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jacket/cover - click for larger view A Paris christmas : immoveable feast
John Baxter
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2008; 270 p.; isbn:9780061562334 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Speaking for myself : my life from Liverpool to Downing Street
Cherie Blair.
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The personal story of Tony Blair's wife describes the abandonment of her actor father, the obstacles she overcame to become a successful barrister, and the unique challenges of being married to a prime minister while maintaining a young family and a serious career.
2008; 354 p.; isbn:0316031453 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view The legs are the last to go : aging, acting, marrying, mothering, and other things I learned along the way
Diahann Carroll.
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The barrier-breaking actress best known for her roles in "Julia" and "Grey's Anatomy" discusses her four marriages, the racial and sexual politics that shaped her roles in Hollywood and on Broadway, and the personal cost of her career.
2008; 271 p.; isbn:0060763264 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Emily Post : daughter of the Gilded Age, mistress of American manners
Laura Claridge
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2008; 525 p.; isbn:9780375509216 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view American prince : a memoir
Tony Curtis
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The legendary actor chronicles his odyssey from hard-knock childhood as the son of immigrant parents to Hollywood success, detailing his days as a tinseltown playboy, the film industry during Hollywood's Golden Era, and his life as an artist at the age of eighty
2008; 364 p.; isbn:9780307408495 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Claudette Colbert : she walked in beauty
Bernard F. Dick.
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"Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty is the first major biography of Colbert (1903-1996) published in over twenty years. Bernard F. Dick chronicles Colbert's long career, but also explores her early life in Paris and New York. Along with discussing how she left her mark on Broadway, Hollywood, radio, and television, the book explores Colbert's lifelong ...
2008; 329 p.; isbn:1604730870 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Champlain's dream
David Hackett Fischer.
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2008; 834 p.; isbn:1416593322 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view The duchess
Amanda Foreman.
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Traces the life of eighteenth-century British aristocrat Lady Georgiana Spencer.
1998; 456 p.; isbn:0812979699 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view George, being George : George Plimpton's life as told, admired, deplored, and envied by 387 friends, relatives, lovers, acquaintances, rivals, and a few unappreciative observers
edited by Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr.
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2008; 423 p.; isbn:1400063981 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view The longest trip home : a memoir
John Grogan.
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2008; 334 p.; isbn:0061713244 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Don't mind if I do
George Hamilton with William Stadiem.
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A long-time film, television, and stage performer offers his behind-the-scenes assessment of Hollywood, in an account that also describes his relationships with high-profile politicians.
2008; 305 p.; isbn:1416545026 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Lincoln president-elect : Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861
Harold Holzer.
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2008; 623 p.; isbn:0743289471 More Information

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