They were the Godfathers of the Movies. Groundbreaking pioneers of the Hollywood Dream Factory, Joseph and Nicholas Schenck may not have been household names like the Warner brothers or Louis B. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Story of the Trapp Family Singers

    by Maria A Trapp ...
    With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing children, is as familiar to most of us as our own family history. But much about the real-life woman and her family was left untold.Here, Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp tells in her own beautiful, simple ... Read more

    $14.49 USD $1.99 USD

  • Starting Point: 1979-1996

    Series series Starting Point: 1979-1996
    In the first two decades of his career, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki laid the groundwork for his legendary movies. Starting Point is a collection of essays, interviews, and memoirs that go back to the roots of Miyazaki's childhood, the formulation of his theories of animation, and the founding of Studio Ghibli.Before directing such acclaimed films as Spirited Away, Miyazaki was just another salaried ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • 聽海湧

    啟航 歸來

    by 公共電視 ...
      公共電視2024二戰時代劇《聽海湧》的前世今生  「啟航」「歸來」雙封面創作全輯  吳翰林、黃冠智、朱宥丞、施名帥、連俞涵、周厚安、塚原大助、松大航也、松野高志、馬場克樹 領銜主演  啟航:收錄全五集劇本及編劇創作心得  歸來:影像紀錄與深度幕後訪談,特邀作家崔舜華專訪《聽海湧》主創團隊,銘記他們如何從一個念想出發,化不可能為可能,把一個時代帶回來  首部以臺灣人為視角拍攝的二戰懸疑影集,具體刻畫臺籍戰俘監視員的悲愴故事。他們是沒有軍階的臺籍軍屬,接受徵召前往戰地,在陌異窘迫的婆羅洲戰俘營,替日軍監視盟軍戰俘,同時也被嚴密監看著,戰時他們背負不得違背的軍令,戰後他們背負無法辯解的罪刑,無論局勢如何轉換,臺灣人永遠被夾在中間。  透過阿輝、阿遠和德仔三兄弟的遭遇和選擇,看見戰爭的殘酷與複雜,直面難解的身分認同與人性掙扎。有些人啟程後再也無法回來,有些人成為罪犯,永遠沉默下去 ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Corky Lee Book

    Google Honor of US Asian American Photographer with a Doodle |Life, Legacy, and Interesting Facts About Him|

    by James Johnson ...
    "Corky Lee: Life, Legacy, and Interesting Facts About Him" is an engaging and instructive book that honors the astounding accomplishments of one of the most significant photographers in American history. Born in Queens, New York, Corky Lee grew up with a love for photography and a desire to utilize his work to promote social justice and equality.Throughout his life, Corky Lee captured the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Rest of the Story

    A Life Completed

    Best known for the hit musicals West Side Story and Gypsy, Arthur Laurents began his career writing socially minded plays such as Home of the Brave and Time of the Cuckoo. He also garnered impressive credits as a screenwriter (The Way We Were) and stage director (La Cage aux Folles). Such a varied professional life makes for absorbing reading, as unleashed in his lively 2000 autobiography, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview

    and Other Conversations

    Edited by MELVILLE HOUSE ...
    Series series The Last Interview Series
    The New York Times BestsellerThe brilliant intellect and candor of Anthony Bourdain is on full display in this collection of interviews from throughout his remarkable career, with an introduction from The New Yorker's Helen Rosner.Anthony Bourdain always downplayed his skills as a chef (many disagreed). But despite his modesty, one thing even he agreed with was that he was a born raconteur—as he ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Voice Inside

    At last, the unflinching and unforgettable memoir of music and life from the much-loved Australian legend.Growing up in London and Melbourne, music was always part of John Farnham's world. But the young John never dreamed of what was to come. Pop stardom in the 1960s. The release of Whispering Jack, the critically acclaimed and highest-selling Australian album of all time. A decades-long touring ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • Wild West Village

    Not a Memoir (Unless I Win an Oscar, Die Tragically, or Score a Country #1)

    by Lola Kirke ...
    In this darkly humorous memoir-in-essays, actress and singer-songwriter Lola Kirke untangles an extraordinary upbringing in a family of eccentric, messy artists and explains how a big city girl went a little bit country.“Lola is a wise, witty, and unsparing writer.” —Lena Dunham“Probably the only book I’ll read this year.” —Zoë KravitzThe youngest daughter of a rock star father and clothing ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Didion and Babitz

    by Lili Anolik ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Air Mail, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, and more!Joan Didion is revealed at last in this “vivid, engrossing” (Vogue), and outrageously provocative dual biography “that reads like a propulsive novel” (Oprah Daily) revealing the mutual attractions—and antagonisms—of Didion and her fellow lite... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Diaries 1969–1979

    The Python Years

    by Michael Palin ...
    Series series Michael Palin Diaries
    The amazingly insightful, funny and brilliant record of Michael Palin's prime years as a member of the famed comedic group, Monty Python.**“Charming and at times revelatory . . . A voice of (relative) sanity in the eye of a comedic storm, Palin paints so vivid a picture that the reader becomes a Python by proxy.” —**The New York Times Book ReviewMichael Palin has kept a diary since newly married ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The House of Hidden Meanings

    A Memoir

    by RuPaul ...
    ***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag.Central to RuPaul’s ... Read more

    $16.49 USD $2.99 USD

  • Who Killed Mister Moonlight?

    Bauhaus, Black Magick and Benediction

    ‘Heroic and absurd, scurrilous and profound, Who Killed Mister Moonlight? charts the descent of four intelligent young men with faces like rubyeyed dimestore skull rings into a glittering and very modern maelstrom. Fast, compelling, and disarmingly honest, this is an invaluable account of a strange and spectral cultural twilight era that we shall almost certainly never see again. Highly ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Writing Movies for Fun and Profit

    How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!

    This isthe only screenwriting guide by two guys who have actually done it (instead of some schmuck who just gives lectures about screenwriting at the airport Marriott); “These guys are proof that with no training and little education, ANYONE can make it as a screenwriter” (Paul Rudd).Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon’s movies have made over a billion dollars at the box office—and now they show ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Editor

    How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America

    NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn Economist Best Book of 2024 • A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2024Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath—finally gets her due in this “surprising, granular, luminous, and path-breaking biography” (Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dear Girls

    Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life

    by Ali Wong ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Heartfelt and hilarious essays from the Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning actress, star of the Netflix original series Beef, and two-time member of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year list“A collection of letters to her baby girls that are barn-burning reflections on being a working mom, marriage, sex, and more. If you’ve ever wanted to have Ali Wong’s ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Home Work

    A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

    by Julie Andrews ...
    In this New York Times bestselling follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews reflects on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor/Victoria.In Home, the number one New York Times international bestseller, Julie Andrews recounted her difficult childhood and her emergence as an acclaimed singer and performer on the stage ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Sonny Boy

    A Memoir

    by Al Pacino ...
    **The Instant New York Times Bestseller • One of People Magazine's Top 10 Books of the Year"The rare celebrity memoir that's also a literary read. As funny as it is reflecive, it shares stories behind Pacino's hardscrabble upbringing, classic films and journey to icon status." —People Magazine**From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Paris

    The Memoir

    by Paris Hilton ...
    ***An Instant New York Times Bestseller***From the woman who is credited for launching what we know as the celebrity focused, “brand” driven, social media obsessed popular culture of today, comes an honest and surprising memoir that reckons with that truth, and shows that there is so much more to Paris Hilton than you might believe. This extended edition includes a bonus chapter detailing her ... Read more

    $13.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • The Third Gilmore Girl

    A Memoir

    by Kelly Bishop ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Goodreads Choice Awards Winner“Come for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a lifelong career in and out of Hollywood” (The A.V. Club) in this candid and captivating memoir from award-winning and beloved actress Kelly Bishop, spanning her six decades in show business from A Chorus Line, Dirty Dancin... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Connie

    A Memoir

    by Connie Chung ...
    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ PICKNEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024 • A LA TIMES BESTSELLER AND BEST BOOK OF THE MONTHTIME MAGAZINE’S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2024 • KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEARWA... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Windswept & Interesting

    My Autobiography

    In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life.Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of 4, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life is a remarkable story of success against all the odds.Billy found his escape first as an apprentice ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Protecting Whitney

    The Memoir of Her Bodyguard

    by David Roberts ...
    David Roberts was Whitney Houston's bodyguard, the real one.Roberts was hired in 1988 for Houston's UK portion of the Moment of Truth world tour. Accustomed to working for diplomats and Fortune 500 clients, Roberts had reservations about working with a pop star. But Houston's heart of gold won him over from the moment they met at Heathrow airport.There's a high bar for those who work in this ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Home

    A Memoir of My Early Years

    by Julie Andrews ...
    Since her first appearance on screen in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews has played a series of memorable roles that have endeared her to generations. But she has never told the story of her life before fame. Until now.In Home: A Memoir of My Early Years, Julie takes her readers on a warm, moving, and often humorous journey from a difficult upbringing in war-torn Britain to the brink of international ... Read more

    $10.99 USD