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The Art of Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City & Arkham Knight
The Art of Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City & Arkham Knight

Daniel Wallace · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

This book is the first official look behind the scenes of one of the most critically acclaimed and bestselling video-game franchises of all time. Collecting the best character sketches, concept art, background paintings, and more from all three of Rocksteady Studios' Arkham games - Arkham...
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Tippi: A Memoir
Tippi: A Memoir

Tippi Hedren · Harpercollins
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood - the star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie - tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all time.For decades, Tippi Hedren's...
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Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between

Lauren Graham · Ballantine Books
Pages: 209
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood - along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking...
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Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films
Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films

Molly Haskell · Yale University Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

A film-centric portrait of the extraordinarily gifted movie director whose decades-long influence on American popular culture is unprecedented "Everything about me is in my films," Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker,...
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The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan
The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan

Patricia Bosworth · Harpercollins
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Acclaimed biographer Patricia Bosworth recalls her emotional coming of age in 1950s New York in this profound and powerful memoir, a story of family, marriage, tragedy, Broadway, and art, featuring a rich cast of well-known literary and theatrical figures from the period.From Bosworth - acclaimed...
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Sharon Tate: A Life
Sharon Tate: A Life

Ed Sanders · Da Capo Pr
Pages: 285
Format: Print book

Ed Sanders gave readers their clearest insight yet into the disturbing world of Charles Manson and his followers when he published The Family in 1971. Continuing that journalistic tradition, Sanders presents the most thorough look ever into the heartbreaking story of Sharon Tate, the iconic...
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Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood

Manoah Bowman · Running Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In the 1950s and '60s, there was no star that shone brighter than Natalie Wood. As a child actor who smoothly transitioned to adult roles, Natalie made an unforgettable impact on the world with her sensitive performances and her spectacular beauty. In a span of less than twenty years, her talent...
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Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers
Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers

Leslie Bennetts · Little
Pages: 419
Format: Print book

The definitive book about Joan Rivers' tumultuous, victorious, tragic, hilarious, and fascinating life.Joan Rivers was more than a legendary comedian; she was an icon and a role model to millions, a fearless pioneer who left a legacy of expanded opportunity when she died in 2014. Her life...
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Life on the Ramona Coaster
Life on the Ramona Coaster

Ramona Singer · Post Hill Press
Format: Hardcover

A candid, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the emotional, dynamic and often entertaining life of Ramona Singer, the reality star of seven seasons of The Real Housewives of New York City. A candid, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the emotional, dynamic and often entertaining life of Ramona...
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I'll Never Write My Memoirs
I'll Never Write My Memoirs

Grace Jones · Gallery Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Legendary influential performer Grace Jones offers a revealing account of her spectacular career and turbulent life, charting the development of a persona that has made her one of the world's most recognizable artists.As a singer, model, and actress - a deluxe triple threat - Grace...
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George lucas : a life
George lucas : a life

Brian Jay Jones · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 560
Format: Print book

The essential biography of the influential and beloved filmmaker George LucasOn May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining independent science-fiction film opened in a mere thirty-two American movie theaters. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George...
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Daniel Craig: Illustrated Biography
Daniel Craig: Illustrated Biography

Tina Ogle · Carlton Books
Format: Hardcover

He's Bond, James Bond - and Daniel Craig has captivated the world with his performances of that iconic role and beyond. This richly illustrated biography examines the life and career of the notoriously private Craig: his humble beginnings; his training at the National Youth Theatre...
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In such good company : eleven years of laughter, mayhem, and fun in the sandbox
In such good company : eleven years of laughter, mayhem, and fun in the sandbox

Carol Burnett · Crown Archetype
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show. Who but Carol Burnett herself has the timing, talent, and wit to pull back the curtain on the Emmy-Award winning show that made television history for eleven...
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Paul McCartney: The Life
Paul McCartney: The Life

Philip Norman · Little
Pages: 853
Format: Print book

The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip Norman.Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost...
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Then and Now: A Memoir
Then and Now: A Memoir

Barbara Cook · Harpercollins
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

One of the greatest American singers and actresses of her generation looks back on a magical and turbulent life spanning a half century of theatrical history from the golden age of the Broadway musical to the present day.A legend of the American theater, Barbara Cook burst upon the scene...
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