Biographies
Biographies of your favorite film stars
THE ACADEMY AND THE AWARD: THE COMING OF AGE OF OSCAR
The Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hardcover – October 6, 2022 by Bruce Davis (Author) The first behind-the-scenes history of the organization behind the Academy Awards....
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CARSICK: JOHN WATERS HITCHHIKES ACROSS AMERICA
Carsick Hardcover – Big Book, June 3, 2014 by John Waters (Author) By writer/film director John Waters. ISBN 978-0-374-29863-0. John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads...
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JOHN WATERS: INTERVIEWS
John Waters: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) Paperback – September 13, 2011 by James Egan (Editor) The films of John Waters (b. 1946) are some of the most powerful send-ups of conventional film forms and expectations since Luis Buñuel...
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SHOCK VALUE: A TASTEFUL BOOK ABOUT BAD TASTE
Shock Value Paperback – April 5, 2005 by John Waters (Author) To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation. Thus begins John Waters's autobiography....
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ROLE MODELS
Role Models Paperback – Illustrated, April 26, 2011 by John Waters (Author) Role Models is a personal invitation into one of the most unique, perverse, and hilarious artistic minds of our time. From the incomparable John Waters, a paean...
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TIM BURTON
Tim Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking over the past three decades. With a visual style inspired by the aesthetics of animation and silent comedy, Burton's work melds the exotic, the horrific and the comic, manipulating expressionism and fantasy with...
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NICE JEWISH GIRLS
"Nice" Jewish Girls Hardcover – January 25, 2022 by Julie Merberg (Author), Georgia Rucker (Illustrator) Thirty-six mini biographies of groundbreaking, outspoken, odds-defying Jewish women explore their fascinating lives, as well as the ways in which they were shaped by their...
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AROUND THE WORLD WITH/ ALREDEDOR DEL MUNDO CON CANTINFLAS
Around the World with / Alrededor del mundo con Cantinflas (Lil' Libros) Board book – Picture Book, March 13, 2018 by Patty Rodriguez (Author), Ariana Stein (Author), Citlali Reyes (Illustrator) A Lil' Libros Bilingual Geography BookInspired by one of the...
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BLACK WOMEN DIRECTORS- QUICK TAKES
Black Women Directors (Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture) Paperback – March 18, 2022by Christina N. Baker (Author) Black women have long recognized the power of film for storytelling. For far too long, however, the cultural and historical narratives about...
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MY PLACE IN THE SUN: LIFE IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD
The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a visionary force in American culture. George Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father...
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THE WES ANDERSON COLLECTION: THE FRENCH DISPATCH
The Wes Anderson Collection: The French Dispatch: The French Dispatch Hardcover – August 22, 2023by Matt Zoller Seitz (Author), Max Dalton (Illustrator) The official behind-the-scenes companion to The French Dispatch and the latest volume in the bestselling Wes Anderson Collection...
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WHO THE HELL'S IN IT
Who the Hell's in It: Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors Paperback – October 25, 2005 by Peter Bogdanovich (Author) Peter Bogdanovich, known primarily as a director, film historian and critic, has been working with professional actors all his life. He...
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JOSEPHINE: THE DAZZLING LIFE OF JOSEPHINE BAKER
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books) Hardcover – Illustrated, January 14, 2014by Patricia Hruby Powell (Author), Christian Robinson (Illustrator)Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, HonorRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, HonorBoston Globe–Horn Book Award,...
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THE LEGENDARY MISS LENA HORNE
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne Hardcover – January 24, 2017by Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)Celebrate the life of Lena Horne, the pioneering African American actress and civil rights activist, with this inspiring and powerful picture book from award-winning...
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TRANSGENDER CINEMA
Transgender Cinema (Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture) Paperback – March 1, 2019 by Rebecca Bell-Metereau (Author) 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Transgender Cinema gives readers the big picture of how trans people have been depicted on screen. Beginning with...
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PAGEBOY:A MEMOIR
Pageboy: A Memoir Hardcover – June 6, 2023 by Elliot Page (Author)Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being...
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33 1/3 THE ROLLING STONES' EXILE ON MAIN STREET
The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. (33 1/3) Paperback – February 19, 2005 by Bill Janovitz (Author) Tracing the creation of Exile on Main Street from the original songwriting done while touring America through the final editing in Los...
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33 1/3 PRINCE SIGN O' THE TIMES
Prince's Sign O' the Times (Thirty Three and a Third series) Paperback – March 31, 2004 by Michaelangelo Matos (Author) One of the greatest double albums of the vinyl era, Sign O' the Times shows Prince at his peak. Here,...
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MICHAEL CURTIZ: A LIFE IN FILM
Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film (Screen Classics) Paperback – February 16, 2021 by Alan Rode (Author) Academy Award–winning director Michael Curtiz (1886–1962)―whose best-known films include Casablanca (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Mildred Pierce (1945) and White Christmas (1954)―was...
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MANFRED BAUMANN: FACE TO FACE
Three decades of celebrity portraiture from an acclaimed master of the genre The celebrity portraits of Austrian photographer Manfred Baumann (born 1968) capture distinct personalities while also framing them as special―larger than life. Through the lens of his Leica, Baumann...
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