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1) Finding me
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This is Viola Davis' story, in her own words, and spans her incredible, inspiring life, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present day. Hers is a story of overcoming, a true hero's journey.
"In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and...
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"We're Going to Need More Wine... plus a few shots-acclaimed activist, actress, and New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Union is back with an even more intimate, revealing, and powerful collection of essays"--
In her previous book, Union revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault and spoke openly of her fertility journey. In this collection of essays, she continues her story: becoming a mom to two amazing girls; an expanded career...
3) Worthy
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"A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith. In a media driven landscape that crafts narratives for our celebrities, Smith recounts her story in an intimate conversation with readers. Along the way, she explores her path to accepting her power as a woman, and her discovery that a strong sense of self is every woman's right and saving grace. An...
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Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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"Ingrid Bergman was far more than just a sweet, virtuous, 'natural' Swedish girl-she was a dark sensualist over whom many men might go mad. Her very gaze delivered a climate of adult romantic expectation."
Adored by millions for her luminous beauty and elegance, at the height of her career Bergman commanded a love that has hardly ever been matched, until her marriage fell apart and created an international scandal. Here the renowned film writer David...
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Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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"Look, I'm hardly pretty, he seems to say. I sound like gravel; I look rough and tough; and, honest, I don't give you the soft, foolish answers the pretty boys will give you. You may not like what I say, but you better believe it."
He became a legend as "Bogie," the world-weary, wisecracking outsider, but in reality, Humphrey Bogart was plagued by doubts and demons. He was born upper-class, yet made his name playing mavericks, drank with the Rat...
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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From John Adams and Thomas Jefferson's "bromance" to Taylor Swift's unstoppable squad, Famous Friends takes readers inside some of the most celebrated friendships throughout history and today.
Did you know that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, friends and political rivals, died only hours apart from each other on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence? Or that famed magician Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes creator...
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Friends for thirty years, Texas beauties Alana and Farrah supported each other through the trials of Hollywood life and the raising of their families. Now you can read the private diaries of the woman who was by Farrah's side every step of the way, from the cancer diagnosis in fall of 2006 to the inevitable end.
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In vivid detail, the thirty-year veteran of stage and screen describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame with North and South, his commercial breakthroughs in "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.
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Dey St
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Songwriter and actress Linda Thompson breaks her silence for the first time to share the extraordinary story of her life, career, and her epic romances with two of the most celebrated, yet enigmatic, modern American superstars--Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner. Contains lyrics to many of her songs.
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
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2004, 1986.
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English
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Hepburn hosts this glorious salute. Featuring clips from Captains Courageous, Bad Day at Black Rock, Adam's Rib and other Tracy hits alongside reminiscenses from Frank Sinatra, Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Taylor and more great stars. The Spencer Tracy Legacy follows Tracy's stellar career.
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Atria Books
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2008.
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English
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Longtime friends and bike enthusiasts McGregor and Boorman wowed international audiences with their first major motorcycle journey that spanned several continents, captured in the book and television show Long Way Round. Now they are back, with the fascinating account of their second, equally ambitious journey: from the northernmost tip of Scotland, across Europe and down through Africa ending in Cape Town, this is the account of the authors' three...
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