Who doesn't love Lucy' The legendary actress, producer, and comedian steps into the Who Was' spotlight. Much like her hit TV show, I Love Lucy, Americans in the 1950s fell in love with Lucy. Born in New York in 1911,...
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Author:Pollack, Pamela D.Summary: - Author:Waldron, Ann, Kelley, True, Fabiny, Sarah, O'Connor, Jim, Anderson, Kirsten , Gourley, CatherineSummary:
What's better than one Who Was ? book ? Six Who Was ? books! Who Is Bob Dylan? By Jim O'Connor; read by MacLeod Andrews. Listen to find out more about a boy named Bobby Zimmerman from Hibbing, Minnesota; a folksinger in Greenwich...
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Author:Burnett, CarolSummary:In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; her television show that won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run; and the...
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Author:Huser, GlenSummary:In 1923 Alberta, Leroy "Doodlebug" Barnstable runs away from his aunt and abusive cousins and finds work with a travelling Chautauqua show.
- Author:Hitchins, ShawnSummary:
A Publishers Weekly Notable Book 49th Shelf Recommended Read. A modern gay memoir exploring love, death, pain, and community that will resonate long after the last page. "This is an embodied story of love, loss, and recovery - raw...
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Author:PILCHER, RobinSummary:It's Edinburgh in August. A group of people, drawn to the city for the forthcoming Festival, meet for the first time, little knowing that the events of this long hot summer, and the arrival of Angelique Pascal, a talented and...
- Author:Palmater, CandySummary:
A powerful, often funny, always inspiring memoir from a beloved comedian, professional orator, actor, entertainer, gone all too soon. Candy Palmater loved to connect with people. She lived for the stage, her effervescent presence on...
- Author:Birch, CarolSummary:
London had the best freaks, always had. The Egyptian Hall, the Promenade of Wonders, the Siamese twins, pinheads, midgets, cannibals, giants, living skeletons, the fat, the hairy, the legless, the armless, the noseless, London had seen...
- Author:Espinosa, MatthewSummary:
You know Matthew is burning up the internet with more than 18 million fans across YouTube, Vine, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You know about his starring role in the hit movie Be Somebody. In this book, Matthew shares an inside...
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Author:Blais, Marie-ClaireSummary:Literary legend and four-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award Marie-Claire Blais delivers the latest installment in her ongoing portrait of life in contemporary North America. In this swirling fresco, we meet...
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A funny, appealing and big-hearted memoir of how one of Australia's leading comic talents, Corinne Grant, learned to reconcile love, loss, lack of cupboard space and far too much stuff. From every scrunchie she's ever owned,...
- Author:Stevenson, RobinSummary:
Throughout history people have experimented, invented, and created new ways of doing things. This book tells the stories of a diverse group of brilliant thinkers in fields like technology, education, business, science, art, and...
- Author:MacLaine, ShirleySummary:
In a collection of personal essays, the actress shares her views and insights on aging, Hollywood, being polite, sex, and anger.
- Author:Angelou, MayaSummary:
Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as...
- Author:MacLaine, ShirleySummary:
Dans ce nouveau recueil d’idées et d’observations commençant chacune par deux mots simples mais évocateurs: Et si... Shirley MacLaine, actrice adulée et auteure de plusieurs best-sellers, réfléchit à une foule de questions allant du...
- Author:Bunkley, Anita R.Summary:
This is the tale of Broadway star Niya Londres, who is planning her extravagant Acapulco wedding. But there's one problem. Niya hasn't said "yes" yet--to any of the three men who've popped the question.
- Author:Hitchins, ShawnSummary:
Comedian Shawn Hitchins explores his irreverent nature in this debut collection of essays. Hitchins doesn't shy away from his failures or celebrate his mild successes--he sacrifices them for an audience's amusement. He roasts...
