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Master of Ceremonies: A Memoir

Joel Grey · Flatiron Books
Pages: 246
Format: Print book

Joel Grey, the Tony and Academy Award-winning Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret finally tells his remarkable life story. Born Joel David Katz to a wild and wooly Jewish American family in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932, Joel began his life in the theater at the age of 9, starting in children's theater...
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Gilliamesque: A Pre-posthumous Memoir

Terry Gilliam · HarperDesign,
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The screenwriter, innovative animator, highly acclaimed visionary film director, and only non-British member of Monty Python offers an intimate glimpse into his world in this fascinating memoir illustrated with hand-drawn sketches, notes, and memorabilia from his personal archive.From his no-frills...
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True South: Henry Hampton and "Eyes on the Prize," the Landmark Television Series That Reframed the Civil Rights Movement

Jon Else · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

"[TRUE SOUTH] does several things at once. On one level, it's a biography . . . On another, it's a lucid recap of many of the signal events of the civil rights movement . . . A warm and intelligent book." - The New York Times "No one is better suited to write this moving...
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Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion

Derek Hough · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Derek Hough, the dashing Emmy Award-winning fan favorite, and only five-time champion of the hit ABC reality show Dancing With the Stars, tells the inspiring story of his life and career, and shares insider tips of how he transforms his celebrity dance partners into confident, charismatic...
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Burglar's guide to the city.

Geoff Manaugh · Farrar
Pages: 304
Format: Book

Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again.At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City...
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De Niro: A Life

Shawn Levy · Crown Archetype
Format: Kindle Edition

REMARKABLE BIOGRAPHY OF AN ICONThere's little debate that Robert De Niro is one of the greatest screen actors of his generation, perhaps of all time--if not, in fact, the greatest. His work, particularly in the first 20 years of his career, is unparalleled. Mean Streets, the Godfather...
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Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond

Phil Collen · Atria Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A revelatory and redemptive memoir from the lead guitarist of the legendary band Def Leppard - the first book ever written by one of its members - chronicling the band's extraordinary rise to superstardom and how they've maintained it for three decades.Meet Phil Collen. You may know...
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In the Name of Gucci: A Memoir

Patricia Gucci · Crown Pub
Pages: 304
Format: Book

The gripping family drama and never-before-told love story surrounding the rise and fall of the late Aldo Gucci, the man responsible for making the legendary fashion label the powerhouse it is today, as told by his daughter. Patricia Gucci was born a secret: the lovechild whose birth could...
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Cinderella: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack

Patrick Doyle · Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score

(Piano Solo Songbook). A baker's dozen selections from the soundtrack to this 2015 live-action Disney feature inspired by the classic fairy tale featuring compositions by Patrick Doyle, who also penned the music for Disney's Brave. Includes the single "Strong" by Sonna...
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All The Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr · Thorndike Pr
Pages: 771
Format: Large Print Hardcover

The multiple prize-winning author of Memory Wall A blind child, Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo....
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Photograph

Ringo Starr · Genesis Publications
Format: Hardcover

From behind the drums to behind the lens, in PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr opens his archives to share memories of his childhood, The Beatles and beyond.Rare and unseen photographs taken by Ringo, with others reproduced from his family albums, are showcased here for fans of The Beatles and anyone...
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Leonardo: 1452-1519

Pietro Marani · Skira - Berenice
Pages: 614
Format: Hardcover

A vast catalog dedicated to Leonardo's entire oeuvre on the occasion of the largest exhibition realized on the genius, symbol of Italian art and creativity, during Milan Expo 2015. This volume represents a unique opportunity to admire and understand Leonardo's extraordinary complexity...
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