The early 1970s marked the beginning of Newfoundland's cultural renaissance. And in 1974, amidst the music, literature, and burgeoning patriotic pride, a young, upstart Reach for the Top team from Canada's newest province had...
Film, television and performing arts
-
Author:Sullivan, J. M.Summary: - Author:Gottlieb, RobertSummary:
Award-winning master critic Robert Gottlieb takes a singular and multifaceted look at the life of silver screen legend Greta Garbo, and the culture that worshiped her. "Wherever you look in the period between 1925 and 1941,"...
- Author:Lee, Jen SookfongSummary:
Gus Van Sant's film and the '90s cult of the alternative Gus Van Sant's 1991 indie darling My Own Private Idaho, perplexed and provoked, inspiring a new ethos for a new decade: being different was better than being good. ...
- Author:Lee, Jen SookfongSummary:
Gus Van Sant's film and the '90s cult of the alternative Gus Van Sant's 1991 indie darling My Own Private Idaho perplexed and provoked, inspiring a new ethos for a new decade: being different was better than being good....
- Author:Brown, HannahSummary:
"My life was a complete a mess, and God bless all of it. Because it's in the messes where we learn the most-as long as we slow down enough to realize what God is trying to show us." Suddenly in the spotlight, twenty-four-...
- Author:Couric, KatieSummary:
For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and...
- Author:Sinise, GarySummary:
The moving, entertaining, never-before-told story of how one man found his calling: to see that those who defend this country and its freedoms are never forgotten."The book is called Grateful American, and I promise you after you...
- Author:Sarin, VicSummary:
To Vic Sarin, film is a window to magic. Touching people with his art and celebrating the human side comes through in every chapter of this audiobook, just as is comes through in every one of his films. His trailblazing, gung-ho...
- Author:Miranda, Lin-ManuelSummary:
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop...
- Author:Eyman, ScottSummary:
Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood for forty years. They became friends and then roommates as stage actors in New York, and when they began making films in Hollywood, they roomed together again....
- Author:Peck, JoshSummary:
For the first time, Josh Peck reflects on his late teens and early twenties. Raised under a spotlight was both invigorating and cruel, leading him to first food and TV, and later, drugs and alcohol.
- Author:Poskitt, KjartanSummary:
Before Harry Houdini (1874-1926) became the greatest magician in the world, he was just little Ehrich Weisz, a Hungarian-born immigrant who moved to America with his family and performed stage tricks for a little extra cash. He started...
- Author:Smith, SeanSummary:
Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern cultural icon: Harry Styles. Harry Styles has grown up. The One Direction boy band member so loved by millions has become a truly global superstar -...
- Author:McCarthy, HelenSummary:
Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki is the genius behind such animated classics as Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds. His bountiful imagination and compassion have earned him accolades...
- Author:Newman, SydneySummary:
The memoir of the creator of Doctor Who and a legend in British and Canadian TV and film A major influence on the BBC and independent television in Britain in the 1960s, as well as on CBC and the National Film Board in Canada, Sydney...
- Author:Newman, SydneySummary:
The memoir of the creator of Doctor Who and a legend in British and Canadian TV and film A major influence on the BBC and independent television in Britain in the 1960s, as well as on CBC and the National Film Board in Canada,...
- Author:Wilsey, Sean, Shannon, MollySummary:
A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in...
- Author:Starr, MichaelSummary:
Raymond Burr (1917-1993) was an enigma. A film noir regular known for his villainous roles in movies like Rear Window, he eventually became one of the most popular stars in television history for nearly 20 years, first as defense lawyer...
- Author:Hamilton, Emma Walton, Andrews, JulieSummary:
In this follow-up to her memoir, Home, Julie Andrews shares reflections on her film career, including such classics as Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.
- Author:Foster, SuttonSummary:
From the 2-time Tony Award-winner and the star of TV's Younger , funny and intimate stories and reflections about how crafting has kept her sane while navigating the highs and lows of family, love, and show business (and how it can...
Pages
