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Biographies T to Z
 Furious Love
Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger
For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty, and their fiery romance -- often called "the marriage of the century" -- was the most notorious, publicized, and celebrated love affair of its day. Shocking and unsparing in its honesty, Furious Love is more than a celebrity biography; it's an honest yet sympathetic portrait of a man, a woman, and a passion that shocked and mesmerized the world. Hardcover, 500 pp. $29.99.
 How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood
William Mann
Readers will be hooked on this page-turner of a biography which paints a vivid picture of Elizabeth Taylor's professional and private life. The mink-swathed woman who emerges in this book is reconciled with her fame and her grandiose lifestyle. Here is Elizabeth Taylor leading her epic life on her own terms, playing the game of stardom at which she remains, to this day, unmatched. Hardcover, 484 pp. $34.95.
 Liz: An Intimate Collection: Photographs of Elizabeth Taylor
Bob Willoughby
This collection, the result of unprecedented access to Elizabeth Taylor's life
-- both on and off set -- befitting Bob Willoughby's status as a trusted friend,
includes candid shots of Taylor's personal moments with friends and family, as
well as images of the star on the set. Beginning in 1950, the photographs are
arranged chronologically, and are accompanied by Willoughby's own insightful
observations and engaging memories of one of Hollywood's greatest ever stars.
Hardcover, 176 pp. $50.95.
 Try to Tell the Story
David Thomson
From one of the most celebrated film critics of this era, comes a fascinating autobiography about growing up as an only child in wartime England. In these difficult times, Thomson grew up without a father, and in these memoirs we see a boy finding solace in the cinema houses. Movies became his great escape, and the worlds revealed Red River, The Third Man, and Citizen Kane helped to alleviate his loneliness and bolster his rich imaginative life. Softcover, 214 pp. $18.95.
 The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan
John Lahr
Irreverent, indiscreet, wildly funny, sad, shocking, and inspiring,
the legendary diaries of Kenneth Tynan are above all compelling literature.
For over three decades, on both sides of the Atlantic, Tynan was
at the epicentre of the film worlds. These diaries bear superb witness
to the fame he courted and the price he paid for it. Softcover, 439
pp. $21.95.
 Point
to Point Navigation: A Memoir
Gore Vidal
In this brilliant sequel to his acclaimed, bestselling memoir, Palimpsest,
Gore Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and
literary elegance that are uniquely his. Among the gathering of notables to be
found in these pages, sketched with a draftman's ease and evoked with the panache
of one of our great raconteurs, are Jack and Jacqueline Kennedy, Tennessee Williams,
Orson Welles, Johnny Carson, Rudolph Nureyev, Greta Garbo, and Francis Ford Coppola.
Hardcover, 277 pp. $32.00.
 The Good, the Bad, and Me: In My Anecdotage
Eli Wallach
The Good, the Bad, and Me is the sparkling memoir of one actor's
iconic career in the footlights and on camera. Beginning with his early days
in Brooklyn and his college years in Texas, this autobiography charts Eli Wallach's
numerous successes on the stage and screen. Eli Wallach's life is a tale rich
with anecdotes, wit, and remarkable insight -- film fans will be delighted by
his story. Hardcover, 312 pp. $17.95.
 That's Another Story
Julie Walters
Julie Walters has been described as Britain's most popular actress and comedienne. She has been delighting us on screen and on stage for over twenty-five years and, thanks to her undoubted talent, infectious spirit and self-depricating humour, we have taken her to our hearts. Now she tells us her own story, in her own words. Hardcover, $42.95.
 When Hollywood Had a King
Connie Bruck
As the head of MCA, Lew Wasserman ushered in the Hollywood that
we know today. He is the link between the old-school moguls with
their ironclad studio contracts and the new industry defined by multimedia
conglomerates, power agents, multimillionaire actors, and profit
sharing. This telling biography reveals what it took for this savvy
businessman and entertainment visionary to, for a time, reign over
Tinseltown. Softcover, 512 pp. $24.95.
 The Lost Films of John Wayne
Carolyn McGivern
In a career of more than fifty years, Hollywood icon John Wayne created a treasure trove of movies. In this age of remastered miracles, most of his films have been available to the public for some time, but two of them, Island in the Sky (1953) and The High and the Mighty (1954), were unavailable until the summer of 2005. Why were these two films "lost" for so many years? Whatever the reasons may be, The Lost Films of John Wayne honors his work in both films and features some of the lesser-known images he left behind. Softcover, 117 pp. $24.95.
 The
Young Duke: The Early Life of John Wayne
Howard Kazanjian & Chris Enss
Through previously unpublished photographs and revealing family anecdotes, The
Young Duke tells how Marion Morrison became the legend known as John
Wayne--from his boyhood in Winterset, Iowa, to his days as a college football
star, to his stunning box-office success in Westerns and war movies in the 1930s
and 1940s. Shedding new light on Wayne's formative years and early Hollywood
roles and influences, this biography reveals the true stories behind the screen
legend's public and private lives. Hardcover, 193 pp. $29.95.
 John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth
Michael Munn
No Hollywood legend has ever walked taller than John Wayne. He starred in over
200 films and is remembered today as the quintessential big-screen patriot. Drawing
on the time he spent with Wayne on location for Brannigan and almost 100
interviews withs Wayne's close family, friends and colleagues, Michael Munn offers
this detailed portait of The Duke. Softcover, 407 pp. $22.95.
 What Ever Happened to Orson Welles
Joseph McBride
This fascinating book challenges the conventional wisdom that Welles's career after Citizen Kane was a long decline and that he spent his final years doing little but eating and making commercials while squandering his earlier promise. In this intimate and often surprising personal portrait, Joseph McBride shows instead how Welles never stopped directing radical, adventurous films and was always breaking new artistic ground as a filmmaker. Hardcover, 344 pp. $43.95.
 Despite the System: Orson Welles Versus the Hollywood Studios
Clinton Heylin
Conventional wisdom holds that Orson Welles's career declined steadily and irrevocably
after making his stunning film debut, Citizen Kane; however, Welles did make
masterpieces after 1941 -- Hollywood just didn't let anyone see them. Based on
shooting scripts and schedules, internal memos, interviews with key players,
correspondences with and by Welles, as well as the author's own conversations,
articles, and lectures, Despite the System shatters the myths and reveals how
Welles was not a victim of his own genius but rather of real people with real
motives. Hardcover, 402 pp. $37.95.
 She Always Knew How
Charlotte Chandler
In She Always Knew How, her wonderful new biography of legendary actress Mae West, acclaimed biographer Charlotte Chandler draws on a series of interviews she conducted with the star just months before her death in 1980. From their first meeting, where West held out a diamond-covered hand in greeting and lamented her interviewer's lack of jewels, to their farewell, where the star was still gamely offering advice on how to attract men, Mae West and Charlotte Chandler developed a warm rapport that glows on every page of this biography. Softcover, 317 pp. $16.99.
 Mae West: It Ain't No Sin
Simon Louvish
Sex Goddess, Hollywood star, transgressive playwright, author, blues singer and
vaudville brat -- Mae West remains the twentieth century's greatest comedienne. Mae
West: It Ain't No Sin is the first biography to make use of Mae's recently
uncovered personal papers, with different script versions of both her known works
and hitherto unknown drafts and plays. Hardcover, 491 pp. $45.00.
 Arts and Letters
Edmund White
In these 39 lively essays and profiles, best-selling novelist
and biographer Edmund White draws on his wide reading and his sly
good humour to illuminate some of the most influencial writer, artists
and cultural icons of the past century, among them, Marcel Proust,
Catherine Deneuve, George Eliot, Andy Warhol, Andre Gide, David Geffen,
and Robert Mapplethorpe. Softcover, 360 pp. $19.95.
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