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Robert Mitchum: a biography
Par George Eells. 1984
Robert Mitchum: "baby, I don't care"
Par Lee Server. 2001
Biography of screen legend Robert Mitchum (1917-1997), who left his bohemian home at age fourteen to lead an unconventional life,…
which included stints as a boxer, labourer, vagabond, and jailbird. Chronicles his family saga, his long marriage to his teenage sweetheart, and his career in Hollywood. Strong language. 2001.Richard III: The tragedy of Richard the Third (Plays (Nick Hern Books))
Par William Shakespeare, Nick De Somogyi. 2002
This edition accurately reproduces the First Folio of the plays of William Shakespeare. As a further aid to understanding, on…
each opposite page, the same text appears, but this time in a fully modernized version. Edited by Shakespeare scholar Nick de Somogyi, it also contains two introductions, textual notes, and an appendix giving variant versions from the Quarto where appropriate. 2002, c1592.Richard Burton, my brother: My Brother
Par Graham Jenkins, Barry Turner. 1988
In this intimate biography of one of the most remarkable actors of our age, Richard Burton's brother, Graham Jenkins, tells…
of Burton's deep-rooted insecurities and the conflict of values which made him veer from high achievement to humiliating failure and, ultimately, plunge into alcoholism. He conveys Burton's extraordinary charisma, and writes movingly about his love and generosity towards his family. 1988.Rex Harrison: a biography
Par Nicholas Wapshott. 1991
One of the most accomplished light comedians of his time, Harrison learned his acting and his manners against the odds,…
becoming a matinee idol in his late twenties. His private life was stormy and anguished, and this authoritative biography highlights the contradictions of his extraordinary life and career. 1991.Rex: an autobiography
Par Rex Harrison. 1975
Remember the sweet things: one list, two lives, and twenty years of marriage
Par Ellen Greene. 2009
The author describes her struggles with divorce and single parenthood before meeting her husband, Marsh, whose many kindnesses she would…
jot down and make into a cause for thanks and celebration every Valentine's Day. 2009.Rebel: my life outside the lines
Par Nick Nolte. 2018
A legendary Hollywood icon who refuses to hide his mistakes, Nolte now delivers his most revealing performance yet in an…
unvarnished look at the man, the career, the loves, and the life. 2018.Rattle in the dash
Par Peter Anderson. 1988
In this play, two young men set out on a cross-country trip from Detroit to Vancouver in pursuit of a…
woman. Before long, mystery and doubt turn their journey into a very strange adventure. Strong language. 1988.Levy discusses the rise and fall of the group originally named by Lauren Bacall. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis…
Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop became some of the most popular entertainers in the early 1960s. Strong language. c1998.Rabbit: the autobiography of Ms. Pat
Par Jeannine Amber, Patricia Williams. 2017
At seven Pat learned to roll drunks for money. At twelve, she was targeted for sex by a grown man;…
by thirteen she was pregnant, and by fifteen, a mother of two. Alone at sixteen, Pat determined to make a better life for her children. 2017.P.S. Jack Paar
Par Jack Paar. 1983
Entertaining memoir from the former host of television's "Tonight Show." Paar regales his "dear reader" with tales of interviews with…
Albert Schweitzer in the jungles of Gabon, games with the Kennedy clan in Hyannis Port, an evening of telly-watching with the royal family in London, and a variety of other adventures. Some strong language. 1983.Pygmalion: a romance in five acts (Penguin classics)
Par S. Bernard Shaw. 2003
A witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor who falls in love with his perfect female statue, it…
is also a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement of Shaw's feminist views. In Shaw's hands, the phoneticist Henry Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower-girl, into a duchess at ease in polite society. The one thing he overlooks is that his 'creation' has a mind of her own. 2003, c1913.Princess Merle: the romantic life of Merle Oberon
Par Charles Higham, Roy Moseley. 1983
Print the legend: the life and times of John Ford
Par Scott Eyman. 1999
Biography of renowned film director John Ford (1894-1973), who for over fifty years made such movies as "The grapes of…
wrath," "Stagecoach," "The last hurrah," and "Cheyenne autumn." Evaluates his work and relationships within Hollywood as well as his personal life. Analyses his social vision as portrayed in his films. c1999.Prairie tale: a memoir
Par Melissa Gilbert. 2009
The Little House on the Prairie actress traces her complicated journey from buck-toothed Laura "Halfpint" Ingalls to Hollywood starlet, wife,…
and mother. She partied with the Brat Pack, dated heartthrobs like Rob Lowe and bad boys like Billy Idol, and began a self-destructive pattern of addiction and codependence. She eventually realized that her career on television had earned her popularity, admiration, and love from everyone but herself. 2010, c2009.King Lear
Par William Shakespeare. 2002
A tragedy concerning a petulant king and his three daughters. Amid the political action, Lear is taken in by false…
avowals of love from two of his daughters, and disinherits his third because of her refusal to flatter him. This is a fully dramatised version. Believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. 2002.Playing with fire
Par Nigel Havers. 2007
Nigel Havers shares a memoir that is as charming, mischievous and engaging as the man himself. In a career that…
has taken him from a schoolboy production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to the red carpet on Oscar Night with "Chariots of Fire", Nigel Havers has become a household name. With characteristic modesty and a captivating eye for the absurd, he treats us to the highlights and lowlights of a life like no other; a life in which chilling reality (watching his father Michael -- later the Attorney General -- begin his prosecution of the Yorkshire Ripper) and beguiling fantasy (sleeping with Elizabeth Taylor) collide. Includes strong language. 2007, c2006.Pig girl
Par Colleen Murphy. 2015
At 4:00 a.m. on a secluded farm, a woman fights to take her life back from a serial killer as…
her desperate sister and a haunted police officer reach across time and distance in an attempt to rescue her. Winner of the 2016 Governor General’s Award for Drama. 2015.Pickford: the woman who made Hollywood
Par Eileen Whitfield. 1997
Biography of the Canadian-born screen legend, Mary Pickford. The author describes Pickford's career in early Hollywood and her profound influence…
on the development of the film industry through United Artists, the company she founded with D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and her husband, Douglas Fairbanks. 1997.